magicians and happy endings
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luninosityJust a quick post to say that all of Magician is now up on AO3! And it'll be there until...sometime in July, because I'll have to take it down when comes out properly, as a published book, from JMS Books! *throws confetti*
It's both an odd and a good feeling to think that it's done - this story's been living in the back of my head for probably at least a decade (and I'd had drafts of those two scenes, in chapters 7 and 17, done for years...), and now it's all wrapped up! Gosh. Though of course if there's a third one it's lesbian fantasy romance, with Lorre's daughter, now grown up... (Lorre and Gareth are around for advice, of course. Gareth's good to talk to.) Both chapter 17 and also the Gareth POV epilogue actually have some of my favorite closing lines I've ever written, which surprised me, because I usually have doubts about those!
Next, probably getting back to Leo's story - though I might try to poke something else short into shape so that I can have a short story out in August or September, since Leo's still has a fair amount to go...
I have four older short story drafts that might be revise-able, though I think my writing style's changed a bit since then, and at least one is less romance than pensive mournful fantasy, though there is a (m/m) romance; one is basically an early Barbara Hambly pastiche (and m/f, though it could probably be rewritten as m/m or at least m/genderfluid fairy person); the third's an m/m light and fluffy fantasy-romp version of "The Princess and the Pea;" and the fourth one's my attempt to do a Peter David-style terrible-pun comedic high fantasy (also m/f), which has some good lines if you like bad puns but is so unlike anything else recent of mine that I don't know how well it'd do... I poked at #1 and #3 a bit yesterday but neither began shouting *loudly* in my head, at least not yet.
Maybe I should share some beginnings, and see what you all think?
It's both an odd and a good feeling to think that it's done - this story's been living in the back of my head for probably at least a decade (and I'd had drafts of those two scenes, in chapters 7 and 17, done for years...), and now it's all wrapped up! Gosh. Though of course if there's a third one it's lesbian fantasy romance, with Lorre's daughter, now grown up... (Lorre and Gareth are around for advice, of course. Gareth's good to talk to.) Both chapter 17 and also the Gareth POV epilogue actually have some of my favorite closing lines I've ever written, which surprised me, because I usually have doubts about those!
Next, probably getting back to Leo's story - though I might try to poke something else short into shape so that I can have a short story out in August or September, since Leo's still has a fair amount to go...
I have four older short story drafts that might be revise-able, though I think my writing style's changed a bit since then, and at least one is less romance than pensive mournful fantasy, though there is a (m/m) romance; one is basically an early Barbara Hambly pastiche (and m/f, though it could probably be rewritten as m/m or at least m/genderfluid fairy person); the third's an m/m light and fluffy fantasy-romp version of "The Princess and the Pea;" and the fourth one's my attempt to do a Peter David-style terrible-pun comedic high fantasy (also m/f), which has some good lines if you like bad puns but is so unlike anything else recent of mine that I don't know how well it'd do... I poked at #1 and #3 a bit yesterday but neither began shouting *loudly* in my head, at least not yet.
Maybe I should share some beginnings, and see what you all think?
Magician
Date: 2021-05-24 06:36 pm (UTC)Re: Magician
Date: 2021-05-24 07:32 pm (UTC)You know, it's funny, I always feel like I have a hard time with ending lines - I always suspect I go on just a bit too long - but I really really like both of them for Magician - both the ending of the main story and then the Gareth POV bonus story. And I hadn't even really meant that one to have a proposal - Lorre wouldn't care much about the traditional rituals of a wedding - but then Gareth just wanted to...and it heals an old hurt, in a way, perhaps. :-)
Re: Magician
Date: 2021-05-26 02:19 am (UTC)Re: Magician
Date: 2021-05-28 09:02 am (UTC)I sometimes think...if there's another bonus story, is it a sort of prequel, a young!Lorre adventure...but that might be too depressing; he's spent so much time being lonely and self-absorbed and ambitious, if not malicious as such...but the contrast'd be so intriguing...
Prequel
Date: 2021-05-28 09:38 pm (UTC)It is a great pleasure to read your wonderful stories, and to enjoy your generosity in discussing your writing. Sending you hugs as well!