My Grand Scheme

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

How should I begin?

Let's see...fabricalchemist and I were talking yesterday and I mentioned the idea that I wanted to start compiling a "Queen's Thief Encyclopedia," a sort of all purpose, canon information listing. If any of you are familiar with the Harry Potter Lexicon, that's where I got the idea from.

I created an lj community where I can start to post all of the things that I plan to put in the Encyclopedia. It's just going to be a temporary storage place for all of the info until I can get enough content to validate buying a domain. So, I'll be posting all of the information that I gather and organize from the books onto this new community.

The community is themegaron and right now there's nothing there, but I'm working on my first post, which is going to be a list of all the characters mentioned in each of the books and how they fit in to the story. I would love it for all of the fans here to come and support. If you'd like to contribute to the Encyclopedia, I would worship your help and I'd give you posting access at the community. Otherwise, I want to invite all of you to come over and join. You don't have to contribute. Just being a member will help motivate me, if I think I'm doing this for someone other than just myself.

Thanks everyone!

Comments

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

That sounds awesome. I'm a Stargate fan and there is a site (http://www.gateworld.net) that has compiled what they call an omnipedia of the universe -- I can't tell you what a help it's been to look through.

How cool to do something like that for the Thief world. I could even see it being used as a reference for brave souls that want to try and write fanfiction...

Anyway, I don't know how much I could do -- but I'd like to help contribute something. :)

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm so glad that you like the idea! It's funny you should mention fanfiction because that's kind of why I want to do it, as a resource for my own writing for the fanfic100 challenge.

Hmm, maybe I should make up a list of things that people could help with and then if you want to do something you could pick from the list. Sound like a good idea?

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

Sounds good. Are you going to compile it a little like this?

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Or did you have something different in mind?

[fabricalchemist.livejournal.com]

Again, excellent idea :) You are forevermore the Secretary of the Archives.

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

Hurrah! I'm glad that you guys seem supportive. :) Thanks.

[fabricalchemist.livejournal.com]

Of course! :) If you need any help, I'm all over it, up to and including my Photoshopping skills--and Costis is a whiz with the webpaging :)

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

What a great idea. I went and joined.

Are you sure you can handle all the intrigue if you become Queen Ro's Secretary of the Archives?

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

But you do get to wear a stylish cape.

[rowana.livejournal.com]

And a badge. :)

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

Thanks for joining up!

As for the intrigue, I'm up for the challenge. (But you're right, it's the cape that makes it all worthwhile!)

[rowana.livejournal.com]

:) Fantastic idea. It'd be wonderful to have all of that information, and all of those stories in one place.

If you need any help, I have a friend who's (supposedly) good with flash, who's set up a website before (He's promised me a 'The Thief' game this summer). I'm not as good, but I'll help however I can. :) Incidentally, I was planning on setting up a similar website over the summer to go with this comm. It's much better that you're doing it now, but again, if you want any help then I have a lot of free time and not much to do. Or I could draft my friend in. He's reading this and nodding right now. :)

But yes, seriously, fantastic idea. *wanders off to join*

[fabricalchemist.livejournal.com]

A game?!

[rowana.livejournal.com]

:) A game. A small one, something similar to the game that was put on the promotional website after the release of Garth Nix's last book just under a year ago. Two dimensional, something like moving Gen around a maze to find the exit and collect rings along the way. I just thought it'd be fun.

I just have to make sure that my friend doesn't back out at the last minute.

[cherryblosomjen.livejournal.com]

WOW! That's awesome.

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm glad you like the idea! I'm sure there will be more than enough work for anyone who wants to help, so thanks for the offer! I'll be thinking of some things that people can do, and then I think I'll post a list over there and whoever wants to can sign up.

A Thief game sounds awesome. I'd love to see more pixelated Gen!

[mycenaeth.livejournal.com]

I'd be more than glad to help! I've read The Thief about 6-7 times and tQoA about 3 at least, so I hope I can be a useful resource. =3

Good luck!

[dannybailey.livejournal.com]

Oh, awesome! I'm sure I can use your help. I haven't memorized the "Queen's Thief" books like I have Harry Potter, so it will be good to have an expert on our hands! :)

[mycenaeth.livejournal.com]

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