This is the biggest project svtln and I have attempted. What started with illustrating an existing story, Wedding, with 31 pics, has grown. Our last story was Lessons To Be Passed Along – Illustrated, which had over 70 pics. With The War Of The Crystals – Illustrated, we have over 170! This was a major undertaking and took us the better part of three months.
The basic story is unchanged. As I mentioned in the original story, The War Of The Crystals was developed from a story called The Atlantis Crystal by Robber Baron. He left it as ‘Incomplete and Inactive’ but I extended it and finished it off. To be fair, I failed to ask his permission, and he sent me a note:
“I'm not dead yet. I quit writing when I discovered I had cancer and began treatments. Now, the cancer appears to be in remission, but I have lost the will to write, though I think about it every now and then. You should have inquired of me or Lazeez before rewriting and continuing my story. However, I am interested in finding out where you take this story. I demand that you recognize me as coauthor. Once that is done, I will be happy to allow you to continue it. Please state that I have no further part in the story and that all the changes and additions are your work alone.”
I admit, I screwed that up. I contacted Lazeez and he changed the credit on that story.
Secondly, there has been some editing done on the story but not in any significant sense. This is because the process of creating the illustrations led to some modifications. For instance, maybe a woman is supposed to be wearing a skirt made from a stretchy crepe material, but the drawing program can’t do crepe. Do I ask svtln to do a dozen different pics trying to make it work? Or maybe I just change the skirt to a sexy little flirt skirt, which only took two pics to create in the first place? There aren’t many instances like that, but a word-by-word comparison will find a few.
Just consider this a new story. I think you’ll like it. Enjoy!