Chapter 10 of Magician's Integration is up.
Getting this one out was like donating a quart of blood, one drop at a time. I hope Chapter 11 arrives a lot easier.
Showing posts with label Web serial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web serial. Show all posts
Friday, March 20, 2009
Friday, February 27, 2009
Chapter 07 Is Up
Chapter 07 of Magician's Integration is up. It took me longer than expected to get it finished tonight.
I've felt off all week, both physically and creatively, but I'm hoping to get at least one more chapter done before Monday. No promises.
I did manage to get some more of Magician's Merger re-edited, chapters 24-28. I've now given those and chapters 1-6 various amounts of rewriting and polishing. I want to get the whole thing done so that I can start making it available in assorted types of ebook. I'm strongly considering posting it on Smashwords.
If I do post it, it won't be offered for free over there, but I don't intend to charge a whole lot, either.
I've felt off all week, both physically and creatively, but I'm hoping to get at least one more chapter done before Monday. No promises.
I did manage to get some more of Magician's Merger re-edited, chapters 24-28. I've now given those and chapters 1-6 various amounts of rewriting and polishing. I want to get the whole thing done so that I can start making it available in assorted types of ebook. I'm strongly considering posting it on Smashwords.
If I do post it, it won't be offered for free over there, but I don't intend to charge a whole lot, either.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Bec by BarBar
I don't think I've recommended this yet: Bec by BarBar is webfiction of the highest quality. BarBar is one of the Web authors who is writing at a nearly professional level of competence. Actually, I've read conventionally published fiction that was much worse.
The novel is about an unusual adolescent girl, a protagonist that I doubt would put off anyone who has been reading my serials. The story is non-fantasy, but the title character is interestingly weird. So is her mother. Highly recommended.
The site linked is Storiesonline, and they publish some stuff that is frankly pornographic, so you might want to take that into consideration if you read at work. Storiesonline demands registration from their readers, but they've never spammed me. I suspect they do it as a form of self-defense, because of some of the material they have.
Bec itself, in my estimation, is probably suited for a teen audience and older. The sexual content is very mild.
The novel is about an unusual adolescent girl, a protagonist that I doubt would put off anyone who has been reading my serials. The story is non-fantasy, but the title character is interestingly weird. So is her mother. Highly recommended.
The site linked is Storiesonline, and they publish some stuff that is frankly pornographic, so you might want to take that into consideration if you read at work. Storiesonline demands registration from their readers, but they've never spammed me. I suspect they do it as a form of self-defense, because of some of the material they have.
Bec itself, in my estimation, is probably suited for a teen audience and older. The sexual content is very mild.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Chapter 05 Is Up
Chapter 05 of Magician's Integration is up.
I write this stuff, and I think to myself, This is getting boring. Someone should smack someone with a sword or throw a fireball or something.
I write this stuff, and I think to myself, This is getting boring. Someone should smack someone with a sword or throw a fireball or something.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Chapter 04 of Magician's Integration Is Up
Chapter Four of Magician's Integration is posted.
Happy birthday, Arthur.
My dad had to go to the hospital Friday night with a low hemoglobin level. He was admitted, and of this writing, I don't know when he'll be released. We're all hoping that it was just an accidental overdose of warfarin. He's in the ICU, but he's lucid, and no one seems particularly worried. One suspects that tests are scheduled for tomorrow, but Dad wasn't sure. I imagine I'll know more tonight.
As one might expect, writing a Web serial wasn't a priority. Nevertheless, I managed to finish Chapter Four this afternoon, when my nerves settled down. Don't be overly eager for Chapter Five. :-)
Happy birthday, Arthur.
My dad had to go to the hospital Friday night with a low hemoglobin level. He was admitted, and of this writing, I don't know when he'll be released. We're all hoping that it was just an accidental overdose of warfarin. He's in the ICU, but he's lucid, and no one seems particularly worried. One suspects that tests are scheduled for tomorrow, but Dad wasn't sure. I imagine I'll know more tonight.
As one might expect, writing a Web serial wasn't a priority. Nevertheless, I managed to finish Chapter Four this afternoon, when my nerves settled down. Don't be overly eager for Chapter Five. :-)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Blah
Insomnia last night has rendered tonight useless for writing. For what it's worth, yesterday I managed to write about 1100 words of chapter four of Magician's Integration.
Chapter Six of Magician's Merger has received a quick edit. It looks like Chapter Seven is going to take more extensive work.
Chapter Six of Magician's Merger has received a quick edit. It looks like Chapter Seven is going to take more extensive work.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Chapter 3 of Magician's Integration is up.
Chapter 3 of Magician's Integration is up. As always, mistake catching is appreciated.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Magician's Merger, Chapter 3, Rewrite
I've posted the rewrite of Chapter Three of Magician's Merger. I don't think the third chapter was as horrid as the first two, but it was still awful.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Magician's Merger, Chapter 2, Rewrite.
I've posted a rewrite of Chapter Two of Magician's Merger. It's still a horrifying infodump, but I think I made it somewhat more entertaining.
The Horror, The Horror
Oh, man. I've been looking at the last several chapters of Magician's Merger to refresh my memory as I work on Magician's Integration. Those chapters strike me as not being too bad.
Then I decided to look at the first several chapters. They are utterly awful. The passage of time makes their total suckitude stand right out for me, now. I'm astonished that anyone has stuck it out to read that thing.
Anyway, I've given Chapter One of Magician's Merger yet another rewrite.
Then I decided to look at the first several chapters. They are utterly awful. The passage of time makes their total suckitude stand right out for me, now. I'm astonished that anyone has stuck it out to read that thing.
Anyway, I've given Chapter One of Magician's Merger yet another rewrite.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Chapter 1 of Magician's Integration Is Up
Chapter 1 of Magician's Integration is up. Please see the Author's Note and Warning before you decide if you want to read the new serial.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Chapter 36 Is Up
Chapter 36 of Magician's Merger is up.
That's the end of volume one. I intend to try a new experiment: work in advance for volume two rather than post as soon as I have written. I don't know how far in advance I'll work. Maybe I'll write the whole thing first. At any rate, I'll make progress reports in this blog occasionally.
In the course of writing Magician's Merger, I received no mean comments and no nasty email. Only one review, so far, has been negative. Everyone else has been supportive and/or made constructive criticisms. Thank you.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for catching mistakes. Thank you for spreading the word.
That's the end of volume one. I intend to try a new experiment: work in advance for volume two rather than post as soon as I have written. I don't know how far in advance I'll work. Maybe I'll write the whole thing first. At any rate, I'll make progress reports in this blog occasionally.
In the course of writing Magician's Merger, I received no mean comments and no nasty email. Only one review, so far, has been negative. Everyone else has been supportive and/or made constructive criticisms. Thank you.
Thank you for reading. Thank you for catching mistakes. Thank you for spreading the word.
Friday, June 20, 2008
A Change in the Weather
I've finally read the entire archive of A Change in the Weather. It's good stuff.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Chapter 31 Is Up
Chapter 31 of Magician's Merger is up.
How am I doing regarding balancing out action with everything else?
How am I doing regarding balancing out action with everything else?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Chapter 26 Is Up
Chapter 26 of Magician's Merger is up. Winter break draws ever closer with its precious two weeks free from school.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Monday, May 12, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
Where is This All Going?
I've had a few readers in their feedback wonder where Magician's Merger is going. As background, let me say that Ursus Enlil is an old character of mine. He is the protagonist of an unfinished novel of which I've written a substantial chunk, a major supporting character of an unfinished novel of which I've written a much smaller chunk, and I've spent a lot of time thinking about his back story without ever writing it down. The events in Magician's Merger are just a small piece of his very long life.
That all said, I had a strong idea of the beginning of Magician's Merger, that is, poor Ursus gets reborn as a kid. I have a strong idea of the necessary ending--or at least a major event that must take place near the end of the story.
What I don't really know are all the events between the beginning and the end. Many of them I only know a couple of chapters ahead. Some of them I only discover when I write the chapter. I don't know about my readers, but doing it that way certainly helps keep me entertained. In effect, I'm telling myself a story as I go along.
Thus, Magician's Merger is most definitely designed to be a Web serial, not a tightly plotted novel. Readers who read stories to get to the end will be disappointed. I hope that I'm entertaining readers who read for the trip.
Web serials are a revival of a form of text story that died out for a while. It never did die out in television or comic strips. Think story arcs rather than plot. As I said, though, I do at least have an ultimate goal I keep in the back of my mind.
I hope I haven't just disappointed too many people. In my defense, I plead that I don't really know what I'm doing as a writer. This whole experiment in writing Web fiction for me is an exercise in immediate gratification, which I hope will keep me writing.
That all said, I had a strong idea of the beginning of Magician's Merger, that is, poor Ursus gets reborn as a kid. I have a strong idea of the necessary ending--or at least a major event that must take place near the end of the story.
What I don't really know are all the events between the beginning and the end. Many of them I only know a couple of chapters ahead. Some of them I only discover when I write the chapter. I don't know about my readers, but doing it that way certainly helps keep me entertained. In effect, I'm telling myself a story as I go along.
Thus, Magician's Merger is most definitely designed to be a Web serial, not a tightly plotted novel. Readers who read stories to get to the end will be disappointed. I hope that I'm entertaining readers who read for the trip.
Web serials are a revival of a form of text story that died out for a while. It never did die out in television or comic strips. Think story arcs rather than plot. As I said, though, I do at least have an ultimate goal I keep in the back of my mind.
I hope I haven't just disappointed too many people. In my defense, I plead that I don't really know what I'm doing as a writer. This whole experiment in writing Web fiction for me is an exercise in immediate gratification, which I hope will keep me writing.
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