G'monday, all y'all helpful humans!
Let's all take a moment and just... breathe.
The new video is officially out, things are officially going to be okay. At least in terms of the integrity of the show. It'll still be really difficult for a while with the demonetization and al...
2018-12-31 19:54:44 +0000 UTC View Post
All spindle sylph are born with a twin; a mirror image of themselves who shares the half of their soul. But there's a revelation that's sweeping through their lands, changing the way they see each other. How will these creatures face the new, impending solitude? How will... 2018-12-30 18:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a quick update to let all of you know about how we're going to be handling rewards moving forward.
Many of the simpler rewards that require no preparation will continue to go out immediately. However, in order to better manage my schedule for video uploads I'm going to begin batching r...
2018-12-28 15:57:45 +0000 UTC View Post
In the final stretch of production, now! Just need to add the music and the outro, really.
I'm so eager to finally share this thing with all of you.
—Benji
2018-12-27 19:41:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, all you Helpful Humans and Engineers!
Session by session, we've been moving through a lot of Terry Pratchett's work in preparation for the forthcoming Terry Pratchett series. And while that's (obviously) done a lot to inform me about the man himself and his writing style, ...
G'morning, maintenance crew! And for those who are celebrating, happy holidays!
This week, at long last, we have a turn for the positive. It feels like things are finally, genuinely beginning to settle down a bit in the background of the show. I'm finding my rhythm again, all of you have fl...
2018-12-24 16:40:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a last-minute reminder! Come join us in #the-foundry-forge on our the Tale Foundry Discord server to discuss Terry Pratchett's book, Hogfather!
Find all the details here: https:...
2018-12-22 00:09:16 +0000 UTC View Post
—with this short story.
Some final touch-ups, and then I spend a big portion of the evening recording, because this story is massive.
Overall it's been a really interesting experience. I think I've learned a lot about secondary worlds and short stories, and the importan...
2018-12-21 04:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, helpful humans!
Today I want to share with you what may be my favorite story art for any of the short story videos we've released. My artist, Felipe, has totally knocked this out of the park. I can't wait to introduce all of you to him in the near future.
It's...
2018-12-20 21:20:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Helpful Humans and Engineers of the foundry!
Our next Forge session is in a mere two days! That means it's time to finish up your reading if your following along, or squeeze in a spare glance at the sparknotes page.
We should start making some really meaningfu...
2018-12-19 17:42:51 +0000 UTC View PostHAS FINALLY COME TO AN END.
That's right. I'm making real progress with the show again. No more floundering in the mud with this impossible project in the middle of my worst period.
Let's talk about how things have gone from difficult, to horrifying, to hopeful over the last week.<...
2018-12-17 19:52:33 +0000 UTC View PostAlright everyone, first things first, you are all incredible.
Thank you so much to everyone who threw in at such short notice to help this show survive while I figure out what to do in the absence of ad revenue. It's been a huge hit to my income, and will make it very hard to pay for the ...
2018-12-15 05:18:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
for any of you who follow other Youtube creators, this shouldn't be too unfamiliar of a story. Despite the excellent platform they've created with Youtube, Google has a bit of a historically shaky trigger finger.
Today, Google decided to demonetize Tale Foundry 2018-12-13 19:58:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Helpful Humans and Engineers of the foundry!
It's time to announce our next read for the Foundry Forge, this time something appropriate for the season: Terry Pratchett's "The Hogfather".
I'll confess, I've been reading this one for a couple months intermittently at...
2018-12-12 19:09:41 +0000 UTC View Post
G'morning, helpful humans one and all.
Last week we had a bit of a zinger, and this one will be more of the same. Zingier, even.
It seems the last portion of 2018's hedge maze was all bri...
2018-12-10 19:12:28 +0000 UTC View Post
G'monday, helpful humans and all.
This is going to be a little different from some of the other progress updates I've shared here. I've been alluding to some "difficult times" in a lot of posts lately, which is a lot less transparent than I like to be with all of you. Sometimes you have to tak...
2018-12-03 19:38:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Heyo, helpful humans!
Today we're doing something a little different. As plug away at this short story, I find it hard to have good material for these sneak peeks. So instead, today, we're going to help whet the appetites of the fans beyond this community and give y'all a little refresher on the m...
2018-11-30 02:01:29 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Helpful Humans and Engineers of the foundry!
I've already done a little bit of reading, and I can tell you immediately that this book is not going to disappoint. After the last session, I have a pretty strong idea of where we'll be focusing for the Terry Pratchett series, and I'm p...
2018-11-28 17:32:03 +0000 UTC View PostAttention, lovely humans and friends of the Foundry!
The incredible community on our Discord server is going to be running their first ever server-wide event soon: Tale Foundry Fest!
Join in for games, competitions, livechats and more!
The community will be running events f...
2018-11-27 20:23:19 +0000 UTC View PostHello, helpful humans!
Welcome, very unofficially, to winter.
Last night we received about 6-7 inches of glorious sky-fluff in my area, weighing down branches, taking out powerlines, causing a general nuisance, by and large being very gorgeous all over the dang place. Despite all...
2018-11-27 04:39:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp, these things happen to the best of us.
I'm officially re-writing this short story. Not necessarily from the ground up, but close to it. Art can be that way sometimes. It's never as cooperative with your schedule or your expectations as you hope for it to be.
It is well one its...
2018-11-22 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Helpful Humans and Engineers of the foundry!
I've been having an immensely good time reading Good Omens over the last couple weeks and I'm absolutely stoked to chat about it with all of you on Friday! If you want to contribute to the conversation, definitely try to get some readin...
2018-11-21 21:07:55 +0000 UTC View PostG'monday, y'all helpful humans!
There's not much to say this week, as I'm still deep in the jungle of story-writing, which is at best a reclusive activity, at worst a complete departure from reality. That is to say, the progress I've made is not particularly tangible, thus pretty hard to share in ...
2018-11-19 19:28:59 +0000 UTC View PostGreetings, helpful humans!
I come bearing a question. The video sneak peeks take a lot of effort to create and upload (3-5 hours). I enjoy them, and it's great to have something for you guys in the interim between videos, but what do you think of them? Are we spending our time well by mak...
2018-11-15 17:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, helpful humans!
This week the bookmark journey continues! Who knew getting one single piece of merchandise made could be such a lengthy process?
Things are looking up, though! We're just waiting on a proof + pricing from the printer before these things officially hit the press! And, o...
2018-11-15 17:16:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, Helpful Humans, Tinkerers, Engineers, and all!
The last forge session came upon us rather quickly, but there's plenty of time before the next one! If you want to read up so you can contribute to the discussions that will inform the content of our videos, this is your opportunity! Read o...
2018-11-14 19:42:04 +0000 UTC View PostG'monday, all you helpful humans! I hope your week is off to a roaring start.
As I'm still in the middle of writing a short story, this should be a pretty sparse update. Still, there are some interesting tidbits here and there that I think you'll be glad to hear about.
Whe...
2018-11-13 01:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello helpful humans!
For this week's sneak peek, we've got something a bit off the beaten path. The talented artist behind the bookmark we've long been hyping (and will soon be releasing) was kind enough to film his creative process and share it with us.
So this week, feast your eyes ...
2018-11-08 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello, Helpful Humans, Tinkerers, Engineers, and all!
I'm pleased to say we'll be having our first ever Foundry Forge Session in a couple of days! I wrote a little bit about this in Monday's progres...
2018-11-07 20:01:55 +0000 UTC View PostHello, helpful humans!
It's a new week, and I've got some news for all of you. Nothing earth-shattering this time, but exciting nonetheless.
Where are we?
The preparation for the short story is coming along swimmingly. I've done all the conceptual outl...
2018-11-05 22:06:15 +0000 UTC View Post