Thursday, February 11, 2010

Meandering

I tend to have a hard time reigning in my mind and "Oh the Places We Go" to quote a favorite Dr. Seuss book. Where have I been traveling lately you ask? Well, even if you didn't ask, you know I'm going to tell you. I'm like that. I'm not one to hold onto information. My characters on the other hand... They really like that. Can I bird walk any more this morning? Don't ask. I'm sure I could. Back to my slew of epiphanies this week.

  1. I am going to write some children's books and I couldn't be more excited! There was a time I thought I would never write a novel and then when I started, I never thought I would write anything other than high fantasy. Well, when inspiration strikes, it should not go ignored. Not that it would let me if I tried...
  2. My antagonist is my MC. Don't get me wrong. I have a couple of main characters in Power's Touch, but the bad guy is the main guy. Wow! I think it's kind of cool. I wonder how well that will go over with the rest of the world?
  3. I can write a query. I can do it! (This is much of a pep talk as it is an assertion!) The one I was working on yesterday is going to get scrapped I think, but for what it is (my first one), I think it turned out well! Not well enough to send on... It has some very distinct issues. I'll be starting from scratch, but still...

I'm just going to leave you with it. It's too long to be a query I think. Plus I use two many characters. Perhaps I can build on it and make it into a synopsis. We'll see. First, I need to read up on those... But if you've ever wondered what my fantasy novel is about, here you go.


Few look for signs of change and fewer still accept what they discover, so it is no surprise that the leaders of Vismour refuse to investigate what they see as an irrelevant mystery. This fits into the plans of the thieves' guild, whose anonymous leader is using his emotion-driven magic to overthrow the reigning religion. Part of the plan includes kidnapping and training children to expand the guild's already far-reaching grasp.

Nakine is one of them, but following is not her thing. She has her own ideas of how the guild should be run and she's not afraid to get her hands dirty to make it happen. The ends justify the means, right?

Eloy doesn't think so. As high priest, he recognizes the dark hands spreading poison across the city like fire across dry fields, but the comfort found in peaceful times blocks the view of the bloody force and there is no way for him to stop the touch of Power himself. Good help is so hard to find.

Happy Thursday, everyone! I'm off to work! (And play because it is kind of fun when I'm not panicking about it.)

22 comments:

  1. Wow--well it certainly sounds interesting! I think the MC as bad guy is COOL!! I will not comment (except to say that the premise sounds cool) or even try to critique your query since I suck at at and had to beg Elana J. to help me with both of mine--LOL!!

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  2. I'll take a look at your query when it's finished for you! Making the antagonist the MC is really cool. Now you just have to make him likeable as well so that people keep reading. That would be hard for me!

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  3. Love the twists of this plot. I love even more a bad guy that I like more than the good guys!

    Happy writing.

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  4. I want to read it - Luckily I get to. Sort of funny, but my book as a hero's guild and one of the hero's is a thief.

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  5. Sounds awesome! Good luck with everything--yes, you can write a query! Keep telling yourself that and then you'll feel better when you're busy writing 5 drafts of the same query. :)

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  6. Glad to connect with you. Have have really been around! The story sounds great.

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  7. Awesome Nisa. I want to read more. Love the hook. It is long for a query. But it will be just right after you work it. I finally have mine in the right place, after months of working on it. UGH!

    Great start pal!! =)

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  8. Sure sounds like an intriguing story - can't wait to see it in stores :)

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  9. Sounds really interesting to me. Queries are so hard for being so short--this is a great start!

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  10. Queries are the devil. I used earlier versions as basis for a synopsis as well. Found it was easier to expand for that than work it into a tight query. Good luck! And be prepared to do many drafts. Sounds like you have a good story there. :-)

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  11. Great job on your book! It sounds like a good premise. Good luck! That sounds fascinating with your MC being the antagonist. :)

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  12. Hm...sound interesting! Now I want to read it. ;)
    I'm trying to write an synopsis for one of my stories right now and it's definitely a challenge. :P
    How do you put 200 pages into one?

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  13. I love that the bad guy is your main character. An intriguing idea to have the antagonist in a hero role!

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  14. Super ideas! I've always loved the bad guy. AS far as queries go I hate the mystery of it all. It feels like cooking without a recipe and if the first patrons hate the meal you rework from there. Perhaps we should query those we dislike first? Non of it makes sense, really.

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  15. Thanks, everyone! I keep second guessing it so I'm so happy to hear that a lot of you like the idea of the villain as the MC. I just hope it turns out as well practically as it does in theory!

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  16. Very cool. Love the notion of emotion-driven magic. How cool that you'll make the antagonist the mc. Will be a challenge, but magnificent when it works. Looking forward to seeing the progression.

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  17. Thanks, Carolina! I hope that me being in love with my mc is a good sign that it will work...

    haha! Yes, for now. Hubby's job tends to move us around. A lot!

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  18. You can TOTALLY do it! Yay! I have the utmost faith in you. :)

    -Mercedes

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  19. I think you're on to something with this query...nice twists and turns and good pacing in the query itself

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  20. Thanks, Sade! It will be because of your awesome help and support. You're such a good friend!

    Thank you, Daisy! I've worked on it quite a bit since then and hopefully it's in much better shape now! I'm not ready to send it out yet, but I feel like I've accomplished something I wasn't sure I could do. It's a nice feeling. :)

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