The Shattered Glass Project - part three

  The Shattered Glass Project (Used with permission)

Shattered Glass is  a modern fairy (urban fae) short story  by Jess Hartley. The story actually has not been written yet, and that's where you, the readers, come in. At the beginning of the project, Jess was accepting patronage, not only to support her work, but to allowing her readers to be a part of the story. However, as of Monday, March 22, 2010, the Personae Patronage level has been closed due to the number of individuals interested in becoming part of Shattered Glass as a character. Other levels are available for a small fee: the Virtual Patronage for $5.00 (Virtual Patrons will receive a .pdf of Shattered Glass) and the Artisan for $25.00 (Artisan Patrons will receive the .pdf and a limited special edition copy (signed and numbered) of the story, along with a hand-signed letter of thanks from the author). Anyone interested in becoming a patron can go to Jess Harley's website, and click on the Shattered Glass Project on the Main Menu. Go to the bottom of the page and click on the Contibute button. Patronage closes the first day of Summer, so if you're interested in Shattered Glass, time is running out. One of the novels things about this project, is that only the patrons will have access to Ms. Hartley's story at the end of the writing year next summer.

  Jess Hartley (Used with permission)

The Shattered Glass Project

This Examiner had a delightful conversation with Ms. Hartley a few weeks ago.Her energy and excitement over this project are infectious. This project is exciting: self-publishers, who are a very creative lot in themselves, are beginning to break out of the traditional book and story mold to engineer new and different ways of marketing their stories and abilities. The Shattered Glass Project promises a lot of fun for those already involved as a Patron, and makes those of us who are not, want to be.

Jess Hartley

Ms. Hartley's website states she is an author, game-designer, editor and all-around wordsmith. Her talent is apparent; her dedication to her craft admirable. Ms. Hartley is a prolific writer with a fan-base. She began writing professionally in 2010 by contributing to local newspapers and national magazines such as eSchool News, Renaissance Magazine, and School Planning and Management Digest.

  The Changeling

Jess Hartley's professional work (from Website)

Jess started working with White Wolf in 2003, when she penned the Exalted novel, In Northern Twilight, which was a Runner-Up for Pen & Paper’s 2004 Fan Awards in the category of Best RPG-Related Novel/Anthology.

Since then, she has written content for more than 30 roleplaying game products including Skinchangers, Reliquary (which she also developed), Midnight Roads and Innocents from the World of Darkness core game line, The Beast That Hunts The Blood (Nosferatu Clanbook) for Vampire: The Masquerade, Free Council, Silver Ladder and Mysterium for Mage: The Awakening, all four of the Promethean: The Created supplements (Pandora’s Book, Strange Alchemies, Magnum Opus and Saturnine Night), “Predators” for Werewolf: The Forsaken and “The Compass of the Celestial Directions 1: The Blessed Isle” for Exalted Second Edition. She’s also contributed to the Scion line (Scion: Demigod and Scion: God,) and was part of the core team that created Changeling: The Lost and Hunter: The Vigil, working on both the core rule books, as well as several supplements for each of the lines.

One of Jess’ latest projects has been helping create Geist: The Sineaters, White Wolf’s newest game line, which debuted in August of 2009, as well as multiple electronic projects such as The Rose-Bride’s Plight, Personae: Ready Made Characters, and Goblin Markets, all which support Changeling: The Lost and are available as .pdf products.

Recently, one of Jess' short stories, Stigmatized Property, was printed in the horror anthology, Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas, and she is a contributor to the upcoming essay collection, Family Games: The Best 100.

After the success of her four-part series, Gen Con for the Aspiring Professional, Jess began a weekly advice and etiquette column entitled One Geek to Another. This series is now available not only on her personal website, but in other fine locations, such as Pen And Paper Games.--Author's website

For more info:  Visit Jess Hartley at www.jesshartley.com
Contact her at jess@jesshartley.com