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Thread #71936   Message #1234068
Posted By: hesperis
26-Jul-04 - 01:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Hesperis writing a novel
Subject: BS: Hesperis writing a novel
Sorry, it's not the mudcat one... but it IS in a fantasy setting involving Elves, Faery, Dragons, Humans, and some other races!

It is probably going to be at an adult level due to some sexuality as well as violence, and incorporates the ideas of various people involved in a multi-author fiction we're been doing for 2-3 years now. I'm co-writing the novel adaptation of it all with my fiance, starting from the prehistory stuff, and it has several rather original world-building ideas, plus some great characters and story twists. Hopefully the sex and violence and evil isn't gratuitous... we try to keep it fitting with the story.

This will be a rather large series if we can get the first book published.

We passed 10,000 words today on the first novel. 10,528 to be precise. My own character is introduced already, she's a 200-year-old part Dragon, part Faerie, and part Human. My guy already has some other stuff written that will integrate into the story later so there's actually more words than that! :D

We're aiming for 100,000 and estimate that we can do it in about three months. Hopefully. After that we start adapting the first part of the multi-author fic rather than just writing prehistory.

I just hope we can afford rent for that long, and that my health holds up. Heh.