So grydscaen is an indie published book series. I work with an indie publisher and I also publish short stories from the series using Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing. So I wanted to talk a little about both of those processes for a moment. Lets start with grydscaen: insurrection which was the last book published. I type the manuscript using MS Word and give it some formatting with margins and chapter headings as well as informational pages and a dedication. I…..
Professional gaming is a big deal these days. There are eSports teams that fight for world champions in virtual gaming or battle games. grydscaen talks about gaming in a virtual world starting in grydscaen: tribute. eSports teams include trainers, coaches and teams as well as sponsorship like regular sports teams, there are tournaments, fans and you can even make a living doing it. In grydscaen: tribute in the short story Simulatrix there is a social media game called iNax Simulation…..
This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl making waves and coming to you live and direct from the street in front the Tram eatery. We are talking to homeless kids today and getting the low down on street life. I have been out here for the past hour hanging out with the panhandling crowd and those who can actually afford to eat at Tram. The Zone Police were hear about 20 minutes ago and rounded up someone selling data cards…..
So in the process of publishing all the books in the cyberpunk grydscaen series I make sure to get a book trailer for each book. This gives grydscaen a presence in youtube. So I wanted to talk about the trailer for grydscaen: alliance which is the most recent trailer that has been released. To view the book trailer for grydscaen: alliance go to the videos page on this website and scroll down to the grydscaen: alliance section. The way I…..
The short story “Rogue” is the sequel to the short story “A Storm’s Coming” both from grydscaen: tribute. I am in the process of working on a manga for Rogue as well as a manga called graphic noise. The interesting thing about Rogue is that the story is complete and I have the chapters done and the dialogue as well as character designs for Rom. I would still need to do character designs for the host in the story, Jester the leader…..
So I wanted to talk a little bit about accepting yourself. I know each one of us has something that they don’t like about their bodies. Could be your feet, your hair, your thighs, your lack of 6-pack abs. Sure you can work on these things and come to better understand and accept yourself but for a trans person this dysphoria takes on a whole new level of meaning. So I have been over last year and this year in…..
Today in our making manga series we are going to talk about writing dialogue. Dialogue is essential to convey conversations in your manga. For graphic noise I am in the process of writing the novel that will contain the story. When you write dialogue for a novel you have more space and time to convey your thoughts. This is not always the case in manga, you need to distill the dialogue down to its essential parts to ensure there is…..
So today I had a unique problem, one that I have only experienced twice in the past year. For many Trans Women of Colour the danger to their safety is something that they have to live with in public. Transgender people experience more hate crimes and discrimination than any other group of people including African Americans and gays. Trans Women of Colour especially need to look out for their safety as they are sometimes targeted. Today, I had an experience…..
Translation: Cold of the Soul (Depression). The Japanese had a hard time believing in depression. The producers of Prozac actually gave up on the country when the drug first came out since there was no such thing as “depression in Japan.” You would grin and bear it, get some rest or just go exercise and then be expected to go back to work and suck it up. Depression was not really recognized in Japan until 1996. It was not until…..
This is Rom from the Packrat Sprawl, making waves and coming to you live and direct from the Lafayette stop on the subway line in the Echelons. There is an unrest here today, as it is the end of the month and you know what that means – round up. The Zone Police are going around and rounding up psychics to send them to experimentation and work camps in the kedek mines. The Packrats are out in force trying to…..
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