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trboturtle:
--- Quote from: angrypecos on January 18, 2013, 03:45:28 AM ---Hi!
I have written several short stories (which I promptly lost, or as I say "I hid them for future creative inspiration") I enjoy writing, though it takes a long time to write or type ((not that I write or type slow but I have to get the right feeling from it) which means I write once and revise twenty or fifty times). I am still learning of course they say that you never stop learning. Hopefully I will have more time to write during the summer after I finish my senior year of high school. :P Then college will start... ::)
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Welcome to the loony bin! ;D
Grab a seat in any discussion and enjoy yourself!
Craig
Denarian:
Ni!
I like writing way more than I should. I've been at it since the age of ten, when I was churning out stories of alternate realities populated by anthropomorphic cats and dogs or the adventures of a starship captain and his dozens of animal friends. Before that I re-enacted Romeo and Juliet with stuffed animals. I was one weird kid.
Almost all of my work is fantasy/sci-fi although I have an insatiable taste for parody.
I have no idea what "thinking small" means. I'm working on a Star Wars parody, cleverly titled
STARE WARS. Episode I: The Phantom Plotline is a work in progress, but I plan to do all six films plus Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the Dark Empire comic books, plus a parody of A Christmas Carol featuring Darth Sidious instead of Ebenezer Scrooge. I'm also planning to write my own sarcastic editions of the Star Trek films, the Harry Potter books, and possibly The Avengers and its associated film catalogue.
When it comes to original work, I don't really have anything linkable unless you feel like scrolling through two-year-old posts on a webcomic forum. I've been slaving over a four-book sci-fi/fantasy/adventure series called the Three Suns on and off for six years; more recently I've begun work on The Order of the Spade, a pentalogy (titled after the five stages of grief) set in the 24th Century. You can read the outline here. I'm also writing a novelization of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign I recently ran, in which the villains are the protagonists; a series of humorous fantasy novels set in a world of functional magic and cutthroat politics, and a complete rewrite of a crappy fantasy novella I wrote in high school, filled with gladiatorial combat and furries. My coworker and I are collaborating on scripts for an absurd animated series set at a convenience store where the manager is a literal bear, and that is just the beginning of the strangeness.
Have I ever completed one of these overambitious projects? Well, does Harry Dresden pose a hazard to manmade structures?
dresdenrocks:
Hi, I'm Vivian.
Did everyone say hello? If you did, then this feels like I'm in an AA meeting (Author Anonymous?).
Like everyone else, I've written stories for a long time. And, yes, I've a few books completed over the years. Most of them will make anyone howl (with laughter) or cringe (in pity or dismay). But going back to them is useful because it reminds me that, yes, I've gotten better and that there's always an opportunity to improve.
I've just put up two books with Smashwords under the name V. Griffen. It's only been a couple of days, but I'm giddy that I've already made a few sales. Yes, I did the happy dance. While I'm keeping my expectations realistic (low), it's also a heady feeling knowing my work is Out There. It also makes me a little nauseous with anxiety, but I'm not going to talk to you about that. :)
My books are in the Urban Fantasy genre. There's magic, ghouls, pucks and chupacabra (that's singular and plural). Spoiler: no vampires. Sorry.
Still, I enjoyed writing them and I'm enjoying writing the third in the series. Got two other books in the planning stages, so I plan to be busy for a long time to come. That is, if I can be forgiven for inflicting them on everyone.
Here are the links to the books, so any of you be so inclined.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/282162
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/283445
spywolf:
I have written so short stories and novelers trying to write a full length noval at the moment.
The Deposed King:
--- Quote from: dresdenrocks on February 08, 2013, 11:50:11 PM ---Hi, I'm Vivian.
Did everyone say hello? If you did, then this feels like I'm in an AA meeting (Author Anonymous?).
Like everyone else, I've written stories for a long time. And, yes, I've a few books completed over the years. Most of them will make anyone howl (with laughter) or cringe (in pity or dismay). But going back to them is useful because it reminds me that, yes, I've gotten better and that there's always an opportunity to improve.
I've just put up two books with Smashwords under the name V. Griffen. It's only been a couple of days, but I'm giddy that I've already made a few sales. Yes, I did the happy dance. While I'm keeping my expectations realistic (low), it's also a heady feeling knowing my work is Out There. It also makes me a little nauseous with anxiety, but I'm not going to talk to you about that. :)
My books are in the Urban Fantasy genre. There's magic, ghouls, pucks and chupacabra (that's singular and plural). Spoiler: no vampires. Sorry.
Still, I enjoyed writing them and I'm enjoying writing the third in the series. Got two other books in the planning stages, so I plan to be busy for a long time to come. That is, if I can be forgiven for inflicting them on everyone.
Here are the links to the books, so any of you be so inclined.
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/282162
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/283445
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Read the first 20% for free on Smashswords. If I wasn't busy trying to finish my 3rd book this month, I'd have bought it. Seemed like a fun read.
The Deposed King
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