Saturday, November 19, 2011

Random House reveals Storycuts

Random House has officially announced a new type of eBook in a series that they're referring to as "Storycuts."
Essentially, short stories from larger collections are published as individual eBooks for viewing on your e-reader. Among the first of more than 250 short stories are a few from Brian Jacques, extracted from Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales. These include R.S.B. LimitedThe Lies of Henry Mawdsley,The Fate of Thomas P. KanneJamie and the Vampires and The Sad History of Gilly BodkinAllie Alma and Bridgey are combined into one release, asAllie/Alma/Bridgey.
It appears as if these will be listed on Amazon in the future, however if you're interested in checking the eBooks out now, navigate to the Random House website.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Announcing Redwall Answers

Today, we are officially announcing a supplemental service of the Redwall Wiki - Redwall Answers!
Redwall Answers is a question-and-answer type of wiki that allows anyone to make an inquiry, and if someone knows the response, anyone can respond.
You can find Redwall Answers here.
Essentially, the purpose of this is to help people looking for specific Redwall or Castaways information without having to read an entire article.
There is a very short Manual of Style/Rules guide for this service, please check it out there. If you like to helpRedwall fans, be sure to check this wiki regularly.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Art Contest Canceled


Unfortunately, we did not meet the quota of entrants for this year's art contest, and despite having over 60 votes for one, (why didn't you voters enter?) nowhere near that many applied for judging by their peers.
The artists who did decide to enter are free to do whatever they like with their artwork, whether that means submitting it here or elsewhere.
I am slightly disappointed in that regard, as well though. The challenge was to depict a battle scene, which is why I specifically noted the chapter. However, most entrants directly imitated Chris Baker's cover - I was hoping to see some new interpretations of Brian Jacques' text.
If no one is going to enter, this may be the last time we attempt to hold a contest for a while.