So, about a month ago, I found myself chatting with my wife (we have a healthy relationship, and I actually like talking with her), and trying to figure out my next steps in this endeavor of being an author. I'd finished my third novel, sent out query letters to agents (since I'd already decided that I'm gonna tackle Traditional Publishing, as opposed to Self-Publishing, for all the reasons you can read in one of my earlier posts), and started looking at ways to make myself a little more marketable.
After a little back and fourth, we decided I should join Twitter (something I've been putting off for as absolutely long as possible), and re-evaluating my website. If you've looked around, you'll have probably noticed that there isn't much to my site, but until recently, it was even worse. Yes, I have a blog, and a page about myself, and one dedicated to each the genres I write in, but while I have a number of short stories available in sci-fi, and one in urban fantasy, my high-fantasy page was centered exclusively on my first novel that was never picked up and never published. Doesn't sound very smart, does it? The obvious answer was to take it down and replace it with actual content.
Which led me to my Grand Idea (that I borrowed from someone on twitter): write a new short story every month!
What I didn't borrow was the idea that it would be a series, and I'd name it WANTED: Swordsman for Hire. It would be about the self-centered fighter Bram Thunderfist, greatest swordsman this side of the Eonies Ocean, and through his adventures, I'd get to poke fun at some of the conventions and tropes of fantasy and role playing, all the while giving me a chance to continue being creative with a slick writing exercise (and creating a steady stream of that much needed content.)
The first one is already up and is titled "The Job with the Keep and the Lake of Lava", but the following ones will keep to the same basic structure: each story is titled "The Job with...", they all start somewhere in the middle of Bram's adventure, and they all end at the climax with a cliffhanger and the phrase, "You know how it is."
I also thought it fun to come up with the title of each adventure first, and then try to make a story out of it. And that's where you, the reader, come in. I'd love it if others would start offering up titles for adventures that I could then create a story around. If you'd like to contribute a title, please feel free by commenting to this thread, contacting me via email, or posting to my handle on Twitter (@ndaeodain).
I hope you enjoy them, and I'd love to see your thoughts.
After a little back and fourth, we decided I should join Twitter (something I've been putting off for as absolutely long as possible), and re-evaluating my website. If you've looked around, you'll have probably noticed that there isn't much to my site, but until recently, it was even worse. Yes, I have a blog, and a page about myself, and one dedicated to each the genres I write in, but while I have a number of short stories available in sci-fi, and one in urban fantasy, my high-fantasy page was centered exclusively on my first novel that was never picked up and never published. Doesn't sound very smart, does it? The obvious answer was to take it down and replace it with actual content.
Which led me to my Grand Idea (that I borrowed from someone on twitter): write a new short story every month!
What I didn't borrow was the idea that it would be a series, and I'd name it WANTED: Swordsman for Hire. It would be about the self-centered fighter Bram Thunderfist, greatest swordsman this side of the Eonies Ocean, and through his adventures, I'd get to poke fun at some of the conventions and tropes of fantasy and role playing, all the while giving me a chance to continue being creative with a slick writing exercise (and creating a steady stream of that much needed content.)
The first one is already up and is titled "The Job with the Keep and the Lake of Lava", but the following ones will keep to the same basic structure: each story is titled "The Job with...", they all start somewhere in the middle of Bram's adventure, and they all end at the climax with a cliffhanger and the phrase, "You know how it is."
I also thought it fun to come up with the title of each adventure first, and then try to make a story out of it. And that's where you, the reader, come in. I'd love it if others would start offering up titles for adventures that I could then create a story around. If you'd like to contribute a title, please feel free by commenting to this thread, contacting me via email, or posting to my handle on Twitter (@ndaeodain).
I hope you enjoy them, and I'd love to see your thoughts.
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