This 'live' pinned index by themes/topics is a great idea. I'm almost up to my 100th post but so far have only provided a summary of my different writing forms. I might give doing it this way a try.
Yeah - I think once one gets up to a certain level it's so much easier than having to trawl through the archive. Especially when you have multi-part stories (just remember to pin it!) and standalones and so on. For the main serial (it'll arrive at some point) I just went with the separate section idea, as that will end up being hundreds of thousands of words.
Thanks for the subscribe btw! I hope you enjoy everything, and do leave any feedback (either way). As the welcome and about pages say it's best to start the Katrina stuff from the beginning (unless you don't mind spoilers of course). That first version of the origin story is less psychologically realistic but a kind of fantasy and postmodern pop-culture fun. The main serial will be a bit more serious (but also funny).
Oh - and I shall have a peruse of your site when I have time... I've built up quite a backlog in my in-tray and to-do list, plus there's constant gardening to do at this time of year!
Thanks for this extra setup detail, Evelyn. I have had my eye on the 'Sections' setting, but still have some fight left in me for battling trad publishing before diving into the novel serialisation option.
Keen to see how others do this though - and thanks for the brief precis of your current works - I like the "K-"split-outs you've created. Will dig in.
If you do find time to read any of my stuff then that would be great. I tend to veer all over the shop - as you can see from my latest short story!
Your latest has just been bumped up my to-do list. Hold that horse...
Know what you mean about trad publishing. Obviously I would love to find a publisher and actually have a (paper) book (for my first one, btw, you can get the free copy before end of April with the code if you go to the intro to Shipyard ahoy). I wouldn't know where to start though because I have no knowledge of comp titles. Plus when it comes to publishers they need to know they can make a profit - so for peeps like us we'd need to have, like, I don't know, several thousand subscribers or something before we can make a good pitch. It's a pity, of course...
With regard to sections - if you have lots of stories that fit into a particular setting, for example, then make that setting into a section. If not, then let that inspire you to actually create a setting. Same way we do when we create campaigns for RPGs - when I was doing D&D for example I just found myself going totally into it with the campaign setting and doing maps and NPC backstories and everything! It gets a bit obsessive. But I think it's a really cool thing to take a step back, think about what you want to say, then come up with a continuity setting in which to say it. You can then make inter-story references. Like in Shipyard ahoy there's 'cameos' from two of the main characters in my book. I love that kind of mischief!
And of course, the more we know a character, the more real they become and the more easy it is to write them. Katrina, for example, has gone beyond the status of a 'character' and is in fact a real person as far as I'm concerned (she's actually me in a different world).
it's a weird, trippy feeling, for sure!
Also - to end - we often create characters we fall in love with - and it's simply not possible to kill them off! In which case, may as well just do more stories for them...
This 'live' pinned index by themes/topics is a great idea. I'm almost up to my 100th post but so far have only provided a summary of my different writing forms. I might give doing it this way a try.
Yeah - I think once one gets up to a certain level it's so much easier than having to trawl through the archive. Especially when you have multi-part stories (just remember to pin it!) and standalones and so on. For the main serial (it'll arrive at some point) I just went with the separate section idea, as that will end up being hundreds of thousands of words.
Thanks for the subscribe btw! I hope you enjoy everything, and do leave any feedback (either way). As the welcome and about pages say it's best to start the Katrina stuff from the beginning (unless you don't mind spoilers of course). That first version of the origin story is less psychologically realistic but a kind of fantasy and postmodern pop-culture fun. The main serial will be a bit more serious (but also funny).
Oh - and I shall have a peruse of your site when I have time... I've built up quite a backlog in my in-tray and to-do list, plus there's constant gardening to do at this time of year!
Thanks for this extra setup detail, Evelyn. I have had my eye on the 'Sections' setting, but still have some fight left in me for battling trad publishing before diving into the novel serialisation option.
Keen to see how others do this though - and thanks for the brief precis of your current works - I like the "K-"split-outs you've created. Will dig in.
If you do find time to read any of my stuff then that would be great. I tend to veer all over the shop - as you can see from my latest short story!
Your latest has just been bumped up my to-do list. Hold that horse...
Know what you mean about trad publishing. Obviously I would love to find a publisher and actually have a (paper) book (for my first one, btw, you can get the free copy before end of April with the code if you go to the intro to Shipyard ahoy). I wouldn't know where to start though because I have no knowledge of comp titles. Plus when it comes to publishers they need to know they can make a profit - so for peeps like us we'd need to have, like, I don't know, several thousand subscribers or something before we can make a good pitch. It's a pity, of course...
With regard to sections - if you have lots of stories that fit into a particular setting, for example, then make that setting into a section. If not, then let that inspire you to actually create a setting. Same way we do when we create campaigns for RPGs - when I was doing D&D for example I just found myself going totally into it with the campaign setting and doing maps and NPC backstories and everything! It gets a bit obsessive. But I think it's a really cool thing to take a step back, think about what you want to say, then come up with a continuity setting in which to say it. You can then make inter-story references. Like in Shipyard ahoy there's 'cameos' from two of the main characters in my book. I love that kind of mischief!
And of course, the more we know a character, the more real they become and the more easy it is to write them. Katrina, for example, has gone beyond the status of a 'character' and is in fact a real person as far as I'm concerned (she's actually me in a different world).
it's a weird, trippy feeling, for sure!
Also - to end - we often create characters we fall in love with - and it's simply not possible to kill them off! In which case, may as well just do more stories for them...
I just read your latest (I left a comment) - that is seriously brilliant! I am going to delve deeper into your stuff! Thank you!
Great pic !
Thanks! It’s from Unsplash (like most of the ones I use, aside from the Great Image Generator ones).
And obviously, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, there simply aren’t enough cat pictures on the Internet these days, eh!