I'm cross-posting novel chapters...
I mentioned awhile back that I will be writing and posting chapters of my someday-publishable and I hope someday-published sf novel GATES on a new LJ account,Mirimsgate, under my pen name. But I realize that it takes a lot of work to look at other journals for the possibility of something worth reading, unless you're already a good friend -- and it seems my fanfriends from years ago aren't around anymore much.
So I am going to crosspost for awhile both here and its new site, which will have fewer personal posts, all of which will be about writing. I crossposted my essay today about writing there, just to try -- it's about the "grammar nazi" title and why I think caring about words does not mean one is unreasonable about grammar.
Just to be mildly helpful, since I've posted both prologue and first chapter over at Mirimsgate, I posted the 1st chapter and will now post the prologue here, so you can read them in order (a rare LJ luxury!). I would truly appreciate any comments, not on the SPAG (it's getting messed up just by posting, and I haven't proofread it in a very long time; I wrote these chapters awhile ago) but on whether it holds your interest and if you like the characters who are the main characters. The summary is over at Mirimsgate, but will be a spoiler for the first couple of chapters, so I'm holding off on posting it. The whole thing has been written, but I'm turning it into two books now, since it's unfortunately about twice the length publishers like to publish. I'm looking for advice particularly in the middle, which is requiring some revising as a result.
So I am going to crosspost for awhile both here and its new site, which will have fewer personal posts, all of which will be about writing. I crossposted my essay today about writing there, just to try -- it's about the "grammar nazi" title and why I think caring about words does not mean one is unreasonable about grammar.
Just to be mildly helpful, since I've posted both prologue and first chapter over at Mirimsgate, I posted the 1st chapter and will now post the prologue here, so you can read them in order (a rare LJ luxury!). I would truly appreciate any comments, not on the SPAG (it's getting messed up just by posting, and I haven't proofread it in a very long time; I wrote these chapters awhile ago) but on whether it holds your interest and if you like the characters who are the main characters. The summary is over at Mirimsgate, but will be a spoiler for the first couple of chapters, so I'm holding off on posting it. The whole thing has been written, but I'm turning it into two books now, since it's unfortunately about twice the length publishers like to publish. I'm looking for advice particularly in the middle, which is requiring some revising as a result.