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Announcement from Bj Jones – I’m Published!

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If you’re wondering what this image is.

It’s the cover to my book.

Yes, I actually did it.  I took the leap into Published Fiction.

I will say it hasn’t been easy.  There’s been a lot of blood, sweat and tears.  There’s been frustrations and joy.  But in the end from the support of those who love me and God’s Blessed Grace … here it is:

Conversations in Real Time by Nicholas J. Finch (I’m pretty sure y’all can figure out where the penname came from)

Beginning with a series of emails sent back and forth between the UK and the USA, this novella is the story of how two men, one a Los Angeles detective and the other an Oxford research student, find themselves drawn to each other despite leading very different lives on opposite sides of the world.

Their relationship starts with a professional offer of assistance and through instant messaging, texting and phone calls they invade each others’ lonely and yet busy days, learning about themselves and slowly falling in love as they discover they both need something from the other until they finally get a meeting face to face and can get up close and personal.

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Format: Epub, Mobi, PDF, Ibook … etc

Price: .99 cents (It’s a steal!!)

Where:

Barnes & Noble

Kobo

Itunes/Ibooks

Smashwords

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There are over 600 of you that follow this blog, and I know there are much more of you that follow Sylum.   I’m pretty sure y’all came here because you enjoyed the story, the universe that was created.  I’m hoping you will now follow me into this new world and help support me in this endeavor.   There isn’t a lot of Gay Fiction in the real world, so help me get this book out there.  Get it seen.  Spread the love.

To keep updated on what my next project will be follow the tumblr for Nicholas J. Finch

Now don’t panic.  This doesn’t mean I’ve stopped working on Sylum or other projects *pointedly looks at Dragon Reese*.  I’m not giving up on my Vampires – it’s Sylum that got me writing and has led me down this long adventurous path.  Nico’s story is far from finished.  I’ll keep writing Sylum until I die, and even past that, knowing Bob and his ability to get what he wants.

 

 

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Fix-it Rant by Bj Jones

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This is why I don’t watch new shows.

No not because of the bunnies, that’s inevitable.

No because most of the time I end up wanting to shank the writers.   I could actually go full on rant about the quality of TV and Movies these days and the writers and showrunners who are being paid way to much money for shit … but I’ll hold back.

For now.

Last time a showrunner decided to take out my favorite character … yeah okay, Rory wanted to leave the show, which lets face it was a very smart idea considering the train wreck CSI: Miami became … surprise solar eclipse my ass … oh wait that would be the ranting on stupid ass showrunners and writers.

Sorry I got distracted.

Last time my favorite character died in a stupid premise (because he obviously didn’t learn his lesson about cleaning his gun after he got shot the first time) Sylum was born.

12 Years later, I find myself in a similar predicament.

I’m looking at you Person of Interest.

Don’t get me wrong the actors were amazing, even with the bad premise, they broke your heart – cause they are good at their jobs.  Writers not so much.  And don’t even give me the bullshit that this was always how they intended to end the show.

Bullshit.

Calling it.

Bullshit.

And since I’m usually the one who gets the calls to FIX-IT! after the showrunners fuck up our favorite series … I’m finding myself once again snagging characters and saving them from the stupidity!

Person of Interest – you had so much potential and so much of it was wasted.

Two amazing characters that deserve so much more than they got.  So we gave them tickets for the Sylum Bus.  The dog and detectives snuck on board along with them.   There has also been many AU story ideas running around – The Dragon series already has a few stories posted.  You have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve had other story ideas/series/fics running around – outside of Sylum.

I’m horrified, awed, and buried under fluff.

As for Sylum.  We had the whole timeline figured out, built backgrounds, even wrote their wiki page until one of them decided to kneecap their bio and demanded a different background.  Thank you very much, John Reese.  Take a lesson from Harold who graciously accepted his timeline, then promptly inserted himself into everything he could, via The Machine.

We’ve hinted at some of the story ideas a few times … and I think one of you figured it out.

So let me introduce to you:

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Edmond Dantès – The Count of Monte Cristo … aka John Reese

Remember those wonderful snippets you read over Advent – well most aren’t going to turn out like we expected … cause Count over here kneecapped his storyline and we’ve had to adjust a few of them.

He’s still a Meridius and we all know what Meridii do when they get a tiny thread of a story.  Pointedly looks at Nico – who still hasn’t shut the fuck up in the middle of Clan War… cause only he could pull off a Flashback in a Flashback with added sex.

Just to be an awful tease … their will be a snippet from the first story in the upcoming POI Series during Seven Days.

And for an added bonus – keep an eye out on The General’s Office … I’m really really good with AUs  – no really I am, shocking I know –  expect to see a few new stories in upcoming weeks, in between Clan War, Sylum stories, and trying not to melt in this heat.

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Welcome to Sylum Clan

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Hello!  Welcome to Sylum!

Recently we’ve had newbies and some poor souls that have stumbled onto Sylum with no idea what the crazy is all about.  I figured it was time to do a ‘Sticky Post‘ to help all those who wander into the Manor, navigate around this vast universe.

So here we go.

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If you’re new here, welcome!!  You’ve just been recommended to this vast multi-story universe, and you likely have no idea where to go or what to do.

Well first off.

Fact: Vampires exists.

Second.

Welcome to Sylum Clan.

A multi-layered, character driven storyverse.

Inspiration for the first story that effectively launched this concept, was the death of Timothy ‘Speed’ Speedle from the Television Series CSI: Miami.

His implausible and much mourned demise, led to the premise that you can’t kill someone if they’re already dead.

This quite literally immortalized him, birthing the first story Kiss of Death, and the rest just kept on growing, sprawling  across more than 7,000 years of unexpected history, and on into the future.

A few things you should know, so you can’t say we didn’t warn you *grins*.  There are 3 Major Story Arcs, and hundreds of Supplemental Stories.  These stories expand across 13 Clans, 7 Kin Clans, and showcase over 1200 Characters.

We just hit our 15th Anniversary in 2020!

For further information:

Read more“Welcome to Sylum Clan”

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In Memoriam

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As many of you have likely heard about the mass shooting at Pulse a well known gay club in Orlando, Florida.  At last count it was 52 dead, another 50 wounded.

My heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, and prayers for those who were killed.

This act of terror and hate against the LGBTQ community hits home for Sylum as this series even though fictional is part of the LGBTQ Community.

There are many who would like to help but not sure how.

There is a Go Fund Me Page set up to help the victims of the shooting – Go Here

Give Blood.  If in Orlando, look for places to go to.  For those outside the area, check with the Red Cross for more information.

Give to other LGBTQ Charities and Foundations.  One I can vouch for is the LGBT Center in LA.

If you have other charities (US and/or International) that would be good – please reply we’ll add them to the list.

As always we’ll stand strong.

Love conquers Hate.

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Update: Sick General

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If you’ve been wondering why there’s been no updates this week – including Sylum Inspiration and the new RP it’s because The General is down for the count.  I came down with some nasty viral infection and well I’ve moved as far as the couch.  I’m only now reasonably feeling slightly better to type this out.

We’ll be back to our normal schedule mayhem next week!

 

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Updates: Blog & Vault

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Come check out the Sylum Vault!! We’ve re-arranged our categories and items available to make it easier to find!!

Note: We ship around the world and pack multiple items to save on shipping costs!!

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As for the Blog! After its crash we had put up a temporary theme to keep it running.

We now have a new theme!!

It’s a bit different than what we’ve had before – though if you think way way way back – it might be recognizable!

Oh and you might notice – Bob has a new role as Admin!

 

 

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Tumblr Annoucement

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Wait?

We had a Tumblr?

Yes – we did.

But wasn’t really working out the way I was hoping, mainly because the re-toggling between mine and the Sylum one was getting annoying and very very tedious.

So the Sylum Tumblr will go defunct in a few days.

If by chance you were like – I totally new we had a Tumblr and was following it – please now follow my personal one Nico Meridius … yes I know, original .

What will I see if I follow this tumblr?

  1. My own personal ramblings of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
  2. Sylum Blog Post Announcements (just like the Sylum Tumblr)
  3. Repost of characters, movies, shows etc related to Sylum
  4. Showcase of new Jewelry and Merchandise for Sylum Vault
  5. Bunnies, ideas, teasers of stuff working on for Sylum
  6. And whatever Bob decides to torment me with
  7. Pretty and Shiny things
  8. Ask Box
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Advent Technology Fail …

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Welcome to Sylum Advent!!

We had a small technical issues – the post actually posted perfectly – except it wouldn’t display the tabs or links on the main section of the Blog *glares at it*

We do apologize for the glitch.

We were able to make a work around … from each post forward you’ll see a link that states ‘Continue Reading’ click that and it will lead you to the main body of the post!

It’s all there just hiding.

*continues to glare*

Enjoy the beginning of Advent!!

Now that I’ve had an adrenaline rush – I’m going to go crash *faceplants into keyboard*

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Site Maintenance: November 5th

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Warning!! Upcoming Site Maintenance!! November 5th!

Tomorrow our web host servers will be updating our SQL Databases to do this they will be migrating our website onto another server.  This will start at 10 am tomorrow (pacific time) … yes yes I know they picked the most convenient time to do this!!  This will take 24 hours to transfer.

The site will be accessible most of the time. But there could be blips, delays or downtime through out the day.

So if your desperate for a Sylum Fix tomorrow you can always check out:

Twitter: @Sylum_Clan

Tumblr: Sylum Clan

Etsy: Sylum Vault

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Coming Soon: Sylum Vault

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The Sylum Vault

We’ve been working on a project to bring Sylum home for everyone.  Soon we’ll be opening the Sylum Vault that will showcase jewelry and hand crafted items that will be themed for the Sylum Universe to fit all budgets.

First set of items to be sold will be themed towards the building of Sylum Manor.  What they would’ve seen when they first arrived in New Orleans and saw the property that the Manor would be built on.

Upcoming Collections:

– Founding Fathers of Sylum: Jewelry themed to Nico, Tony, Speed, Warrick, Thomas and Brass

– Rosary Collection: St. Patrick of Conclave, Swiss Guard and Vatican Police

– Clan Collection: Jewelry themed to each individual Clans and the Clan Leaders

We’ll make the announcement when the shop is up and running!

Just in time for Christmas Shopping!

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Sylum Characters: Last Chance

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As we’re dwindling down to the last bios for the new improved wiki … lets not even discuss the amount of work this has been or the time it has consumed!!

I put out the call a few weeks ago and here is your last chance.

We’re taking suggestions for characters … before you hit the keyboard – we’re already looking at Nick Grimm as many many many many did I mention many of you asked/commented about him.

Please Read: Sylum Characters – before suggesting anyone just to make sure you’re not asking for characters that well not be considered.

One last thing:  Do not just give us a name from a show.  That doesn’t help.  If your serious about a character – give us information along with the name. The more information the better chances.

If do not want to reply to this post – you can send your idea to sylumclan@yahoo.com  – please label email: Sylum Character.

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Blog: Update

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Quick Update

The General did some damage to the shoulder on friday.  After a trip to urgent care the general is hyped on good pain meds and down for the count for a while.

What does this mean?

The Blog will not be updated over the next few days, most likely week.

 

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Spring Fling: 2015 / Sylum Events / Sylum Information3

Saturday Annoucements

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It’s that time of year again! Spring Fling will start tomorrow!

There have been a few changes on how we’re presenting the material for Spring Fling.  From here on, all items will be showcased directly on the blog, instead of linking to an outside Event Page.  Which means any videos or fanmixs are stored in the main directories of the Sylum Website, and you will need to have the password to view & download.

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There are some beautiful art pieces dedicated to Sylum 10th’s Anniversary.  Some exciting fanmixs showcasing upcoming storylines.  And the Graphic Gecko was let loose this year with entertaining Sylum Videos.

So please make sure you have access to the website! Get the Password if you don’t have it!

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While I have your attention.  Don’t forget the new Sylum Forums!  There are a few topics that have been added, including one now on Furious 7 so stop by and take a look. Join in have some fun.

 

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Sylum Website: Reminder

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This is just a friendly reminder!

The Sylum Website has a variety of cool things – including a Guest Archive!!

Wait…wait – What is a Guest Archive?

It is your basic multi-fandom fic archive, that was designed for those in the Sylum Community to read fanfic and post their own stories for others to enjoy.

The Guest Archive is for everyone.

So if you’re looking for new things to read or have fanfic that you want to upload/post – then the Guest Archive is the place to be!!

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Note: You will not find Sylum Fic – that has it’s own Archive.

2nd Note: My own (Bj Jones) fanfic, from the time before Sylum took over my life, is located in this Archive.

 

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