Winin makes the first attack in DangerLands.

As many of you may know, I’m a creative writer. I’ve written a few short stories and novels in my day. I even sold a short story to a horror anthology, and you can download the novel that I almost sold and read some short stories at my website. But when all is said and done, probably not many people have read my masterpieces. Sad but true. And I have many more that will probably never be read by anyone outside of my critique group.

But don’t cry for me Argentina. I have now turned my massive writing talent towards DangerLands. Much like when writing a novel, the world building is only the first step. Now I need to draw people in with interesting characters and plot. And, let’s be realistic, we are never going to have a fancy CGI intro movie. Instead, I’m going to write a series of short chapters that tell the story of how people found themselves in the Land of Danger. Hopefully it will be entertaining and people will want to read more. It will also set the stage for the quests and stories that will be found in-game.

So what is my point? Well, the game playing audience is much, much larger than the genre reading audience, so by writing for a game, I’ll probably reach a lot more people than I ever would with novels and short stories. Sad, but true. Thank goodness that mmorpg players are reasonably literate.

Anyhoo, for the first installment, check out the DangerLands Lore section.