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Tempe O'Kun (born 1985 in Grand Forks, North Dakota[1]), known in the fandom by his pseudonym Tempo, is a furry novelist from Bismarck, North Dakota (who is best known for his western-themed romance series Sixes Wild. He has received much attention with his short stories on Sofurry and Fur Affinity and his first novel, Sixes Wild: Manifest Destiny, was published in June, 2011 and is available from Sofawolf and Rabbit Valley. His other works include Code Drop, a fully illustrated short story that was included in Heat 7, and Adept Paws, a fantasy series that was posted on his Fur Affinity account.
Tempe O'Kun is a member of the Western Writers of America as well as the Furry Writers' Guild.[2]
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Published work
Tempe O'Kun has written a series of stories, some of which has been published and some posted on his Fur Affinity or SoFurry account. His writing typically focuses straight, furry erotica. His genres include fantasy, western and romance.
Sixes Wild
A free supplementary comic book called Sixes Wild: The Bluff featuring art from Sidian has also been made. Additionally, previews for a Sixes Wild animated short film have been posted on his Fur Affinity. The short is animated by TheFunkyOne and the script written by Tempo. A number of independent Sixes Wild short stories can also be found on his Fur Affinity account.
Code Drop
The Code Drop series follows the odd couple consisting of a serious-minded, slightly tomboyish jackal named Tess and her goofy, playful Golden Retriever boyfriend Erik. The series is a romantic, erotic tale of their relationship and respective character development. Code Drop is posted as a series of chapters on Fur Affinity and SoFurry. More than a dozen short stories in this series had been posted as of December 2011.
An original, fully-illustrated Code Drop story was also printed in Heat 7.
Other stories
Aside from his original works, Tempe O'Kun has also written the fantasy series Adept Paws as well as Dog City, Elder Scrolls, and Bolt fanfiction, the later being the series with which he started his career as a writer in the furry fandom.
His Bolt fanfiction, which received much attention on both SoFurry and Fur Affinity, follows the dog Bolt and the teenage human Penny, his owner to whom he directs all his love and attention. The series has been on the back-burner since 2010 as O'Kun shifted focus towards his original creations, but has seen a resurgence in late 2011 due to popular demand and is now posted on SoFurry under the account of Mittens, one of his editors for the series. The stories are some of the most popular of all time on SoFurry, consistently ranked in the top 15.
Adept Paws is the author’s first and only fantasy series. Like Code Drop and Sixes Wild, it centers on the romantic relationship between two characters namely the vixen Rea and a young, feline adept named Jax. As her village, Lagan, is attacked by flying beasts, some of the young adepts, including Jax, are captured and brought away. Rea, determined to get back to Jax, joins a search party from the village and sets out to find the other adepts.
Tempo has also posted Elder Scrolls fanfiction, which he intends to include as part of a mod for The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. This series is a romance between the Argonian Swims-With-Wolves and a mysterious vulpine Lilmothiit.
He has also written a 4-part fanfiction series for Dog City, which is available on his FurAffinity and Sofurry pages.
Personal life
Other than writing, O'Kun’s interests includes horseback riding, video games, launching objects with giant slingshots, hosting bonfires, cycling, and role-playing games. He has graduated from culinary art school as well as getting degrees in English and Computer Science. O'Kun is also active within the fandom and is a regular attendee at Anthrocon where he has held novel previews and book signings. He has also attended Midwest Furfest, San Diego Comic-Con, and Further Confusion several time.
Tempo, along with Artemis Dragmire and Chromamancer, also designed the Blotch's upcoming card game, based on their Nordguard graphic novels. This project has over 50 illustrations from Blotch and will be available summer 2012 from Sofawolf Press.
He has been active in the Elder Scrolls game-modding community since about 2005. He voiced a playable race of Final Fantasy moogles in The Elder Scrolls: Morrowind in the Mog*Mod, working with webcomic artist Ian McConville.
O'Kun has his own webpage where he posts updates about his work, though this is more geared toward those outside the fandom. His Fur Affinity is more frequently updated.
Tempo also teaches and gives presentations at Bismarck State College, his alma mater.
References
- ↑ Interview with Tempe O'Kun, Author of Sixes Wild: Manifest Destiny (And Kindle version launch announcement) - arakum, Red Furros (20 April 2013)
- ↑ [1], Furry Writers Guild.
External links
- Tempe O'Kun's official website
- Tempe O'Kun on Fur Affinity
- Tempe O'Kun on SoFurry
- Tempe O'Kun on Twitter
- Tempe O'Kun on Goodreads