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2006
12/29/06
I've released The Anti-Elf Anthem (finally).
You can watch it here:
The Anti-Elf Anthem
Enjoy!
12/25/06
Merry Christmas!
If you missed it on Friday, I released my Christmas
movie. Here it is:
The 12 Days of Winter's Veil
You can also see the Christmas movie I made
last year here:
Hark! Hear the Wails
Today I have finally released the revised version
of Inventing Swear Words 2. See all the changes
as well as extra little bloopers and tidbits
here:
Inventing Swear Words 2
No update on my Ænurin today, because
I haven't finished anything from The Histories.
I plan on having at least one chapter done by
the first Monday of the new year.
See you then!
12/22/06
I have released my Christmas movie, just in
the nick of time! It is currently competing
in a contest, so head on over to warcraftmovies.com,
download it and, if you like it, rank it for
me.
The 12 Days of Winter's Veil
12/17/06
Thanks for visiting my Ænurin on both
Booksie and Scribd. The day I asked for support,
my Ænurin was ranked number one in terms
of downloads on Booksie and two of the chapters
made the "Popular Reads" list on Scribd.
It is currently the fourth highest rated novel
on Booksie. You guys rock!
I'll be releasing my Christmas movie as well
as either Inventing Swear Words 2 or The Anti-Elf
Anthem publicly sometime this week. As soon
as I do I'll make an announcement here.
I've also begun writing new sections to my
Ænurin and I will start posting some of
them here starting next year.
For a while now I've been putting up links
to interesting movies I've made and interesting
stories or books I've written. But I think some
might be interested if I post some interesting
things I have read recently as well. So from
now on I'll try to post a list of articles I've
read during the week that caught my attention.
Here is today's list:
* Wiping Away History by Bridget Johnson
* Brown Out by Thomas Sowell
* Do the Jews Really Exist? by Ted Shoemaker
* For Christ's Sake -- Literally by Kathryn
Jean Lopez
* Airport puts away holiday trees rather than
risk being "exclucive"
* Put the trees back
* Christmas trees going back up at Sea-Tac
12/12/06
Here's a little stealth update: I made grammatical
and spelling changes throughout a number of
the Ænurin sections and uploaded new PDFs
to reflect them. That’s about it!
12/11/06
Maybe I can conscribe you guys to help me.
You see, my Ænurin on both Booksie and
Scribd is quickly being buried under the tide
of user submissions, and though it has received
positive reviews from those who have read it,
I fear it may be lost. The nice thing about
these sites is that documents are organized
by popularity, and popularity is measured by
page views and comments. Therefore if my submissions
receive a lot of page views they may get bumped
to the top.
So then, if you all have the time, visit the
chapters from my Ænurin on both the sites,
and better yet, leave a comment. Also, let me
know via the forums and/or email which site
you like best, so that I can decide which one
to focus my time on. I'll be in your debt!
Here are links, chapter by chapter. I'll have
the final ones up next week:
Scribd
* Ænurin - Chapter 1
* Ænurin - Chapter 2
* Ænurin - Chapter 3
* Ænurin - Chapter 4
* Ænurin - Chapter 5
* Ænurin - Chapter 6
* Ænurin - Chapter 7
* Ænurin - Chapter 8
* Ænurin - Chapter 9
* Ænurin - Chapter 10
* Ænurin - Chapter 11
Booksie
* Ænurin - Chapter 1
* Ænurin - Chapter 2
* Ænurin - Chapter 3
* Ænurin - Chapter 4
* Ænurin - Chapter 5
* Ænurin - Chapter 6
* Ænurin - Chapter 7
* Ænurin - Chapter 8
* Ænurin - Chapter 9
* Ænurin - Chapter 10
* Ænurin - Chapter 11
My Christmas movie is coming along just fine,
though I am having troubles getting Adobe Premiere
to export properly. But I'll figure it out in
time for Christmas.
Hopefully.
12/05/06
Oops, I forgot to post a link to my article
that ran in The Daily yesterday. here it is:
"The World of Fluffy-things Doesn't Exist"
I also have if posted on my Camera of Truth
blog which is linked to the left.
12/04/06
Warcraftmovies.com has announced a new Christmas
movie contest. Luckily I already started my
Christmas movie a while back. I am almost done
with it; I just need to finish the last "day",
adjust the color for all the elements, add shadows
and sound effects and make some credits. I may
not be able to release it until the 21st however,
if I want to participate in the WCM contest.
We'll see.
I have been invited to display my Ænurin
on two community writing sites: Scribd and Booksie.
So far it has been received well, though both
communities are a little small at the moment.
I hope to submit all my writing shortly. I like
the layout of Scribd better, but Booksie seems
to get more hits. Anyhow, I have added my page
on each site in the links section to the left.
Here is the final part of Book I - The Foundations
of my Ænurin; "Conclusion".
The next book will be called Book II - The Histories
and will expound upon the history I have already
made, but from a more narrative, character-driven
perspective. I'm going to take a break from
writing it until this quarter ends, and then
I'll start writing The Histories during Christmas
break. I'll try to have new chapters done by
the beginning of next year. If you haven't read
the previous sections, they are listed in order
here:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
* The Hress
* The Peepkin
* The Trellic
* The Glaski - Part I
* The Glaski - Part II
* Conclusion
Note: I changed the name of the Segykal to the
Trellic. I just like it better, hehe.
11/27/06
Blizzard has made reference to one of my movies
in their upcoming expansion, The Burning Crusade!
My friend JaliaThePirateTroll sent me a screenshot
of a new quest for the Draenei where the NPC
asks you to fish for some "Red Snapper".
Check out the screenshot here:
"Red Snappah!" Referenced in WoW!
Now the Red Snappah reference in my movie comes
from the movie UHF by Weird Al Yankovic, and
it could be that they are simply referring to
that movie as I did. And yet I think it is too
much of a coincidence. Either way, I'm flippin'
out!
I've released a new movie. Xfire sent out an
email inviting participants from their previous
contests to participate in a "VIP"
contest. They asked us to make a thirty second
commercial for Xfire, which would be played
on Comedy Central and other MTVU affiliates.
Here is the movie I made in response:
The Joy of Punting Gnomes
I didn't win. Instead they chose "Squirrelbane",
an entry from my friends over at Myndflame.
After you compare the two, I'm sure you can
see why, hehe.
I've had another article published in The Daily
today. You can read it here:
The Right to be Loyal
I finished a new section of the site, which
I actually published a few weeks ago, but I've
been revising it for a while now. In the navigation
menu to the left, click on "Awards"
and you can find a list of awards I've won and
stories or articles I've written that have been
published, among other things. I'm somewhat
uncomfortable having it there... but it is a
sort of resumé, so ah well.
And lastly, here is another section from my
Ænurin; "The Glaski - Part II".
If this is your first time here, be sure to
read the previous chapters first. Here they
are, listed in order:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
* The Hress
* The Peepkin
* The Trellic
* The Glaski - Part I
* The Glaski - Part II
11/20/06
I probably should have announced this earlier,
but it slipped my mind. I was hired a few weeks
ago to write for The Daily, which is the campus
newspaper at my college. I started out as a
reporter and am now an opinion columnist. I
have a weekly column that comes out every Thursday.
I've had four stories published so far and I'll
list them here. My editor often edits my articles
so that the conform to the confines of printing,
but I have the unedited versions on my blog,
Camera of Truth, which is linked from the list
to the left. I'll try to remember every Monday
and I'll include the previous week's story with
the update. Here they are in order:
* Free Speech is for Some
* Ire over Images
* A Fun Food Banning
* Borat Vindicates Americans
Here is the latest section from my Ænurin.
Because this is the final race's history to
be outlined and it is the one under the leadership
of Talitar the Red, it is a little longer than
the previous sections. So I'll finish this one
up in two parts. Today is the first part.
The Glaski - Part I
If this is your first time here, be sure to
read the previous chapters first. Here they
are, listed in order:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
* The Hress
* The Peepkin
* The Trellic
* The Glaski - Part I
11/17/06
Bonus Update!
I generally don't like doing more than one
update a week because it takes away from my
Monday update, but I just released a new movie
so ah well.
So that "secret" project I was working
on ended up being a set of four commercials
that mtvU hired me to do. They wanted me to
base the commercials on my characters from the
Inventing Swear Words series. They aired on
Wednesday and so I am now free to publish them.
You can download them from Warcraftmovies.com.
They will air the commercials until the 21st,
so if you have mtvU (which is played mainly
on college campuses) you can see them on the
following dates:
Saturday the 18th, 9:00 - 10:00 PM Pacific
Sunday the 19th, 2:00 - 3:00 PM Pacific
Monday the 20th, 10:00 - 11:00 AM Pacific
Tuesday the 21st, 7:00 - 8:00 PM Pacific
Also, MTV2 (not U) will broadcast a thirty
second portion of Inventing Swear Words 2 at
the following times:
Friday
* 11:27 AM
* 11:58 AM
* 7:59 PM
* 8:46 PM
* 9:35 PM
* 10:49 PM
Saturday
* 6:05 AM
* 6:47 AM
* 7:14 AM
* 12:20 PM
* 4:38 PM
Sunday
* 7:24 AM
* 12:22 PM
* 6:27 PM
* 7:16 PM
* 5:18 AM
I also made a commercial for Xfire which they
decided not to use, so I will publish it in
a week or so as just an "Oxhorn short SHORTS!".
It is called "The Joy of Punting Gnomes".
I'm sure you'll like it (unless you play a gnome,
hehe).
Also, I just got word from Xfire that my submission
to their "pre-contest", Oxhorn Tells
off Xfire, won first place. Wahoo!
On Monday I will have the latest section from
my Ænurin called "The Glaski and
Talitar the Red". I am enjoying writing
it so much that I sort of made it really long,
so it might be a two-parter spanning a couple
of weeks. We'll see.
11/13/06
I'm working on a Christmas movie, which I hope
to have finished by December 1st. It will be
a lot of fun, and, just a heads-up to you fine
Alliance folk, I hope you have a good sense
of humor! It will consist of original music
based on a traditional Christmas song with lyrics
written and sung by myself and piano played
by my neighbor, Sarah Grace. Wish me luck on
getting it completed in time!
My friend Nate Meyers, whose website is linked
to the left, is working on some shirts for an
online store I will be opening up shortly. When
finished you will be able to buy shirts, mugs
and other things with quotes, images and references
to my machinima movies. It should be ready by
the end of the month.
And lastly, here is another section from my
Ænurin; "The Trellic". If this
is your first time here, be sure to read the
previous chapters first. Here they are, listed
in order:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
* The Hress
* The Peepkin
* The Trellic
11/09/06
I'm back from New York, and it was a blast!
The Anti-Elf Anthem didn't win, but I still
had a great time. You can find pictures from
the Festival on my Oxhorn Brand Myspace, in
the pics section.
All the nominees and winners of the Xfire contest
were premiered at Stanford a few weeks ago.
I had to choose between California and New York,
and I chose New York. Luckily, they have a video
of the screening up on GameTrailers.com. You
can watch it here.
No big update today. I've been sort of overwhelmed
with classes and machinima stuff. I'll have
a propper update for you all on Monday with
another section from my Ænurin, "The
Trellic".
10/30/06
I posted the results of the contest last Friday
and am terribly pleased (mainly, of course,
because I won something, hehe). In truth, there
were many fantastic entries and everyone who
contributed to the contest should be applauded.
I am eager to see what the machinima community
comes up with next time!
I'll be leaving Friday to go to New York to
attend the Machinima Festival where my movie,
The Anti-Elf Anthem, was nominated for Best
Original Song. I'll be staying until Monday
so I probably won't be back in time to update
the web page. I'll try to update it on Tuesday.
I have added four or so new articles to my
blog linked to the left, Camera of Truth, which
should prove to be interesting reads.
And lastly, here is another section from my
Ænurin; "The Peepkin". If this
is your first time here, be sure to read the
previous chapters first. Here they are, listed
in order:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
* The Hress
* The Peepkin
Here is another image that I drew based on my
Ænurin.
The Ænurin System
10/27/06
The results are in! The Anti-Elf Anthem recieved
First Place in the Short Feature category and
Inventing Swear-Words 2 recieved Third Place
in the Comedy category in the 2006 Blizzard
and Xfire World of Warcraft Machinima Contest.
I'll be sure to post links to the movies when
I am able. Hooray!
10/23/06
In three days the results of the Xfire contest
will be announced. I'll be sure to let everyone
here know if I won or not! So far, in the public
polling at least (which is worth 20% of the
final tally), The Anti-Elf Anthem is first place
in the Short Feature category and Inventing
Swear Words 2 is second place in the Comedy
category. We will see, we will see!
I've purchased my tickets and made my hotel
reservations. I'll be heading off to New York
for the Machinima Festival Awards ceremony held
on November 4th and 5th. I don't have high hopes
that TAEA will win, but it will be a fun trip
nonetheless!
I'm not sure if I should mention it or not,
but I've been approached to make a few commercial
machinima projects. I can't give any details
but I can say that they are based on my Inventing
Swear Words series, use the same characters,
and there will be four of them. I'll keep everyone
up to date as this thing progresses.
Lastly, here is this week's section from my
Ænurin; "The Hress". If this
is your first time here, be sure to read the
previous chapters first. Here they are, listed
in order:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
* The Hress
Here is another image that I drew based on my
Ænurin.
Snowcap the Old
10/17/06
I've been featured on GameTrailers.com! Inventing
Swear Words 2 and The Anti-Elf Anthem have been
uploaded and have received over 20,000 hits
between the two of them. If you haven’t
been able to watch them yet because you couldn't
get Xfire to work, click on the links above
and you can watch them streaming via GameTrailers.
Bear in mind that I'll be making changes to
these movies for when I officially release them
after the contest.
10/16/06
I made up a little promo video for my two entries
in the Xfire contest, which you can watch here:
Oxhornpiece Theater
Here is the latest part of my Ænurin,
The Favish. If you haven't read the previous
chapters, you can find them in the Novels section.
Here they are in order:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
* The Races of Men and The Rostic
* The Favish
Here is another image that I drew based on my
Ænurin.
Farvo Discovers Gadwyth
That's it until next week!
10/11/06
I know that it is only Wednesday, but I have
a lot of news!
The Anti-Elf Anthem, my submission in the Short
category for the Blizzard and Xfire 2006 Summer
Machinima Contest, has been nominated for a
Mackey award by the Academy of Machinima Arts
and Sciences for "Best Original Music"
in the 2006 Machinima Festival. You can see
the full list of nominations here. They want
me to fly to New York to attend the awards ceremony
in November. I don't know if I'll be able to
go, but this sure is exciting!
Also, Wow Insider has done up a piece on The
Anti-Elf Anthem as well, which you can read
here.
I've also released a short promo video for
the contest called Oxhornpiece Theater, which
you can watch on YouTube. That’s all the
news for now!
10/09/06
The polls are open! All the contest entries
for the Blizzard and Xfire Summer Movie Contest
have been announced. Public voting has been
opened. You can watch my two submissions, Inventing
Swear Words 2 in the Comedy section and The
Anti-Elf Anthem in the Short Movie section,
as well as all of the other contestants on Xfire.
The voting will take place in the Forums. You
need to download Xfire, which is a free program,
in order to watch the movies.
Also, here is another section from my Ænurin;
"The Races of Men" and "The Rostic".
Be sure to read the previous sections before
this one if you haven’t already, listed
in order below:
* The Foundations
* The Living Things
* Talitar's Meddling
Lastly, here is one more image I have drawn
from my history entitled simply "Ænurin".
10/03/06
I've got an extra special update! Here is a
promotional poster I made for my movie, Inventing
Swear Words 2. It can now be downloaded on Xfire.com,
and the voting will open up soon!
EDIT: I've made a poster for my other submission,
The Anti-Elf Anthem. Enjoy!
10/01/06
Here is the third part to my Ænurin,
"Talitar's Meddling", and here is
a third image I drew based on my history, "Yalis
and Halis". More next week!
09/26/06
Bah, a day late; ah well. I have the next section
of my Ænurin, "The Living Things",
uploaded. Also, here is one more drawing from
my Ænurin, "The Shard".
The deadline is over! I've submitted my two
movies, "Inventing Swear Words 2"
and "The Anti-Elf Anthem" to the Blizzard
and Xfire Summer Movie Contest. I also submitted
them to the 2006 Machinima Festival. Now all
I have to do is wait!
09/18/06
All right! An update with meat this time. I've
decided to share my Ænurin. Ænurin
is the name of the world which I created and
which I set many of my stories in (including
my completed novel, The Tale of Cloran Hastings).
Many years ago I wrote out a brief summary of
the history of at least some of the world, which
you can find posted here. This year I started
rewriting it, lengthening it and fleshing it
out. I have already finished a lot of it and
so I have decided to start posting portions
of it every week until, eventually, the entire
thing is online. Today I have uploaded the very
first part of my Ænurin, "The Foundations"
and next week I will post the next part.
In addition, I will start uploading images
I have drawn based on my narrative, and each
week I'll try to share a new picture that describes
a scene from my history. This week's picture
is an image of Nurin, the maker of all that
was, all that is and all that ever will be.
I'm not the best artist in the world, but hey,
at least I try, hehe.
09/14/06
Sorry for the absence the past few weeks. I've
been working on my two movies for the Blizzard/Xfire
Summer Movie Contest; Inventing Swear Words
2 and The Anti-Elf Anthem. The deadline for
the contest was pushed back two weeks, which
has given me a chance to put in some added features
like more easter eggs and to try to fine tune
some of the animation.
I've also been working on my Ænurin over
the break and think that parts of it are finally
in a state where I can share them. I'm thinking
next week I will upload a PDF of the first section,
"The Foundations" which describe the
creation of Hru and Ænurin by Nurin. I'm
always eager to hear feedback, so drop me a
line in the forums!
08/28/06
Well it is 10:32 pm, which is still Monday
dernit! I've been working on Inventing Swear-Words
2, my contest entry for the Blizzard/Xfire Summer
Movie Contest. For today's update I thought
I'd share a screenshot from the film. This is
from a part where all three characters from
the last one hear something that they really
don't know how to respond to. This is their
reaction:
Inventing Swear-Words 2 screenshot
I'll try to have a more substantial update
for next week.
08/21/06
I just put up a story I wrote for the release
of my book called "The Discovery of the
Third Gender". I haven't posted it anywhere,
hoping to make it an exclusive story for those
who buy the book, but it has been two years
and I figure I might as well make it public.
Anyhow, check my blog for "The Discovery
of the Third Gender" if you want to read
it. I had way too much fun writing it. It's...
pretty weird.
08/07/06
I'm self-publishing my story Lanette the Dragon
Tamer for my cousin's daughter on her birthday.
My friend Nate (website linked to the left)
designed a cover for me, which is absolutely
fantastic! For today's update I thought I would
share it, and so you can see it here:
Lanette the Dragon Tamer Cover (small)
I wish I could show you the full resolution
version but it’s so huge I can’t
host it. Isn't it great? Nate needs to hurry
up and learn flash so we can make a fortune
on the internet or something, hehe.
08/02/06
You know what I notice about getting older?
(Which I know is funny to say because I'm "only"
25, but still...) My hands are getting rougher.
I have this one spot on my left index finger
where the crease in my finger is like a canyon.
I can fit stuff in there; its really weird.
I took some nail clippers to it and hacked away
until I got down to the "young" skin
and it started to hurt a little. Maybe I should
just leave it alone.
Anyhow, now that I have thoroughly freaked
you all out, the reason I am posting early is
because Shadowcast has just released a World
of Warcraft podcast. They conscribed me for
the feature and I sang a rendition of The Scotsman,
very much like in my video The Tauren's Kilt,
only I changed the Tauren to a Dwarf. You can
listen to the podcast here (their site is a
little slow because of high traffic but give
it time, it will go through).
Shadowcast Podcast
I added a few more links to Courting a Celt
in the Movies section. Courting a Celt has also
been featured by Machinima.com (it has been
for a few weeks now but I just found out since
they failed to tell me) and you can still find
it on their main page.
08/01/06
Oops, I'm late again. At least its only one
day this time.
I'll be 25 tomorrow! Yay. I'm running out of
time! I need to get something published and
fast. I submitted a few short stories and a
poem to a few literary contests around the nation,
and they should be coming back with results
here in a few days. I'll be sure to post the
results here when they do.
My latest little movie, Oxhorn Tells Off Xfire,
has had a slow start, but seems to be picking
up steam, thanks to Warcraftmovies.com which
featured it on their main page. It has been
doing well, and so far has been downloaded 3033
times on Warcraftmovies.com, 485 times on FileFront,
1246 times on GameTrailers (it was featured
on their site as well), 2920 times on YouTube,
53 times on VidiLife (new mirror) and 31 times
on MetaCafe (also new mirror). Since I win or
lose the contest based on number of downloads,
I'm keeping track, heh. It doesn't end until
the end of September though, so I have some
time.
As soon as this quarter is over I will be outlining
and writing a new book (I can't say the title
yet, but it is a science fiction thriller),
rewriting the dialogue for The Tale of Cloran
Hastings, making a new movie for Xfire's summer
movie contest and catching up on all the little
things that I have been meaning to do but have
not had time to because of my accursed classes.
That's about it as far as an update goes. I'd
post what I've been writing all week but it
is in Greek and isn't very interesting ("Homer
will send the men into the marketplace in order
that they might stop the strangers from using
Euripides to destroy the democracy of the people
with the words of the orator." Imagine
taking that sentence and writing it a thousand
different ways over and over again... ugh.)
07/26/06
ARG. I’m so bad at getting these updates
in on time! I need to be punished. Oh wait,
I already am. I’m taking Greek.
Hopefully I can make it up to everyone with
a new movie. I am finally allowed to release
my new movie, Oxhorn Tells Off Xfire. I had
a lot of fun with this one, and I hope you all
enjoy! You can find a link to the file from
the Movies section, or below.
Oxhorn Tells Off Xfire
Enjoy!
07/10/06 - B
Well the results are in. I didn't win anything.
Oh well, at least now I can release my movie
to the public. Here are some links to my contest
entry, Courting a Celt:
File Front - Best Quality
YouTube - Most Popular
Game Trailers - Good Quality
Google Video - Fair Quality
Machinima.com - Good Quality
MetaCafe - Fair Quality
VidiLife - Fair Quality
I'll be sure to get some other links up there
in a bit.
07/10/06 - A
Gah, I'm a week late again! Oh well, I'm sure
you all will forgive me.
The results of the Axe/Xfire movie contest
will be out sometime today! As soon as they
are I will be sure to post them here. As you
recall I entered my movie, Courting a Celt.
I hope it does well!
As a means of making amends for being a week
late, I'll release a frame from my upcoming
movie. The current ETA for release is July 15th,
but it all depends on Xfire. As soon as they
give the go ahead, I'll be sure to place it
all over the internet for folks to watch. Until
then, I hope this screenshot will suffice. You
can see it here.
That’s it for now. As soon as I hear
the results from the contest, I'll make an update.
See you then!
06/26/06
I finally posted samples from my novel, The
Tale of Cloran Hastings, for the public to read,
and they can be found in the Novels section.
I decided to share the prologue to the book
as well as chapter nine, which takes place much
later in the novel. Both were chosen to get
an idea of the direction of the story as well
as a taste of my writing style. Since I am currently
in the process of looking for an agent to represent
my work, I cannot share any other chapters.
You will just have to wait for it to get published!
So, if you know of any agents or are one yourself,
email me at
BMDennis AT u.washington.edu.
The Tale of Cloran Hastings
Sample Chapters
Prologue - The Lonely King of Menigah
Chapter Nine - Pale-Faced Hospitality - Part
One
Chapter Nine - Pale-Faced Hospitality - Part
Two
Chapter Nine - Pale-Faced Hospitality - Part
Three
06/19/06
Today I thought I would update with images
of the front and back covers of the two children's
stories I wrote and published for my cousins,
Elena and Tova. You can find the front and back
covers to Tova and the Tree as well as the front
and back covers of The Sabotage Brothers, all
beautifully made by Nate Meyers, in the Short
Stories section next to each cover's respective
story.
If you have made your way here after finding
my website address from Right Turn, I'd like
to refer you to my blog, Camera of Truth. Here
you can find everything that I have written
for the magazine, as well as much more than
has not been published in the magazine. As for
the most recent issue (June 2006), all of my
pieces were heavily altered by our good editor,
and I encourage you to read the original versions
which are on my blog, particularly my piece
on The Da Vinci Code, as well as the responses
to The Daily that I wrote (which were completely
rewritten by my editor). I will have links for
these short pieces in a little while.
If you have found your way here because of
my WoW Machinima movies, I should let you in
on a little secret. I have a new short movie
coming out soon which, I think, is incredibly
funny--maybe the funniest one I have made yet.
It pokes fun at Xfire and, more than anything,
myself, and is probably one of the most technical
ones I have made. It is still in the works but
as soon as I finish it, i will be sure to let
you all know here. Also, the Axe Machinima Fan
Film Fest contest ends tomorrow! I entered a
movie for this contest called Courting a Celt,
and the script can be found here, though it
doesn’t do the movie justice. Check out
the contest forum and root for me! I'll be sure
to announce the results here when I find out.
See you then!
06/12/06
I just released a new movie! Well, it's not
a new movie, but rather a revision of an old
one. I finally sat myself down and sang the
lyrics to The Great Kodo and had a friend write
music to accompany it. You can find the movie
here.
If you would like to download an mp3 of the
song used in the movie, you can find it here.
Also, the June issue of Right Turn came out,
and though I am pleased that the paper exists,
they totally botched everything I wrote for
the issue, especially my Da Vini Code piece.
You can read my original piece on my blog, here.
That’s it for this week!
06/05/06
I wrote a little piece called Almighty Choice,
which explores the idea of the supremacy of
choice over morality. I also have some covers
that Nate made for my children's stories that
I will upload here in a bit. It's the end of
the quarter and I am rushing to get my final
papers in and tests done. Next week will be
a long-needed break!
05/29/06
For today's update I'll link you to my Camera
of Truth blog where I have been busy with many
new articles. Check out Statue Discrimination
which reveals an attutude of the UW that is
quite telling.
I've been meaning to post a sample chapter
of The Tale of Cloran Hastings, but it is too
long for my Myspace blog (which mirrors Word
formatting automatically) and I am too lazy
to make a new page and paste the text (having
to format the bloody thing paragraph by paragraph).
Ah well, maybe I will have figured it out by
next week.
05/22/06
I have written an article on The Da Vinci Code
that will (hopefully) be published in the next
issue of Right Turn. You can read it early,
though, on my Myspace blog. Check it out here.
I have also written a number of new articles
in response to The Daily, which is a very liberal
newspaper on campus. Some of them are funny,
my favorite being Transspecies.
05/15/06
Bah, I am so bad! A week late again. Oh well,
It is a good update. I wrote another short children's
story, this time for my cousin Tova for her
ninth birthday. My friend Nate is working on
the cover, and as soon as he is done I will
send her a copy. You can read the story in the
Short Stories section, or click here.
05/01/06
Yay! An update on time for once!
A newspaper in Seattle wrote an article musing
over what the world would be like if Gore had
been president. I decided to write my own hypothesis
of what the world would be like (and I do believe
that my use of the "alt-o-time-o-later"
makes my account much more credible!)
04/24/06
Wow, I’m just horrible with this whole
updating thing. A week late even! At this rate
I won’t update for a month, heh.
Anyhow, I thought I would share the script
of a new Machinima movie I am making for the
Xfire/Axe contest. You can read the script here.
I am really excited about this contest and believe
that I will do well, because I have a great
team helping me! Sepheritoh over at dog-on-blues.co.za
is composing all of the instrumental music for
the film, and my friend Jon Olson (who made
Gnomergan Jam for the last Xfire contest) is
doing all of the titles, credits and other text
effects. This leaves me with the script, vocal
singing and male dialogue, editing, directing
and production, but hey, it isn’t like
this is my first movie, heh. Unlike my others,
however, I cannot film it in the game World
of Warcraft, so instead I am using an old favorite,
Dark Age of Camelot, which is a good game despite
being overshadowed by WoW.
After the contest (and if I get permission
from Xfire) I'll be sure to post the film here.
04/12/06
Sorry for the delay... again.
I've proofread the published version of "The
Sabotage Brothers", the short children's
story I wrote for my cousin. You can read it
for free in the Short Stories section or you
can buy a hard copy, with a beautiful cover
designed by Nate Meyers. You can find the book
on my Store.
04/04/06
Sorry for the delay! Here is the week's update.
One new article in the "Camera of Truth"
blog entitled "Rainbow Rights". It
will be published in the March issue of Right
Turn... whenever they get around to printing
it, heh.
03/27/06
One brand new story, The Sabotage Brothers.
I published this short story in a little book
for my cousin on her 11th birthday. I'll have
a hard copy available for purchase for those
who are interested in a week or so, with a beautiful
cover designed by Wilhelm Design. Thanks Nate!
03/20/06
New movie, The Tauren's Kilt! This is the last
of my contest submissions. I will hopefully
be able to make some more soon. Next week I
will have a new short story.
03/11/06
Birth of the Forsaken, my latest movie, has
just been released today. It was also selected
as a finalist in the Xfire contest. So check
it out, and let me know in the forums what you
thought of it! I have also explained my reasoning
behind choosing the music for the film in the
forums, which you can read here.
My updates in the past have been sporadic at
best, but I am hoping to release new content
every week, whether it be a new movie, a short
story, poem or what have you. I'll try to update
every Monday unless I have some special news,
in which case I'll post it early. I have at
least one more movie that I will release soon,
so be ready for it on Monday the 20th!
03/03/06
We have a new community forum! This website
has been receiving so many new hits recently
that I figured we might as well start a community.
It is brand new as of today, so check it out
and leave a message! Be the first one besides
me to post. Click the Forum link in the menu
to the right to view the forum.
03/02/06
A new movie, Red Snappah! It was selected as
a finalist in the Xfire movie contest. None
of my movies placed, but I recieved the Special
Prize Award for my number of quality submissions
and conduct during the contest. I won a premium
server, valued at $3,100. I have no idea what
I will do with it, but I can't complain!
Also, one new update in the Camera of Truth
Blog, "Religious Disparity".
Lastly, one new poem, Ode to My Beard! I had
to cut it off, and now I miss it so!
02/21/06
One new movie in the Movies section, Inventing
Swear-Words. I will have three or so new movies
up in a week as well as at least two new articles
for the Camera of Truth Blog.
02/16/06
Four new articles in my Camera of Truth blog:
"Insult Us and Die", which is on the
whole Muslim cartoon controversy and will be
published in next month's issue of Right Turn
(you can see the censored cartoons there as
well), Porn and Google, a news snippet published
in the magazne, Bustacap, also published in
the magazine, and North Dakota, South Dakota,
Colorado Too.
02/09/06
Lots of news!
One new short story in the Short Stories section,
called Lanette the Dragon Tamer.
I now write for an on-campus magazine called
Right Turn. It is, I believe, the only conservative
publication on campus. The February issue has
just been released and you can find it on the
campus of the University of Washington outside
the HUB and many other buildings. You can find
out more information about the magazine here.
Many of the articles I have written can also
be read on my Camera of Truth blog.
I have been busy crating Machinima movies for
a recent contest sponsored by Xfire and Blizzard
Entertainment. So far three of my movies have
been selected as finalists, but the final results
won’t be in until the 14th, I believe.
I will be sure to post the results here. In
the meantime, you can download and watch many
of the movies I have made by clicking on the
Movies link in the nav-bar to the left. The
movies that cannot be selected will be available
for download after the 14th.
Tor Books has ignored me and so I have submitted
The Tale of Cloran Hastings to other publishers.
I will be much more aggressive in getting this
book published. In the meantime, you can read
the first few sample chapters by clicking on
the Novels link in the nav-bar to the left.
My blogs are updated very often, so check back
with them. I tend to update this page when I
have a lot of news, though I will be much more
faithful to update it from now on. Remember,
a copy of my first collection of stories and
poems is available for purchase by clicking
on the
Store link to the left, and features a beautiful
cover designed by Wilhelm Design and many full-page
images.
2005
12/19/05
I've been very busy. I have changed publishing
companies from Cafepress to Lulu. This has allowed
me to create a hardcover version of Era One
as well as print it in a more standard 6x9 size.
Increasing the size has decreased the number
of pages, which has lowered printing costs,
and so my book is now around five dollars cheaper
for paperback and the exact same price for hardcover.
I have also added an option for guests to purchase
a downloadable version of the book, which is
only six dollars or so.
I have added more links to the left; one to
my Myspace page, one to my Myspace blog, one
to my "Camera of Truth" blog where
I display essays and images that I have taken
on campus, and the last to my Warcraft movies
page, where one can download and watch the short
movies I have made for the game World of Warcraft.
The Reason section now links directly to my
Camera of Truth blog.
That's about it for now!
08/17/05
The prologue and the first two chapters to
my book, The Tale of Cloran Hastings, are now
posted on this site for public veiwing. Click
on the Novels link to the left and scroll to
the bottom of the page to veiw the three excerpts
from the book. I apologize for taking so long
to get them ready; what with working on a history
degree, it can be hard finding time to update
on this site. I have finished the final version
of the book and it now stands at nearly seventy-eight
thousand words. I mailed off the manuscript
to my publisher three months ago and should
be hearing back from them soon. In the meantime,
feel free to read the prologue and first two
chapters to get a feel for the book. Enjoy,
and send me feedback!
I have also made a Links section to the left,
with information that I hope can be found useful.
08/04/05
I have added a new short story to the "Short
Stories" section entitled, "Opening
of a New Cultural Center." Enjoy!
2004
12/07/04
I have added a link to the Reason section where
you can go to read many of the political opinion
columns I have written for the group Conservatives
for Free Speech which I run on my university
campus, the University of Washington. While
this is not the entirety of that section, it
is a start. I will update the section more in
the future.
11/05/04
Well, at long last I finally published my book,
"Era One," which is a printed form
of the contents of this site. I apologize for
it taking so long to come out; I pretty much
had to learn how to publish a book from scratch,
heh. Anyhow, you can now preview and purchase
the book from the Store section, in the navigation
menu to the left.
Many thanks to Nate W. Meyers, who gave me
advice, designed the cover and helped me with
text formatting and image scans, and many thanks
to Mark Hockley who drew many of the images
within the book.
I hope you all enjoy it! Now I can work on
getting The "Tale of Cloran Hastings"
done. I will also finish the Reason section
of this site as soon as I can.
10/25/04
The book version of the stories found within
this website is nearing completion. It should
be available for purchase by the middle of this
week. As soon as it is finished and ready for
sale, I will upload the first three chapters
to my novel, The Tale of Cloran Hastings, so
that you call can get a taste for the book,
and afterwards I will work on the Reason section
of the website. So stay tuned!
09/29/04
Had a bit of a setback uploading the Reason
section because...well because I got distracted.
I am compiling all short stories, poems and
the World of Aenurin into a book. Actually I
have finished it; it will be printed in less
than a week. I have spent all the time between
the last time I updated this site and now editing
and reediting everything in this site, for the
book's release. All changes I have made have
been minor but necessary: a comma here, a semicolon
there, a reworking of word choice every now
and then.
I do not, however, want to release the book
to book stores. As soon as it is printed I will
post images of it on this site, and if any of
you are interested in owning a copy, email me
with your request and I can send you a link
where you can purchase it. Otherwise, it will
be for my own personal reference only.
As soon as I finish this project, i will work
again on my Reason section.
09/10/04
The Games section is now complete. I now have
left to upload the first three chapters of The
Tale of Cloran Hastings and then begin work
on the Reason section.
09/06/04
I have started on Novels section. I now have
up the introduction to my three main works,
as well as the whole of the Ænurin. Have
fun reading, and don't forget to send me feedback!
09/03/04
I have added a few more stories to the Short
Stories section, finishing it off, and I have
added 19 new poems to the Poetry section, also
finishing it off. So feel free to enjoy those
sections while I work on the others!
09/02/04
I have added many more stories to the Short
Stories section, including a few satires, a
new genre for this site. I have also opened
the Poetry section of the site and have started
it off with a few additions.
09/01/04
I have added a slew of new short stories to
the Short Stories section. Enjoy!
08/31/04
The official webpage of Brandon M. Dennis is
now open. I have first posted a few short stories
in the Short Stories section to get started.
I will greatly add to the site as I find time.
Copyright © 2004-2008, Brandon M. Dennis
