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Azi Demonica

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Legend of Zelda proves god exists, because it's an awesome franchise. Actually, imagine how cool it would be, if the three Golden Goddesses from Legend of Zelda were actually true, and actually created the universe. That would be a trio of deities I'd love to spend eternity with.


Yeah, it's hard to have spare time when you get older, hunh? In my case, I have novels to finish, more to start, and other things to read, and I'm always stifled by sickness, soreness, and tiredness.


Waiting for others to post in Ashlands. Or indeed, perhaps it's best to simply time-skip and get into conflict with pirates or sea monsters or something, then jump into the Ashlands immediately. A warrior-centric roleplay should get into action soon, after all.

28-Aug-2018 21:12:05

Westenev

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Ehh, to be fair, I'd prefer to live in a world where gods are physical fourth dimensional beings taking the form of collectable mons destined to be trained by a homeless 11 year old in the act of pit fighting other mons.

Or I could become a Gundam.

Those Japs sure have some fun ideas about the concept of gods.
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28-Aug-2018 21:25:42

Azi Demonica

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Fair enough for sure, West. Tho, becoming a Gundam sounds pretty awesome, too.

I will post in Omega sooner or later, if I can. Been sleeping badly lately. Left arm still stiff and sore. Still need to work on next chapter of my Bioshock fanfic. Speaking of which, I learned that when a literary project exceeds 110,000 words, most publishers will either not accept it, or want it to be split and turned into a sequel. My fanfics approach their ending at around 150,000 words, though my Legend of Zelda fanfics are about halfway done at a hundred thousand words.

I find it odd my fanfics are longer than most novels that most publishers would want to deal with. Ironically, I keep reading on Tumblr of novelists complaining that, when they finish their novels, they finish at around seventeen to twenty thousand words only. I think that, when an artist just doesn't care about making money, earning praises, becoming popular, etc., all of a sudden it's easy to make a saga.

28-Aug-2018 21:41:26 - Last edited on 28-Aug-2018 21:42:33 by Azi Demonica

Westenev

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Azi Demonica said :
I will post in Omega sooner or later, if I can. Been sleeping badly lately. Left arm still stiff and sore. Still need to work on next chapter of my Bioshock fanfic. Speaking of which, I learned that when a literary project exceeds 110,000 words, most publishers will either not accept it, or want it to be split and turned into a sequel. My fanfics approach their ending at around 150,000 words, though my Legend of Zelda fanfics are about halfway done at a hundred thousand words.

I find it odd my fanfics are longer than most novels that most publishers would want to deal with. Ironically, I keep reading on Tumblr of novelists complaining that, when they finish their novels, they finish at around seventeen to twenty thousand words only. I think that, when an artist just doesn't care about making money, earning praises, becoming popular, etc., all of a sudden it's easy to make a saga.

As a person who prefers to pay a little more to read paperback, I think going above 120,000 words is just an arm ache waiting to happen - especially if it's a title you're going to take a day or two off to binge in bed, like Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, or gods forbid, The Order of the Phoenix (which had like 250,000 words if I recall, and was a hardback...).

I mean, if JK Rowling had to sell me four books to make me pick up a book of that length, what makes you think I have time to read an author I don't know by reputation?

I don't think novella's are nessicarily bad - it's enough time to introduce a problem and a solution, and a great length for teen fiction or girly romance fiction (don't judge me). Sometimes I just want to go on an adventure without having the whole world being subverted, y'know?


(Thought I'd better edit in "fiction" in front of "Teen" so we don't get any unfortunate misunderstandings...)
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28-Aug-2018 23:53:33 - Last edited on 29-Aug-2018 00:03:29 by Westenev

Azi Demonica

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West,
A reasonable point indeed, West. A ‘full novel’ isn’t easy to go through, especially my style, which has a strong emphasis on heaviness, vastness, and description. In my case, I can write quickly, and so produce content quickly, but when I lean toward professional writing, everything feels so simplified, limited, confined, like there’s no freedom. But, moreover, I always think that everything I do isn’t good enough, so I overthink, overwork, and overproduce, but I am gradually learning to slow down.

Another really good point, and I recall that most publishers are hesitant to publish long novels by new authors, for the very reason you pointed out! Paracosm just isn’t popular or appreciated nowadays.

Ah, yes, YA novels/teen fiction and romance novels tend to be the most popular genres. Personally, I’m uninterested in them, but I don’t blame anyone for liking them. Indeed, most readers are just not interested in paracosm, which is exactly what I do. As for subversion, or rebellion in general, it’s popular in young adult novels. In my novels, there isn’t subversion, but surviving an indomitable system or indomitable tribalism.

29-Aug-2018 02:22:44

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