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[[PLORTIKANT paces along what appears to be a waterfront.]]

PLORTIKANT: I just got a GREAT idea for a novel!
PLORTIKANT: Oh man! It’s gonna be SO cool! All these characters and situations! I’ll get to communicate ideas and share my point of view!!

PLORTIKANT: It’ll be hard. I’ll have to put in untold hours. Writing…revising…feedback…editing…I see it as 500 pages at LEAST
PLORTIKANT: Then I’ll send it to publishers. Or maybe self-publish? Either way the bulk of marketing will fall to me…

PLORTIKANT: SOME people probably won’t care for it. THAT’S if anyone even READS it!
PLORTIKANT: Maybe there’ll be a clamor for a sequel…a small but loyal fanbase…but is it enough to really sustain the series??

PLORTIKANT: I could probably write a second. A third would be tough, but I could eke it out.
PLORTIKANT: I hate to see a JOY turn into a DRUDGERY.

PLORTIKANT: At THAT point I’d better hang it up…let it run its course and come to a satisfying conclusion.
PLORTIKANT: Not everything has to be a soap opera! Let the story stand COMPLETE. I’ll look back at the trilogy as an important milestone in my career, but I’m sorry, fans, it is OVER.

[[A bearded man, GRAMBLETHORPE, interjects.]]

GRAMBLETHORPE: You keep talking about how excited you are to write, but I never see you, y’know, WRITING.
PLORTIKANT: If I can cut out that middleman I get all the same gratification in a fraction of the time

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#1164; Creativity Concentrated transcribed by in

[[PLORTIKANT paces along what appears to be a waterfront.]]

PLORTIKANT: I just got a GREAT idea for a novel!
PLORTIKANT: Oh man! It's gonna be SO cool! All these characters and situations! I'll get to communicate ideas and share my point of view!!

PLORTIKANT: It'll be hard. I'll have to put in untold hours. Writing...revising...feedback...editing...I see it as 500 pages at LEAST
PLORTIKANT: Then I'll send it to publishers. Or maybe self-publish? Either way the bulk of marketing will fall to me...

PLORTIKANT: SOME people probably won't care for it. THAT'S if anyone even READS it!
PLORTIKANT: Maybe there'll be a clamor for a sequel...a small but loyal fanbase...but is it enough to really sustain the series??

PLORTIKANT: I could probably write a second. A third would be tough, but I could eke it out.
PLORTIKANT: I hate to see a JOY turn into a DRUDGERY.

PLORTIKANT: At THAT point I'd better hang it up...let it run its course and come to a satisfying conclusion.
PLORTIKANT: Not everything has to be a soap opera! Let the story stand COMPLETE. I'll look back at the trilogy as an important milestone in my career, but I'm sorry, fans, it is OVER.

[[A bearded man, GRAMBLETHORPE, interjects.]]

GRAMBLETHORPE: You keep talking about how excited you are to write, but I never see you, y'know, WRITING.
PLORTIKANT: If I can cut out that middleman I get all the same gratification in a fraction of the time

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Really, all actions are either proxies to generate emotions, or attempts to cause circumstances that will create emotions. Emotions -- THAT'S the good stuff

#1164; Creativity Concentrated

  — October 6th, 2015

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New ways to get Bolted!

July 24, 2026 by David Malki !

In addition to buying things directly from me, the normal way, my game Bolted! is also now available on Amazon dot com.

On that famous website, you can also get the Creature-Crafting Magnets Set, which is made of the same artwork from the game, but is just a weird little trinket (not a playable game).

My kiddo made the elaborate version below to show off just how many magnets you get in the set (it’s 150 pieces in all — this isn’t even all of them).

Also now on Amazon is my set of Multi-Purpose Greeting Cards — a full dozen cards with envelopes in a fancy, unbranded, foil-stamped box!

Event alert!

I’ll also be showing off Bolted! at Greenwood Games, an event in Seattle this Saturday:

Greenwood Games is a free, all-ages community game event that invites players to spend the afternoon walking Greenwood Avenue from 65th to 80th, collecting clues, cracking puzzles, and discovering games made right here in Washington.

Think of it as Pride Hop, ArtWalk, and the Gumshoe all rolled into one,  except the whole thing is built around games and puzzles.​

Local game designers will be set up at different places along Greenwood Avenue in Phinney Ridge (near Ballard). My specific spot will be the “Holy Mountain Phinney Ridge Taproom”. All the information about all the different games & venues is on the website!

(If you’re in Seattle generally but not free tomorrow, Bolted! is also stocked at Blue Highway Games in Queen Anne.)

Next week, I’ll be at Gen Con! I personally will be hanging with my buddy Sam Logan at BFE Webcomics, booth #1217… but I have it on good authority that copies of Bolted! will be available at the CRWN Studios booth, #2549.

Visit one booth! Then the other! The order…is up to you.


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