World Building, Licensing, and Comedy
I know some of you have been following the Shield of Creation storyline. O.K., actually, from what Google Analytics tells me, most of you who visit the site have been following the Shield of Creation storyline.
Let me tell you a dirty little secret: I’ve learned more about my own universe in that “side story” than the main story.
Open offer to Mike Terracciano: if you want to suggest a direction for Shield of Creation to take, especially for your universe, please do so. I might not take it (I’ve warned people SoC ain’t cannon, after all), but I’ll certainly try to incorporate the idea into what I’m doing.
Likewise, if would like to borrow one of my characters or a character concept into your universe, I hereby give formal permission. My only restriction is that whatever you do, I want a reference. Why do this? Licensing. I offer my work under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 US License. Mookie’s just trying to earn a living, so if my characters show up in one of his books, the only thing I want is a reference. But I’m hoping he’ll Bring Teh Funny too.
Yes. It’s vanity. Isn’t everything? Break a leg, Mookster.