Where I’m At

on Moonshadow

I’m currently keeping activity to worldbuilding, style, characters, places, and stories. It’s my favorite part really. I feel a large pull from this project that keeps me coming back. I add to it every day. I also cut stuff from it daily. I’ll be at this til around midsummer, I’m thinking.

I’ve been working on it since the start of December. Three full months. At lot of which were spent on getting and keeping my self inspired. Now, I’m forming these early ideas into bigger finished concepts.

I’m releasing some of my early designs(that I won’t be using in Moonshadow itself) as NFTs on Rodeo, Surreal, and Uncut. I’m looking into how to release the writing. Threre are a couple of good services out there that make NFTs that are entire books. That’s tempting. It’s also tempting to publish to my paragraph, and push for people to mint entries that are canonically relevant to a final novel or novella.

It’s an odd idea to wrap up, as I come to the end of the encapsulated setting. Could a novel succeed as blog posts that are minted? Each a page, or chapter. Hmm….

Feedback Policy

I don’t take feedback, unless I ask for it specifically. I often ask for it. If you’ve got something to say about my work, hold that thought until I post again looking for feedback. Simple comments are always welcome, as long as we are not talking about my process or what I decide to publish.

That said, please leave comments and/or feedback in the comments. No feedback is acknowledged over social media.

Point:

I publish what I want to publish. I don’t go with fads or popularity contests. I don’t expect things I publish to be seen or read. I publish them because I like them, and I think it’s worth public exposure. I don’t want to hear what you think I should publish.

I will, quite often, ask for feedback. In such situations, I generally specify exactly what I’m looking for opinions on. Some things are simply complete. If something is complete, no amount of pretentious commentary will make me go back and edit it. If you find an actual issue with something like my grammar, I will thank you for bringing my attention to it, and I will fix it.

This post is very concise; to the point, as it were. That’s because it’s a simple issue that shouldn’t be hard to grasp.

I’m asking one thing from my readers, friends, and fans. That was it.

Thank you,

Jack Lhasa

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New POAPS & Animation

I am currently looking for people who would like to help me fine tune elements of my new art and fiction setting, Moonshadow. These would be one-on-one talks. I might ask for opinions, proofreading, thoughts on certain aspects of the art and the world.

Qualified applicants should have an eye for art, be able to follow basic instructions, have an interest in the fantasy genre, and be available for discussion 1-2 times per week, depending on length of discussion and scheduling.

In other news, I’ve posted my first animation on Rodeo for minting. The series of art and story, Only Shadow has come to an end. I am in the process of arranging all of the art and fiction into a book format. The book will include many animations never before seen. I’ll be posting some of these animation for mint.

The first animation can be collected here:

https://rodeo.club/post/0xf3D6fA558e52ff73DCDb8FC54c49433e53b46417/11

Those interested in joining my focus group can contact me directly, or fill out the form below.

Thanks!

Jack Lhasa

Lens @exoteric

Farcaster: @jacklhasa

A Brand New Way to Blog

PenX.io offers an incredibly robust blogging platform with a host of features that would normally require the use of a half dozen sites and services.

Part 1 in a series: Intro

Last weekend I discovered a brand new startup blog service, PenX. I really enjoyed its unique feature set, and sleek themes from the get. If you are used to the massive theme selection of some web2 blog platforms, the choices here may seem limited at first. I ran into a few problems with some of the more complicated aspects of it, and reached out to the Discord server.

The next day I had a reply from the projects lead developer. He’s a great guy, and took a lot of his own time to walk me through some of the problems I was experiencing.

This is when I learned that the team was very small, and that PenX was in a still very early phase of development. Due to our conversations, 0xZio made several adjustments over the next few days, reconciling all the issues I’d encountered thus far.

0xZio.eth is the lead developer at PenX. There is a Farcaster channel for PenX, in which I’ll be aiding in the moderation. There isn’t much there at the moment, but that will change fast.

Now, because of the extremely early stage in the PenX lifespan, I recommend creating a new wallet to interact with it. Or perhaps you have several sitting around for exactly this reason(As I do).

You’ll need a wallet that is compatible with the Base L2 chain. With this wallet, you’ll sign for most actions, even if they involve no monetary exchange.

PenX has 2 features built in that you cannot find in any other blog suite. The first of which is a fully customizable, set any price you like, establish as many tiers as you like, membership system. Lots of blogs have membership systems. I’ve never seen anything give the user this much control and freedom over how memberships work.

The second, which ties in with the other features is a CreatorFi Launchpad. Here, any PenX user can mint their own token in base, and allocate it as they see fit. Again, there is a high degree of freedom here, unlike any launchpad I’ve ever used.

These features will cost you a fractional amount of ETH on Base to cover the standard, super cheap gas and such of Base.

Another feature you’ll notice quickly is PenX’s proprietary token, which any blog owner may claim daily. The $PEN token currently has no equatable value, but as more users discover this incredible package, I expect that to change.

All content can be token-gated as the author sees fit. And every post can be set to collectible, in the manner you’re probably used to seeing on Paragraph and Mirror. This feature is the final setting before posting publicly, so you are always aware of a posts collectibility. Posts can also be gated until they are minted, which is a unique twist on what we’ve seen from the other Web3 major platforms.

Any post can be commented on. All posts have a Tip button so your readers can reward you without minting. There’s also a fully detailed collaboration system.

Currently content can be set to several formats, including, Journal entries, Blog posts, static pages, an image gallery, and databases.

Each blog also comes with a personal subdomain option, mine is https://exoteric.penx.io/, for example.

I’ve only begun to really dig into the real robustness of this new platform. It’s also available for self-hosting with a one-click deploy.

That’s where I’ll end this post, however, as it’s already far longer than I intended.

Jack Lhasa
A Shaman with an addiction for fresh startups.

Https://exoteric.live

Https://exoteric.penx.io/

Be on the lookout for more posts about PenX from me, as I intend to do a deeper piece on the features I’ve only briefly described here.

December Update

In this style, next year, each month will have an update. These posts will be much like you probably expect.

Content

I will be adding a new category of posts, as I intend to do at least one long format post about music every month. Sometimes this will be more often. I may venture into other areas, as I intend to continue experimentation.

zkSync Era

This month we launched the meme token, $BALLS on the zkSync Era blockchain. This token is something that Jean and I have been discussing/planning for many months now. We’ve received quite a surprising amount of interest. We haven’t exactly dug ourselves out of poverty, but it is still incredibly exciting. The token has been fully generated, and we expect to reach DEX listing very soon. I’ll post about that when we get there. The future is bright, and you gotta have $BALLs!!

NFTs

I continue to offer my own art, mostly set in the fictional universe of Exoteric, on several fronts. Lens is sort of the ‘proto-release’ area with conversation and community being the core. The Uncut Network is home to the majority of low priced, readily available NFTs. In news there, the Only Shadow collection will be coming to a close in January. This region of the Exoteric World is very likely to show up again in the future. The Cost of Magic collection will move to the forefront at Uncut. Details forthcoming.

Fiction

The fictional Storyverse called Exoteric will continue to grow. Each NFT release has included some light flavor text, adding small details to the world. As focused NFT collections begin and end, so will the stories of the related region. I am working on a knowledge base that will debut soon. It will always be a work in progress. An ebook is planned covering The Only Shadow story, including the all the current images used for NFTs, as well as new art, and the story that ties it all together.

Knowledge Base

The upcoming knowledge base will be reminiscent of an RPG manual written in the wiki format. Once I’ve completed a sufficient amount of its skeleton, I’ll make it public while I continue to add to it. The Knowledge Base will become increasingly important to the Exoteric project, as I hope others will want contribute their own stories, art, music, design, etc within the Exoteric multiverse. Anyone interested is welcome to contact me at any time, but I won’t actually be seeking out other creators to collaborate with until I’ve made more of the setting public.

That’s all folks!

December can be a tough time. I hope that my efforts can provide some pleasure to others. The goal is to make my vision come to life, in a way that is fun and relatable; to create a massive fictional context, in which others want to add to themselves, becoming fans and creators.

Okay, that’s enough for now. Thank you all for your purchases, support, companionship, and inspiration.

Jack Lhasa