Hi everybody!
Just a quick update. The Mission 51 family continues to grow, even in draft mode! I am excited to see more than 200 followers! Wow! A big welcome to all the new ones since the last update. I am so happy you are onboard!
Well, Mat is now officially on the loose! I have written his escape from a 15-year captivity in Area 51. He accomplished all he needed and wanted, and it was time for him to move on. He finally gets to experience "Cerulea" in all its glory! I look forward to you reading this someday soon.
Mission 51 is currently entered in the 2016 Launch Pad Manuscript Competition. Please cross fingers and toes that it is well received!
I am continuing to work with artists Idan Carre and Chris Pyke to add visual beauty to Mission 51. This has been a really fun part of the project!
That’s it for now. See? Quick!
Peace and love, y’all!
Ferd :-)
Evening adventurers,
It’s not very good one, I’m feeling sick with cold sweats and fuzzy head (probably something to do with the painkillers) Slept a lot and had disturbing dreams and plenty of sleep paralysis. Brrh..!
Here’s a wip of the Arachnos portrait. (I was very tempted to just throw here wiki image of a spider but I’m not that horrible for my arachnofobic pals.) In a previous update I told you that Helene would follow but then decided to do this in the order of appearance.
Arachnos is an interesting character. The lore on djinn is pretty vague. But I really do want to go with the djinni rather than the westernized genie (don’t worry he’s going to look a lot less from Alladin when I’m done). He doesn’t live in a bottle, and doesn’t do wishes he doesn’t want to fulfill. He hails from his own realm which has their own systems of power and all, which really does make Arachnos an interesting character on its own. Add his personality and motivations to that, we have a wonderful mess. If some of you know about the djinn class system from marid to jann, Arachnos is in the ifirit-shaitan fork. For Christians, the shaitan are different from the Bible super villain so no jumps from there. Keep reading the good book (both yours, and yours truly *wonk*) Ahaha, not really funny, I’m sorry, had a difficult youth- BOY I’m too chatty.
At first the design was nude. Nothing to censor there anyways as this form ends on the hips, but nevertheless I felt like it was objectification of the only so far appeared mostly masculine character - not cool (Apart from Apollo who hasn’t shown himself and Pegasus, who is a horse with wings and magical hooves... Pegasus is cool, just stay away from Loki.)
Originally the name Arachnos is from a myth about a mortal who fell in love with the wrong goddess and got turned into a spider. If anyone has knowledge of that myth, please share, I haven’t found the site since 2012.
Sleep tight, good night, and thank you!
-H.A.
Hello Everyone! Once again, let me thank you for taking the time to be part of my project. I should be putting a third story up this weekend, if not today. I hope you’re enjoying my town of Cross, Massachusetts, and that you understand stealing is bad, and stay in your own room when you enter a flophouse. :)
Hello Cape’s Side Bayers!
Happy Saturday to all!
It has been quite an eventful week. 22 Days remain in the campaign. I decided to post the FRIDAY NIGHT chapter. It is still a rough draft of the chapter, so please keep that in mind. I hope you enjoy it. The SciFi elements are beginning to creep in and they really take flight in the following chapter: Monday Morning.
You can read Friday Night in its entirety here: https://www.inkshares.com/books/cape-s-side-bay/book_segments/friday-night
So, 22 days to go, and just over 100 orders left! I hope we can make full publishing in time. I am confident we will, but time will tell. If there’s anything you need to hear from me to convince you to order a copy, don’t hesitate to ask! I have answers.
Once again thank you for all of the support you have shown, it’s been incredible and I feel blessed!
I cannot wait to see how far we can take Cape’s Side Bay! Please, order today and let’s hit full publishing by September 4th!
Thanks for the time and enjoy your day!
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