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<blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 9200816" data-attributes="member: 52905"><p>Shannon Appelcline posts an update on various projects. The dndclassics histories is what I'm most looking forward too.</p><p></p><p>[callout]Since April 2020 I've been spending about 20 hours/week on creative projects, mostly roleplaying history. I've got three big projects in process: This is Free Trader Beowulf; Designers & Dragons Origins; and Designers & Dragons Lost Histories.</p><p>Here's how they're going ...</p><p></p><h4>THIS IS FREE TRADER BEOWULF (95%).</h4><p>I submitted my Traveller history to Mongoose last month. This month I got the initial edits back and am checking over them and making a few last tweaks while I have control of the manuscript.</p><p></p><h4>DESIGNERS & DRAGONS ORIGINS (85%).</h4><p>Many years ago I wrote hundreds of product histories for DnDClassics covering most of TSR's products from the 70s to somewhere into the 90s. I'm consolidating my OD&D, AD&D 1e, and BD&D material into a set of four books.</p><p>I finished second drafts of this four-book series last month and this month am working through all comments to date. I hope to have more comments next month and then to close up the draft content by the end of the year. After which, there's editing.</p><p></p><h4>DESIGNERS & DRAGONS: THE LOST HISTORIES (60%).</h4><p>I've been writing new company histories from the 70s through the 10s. I have 300k words so far, and am planning for 3 books totalling 360k+ words. This month my history is on Ral Partha, my third minis history in the new books.[/callout]</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]332629[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darjr, post: 9200816, member: 52905"] Shannon Appelcline posts an update on various projects. The dndclassics histories is what I'm most looking forward too. [callout]Since April 2020 I've been spending about 20 hours/week on creative projects, mostly roleplaying history. I've got three big projects in process: This is Free Trader Beowulf; Designers & Dragons Origins; and Designers & Dragons Lost Histories. Here's how they're going ... [HEADING=3]THIS IS FREE TRADER BEOWULF (95%).[/HEADING] I submitted my Traveller history to Mongoose last month. This month I got the initial edits back and am checking over them and making a few last tweaks while I have control of the manuscript. [HEADING=3]DESIGNERS & DRAGONS ORIGINS (85%).[/HEADING] Many years ago I wrote hundreds of product histories for DnDClassics covering most of TSR's products from the 70s to somewhere into the 90s. I'm consolidating my OD&D, AD&D 1e, and BD&D material into a set of four books. I finished second drafts of this four-book series last month and this month am working through all comments to date. I hope to have more comments next month and then to close up the draft content by the end of the year. After which, there's editing. [HEADING=3]DESIGNERS & DRAGONS: THE LOST HISTORIES (60%).[/HEADING] I've been writing new company histories from the 70s through the 10s. I have 300k words so far, and am planning for 3 books totalling 360k+ words. This month my history is on Ral Partha, my third minis history in the new books.[/callout] [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" width="557px" alt="1700862710316.png"]332629[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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