A year and a half ago I wrote a short novel that was about 36,000 words (that doesn't fit everyone's defined word count for a novel, but I think of it as one). Today I sort of surprised myself by beginning an outline to shorten it to an 18,000-word novella. I don't think I'll get to actually write it for awhile, since I have another writing project with a friend coming up soon. But the outline will be there and it shouldn't be too difficult to bash out.
So what are you writing now?
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I am writing the novel and after two or three days it is going to finish. It is such a very interesting and I will gives its link in my next post. I hope you all are gives a good views about it.
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Dimesdan, you were right. The FBI procedural is sitting on my computer going nowhere.
That said, the short story I finished back in October and submitted to the Jim Baen competition didn't win, so I came back to it recently. I revised and redrafted, chopped bits out, tightened up other sections, ended up taking out about 600 words.
I've now submitted it to Analog and will find out in a few weeks if they want it or if I need to do some more redrafting and send it out again.
In the meantime, I'm working on another short story set in the same universe which I will also finish. I'm on a roll now.
Dimesdan, you were right. The FBI procedural is sitting on my computer going nowhere.
That said, the short story I finished back in October and submitted to the Jim Baen competition didn't win, so I came back to it recently. I revised and redrafted, chopped bits out, tightened up other sections, ended up taking out about 600 words.
I've now submitted it to Analog and will find out in a few weeks if they want it or if I need to do some more redrafting and send it out again.
In the meantime, I'm working on another short story set in the same universe which I will also finish. I'm on a roll now.
I've worked on the outline I posted about a while back some more. I changed the nationality and name of one of my characters, and added a whole new backstory for another. . I'm definitely gonna share this with people somehow once it's done, probably just as a fun internet thing, but I might actually try to get it published. It's all gonna depend on what kind of a reaction I get from people I share it with.
Does riese bear any resemblance to the Elysion moie coming up in '13?
Also how's the Star Trek book coming. It sounds like a coming of age book for young Sean Geoffy Christopher unlike one any one has ever seen before. Time paradoxes and stuff. The dawn of man's space travel and the peak of it. It sounds inspiring like Enterprise's First Flight bringing Kirk back to Starfleet Academy and the giants who's shoulders he stands on, and actually meeting them in person. A ring of time also sounds like a ring of Hell (He will). Good luck. Your output, btw, amazes me as I am so humbled at the work people in general do these days but how many words have you written? Are there that many stars in the galaxy and hairs on your head still? Hopefully you can't count them and have them numbered as God does. Or not. You're Hurculean. I'll bet you also have like a full time job like Dayton Ward. It's like you guys compress time. Where do you find the time. Oh, right, you make time. Wow, that is god like. Schubert died at thirty one and wrote ten billion notes. It doesn't seem possible.
Also how's the Star Trek book coming. It sounds like a coming of age book for young Sean Geoffy Christopher unlike one any one has ever seen before. Time paradoxes and stuff. The dawn of man's space travel and the peak of it. It sounds inspiring like Enterprise's First Flight bringing Kirk back to Starfleet Academy and the giants who's shoulders he stands on, and actually meeting them in person. A ring of time also sounds like a ring of Hell (He will). Good luck. Your output, btw, amazes me as I am so humbled at the work people in general do these days but how many words have you written? Are there that many stars in the galaxy and hairs on your head still? Hopefully you can't count them and have them numbered as God does. Or not. You're Hurculean. I'll bet you also have like a full time job like Dayton Ward. It's like you guys compress time. Where do you find the time. Oh, right, you make time. Wow, that is god like. Schubert died at thirty one and wrote ten billion notes. It doesn't seem possible.
Don't know about that movie you mentioned. Riese is based on Riese: Kingdom Falling, a webseries available at Hulu and syfy.com.
And I used to work full-time for Tor Books, but in recent years I just consult for them. I basically went from being a full-time editor and part-time writer to being a full-time writer and part-time editor . . . .
And, yeah, there are never enough hours in the day. (Is it really Saturday? Where did the week go?)
And I used to work full-time for Tor Books, but in recent years I just consult for them. I basically went from being a full-time editor and part-time writer to being a full-time writer and part-time editor . . . .
And, yeah, there are never enough hours in the day. (Is it really Saturday? Where did the week go?)
I hope not, IMO things are starting stabilize in the different series, and I'd hate to see them have to be forced back together again for another crossover. That's not to say I wouldn't read one if it happened, because I most likely would, I'd just prefer it if they waited a while before they did another one.
I'm working on another story in my SF universe while I wait to hear about the story already submitted for publication.
I am also looking at writing and submitting stories for a couple of open call anthologies.
I am also looking at writing and submitting stories for a couple of open call anthologies.
What I'm writing is this...
Story: "Haunted Ships"
Story: "Haunted Ships"
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I looked away the moment I saw the word "Plot" in that post. Please DO NOT EVER mention plot specifics of your own stories in the Trek Lit forum! There are professional authors here who are obligated to avoid reading unsolicited story ideas. As you've been told in another thread, any discussion of your own Trek fanfiction should be restricted to the Fan Fiction forum.
Understood.
Just out of curiosity. If say a thread title had something along the lines of "plot ideas: lets share them," it clearly states there are plot ideas being thrown about, would you actually leave it alone and not post or even make a fuss that it's there. I only ask as not all plot ideas are fan fiction, I have no inclination to write fan fiction and I have never been in that section of the board.
If the intent is to publish your story then stay away from discussing its plot online, let alone (and God forbid) actually asking people for input or comments. You're opening up a big can of complications otherwise.
To the thread's topic, I have a story coming out in a flash fiction quarterly next month. Right now I'm working on a follow-up to my e-book that Drollerie Press is publishing in the fall.
To the thread's topic, I have a story coming out in a flash fiction quarterly next month. Right now I'm working on a follow-up to my e-book that Drollerie Press is publishing in the fall.
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There are some contexts where such a thing can be acceptable, at least for original fiction -- "writing workshop"-type forums where members can post stories in progress and compare notes and such. There are one or two online magazines, such as the Baen's Universe Slush forum, that let writers submit stories for member critique, which can lead to the story being refined to the point of actually being purchased by the associated magazine.
For that matter, I think the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds forums back when that anthology was around allowed for a fair amount of feedback among participating authors and editors, though I only know about those secondhand. Still, I imagine there were rules governing it, like you had to be a member to see it, things like that.
After all, feedback and comments are an important part of the writing process, whether it's from a trusted beta reader or a writers' workshop or an agent or editor. It's just a matter of going about it the right way. What's a no-no is an amateur writer discussing one's story ideas with a professional, which could pose legal trouble for the professional if they make the mistake of listening.
Much better stated than I did, yes.
Returning to the topic...
Currently I'm writing:
Standard By 7 (the Blakes 7 guide)
John Saul's The God Project (4 issue miniseries)
Jason And the Argonauts: The Final Chorus (5 issue miniseries - and the first series,
Kingdom Of Hades, comes out in trade paperback in about a month)
Content (articles and reviews) for both Syfy.co.uk and scifibulletin.com (which is run by folks from the Star Trek Magazine who used to do Dreamwatch)
Dance Of The Voodoo Valkyries (a short story for the Wildthyme In Purple anthology)
And, as of last night when the contract came in...
Another TV-related nonfiction book - which is unusual for me as my nonfiction books have been five years apart and now I've got two in the same year! But for different publishers... More details later, but you'll be surprised by what it covers...
Plus all the usual pitches, samples and secret wotsits to come...
Currently I'm writing:
Standard By 7 (the Blakes 7 guide)
John Saul's The God Project (4 issue miniseries)
Jason And the Argonauts: The Final Chorus (5 issue miniseries - and the first series,
Kingdom Of Hades, comes out in trade paperback in about a month)
Content (articles and reviews) for both Syfy.co.uk and scifibulletin.com (which is run by folks from the Star Trek Magazine who used to do Dreamwatch)
Dance Of The Voodoo Valkyries (a short story for the Wildthyme In Purple anthology)
And, as of last night when the contract came in...
Another TV-related nonfiction book - which is unusual for me as my nonfiction books have been five years apart and now I've got two in the same year! But for different publishers... More details later, but you'll be surprised by what it covers...
Plus all the usual pitches, samples and secret wotsits to come...
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