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Laura Rainbow Dragon

Laura Rainbow Dragon

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Bard from Canada
Posts: 834
"Striving to be the change."
An innovative nanotechnologist haunted by her past seeks redemption on an idyllic cosmopolitan world but learns both sins and enemies are hard to outrun--even across galaxies--and survival may require an allegiance with those least likely to forgive.
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon

Laura Rainbow Dragon

Well-known member
Bard from Canada
Posts: 834
"Striving to be the change."
An online workshop opportunity for any Bardic Bees with an interest in science fiction:

Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, both long-time professional fiction writers and editors across multiple genres, are currently running a Kickstarter campaign for Kris's new novel "Ivory Trees" written in her "Diving" sci-fi universe. As you'll see on the sidebar on the campaign page, there is a long list of rewards you can choose for backing the project, ranging from an ebook of the novel for a US$5 pledge right up to a lifetime subscription to all of their "regular" online workshops for US$1500. But: since the campaign has already passed a couple of stretch goals, everyone who backs the campaign now gets extra stuff--even people who back at the $5 level!

At this point, if you back at any level US$5 and up you would get:
  • an ebook of Kris's space opera novel "Ivory Trees"
  • an ebook of Kris's short story "Rocket Girls"
  • an ebook of Kris's short story "Once on the Blue Moon"
  • a 3 week online workshop on "Writing About Building Cultures in Science Fiction"
The workshops are typically ~ 30 minutes of video lecture (in English) per week, plus weekly assignments which, if you submit them in time, Kris or Dean will give you (usually brief) feedback on how you did.

Depending on how many more people back the campaign, and how high the total pledge amount goes, you may get even more stuff (more short stories and more 3-week workshops) for your $5.

This campaign is only running for a few more days. So check it out soon if this interests you.

If you do check it out, I would be interested to know what you think of it. Which rewards and stretch goals, etc., appeal to you and which do not. I'm planning to run a Kickstarter campaign myself in January for my "Get Fit for the Zombie Apocalypse" workout adventure stories. Unlike Kris and Dean, I do not have a backlist of literally hundreds of stories, nor an online school with hundreds of courses, I can offer for rewards. But I do have a few ideas for things I hope people will find cool and valuable.
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon

Laura Rainbow Dragon

Well-known member
Bard from Canada
Posts: 834
"Striving to be the change."
Salut, Bardic Bees! Is anyone in for NaNoWriMo this year?

I am once again participating as a rebel, as I'm focused primarily on writing short stories at the moment, as well as getting ready for my Get Fit for the Zombie Apocalypse Kickstarter, which I aim to launch in January. I need to up my word count, and NaNo's 50K is about where I want to be for the month. So it's a useful tool for tracking my word count (and giving me the added incentive associated with doing so publicly, since I've participated in NaNo many times now and never failed to hit the goal in the past). But I'll be working on multiple projects throughout the month, not just one novel.
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon

Laura Rainbow Dragon

Well-known member
Bard from Canada
Posts: 834
"Striving to be the change."
PetiteSheWolf said:
So, dare I ask about the first week-end of this NaNo?
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I am behind. But the day is still young(ish) in my little cell of the Hive.

I have at least written some new words every day thus far this month. So that is good.

Have to go up on my roof now to do a little repair job, while we have nice weather. (Not a lot of days left this year for doing roof work where I live. So I need to get this done while the going's good.) I'll likely still be behind target by the end of the day, but have hopes of doing at least a bit of catching up this evening.
 
Sólveig

Sólveig

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Pirate from Cabudare - Venezuela
Pronouns: She/Her
Posts: 1,162
"Ars longa, vita brevis"
24% completed! After tomorrow, I'm going for a non-linear method. I realized what I'm doing works better as a non-linear story since I overdeveloped my main character in one hour (in-story time) because I already had the beginning and the ending ready. It's a matter of editing, but editing is not allowed this month.
 
Nevetharine

Nevetharine

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Viking from The Depths
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Posts: 423
Hi, haven't been active for a while. =) I'm not doing NaNo, but I'm writing again on an app called Inkitt. If anyone would like to follow/react/comment/read my story there, I'll post a link.

I actually had a big-ish following there before I deleted my previous profile because I started working and became too overwhelmed and pressured to update every day.

Now I'm out of work, again, and writing for my sanity. But with weekly-ish updates.

I'll see this group as motivation to keep writing. If anyone likes fantasy/sci-fi fantasy/light romance, those are my genres. Currently busy with a fantasy novel, and I plan on uploading some of the books I had on the previous profile again.

Here's the link if anyone wants to give it a go. I plan to expand a lot on this world, this is only book one in the series. It's also free, but if my story gets more reactions I *might* be able to sign a contract for a few pennies with Galatea one day.

Horrible self-promotion over, Lol.

Here's my cover. And the link.

Read Aeacasius: Shadowborn for free on Inkitt https://www.inkitt.com/stories/fantasy/1134078?utm_source=shared_ios

Aeacasius Shadowborn Cover.jpg
 
Nevetharine

Nevetharine

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Viking from The Depths
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Posts: 423
PetiteSheWolf said:
write in that voice, even if it changes from previous writing, try it! Go go go! Yesssss!
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I'm actually writing this book in 2 voices. One is more old world medieval, and one is modern. Because one brother is from a magical world, the other was stuck on Earth as an orphan and grew up on the streets of America. The old world voice takes the longest to write. And I use the Thesaurus a lot.
 
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