Hello my lovely Patrons!
I hope you are all keeping well and staying safe. The world is in turmoil (or should I say - continues to be in turmoil that is now being brought to the attention of the media) and I know that everyone is feeling the effects of 2020, whether directly or indirectly. Be sure to be kind to yourself and others at every given opportunity.
I am posting this update...
2020-06-04 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA number of you, as well as many of my Instagram followers, have asked if and when I will be re-opening the 'book payment' tiers on here. The current situation has, of course, effected all of us financially, so I want to do all I can to help people out who are still looking to get their hands on my work. This is definitely something I intend to do in the future, in order to enable part (or full...
2020-05-20 15:29:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I hope you're all keeping safe :]
As you may havre noticed, I have now removed the Weekly Replica Pages tier. In its place, the $5 tier Tea and a biscuit is now available instead!
I am working on a number of 'behind the scenes' content ideas, including a sneak peek at how I went about creating certain rune/font sets, maybe even a lit...
2020-05-20 11:28:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello to all of you, my lovely Patrons.
(This is a bit of a long post, but there is some very important information below)
I sincerely hope that everyone is keeping well and staying safe with everything that is going on currently. We're doing ok here. I'm filling my time completing A Book of Supernatural History (which is now ready for physical production, as soon a...
2020-04-26 12:14:11 +0000 UTC View PostHello all!
Firstly, I need to apologies to you all for missing the past two weeks of replica pages!
The first week I scheduled the post and apparently it failed to upload, then last week I completely forgot! I am very sorry to leave you without, but I will be making up for it tonight by posting all 3 sets at once :] I will be doing so shortly.
Unfortunately, I also have to announ...
2020-02-21 20:08:18 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone! I hope you're all doing splendidly :]
This is a bit of a wordy post, but it is an important one.
Please take the time to read it if you have reserved books.
Thank you to everyone who has confirmed their book choices with me - your books are now reserved and secure.
However, there are still 19 of you who have not contacted me...
2019-12-12 09:26:30 +0000 UTC View PostATTENTION! IMPORTANT NEWS!
To all current or prospective Patrons, this is your final reminder that the deadline to reserve books through this platform is fast approaching!
After the next Patreon payment YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PAY FOR OR RESERVE NEW BOOKS in this way.
The payment taken on 1st December 2019 will be the last that can be used to reserve books through...
Hello again everyone!
Sorry, this is another boring 'FYI' post... more cool stuff to come soon, I promise!
I have just sent out an email to all of my Patrons (I hope!) with important information and a few questions that I'd very much appreciate you all answering. Please send a reply as soon as you can, as this will really make my life much easier :]
Thank you in advance!...
2019-11-05 11:26:51 +0000 UTC View PostNot quite as scary as the title might make it seem, but I needed to grab your attention!
Please note that if you are paying monthly for a book/s via Patreon, you must have the paid the first amount by the end of December this year. I will treat this as a deposit to reserve your copy until you have completed the full payment over however many months :]
You do not need t...
Hello everyone!
Just a quick message to let you all know two things:
1) I'm aware there has been an issue with PDF page uploads again over the past week or so. I'm so sorry about that. I am going to delete the two previous uploads and re-post them tomorrow with this week's pages. Hopefully with more success this time around! Please do let me know if you can't get access.
2) It...
2019-10-17 09:37:55 +0000 UTC View PostOnce again, I'm so sorry for missing the Friday page posts for the last few weeks. I'm really not having much luck at all with scheduling the posts! :|
This Friday, I will be post 4 sets of pages for you all!
From now on, I am back at work properly and have far less going on in way of distractions, so I can keep a close eye on this! I'll make sure that you all get the pages ...
Here are the 4 cover designs for the new Potions books, soon to be available via my Kickstarter (hopefully!):
Perfecting Potions - A potion recipe book to be used 'at the cauldron'. This is the core book from the project that contain hundreds of potion recipes, as well as history of potions, alchemy, symbols, runes, spells... everything you could ever want to know about t...
2019-07-15 11:13:38 +0000 UTC View Post
I have just finalised and released the cover artwork for the first of the new books from the Treasury of Magical Enigmas! This book is part of the Kickstarter I'm currently running.
I really hope you like it! I'd love to hear your thoughts and comments on this, as well as on the Kickstarter in general. I'd also really appreciate it if you could spread the word as much as possible to anyon...
2019-06-30 10:07:37 +0000 UTC View PostAs promised, as well as posting the FAQs video to Youtube (see the post below if you haven't already), I also ran a Giveaway for reaching 100 Patrons!
I have just set the randomiser spinning with the names of my first 100 Patrons...
Aaaaaaaand the winner is: Christigale Mandapat!
CONGRATULATIONS! You get to choose a free copy of any of my books - past, p...
2019-06-27 11:25:56 +0000 UTC View Post
It's finally live! HOORAY!!!
Sorry it took so long, but here it is for your viewing pleasure.
I hope you enjoy it!
All the best,
Jack
Hello everyone!
Thank you for posting all of your questions in my earlier post. I'm starting to put them all together now, ready to be answered in my YouTube video! I'm going to answer as many of them as I possibly can, without making an hour-long video!
I had a thought. If any of you would like to record yourself asking the question you have posted, please feel free to do so! I wil...
2019-05-02 09:03:06 +0000 UTC View Post
As I am currently working more exclusively on magical content, I thought it was about time that I updated my logo to represent it! I'd love to know what you all think :]
Also... challenge on to count the number of triangles that feature in the symbol (not the wording too). You might discover an interesting secret...
2019-04-20 09:42:55 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to your amazing support, I have passed the next goal of 100 Patrons!
This means that I will now organise the filming of a YouTube video to be added to my channel where I will answer a range of questions posted by you, the Patrons!
I will be asking each of you (as well as my Instagram followers) to submit a question, from which I will then select a number (I am unlikely to be ...
2019-04-07 09:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Here's a link to the video for my (The Essential) Defence Against the Dark Arts replica, which will be the topic of discussion during tomorrow's Discord chat.
Take a look at the video to familiarise yourself with it, then ask away tomorrow!
I look forward to seeing/hearing you then!
Jack
I was considering releasing the earlier pages from DADA too; those that do not fall within the Spell or Creature sections. These relate to Spell Classification, Wand Use, History...etc...
The section is, however, almost 100 pages long, without anywhere especially sensible to break it up (the text crosses most pages), so I'm not sure how best to do so.
What do you think?
2019-03-30 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello all!
I am just doing a little housekeeping and I need to check each of your reservations for books, those of you who have done so.
To make it easier, could you please send me an email to info@alarmeighteen.co.uk with your current 'paid-for' or 'part-paid' books. I'm sorry to ask you all to do this, but the system on here seems to keep changing. I want to be doubly sure that I ...
2019-03-27 21:22:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
My apologies for not posting as much recently. The past two weeks through to the end of April are likely to be the busiest of 2019 for me, but all is going well at the moment!
I am planning to drop some sample pages from A Book of Supernatural History soon... I hope this will make up for my lack of activity :} I'd love to know your thoughts, as always! Would you lik...
2019-03-15 12:53:51 +0000 UTC View Post
As you're all so lovely in supporting me... here is a super sneak preview into the first text page from The Potioneer's Pocketbook, the next release from the Treasury of Magical Enigmas project! There are a few more stains to be added yet, but the content is pretty much finished!
What do you think? Would you like to read more?!
2019-02-27 20:57:38 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow (Thursday 28th February) at 8pm GMT I will be ready to take your questions in the Arcanium Imperium voice channel on Discord!
I know that the time difference is a bit annoying, but I hope that some of you will be able to make it! This time I'll be taking questions and chatting about any-old-thing, rather than a specific topic, so ask away!
I hope to see/hear you there :] 2019-02-27 20:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for postponing last week's Discord chat. Are we all still looking forward to talking about Advanced Potion Making this coming Thursday? I'm still planning to go ahead with it as long as everyone is still interested!
As I've said, the voice channels are only open to Patrons from tier 5 or higher, but I will be hanging around in the #commontongue channel afterwards. There, anyone can ...
2019-02-18 17:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostThank you for letting me know your preferred times and days of the week. I'm going to go ahead and run the discussions every Thursday evening at 8PM GMT from next week (there are a couple more bugs to figure out yet, so not this week). I hope you can join me!
Remember, the voice discussions are for Elvan Patrons (tier 5 and up) only, but those of you in lower tiers can join the text discu...
2019-02-13 15:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostIt seems that the Patreon links to Discord aren't working at the moment. I'm going to spend some time today trying to work out what the issue is here so that you can all access it easily!
If anyone is willing to share the errors or issues faced when attempting to access, it would be much appreciated, as then I can get a better picture of what needs sorting :]
Thank you for bearing w...
2019-02-06 09:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostYou can now chat with me and each other live via Discord!
As you may well have noticed, last night I (with the help of my Discord Admin, Dietmar!) set up and linked this Patreon to Discord! In doing so, I have also enabled you varying levels of access to either a text-based channels (where you can type with me and other Patrons), or voice-based channels (where we can all speak on mic!).&n...
2019-02-05 09:29:31 +0000 UTC View PostIf you're interested in pre-ordering a book from me, then don't delay!
Until February 1st, the highest tier on my Patreon is set at $130 as I wanted to give my first few Patrons a lovely surprise in FREE SHIPPING. However, this is set to increase to $160 on February 2nd to include the shipping charge (sorry about that). This will take the books back up to their original price (approx £10...
2019-01-28 15:45:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the original page where I first designed the Planítis runes of the Elvar. As you can see, I started out by drawing many shapes and combinations, then shortlisted my favourites, then allocated them to letters depending on how they looked and sounded.
For example, the runes for N and M look similar, as the letters sound the same when spoken. The combined letters such as AE and TH...