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It's that time of year - the time we reflect on what we've accomplished and what we seek to achieve in the year to come. This year, we though we'd go ahead and make a nice post about this year's highlights in development, as well as some sweet graphics showcasing XING: The Land Beyond. Please help us spread the word by posting these to your favorite sites, in anticipation for our 2015 release! :) About XING Infographic First, here's a brush up graphic detailing the features and basic narrative of the game: High-Res version here Timeline We put together a timeline highlighting our milestones: High-Res version here Excerpts  From select posts this year: No Right Way “Making a game is a tricky business. A game is art, is function, is commercial, is getting across a message...is being successful at hundreds of different points of design. Even after talking to many industry veterans, we have still found that there is no agreed upon 'right way' to do it.” Growin...

We are pretty excited about how the lake is turning out! It has taken us a while to really the right feeling for the locations in relation to the story and game play, so we hope you guys like it too! We will have one more blog post before the end of the year as a wrap up, highlighting the major events of the year, where we are now, and our next steps towards releasing the game - but for now, enjoy these screenshots of our Kick-started Stretch Goal Level: Hyaku Lake!  Cheers! John, Koriel and James

I'm happy to announce that I'm in my first book bundle with other authors -  Heroes & Shifters: Urban Fantasy and Super Powers Book Bundle #3 ! While I already have boxed sets of my own books, working with other authors on this bundle was a different experience, and I really enjoyed it.  Hopefully readers will enjoy the bundle - 12 great stories from established fantasy authors for only 99 cents!

A few weeks ago, I called my barber to schedule a time for a haircut, and he admonished me for not using his app to make the appointment.   Yes!  His app!  My barber has an app!  With a QR code and everything. Needless to say, I was a little surprised.  I guess I had always thought of barbering as being one of those professions that stays the same for the most part, with little change over the years.  It hadn't really occurred to me that technology could affect - if not barbering itself - the ancillary matters related to it: communication, scheduling, etc.  This, of course, got me to thinking of technological tools out there which might be beneficial to writers, a few of which I note below.  QR Codes Aside from an app, one of the things my barber had was a QR code, which was printed on his business card.  A QR code (the QR stands for "Quick Response") can be thought of as a square-shaped bar code. It can provide information about a product or...