You all are going to think I am having you on, and honestly I am still a little gobsmacked myself. If you have been reading this blog this past week you will know I have been watching videos (about writing SciFi/Fantasy fiction) from Brandon Sanderson. Keep in mind I have not read any of his books. I just stumbled across a video in my youtube stream and Voila there I was. Then two days ago, I decided out of the blue to see what a long-ago friend Charlie Cleveland, who I know had started a games company (Unknown Worlds), was up to. I read a bunch of the articles on his blog, and posted a few thoughts about that. He mentioned something about his latest game, Moonbreaker, but I did not click through to find anything more about the game itself. And I surely have not played it. Anyway, today, I stumbled across this youtube video blindly in my stream, and to my utter amazement, Sanderson did a bunch of work on the game. From the home page of the game:
Moonbreaker is a turn-based strategy, tabletop tactics game developed by Unknown Worlds, the team behind the Subnautica series. It is designed to be a true digital miniatures experience, set in an expansive sci-fi universe crafted by best-selling sci-fi and fantasy author, Brandon Sanderson.
Holy cow. So surely I must now read one his books, or play the game, or both!
Otherwise today was a pretty good day on the creative front. I showed the first draft of my first short story to my children, and got some positive feedback. I then hunkered down and produced a decent second draft. As I was trying to flesh out a few awkward sentences or confusing bits, I started adding in some more detail, and now I am wondering if some of that detail is really the Umbrella Plot idea? So perhaps the initial story is the Core Plot, but really the key idea is this other thing. I will definitely need to noodle this more. (sorry)
And then a huge rabbit hole. I came out from under my rock and discovered Jacob Collier. Clearly I don't watch The Grammys. But wow, what an interesting guy. And he is touring. I hope to get tickets to one of the local shows ASAP. (Anybody else already going or want to go?)
One of the great things he has done is an arrangement of Lionel Richie's song all night long. This is significant to me, because I was just in a musical in February where we did a big production of this song. Itt was so interesting to see what Collier did, and compare it to what we did.
And a bit more about that musical. The high school in our town puts on a huge parent run broadway style production every year called Jamboree to raise money for a scholarship fund (we raised close to 250K this year). The was the first year I was part of it, and performed in seven or eight numbers (including All Night Long), and acted in a few skits. It was a lot of fun! The recording of the show will be available in a month or two, and I will be sure to post a link when it is up. BUT - more importantly, March 20th is the pitch night for next year's show. I will be working on my pitch over the next few days.
And lastly, my daughter made me some amazing signs for my office:
peace, greg
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