A few things.
Well, I'll be cliche and wish you all a Happy New Year. There are just a few things I'd like to say before I go on with any more writing samples. And, yes, there shall be more. A lot more, I'm sure.
First of all, I wanted to bring up something that I'm not sure I covered at all on here. Like a lot of people, I really hate it when authors don't release things in chronological order. I want to read the story in the order that it happened. However, now that I'm on the other side, that is, I'm the author rather than the reader, I've come to realize that it isn't always as effective writing the story chronologically. So, this first book will not in fact contain the beginning of Rhia's life, but rather will start from a place where I can much more easily introduce the characaters that will show up in nearly all of the books. During the main storyline, there won't really be any events that drastically effect the story. Rather, I will use this first book to introduce Rhia to the world, give her early attitude some life. Interlaced with the main storyline will be a few flashbacks, nothing major that would confuse anyone, only a paragraph or less at a time, to give the readers a teasing look into her past. It will be through those flashbacks that part of her character will be developed, and people will get an idea of just why her life has become how it has, and why she is the way she is. I want to introduce people to my writing style, to the characters, and this vast storyline that will span all of human civilization and beyond. I want people to be able to decide by this first book whether or not they want to spend the years growing old with Rhia, or if they'd rather just pass over it, and let someone else tell them all about it. This first book probably won't fit in to any sort of category. People will probably lump it into fantasy due to all of the main characters being something other than human, as this takes place before Mesopotamia, and thus before human civilization as I see it. But I hope that the way I write it will give people an idea of just how broad a specturm this series will cover. Should they like the way it's written, or fall in love with some or one of the characters along the way, perhaps they'll continue picking up the books in the series. If that's the case, then I've done my job well.
Er, anyway, I'm just ranting now. Back on topic. The book about the beginning of Rhia's life will most likely end up being one of the last I publish, though the story itself will be broken into pieces and slipped into the other novels, either as some kind of flashback, or, something I've been pondering, as prologues. Mind you, if it's done as prologues, it will not run fluently together. You wouldn't be able to read the prologue in the first book, then pick up where you left off in the second book. Rather, it will either jump around, or it will take just the key moments of the beginning, so as not to fill one prologue with filler and dialogue. That means when the book containing the beginning of her life is released, you would be buying the story in its entirity.
I do still think the very last book I release will be of the toil Rhia faces during her last few months alone on Gaia, as it will probably contain many flashbacks and reflections, my reflections on the series and her reflections on what she has seen and who she has come to be.
As I go, I will put in a preface what time period the story is to take place, and hopefully through that, those who would like to read the story chronilogically will be able to. I will do my best to write the story in such a way that one could pick up any of the books and be able to know who each character is enough for each individual story told. Of course, to know the characters fully, you would have to keep up with the series. Some characters, the supporting cast, will probably each be contained in their own seperate novel or novel set, meaning you could buy the books about them and learn all you need to know about them that way, including how they mixed with Rhia and the other main characters.
I think I should stop myself now, before I go on forever about all of this. The computer's being a bit buggy anyway, and it's beginning to tick me off.
So, the last thing I wanted to say was that I've been reminded of an idea I had, that I want to try and use my characters to explain or give life to different folk tales or wives tales. If you can think of any sort of lure or myth, or anything of that sort that you would love to have twisted around in the storyline, post it anywhere here as a comment, or email it to me. Perhaps I'll even come out with my own storybook, explaining things according to Kolareny. Bah, who knows. I've other things to think about. So don't hesitate to put them up here. I'll get to them all eventually. And if I don't think I'd use it in the books, I'll probably still write something up and post it here.
First of all, I wanted to bring up something that I'm not sure I covered at all on here. Like a lot of people, I really hate it when authors don't release things in chronological order. I want to read the story in the order that it happened. However, now that I'm on the other side, that is, I'm the author rather than the reader, I've come to realize that it isn't always as effective writing the story chronologically. So, this first book will not in fact contain the beginning of Rhia's life, but rather will start from a place where I can much more easily introduce the characaters that will show up in nearly all of the books. During the main storyline, there won't really be any events that drastically effect the story. Rather, I will use this first book to introduce Rhia to the world, give her early attitude some life. Interlaced with the main storyline will be a few flashbacks, nothing major that would confuse anyone, only a paragraph or less at a time, to give the readers a teasing look into her past. It will be through those flashbacks that part of her character will be developed, and people will get an idea of just why her life has become how it has, and why she is the way she is. I want to introduce people to my writing style, to the characters, and this vast storyline that will span all of human civilization and beyond. I want people to be able to decide by this first book whether or not they want to spend the years growing old with Rhia, or if they'd rather just pass over it, and let someone else tell them all about it. This first book probably won't fit in to any sort of category. People will probably lump it into fantasy due to all of the main characters being something other than human, as this takes place before Mesopotamia, and thus before human civilization as I see it. But I hope that the way I write it will give people an idea of just how broad a specturm this series will cover. Should they like the way it's written, or fall in love with some or one of the characters along the way, perhaps they'll continue picking up the books in the series. If that's the case, then I've done my job well.
Er, anyway, I'm just ranting now. Back on topic. The book about the beginning of Rhia's life will most likely end up being one of the last I publish, though the story itself will be broken into pieces and slipped into the other novels, either as some kind of flashback, or, something I've been pondering, as prologues. Mind you, if it's done as prologues, it will not run fluently together. You wouldn't be able to read the prologue in the first book, then pick up where you left off in the second book. Rather, it will either jump around, or it will take just the key moments of the beginning, so as not to fill one prologue with filler and dialogue. That means when the book containing the beginning of her life is released, you would be buying the story in its entirity.
I do still think the very last book I release will be of the toil Rhia faces during her last few months alone on Gaia, as it will probably contain many flashbacks and reflections, my reflections on the series and her reflections on what she has seen and who she has come to be.
As I go, I will put in a preface what time period the story is to take place, and hopefully through that, those who would like to read the story chronilogically will be able to. I will do my best to write the story in such a way that one could pick up any of the books and be able to know who each character is enough for each individual story told. Of course, to know the characters fully, you would have to keep up with the series. Some characters, the supporting cast, will probably each be contained in their own seperate novel or novel set, meaning you could buy the books about them and learn all you need to know about them that way, including how they mixed with Rhia and the other main characters.
I think I should stop myself now, before I go on forever about all of this. The computer's being a bit buggy anyway, and it's beginning to tick me off.
So, the last thing I wanted to say was that I've been reminded of an idea I had, that I want to try and use my characters to explain or give life to different folk tales or wives tales. If you can think of any sort of lure or myth, or anything of that sort that you would love to have twisted around in the storyline, post it anywhere here as a comment, or email it to me. Perhaps I'll even come out with my own storybook, explaining things according to Kolareny. Bah, who knows. I've other things to think about. So don't hesitate to put them up here. I'll get to them all eventually. And if I don't think I'd use it in the books, I'll probably still write something up and post it here.
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