Oakes Valley has been offline for several weeks now, while I ready it for my first storybuild participation launch. I apologize in advance for any inconvenience. The work on the build and the experience that goes with it, has long been my objective for Oakes Valley - the place that looks pastoral, but is isn't. It is the place where cozy mystery murders are common.
For more information about how amateur sleuths can go http://oakesvalley.blogspot.com/. The experience is part entertainment, educational and silly fun. It is also the last step in the storybuilding process - the build provides a place for the reader to become writer about their own immersion experience.
Launch date 9-1-2014. Oakes Valley will be temporarily closed until then.