Tales of the Big Bad Wolf

Chapter 3, Queen of Swans – A World We Did Not Know

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:50:28 +0000

Volume 2 Readers: Unfinished business from Book One. (Ah, there you are you pesky King’s Guards…) If you are still not caught up you can start with the Prologue or navigate to the table of contents here.

First time visitors: You are welcome to join us above, or start with Volume 1: “Red Riding Hood” here. Hope you enjoy!

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Update, Queen of Swans – That darned elf

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 03:35:12 +0000

Volume 2 Readers: Read the update to Chapter Two, The Garden of Paradise. If you are still not caught up you can start with the Prologue or navigate to the table of contents here. Don’t forget to vote… for a hint at one tricky elf’s thoughts.

First time visitors: You are welcome to join us above, or start with Volume 1: “Red Riding Hood” here. Hope you enjoy!

Queen of Swans update!

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:17:16 +0000

Volume 2 Readers: Chapter 2 starts this week. Enter the Garden of Paradise. If you are still not caught up you can start with the Prologue or navigate to the table of contents here. Don’t forget to vote as I’ll be hiding some photos, sketches, and notes behind the button!

First time visitors: You are welcome to join us above, or start with Volume 1: “Red Riding Hood” here. Hope you enjoy!

Death, Threats, and crazy wolves: Queen of Swans update, end of Chapter 1

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 27 May 2013 15:56:14 +0000

And our story continues: ”The Queen of Swans” explores the story of the woman who has lived longest in the Northernlands. Her story may be familiar in some respects and not in others. If you are caught up, you may start now finish Chapter 1 (at Part D) . If you are not – you can start with the Prologue or navigate to the table of contents here.

First time visitors: You are welcome to join us above, or start with Volume 1: “Red Riding Hood” here. Hope you enjoy!

The Queen of Swans, Chapter 1 Update

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:13:48 +0000

And our story continues: ”The Queen of Swans” explores the story of the woman who has lived longest in the Northernlands. Her story may be familiar in some respects and not in others. If you are caught up, you may start with the third part of Chapter 1 here. If you have yet to read it, start with the Prologue to “the Queen of Swans” here.

First time visitors: You are welcome to join us above, or start with Volume 1: “Red Riding Hood” here. Welcome and if you enjoy, please considering “voting” for the story at Top Web Fiction. thx!

Welcome: The Queen of Swans

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:01:15 +0000

And our story continues: ”The Queen of Swans” explores the story of the woman who has lived longest in the Northernlands. Her story may be familiar in some respects and not in others. For those who may be rusty on the events of the last volume, you may wish to check out the Wiki or the synopsis of Volume 1. Otherwise start with the Prologue to “the Queen of Swans” here.

Last Week before The Queen of Swans begins! Wiki, Hawk, lalala.

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:35:11 +0000

New readers: Before there might be a queen, first there must be a king. Read a tale of a lone wolf, a hunter, and a woman with a red riding hood who cross paths one fateful winter. Volume 1: “Red Riding Hood” starts here.

Returning readers: Giles is in so much hot water that his journals have been temporarily suspended. Just a few administrative things.

I’m testing out a Wiki for the characters at http://talesofthebigbadwolf.wikia.com . It is pretty barebones, but I’m hoping that those of you who like speculation, keeping notes, and trying to track things will make it your own. I will do my best to help out when I can but forgive me if I focus on some other things. Which brings me to…
Next week, late Monday night Volume 2, “The Queen of Swans” will begin. I’m debating doing a crazy release (i.e., the entire first chapter in that first week) but a lot will depend on the turnout :p.
This week’s sneak peek is of another character new to Queen of Swans. His name is simply Hawk.

Hawk is a character who will appear immediately in “The Queen of Swans.”

This is a design in progress. Had I wanted to go a little more stylized, his nose would have been truly hawklike .

However, he is older than many of the characters that will appear and has a connection to a character that has only appeared in The Sleeping Prince (which is unfinished, except in my brain). He is unarguably proud and, as I realized while painting him out, that may be why he is rather grumpy.

Indeed, I had not intended him to be such a difficult personality. However in drafting Chapter 1, something became obvious to me that was a bit troubling. Although he is essentially a good character, he hides something from those around him. He also holds a very strong belief about what his role is and that may put him at odds with other characters as they appear.

Art farts :) (Queen of Swans)

ThePuppetmaster — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 23:55:33 +0000

New readers: Before there might be a queen, first there must be a king. Read a tale of a lone wolf, a hunter, and a woman with a red riding hood who cross paths one fateful winter. (Click the icon!) The follow-up volume will begin serializing here in May, so catch up while you can!

Veteran readers!

Last week: Giles set himself up for a major spanking. The Good Mate, Entry set 5

This week: click. CLICK. WIP art fart.

The Good Mate – checkmate

ThePuppetmaster — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:14:50 +0000

Veteran readers!

Last week you got to see more preview art. Goal to start Volume 2 is week after Mother’s Day

This week: Giles sets himself up for a major spanking. The Good Mate, Entry set 5

Character Spoilers, Queen of Swans

ThePuppetmaster — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:59:26 +0000

Veteran readers!

Last week’s update: Part 4 of the Good Mate . Giles caused more problems. He’ll be back detailing something funny next week.

This week, click to see another new character for the the next volume, “Queen of Swans.”

A lot of characters in this universe are alone or isolated at some point. This image is of one such character at an unspecified time/place who simply turned up one day, much to the consternation of those who found him. See children aren’t supposed to just drop out of thin air or show up randomly. To the knowledge of the inhabitants of the Northern lands, there is no stork or baby fairy. Exactly who this child is related to (or supposedly related to) and where he shows up I would rather not say for now. You will have to find out!

The age of the child was something I have been struggling with. As cute as it would be to draw the smallest possible age that one can get away with, from a practical standpoint, it’s more useful to have a child with enough agency that they can get into trouble on their own or refuse the decisions of others. This narrows down my thinking towards the age of 4-6.

And on a practical note, just letting you know that I’m going to be setting up a character page for Queen of Swans separate from the Red Riding Hood Page. To accommodate all of these new pages on a crowded menu bar, the “Characters” pages are going to now align under “The World” on the menu bar. To see a slightly spoilery list of which characters have made the cut for Volume 2, you must click on the vote incentive below.

And yes, I still plan to start in May, likely after Mother’s Day.