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Rijel and Ten-Eyes, from Starfall (Ch. III) (work in progress)

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III. Somewhere Nice and Green Poetry is like sparring.

Check out Chapter Three! My new work in progress is Starfall, a space fantasy where death and entropy are not the end of the world.

That's awesome though!

I'm in this weird liminal space where I want to write, but I also need to show that I can build a following with my writing. I'm unsure if I'm even serializing correctly. It doesn't make sense to charge people for what I have right now.

Yeah, you're absolutely right, and I also don't want to create conditions that make an editor feel uncomfortable or prevent them from doing good work.

Many thanks!

That last point is something I hadn't fully considered. It seems unfair to try to hire someone for consistent work, especially if my own work isn't serialized consistently.

Many thanks!

Is there an industry standard for #editing serializing novels? I'm putting out my #creativewriting on Substack. Now I'm trying to determine if I should hire an #editor for a complete manuscript or for each serialized chapter. #newauthor

W. J. Aaron on Substack Join me for a tale of space fantasy, where gravity and entropy are absolutely meaningless. All chapters are free, but paid subscribers will have full access to my essays and chapter commentaries. I...

Join me for a tale of space fantasy, where gravity and entropy are absolutely meaningless. All chapters are free, but paid subscribers have full access to my essays and chapter commentaries.
#fantasy #scifi #spacefantasy #conlang #newauthor #secondaryworld

Included a CW for fantasy racism. I'll share my thoughts about imperialism in #fantasy settings in a chapter II commentary.

Also, I'm glad I decided to work on a #constructedlanguage, bc it's giving me the best kind of trouble: translation issues! I'll share my first-time #conlang story later.

II. Hall of the Occupation As the clockwork elevator ascended the Antiquities Spire, Hollow took a moment to admire this feat of magitech engineering.

Starfall Chapter II just dropped!

Feel free to drop in! I always take good-faith critiques to heart and will respond to most comments.

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Nevermind, we're doing it live

II. Hall of the Occupation As the clockwork elevator ascended the Antiquities Spire, Hollow took a moment to admire this feat of magitech engineering.

Starfall Chapter II just dropped!

Feel free to drop in! I always take good-faith critiques to heart and will respond to most comments.

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#scifi #fantasy #writing #newauthor

Space, and Something Different Chapter 1 Commentary: Mostly thoughts on space fantasy, constructed languages, character names, and thinking ethically about our sources of inspiration

Folio delenda est, or something.

Let's talk about killing our darlings and thinking about how we worldbuild.

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#scifi
#fantasy

Any advice for writing a constructed language for fiction? It's been fun playing with phonology and verb conjugations, but I'd love to avoid common mistakes early.
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Starfall Table of Contents

Got a second draft up of my first chapter.

I swear, doing any kind of editing is like fighting a dark souls boss — after dozens of attempts, you either get good, get mad, get persistent, get lucky, or get someone else to do it.

Starfall 1.1 A Trick of the Light (part 1)

Starfall
1.1 A Trick of the Light
(Part 1 of 2)

Starfall is a serialized sci-fi/fantasy where gravity and entropy become meaningless. New author open to critiques and feedback.

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Starfall 0.1 Prelude: A Sea of Stars

Starfall 0.1: A Sea of Stars

Introducing a serialized SciFi Fantasy story where gravity and entropy are meaningless.

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Hello! This page is a place for me to share some of my creative writing. I’m currently working on a fantasy story that I'm calling Starfall. Join me for a tale of science fantasy where gravity and entropy are meaningless. I'm also on Substack!
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