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cornerofmadness) wrote2009-12-13 02:26 pm
cornerofmadness) wrote2009-12-13 02:26 pm
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Writerly Ways
Well I'm managed to finish the rough drafts for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
fireandice2009 and fmagiftexchange and even managed to write a little original fiction as well.
I was also inspired to do a story forfma_fic_contest based on FMA ch 102 (as was ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
evil_little_dog who did an excellent Alphonse pov one. Poor Al.) Go have a looksee.
now back to original fiction.
I decided that one way to keep getting my name out there is to at least try the open calls for some of the online publishers. To that end, I'm working on a piece of erotica but I wanted to be a little different. I have it set in Pompeii scant weeks before the volcano goes boom.
This means research. Lots of research. Anyone who has done historical fictiom will tell you a few things:
1) never attempt it unless you like doing the research (for instance I wouldn't do a piece set in a time period or country I didn't have an affinity for in the first place. There's no sense in making in a drudgery)
2) don't half ass it. Historical fiction readers DO tend to know the time period of your story. It's the reason they picked up your tale in the first place.
3) the real trick is putting in enough details without bogging down your story. Trust me this is easy to do. You get so excited about all this new stuff you learned and you want to shove it in all at once. One mystery by Dr. Bass I just read fell into that trap (so yes you can get published with it but usually only if you're already published)
All that said I'm wondering at my sanity of trying to set things in Pompeii. it's going to be a trick.
I wrote 1886 words of original fiction actually this week. That makes me happy. I might even have to move my word count goal one more time but probably not. This score below is for original fiction only. Who knows how much fan fiction I've written.
174282 / 175000 words. 100% done! (it has a different idea of 100% than i do...)
fireandice2009 and fmagiftexchange and even managed to write a little original fiction as well. I was also inspired to do a story for
fma_fic_contest based on FMA ch 102 (as was evil_little_dog who did an excellent Alphonse pov one. Poor Al.) Go have a looksee.now back to original fiction.
I decided that one way to keep getting my name out there is to at least try the open calls for some of the online publishers. To that end, I'm working on a piece of erotica but I wanted to be a little different. I have it set in Pompeii scant weeks before the volcano goes boom.
This means research. Lots of research. Anyone who has done historical fictiom will tell you a few things:
1) never attempt it unless you like doing the research (for instance I wouldn't do a piece set in a time period or country I didn't have an affinity for in the first place. There's no sense in making in a drudgery)
2) don't half ass it. Historical fiction readers DO tend to know the time period of your story. It's the reason they picked up your tale in the first place.
3) the real trick is putting in enough details without bogging down your story. Trust me this is easy to do. You get so excited about all this new stuff you learned and you want to shove it in all at once. One mystery by Dr. Bass I just read fell into that trap (so yes you can get published with it but usually only if you're already published)
All that said I'm wondering at my sanity of trying to set things in Pompeii. it's going to be a trick.
I wrote 1886 words of original fiction actually this week. That makes me happy. I might even have to move my word count goal one more time but probably not. This score below is for original fiction only. Who knows how much fan fiction I've written.