The Artemis Files, a new SF fiction series inspired by Traveller
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I read most of the free sample and it's better than a lot of the free stuff I've found on Amazon. (And certainly better than one abomination I actually paid for). The author has some talent.
Having said that, he would, IMO, be well served to edit his work more tightly. I agree with an earlier poster who said there was just too much focus on Gwen's assets. Additionally, the description of Elysium reads more like an info dump than a story. The old adage of show don't tell applies.
Having said that, he would, IMO, be well served to edit his work more tightly. I agree with an earlier poster who said there was just too much focus on Gwen's assets. Additionally, the description of Elysium reads more like an info dump than a story. The old adage of show don't tell applies.
Thanks for the feedback Vargas, it is really appreciated.
I like to think that each book is honing the skill (in between the pressure of finishing the latest novel, normal work, family life, vacations, etc..) and when I look back all that time ago to last October & the release of Elysium to the current books out there, I really do hope I'm getting a little better. It's only been six months, but it seems a world & lifetime away since October!
One of the things I've taken on board from the readers here and elsewhere is the need for a revisit to Elysium to tidy it up and bring some of the current writing style to it, making it less raw and focussed on particular 'assets' in the start.
Once 'Dancing with the Witch Queen', 'Bedel's Honour', 'Liberty', and potentially 'Gator Bait' are finished and out the way in late Spring/Early Summer, I intend to touch up Elysium with re-edits and content updates... and then have a proper rest for a month!
Again, many thanks for your feedback & to all the others that have posted comments in this thread!
Cheers,
Brad
I like to think that each book is honing the skill (in between the pressure of finishing the latest novel, normal work, family life, vacations, etc..) and when I look back all that time ago to last October & the release of Elysium to the current books out there, I really do hope I'm getting a little better. It's only been six months, but it seems a world & lifetime away since October!
One of the things I've taken on board from the readers here and elsewhere is the need for a revisit to Elysium to tidy it up and bring some of the current writing style to it, making it less raw and focussed on particular 'assets' in the start.
Once 'Dancing with the Witch Queen', 'Bedel's Honour', 'Liberty', and potentially 'Gator Bait' are finished and out the way in late Spring/Early Summer, I intend to touch up Elysium with re-edits and content updates... and then have a proper rest for a month!
Again, many thanks for your feedback & to all the others that have posted comments in this thread!
Cheers,
Brad
Nelson? Lord Hood? Sir Home-Popham?
Naval Officers traditionally get invoved in land campaigns, whether it's invading Corsica, Toulon, or Buenos Aires and often end up commanding soldiers, a Naval Captain is equivalent to a Colonel in the Army, I've used 18th/19th Century examples as it fits better with Traveller's communications, the Falkands campaign for example was run from London so dosn't really fit as well.
Kind Regards
David
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Horatio Nelson lost his arm and eye during a cutting-out expedition in the south of France, commanding sailors and marines.
Could not agree more David. when I was playing characters in any of Brad's campaigns, they tended to be naval officers and certainly commanded marine units (with a more junior marine officer).
One of my old characters is even in one of the Artemis Files novels.
Could not agree more David. when I was playing characters in any of Brad's campaigns, they tended to be naval officers and certainly commanded marine units (with a more junior marine officer).
One of my old characters is even in one of the Artemis Files novels.
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Hi Ravi.
No, not Sarge. Actually it is Lord Andrew Fitzgerald
He has a very interesting career behind him.I do have to admit that Markus Farradaye is another of my characters as well. Whilst the Razorback gang are my gaming group (my wife's character is the Doc). Bunch of loonies that they are!
Hi Ravi.
No, not Sarge. Actually it is Lord Andrew Fitzgerald
I do have to admit that Markus Farradaye is another of my characters as well. Whilst the Razorback gang are my gaming group (my wife's character is the Doc). Bunch of loonies that they are!
As a point of note, we're on the opposite sides of the world and I haven't gamed with the Razorback group for Traveller - only Rolemaster and MERP back in the years before coming over to Ireland.
Visuallising what some of them are like with characters was easy to translate (there should be laws against inhumanity to player characters by humans), and yep, they will make more appearances down the road, as will the Farradaye & Fitzgerald characters in supporting actor roles, or even their own stories, etc....
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The Rolemaster days were fun. That M&M demon that Andras dropped on us from time to time will haunt my dreams forever
Brad and I purchased the Traveller little black box about the same time. Great days
Yep, they were crazy times...
Ravs, you should have seen the Chargen in the 1st Edition Chivalry & Sorcery... ouch, but lots of fun!
I still have my old notebooks from High School tucked away in storage back in Oz with the original characters we created in the early days of LBB Trav... pages and pages of NPC's, Player Characters, and world settings. Hopefully I can dig them out later this year amongst everything else buried away and see how they compare in a T5 universe.
New book is out
I apologize for bumping a 4-year old thread but a new book called Georgia (links to blog) is out, in case any of you were wondering if the author was gone forever. It's set in the same ATU and shows the past of the main character's female friend.
I apologize for bumping a 4-year old thread but a new book called Georgia (links to blog) is out, in case any of you were wondering if the author was gone forever. It's set in the same ATU and shows the past of the main character's female friend.
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Thanks for the bump WELLIS, I just saw your comment now.
Yes, for anyone that has read my other books, a new one is out and soon to be followed in the coming weeks by another. This latest book Georgia features Ensign Chelsea Vanderbilt, an officer from a frontier world in my setting. In another month or two, more books will be coming for the original series and another writing project which I will mention as it gets closer.
I've been back and forth between Oz and Ireland, and finally settled in one country long enough to allow the writing to happen again. I hope you enjoy 'Georgia', it was a story that needed to be told and with the other books in the series, will probably end up posing more questions than answers (cue evil DM laugh) until the truth comes to light down the road.
In the meantime I have to get back to doing some (well, lots at the moment) of artwork for John Watts over at Gypsy Knight Games for Clement Sector or he'll send the Cascadian Marshals after me!
If you are interested in reading my books, you can find direct links from my blog site below, or have a look at your favourite ebook retailer for books by Bradley Warnes (Amazon, Kobo, B&N, Apple, Smashwords, and soon enough I'll put them all up at DriveThruFiction). Many thanks if you do, and I hope you enjoy my writing. I know not everyone will or does, but hey, if enough folks like it I might be mad enough to write several large epic sagas that spin off into TV series with world-wide debate about inspiring things like coffee or kaffee or mocha....
Brad
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