Welcome Traveler. Stay Awhile.
Hello there.
While we can’t see you, and we don’t really know who you are, let me start by expressing how grateful Sid and I are that you have made it to this point in your review of our small website, and you’re actually reading this blog post. Seriously. Thank you. It means you’re at least somewhat interested in The Village at the Crossroads, our new fantasy world-building project and children’s book series, and from our standpoint that spark of interest is important.
Building a New Fantasy World
At this point, we’re in the early stages of our idea. In late 2024 we sat around Sid’s dining room table and hashed out what this project might look like. Since then I’ve done some writing and Sid’s done some proofreading. We’ve developed some character concepts - defining personalities and background, and Sid has done some fantastic design work to add a visual personality to the outline. I’ve built a website, and Sid has fixed all the mistakes I made when I built the website. Sid’s created some amazing sample art, and I’ve commented “that looks awesome” a lot of times because I have zero talent when it comes to artwork and that’s his domain.
Morale of the story here though is we are picking away at the beginnings of a new indie fantasy universe, and this website exists because we’ve reached the point where we have looked each other in the eyes and said “we want to do this.”
So we’re going to try and do it.
What Come Next?
In the coming weeks, after our site goes live (yeah… yeah… I’m writing a blog to no one right now) we will post more about The Village at the Crossroads. We’ll explain our hopes and dreams for the stories and where we aspire to see them go. We’ll reflect on timelines, and then update you when we miss those milestones because inevitably this is a bigger project than we think it will be.
Perhaps most excitingly, we’ll use this space to introduce you to the heroes, villains, and landmarks that are going to populate the world we are building.
Join Our Adventure
For now though we have but one request. If you’ve reviewed this website and thought – even for a moment – “this looks neat”, then please subscribe to our mailing list for updates. For us right now, the thing we are trying to accomplish most is an understanding of what sort of interest might be out there for a children’s fantasy series like this. I for one think this is a cool idea. Certainly, as a dad, I want something like this for my kids. However it is not lost on me that I might just be a weirdo who strong-armed Sid into pursuing this and in reality I’m alone in my interest in something like this. If so, it’d be good to know that before we exert too much effort.
So, in closing, let me welcome you once again. Thanks for reading. Thanks for checking out our site and learning a small amount about our project. Please CLICK HERE to find our sign-up form, and register for updates when we have more to share. No financial commitment. No real commitment at all. Just an opportunity to know when we have more to say.
I promise, there will be lots more to come.