I get bored with my own novels approximately once a day, but my characters are always there to drag me back to it XD They’re rather unreasonable. Often it’s great when you realize you need a plot overhaul in the middle, it’s very satisfying when it comes together after that!
XD yeah, that makes sense. I love characters. Plot is the tricky part but you’re right- it is so satisfying when you fix plot issues. (like my current novel….. very very glad SE taught me about the midpoint because I had no idea how to make an interesting middle XD)
Ohhh, a kinda alternate history sci-fi? That sounds awesome! Tadgh sounds like an interesting character, could you tell me more about him?
Kind of. It’s set in the past (his-fic), with supertechnology that’s not real but somewhat possible (sci-fi), and it involves a trip to Jupiter (sci-fi), but there’s also a ground-world Jupiter and aliens (fantasy). Thus it’s super hard to clasify. XD
Sure! Tadgh is an Irish guy who is SUPREMELY self-confident. He loves adventure and is determined to make his own way through life. He believes in God and everything, but he doesn’t really make Him a part of his day-to-day life. At the start of the story he’s a member of the Irish Republican Army (a guerilla freedom-fighters/terrorist group), but gets kicked out when his hand is mutilated by an explosion. He’s a headache up until the climax- hopefully the readers won’t hate him. 😂
Awesome! I’ve heard lots of good things about those! I have a habit of overanalyzing every movie I watch, which is fun to me and very irritating to everyone listening to me critique it mid-scene XD
XD yeah, I do that too. Like: “Ah, you see where the greenscreen meets the set right there?” or: “Oooh, weak acting on that part.” etc. XD
Oh, same! I love fantasy and sci-fi, what are your favorites of those? LOL, Historical fiction does have that issue pretty often, especially when it’s centered around a war XD I do have a handful of favorites that do it very nicely.
Narnia, LotR, Wingfeather Saga, aaaand I haven’t really read any others except the Pathfinders series (think that’s the name xP) by Paul McCusker. Yes, same! I once read some really old one (title had something to do with hawks I think) that was suuuper engaging! When it’s more obscure events and centered around strong plots and characters seem to be the ones that I like best.
Ah yes, the hardest question to answer XD I shall give you three versions. Worst explanation possible, plot explanation, and character/theme explanation, since I can’t think of another way XD The bad explanation is that the book opens with a bunch of people crashing a party and everyone is furious about it for three books afterward. The plot explanation is that it’s about a country with seven tribes. One of those tribes attacks another as a retaliation for a war about ten years ago and captures the king. My main character, Liorah, is the king’s younger sister, who is less than thrilled with the whole development and instantly sets out to fix the problem and get her brother back. Liorah is… Quite a character. She’s a loathsome pest of a character, I love her with my whole heart. The main theme of the series could best be summarized as family trauma, it shows up in most of my main characters. It’s been interesting to write since there are so many different angles on it. It has a lot more themes. Doing good in face of opposition, where is the line between revenge and justice, sins of the fathers, what’s the line between selflessness and self-martyrdom, to what degree are people responsible for what they did in bad circumstances, and so on. Every time I write I seem to find another theme XD
Oh, cool! Every mc I’ve ever written comes from a happy home, it seems. XD Love those themes! Really thought-provoking!
HEMA stands for Historical European Martial Arts. Essentially, medieval/renaissance martial arts. I’ve mainly done longsword, though I’ve done a bit of unarmed combat, daggers, and dussack (One sided one-handed sword, like a saber) I got into it via writing, and it’s been awesome, I love it.
O.O Wowww, that sounds sooo cool! I’d probably stink at it bc I have no grace but it sounds sooo fun!
I studied Latin too! Have you done much translating? Which writers have you read? I only know a handful of Hebrew from Bible study, and I’m pretty sure I’m not going to be able to learn it soon, I simply do not have the determination XD
Not really- mostly I’ve tried to write original things in Latin. XD I paraphrased some of Euclid once but that was a disaster. XD I’ve only read some of the Vulgate. Yeah, same here. I’ve figured out a bit of grammar (I think) and I’d love to learn more. When I’ll get around to it idk. XD
Everyone has a choice; but how will we make the right ones?
(hint: God ;))
