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prophet224:
Hey all!
My name is Matt. I'm a software developer and long-time fan of sci-fi and fantasy. I used to write quite a bit when I was much younger, but I've returned to it in the last year or so. I have a ton of ideas, certainly, but I'm focused on one novel at this time. Progress is slow thanks to life interfering, but the wife is very supportive, thank goodness!
This is intended to be the first book in a mid-future sci-fi series, sort of in the vein of Ringo or Weber. I'm about 46k words in, with a goal of 100-110k.
I thought forum rules said no story ideas, but I see a lot here. I almost went ahead and put mine, but let's do this instead:
http://www.novusimperia.net/LightReborn.html
Thanks and have a good one!
-Matt
The Grinning Psychopath:
I'm still alive & Kicking guys! despite my near overdose on caffeine. and, i am in need of help. i'm still concentrating too much, on TC, and not enough on Karrin. any suggestions, for how i can focus a bit more on her? PS i still can't think of a name, for Karrin's series, some help there would be nice as well.
prophet224:
Hey there Psycho! I'll have to go back through the thread to catch up... may I suggest starting a new thread (with your previous info included) down below? That will probably generate more help, too! :)
Romantic Heretic:
Oops. Wrong thread. :(
Lurline:
Hi!
This forum seems to be a great place for authors; I'm glad I found it (of course I also love Jim's books!).
Right now I'm working on my first novel, though I have tons of ideas; it's tentatively called The Ozma Confessions. It's a retelling of the Oz books through the perspective of Princess Ozma. My main fear with this book is that I'll be perceived as ripping off Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West; my book is also a slightly darker political thriller, slash-romance-slash-adventure-slash-self-discovery story, set in the backdrop of Oz, but that is where any similarity ends.
I adhere much more closely to the original Buamian canon then McGuire, though I do make a few diversions and pick and choose which set of Oz rules I'm following.
The book is written through a limited third person voice.
I started on the novel during last NaNo and while I failed the challenge I'm still plucking away at it.
I'll probably drill you guys for some ideas on handling an interesting PoV problem near the books finale a bit later.
Anyway, hiya! :D
Edit: I hope this isn't too specific on my Novel, from a legal standpoint... after all I didn't mention any of my original ideas; everything I discussed about my book is from the public domain source.
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