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Ted Blasingame

2008-01-19T23:50:05Z

68.97.72.98:

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'''Ted R. Blasingame''' has been a writer since his 8th grade ''Creative Reading'' class in 1975. Already an avid reader before then, especially with the stories of Kenneth Robeson, Robert Heinlein and Ray Bradbury, he decided to try his own hand at storytelling. As with all new writers, the stories that began with ''The Hydrazine Project'' were not well written, nor were many of them seen to completion, but Ted continued to have fun with his tales.

It was not until he had discovered ''[[Wikipedia:ElfQuest|ElfQuest]]'' in 1979 that he actually completed a story called ''"Brothers In All But Blood"'' that was later published in the first issue of WaRP Graphics' authorized ''Yearnings'' fanzine (under the pen name Mooncrest). Thereafter, he joined numerous chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire 1980s decade writing EQ-based stories. In 1984, he created and operated his own ElfQuest chapter named the ''Timber Valley Holt'' until it shut down in 1990, following a six-year run with 60+ members.

In the early 1990s, he joined an [[Amateur Press Association]] (APA) group called ''Mind's Eye'', which focused on stories, poems and artwork relating to the ESPers popular in Japanese animation programs of the 80s. It was there that Ted began work on what would later become a novel-length esper-related tale called ''Treasure Hunt - Flight of the Zephyr''. At the behest of several friends, he tried to get his book published, but was unable to find a buyer for the tale. With a relatively new concept called "Publish-on-Demand", ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

[[Image:TedTyping.gif|left|Ted's typing frenzy. Art by Steve Carter.]] Following his interest in Espers, he was introduced to the genre of [[anthropomorphic]] fiction by friends [[Mark Barnard]] and [[Steve Carter]] in a brief membership with ''[[Tai-Pan Literary & Arts Project|Tai-Pan]]'', where he wrote three stories which never saw print. He was then involved in writing stories and typesetting of the 2-issue run of Mark Barnard's furry-zine, ''[[Midnight Sonata]]'' (which later spun off the successful comic book, ''[[Havoc, Inc.]]''). After the end of ''Midnight Sonata'', his interest in [[anthropomorphic]] fiction continued and evolved into an ongoing, 12-year online story project called ''[[Blue Horizon]]'' with his wife [[Eileen Blasingame|Eileen]] and friend Steve Carter. His most recent completion was a spin-off story in the ''Blue Horizon'' universe under the title of ''[[Hoenix]]'' that is currently in submission to yet another commercial book publisher (as of January 2008). ''Hoenix'' was also among the final nominees in the 2004 [[Ursa Major Awards]], in the category for Best Anthropomorphic Novel.

Through the years, Ted has worked with several friends in a number of publications that have seen print and distribution, and has enjoyed his life as an amateur writer for thirty years.

Ted & Eileen Blasingame currently live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Dennier}}
* [http://dennier.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal]
* ''[http://horizon.dennier.com/ Blue Horizon]''
* [http://www.lulu.com/dennier/ Lulu Press bookstore for Ted R. Blasingame]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Oklahoma]]

Ted Blasingame

2008-01-19T23:49:29Z

68.97.72.98:

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'''Clay Blasingame''' has been a writer since his 8th grade ''Creative Reading'' class in 1975. Already an avid reader before then, especially with the stories of Kenneth Robeson, Robert Heinlein and Ray Bradbury, he decided to try his own hand at storytelling. As with all new writers, the stories that began with ''The Hydrazine Project'' were not well written, nor were many of them seen to completion, but Ted continued to have fun with his tales.

It was not until he had discovered ''[[Wikipedia:ElfQuest|ElfQuest]]'' in 1979 that he actually completed a story called ''"Brothers In All But Blood"'' that was later published in the first issue of WaRP Graphics' authorized ''Yearnings'' fanzine (under the pen name Mooncrest). Thereafter, he joined numerous chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire 1980s decade writing EQ-based stories. In 1984, he created and operated his own ElfQuest chapter named the ''Timber Valley Holt'' until it shut down in 1990, following a six-year run with 60+ members.

In the early 1990s, he joined an [[Amateur Press Association]] (APA) group called ''Mind's Eye'', which focused on stories, poems and artwork relating to the ESPers popular in Japanese animation programs of the 80s. It was there that Ted began work on what would later become a novel-length esper-related tale called ''Treasure Hunt - Flight of the Zephyr''. At the behest of several friends, he tried to get his book published, but was unable to find a buyer for the tale. With a relatively new concept called "Publish-on-Demand", ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

[[Image:TedTyping.gif|left|Ted's typing frenzy. Art by Steve Carter.]] Following his interest in Espers, he was introduced to the genre of [[anthropomorphic]] fiction by friends [[Mark Barnard]] and [[Steve Carter]] in a brief membership with ''[[Tai-Pan Literary & Arts Project|Tai-Pan]]'', where he wrote three stories which never saw print. He was then involved in writing stories and typesetting of the 2-issue run of Mark Barnard's furry-zine, ''[[Midnight Sonata]]'' (which later spun off the successful comic book, ''[[Havoc, Inc.]]''). After the end of ''Midnight Sonata'', his interest in [[anthropomorphic]] fiction continued and evolved into an ongoing, 12-year online story project called ''[[Blue Horizon]]'' with his wife [[Eileen Blasingame|Eileen]] and friend Steve Carter. His most recent completion was a spin-off story in the ''Blue Horizon'' universe under the title of ''[[Hoenix]]'' that is currently in submission to yet another commercial book publisher (as of January 2008). ''Hoenix'' was also among the final nominees in the 2004 [[Ursa Major Awards]], in the category for Best Anthropomorphic Novel.

Through the years, Ted has worked with several friends in a number of publications that have seen print and distribution, and has enjoyed his life as an amateur writer for thirty years.

Ted & Eileen Blasingame currently live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

== External links ==
{{Contributor|Dennier}}
* [http://dennier.livejournal.com/ LiveJournal]
* ''[http://horizon.dennier.com/ Blue Horizon]''
* [http://www.lulu.com/dennier/ Lulu Press bookstore for Ted R. Blasingame]

[[Category:People]][[Category:Writers]][[Category:Oklahoma]]