Valeforge
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Just wanted to touch base with all you wonderful people! I am looking to start publishing soon. The issue is, I can't quite decide how I want to break into this site. I've got a few options, and I wanted your opinions. My experience is fairly varied, but all of these are new to me, so please, take that into consideration.
First on offer is a fluffy romance. I'm planning an overused trope as the basis - poor boy, rich girl. Set in japan, the boy is full-blood American with dual citizenship (I took a liberty there, I believe, but it is fiction, so...
) While the girl is a full Japanese gyaru- though without the heavy tan. Fashion, blonde hair, blue eye contacts, and occasionally heavy make-up when she wants. She also dips into goth and nerd when she's in the mood. It's a slow burn, childhood friends-turned-lovers. I've never written romance (I've dabbled in romance as a sub genre, but not as the primary), and I've also never written modern day.
Second up is one I've just started planning... What if a nation could speak? Yup. I'm considering a story that focuses on a *Nation* as the character. It designates itself with first-person pronouns, zooms in on specific factors, factions, and events, but is generally focused on the nation as a whole. It doesn't directly take action in regards to others, but it does describe it. "Trunheim struck my western border last week. The wall held, but I lost some troops. My monarch is planning to run a recruitment campaign to strike back." Not unique, but definitely a bit more "out there" from what I've read. Instead of one single character being the focal point, it's the nation as a whole. This one will likely just be a short story, so 1-5 chapters, not a full webnovel. Mostly just dipping my toes with the idea.
Third up - This one will likely not be published until late summer, when my child returns to school, but it's a Hard Sci-fi novel. I try to keep it fairly grounded in reality. If you'd prefer this one, then I will just hold off on publishing until it's ready. The other two I could start sooner.
First on offer is a fluffy romance. I'm planning an overused trope as the basis - poor boy, rich girl. Set in japan, the boy is full-blood American with dual citizenship (I took a liberty there, I believe, but it is fiction, so...
) While the girl is a full Japanese gyaru- though without the heavy tan. Fashion, blonde hair, blue eye contacts, and occasionally heavy make-up when she wants. She also dips into goth and nerd when she's in the mood. It's a slow burn, childhood friends-turned-lovers. I've never written romance (I've dabbled in romance as a sub genre, but not as the primary), and I've also never written modern day.Second up is one I've just started planning... What if a nation could speak? Yup. I'm considering a story that focuses on a *Nation* as the character. It designates itself with first-person pronouns, zooms in on specific factors, factions, and events, but is generally focused on the nation as a whole. It doesn't directly take action in regards to others, but it does describe it. "Trunheim struck my western border last week. The wall held, but I lost some troops. My monarch is planning to run a recruitment campaign to strike back." Not unique, but definitely a bit more "out there" from what I've read. Instead of one single character being the focal point, it's the nation as a whole. This one will likely just be a short story, so 1-5 chapters, not a full webnovel. Mostly just dipping my toes with the idea.
Third up - This one will likely not be published until late summer, when my child returns to school, but it's a Hard Sci-fi novel. I try to keep it fairly grounded in reality. If you'd prefer this one, then I will just hold off on publishing until it's ready. The other two I could start sooner.
