Have to be careful now. Two posts in as many days; someone who comes across this may think I'm going to maintain this daily but there is a good chance I won't. I do not do the things I intend to chronicle here daily, and there is always the possibility I will lose interest in this blog as well. Don't know, but we will find out. Until then, onto the actual purpose of this post:
I'm not entirely sure how long one would say I've been working on my current short story. I first started writing it well over a year ago, but then dropped it for lack of interest and sense of direction. More recently though I had a brilliant idea! Instead of stretching it out to the size of a full book, I will make it a short story instead! My interest immediately returned and, when I can find the time, I have been writing it.
I call this new story, "The Death of Heroes" and I have no idea when it will be completely finished. The writing itself I should be able to finish pretty soon but then the real work begins. I intend on submitting it to Amazon to be a Kindle Single, but to do that I will have to format it for the Kindle (did this for an entire novel already, so a short story will be easy) and I will have to create a cover image for it. Someday someone may call me an artist, but it will certainly not be for my drawing abilities. Now, I did make the cover for my book, Sci-FU, but it is not overly difficult to make. White and black with gradients in between. I have got an idea for what I want this story's cover to be, and in theory it should be within my abilities, but I really can't say until I make it.
What's the story about? Well, it's about a hero and his death. Really, what the story is about is not as interesting as where it is set, and just a few things to happen in it. I do not want to share much about it though, because I do not want to ruin it. The best way I can think to describe the town of Scurvy is an Old West town with a mindset and attitude like what you wish existed in your town, but at the same time, you would never allow your town to be like it. Tolerance is a good ideal to reach for, but I doubt many of us would actually grasp it even if we could.
One thing worth noting though is that this story worries me slightly. It is a very different kind of story from just about every other story idea I have, including Sci-FU. However, I like the idea a great deal and I will try to self-publish it like any other story I write. I just hope it does not put people off me for trying something so different from what will be my norm, in just my second (published) story.
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