Tales of Tiberius: Backstory Blog

Always tricky finding good character names. My favorite source is obscure public historical figures, like the top 21-50 aces of WWI. Tricky when you meet someone who shares a character name. I’ve really only had to change one for that reason.

I worked on a scenario for “Star Trek Online” called “Revenge of the Holodeck.” It’s fun to play around with other media some times. It’s hard to really give it your best as this is only for fun, no chance of getting paid. That and there are lots of constraints on your story. Playing with game “The Movies” was interesting too, but I found there were so many constraints it was just more frustrating than fun.

Did a bit of work updating “Darras and Anne.” I have three short stories which fit together and I want to make that into a novel or novella. Looking back I think switching from first person to third person was a good move.

The video is up now and so far well recieved. Hopefully I can think of other videos that will tie in with my writings. I’d like to try something that’s a bit more historical and less pure comedy. I like comedy, but the Tiberius stories are not all comedy. Production costs figure in here too. I’d love to do a stage play with Tiberius and I have a great idea for a levitation, but that requires actors, a budget and so on.

Today’s writing project is finding a toy carriage. I need a prop for a bit of publicity. Hmm Zhu Zhu pets may have something…stay tuned.