Indyplanet Hacked
Over the past week or so, Indyplanet; the online store were issues 0 & 1 of NETERS is available for purchase, was hacked. The folks over at Indyplanet are cleaning the site up. The problem is that if you follow the link to the site, you will get a malware warning... you know, the red and gray rectangle that pops ups and warns you about going to a particular site, etc.
Anyway, we received notice that the problem for the most part has been resolved. Barry; the owner, states that the malware warning will remain active until the net police removes it. He also mentions to stay away from the Indyplanet site, and the ComicMonkey site until further notice. Ka-Blam is clean and back up. read more
You can still purchase issue 0; the Official Guide to the NETERS story arc, at comixpress. I'm still waiting for issue 1 to be added for purchase. Thanks for your patience.
SOU accepted.
I'm still blocking out the next issue of NETERS. I'm using a very cool... and FREE... program to do just that. It's called celtx. I use it for comics, but it can also be used to generate screen plays, etc. And did I mention it's free?
I also received word that my Statement of Use was accepted by the examining attorney. That means the NETERS trademark has been approved for registration and is all but done. This process took three years. Normally takes a little over a year, but missed a few dead lines and blam... months go by, extensions are filed etc.. Lets just say it's been a learning experience. I may use the R with the circle around it symbol in future NETERS publications. What do you think?
Official update-letter sent to registered users
htp (peace)
Did you register for updates? Oh, then the above logo means nothing to you... heh. We are getting back into that interactive phase. Books are available, creative juices are flowing, and cifer-RA is in full effect.
AVAILABLE NOW!!!
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Another cifer-RA (High-Science-Entertainment), joint drops from the frequency that is daathrekh publishing. Issue 1 of NETERS is available now at indyplanet.com, and will be available at comixpress shortly. Thanks for taking the journey with us. More to come. The NETERS novel is being dreamed and put to paper as you read this line, so stay vigilant for that... or you can just register and we'll notify you via e-mail. Click the logo below and grab your copy of NETERS 1 now!
STRONG RECOMMENDATION!
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I Received THE gift from my favorite author. The great Charles R. Saunders, author of the seminal Sword and Soul series, IMARO, prepared a wonderful review of Retro-KM: Lord of The Landlords. Words can't express how awesome this is. I feel like a young NBA rookie. Charles Saunders is Michael Jordan. So when Charles says good job, I'm a kid on cloud nine with a box of candy! My wife is cracking-up at how outlandish I've been acting after having received; for me, the ultimate pat-on-the-back. I mean you can't tell me nothing right now. So bare with me ya'll... folks at work keep asking me what's-up. I aint saying nothing. They don't know about my alter-ego as a speculative fiction writer. Hah...
This has been a great month - I am inspired by the works I have read (see previous posts), I'm happy for having finished issue # 1 proper of the NETERS comic (available soon), and I'm juiced over the fantastic review I received from one of the mighty ones who forged the Sword and Soul genre. To read the review, follow the link -
LINK (May 5, 2010 entry)
Chill Mode...
So NETERS issue #1 Drops this month! I'm juiced about that. Had to get that bad boy done. I left the story arc on the back burner on simmer for a minute ... had to finish my novel and get it out to the people. Having accomplished that, I've had time to get back into NETERS!
I've also had time to enjoy myself. I've been doing a lot of reading. Meji book ll by Milton Davis. It's a Sword & Soul piece set in an alternative Africa. Milt has done his homework, ya'll. This is a great novel. Should be a movie. I've also just started Renpet. Renpet is turning out to be a fasinating novel. It takes place in a world after a great change has occured; altering the people both physically and spiritually.
Renpet got me thinking. I coined a term to describe a genre of fiction that I do. Cifer-RA (see the about page). Anyway, I would describe author Djada N Medjay's book, Renpet, as cifer-RA. Again, so I'm thinking... are there any other books that I would consider fitting in the cifer-RA genre.
Books/comics that I consider cifer-RA in no particular order -
Renpet
The Godist Order series
NETERS
Sannkofaman
Bigga Dreadnuats
The Crown Ascension
Maatkara
The Horsemen
I'm sure there are more that I missed or haven't read. I'm just glad I'm not alone!
Few minor tweeks...
Okay so I received the proof and for the most part I liked it. I made five changes and sent the files back. Shouldn't be long now.
NETERS: Monster KIller
So the next issue of NETERS is finally at the printers and will be available soon. Until then, got some pages...
... don't forget to register for updates!
Kindred Sites Emerge from cyber-space
One of the most important sites on the net fell off the face of the earth a few days ago. Black Science Fiction Society. A powerful place indeed. It has since re-loaded, and we are pleased. But... we have also learned a great lesson. Members are creating vast e-mail/contact links so that if need be, new kingdoms will emerge; largely filled with the men and women who made-up the membership of any particular forum or site that goes dead.
The first to emerge -
Afro Alternative Realities
Wagadu
Before months end!
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Issue one of the new story arc of the NETERS series drops in mere weeks!!!!!! Be sure and register for updates and notifications and stuff. It's back to work for me, just wanted to give the heads-up is all. Oh... yup, that's the same pic I had up there two months ago. That's because the comic WILL be available soon! Did I say issue one is finally gonna be available... heh.
issue 1 of NETERS update
Issue 1 of the cifer-RA fiction comic, NETERS, will be available next month. What was originally to be a re-publishing of the online series, will now be a continuation of said story arc. After the comic goes live, the novella drops. For those who don't know, the novella is the prequal to the entire online series. read more
Twenty-Ten...
We've completed another trip around the sun. Oh-nine was off the hook. Here's to twenty-ten being mo-betta.
... there is something about this picture of Neptune that I did in XSI. There is a kind of dynamism to it. It moves. While publishing my book, I really didn't have time to play around in XSI (foundation) like I wanted to. This program is awesome. Hell ... I need to stop jumping from software to software, and learn the ends-and-out of a single application already.
With a little playing around, seems I can get a pretty good render; one without the weird plastic look to my pics now. XSI is the bomb. Just wish they would port the application over to the Mac. I hate working in a PC environment.
Jupiter ... a little too much light though...
Kwanzaa ... Christmas ... how about some cifer-RA...
htp
(peace)
For those of you looking for that perfect
Holy-day gift, why
not give that which entertains the inner-vision. Why
not offer to your loved ones, some
cifer-RA.
Title: Retro-KM: Lord of the Landlords
Format: paperback
Publisher: daathrekh Publishing
AVAILABLE NOW AT THE FOLLOWING ONLINE
LOCATIONS!!!!
Standard
Comic
Full Color
48 Pages
AVAILABLE
NOW AT THE FOLLOWING ONLINE LOCATIONS!!!
NETERS™
(and all works pertaining to it) are © daathrekh
publishing. All Rights Reserved.
Get your cifer-RA on!
htp
(peace)
Grow your
inner-vision and
experience a new genre of speculative fiction.
cifer-RA (High-Science-Entertainment). This is only
the beginning!
Title: Retro-KM: Lord of the Landlords
Format: paperback
Publisher: daathrekh Publishing
AVAILABLE NOW AT THE FOLLOWING ONLINE
LOCATIONS!!!!
Standard
Comic
Full Color
48 Pages
AVAILABLE
NOW AT THE FOLLOWING ONLINE LOCATIONS!!!
NETERS™
(and all works pertaining to it) are © daathrekh
publishing. All Rights Reserved.
weapons of sound...
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Askari Unpa employs his sound bending capabilities for a number of effects. He can create small personal shields, or generate massive barriers strong enough to protect himself; or others, from most forms of conventional weaponry. Askari Unpa is the Supreme Commander of the Ma'atan Code, and is no stranger to offensive/defensive weaponry. Swords, spears, and knives of all kinds have been formed for and during combat.
Askari Unpas' sound bending abilities allows him to fashion weapons of pure sound rivaling those made of the hardest of steal. There is no size or shape that he can not fathom hence his arsenal is nearly limitless. read more