Comments for Fantastical Futures in Writing

Comment on A great improvement! And proceeding posts by Amy Joy

Amy Joy — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:00:30 +0000

Hi S. Virginia. It sounds like a great idea. Also, once you have your first book published, you can create an author page on Goodreads and then set it up so that Goodreads automatically imports anything you post here to your Goodreads blog. I find this handy so I don’t have to worry about posting in so many places all the time.

Comment on Chapter 1: The Creation by S. Virginia

S. Virginia — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:23:45 +0000

Thank you Steve!

I appreciate your comment on the pace. I’m glad it came off as helpful rather than hurtful. I am going to have the basics of the story in the novel, but they will just be mentioned in passing instead of all in one go like here. My original idea was the have chapters like this one spread throughout the novel, with the actual plot being 3rd person omniscient instead of 1st like this. The main character is the narrator here, speaking as a bard. But now that the bard idea is not part of the plot anymore, there is really no use for these chapters as they are.
As for the lack of typos, as my college friends and I always said, I’m a bit of a spelling and grammar Nazi, so I’m very careful about proofing severely before I post anything.
Your comments are a great help. I read sci-fi a lot as well as fantasy, and to me they are not so different, just different social atmosphere, with more archaic and sci-fi futuristic. I have a little bit of both here, so it works out even better.
Thanks again!

~SVG

Comment on Chapter 1: The Creation by Steve Merrick

Steve Merrick — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:36:30 +0000

Hiyah SV,

I just read it through and there’s not a lot wrong with the writing, the pace is slow but it’s a lot to take in so that actually helped, you are right it’s way to long for a blog, (Not that that has stopped me posting a few whoppers in my time LOL) I am not a fantasy writer as I prefer sci fi, but if you haven’t put the creation Myth/Story or explanation in the book then that is possibly a problem.

Maybe if you stuck to just the campfire and told an abbreviated version of the story as an introduction it may help and it genuinely does have its own atmosphere, which may help. For what its worth I like the idea’s in places and the god is quite well thought out, so before you rewrite every thing maybe start the book with this as a short.

Hope the fantasy people can be more help with this.

Steve

PS; No Typo’s in there, thats awesome and has me personally alarmed….. LOL

Comment on The Elaseim emerging by S. Virginia

S. Virginia — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 12:44:17 +0000

Thanks for the kind words! I do enjoy this narrative perspective as well. Sadly it is not going to be part of the novel anymore, since the main character is not taking a different path than I originally expected. I may be able to salvage a couple chapters in this perspective, but time will tell on that. Thanks again!

~S. Virginia

Comment on The Elaseim emerging by Steve Merrick

Steve Merrick — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 10:05:16 +0000

Heyah,
Like it you have built a world in your head, I definitely do not want to bump into a socursa?? (Going from memory here (Komodo dragon cross???)) in a dark alleyway. I like the fact that the narrator is coming from a unique perspective, I use the same trick in my awash in starlight works (the Navigator etc) but really love the world you have created….

Brilliant little blog forming here so keep it up mate.

Steve

Comment on Adalan Eu: Your exploration begins by Creator: The Sedar « Virginia the Visive

Creator: The Sedar « Virginia the Visive — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:32:20 +0000

[...] mentioned in my Adalan Eu post, this world is merely Earth in the far future, changed into a new Pangea where we know the Pacific [...]

Comment on The Elaseim: A Species Biography by S. Virginia

S. Virginia — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:20:14 +0000

It’s really hard to show the nature of the undercoat on them. The down coat is supposed to be amber, which is what the highlights are for. I think they came out perfectly. I’m hoping my description in the story portrays them well. I think perhaps I’ll post the first chapter in the next couple days and see what reactions I can get.