#HitchhikersGuide

My #HitchhikersGuide entry is now published: Tales, Poems and Ballads of the People.

This is a book I had already mentioned in my main article on Malljule, though until now it mostly existed as a title in the background. Malljule herself first came to life after I wrote about her in the afterword of The unkept promise, and I have wanted to flesh out her famous work ever since.

The challenge gave me the perfect excuse.

Instead of a conventional travel guide, I wrote the article as the foreword to Malljule’s collection of Dorian folklore.

Through her voice, the reader travels across Doriande, stopping in places full of lore and tradition to linger, listen, and smell the roses beside the famous bard.

It is less a guide to roads and inns, and more a guide to the Dorian psyche.

I hope you enjoy the journey.

I must start by apologizing that for the foreseeable future, I am not getting to work on my manuscripts as other writing has consumed what little writing time I get.

Last month it was Adventure April; this month it is the Hitchhiker's Guide to Augmented Valor that is consuming all my writing time.

I just started writing the guide and haven't edited it yet, so expect some mistakes and misspellings. If you look over what I have written so far, I would love some suggestions and/or creative criticism.

Creating a Hitchhiker’s Guide for the Augmented Valor universe requires a specific blend of bureaucratic dry wit, cosmic cynicism, and a healthy dose of "Don't Panic" (even when faced with Screamer-Vant Neuro-Gas).

The break from writing my manuscripts has been helpful. I am taking the time to gather my very scattered notes from all of my paper binders, notebooks, stenographer's pads, etc. into Milanote.

My return to my manuscripts is uncertain, and I suspect few will miss them.

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