… that eventually will get me in trouble if I ever actually become famous. Doubtful, but who knows? Maybe people will actually read my stuff a lot one day.
As some of you know, I want to be a writer and novelist. And I’m trying to get into the business and failing miserably right now. This blog will reflect that more in a while, when I’m not busy so much. I’m trying to edit things and get them ready so that, once we move, I can just package them off with the new address and send them off to publishers. And, hopefully, one will say yes and I’ll have something to actually put on the cover letter besides being a columnist and editor for a shot lived university paper.
But WHEN (Must think positively) I do get published and possibly well known and gain a fan or two, I will do some of the following:
- NOT ban fanfiction. This one is important to me. I started out writing originals. Very unbelievably bad original stories. And then I moved into fanfiction, where people will do some crit on your work, and used that feedback to not write so shittily. So I will not ban fanfic like some of the authors I’ve been reading about lately have done, nor will I do something stupid like put rules on the fanfic people create. In fact…
- I will encourage fanfic. Why the hell not? Fanart too. After all, I can’t possibly consider myself popular or successful until AdultFanfiction.Net has a section in a section dedicated to my stories that is dedicated to twincest. Strange as it is, I think I’m actually serious about that too.
- I will feed my fans. If I have time, I’d like to build a fan community. And let them do whatever the hell they want while running around in it. What will I feed them with if they’re running around on their own? I’ll give them character sketches. I’ll give them blog entries and updates. I’ll give them snippets of projects I’m working on and scenes I’ve decided to cut and first drafts and things like that. Hell, I’ll do a chat on the site with them on a webcam. I will feed them.
- I will make comic versions. I love comics, in case you hadn’t noticed. I’m already dreaming of taking my short stories and one day annoying the crap out of my artsie friends or some random webcomic artist who had decided to take commissions and has an art style I like and ask them to make a comic version. Actually, I’ve got the first one lined up, though she has no idea what she’s agreed to.
- I will love my flamers. Seriously, I need people to keep me grounded and these people will be them. Whether they send emails about my latest short or novel or something being a piece of shit or just hate me as a person, I will read and I will agree with the negative comments about my work, because they are probably valid. I mean, I’m not writing gold here. I’m writing fiction with many people who have already written the same kind of stories before and am trying to put an original twist on them. If I don’t succeed, then I should know and acknowledge it.
- I will not ignore e-publishing. It could make it one day when they find the method. And people might get into reading again one day. Even on the computer. So why the hell not, right? And someone needs to start putting something up on the net that isn’t 1337 5|>34|< , which is getting completely out of control.
And I think that’s it. No promises to update and finish things on time because that would be broken after one novel/story. No promises to do anything that most authors promise to do. Basically, just some things bout making sure I keep fans really happy. Because I need them.
Especially since I haven’t even started yet.
And yes, OMG! It’s an actual blog and not just a comic review site! I gotta update the main site at some point too. Maybe tomorrow.
Oh! And there’s a new layout! Tells me what you think.
Have fun people.
Tags: wishful thinking
