Fic update and Books

[zakai_]

Well, so according to the all powerful anon meme, the two things I really need to work on are updating fic more often and posting personal entries.  I can't promise super quick updates.  I know I have a bad habit of posting horribly slow, though sadly a lot of that is due to the fact that I tend to wander from fic to fic depending on which one

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[animeshon]

I'm big on science fantasty - George RR Martin, Robert Jordan, Sergei Lukyaneko, etc.

[zakai_]

Ooooh I've read Robert Jordan's books and really enjoyed them. I haven't heard of the other two. I'll have to look them up ^_^

[animeshon]

George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is great. I spend the whole time fearing for the lives of the characters, it reminds me of anime in that respect, you can never be positive that he wont kill off a main character! Plus Robert Jordan enjoyed his books.

Sergei Lukyaneko writes this amazing vampire, magic dark v light series set in modern day Russia. They are amazing and have had two great films made out of them so far.

[dragonimp]

I second the Ice and Fire series. They're pretty much the definition of "epic" and - in my opinion - better than Jordan. They're raw and brutal in the way a medieval-inspired world should be.

Just be careful which characters you get attached to.

[elegantpaws]

Woot! Glad to hear it. Absolutely one of my favourites (TEE). As to updating infrequently, I am with you on that one. You have to go with when your muse kicks in. Simple as that. We all actually have lives and we are not being paid for this. Now if there was a lovely fat cheque from a publishing company attached I am sure, with all due, alacrity you would be all over it lol. Seriously though, you do it for pleasure. Makes no point to force things you are not feeling at any given measure

[zakai_]

*laughs* ah well, even the prospect of money cannot force me to write for too long. I make sure I write on my novel every day, and while I do enjoy it, there are days when I'm really not interested in working on it. I still do, though I don't always get much done in that hour...

Romance as part of a plot is okay. That I don't mind at all, and sometimes it's nice to read. It's the Harlequin type novels that I've never been able to understand or stomach.

Not at all more than I wanted to know. ^_^

[elegantpaws]

*snicker* Wretched purist (wink).Say that now until you have a best seller on your hands. There are days I am sure when you will write to exhaustion. Just depends where you are in the piece.Like you, always give a bit of time each day to the original. I love it because it is a universe I create entirely with no asides, no preconceived notions...the universe of my making. I got bored with writing to anywhere near canon for my fandom. I wrote what I did not see, and wanted expressed. Huge surprise at the following...kind of scary sometimes, but that too is slowly winding down. I intend to finish all by summers end and be done with fanfiction.I say this now, but I give it this. It teaches so much about the craft and the overall audience interaction is a great deal of fun, particularly when you come across people who get the voice and ethos you are expressing. Those are worth a thousand "update soon" reviews.If what you write touches, communicates, reaches, resonates with just one other...it is a benediction

[zakai_]

*laughs* nope, not even the promise of money can get me to write for long if I'm not feeling the story. Though I have written for 14 hours straight once, working on a chapter of fanfiction... ^ ^; It was then that I started thinking I needed more than a metal folding chair as my computer chair (I still do not have a proper chair, 2 years later...).

I can understand wanting to be finished with writing fanfiction. Fanfiction is fun, and it's easy (compared to original fiction), but it's also limiting in many ways. I keep thinking that one day I'll give up fanfiction as well, and most likely FMA will be the last fandom I write actively for. When I finish Descent, then I'll probably be truly done with fanfiction, but who knows where the roads of life will take us.

[tshapo_chi]

You might like The Acts of Cane by Matthew Stover starting with the first book - Hero's Die. It's fiction, but very interesting. I've read the first two, and am anxious to find the third. Here's a link to the description of the first one if you're interested.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_Die

[zakai_]

*clicks on link*

Looks pretty interesting. I'll keep this one in mind! :D

[pessimusterling]

Brian Jacques - animals with their own monastary and battles ;p
Tamora Pierce - strong women finding their place & fighting for it
Anne Rice - vampires! I love these versions. Can't read the witch ones.

These are all pretty unique to me and while Pierce is more for a younger group, I love her stories. <3

[patterson1219]

I will second the Tamora Pierce - as a side note, her series only have a touch of romance rather than being centered around it. Very enjoyable. Currently waiting to read Bloodhound, the second of her newest series Beka Cooper. :)

[pessimusterling]

I just finished reading it a few weeks ago and while I wish there was more Rosto, it was very good!!!
You feel Beka's frusteration to catch her Rat! :D

And yes, it doesn't focus on romance. Very good point. ;p

[zakai_]

I will keep Tamora Pierce in mind. I don't mind some romance in my stories, it's mostly the Harlequin type novels that make my head expload. Well written romance in a good book is okay ^_^

[sirkrunk741]

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett is really good. I personally like it just because it's got the apocalypse, angels, demons, the anti-christ, and a witch.

[zakai_]

Oooooh sounds interesting!