NEWS and NOTES: August 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to the August Edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. I hope you all enjoyed my Audio Reading of 'Feral', there will be more in the future but for now, I have some plans to share.


NEWS:

-Friday August 15, 2014 on Kindle - Free 'Shell' Friday

Grab yourself a free copy of 'Shell' on Kindle.


-Wednesday August 20, 2014 at 9:00 PM EST on Blogspot - Wednesday Rants

Join H-M Brown as he discusses upcoming projects and plans at a new time slot.


-Friday August 29, 2014 on Kindle - Free 'Shell' Friday

Grab yourself a free copy of 'Shell' on Kindle.


NOTES:

August and September I will not be doing any monthly releases. I will be focusing these next two months working on 'Arcana Magi' 5th Season. That's right. 5 Years of 'Arcana Magi' and I want to make sure that the stories this year are little better than last years. And a lot more exciting. I want to make sure this year works out good for all of you. I look forward to sharing this momentous occasion with you all.

So that is all for NEWS and NOTES for the month of August.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: July #2

Greetings Fellow Readers! I have a new round of NOTES to make.

- Now released on Youtube: Audio Readings - Feral.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLj-L_OgdR4&feature=youtu.be

A new life rose to its feet, and now craves for its new source of food.

Click on the link and listen today.

- Now on Sale at Amazon Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

http://www.amazon.com/Shell-Geolyth-Lore-H-M-Brown-ebook/dp/B008FSCR2I/

Go and pick up your free copy of 'Shell' the prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' featured on 'Duality of Horror: A Short Story Double Feature', today.

- I read through YouTubes Terms and Agreement and all my Videos will have Ads. BUT FEAR NOT, because I was granted to choose what type of ads to use and I chose the Overlay, which mean you will not Ad videos before, during or after any of my videos. Just as I wanted. So you do not have to wait for my videos to start up have any interruptions when listening to 'Audio Readings'.

-Coming August 4th on Blogspot - 'NEWS and NOTES: August Edition'

Swing on by to see what is on tap for the month of August.


Thank you all for checking out my works, you all have a good weekend.

Until Next Time...

See Ya.

Wednesday Rants: July 2014 #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another round of random ranting. There are things that I am going to have to discuss, as I am sure you may have questions. So let us begin.

[Arcana Magi]

You may have noticed by now that I had released some stories from 'Arcana Magi' onto Amazon Kindle. Well there are a few reasons for this; 1) After having received a notice regarding 'Beyond Logic Vol.1' when I was updating the Amazon Kindle release with a book cover, I wanted to make sure that everything was okay regarding publishing, and it is. 2) Because of this event, I figured this was a good opportunity to try a little something for this upcoming Season... 5. That's right, 'Arcana Magi' will be 5 year old having debut on Fictionaut in 2009. 3) Therefore, since 'Arcana Magi Zero', the first in the series, is 5 Years Old, I decided to give it the Amazon Kindle release.

As for 'Arcana Magi Rush', I want it included in 'Compilation of Prose and Thought' for House Publishing because, I feel it is a strong story that exemplifies what I discussed regarding female characters. It is also an awesome story to get published with my other shorts since its giant robots versus dragons. Finally I feel it is a good representation of the entire 'Arcana Magi Universe' on a Publishing House scale.

There will be more on the 5th Anniversary as October nears.

[New York Comic Con]

It's that season again, New York Comic Con. (http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/) So I got myself a Professional Badge for a second year in a row. I will be wandering the halls once again, but I have good news. I was able to register for a 1 Hour Autograph Session and it is under review. The results will occur next month. If accepted, I will be autographing copies of 'Tales From Arcana Magi' and 'The Impossible Man' Amazon book covers for free. I had thought about doing a panel, but I think this year may not be a good time. I want to take this one step at a time. Plus I don;t know what I would do aside from talking about the above 2 stories and Q&A. I want to get a little more stuff under my belt, like an actual publication from a house before tackling the Panels. So, I'll let you all know if I get a booth, and provide all the info needed to come see me and get a chance to meet me, finally.

[NJ Game Demo Night]

Thank you to all who had come by my table and played my board game Splatterbomb. Big thanks to Brian Chung for hosting the event and International game Developers Association for sponsoring it. Check out the sweet photos of all the awesome games and fans. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152507671090569.1073741831.141515290568&type=1

[Compilation of Prose and Thought]

This book that I have made features a compilation of my 'Thoughts on Writing' that are featured here in my Blogspot, but I also include a selection of Short Stories, many of which never been released, to showcase my writing abilities. This here is a list of what the shorts chosen for this work;

Days of Fate and Destiny
De x Maquina Chronicles
Beyond Logic - The Spectral Line
The Parody Writer and His Gluteus Maximus
Lorhavyn
Arcana Magi Rush
A World Onto Our Hands

A mixture of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comedy and Poetry, written in many different ways. Hopefully, once I suceed in getting this published and into bookstore, everyone can enjoy a buffet of different tales and styles, and see what I bring to the table.

So that is all I have on my mind this month. Next week is 'Audio Readings: Feral' as well as Free 'Shell' Friday. Be sure to get your free copy, as always.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: July #1

Greetings Fellow Readers!

I have a bit of a Summer surprise publishing. 'Tales From Arcana Magi' is now up and running on Amazon Kindle. I will get into the details on the next 'Wednesday Rants' but rest assured, everything is fine. If you are in adding this to your Kindle Collection, just click on the sidebar link today.

- Also remember that Free 'Shell' Friday is tomorrow. Be sure to pick up your free copy of 'Shell' to add to your Amazon Kindle collection.

You all have a nice weekend. See you Wednesday.


Until next time...

See ya.

NEWS and NOTES: July 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to the July Edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. I got a plan for this month. Check out what's on tap this month.


NEWS:

-Friday July 11, 2014 on Kindle - Free 'Shell' Friday

Grab yourself a free copy of 'Shell' on Kindle.


-Wednesday July 16, 2014 at 9:00 PM EST on Blogspot - Wednesday Rants

Join H-M Brown as he discusses upcoming projects and plans at a new time slot.

-Friday June 25, 2014 on Youtube - Audio Readings - 'Feral'

Join H-M Brown as he reads to everyone his unique zombie tale.

-Friday June 25, 2014 on Kindle - Free 'Shell' Friday

Grab yourself a free copy of 'Shell' on Kindle.


NOTES:

No NOTES for this month.

So that is all for NEWS and NOTES for the month of June. I'll see you for the rants and then July.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: June 2014 #2

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to an emergency Quick NOTES. You may have noticed certain things have changed or altered and that is because there have been decisions made, so please understand.

[Seeking a Publishing House]

       Last night I made the decision to forgo writing a fourth Beyond Logic and decided instead to compile together some of my works that I have not released and 3 works that I have placed in Fictionaut to be companion segments with a book called 'The Compilation of Thought and Prose: A Trainees Look at Writing'. Basically I am going to look to publish all of 'Thoughts on Writing' and include from Fictionaut; 'Beyond Logic: The Spectral Line', 'Day of Fate and Destiny', 'Arcana Magi Rush' and yes 'Shell' because why not? ;) I am also including 4 unreleased stories stories. They are a Comedy and fantasy microshort, a De x Maquina Chronicle and a new poem. And finally a brief look at my discipline. It's not very bog or detailed but just straight forward and definitions.
         So basically my intent is take these 'Thoughts on Writing' and have them published in book format by an actually Publishing House and include these stories to compliment what I am trying to convey. My intent is not to teach as I had said in my first 'Thoughts on Writing' but share what I have learned and what I put to practice. Hopefully, this book will help invoke conversation which will a great accomplishment.
        What does this mean for the stories and 'Thoughts on Writing'? Well I don't know yet. I am not sure if I would have to purge them out of the Internet and Fictionaut in order to get them book published. In the meantime, I have set the Fictionaut stories to Private and removed the direct links to 'Thoughts on Writing' here. I apologize to all of you for this inconvenience, but I feel it is time to get a publishing house, and considering all that I have written here on Blogspot, I think 'Thoughts on Writing' material should be good enough for the houses. My only alternative is Kindle, but I need to evolve and take the next step with my writing and hopefully future career.
       I thank you all for your patience and understanding, and look forward to write more stories for you in the future no matter the format.

Until Next time...

See ya.

Wednesday Rants: June 2014 #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another round of random ranting. There a few important that have happened this past weekend that I need to address so lets get started.


[Kindle Book Covers]

So if any of you have been on Kindle, you may have noticed that I have made Book Covers for all my works that I have released. It is not spectacular, but I wanted a little something different than Amazon's own generic covers. Again, I am not much of an artist but at least my stories have a little sense of identity when picking up a copy. So if you have a copy and it's not updated, then go right on ahead and update the new cover.

[Fictonaut]

     Now to segway from Amazon to Fictionaut, you may have noticed that 'Shell', 'Artemis Neo' and 'Beyond Logic: The Spectral Line' have been set to private. This was because when I updated the book cover on Kindle, I had to re-submit the books to complete the update. So since Amazon has to go through the internet before publishing the books, they apparently found 'Beyond Logic: The Spectral Line' in Fictionaut and assumed that that was part of 'Beyond Logic Vol. 1'. So I had to go into Fictionaut and set that to Private. Once I did that, the re-submission of 'Beyond Logic Vol.1' was complete. To be safe I did the same for 'Shell' and 'Artemis Neo'.
     Unfortunately, this will have to be on a permanent basis. See Amazon makes clear in their policy taht whatever we authors release on Kindle, Amazon has first dibs. This means we cannot have our works free on the internet, which include Fictionaut. To violate this would be to lose our account, in this case mine. Having published on Kindle yielded some benefits for me, like last year I was able to attend New York Comic Con as a Professional because I released 'The Impossible Man' on Kindle. I would like to keep that up. So I am afraid that any work in Fictionaut that gets released on Kindle will be locked to Private.

[Beyond Logic]

Which brings us to this situation. I wanted to release a new Beyond Logic on Fictionaut and then bring it out alongside The Spectral Line on Kindle. Because of Amazon's policies this will not be possible. However, I will release the new Beyond Logic Short, but it will be directly to Amazon Kindle. So do expet beyonf Logic Volume 2 later this year.

[Ads on Youtube]

To shift focus, I have free time on my hands now from real world stuff, so I will be reading up on Youtube Ad policy, and then sign up. When it will happened I am not sure, but know that I am not going to use the ads videos, if that is an option, and instead use the banners that pop up during the video, so you can just click out of it while the video is running.

[New Project]

I am working on a new board game right now. I am hoping that I can acquire a table for the upcoming IGDA New Jersey Game Demo Night on July 1. https://www.facebook.com/events/1425340371078446/?ref=22 If I do get a table the new board game I am working on will be demonstrated. But tables are limited, and they want to shift their focus more towards video games, so hopefully, I'll get lucky and have a table.

Okay, so that is all that I have on mind this month. Monday July 7 will be the next 'NEWS and NOTES'. Next Friday is Free 'Shell' Friday if you have not picked up your copy yet. Thank you all for listening to my rants, it was fun sharing my thoughts.

Until next time...

See ya

NEWS and NOTES: June 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to the June Edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. Are you all enjoying the first Audio Readings? Well there are plenty of chances for more to come in the future. However this month is going to a lull month, check out the NOTES below. For now here is what is on tap this month.

NEWS:

-Friday June 13, 2014 on Kindle - Free 'Shell' Friday

Spend Friday the 13th with a little scare and pick up your free copy of 'Shell' on Kindle.


-Wednesday June 18, 2014 at 9:00 PM EST on Blogspot - Wednesday Rants

Join H-M Brown as he discusses upcoming projects and plans at a new time slot.


-Friday June 27, 2014 on Kindle - Free 'Shell' Friday

Grab yourself a free copy of 'Shell' on Kindle.


NOTES:

There will be no releases this month. I have a lot of writings and game development to catch up on. In addition, I have to do research on Youtube Ad program, so there will be ads soon, but there is no timetable for it. Finally, my apologies for linking Audio Readings here on my Blogspot page. It is up now and you can go right into the video. Thanks again for viewing my Youtube video.


So that is all for NEWS and NOTES for the month of June. I'll see you for the rants and then July.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick Notes: May 30, 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! It's the end of the last Friday of the Month and its time for a new post.


-Now Playing on Studio Coqui Channel on Youtube: 'Audio Readings - The First Run'

Join H-M Brown as he narrates to you, 'The First Run' from the pages of 'Duality of Science a Short Story Double Feature'.

Click on the side link.

- Monday June 2, 2014 on Blogspot: 'NEW and NOTES'

Join H-M Brown as he updates on upcoming releases on Kindle, Youtube, and Fictionaut.

NOTES:

I have not registered for the Youtube ads yet because I need time to read up on the EULA, and hopefully when I do set it up, I'll be allowed to choose Banners. You know like the ones that pop up and you click 'x' to shrink it down. I don't want to use the Video ads that occur at the beginning of videos. So just be ready for the ads.


Thanks for joining me today. Enjoy the 'Audio Reading'.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Wednesday Rants: May 2014 #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to the 1 hour delayed edition of Wednesday Rants. I thank you for you patience. Now let us begin.


So having Windows Movie Maker has left me ideas. Lots and lots of ideas. So I will give you the rundown of what I would like to do with this program on my Studio Coqui You Tube Channel

[You Tube: Audio Readings]

So far everything is going slowly due to real life, but everything is going according to plan. 'The First Run' is a Short Story after all and there is no verbal dialogue from characters. So this should not be difficult for my first try. I just hope that my voice will be good and strong once I begin reading. I am still concerned about doing character voice with my other works, particularly female voices. I don't want to come off as insulting when doing such voices. I'll figure it out sure enough. Now another I am looking into and will most likely do is Youtube Advertising. I'm not exactly rich and I need to pay bills and take care of myself, also supplies for my works. I still do not understand fully how advertising on Youtube works, but once I figure it out, that is the course I will take.

Now for the Audio Readings, there is not gonna be much in the way of presentation, like animation of still image slideshow. It's just gonna be the title and my voice. Which might be a good thing because you can listen while doing other things at the same time, like many audio books. Another thing that may come out of this is Editing. I have a feeling I am going to find some grammar off course while I do takes, which means I will be updating the stories as I progress. If this does happen, then I will update the Kindle releases to reflect what was read on 'Audio Readings', so if you own a copy be ready to update it when I give the notice.

[You Tube: Thoughts on Writing]

So with Windows Movie Maker comes ideas, and this idea is something I may do. I will do a reading of 'Thoughts on Writing' as posted here on Blogspot. All episodes will be directly from these posts word for word. No decision yet on original episodes. Just like Audio Readings there will be ads involved, but I see no reason to hold back all my 'Thoughts on Writing' posts at all.

[You Tube: Game Development Corner or R&D Table]

Haven't figured out a name yet, but yes this is still on and Cyber Tactics® is still on tap. I have decided that I will just what I want for Cyber Tactics® and not dwell on the final product. After all the point of this show is to share some of what I did and give a progress on the games developments. This will also have ads, and not everything I made will appear in these episodes because of trade secrets. Nevertheless, I will mix the still slideshow with videos from my R&D Table as seen in 'Prototype Presentations'.

[Fictionaut: Beyond Logic]

I want to write up a new 'Beyond Logic' this Summer on Fictionaut, then compile that with the last 'Beyond Logic' for Kindle. Stay tuned for details on this next Short Story, it will hinge on scheduling and real life.

So that is all I have on my mind this month. Get ready next Friday for another round of Free 'Shell' Fridays and in two weeks 'Audio Readings: The First Run' on Youtube. Thanks for joining me.

Until next time...

See ya

Wednesday Rants 1 hour Delay

Greetings Fellow Readers!

My apologies, I have underestimated my situation right now, so the Rants will be up at 9:00 PM EST tonight. So come on by around then.

Again, my apologies for the delay.

Until tonight,

See ya.

NEWS and NOTES: May 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to this months edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. I hope you all enjoyed watching my newly formatted presentations. It was an interesting experience and something I am going to continue going forward. So now for this months events.


-- Friday, May 9, 2014 on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

Get your copy of 'Shell', the prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' as seen on 'Duality of Horror', today!


-- Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at 8:00 PM EST on Blogspot: 'Wednesday Rants'

Join H-M Brown as he talks about his writings and other projects.


-- Friday, May 23, 2014 on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

Get your copy of 'Shell', the prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' as seen on 'Duality of Horror', today!



-- Friday, May 30, 2014, on Studio Coqui Youtube Channel: 'Audio Readings: The First Run'

Join H-M Brown as he makes his audio reading debut of his Short Story, The First Run.


--Coming Soon, TBD on Studio Coqui Youtube Channel: 'Cyber Tactics®' Walkthrough

Join H-M Brown as he walks you through behind the scenes of Cyber Tactics® card game. Date to be determined.



That's all the plans for this month.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: April #1

Greeting Fellow Readers! Welcome to Quick NOTES.

-Now playing on YouTube: 'Prototype Presentations - Artemis Neo Advance'

Join H-M Brown as he walks you through his latest board game prototype 'Artemis Neo Advance'. Now using Movie Maker.

Click on the sidebar link to watch the video.

-Monday May 5 at 8:00 PM EST on Blogspot: 'NEWS and NOTES'

Catch up on the latest schedule of upcoming events by H-M Brown.


That is all for Quick NOTES. Have a good weekend and enjoy the video.

Until next time...

See ya.

Wednesday Rants: April 2014 #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another round of Wednesday Ranting. This has been quite a slow Spring Month, but as Spring always brings about, is new beginnings... on YouTube

[YouTube]

I finally got myself a Vid Editor. It's called Movie Maker and I am quite surprised at how simple it is to make a slideshow video. This is actually wonderful because not only can I make the videos on YouTube I want, but I don't have to stress over it. Like I don't need to be super professional. Of course, I still have to learn how to fully utilize it and that is where the Prototype Presentation will come in. Next week's presentation of Artemis Neo Advance will be done with Movie Maker as a learning curve to make a slideshow video. It will feature opening credits, maybe a public domain song, and slideshow of the game to illustrate how it works. So I will not be using my webcam, considering the quality of the work of previous presentations. So once I get this down pat, then I will proceed with a "Developer Showcase" of Cyber Tactics®. 

[Cyber Tactics® on Youtube]

This is going to take a while longer than had anticipated. This is because I had new ideas of the game as well as restoring old ideas. Basically, as a prototype, I need to showcase everything this game has. At first I was going to make separate sets but I found it to be not feasible, and unwise. So what was going to be a 210 card set is 410 card set and that means either bringing in old cards from previous drafts or make new cards. So that is the situation with Cyber Tactics on YouTube. I'm apologize for this long delay, but I feel confident about sharing all of the game design with you publicly and I want to make sure I have all of that design I want to show readily available.

[Audio Readings on Youtube]

This is still going to happen, especially with the help of Movie Maker. There are a lot of things I am debating about regarding this. See I can do the slide show of course of my stories for illustrative purposes, or, I could take the lazy way and just show the title of the story in the slideshow. There are a lot of pros and cons in that regard. It's a matter of whether I want to make a presentation out of it. Another problem I am having is my voice, since I have to be the one to narrate. Should I make various voices of characters, including female voices. Should I try bringing in people to provide extra voices. Or should I just go through with my regular voice. It kind of got me thinking through a lot of stuff. The final part is what stories should I tell. Like should bringing in 'Arcana Magi', do I read Kindle Stories and forgo Audible.com. There are a lot of things I can do with this and I don't where to begin. Of course I could start small with 'Days of Fate and Destiny' and see how that goes.

[Conclusion]

So basically with Movie Maker, I now have a new field to travel for all of written works and inventions. It's like the skies the limit. Honestly, i do feel overwhelmed because there is so much I can do with program, and I have a lot of IPs I can make with this. Then there is real life breathing down my neck which can effect my scheduling to make things. Overall, I want to have fun doing this, and sharing this fun with all of you. I really look forward to entertaining you and give you in depth look at my inventions. I highly recommend those of you who want to do Youtube videos with an editor to get Movie Maker for the basic stuff, like slideshows. I feel that is the best program for such thing. Or else, if you're looking to make grand movie quality live action stuff, get something like Final Cut Pro.

Thank you all for listening to my rants. I will see you all next Friday on Youtube for my Prototype Presentation of 'Artemis Neo Advance. Also keep in mind that Free 'Shell' Friday is also next week, so head on over to Kindle and grab yourself a free copy.

Until next time...

See ya.

NEWS and NOTES: April 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to this months edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. Spring time is here! And the snow is all gone. Spring is the season of changes and lot of things are happening around me in the game of life, so this will be a slow month ahead, but I have something at least for all of you to check out.


-- Friday, April 11, 2014 on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

Get your copy of 'Shell', the prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' as seen on 'Duality of Horror', today!

-- Wednesday, April 16, 2014 at 8:00 PM EST on Blogspot: 'Wednesday Rants'

Join H-M Brown as he talks about his writings and other projects.



-- Friday, April 25, 2014 on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

Get your copy of 'Shell', the prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' as seen on 'Duality of Horror', today!

-- Friday, April 25, 2014, on Youtube: 'Prototype Presentations: Artemis Neo Advance'

Join H-M Brown as he walks you through his latest board game design based on the Short Story 'Artemis Neo' as featured in 'Duality of Science: a Short Story Double Feature'.


--Coming Soon, TBD on Youtube: Cyber Tactics Walkthrough

Join H-M Brown as he walks you through behind the scenes of Cyber Tactics card game. Date to be determined.




That's all the plans for this month.

Until Next Time...

See ya.