Just wow . . . I’m posting this from a new phone, an iPhone 6 Plus. MEGAPHONE!
Im slightly, a little, teeny bit in the red. Um, but hey. It’s gotta be tax deductable for an author. . . right?
Author: Charles_Parkes
Aspiring interactive fiction writer who werewolf transforms and lies on the sofa dreaming about the world of Eris
Lordirish’s 4th Annual Choicescript Competition
I’m getting excited about the upcoming 4th Annual CS Comp run by Lordirish beginning on the 1st of May.
They’ll be releasing a theme and I’ve got one month to create a brand new short story – hence the self-imposed deadline to get ‘The Aegis Saga – Blood’ out by the 30th of April.
Headspace. . . !
COG forum link = https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lordirish-presents-4th-annual-cscomp-please-register-to-enter/15804/161
Cover artist!
I’m really happy to say that Adrienne Valdes (@defenestrin) has agreed to do the artwork for ‘The Aegis Saga – Blood’.
@defenestrin is really, really talented and has worked on a load of projects. Here is one of their artworks for the Heroes Rise MC. website = https://vandaldinesere.carbonmade.com/
Inspiration for the world of Eris
The fantasy world of Eris (the greek word for Strife) is named after our own greek goddess of discord. She’s described by the poet Hesiod as taking two ‘wholly different’ forms – the first Strife is ‘evil’, while the second – ‘harsh Strife’ – makes us competitive. Heriod says of this second form of Eris, “a man would praise her when he came to understand her”:
“So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife alone, but all over the earth there are two”. . . “one fosters evil war and battle, being cruel: her no man loves; but perforce, through the will of the deathless gods, men pay harsh Strife her honour due.”
“This Strife is wholesome for men”, “neighbor vies with neighbor”. “She stirs up even the shiftless to toil”
(and Hesiod says the goddess Eris is to blame for choicescript authors getting angry or competitive with other choicescript minstrels too 
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But to return to my fantasy world.
Interactive stories
Interactive stories allow you to change things about the story that you’re reading. It’s a great way to feel more involved in a narrative.
In the ‘Aegis Saga – Blood’ you can choose your path through the story, effecting the character’s relationships with your avatar, changing the things that happen, and enjoying a more immersive experience of the world of Eris than you might have done if you’d stuck to linear reading.
And if you enjoyed it, you can read again, and find out how different choices shape the world around you.
Announcing ‘The Aegis Saga – Blood’
The full ten chapters of my interactive fantasy novel ‘The Aegis Saga – Blood’ are being proofed now, prior to going to a publisher.
(click here to find the four chapter demo and here to find a brief description of the story)
Charles Parkes 