hiatus

Due both to lack of interest and my decision to pursue some other writing projects, The Ghosts of Blackmoon Rifts is currently on hiatus. I hope it will return at some time in the future. I’m not immune to guilt tripping, either, so if this is something you crave begging can’t hurt.

Meanwhile, you can catch all the non-fiction action over at my Tom Noir blog, where I write on every conceivable topic under the sun. Music, fashion, economics, TV, sci fi, technology, it’s all there. Oh yes.

need a reminder?

Someone commented recently that they occasionally forget to check back here for new installments of the story.  I don’t know if that’s true for a lot of people, but I could definitely see how it might be.

If there’s a lot of interest, I could look into setting up a mailing list.  It would be completely ‘opt-in’, i.e., you would have to go to a web page somewhere and click ‘OK’ before you were signed up.  Then I’d just send out an email to the list every time a new installment was posted.  You could drop out at any time.

There are  some great tools out there for this kind of thing, so if there’s enough interest I will definitely set one up.

I should also point out that WordPress provides RSS feeds for all its blogs, so if you’re into those fancy feed reader / aggregator dohickies you can get new installments of Blackmoon served up hot and steaming the moment they’re posted.

If you’re interested in the mailing list or have questions about the RSS feed, please hit me up with a comment to this post.

Thanks!

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This blog is the temporary home of the serial space-western, The Ghosts of Blackmoon Rift. That’s a little yarn I’m spinning in my spare time about a gang of misfits searching for an alien spacecraft in the uncharted badlands of a universe on the verge of destruction.

*deep breath*

My original idea was that I would have readers of my LiveJournal determine by vote the setting and plot of a short story, which I would then write. When the dust had cleared, space opera was left standing. Specifically, a space opera set at the end of the universe. With free teleportation and a wild frontier that would do Davey Crockett proud. Oh, and there were multiple lead characters.

It was clear to me that this was not one,single short story.

What started as an exercise in storytelling has since turned into an exercise in genre-bending. It’s science fiction, it’s a space opera, it’s a western. There may also be some romance, tragedy, gothic horror, you name it. I’m making it up as I go along, weaving a tale in short, serialized installments. The plan is to keep posting as long as people keep reading. Your feedback is appreciated!