Just finished the first draft of my first short story, The Death of Heroes. Now comes the exceedingly fun part of editing, revising, and rewriting it, as needed. Also making the cover image and other front material for it. There is more to self-publishing a digital book than writing, as I discovered last year and fortunately all of this should be easier to do than it was for Sci-FU, thanks to that experience. Except for the cover that is. Never been good at drawing, but the idea I have for the cover I think isn't too far beyond my skill level.
Since I've finished the first draft, I think I'll share a little more about this story than I have already. It is set in the fictional Old West town of Scurvy. (Considering some names of Old West towns, I'm surprised I never found Scurvy when I was checking to see if there was a real town.) The story shifts between the protagonist's first experience in the town and his speech directed to the reader, as though he is telling you the story himself. I felt this would be an appropriate way to break up the main segments of the story, without formal chapter breaks.
Hopefully those of my friends I send this first (and admittedly rough) draft to will find the time to read it and let me know what they think. It's style and story are different from what I normally work with, so their feedback will be invaluable.
The primary characters are John, the protagonist, Sheriff Jimmy (I'm still bad at making up names), Rose Carey, Mayor William Simon, Father Lettery, Sam, and Robert. Hopefully I can get this polished and all the work for it completed soon, so everyone interested can read it and meet this people. I don't think any of you will regret it.
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