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HI HO Away I go!
To B&N this morning!
Meeting Anthony shortly for a few hours before he heads for Houston. Anthony should come by once a month, I think, for writing sessions, though they tend to be more talk sessions than writing.
But last night was productive...more than Anthony probably realizes. And I appreciate what he said (even if he doesn't realize what he said). LOL. Basically, he pointed out how in the past I've always been so bouncy whenever I talked of WOLFHUNTER.
Mind you, this story has been around a good, let's see...7 years. SEVEN YEARS! I have 3-4 different versions of it. Why? Because I let The Wrong People Crit It and Nearly Ruin It.
Linda might not remember this, but in 2006(!!!!) she sent me back the original version I had written, and lost, due to computer death. She had it in her email.
That is the version I am going with. Which, amazingly enough--was the Pre-Them version, the original, the first, the first person version, the... Well, you get the picture.
I just sat and reread the almost 8,000 words I had on this, and yeah I see now--CAN see now--some problems, but all in all, as I told Anthony, I want to bitch-slap myself so hard for giving up on this.
And yet...seven years ago, there wasn't a healthy market for this type of story.
EDITED TO ADD: In fact, I popped on the internet and I am NOT imagining this to be true. This article: http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410 outlines how it was around 2005 that the term "urban fantasy" came into general use for stories of this nature. Prior to that, "paranormal romance" was the keyword...which so did not fit Wolfhunter. NO NO NO this is NOT a FREAKING ROMANCE though it does have a romance story entwined within. This huge roadblock of a term, paranormal-romance, was a real stumbler for me. I had nowhere to go with Wolfhunter back then. The Wrong People wanted me to delete all the elements that make me love it, just to fit under the paranormal romance definition...and I could not, would not, did not. Geesh.
It is all so clear now.
3) Now, in this context: Contemporary, urban setting with female or male
protagonist with “kickassitude” and supernatural powers or connection. Primarily
an detective plot with sexy romance subplot. Action-oriented with strong
horrific elements balanced with humor. (Some add “first-person narrative”, but I feel that restricts the definition too far.)
Yup, that is Wolfhunter. And in first person, too. Which y'all know I adore beyond reason, cuz my brain works best that way.
So much has happened and evolved with the fantasy genre over the past years that there are alot of reasons to continue this.
Plus, I just love the characters. Sorin the shapeshifting Wolfhound (grin), Keri, the POV character, her brother Julian who is partners with her work partner Daniel, Jackson--suddenly 'autistic' at age 16 (he and Julian are 26 now) though that makes no sense at all, and Luke, the angry 16 year old. And Linda the neighbor with her orchards, Keri's friend the vet who discovers that wolfhound has a leetle bit o'difference to him... Damn. What a lose am I to have given all that up because I let myself be led to believe by...
That doesn't matter anymore, it just doesn't. So Wolfhunter it is for my first fic for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
getyourwordsout. Don't know what that is? Check it out!
C
To B&N this morning!
Meeting Anthony shortly for a few hours before he heads for Houston. Anthony should come by once a month, I think, for writing sessions, though they tend to be more talk sessions than writing.
But last night was productive...more than Anthony probably realizes. And I appreciate what he said (even if he doesn't realize what he said). LOL. Basically, he pointed out how in the past I've always been so bouncy whenever I talked of WOLFHUNTER.
Mind you, this story has been around a good, let's see...7 years. SEVEN YEARS! I have 3-4 different versions of it. Why? Because I let The Wrong People Crit It and Nearly Ruin It.
Linda might not remember this, but in 2006(!!!!) she sent me back the original version I had written, and lost, due to computer death. She had it in her email.
That is the version I am going with. Which, amazingly enough--was the Pre-Them version, the original, the first, the first person version, the... Well, you get the picture.
I just sat and reread the almost 8,000 words I had on this, and yeah I see now--CAN see now--some problems, but all in all, as I told Anthony, I want to bitch-slap myself so hard for giving up on this.
And yet...seven years ago, there wasn't a healthy market for this type of story.
EDITED TO ADD: In fact, I popped on the internet and I am NOT imagining this to be true. This article: http://juno-books.com/blog/?p=410 outlines how it was around 2005 that the term "urban fantasy" came into general use for stories of this nature. Prior to that, "paranormal romance" was the keyword...which so did not fit Wolfhunter. NO NO NO this is NOT a FREAKING ROMANCE though it does have a romance story entwined within. This huge roadblock of a term, paranormal-romance, was a real stumbler for me. I had nowhere to go with Wolfhunter back then. The Wrong People wanted me to delete all the elements that make me love it, just to fit under the paranormal romance definition...and I could not, would not, did not. Geesh.
It is all so clear now.
3) Now, in this context: Contemporary, urban setting with female or male
protagonist with “kickassitude” and supernatural powers or connection. Primarily
an detective plot with sexy romance subplot. Action-oriented with strong
horrific elements balanced with humor. (Some add “first-person narrative”, but I feel that restricts the definition too far.)
Yup, that is Wolfhunter. And in first person, too. Which y'all know I adore beyond reason, cuz my brain works best that way.
So much has happened and evolved with the fantasy genre over the past years that there are alot of reasons to continue this.
Plus, I just love the characters. Sorin the shapeshifting Wolfhound (grin), Keri, the POV character, her brother Julian who is partners with her work partner Daniel, Jackson--suddenly 'autistic' at age 16 (he and Julian are 26 now) though that makes no sense at all, and Luke, the angry 16 year old. And Linda the neighbor with her orchards, Keri's friend the vet who discovers that wolfhound has a leetle bit o'difference to him... Damn. What a lose am I to have given all that up because I let myself be led to believe by...
That doesn't matter anymore, it just doesn't. So Wolfhunter it is for my first fic for
getyourwordsout. Don't know what that is? Check it out!C
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Date: 2008-12-14 08:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-12-14 08:43 pm (UTC)Better keep an eye on her then.
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Date: 2008-12-14 08:58 pm (UTC)