New story time!
This one’s been kicking around for some time. Last year, Scott Roche and I co-wrote a novellette we called “The Battle of Wildspitze“. I’ve been trying to decide how to explain that world to people, and I think I have a concise way of summing it up.
- Harry Potter.
- But everyone knows about magic.
- And it’s 1910.
And that’s basically it in a nutshell. One of us had come up with an idea for a short story regarding dragon-riding pirates raiding airships, and we started writing. I had originally thought that this would be a parallel world, no really recognizable people in it, until Scott introduced Baron Richtoffen as one of the pirates. That single character nailed the setting, the attitude, and the timeline for me.
This is a preview of
MPF 2.07 – Norris Tilney and the Docks of Dover
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From Jim Butcher, (h/t Monica Valentinelli - BTW, you should read her blog. She is awesome).
YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD WHO CAN KILL YOUR DREAM.
In particular, this is a good reminder for those of us who may have been writing for some time, and are having a difficult time finding our audience. It can be frustrating. Maddening, even. But I’m not giving up. Taking today to rest and recover, to recuperate and regroup.
And tomorrow, I am going to write like crazy. CRAZY, I TELLS YA!
Go write!
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The Cost of Duty
A Fantasy Short Story
by Zach Ricks
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The first story is down. But if you missed it, The Cost of Duty is available from Amazon
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The photo is used under a creative commons license, and the original version is on flickr at this link.
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Our arts, our occupations, our marriages, our religion, we have not chosen, but society has chosen for us. We are parlour soldiers. We shun the rugged battle of fate, where strength is born. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
As I’ve said on recent Galley Table podcasts (available at flyingislandpress.com/flagship), I made a committment to bring a completed manuscript to Balticon next year. And failure would mean… DIRE CONSEQUENCES. This is a scary thing. On many levels.
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