NOTE: The more I 'hatched' on this story and the corresponding world, the more complex and detailed it is becoming, so I've made the decision to take it down from the website for reasons of security. If I ever end up using it as a vehicle for publication, I'd hate to see someone steal it. Anyone who I know and trust and would care to read it can ask me and I'd be happy to oblige. Honestly, I haven't been this prolific and inspired on a story idea or world for a VERY long time - probably since High School. Thoughts, ideas, characters, language, and this rich world are just flowing through my brain in a way I dream about it happening. Wouldn't it be amazing if this passion could be used someday not only to reach readers but to make a living? :) I guess there's nothing wrong with dreaming... God, would You be so good as to grant this wish from this Your lowly child?
Note: I have had Fan-Fiction writings from several different sources for many years (LOTR, Star Wars, X-Files,etc.) and currently I am attempting to transfer one such story concept/set of characters to a different, home-made world that I can actually potentially USE for publication. Lately, this is the one I've been most focused on, though I go through periods with each. I often have difficulty with this transformative process because with my writing the very LAST thing I want to do is create something that strongly resembles the story-line or world of someone else. There's such a vast world of fiction in the world now that its hard to be original and write something that no one has ever done before. Also, as prolific of a reader as I am, I am not nearly as far-reaching with my reading abilities as some and, as such, will often have people tell me, 'Oh, that's been done before. It's just like ____.' I don't want that, especially with this because I AM re-adapting the world and several characters from something that is pre-existing. So.... bear with me here, this is a new attempt for me and I plan to do the very best that I can. Also - this IS brain-storming, so there's been very little - if any - editing done to this yet, I'm just trying to get the ideas out as quickly and thoroughly as possible. More will be fleshed out, re-worked, and addressed later.
Most names and titles are taken directly from the Latin, though there are a few other language references I will work in here, probably Greek and Roman.
Note 2: One other thing worth noting. While some of the races, characters, and situations may seem 'juvenile' and geared towards that audience (which there is NOTHING) wrong with, because it is MY brain, there are also going to be some very intense and complicated adult subject matters too that will dominate the main story-line. The 'cute' or 'funny' characters, scenes, and moments are good and I put them in there partly to balance the seriousness of the main subjects and partly just because... well, that's how my mind filters things naturally. So... I do hope to add to and update this on a regular basis. I spent over an hour this morning on the few paragraphs I'm posting now and didn't even TOUCH much of what I've been noodling for the past evening.
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