tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80066090944567298302024-03-13T11:20:26.121-07:00A Freebooter's Fantasy Almanaca sort of real cyberspace memoir... a titanic battle played out on the field of sanity - where what happens in your head is the only truth that matters.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8006609094456729830.post-27590718960729078242016-08-21T22:00:00.001-07:002016-08-22T02:00:56.983-07:00#RRBC 2016 Book & Blog Block Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Well, we have quite a lot to do actually - the top menu's full of tasting excerpts from the book and all the segments from the recent blog tour are also up. If you're more into visuals, there's a piece about the cover design and also some of my 'fan art' in<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> <b><a href="http://freebootersalmanac.blogspot.co.uk/p/janos.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Jano's Armoire Gallery</span></a></b></span> that's mentioned in the book, most of which is bits and pieces from Jano's wedding preparations. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Any similarities in appearance between Silen and Keanu Reeves are purely intentional, except, of course, Silen's an elf, so he's even more gorgeous! :-P</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">OK ~ boring (but so necessary) links and contacts time, and then we'll cut to another excerpt from<i> A Freebooter's Fantasy Almanac</i> ~ the very first piece of fan-fiction I wrote for Jano, <b>The Sea Horse.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 18.4px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On this day, Ruari and Ærdhen decided to go sailing in their glider, the Princess, taking care not go too far out to sea as the currents there could be treacherous. At first all was well and the wind took them scudding across the waves faster than a gull can fly. They did not intend to stray too far from the shoreline, but after they had been out for an hour, what seemed to be a light mist surrounded them. For a while they could still see the shore and all they had to do was hold the course they were taking. So, when the mist got thicker and the beach gradually disappeared, they held their tiller steady, still unafraid until suddenly they were aware that their craft was travelling much faster.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.4px;">He fell with a great shout and splash. There was a strong undertow and he was dragged irresistibly underwater back out towards the main current. Had the blow been to his head there is little doubt that he would have drowned. As it was, he was fighting for air as he finally surfaced almost back where they had arrived, far from the Princess and still being pulled away out to sea. Ruari was a good swimmer and struck out for the little boat, but his shoulder ached horribly and the current was far too strong for him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 18.4px;">He could see but not hear Ærdhen, yelling at him, ashen-faced, and desperately trying to reset the sail to follow him. Seawater was filling his nose and mouth and he was pulled under once more. He could hear a hollow clanging sound and felt something swim between his legs. Instinctively he tried to grasp hold of the object, which he suddenly realised was a horka’s head and beak. The creature, supple and smooth as leather to the touch, seemed to understand his distress, and positioning itself beside him, nudged him none too gently until he took hold of its high dorsal fin. The animal immediately surged off in the direction of the Princess, Ruari clinging frantically to the rigid fin. It took him a while to realise how powerful the fish was. It almost felt like he was riding a horse as the horka flexed itself in an up and down rhythm through the waves and he gradually realised the creature had actually pulled him out of the current and was taking him back towards the Princess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As the little dolphin, barely as long as Ruari was tall, neared the small boat it began to slow. Ærdhen, seeing what had happened, had stopped struggling with the sail and was reaching out toward him. The horka’s beaky mouth was almost touching the hull of the Princess as Ærdhen, leaning over, grasped Ruari’s lower arm with both hands. Ruari almost reluctantly let go of the slick, warm fin and clasped one of Ærdhen’s arms firmly as the little creature rose beneath him, boosting him out of the water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“He’s smart!” Ruari shouted, teeth chattering, as Ærdhen hauled him into the boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Just as well he is!” Ærdhen yelled angrily back at him. “Why didn’t you watch what you were doing!” then he clutched Ruari to him fiercely and burst into tears. “I thought you would drown,” he sobbed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">They were both crying with relief now. The horka was chittering at them, head bobbing a few yards away from the prow now, it’s long beaky mouth almost smiling at them. They both turned and watched laughing, as the horka made one huge leap into the air, twisting away from them as it hit the water and swam furiously back to its family, who were still playing their leaping games off in the distance.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“That fish just saved your life!” Ærdhen’s voice was filled with wonder.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“It let me ride on its back!” Ruari spluttered, shivering violently. “It’s not a fish! It’s a sea horse!”</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com88tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8006609094456729830.post-24818013992716502722016-07-29T13:56:00.003-07:002016-07-29T14:06:51.531-07:00The trailer's done!Well - I've done a little re-recording in places so the sound quality's improved and stabilised the image progression sooo.... Here it is!<br />
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Let's get this going properly - A Freebooter's Fantasy Almanac is now being proof-read by my long-suffering sister and I'm hoping to have it hitting the cyber shelves by the 1st of June with good luck and a following wind!<br />
So high time for me to get started with populating the book blog before launch date and to release those tasty little snippets to tantalise and tease the 'marketplace'. Nice baby steps for now, but I will be putting up a Jano and Silen gallery on here - now that elleth has been unleashed upon an unsuspecting world there'll be no stopping her, so this is the place where she can strut her stuff and show just how much of a geek Sîan Glírdan really was!<br />
Soooo... a big official welcome to the Freebooter's new blog. Now, let's get that mainbrace spliced and get some ice in the glass! See you again very soon!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8006609094456729830.post-10964937412469338982016-04-17T10:54:00.000-07:002016-04-19T10:32:10.321-07:00Just a start up post<br />
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This is poetry, wrapped in fantasy, within a memoir... Or, to put it another way, it's a true tale that might well apply to many fantasy fans and gamers who can't be bothered with keeping their realities separated from their more lurid imaginings.<br />
In my case, this is a sort of 'real' cyberspace profiling, during a phase of my life when roleplay truly did need to be therapy, because what was happening around me for real was not what I wanted to participate in. So, buckle up your swash and prepare to witness a titanic battle played out on the field of sanity - where what happens in your head is the only truth that matters.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11965176598038533957noreply@blogger.com0