Play Sorcerer: Narrative Tools and Techniques for Social Storytelling
Christopher Kubasik:
Hey man, Thanks!
And Jesse and I have exchanged emails about this.
We both had the idea years ago to do such a book. He announced first. I chose to remain silent and shelve mine, so it wouldn't be a competition.
Time has passed. I've decided to go for it. Jesse's response was, "I'm sure Christopher will get his book out long before I do."
The other thing to keep in mind is that Jesse and my book would ultimately be very different, for lots of different reasons. I look forward to Jesse's book whenever his brain can focus on it. (He apparently has several projects about RPGs that keep pushing each other around on his plate!)
CK
jburneko:
Quote from: greyorm on July 28, 2008, 07:48:05 PM
Chris, is Jesse Burneko involved with this project at all? (I know he's been slowly pursuing the same sort of "clearly explaining Sorcerer and tying it all together" concept.) And damn, I wish I had more to toss your way to make this project go.
I just want to back up what Christopher said. Christopher and I know each other out here in the real world. Christopher being an actual writer is much more project oriented than I am. I work on things as the whim suits me and have a very it's done when it's done attitude. So, yes, I suspect Christopher will be done sooner.
I also suspect that Christopher's approach and my approach are VASTLY different. In some sense Christopher's book will be doing me a favor as part of my problem with completing Sorcerer Unbound has been in nailing down a true target audience. I keep trying to speak to anyone and everyone who might ever stumble across Sorcerer and as such write the same thing five different ways four of which will just confuse anyone who understands the fifth.
I have a suspicion (I have no more information about Christopher's project than what's been released on the internet) about the general direction Christopher is going with his project. If I'm right then I can settle down some of my anxiety in my own writing about who I'm directing the text towards because I know the other people will be taken care of by Christopher's project.
Jesse
Christopher Kubasik:
If I can settle some of Jesse's anxieties, then the whole thing is worth it.
greyorm:
Awesome, guys. Thanks for the info.
Christopher Kubasik:
Hey, no problem. Jesse's tenacity on Sorcerer has always been an inspiration for me. (And the game he ran at a local game store game day a few months ago has been one of my most enjoyable games as a Player in a long time!)
In other news:
I have made some changes to what Funders to the book get in return for their cash.
Anyone who contributes will get:
Their name (if desired) in a list of the books original FundersA free PDF copy of the book email to themA free PDF copy of the book designed to be read on a computer (The page size will take into account that computer screens are horizontal, and that PDF page numbers usually bear no resemblance to the content's page numbers in a typical PDF. This second version will be paginated so that the PDF page numbers actually match the text pages so page references actually work properly.)Access to Print on Demand at Lulu -- which means the ability to print copies of the book at cost, in any format the Funder desires.
There is no difference in what a person gets in exchange for the Funding the book with different dollar amounts. A $10 donation gets the same as a $40 donation. This is to keep things simple more than anything else: the focus of the project to be the book, not organizing different reward tiers for Funders. We've had contributions from $10 to $50. I see the difference only as a matter of interest on the part of consumers. I'm grateful for all of them.
And finally...
We just hit 50%!
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