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    Just self publish it via Lulu. =)

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    Quote Originally Posted by NymTevlyn View Post
    Just self publish it via Lulu. =)
    Sure, if you aren't so concerned about whether people read it. As I said, writing it is half the fun; having people read it (and like it) is the other half! The traditional publication format is the best way for that to happen, but I think generally that doesn't happen unless you're actually a hair better than everything else.

    Anyway, that's aside, and a worry for another day. Now back to your regularly scheduled cartographic programming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Karro View Post
    Sure, if you aren't so concerned about whether people read it. As I said, writing it is half the fun; having people read it (and like it) is the other half! The traditional publication format is the best way for that to happen, but I think generally that doesn't happen unless you're actually a hair better than everything else.

    Anyway, that's aside, and a worry for another day. Now back to your regularly scheduled cartographic programming.
    Writing is all the fun I think. It's almost impossible to earn any money. As a beginning novelist you shouldn't expect to receive more than a dollar for every book sold. You would need to sell many books to make a living out of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gandwarf View Post
    Writing is all the fun I think. It's almost impossible to earn any money. As a beginning novelist you shouldn't expect to receive more than a dollar for every book sold. You would need to sell many books to make a living out of it.

    One of these days I am going to send my stuff to some publishers however. One of these days
    Since I was a wee lad, I've always gotten a certain thrill when someone read what I wrote and liked it. As I said, getting paid would be gravy, but I'd love for more people to read what I wrote and like it... One of these days I'll have finished some of my stuff, then I'll bea able to decide whether it's good enough to think about what to do with it. My wife is having doubts that I'll finish, and I keep saying "Once I finish my map, then I'll be in the right frame of mind to start writing!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Karro View Post
    Since I was a wee lad, I've always gotten a certain thrill when someone read what I wrote and liked it. As I said, getting paid would be gravy, but I'd love for more people to read what I wrote and like it... One of these days I'll have finished some of my stuff, then I'll bea able to decide whether it's good enough to think about what to do with it. My wife is having doubts that I'll finish, and I keep saying "Once I finish my map, then I'll be in the right frame of mind to start writing!"

    So you're 'full of crap' like I am . Welcome to the board!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd View Post
    So you're 'full of crap' like I am .
    Haha, very funny

    Anyway, it's one of the reasons I can't allow myself to map at the moment. I need to get some writing done. All I was doing was mapping stuff, lol...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sigurd View Post
    So you're 'full of crap' like I am . Welcome to the board!


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    I'd say thanks, but I've been here almost a year. I believe the good welcome goes to t_S (who's friend apparently is also writing a book).

    My wife, by the way, agrees with you.

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    Anyway, it's one of the reasons I can't allow myself to map at the moment. I need to get some writing done. All I was doing was mapping stuff, lol...
    My wife tells me I should do the same. But I keep thinking "how can I show the true depth of my characters if I don't fully understand the world in which they interact?" Chicken or egg, I guess...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Karro View Post
    But I keep thinking "how can I show the true depth of my characters if I don't fully understand the world in which they interact?" Chicken or egg, I guess...
    I'm pretty much the same. I've written about 45k words so far in my most recent endeavour and it was becoming harder and harder to wrench the story out. I realised that much of my problem was due to me not knowing enough about the world they were playing in. I had a character turn to the south at one point and he was supposed to be internally visualising what lay in that direction between him and a certain town. But it occurred to me I knew absolutely nothing of the land around there, or even about the town other than its name. I attempted to just fudge over it but it became apparent that I was doing it more and more and I was getting less happy about it.
    Just working on my map is already suggesting certain plot points to me, which is pretty cool. I equate it to knowing your characters (which is basically what the land is, another character) - if all you know about your character is a name, height and hair colour then you are going to struggle to give them a personality and they won't be able to help shape your story based on what you know about how they would react to a given situation.
    I've already spent far longer away from the writing than I wished to (I expected a map would take me a few days to a week ) but I am confident that in the long run I will be thankful for the time spent.

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