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  Editing and Site Maintenance

  Haha, yes, to clarify, there was a problem with our web hosting and I looked into it and it got fixed...

  Y'know, that, or... Magic!

  Posted 02 Jun 10 in Forum for Adventurers

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  Book 1 Revisited **Spoiler Warning**

  Hey guys,

  Thanks for your kind words. =) It means a lot to us. In the early days of SFA when we didn't know whether or not anyone out there would like it, JLY and I would count the visits to the website-- 3 visits this week, 7 visits the next week--and an email or a kind word from anyone was justification to sink another weekend into building this world instead of playing video games or going out. And it doesn't mean any less to us now. It's a huge boost to us to know that we're doing (or have done) something right enough to make people care about our little world.

  You should also know that there's no way in the world that JLY and I would abandon the future of SFA. Book 2 will be written. You just might have to wait a couple months while we get book 1 in fighting shape first.

  To give you an idea of how seriously we take SFA, you should know that every time JLY and I does something that could be even remotely life-threatening (from sky diving to a more traditional flight in a plane), we make each other promise to finish SFA if the worst should happen. Traditionally, the other briefly laments about how much work it will be to finish it alone, then relents and promises to finish the series. SFA is always in our hearts and minds, and we've never stopped talking about Book 2... We've just stopped making it our focus for the next few months.

  But we do hear what you guys are saying, and we are being mindful of how long we take. Once JLY is through with her thesis, we're planning to hit book 1 hard and try to knock out all the revisions we have in mind in a couple of months if possible.

  Also! It should be noted that many of the changes that we're planning to make are comments that our fans on this very forum have mentioned. JLY and I are well aware that we're far from perfect--even the conversation of the past few days about the power of the runes illustrates that there are things we should take another look at before we try to get a professional to judge us.

  And overall, we know that SFA is great, and we haven't lost faith in it. We just want to make it the best that we're able to. Maxwell, just imagine if you could put the SFA feature film on the shelf next to the finished series. Okay, maybe that's far-fetched, but we can dream, right? Anyway, for that matter, we'll be able to write the second book much more quickly if we could turn SFA into a viable source of income. Right now, we write for the fun of it, we write so we can share it on the forum with all of you. But it's a lot of work for a recreational project. Those of you who were in the Tales Beta know that it's no small task to churn out a scene a week. And since we've spent so much of our time on SFA, we want to share it with as many people as we can. And, call us old-fashioned, but an agent seems to be the way to do that. Don't worry. We're not trying to change the heart of SFA, we're not even planning on rewriting everything--mostly just the prologues and some parts in the middle. And we'll be back to writing book 2 before you know it. Promise.

  Posted 29 Apr 10 in Forum for Adventurers

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  Book 2 **Spoiler Warning**

  @TLoHiroshi: At SFA, we don't take breaks, we don't have vacations, and we don't miss updates! There'll be something up this week. =)

  @ Felix the wary: JLY and I haven't talked about SFA Modern lately... But that was fun to write. I'll bring it up at our next board meeting.

  Posted 21 Dec 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  What SFA Means to Me

  Hey guys, JLY and I are struggling to summarize our book (because you know, as struggling authors, it seems to help to have a book summary).

  Since we're so close to this, it's hard for us to see what other people see as the important events in the book. So if you have some time to kill or want to lend a helping hand, we'd be interested to know what the most important events in the first book are to you. =)

  Posted 02 Dec 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  Announcement: Behind the Scenes Blog Posts

  Let us know if you have any questions about this particular subject by leaving a comment!

  Posted 24 Aug 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  RSS

  Thanks for letting me know! This is fixed now, though it may take awhile for the feed to update.

  Posted 09 Aug 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  Questions and Comments

  Heh. As much as I'd love to take credit for the art, you have to thank KM Ricker for that. The reason the artwork is sparse is that she hasn't had as much time to draw for SFA as she would like. Hopefully, we should be getting in a bit more artwork soon!

  Posted 10 Jul 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  The Book I'm Reading Right Now

  The last book I read was "The Name of the Wind".

  Posted 26 May 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  Q

  1. Gregorian through and through. Saturday through Sunday. January through December.

  2a. We haven't quite worked out all the details of the money system. But for now, there are 100 coppers in a silver.

  2b. Easden::Norn::Rawen::Serath is 2::4::1::1.5 ...does that make sense? If you want a cheap vacation, as an Easdenian, you would go to Rawen or Serath.

  2c. Bread cost one copper-ish. Basically, Fell makes about minimum wage at his job in the stables.

  Posted 13 May 09 in Forum for Adventurers

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  More Importance Than Your Body Has Room For

  Also, JLY and I just discovered we can insert images. The first time we tried to do this, the image was three times that size. >_<  So watch out if you're going to try this.

  Posted 26 Apr 09 in Forum for Adventurers