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Ted Blasingame

2006-02-16T03:59:30Z

68.97.98.228:

'''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 ''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 twelve separate chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire decade of the 1980s 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 POD (publish-on-demand), ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

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'', 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 ''Sonata'', his interest in anthropomorphic fiction continued and evolved into a 10-year online story project called ''Blue Horizon'' with his wife 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 a commercial book publisher (as of January 2006). ''Hoenix'' was also among the final four 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.

== External links ==

* [http://horizon.dennier.com/ Blue Horizon]
* [http://www.lulu.com/dennier/ Lulu Press bookstore for Ted R. Blasingame]

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Ted Blasingame

2006-02-16T03:57:04Z

68.97.98.228:

'''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 ''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 twelve separate chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire decade of the 1980s 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 POD (publish-on-demand), ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

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'', 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 ''Sonata'', his interest in anthropomorphic fiction continued and evolved into a 10-year online story project called ''Blue Horizon'' with his wife 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 a commercial book publisher (as of January 2006).

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.

== External links ==

* [http://horizon.dennier.com/ Blue Horizon]
* [http://www.lulu.com/dennier/ Lulu Press bookstore for Ted R. Blasingame]

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Ted Blasingame

2006-02-16T03:49:21Z

68.97.98.228:

'''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 ''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 twelve separate chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire decade of the 1980s 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 POD (publish-on-demand), ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

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'', 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 ''Sonata'', his interest in anthropomorphic fiction continued and evolved into a 10-year online story project called ''Blue Horizon'' with his wife 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 a commercial book publisher (as of January 2006).

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.

== External links ==

* [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

2006-02-16T03:48:55Z

68.97.98.228:

'''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 ''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 twelve separate chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire decade of the 1980s 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 POD (publish-on-demand), ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

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'', 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 ''Sonata'', his interest in anthropomorphic fiction continued and evolved into a 10-year online story project called ''Blue Horizon'' with his wife 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 a commercial book publisher (as of January 2006).

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.

== External links ==

* [http://horizon.dennier.com/htm/menu.html Blue Horizon]
* [http://www.lulu.com/dennier/ Lulu Press bookstore for Ted R. Blasingame]

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Ted Blasingame

2006-02-16T03:43:02Z

68.97.98.228:

'''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 ''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 twelve separate chapters of the ElfQuest National Fan Club and spent the entire decade of the 1980s 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 POD (publish-on-demand), ''Treasure Hunt'' is now available as a self-published paperback through Lulu Press.

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'', 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 ''Sonata'', his interest in anthropomorphic fiction continued and evolved into a 10-year online story project called ''Blue Horizon'' with his wife 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 a commercial book publisher (as of January 2006).

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.
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Steve Carter

2006-02-16T03:41:51Z

68.97.98.228:

'''Steve Carter''' is an artist, writer and musician who began sharing his work in [[Elfquest]] fandom in the late eighties and joined the furry world in 1990 as a charter member of the fanzine [[Tai-Pan]]. He departed that fanzine when it began to have, in his words, "too much of a political bent" and has been featured as a pin up artist in various publications here and there. He dropped out of furry fandom for a couple of years in the 1990s, but returned in 1997 solely as a means of paying off bills. After accomplishing this goal, he turned to more serious work supporting various charities, which he has been doing since his late teens. These include:
* The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
* The National Association for Children of Alcoholics
* The Make-A-Wish Foundation
* The Twin Towers Orphans Fund
* The Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children

His work was featured in the fanzine ''[[Gallery]]'' from 2002 through 2004. His work has been seen professionally in furry fandom, Elfquest fandom, and he was selected to provide artwork for the UK edition of the Dungeons and Dragons DVD release.

His first furry webpage was the directory ''Brigade'' on [[Furnation]]. However, after too many people called him by the name Brigade (it was the website's name) at Anthrocon 1999 over the July 4th weekend, he decided to change the title. In September of that year, he opened ''MouseHouse'' on Furnation, where kept his furry work until early 2001 when friend [[Ted Blasingame]] offered him personal space while Furnation was having difficulty staying online. The re-title didn't really get his point across and he is still referred to as "Mousehouse" by people who don't realize it was the name of the site, not the artist.

A self-described movie geek, Steve wrote a movie review column for the Carolina Flyer in Fayetteville, NC, in the late 90s and has a large collection of avant-garde, artistic and foreign films.

In 2000, Steve received the Art Director's Choice award at [[Anthrocon]] for his illustration, ''Missing'' and its companion, ''Recovered'', sold for $500. He donated the proceeds from these two pieces and all their print sales to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

In 2004, Steve was awarded Chairman's Choice at [[Anthrocon]] for his illustration, ''A Time For Letting Go'', a poignant image done in rememberance of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and the crash in Pennsylvania.

He cites Frank Frazetta, Wendy Pini, Jon Bogdanove, Chuck Jones, Michael Ploog, H.R. Giger, Roger Dean, [[Terrie Smith]] and Warner Brothers cartoons as his main inspirations as an artist.

As a musician, he plays drums, guitar, keyboards and bass (his preferred instrument) and has created dozens of songs, only some of which have only been made available and only on rare occasions. As a bassist, he is a collector of odd instruments, including the Rickenbacker 4003, a six-string tuned to a low A (instead of a normal B), the Chapman Stick SD8, and a modified Ibanez tuned to CGDA.

Steve is openly a ''pteronophile'', a tickling enthusiast, and refers to tickling as "the world's greatest topic." He has done considerable artwork on this theme over the years, ranging from G-rated parent/child interactions to more adult material.

He co-authored the [[Blue Horizon]] stories with [[Ted Blasingame]] and has produced numerous pieces of artwork based on the series.

Steve is a very vocal Libertarian and lives by the motto, "If I'm upsetting the nutjobs on both sides, I must be doing something right."

Steve has lived in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and various places around the United States. He currently resides in North Dakota.

== External Links ==

* [http://www.dennier.com/fasc/ Steve Carter Fantasy Art]
* [http://horizon.dennier.com/htm/menu.html Blue Horizon]
* [http://www.eqfanart.com/ Elfquest Fan Art]

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