Statement of Intent (or, What's My Motivation?)

So, after a lot of thought, and editing, and setting up and planning and... well, a lot of work, I've decided to try keeping a personal blog.  Well, I say personal.  Really, what this is basically boils down to two things: Rant space, and a storytelling space.

Rant space is pretty self-explanatory.  The storytelling space itself also has two facets. For starters, I tend to have a lot of short-stories that develop in my head and don't go anywhere, simply because (a) I don't have anywhere to put them, and (b) although I love writing, I hate the physical act of doing so.  I'm hoping that by having a place I can simply write and keep these pieces, and come back to them later should I want to approach the idea again, I can.  Some people asked to hear these stories (and one day in the future, I hope many will want to as well), but for now, I'm going to share it here.  Just so you know, most of these posts may not get posted to Twitter, as it's more for me than for my friends; however, if you decide (for some reason) to subscribe to my feed, they should be there.

The other aspect is about storytelling itself.  I have a lot of notes, ideas, and work in storytelling itself.  I've done some bare-bones world-creation on multiple occasions, and I have a lot more ahead of me.  I also plan to go a lot deeper into the worlds I have created, including Aeternus and Radix, and hopefully share not only what I've put into the world itself, but also some of the steps I took in the design process, stream-of-conscious posts as I develop new aspects or new ideas, and hopefully (as I get better at the designs themselves) some graphical designs and representations of the worlds I've been building.

My hope, and much of the reason I've put this blog under a "creative commons" license instead of a typical copyright, etc., is to create worlds that other writers, gamers, designers and creators want to make use of on their own.  As such, if you see something in here you like, and want to see about creating your own story about it or within it, please do so!  I just ask that you let me know, as I would love to see how this all may grow throughout time and through the minds of others, and of course give me some credit for my own creation(s).  :D

That's all for now.  I'll hopefully have another new project getting started.  I don't want to delve into it too much right now, but I'll put information in here as it develops; terribly excited about it, as it's not something I've tried before, but may be an interesting way to help me develop a character and story that's been dear to my heart for some time now.  Thanks for reading!  Hope to hear from you soon.