It’s good to be back! July was a busy month. I got married, spent 3 weeks in southeast Asia, turned 32 and gotted started on a few new stories that I hope to keep writing once Return to Labyrinth Volume 4 is wrapped. I know everyone’s eager to start talking about volume 4, and I promise that a first peek will be forthcoming soon. This week I’ve got a major deadline to meet, after which I’ll see what I can do about bringing gobblin readers a scoop. Plus, 10 hour time difference = nasty jetlag.
In the meantime, please check out my newly launched other blog, the creatively-named jakeforbes.com. In the first post I explain why I now have two blogs, but the basic gist of it is that gobblin.net will remain the offical blog for Return to Labyrinth and related topics, while jakeforbes.com will be for personal stuff, career stuff and essays. If you enjoy my non Labyrinth-themed posts, I hope you’ll add it to your feed!
Also, a small change, but I added nested comments so you can now reply to posts directly. Since some of the more popular discussions involve a of back and forth, I thought this might make it easier to follow. What do you guys think?
Thanks for your patience this past month. I’ll be back to regular posting soon!
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Yay! Jakes back! And I just happen to be the first commenter…tee hee!
Welcome back and congrats!
holy ****. i’m gone for the school year and not only do you go to asia, but you also got married. why are you putting all these obstacles in the way of the main goal??? (RtL4, duh.)
but, really, congrats, jake. my bff is from asia, and she says it’s amazing there. i hope you felt the same. just don’t drink the baby formula. anyway, keep writing. fast. really fast.
Baby formula?
J is referring to the contaminated baby formula scare in Asia.
Yeah, we were looking around some random Bangkok home store they had stickers on everything that said “Look! No melamine!” It was on some of the milk bottles in 7-11 too.
OMG I really am a rookie I mean.
it was you who got married! I thought the wedding was 4 like a famliy
meber or best friend?
congrats by the way.
He’sback!He’sback!He’sback!He’sback!He’sback!He’sback! I went through withdrawal the first couple of weeks, can you tell?
Oh my gosh, it feels like it’s been forever! lol I must admit that I too was on withdrawl from constant debate over Labyrinth and other subjects. And I have been followed recently my a peach craze surrounding me, which is in a way a bit frightening. Even a bottle of peach schnapps in the cupboard seemed to haunt me. Anybody else ever get that feeling? (haha… I didn’t think so ^.^’)
Well, it is peach season ^-^
*sings:*
“And ve’ll all drink schnapps,
Until ve drops!”
I have no idea what that’s from, but every time someone mentions schnapps I have to sing it.
I wonder if Jareth likes peach schnapps.
Yeah! And congrats!
The only dissapointment I have that you had to close comments on the blog is that I missed the chance to post on my birthday, July 18th, the big 20 this year. I feel OLD now, I can only imagine what I’ll feel like when I turn 32.
On the other hand, I got a talking Ludo plushie for my birthday that can comfort me in my old age. I only wish he would stop screaming “SMELL BAD” whenever I hug him.
omg where can I get on XD it sounds so cute!
I got my Ludo at a local Comic Book/Manga/Nerd store, so I’d suggest you look for someplace similar to see if they have one (Or if they’d be able to order one in for you)
I want one, too! xD I’ll have to go and check my local Nerdom and see if they have any in stock…
Kristi O, man,wish I could have thougt up that idea.
because My Bro’s birthday was July 8
You’re making me feel old. I’m twenty seven.
You can get plushie talking Ludo at amazon.com. He’s not one of the eighties toys, like Sir Didymous he’s a reproduction.
Though none of the eighties toys talked.
I need one for my brother. He’s not a Labyrinth fan, but, still, a toy that bellows “SMELL BAAAAAD!!!!!” would be an oh-so appropriate for his next Christmas gift….
Jake.an idea for Vol.4 of R2L
I think you can use the shoes in the jar allusion
because its within the pubic domain
you know its Toby’s sneakers that are the shoes in the jar allusion
I sure hope you meant “public” and not… Well, the other word you said.
He’s back and he’s gotten himself married. Lucky nerd.
I guess he’s living-proof that there’s hope for the rest of us…
Welcome back Jake and congradulations!
So happy to hear about your happiness! And awesome new blog. I’ll be definitely posting over there as well as here now! Lol
Congrats!
Wow CONGRATULATIONS! Haha when you were talking about a wedding, I didn’t know it was yours, lol.
Nested comments are great, it’ll make things so much easier!
Wow, congratulations on getting married! While you were gone, my copy of RtL3 got here though and I was quite happy with it. Can’t wait for the RtL4 discussions to start. Yay for nested comments!
GAH!!! I’ve missed this site and everyone on it so much!!
Congratulations, Jake! Married–wow! I hope you guys have a long and wonderful life together!
I honestly meant things that are as say “public property”
hence the term “public domain”
pd is a range of abstract materials commonly referred to as intellectual property which are not owned or controlled by anyone. The term indicates that these materials are therefore “public property”, and available for anyone to use for any purpose
is most often discussed in contrast to works whose use is restricted by copyright. Under modern law, most original works of art, literature, music, etc. are covered by copyright from the time of their creation for a limited period of time (which varies by country). When the copyright expires, the work enters the public domain. It is estimated that currently, of all the books found in the world’s libraries, only about 15% are in the public domain, even though only 10% of all books are still in print; the remaining 75% are books which remain unavailable because they are still under copyright protection
sorry Jake you can delete this post
I know what “public domain” is, so don’t sweat it.
But the “pubic” domain and “public” domain are two very different things. O.o
apparently I mis spelled the word “public” when I accidentally forgot
the L
sorry
but is he only allowed to reference materials nobody cares about ?
Yes! congratulations on your marriage Jake. Many blessings and prayers of happiness. I missed this sight as well. I like the new thing Jake has added (the reply ap). I also like his new personal blog/website.
Congratulations on your wedding!
I can’t wait for more RtL news. I hope it’s enough to hold us over.
You got MARRIED? o.o
Dude, congrats! That’s great! =D
Best wishes for your future and ALL that sappy stuff.
Welcome back, I’ve missed this site while it was offline. No place to let theories grow wild.
There goes my chance at getting to sleep tonight.
Congratulations on your marriage!
Many happy returns of the day and here’s to a lifetime of happiness and love <3
Missed the website happenings this month. You never know what makes you busy/happy til it goes missing.
Woot for the return and the addition of the new blog site!!
Thanks for the well-wishes! Keeping up one blog was tough enough — we’ll see how it goes managing two.
Hope you enjoy it.
I’m really loving this new stacking feature.