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Hello Friends!
Long, long time ago (well, 2004) there was a fantastic game called City of Heroes. This video game was my introduction to massively multiplayer online role-playing games (I know, a mouthful) and I became obsessed with it.
City of Heroes was straight forward. You had to create a superhero, fight villains and win experience so you could earn new powers. The game was not only fun, but it was also a place to meet people and make new friends. Even though I don’t know their real names and I never saw their human faces, I forged real friendships with caped crusaders, flying cyborgs, and ruthless amazons.
I devoted many hours to saving Paragon City from evil forces. Later on, when City of Villains was released, I spent many hours fighting the annoying goody-two-shoes heroes. Some guys anxiously wait for Sundays to watch football. For me, Sundays were the day for long missions and task forces.
Unfortunately, on November 30, 2012, the Gods of Paragon Studios decided to shut down the game. It was devastating. We wrote letters, started petitions and even protested on the virtual streets of Paragon. In the end, darkness fell, and City of Heroes was gone.
Inspired by my love for this game I wrote the short story Paragon Falling. Paragon Falling tells the story of Trauco, and JaneTheWarrior, two villains from Aion City, who must run a race against the clock to save their dying world. In the process, they discover that the deities ruling the video games universe can be wicked and capricious.
The short story is now available on Kindle and Kindle Unlimited, and I would love for you to read it and review it. You don’t need to know anything about this game or any other video game to connect with this story. The main theme is something we can all relate to: survival.
Please, follow the link and enter the world of City of heroes.
Welcome to Paragon, my friends. I hope you enjoy it.
Greetings Jackolytes,
Sync City’s official publishing date is nigh! Many of you have already received the paperback versions, and the ebook versions should be coming out very soon.
Michael Haase, author of the tremendous Madness of Mr. Butler and staff writer at Renderosity Magazine, recently did an interview with me. It was great fun doing this. You can check it out at The Art of Story.
If this inspires you to take further interest in Sync City, you can find it at the following places:
The magnificent Michael Haase’s book can be found here. If you haven’t got a copy yet, now would be the time!
As always, don’t forget to share!
Cheers,
Peter
Greetings everyone! It’s time for some quick... seriously bad-ass news.
Okay; maybe not that bad-ass. It’s actually just an actual booth number for Emerald City Comic Con next week.
DD11.
So if you live in Seattle and want to meet up or happen to attend the con. Let me know. Metal and Drinks will commence.
In other things. Reviews. The book has only come out a month ago from now, but in order for Amazon (or the internet) to functionally count it as an ACTUAL book... I’ve got to hit a certain threshold of reviews. (That’s 100 for those who count. I’ve got 10...) Even if you hated the book, that’s okay. Just... if you support the IDEA of authors writing books... take 5 minutes and leave a review on one of these platforms:
Audbile (For you Audio blokes out there): Click HERE
Amazon (For those who wish to feed into the belly of the beast): Click HERE
Goodreads (For those who are cunning enough to copy and paste a review from Amazon): Click HERE
As always, you can follow me or find me on Twitter @CrankyBolt and I’ll have additional written content for everyone in a few months. I’ve already got a short story about Akira done, but I’m waiting till more people finish the book before I get there.
Do you guys think I should try a video update? Let me know.
~Rick.
Hey there Adventureketeers!
A quick update before I delve back into the depths of grad schooliness to let you know that An Unattractive Vampire is Audible’s Daily Deal. For the rest of today (Tuesday February 21st) (2017) The Unattractive Audiobook is only $3.95. Why that’s less than $4.95! (I think...I’m in school for writing, not math.) That’s an entire book--hours of entertainment--for less money than three songs on iTunes. Just the thing for road trips down desolate, lonely roads whose secrets are buried deep from all but the unluckiest outsiders. Nothing says "ignore the feeling that the woods/desert/endless void is watching you with a vampire comedy read by a soothing British voice.
"PUT IT IN YOUR EARS!" ~ G. Derek Adams, author of Asteroid Made of Dragons
Greetings Jackolytes,
The exciting word on the street is that Sync City is now being shipped, and Jack is soon to be out in the wild! If you have pre-ordered a paperback, then you should receive an email from Inkshares telling you the details. From what I can work out, they’re doing it alphabetically according to the name you used when registering with Inkshares. So if you are later in the alphabet, you may not have received the email yet.
If you want a little more information about me and the book, Sync City’s homepage is here. You can also follow my author’s Facebook page here.
If you haven’t jumped on to the Sync City express, then you can do so at Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Book Depository. and don’t forget to share!
Cheers,
Peter