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PseudoPod => Chamber of Horror => Topic started by: Alasdair5000 on October 01, 2008, 10:15:36 AM

Title: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Alasdair5000 on October 01, 2008, 10:15:36 AM
Morning!

   Right then, I'm doing a 31 part daily serial throughout October at jorvikgames.co.uk.  It's called The Nostrum House Expedition and the first part is here:

http://www.jorvikgames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=page&id=22&chapter=33

   It's a paranormal/horror series filtered through my brain.  It's free.  There are 31 parts of it.  There will be banter, ornate English houses filled with terrible secrets, two female leads, one male lead, a whole lot of music references in the cpater titles and a very odd land rover.  I really hope you like it.  I really hope it doesn't kill me:)

Come!  Join us!
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on October 01, 2008, 10:28:48 AM
SOLD!
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: DKT on October 01, 2008, 11:57:20 AM
Cool!
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on October 08, 2008, 10:48:43 PM
Your story really has me captivated.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Alasdair5000 on October 09, 2008, 04:33:33 PM
Excellent:)  Hope you enjoy what's coming down the pipe (Alice, Tom and Rat may not...)
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: DKT on October 10, 2008, 03:45:04 PM
The curious writer side of me wants to know if you've written the whole thing ahead of time, or if this is still a WIP?
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Alasdair5000 on October 10, 2008, 04:18:37 PM
The answer...is yes:)

Kinda.

   I had a very, very clear idea of what I wanted to do (One of the central ideas has been running around my head for a VERY long time).  The first 9 were done ahead of time, then...stuff intervened.

Woody, at Jorvik Games, got understandably a bit worried on the 6th when the entries he had ran out 24 hours later.

   It's just coming up to the halfway point and I'm actually really glad that it's ended up working this way, simply because there are a couple of wrinkles that have been introduced with extra thinking time that I hope raise it a lot. 

14 and a bit parts to go:)
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on October 15, 2008, 11:26:03 PM
Write Faster!
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on October 23, 2008, 01:39:38 AM
Damn this is a good story!!
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Russell Nash on October 23, 2008, 11:22:05 AM
How much is Al paying you?
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: DKT on October 23, 2008, 04:20:00 PM
Yeah. I love this story. More, please.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on October 23, 2008, 09:54:14 PM
How much is Al paying you?
The first rule of the Illuminati is: Don't talk about the Illuminati.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Ben Phillips on November 08, 2008, 11:40:03 AM
How much is Al paying you?

If the question is how much Al paid to be able to self-promote on the forums, the answer is that he pays in clever, introspective, pop-culture-referential remarks, and at the moment his balance is so far in the black I'm not sure how our accountant is ever going to catch up with him.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on November 08, 2008, 01:29:21 PM
Wow, a real mind-bender this one.
Everything was going great 'till somewhere around the 28th or 29th. I think I had everything straight right up 'till Rat hopped the wall. After that it got weird!

Really a great story. I'm going have to go back and re-read it to make sure I got it all right.



How much is Al paying you?

If the question is how much Al paid to be able to self-promote on the forums...
I think that was directed at me on account of how fanboy I was being.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Russell Nash on November 08, 2008, 09:53:10 PM
How much is Al paying you?

If the question is how much Al paid to be able to self-promote on the forums...
I think that was directed at me on account of how fanboy I was being.

As your Deity I would like to know what my cut is.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Thaurismunths on November 09, 2008, 03:36:53 AM
How much is Al paying you?

If the question is how much Al paid to be able to self-promote on the forums...
I think that was directed at me on account of how fanboy I was being.

As your Deity I would like to know what my cut is.
Drat. Um...well. Ya see, I kind of... spent all of it.
But it's ok. I'll get it back. I invested it in a hedge fund a couple weeks ago.
Title: Re: The Nostrum House Expedition (Shameless Self Promotion Part the First)
Post by: Russell Nash on November 09, 2008, 08:01:55 AM
How much is Al paying you?

If the question is how much Al paid to be able to self-promote on the forums...
I think that was directed at me on account of how fanboy I was being.

As your Deity I would like to know what my cut is.
Drat. Um...well. Ya see, I kind of... spent all of it.
But it's ok. I'll get it back. I invested it in a hedge fund a couple weeks ago.

Are you familiar with the word flail?