I've two intents here: writing for the wargames press and writing fiction.
I write occasional pieces for the wargames press, mainly for Miniature Wargames, but I've also published in Wargames Illustrated, Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy, the long defunct Practical Wargamer, a couple of very old short lived magazines you'll never have heard of, such as The War Machine, some D&D mags and even on one notable occasion in its very early days, White Dwarf. Now retired, I plan to do more of this, where I can, and Oathmark is something I'd particularly like to write about.
I've already two articles on Oathmark pending at Miniature Wargames. I believe John Treadaway has accepted them, but you never really know until they actually appear. (These two pieces explore the notion of Oathmark as a historical ruleset. It make surprisingly good sense, in fact, as long as you're happy to accept some rough edges). Following the supplement, Battlesworn, I've an article on building boats and a scenario drafted, too. Hopefully more will follow.
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It is a pretty natural aspiration of many fantasy gamers to write fantasy fiction. Some make it, some don't. I'm a moderately successful writer (a few minor stories, a fairly decent CV as a poet, various academic pieces) but only twice attempted to publish full-blooded fantasy writing - both rather desultory attempts, and both unsurprisingly unsuccessful.
However, Rhyndareas has prompted an idea which I think has a degree of originality and, potentially, could be an interesting read. I'm 30,000 words into this, and not hit a wall yet, so feeling pretty positive about it, though I'm well aware that the hard yards are ahead. Not willing to give hostages to fortune, I'm not going to say much about this project on the blog until at least the first draft is complete. However, there's bound to be overlap between the narrative and the gaming backstories I post.
At its heart, it's material I want to write, for my own gratification. I used to have much higher literary ideals, and failed to live up to them, so I'm lowering my sights here, in the hope that what pleases me might please a few others, too.
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