I'm currently working on what i belive to be an epic (knock on wood). I know a lot of people say that about their projects, but I feel like i have a pretty good handle on the difference between solid fantasy and cheesy make believe. I say epic because it is grand in scope and set against the backdrop of a carefully thought out history and culture (dating back to pre-civilization), and it has a sweeping story line that will rock the entire world that we have created. it is also something that will have endless possibilities for sequels, and will almost certainly need a prequel.
It began as a time killer at work about two years ago. I liked to do research for characters by asking people I knew "if you were in such and such a setting, and such and such a situation what would you be or do?" That's how this started...I came up with a setting that ended up being fairly intriguing (to me at least), and got a decent response from my friend...both of which got our imaginations rolling. It wasn't much more than a time killer at first, but after setting it aside for a long time my friend Braden and I picked it back up again, dusted it off and began to work on it. It was one of those "Hey, do you remember that one time?" moments. It took off from there and evolved until now, a year or more later, it has come alive.
We have a pretty good progression of the events in book 1 which i am slowly molding into a scene by scene outline. I am also continuously filling in the map (these things almost always start with a map!) with names and basic histories. It is a lot of fun.
My partner in this project is off serving the Lord in Canada for two years, so I will be working on consolidating the massive amounts of storyline, history, and cultural details that we locked down in our brainstorming sessions.
We feel like Colonizers of a New World, and are proudof the world we have created. I have never felt more driven to complete something in my life...and i have had MANY great ideas in the past, many of which I hope to put into print someday. I can't wait to unveil this New World of ours to the world.
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David, I forget what a good writer you are until I see just about anything you have written. You have an intelligence and style that shine and make anything you write well worth reading and pondering. I'm glad I stumbled onto your blog and look forward to reading what you write daily. I remember when you and Braden used to read me excerpts from your epic novel when we were in the field. I'd love to read what you have so far. I'm so glad you're moving ahead with it! I can't wait to finally see a Budge get published!! Keep up the great work! Love, MOM
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