Name the AuthorLord’s Fanbase

So far, the most popular (out of 105 votes) were the following: AuthorLord’s Army (ALA) The Faithful Ones / The Patient Ones  / The Superduper Ones Monastic Order of Patience (MOOP) / Loyal to Past a Fault Tie:  S’TarKers  VS Team AuthorLord  / House S’TarKan Stop by the Forum to vote on your favorite from among these choices. Thank you so much for … Read more

Don’t mind our construction

You may have noticed that the blog went down for quite a while. The blog is being moved to a new web host that offers more PHP memory than our current web host. Never fear, the writing continues and no stories have been abandoned. =)

New Domain!

Hello, the viridiandreams.net domain finally became available and so we scarfed it up immediately. Since that one actually, you know, makes sense we’re going to use it as the primary domain. Most of the internal links here and on the forum should reflect that, though the old matthewschocke.com domain points here as well. You may … Read more

Movie Review: The Forbidden Kingdom

Jet Li Jackie Chan Woo Ping doing the fight choreography? I am so there. Okay, Lindsey and I broke our long-standing movie drought last weekend and went to go see this. We were not disappointed. The plot is logically structured, given the obligatory fantasy elements. Most of the kung fu theatre tropes are invoked, but … Read more

Forums and the Omake Contest Entries

We’re excited to announce that the forums are open and ready to be used. With all the recommendations we received, Lindsey and I decided to go with PhPBB3. I’m pretty excited about all the options it allows, and I think it will work out pretty well for the community. The link to the forums is … Read more

Message Boards coming soon!

Given the increased participation on the article comments (and other factors), Lindsey and I have decided to move forward on an idea we’ve been kicking around for a while now. We’re going to be adding forums to the site. Up until now, the Viridian Dreams yahoo group has been the primary means of dialogue between … Read more

A mention in the press…

A few weeks ago I was interviewed by a reporter who’d been directed to me by a member of the yahoo group. Here’s the article that she wrote… STL Today Article Aside from the obvious ego buffing I experienced, what do you all think?

Scout Report: Schocke Residence

Notes from Scout Brandon on the lair of the brilliant but evil author. (posted on the Viridian Dreams Yahoo Group) Saturday, 1000 After extensive research and decoding of texts, I have located the entrance to the lair of Author Schocke. I go now with proper sacrifices in hopes of gaining audience with and finding out about … Read more