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.

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-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.

Wednesday Rants: March 2014 #2

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to the second issue of Wednesday Rants March edition. Since I am on time, I am going to talk a little more in depth about my 2 YouTube plans as I had planned, so let us begin.

[Cyber Tactics® Developer Log]

I apologize for not having this video ready this month. The thing is that I had to deal with a few things behind the scenes regarding trade secrets before I would release a video. Hopefully this will be settled in a couple of weeks. The other problem is, as will be the same for next segment I'll talk about, is a video editor. As some you may watched my videos, 'Prototype Presentations', they are not exactly high quality. The other problem is trying to see the cards and what they do. That is a big problem if you can't see what I am talking very well. I may mix a video in from time to time if I need to do a physical action, but the idea of doing a video slideshow is the show the cards much closer on the screen and even throw in some diagrams if needed.

However, finding a good cheap editor is very difficult. After what happened last year when my computer's hard rive burned out and left me a full month with no computer to do any work, I don't want to risk that with the wrong program. This will be a daunting task of course, I want this series of videos to do good, be informative, and very accessible whenever the game hits the market for those who purchase their copy of the game.

After I do manage to get an editor, this is going to take some time for to learn how to use such a thing because I have no editing experience or film making experience, which will be fun but most likely exhaustive. Heck doing the presentations was hard enough as it is because of all the stuttering over my script. But once all of this falls into place, you all learn more about Cyber Tactics I didn't show in the 'Prototype Presentations' and hopefully you will all find the game much more entertaining.


[Video Readings]

This is another project I want to do and this one I will need an editor of course, just like above, so I can record my voice. After all I need a title card of my writings sprawled on the screen. I took a look at other YouTube videos that have done readings and they just had the title sit there for the duration of the video. They may get broken down into smaller videos, I'll probably keep them at 10 Minutes each so as to drain any of you like a wall of text.

Now because this is an entirely new experience for me, I may start off small, since I never done editing. I'll probably go with 'Days of Fate and Destiny' to see test everything out and see how my voice sounds. having a good voice and good microphone is very important and again this require me to not sound boring. I don;'t know if making character voices seems necessary, especially with females since I can't produce a female voice, but it will be fun to try.

Finally there is the question of illustrations, to reflect certain scenes or maybe characters when they talk to a shot-reverse shot type of clip when talking, so you know who is talking, considering that my voice may be one-note. Plus it might be fun eye candy for you all, but that is something that will be very very later in the future.

Nevertheless, I will start small and work my way to bigger stories to get better and better. I may even produce an original story exclusive to the readings. In the end I want to have fun doing this and really get my stories out there and to a wider audience. Of course, I should also to be on the safe side, do a little editing of the writing first just to be safe with the end product.


[NEWS and NOTES]

The first Monday of April is the 7th. At 8:00pm EST, I will post up April's scheduling.

Thank you all for joining me.

Until next time...

See ya.

Wednesday Rants: March 2014 #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to a late edition of Wednesday Rants. My apologies. because fo the short time I have before Thursday arrives, I am gonna keep this short.

[Arcana Magi Season 4]

I want to thank all of my fellow Readers for joining me this season for Memorial and Pure. Next season will be the 5ht Anniversary of 'Arcana Magi'. I have yet to figure what I am going to do, but I do want to make it special. So join me in October, when the 5th kicks off.

[Cyber Tactics on Youtube]

The plan to have a video up this month is still in the works. Basically the plan is to cover all things Cyber Tactics, from individual cards to game mechanics. it will be in depth with each subject. However, I have not decided how I will approached this. I could use the R&D Table like in the Prototype Presentations, but I am also thinking about slideshow, but I don't how to pull that off. I'll have it all figured out soon enough.

[Prototype Presentations]

I am in the selection process of what to present, but I will be working on a new video to present another game. Stay tuned for more details.

[Youtube Readings]

I am interested in doing video readings of my works on Youtube, but just like the Cyber Tactics on youtube, I don't know how to approach this and make it work. Also scheduling. Once I figure it all out, then I will make announcements.

[Free 'Shell' Friday]

Just to give a heads up, this week is another Free 'Shell' Friday so feel free to snatch a copy if you haven't yet.

So these are the rants this time around. Again I apologize for being late. I really have no excuse for this. Thank you all for joining me.

Until next time..

See ya.

Quixk NOTES: March #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another edition of Quick NOTES. We've reach the conclusion of 'Arcana Magi' Season 4, please enjoy.

--Now on Fictionaut: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 5'

While Mayumi deals with the the mist monster, Emi confronts Hikari.

Click on the sidebar link to check it out.


Well that is all for the Quick NOTES.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

NEWS and NOTES: March 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to this months edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. I hope you all have enjoyed 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol.4'. We've reached the final chapter and then we enter unknown territory.


-- This Friday, March 7 , 2014 on Fictionaut at 8:00 PM EST: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 5'

Mayumi is in the fight of her life and Emi is in danger, in this dramatic conclusion.

-- Wednesday, March 12, 2014: 'Wednesday Rants'

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


-- Friday, March 14, 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, March 21, 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, March 26, 2014: 'Wednesday Rants'

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


--This March, 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 for this month.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: February #4

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another edition of Quick NOTES.

--Now on Fictionaut: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 4'

Mayumi makes her escape and Emi comes to terms with herself.

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--Now on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

Get your free copy of 'Shell', prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' today.

--Monday March 3 at 8:00 PM EST: 'NEWS and NOTES'

Get the latest schedule for upcoming releases and deals by H-M Brown.

Well that is all for the Quick NOTES.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: February #3

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another short round of Quick NOTES.

Now on Fictionaut: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol.4 -c.3'

Mayumi, Emi, Rumiko, and Keiko are heading back to the Shrine, while Mrs. Saito and the Society try to control the mob of Hikari's followers.

Check it out today on Fictionaut.

That is all for the Quick NOTES today. Short and simple.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Wednesday Rants: February 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to the first Wednesday Rant of 2014. I hope you are all enjoying the new year so far. There is stuff to talk about so let's get to it.

[About the Hiatus]

Okay. I mentioned that I was going to re-write my novel Dreamwalker Kumiko as part of my hiatus for the past two months. Everything was going well with the re-write until something happened along the way. Well I received an appointment with Mayfair Games, which was held today at New York Toy Fair. This resulted in shifting all my attention to my prototypes which I spent the past two months dealing with. So third drafting my novel went into the back burner and then this month happened to continue 'Arcana Magi Universe' Season 4. Thankfully, the sacrifice was not for nothing and while cannot get into details at this time, my attention is spreading out. Once I deal with 'Arcana Magi Pure vol.4', I will most likely go into hiatus again to deal with this. The door has been opened and I need to break through, now that I have a chance. I will NOTE that if and when I need to do so.

[Arcana Magi Universe]

Because of the change in events regarding my appointment with Mayfair Games, I would like to apologize for any poor quality in the writing of 'Arcana Magi Pure' so far. It was not intentions to put out a a bad product and I am doing my best under these conditions to at least make the storytelling accessible in contrast to the writing itself. I am also hoping despite there being 5 Chapters involved that I do not paint the story into a corner that could ruin the characters or plot. Chapter 3 is coming out this week as planned. I will do my best to put out a good chapter.

[Plans for 2014]

Well I had plans for 2014. For instance a new 'Beyond Logic' was planned. I was gonna see about doing audio stories on Youtube for my writings, as well as videos for 'Cyber Tactics' card game. But now they are going to be on a case by case basis as I deal with Mayfair Games these next couple of months. Once all the dust is settled, and I get a good look at my future, I'll post up the plans for my works. I would like to thank you all for your patience in this changing time period of my life. Hopefully, everything will turn out good and I can actually make without layers of stress piled on top.


So that is my current situation regarding. It is a new path I am facing and it is looking very exciting. Keep in touch and enjoy 'Arcana Magi Pure' this month on Fictionaut.

Quick NOTES: February #2

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another edition of Quick NOTES.

--Now on Fictionaut: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 2'


Mayumi and Emi have their talk with Nina and decisions are made.

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--Now on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Fridays

Get your free copy of 'Shell', prequel to 'The Geolyth Equation' today.

Well that is all for the Quick NOTES.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: February #1

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another edition of Quick NOTES.

--Now on Fictionaut: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 1'

A strange unfamiliar voice is calling out to Mayumi, and she and Emi does not know who it is.

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Well that is all for the Quick NOTES. Short and sweet.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

NEWS and NOTES: February, 2014

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to this months edition of 'NEWS and NOTES'. I hope you all havd a wonderful Holiday Season and enjoyed the Super Bowl. It's a new year now and Arcana Magi Season 4 continues on with 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol.4'.


-- This Friday, February 7, 2014 on Fictionaut at 8:00 PM EST: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 1'

After the events of the Kappa's festival, Mayumi and Emi are deciding whether to give the Kitsune a second change.


-- Friday, February 14, 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, February 14, 2014 on Fictionaut at 8:00 PM EST: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 2'



-- Wednesday, February 19, 2014: 'Wednesday Rants'

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


-- Friday, February 21, 2014 on Fictionaut at 8:00 PM EST: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 3'



-- Friday, February 28, 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, February 28, 2014 on Fictionaut at 8:00 PM EST: 'Arcana Magi Pure Vol. 4 - Chapter 4'




That's all for this month.

Until Next Time...

See ya.

Wednesday Rants: November 27, 2013

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another round of random ranting. Did you all enjoyed 'Arcana Magi Memorial Vol.4'? The setup is complete and next will be an awesome adventure. Today though, I will be addressing upcoming plans so let us begin.

[December/January

I will be taking a 2 month winter break. I will be in total silence, which there are no Wednesday Rants, no new Fictionaut stories, nothing. I will be spending the next 2 months 3rd drafting this novel of mine that i want to put in a publishing houses' hands. Plus the holidays are here and I have a lot of priorities to focus on. So I will not be able to keep up with any online activities.]

[Arcana Magi Pure Vol.4

I will return in February and will definitely start it off February 7, 2014 Friday, with the first chapter. This will close out an abbreviated Season 4 for Arcana Magi Universe. I look forward to seeing you all then of course.]

[3rd draft Novel

Okay, so the title of this novel is Dreamwalker Kumiko. It is one my first early written novels going 13 years. It is a very big story, Urban Fantasy, and plenty of awesomeness. It is also my most difficult to write due to the ending. I am still finding that right one. Basically, this draft is going to be completely re-written to meet my current standards of writing. I also have lot of issues to address, like fridge logic, plot holes, and missed opportunities. I don't how much of this I will get in 2 months time because of Life, but I definitely need all the energy and concentration to do this. I really am looking foward to getting this published in-house and onto store shelves, and once that happens, I hope you will all get your copy and enjoy reading in bed at night.]

[Board Games

Everything is pacing along great on this front. Playtesting at IGDA Game Demo night net positive results and required minimal removal of game mechanics. I will be nitpicking during the next 2 months when I have time outside of Dreamwalker Kumiko, and hopefully I will get picked up by a game publisher. I do want to due another Prototype Presentation, but that will probably be after Arcana Magi Season 4 is finished, and if I did not get picked up by publisher then. But that is on tap for 2014.]

So those are my upcoming plans. I thank you all for wonderful 2013. I really appreciated your viewing all my works on Fictionaut, Youtube, and Kindle. I look forward to seeing you all again in 2014.

Have wonderful and safe happy holidays.

Until 2014...

See ya.

Quick NOTES: November #4

Greetings Fellow Readers! Welcome to another edition of Quick NOTES.

--Now on Fictionaut: 'Arcana Magi Memorial Vol. 4 - Chapter 5'

Azure has reached limit, what will become of her in the end?

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--Now on sale on Kindle: Free 'Shell' Friday.

Get your copy of 'Shell' for free today on Kindle.

--Wednesday November 27th on Blogspot: Wednesday Rants.

Join H-M Brown as he shares thoughts on writing and share info on future projects.

Until Next Time...

See ya.