Eamon Adventurers Guild Online looking for writers

Posted by: Bill Martens Date: December 9, 2011 0 Likes 560 Views

The Eamon Adventurers Guild Online, curated by Matthew Clark, is looking for writers who have a penchant for writing. Eamon has long been the standard for Apple ][ interactive fiction ever since Donald Brown created it in 1979.  Published in 1980 in a number of magazines, complete with Software Developers Kit and a number of adventures, the system soon became very popular among Interactive Fiction writers of the 1980’s.  Currently, the Eamon Adventures Guild Online library contains over 255 adventures, making Eamon one of the most prolific Interactive Fiction systems on any computing platform.

According to Matthew’s notice on the Eamon Website, “Eamon is not, and has never been a one voice medium. There are definitely people out there who have something to say about Eamon, even if it’s been twenty years since they last played.

So, I’d like to offer this soapbox. Want to write something about Eamon? Write it up and send it to me and I’ll re-post it here. Not only will it appear on the blog, it’ll get re-posted to the website (the Eamon news section of the front of http://www.eamonag.org/) and the Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/EamonGuild).

Have a lot to say? Let me know and I can set you up as a co-author of the blog.

Your input is welcome in whatever form… Tell us about your first experience playing Eamon… About that great adventure you wrote, but never sent in to be published… that piece of fan mail you received from someone who played your adventure… Your excitement in finding Eamon again after all of these years… Whatever it is, we want to hear about it!”

Author: Bill Martens
A.P.P.L.E. Chairman of the Board and Club president -- Bill worked for the founder, Val J. Golding and A.P.P.L.E. from 1981 to 1982. In 1999, he began archiving the materials which were distributed and sold by A.P.P.L.E.. That project led to the group that remained of A.P.P.L.E. Bill was involved in the financial industry in Tokyo and has over 20 major office infrastructure projects to his name. In March 2001, he retired to write books and to spend more time pursuing personal interests. As the president of the users group, Bill is in charge of distribution of Call-A.P.P.L.E. magazine as well as the organization of this web site. Bill currently resides in Tokyo, Japan and Shelton, Wa splitting time between the places.
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