Ape's writing thread

[Luce NDs]

Will it wash ... especially when the vessel is downed like a bunny? Consider how the thing (thin*k) responded to Fudd ... filthy rabbits ... complexity abounds ...

 

[Waterfall]

Yeah, we writers go down some weird rabbit holes sometimes.

Thank God for writers!

 

[Mendalla]

Working on a new story right now. Borrows some ideas from my Tana-verse but tries to keep some distance from those stories (which are here). Originally, I had set out to do outright sequels featuring Tana's daughter (resulting in this) but now I'm taking a shot at just referencing elements of the setting (like the monothestic faith of Denith/Denyth) in a story that's standalone. It's kind of a supernatural thriller but in a fantasy world. A minor character is dismembered, a rarity for me. It happens offscreen but there's a horrific scene where the protagonists (a priestess and her novice/apprentice) find the results. Warring spirits and other weirdness are involved. I'm wrestling a bit right now, trying to put the next part of the story together. Also debating a possible romantic subplot between the novice and the victim's brother (the victim had been flirting with her originally before I decided to dispatch him).

 

[Mendalla]

So my writing projects keep stalling, mostly because they keep growing out of control into something bigger than I intended. So I am going back to something I tried a while ago but did not get far with. I basically have enough horror fiction published on StoriesSpace to actually compile a decent sized anthology of them (9 stories including my first published story). So I put the original drafts into a new, consistent format and am now doing medium-heavy edits on them and trying to sort out what the order should be. Then I can experiment with how best to compile and format them into an epub and figure out what to do for a cover (perhaps even commission some art, I hate to use AI for this since I still find AI generated art a bit stilted and bland).