{"id":512,"date":"2012-08-20T13:33:28","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T18:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingunderduress.com\/?p=512"},"modified":"2012-08-20T13:33:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T18:33:28","slug":"life-after-siege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writingunderduress.com\/?p=512","title":{"rendered":"Life after Siege"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m not sure how to express my feelings about finishing\u00a0Siege.<\/em><\/p>\n

There’s definitely the sensation of the shackle being loosed, the prisoner going free. Don’t misunderstand–I love writing–but\u00a0Siege<\/em> sometimes felt like a ball and chain, holding me in place until I finished my sentence. Part of that was due to my angry villagers and their pitchforks, of course; missing a regularly-scheduled post was dangerous for my health! Another large part of it was merely the length–nearly double what I had originally planned for the story.<\/p>\n

Another feeling is pride. It’s not the first novel-length piece I’ve written, but the third. However, this time I had committed myself to a writing schedule and saw it through to the end (even if it took longer than I expected). There’s some satisfaction to be found in completing a story this long–after all, not many would commit to such a foolhardy endeavor.<\/p>\n

And there’s always some melancholy.\u00a0Siege<\/em> represents, in many ways, the years I spent playing\u00a0Star Wars Galaxies<\/em> and a handful of the friendships I developed during that time. I may have been the one hammering the keys, but this story is as much theirs as it is mine. I didn’t solely develop the relationships that were written here. I didn’t come up with each character and develop their quirks, strengths, and flaws. Well, for many of them I did, but for some I did not.<\/p>\n

With\u00a0Siege<\/em> finally complete, the question then becomes:<\/p>\n

What next?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, there’s several projects currently cooking that I want to proceed with.<\/p>\n

First, and arguably most importantly, I’m working on a new, stand-alone story entitled\u00a0Destiny’s Heir<\/em>. It’s in many ways a traditional fantasy novel (with my own twists on it, of course) that I plan to pursue publication with. As a story, it’s more tightly plotted and controlled than my Star Wars stories have been, including a more careful outline and better-developed characters. It has all the classic elements of fantasy: swords, magic, intrigues, mystery, romance, and mystery. (*gag*) No, really, it’s not nearly as boring as I’m making it out to be. At least, I hope not! Anyway, it’s currently about one-quarter written.<\/p>\n

And it will\u00a0not<\/em> be posted here.<\/p>\n

I’m currently in the process of editing two other stories about Halyn:\u00a0X-Wing: The Nallera Conflict<\/em> and\u00a0X-Wing: Arms Race<\/em>. Combined, they’re about 150k words long and were written during my years in college. When I’m finished editing, they’ll be posted here as well; I hope to start posting chapters\u00a0of The Nallera Conflict<\/em> within a week or two.<\/p>\n

After that?<\/p>\n

I’ve got several other old half-completed stories that need some completion, including\u00a0X-Wing: Cadet<\/em>, which stars Allanna Saret as a new recruit in the Rebel Alliance training to become a fighter pilot. These, too, are on my short-list of one-off writing projects that I would like to complete and post. There’s at least two more\u00a0X-Wing<\/em> stories I also need to write;\u00a0X-Wing: The Talus Crucible<\/em> which was outlined and briefly started but never followed up on, detailing Halyn’s captivity at the hands of an Imperial inquisitor during the Galactic Civil War, and\u00a0X-Wing: Rara Avis<\/em>, which would revolve around Halyn’s time as the head of the flight academy on Rori–which was when Kelta Rose first entered the picture.<\/p>\n

You know, for someone who claims he’s done writing about\u00a0Star Wars<\/em>, I’ve definitely got a certain theme going with the stories I need to finish. I may be just a tad self-delusional.<\/p>\n

Keep checking in–I promise more stories will be posted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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