My name is Daniel Schilling. I live in Wisconsin. Many of you who have discovered this site have probably been referred by my article about the ether streams published in the June 2008 edition of Alien Worlds Magazine. This blog has been around much longer than that, but I have specifically reorganized it in preparation for a projected 37% increase in daily views.
This blog was originally created to promote my science fiction/fantasy epic poem The SkyPath Crusade. It’s an 86 page song that I wrote back in 2007 telling how two English knights traveled through space around 1100 AD to rescue the Roman inhabitants of Mars from an alien invasion.
After I wrote the poem, I posted it on the web and tried to get people to read it. Some people did, but not as many as the approximately 6 billion people who didn’t. So then I wrote a bunch of posts about the coming poetry revolution in hopes to start a new trend in poetry. But that didn’t work either.
Unwilling to give up, I wrote some 50+ posts explaining the SkyPath Universe in physical terms. I compiled them into the Romans on Mars Index. They explained how the Romans could have sailed to Mars, and how the ancient Egyptians managed to survive on the steaming hot planet of Mercury.
This ploy gained me a bit more popularity, but it was somewhat sporadic. So, in an attempt to get more attention, I embarked on some brand new exploits including my Autobiography: How I discovered that Romans used to live on Mars, and space crusaders–a prose version of the SkyPath Crusade. I never got far on the space crusaders, but my autobiography proceeded all the way to chapter 35.
But ultimately most bloggers found my autobiography much to long-winded for their tastes. That is why I am trying something new: a condensed history of the solar system. I am currently posting three chapters a day, which is why it is already several dozen chapters long.
U-tube
One of my readers recently told me that I should take some of the content presented in this blog and turn it into a video in order to gather “mass followings” on You Tube. I declined to follow his advice because I am horrible at making videos, and I did not want to distract myself from the work of writing the wonderful, genius-inspired stories and articles that keep popping up on this extraordinary site on a regular basis (note sarcasm in voice).
Still, I know that some of these ideas would make for some great videos. That is why I invite my readers to make their own videos about stuff on this site and post it on you tube themselves. For those of you who wish to do so, however, I have four things to say.
1. You alone are responsible for content.
2. I am not giving permission for use of my material in commercial ventures.
3. I would greatly appreciate it if you posted a link to this blog in some way and gave me a tiny bit of credit for as many of the ideas are mine. Don’t be ashamed to brag about your own improvements, though.
4. Give me a link to your video so that my viewers can enjoy your incredible work.
So please, don’t be shy, and take advantage of this offer. It will be fun. Here are some ideas of things you can do:
Give an illustrated recitation of parts of the SkyPath Crusade Epic Poem.
Film battle scenes of ancient knights battling on Mars, Venus, or in outerspace.
Make a “scientific” or “archeological” video about how the Romans got to Mars, Mayans got to the moon, Persians got to Jupiter, etc.
Just keep browsing around this site for more. There are many great ideas here.
I found your blog today and i relate to a lot of what you have here and so i will be back. I have added you to my blogroll and wondered if you would like to check out my blog and do the same. Thanks “Nipper” Jane
Sure, I’ll add you, but only because you are using the same blogging theme as my epic poem website
-The Author