User blog:Atarumaster88/Spring FEver

Okay, okay. Some of the more attentive readers will remember the only thing we have to FEar is.....content releases being pushed back!, a blog I made three months ago about my next content release.

Well, it's been three months since then, and believe it or not, I have slept since then. What I'm trying to say is that the plan has changed some.

As such, here's the new and revised list for the content release.


 * More Yanibar Guard Sourcebook content
 * Essential Guide to Force Exile entries
 * Almos Terthbak
 * Ait Convarion
 * Daara
 * Bolfwé Grysloth
 * Olno Mada
 * S'vollke
 * Sulan'bask (if I get What's the backstory? entries)
 * Bwilor
 * Drelve T'laleo
 * Nighthawk missile
 * AAT
 * Shoto starfighter
 * A new segment for Force Exile IV: Guardian.

I'm really trying to work on finishing Guardian, and so some of the other stuff I originally said I'd write will have to wait. Or at least get the novel to the point where it's at a real cliffhanger.

How much of it do I have done? Well. . . some of it. Exactly how much, I'm not saying. I did get the two 3-D models for the Shoto starfighter and Nighthawk missile finished back in April.

That said, the content release, if all goes well, is set for release on 30 May. That's assuming I get everything to my betas and magic workers in a reasonable time and they in turn have enough spare time to clean everything up. Even though Force Exile is more or less my project, I can't emphasize how valuable my betas have been. If you're writing a serious fanfic and want to get better, I can't understate how valuable a good beta reader can be. That said, don't steal mine. I'm going to take a moment to honor them real fast.


 * Solus has been the best when it comes to images. If you like any of the FE covers, she's the reason why. I come up with a general idea and some images I want to see on the cover, and Solus makes it happen, even when it takes fifteen drafts to get the cover to where I'm not nitpicking it anymore. (Not even kidding about the 15 drafts and if you ever saw the e-mails, you'd know that I nitpick some really stupid stuff). Soli, you're an angel.
 * Squishy Vic is another one of my betas. He's read over FE I, FE II, and First Impressions for me and really been helpful. He's also provided some image advice and has been really supportive of my little project at every turn. Thanks, Vic.


 * The Mysterious Stranger has been my beta for awhile. They've worked with me on a lot of FE projects and really helped to fix a lot of important things up. They've also contributed several ideas that ended up turning into key scenes in various stories. You know who you are, but just know that I couldn't have gotten to where I am now without you.

I've had other readers (thank you all as well), but those three have been really instrumental in helping my little convoluted creation along.

Thank you mah betaz!

And thank you for wasting another five minutes of your life reading this. Cheers. Atarumaster88  ( Talk page ) 06:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)