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Aslaug Site Owner
Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 1861 Location: Slagelse, Denmark
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:47 am Post subject: When Transitions IV is completed |
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When all is said and done, and I've completed Transitions IV, I'm wondering where to go next. It feels like I've told the stories I set out to tell about that cast of characters, and I'm not sure what direction to go in next. I have a follow-up to Defiance coming, but Aslaug's stories have a limited readership at best.
So I'm wondering what I should do now. I'm pondering putting the furry aspect aside for a while and focus on human stories for a bit. I don't know to be honest. I'm willing to listen to suggestions, like I've done in the past.
I might even go with classic fantasy for a bit. Y'know, elves and dwarves and the likes. I thought up a universe a long, long time ago I might go back to one day, where the humans were the universal badguys, as they were systematically exterminating the "fantasy races" out of a mixture of xenophobia, greed and the fact that humans bred faster and wanted the fantasy equivalent of lebensraum.
But fantasy stories also have a very limited readership. So what to do, what to do?
While I can't promise I'll follow those suggestions, I get a lot of inspiration from that sort of thing, believe it or not ... so if anyone has an idea for genre, mood, characters ... anything at all, please don't hold back. I'd love to see what you can think up and what you might toss my way if anything. |
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Tigermark Site Owner
Joined: 18 Apr 2003 Posts: 855 Location: Hopkinsville, KY
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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While I know you probably don't want or need to revisit ancient Rome, you are after all an Historian, Filly. Why not find another historical setting or event that calls out for a story?
Just a suggestion?
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anthony Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2001 Posts: 1304 Location: Norway
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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Well, you've tried slice of life, fantasy(of a sort.), thrillers...
How good are you at Sci-fi?
Other than that; unless you plan to sell your stories, write what YOU like and don't worry about readers.
It matters not how many reads your books, but how many of those who read your books that likes them.
Or to put it another way; Tolstoy is considered one of the 'Great' writers...
He put me to sleep...
Robert Jordan's Weel of Time series?
The boredom goes round and round... and round again...
Henrik Ibsen?
With a few exceptions... BOOOOORING!
Holberg... Okay... once...
(Oh, and he was Norwegian! Darn, thieving Danes...
Don't ask me how many times I've re-read Transitions, or T2...
(They're both on my Kindle... ) _________________ "My name's Lion, Anthony Lion"
A fur with a license to purr...
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Kellan Meig'h Administrator
Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 2044 Location: Just East of Indianapolis, Indiana
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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I know my next story after "End Game" will be a half-furry, half-human story, post apocalyptic tome. No current characters will be in it.
That's all I'm saying.
. . . Besides the fact that "Defiance" outshined "End Game" all the way.
"Bravo! Encore!! Bravo!!"
*bows to the filly, then applauds loudly*
Kel _________________ "Старый боевой конь, Кeллан" |
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Aslaug Site Owner
Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 1861 Location: Slagelse, Denmark
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:42 am Post subject: |
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anthony wrote: | Well, you've tried slice of life, fantasy(of a sort.), thrillers...
How good are you at Sci-fi? |
Hopefully bloody good. I'm writing a Sci-fi story (slowly but surely) for possible publication. It's got the working title "Nachter", but that may change. The more I think about it, the more hooked I am on the idea of writing something involving human beings, and not furries.
Dunno how popular that'd be around here, though. |
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The BioCobra Registered User
Joined: 11 Aug 2010 Posts: 138 Location: Weymouth, England
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:53 am Post subject: |
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I think this all depends on how much of it you want to be yours, Filly.
One suggestion I have is this: Since you have an interest in tabletop war gaming, you could do something based around that. Me and my step-dad are doing a script for an animated film we are making, and it's about a war game called 'Secrets of the Third Reich' (No prizes for guessing what it's about...)
It's got a quality to it that I think you would like, even if it is alternate history. It also has a massive weirdness to it. It has, and I'm not joking here; werewolves, vampires, demons, zombies, mecha suits, magic, and even aliens. It's got that level of grit mixed with things all too familiar about the real WWII.
Alternatively, I'd agree with anthony and suggest something sci-fi. I think that you'd stay with your methods of storytelling through it and give it that fresh feel you give a lot of your works. _________________ "Without question, the greatest invention in the history of [fur]kind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." — Dave Barry |
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Frazikar Registered User
Joined: 25 Jan 2008 Posts: 1181 Location: North Coast, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:03 am Post subject: |
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Hmmm, what to say, what to say, what to say...
Ahhh, from the Frizz
Quote: | Take chances, make messes.... |
Experiment a bit! |
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anthony Site Owner
Joined: 12 Nov 2001 Posts: 1304 Location: Norway
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 8:18 am Post subject: |
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Aslaug wrote: |
Hopefully bloody good. I'm writing a Sci-fi story (slowly but surely) for possible publication. It's got the working title "Nachter", but that may change. The more I think about it, the more hooked I am on the idea of writing something involving human beings, and not furries.
Dunno how popular that'd be around here, though. |
I'll buy it...
What the characters look like isn't as important as thestory and how it's told.
Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time could have been reduced to half, without losing anything. There would even be place left over for allthe stuff he 'let happen' between books. (My major gripe with that series)
Doris Lessing(Whoforone reason or another got a Nobelinlitterature) wrote what I consider THE most boring and depressive sci-fi ever; Canopus in Argos Archives...
You on the other hand write concisely, with humour and the odd surprise tucked in here and there.
You also give your characters more than two dimensions, which is a rare treat for us readers.
Maybe you can't teach spacecraft to sing, or take dragons
between, outwit a Berserker, fight with Honor against numerically superiorenemies, or dive into the Sun, but I bet you can do something just as impressive if you want.
So, until you start writing 'hospital romance', this is one reader you won't get rid of... _________________ "My name's Lion, Anthony Lion"
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Aslaug Site Owner
Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 1861 Location: Slagelse, Denmark
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Hmm ... hospital romance in space ... now THERE is a genre ...
WHICH I'LL NEVER DELVE INTO! |
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tobi3B Registered User
Joined: 07 Jan 2008 Posts: 645 Location: Germany Siegen
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 11:35 am Post subject: |
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There are many things you could write. Something historical (many untouched periods (Wikings Egypts China/Japan)
Or as many suggests scifi with humans or furs your choice
Or you could write about Kalen and Vishalya raising their kids in england.
In the end write what you like and enjoy
my two cents _________________ Whether a black cat brings misfortune or not, depends on whether one is a fur or a mouse.
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Nameless Site Owner
Joined: 06 Sep 2002 Posts: 1368 Location: Vienna, Austria
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 2:08 am Post subject: |
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Hospital Romance?
Is that like falling in love with your patient's apendix?
Me, I like mixed up stuff. Like SF where the furries are the aliens (or where furries are the "normal" characters and the humans are the aliens).
Most important, I think you need to write what interests you.
If you aren't "into" the story/setting/characters but only write this particular story to please your readers (or publisher), then the story and characters will ultimately feel "flat" and forced.
That's probably what is the problem with >90% of all sequels out there. The author had a good idea and wrote a great book. When it became a success, he (or his publisher) wanted to cash in on the name, so the author wrote more of the same, when he had really moved on to something else. _________________ I'm a nut, but there are those who appreciate me for it. |
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