I am collaborating on an ongoing series of posts that tell a story. I am doing these posts with my friend, Sage Doyle from over at; https://wallgrimm.wordpress.com/
The story… which might well grow into a novel… is called; The Heirloom. It is about a ring made by a craftsman in ancient Rome. The story follows this ring through history. I wanted to call the story; The Ring, but that name is already taken by those stupid horror movies.
What makes this story interesting for you… and a challenge for us to write… is that we are doing it in a weird way. I created the first character, the jeweler who made the ring, then did a little story about him, and at the end, I created the next character who inherits the ring. Then Sage has to take over, using my character, fleshing him out and giving him depth, all while leading to the next part by coming up with a new character, their name and a very short introduction, and how they end up in possession of the ring. Then I take over once more and repeat the whole process.
Now you know I do a lot of writing with other people around here. I do poems with Hastywords, for example. And I am constantly trying to come up with ways to include all of you… like my little games where I have you finish the last line of a poem, or the end of a fairy tale. Then I did those things where we all took turns adding a paragraph to a story to move it along. I tried science fiction and horror, and they got a little out of control… because you people are weird… and then I tried to get us all to collaborate on the very first comedy/action/adventure/western/drama/period piece/historical/documentary/porno movie script… and that one really got out of hand.
But this one should be interesting. We are actually challenging ourselves to include elements of horror and fantasy and action and adventure and historical epic and humor and romance and maybe even working our way forward to western and even science fiction if we decide to extend it into the future.
However it turns out, I hope you join us for the ride.
Pouring My Art Out 
Sounds like fun! I’m all for collaborations, having just worked on one myself. I’ll be watching with interest…
we will try to live up to the hype… thank you
Wall Grimm sent me here :). Looking forward to how this develops.
It is good to have you… feel free to poke around… after you sign the medical waiver… and the legal disclaimer…
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Please go check out this post at Art’s blog, Pouring My Art Out. He and I are beginning a collaborate story together, which is going to be really cool. So go read this post, which describes it, and while you’re at it, follow his blog, if you’re not already. Thanks!
listen to the man…
yeah!
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don’t binary me
I have nothing against bin darwin
the theory of revolution guy?
exactly!
he is so revolting
hahaa ok you win
yay me
yay you
yeah yay me… (famous Chinese porn star)
hahahaa
ja jäfurmich – famous German porn star
Willie Wanker… uh… famous candy making porn star
The game is on!
oh yeah it is
yeah!
yup
Looking forward to it Arthur, You are a good story teller!
well it has begun…
OMG this makes me immensely happy. It will be epic 🙂
I hope so
Sounds like a challenge, Arthur. Looking forward to watching it unravel. Unfold. 🙂
thanks
Fantastic idea, Frodo. Please ensure the ring makes it back to its appropriate place in the heart of a fuming, active volcano.
But seriously, this is a cool idea.
Vesuvius is a volcano
And Mickey is a mouse.
Scooby is a dooby
Does the story end with the ring being taken to Mordor?
no… Vesuvius maybe… HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like fun. I’ll try to keep up, just started a massive project for work though.
I hate when that happens
I like the challenge, this is a puzzler
life is a puzzle
I love puzzles
then you came to the right place
Looking forward, Arthur to reading about the heirloom and the characters and stories you and Sage weave around it.
yay