Hey gang.
I've been snoopin' around here a long time, reading everything I could and trying to retain what I read, be it formats, the market, writing philosophy, genre observations, submission technique, you name it.
I feel I owe this forum for the information it has made available. Posters both new and old, published and otherwise, have left invaluable information in their wakes, gems in their tracks for followers to find. It is deeply appreciated.
Now that I've finished my first real piece, a fantasy short, specifically a ghost story in a fantasy setting.
I figured it was time to say hello.
I figured I could least empathize with a few newbie battle scars once I had a work completed. I'm leery of posting it here for critique, but I've never really seen any criticisms here that lacked value.
I just don't know if I should post the whole thing or merely the first few pages. It isn't an experimental beginning, it's a completed work. They say you have to learn to kill the things you love in writing. I suppose that applies to the editing and submission process, too.
It's intimidating, though. Jeez.
In the meantime, I am working on a piece in modern time, a dark fantasy.
I'm a ghoul at heart.
The practical voice in my head says it has no audience, at least not a big one like Twilight or Harry Potter. It doesn't have that sort of mass appeal. In a time of economic woes, it seems to have the deck stacked against it more than it normally would.
The voice of my self worth tells me I'd rather not be published if it means telling tales I do not love.
I'm Barrett. Nice to meet ya.
I've been snoopin' around here a long time, reading everything I could and trying to retain what I read, be it formats, the market, writing philosophy, genre observations, submission technique, you name it.
I feel I owe this forum for the information it has made available. Posters both new and old, published and otherwise, have left invaluable information in their wakes, gems in their tracks for followers to find. It is deeply appreciated.
Now that I've finished my first real piece, a fantasy short, specifically a ghost story in a fantasy setting.
I figured it was time to say hello.
I figured I could least empathize with a few newbie battle scars once I had a work completed. I'm leery of posting it here for critique, but I've never really seen any criticisms here that lacked value.
I just don't know if I should post the whole thing or merely the first few pages. It isn't an experimental beginning, it's a completed work. They say you have to learn to kill the things you love in writing. I suppose that applies to the editing and submission process, too.
It's intimidating, though. Jeez.
In the meantime, I am working on a piece in modern time, a dark fantasy.
I'm a ghoul at heart.
The practical voice in my head says it has no audience, at least not a big one like Twilight or Harry Potter. It doesn't have that sort of mass appeal. In a time of economic woes, it seems to have the deck stacked against it more than it normally would.
The voice of my self worth tells me I'd rather not be published if it means telling tales I do not love.
I'm Barrett. Nice to meet ya.
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