I mentioned in the State of the Clan Speech that we would showcase pieces of jewelry that is specific to Sylum.
With an add a discount for Sylum Members only!
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This stretchy bracelet was design in the thought of Sam Axe’s colorful Hawaiian Shirts.
Length: 3.50″ fits up to 7.5″ wrist
Material: 8mm Polymer Clay Beads
Get a 20% Discount by Using Coupon Code: BURNNOTICE at checkout!
There is a one of a kind piece – just like Sam!
Get it before it’s gone!
Yes we have one! Yes you should check it out!
There’s been some interesting discussions, pictures, and ideas tossed around.
Come on by.
To find out how to sign up for the Sylum Chat – Go Here!
But wait – isn’t Monday normally Sylum Inspiration?
Why yes it is, but as February 1st is on Wednesday we’ve moved it to tie into the release of the Sylum Monthly Calendar!
So come on by the Chat and check out the #Sylum_Pretties Channel … you know you want to!
A new POI Fic!
Title: Museum of Interest
Author: Bj Jones
Rating: FRAO
Summary: John Reese was desperate enough for a job, that he took the Night Guard position at the National History Museum. His first night, made his wildest missions in the CIA, look like child’s play.
Author’s Notes: Crossover/Fusion with Person of Interest & Museum of Interest
2nd Author’s Note: This is from a series of daily writings I did on my tumblr called: Afternoon Fic.
Beta: Janet/Lynn
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If you enjoy the fanfic stories, check out my Published Fiction!
And we’re already just about heading into February!
Seriously where does the time go!
I admit we’ve had some crazy weather here in LA, rain…rain…rain!! Though we need it!!
What’s the craziest weather you’ve experienced?
Title: Racing Through Time
Vid Maker: Bj Jones
Author’s Note: Video Trailer for Gil & Shep – Fast/Furious storyline!
*Right Click to Download
** Must have password to site to view video!
Okay guys – we’ve got some good questions! But not many!
*pokes*
This is your opportunity to ask any Character in Sylum a question you want answered. Want to know more about them? Their job? What’s it like to be in their Clan?
Examples:
Jack Bauer: What’s the most adorable thing Angela has done?
Jack Ryan: How does it fill to live in Russia?
Marco Polo: Does the Clan torment you with the pool game?
The list is endless!!
Deadline: February 5th! So get those questions in! And we’ll post their answers over a few weeks!
It’s a place where everyone can come and have fun!
We have Sylum Pretties!! The Bunny Corner!! General Chat!! And then there’s the Bobs!
Plus you can talk about whatever you want – just not Politics!
So come on down!
Ernesto is the only son of Franco and Veronique Olivetti. His father was a Roman Carabinieri, and was killed in a shooting when Ernesto was twenty. He followed in his father’s footsteps when, after two years as an MP in the Italian Army, he joined the Vatican Police.
He’s married to Maria, and has four children: Francesco, Mary, Adria and Isabella.
Ernesto rose up the ranks in the Vatican Police quickly, becoming one of the youngest Inspector Generals at the age of 47.
He was introduced to the world of Vampires when he became friends with and later a Chosen One for Andrew Kiernan.
His life radically changed That Night. Though he had known about Vampires, he had not expected to be pulled into a conspiracy that went all the way back to Galileo, who he found out was a Vampire and was betraying his Clan and society.
He chased all over Rome with Robert Langdon and Nicolaus Meridius. Until he ended up at the Santa Maria della Vittoria, his home parish. A place where he laid his life down for his Church only to wake up a Vampire.
Captain Jack Sparrow stood tall, looking out towards the shoreline. His destiny lay ahead of him he could feel it. Finally after all these years, he was close to getting back what belonged to him. The fates had taken pity on him, whispered a name, he had not heard in a decade.
Turner.
As he sailed into Port Royal, he bowed his head in respect to his fallen Pirate brothers. No man deserved to die trapped in a cage, pecked away by crows.
With grace and dignity he stepped off his gallant ship onto the dock, just as she sank to the bottom of the ocean. The famed Pirate Captain made his way towards the town, moving among the sailors and soldiers, not giving them a second glance. With ease he took the purse of the Port’s Authority, and started his way into town.
Only to pause when a familiar face walked towards him, eyes narrowed as the smaller rat like individual walked by, not giving his former Captain the proper respect. He never did like him, shifty character, wasn’t trust worthy.
Jack took a few more steps, stopped, hands shifted around his jacket coming back empty. He turned on his heel and glared. His once crewmember, gave him a smirk and wave, pocketing the bag of gold coins, he had just stolen.
Never trust an Irishman, let alone one that was a Pirate.
He watched as the other Pirate talked to the workers, all smiles and friendly. Jack knew the bastard was up to something, he just didn’t know what. He gave him a last look, before making his way into town.
He needed rum.
Then he would figure out the next part of the plan.
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Sparrow had found the young Turner, an adorable pup who was so dearly in love with the Governor’s daughter it ached. He wanted to take the boy aside, and tell him he was born for the sea, not for settling down and having babies.
If he wanted his ship back, he needed the young love sick Turner. So he needed a plan.
‘Step one figure out what Linus was doing on the docks. Step two steal one of the ships, preferably the one Linus was eying. Step three kidnap puppy Turner.’
For today’s Coffee House Friday – come join us over at Sylum Chat!
Grab a coffee, a muffin or donut, and come on by!
I’ll be signed in for most of the day, so just stop in and say hello!
Wait – there’s a chat? When did this happen?
Go to this Post to read about Sylum’s New Chat Room, and how to sign up!
The one thing many have missed from the Sylum Yahoo Group is the ability to chat. The ability to interact with other members of the group, talk about Sylum, Fandom, and Random things.
We’ve been trying to figure out a variety of ways to get that back, not many of them have worked. The Forums, were to clunky and with the server issues, not very flexible and timed out continuously. The Blog itself is great for a few comments, like on stories or at times on Coffee House Friday – but again it’s slow and can get clunky.
Since November, I’ve been searching for a ‘chat’ program or something similar, that everyone could easily participate in and have a place to get away from RL, and submerge themselves in Sylum or just hang out with friends. A place where you can have some old fashion RPing with the Sylum Characters people adopted, post pretty pictures, and fun memes. There will be no discussion of politics whatsoever. None. No. Don’t even think about it. This chat is a place for everyone to feel welcome, to relax, and not deal with what is going on outside.
Basically a ‘Safe Place’ for all.
By fluke or divine Sylum intercession – I was invited to a chat program, and it turned out to be just what Sylum ordered.
So with no further ado – I’m Inviting y’all to Sylum Chat!
Please follow the instructions carefully, though the chat program is simple to use and navigate – it takes a moment to get everything in order.
Create an Account
You’ll get an email to verify your account, which will bring you to…
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Come back to this post and click the link that will bring you to Sylum
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Read the Rules/Regulation Channel!
Dive in and have fun!
No seriously guys read the Rules/Regulation Channel!!!
Want to ask your favorite character a question? Want to know more about them?
Now you can!!
We’re taking question for any and all Characters in the Sylum Universe. Fill out the form below or reply to this post and send us your question, just make sure to tell us which character it’s for!!
Last year we started a new tradition, with giving a State of the Clan Speech at the beginning of the year.
When I take a moment to update everyone on what’s going on in the world in Sylum, events happening on the blog, and fun interesting things we have planned for 2017.
Lets start off by stating this one thing.
Sylum is a Safe Place.
Everyone is welcome here.
I know there are many of you that are worried about what’s coming, and need a place to be … well … just be. We’re working hard to make this blog a place were you can come and leave the rest of the world behind. There will be no talk about politics, and we will not tolerate bigotry in any form.
Sylum is about one thing: Love your Neighbor.
Which means our doors are open.
So come on in, grab a drink and head out to the Veranda – Thomas has snacks, the dogs are playing in the back, Nick’s got the bbq going, and Warrick is running the tables.
So with that in mind, we have a full schedule of events, teasers, and surprises in store for the year 2017.
So I’m sure the first question on everyone’s mind.
When is Clan War going to be finished!?!?!!?
As I’ve stated before, we slammed into a major plot wall smack in the middle of Clan War.
This literally had us coming to a screeching halt. (Insert image of record needle sliding across the record, well we would but google was not cooperating) We’ve finally were able to work around it, but in the process of getting through that plot wall, we ended up digging up the whole front yard. At the moment we’re still repaving the driveway, and replanting Thomas’ Roses.
Basically, we’re working on it.
I know you guys are eagerly awaiting the next segment, so stay patient with us – we’re getting there. Remember we have real lives, which means: jobs, commitments, priorities, and sometimes just plane old ‘bullshit’. And as much as we would like to spend all our waking hours working on Sylum there are times we can’t. And to be completely honest, there were moments of burnout! We had to step away from Sylum and work on other projects before we shanked Nico in the liver and left him bleeding out on the floor.
And while we’ve been working on the re-writes, we’ve also been busy building future storylines, prepping Sylum Events, running the blog, and editing the Sylum Wiki.
We’ll be hosting the normal three events, that we do yearly.
Spring Fling: Sign ups will be in February, and posting will start April 16th.
Seven Days of Summer: Sign ups will be in May, and posting will start July 1st.
Sylum Advent: Sign ups will be in October, and posting will start December 1st.
If you’re interested in participating in any of the Events, please sign up! We’re always looking for new artists and writers. There are 1015 … 1016 characters in the Sylum Wiki, only about a 200 have been used for stories. There are a lot of lonely character who would love some attention.
In between the Events, we’ll be posting snippets and teasers of stories being worked on, plus random moments that never make it into major storyline.
So you’ll never know what will pop up in your inbox!
Which leads me to …
You may have noticed, that there has been a blog post everyday. We’re doing this to make sure that there is at least one thing in your email each day, that will hopefully make you smile.
Sylum Inspiration – these tie into our Monthly Calendars. This year we’re showcasing a different Lead Hunter each month, the corresponding weeks of the month will showcase, another Hunter from the same clan. I’ll work not to repeat characters from last years Sylum Inspiration, but as there are only 19 Clans and 12 months in the year, there will be a repeat of Clans represented.
Sylum Location – This is a new post we’re trying out this year! We’ll be showcasing images from the Clan Location that corresponds with the Sylum Calendar.
Throwback Thursdays – to highlight old stories, artwork, videos, and even old posts.
Coffee House Friday – I encourage everyone to comment on all posts! But Coffee House Friday is designed for members to have an open discussion!
Random Posts – Inspiration for Sylum, showcasing pets, cars, locations, basically anything is fair game!
Teasers/Snippets – When we feel like being evil.
A Sylum Scavenger Hunt!
Wait? What? How?
We’re still working on the logistics, but the basics – we’ll be putting together Sylum Questions, that you’ll be able to find the answer to in the stories, blog, or wiki. A point system will be created, and we’ll have awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.
A Sylum Chat Room!
I know one of the main things people missed from the Yahoo Group was the ability to chat with everyone else. I’ve tried over the past few years to find a way to bring this back. The Sylum Forum was slow and cumbersome, and while Coffee House Friday gets some good answers, it doesn’t actually get people chatting.
We have finally found a solution!
Look for another announcement soon, with more information about the Sylum Chat Room.
Updated Images on the Wiki!
Our resident Sylum Artist Taibhrigh has taken on a Wiki Project of their own. Since Taibhrigh does all of the Story Banners, there have been many discussions on what does this particular character look like? Especially when the character is played by an actor that is showcased in Sylum a few times. (For Ex: Russell Crowe, Robert Downy Jr., Karl Urban, Ewan McGregor…etc) Working with the writers, Taibhrigh has worked up images that will showcase how the characters are visually different, despite being played by the same actor. As the sets of images are finished, I’ll be uploading them to the Wiki and updating the bios. This will honestly take a while, as there are 1015 … 1016 Characters, so keep an eye on the wiki, to spot the new images. As this is an ongoing project we’ll not update everyone while the bios are being changed – we will make an announcement when it’s finished!
Sample Image
At this moment we have no idea. There are stories in the works, re-writes being done, characters being obnoxious and not shutting up – yes Nico I’m looking at you, your wife, and daughter … at least your sister is behaved.
But I can say we’ll have plenty of goodies throughout the year!
Feedback! Feedback! Feedback! I can’t stress this enough – Feedback! Take the five extra seconds and reply to a fic/art post and leave a comment – especially during Sylum Events. It doesn’t have to be a 1000 word essay, but a few words will go a long way. The writers and artists don’t get paid, so a simple note makes the world of difference!
Donations:
It now costs $140 a year to host sylumclan.com, this includes the main site, the blog, and the wiki. On top of it we pay for data backup, data security, and spam protection. All donations for the website go directly to Dreamhost – we don’t see any of it. Donate Here.
The Hosting Fees are just a small portion of what goes into building and maintaining Sylum. I do this because I love the characters, the ‘fandom’, the people, and even the Bobs. And as Sylum has grown and expanded beyond anything I ever imagined, I can say any help is appreciated.
Sylum Vault, is now over a year old. It’s been a wild ride this past year, learning new skills, and getting the shop up and running. It’s been an interesting creative outlet. The theme of the shop is ‘Jewelry based on your Favorite Fandoms’ including Sylum. So this year – we’ll be showcasing pieces that are specific to Sylum, with a discount coupon that will only be for those who follow Sylum.
As a reminder! We do have a shop on Cafe Press appropriately named: Sylum Gift Shop. You can find cool and fun Sylum related items, such as coffee mugs, tumblers, stickers, and keychains. Taibhrigh, Sylum’s Resident Artist, has done amazing work for this project. Want Sylum Swag? This is the place to get it.
Sylum has been the jumping off point that led me to getting my first book published. As y’all were my first audience, I appreciate the fact you’re following me into this new endeavor. If you haven’t yet, check out the new Nicholas J. Finch Page, and take a moment to buy the book and leave a review!
Sylum Clan:
Tumblr: @Nico Meridius: My personal blog, where you can find my rants at bob, goals of the day, sylum stuff, and afternoon fic
Sylum Vault:
Nicholas J. Finch:
Each year I’m amazed and awed at how Sylum has expanded from being one or two fandoms, to being it’s own fandom. Honestly, if you’re still not reading certain stories because it ‘isn’t your fandom’ stop. No seriously, stop. You’re missing out on the bigger storyline. Oh I get it, not everyone likes everything, which is what makes Sylum great – there’s something for everyone. But you’ll miss out on major plot points, character connections, and even that answer to the question you had while reading something else.
Every story connects to each other.
Be Kind.
Be Courteous.
Always have fun.
Signed,
The General
and
Bob
