OOC - the World Tree novel

[sythyry]

(Sythyry will be back in a couple days.) If all goes well, I’ll have finished a fair draft of a World Tree novel soon. (Predictably, for a gaming novel, it’s a love story, concerning three Herethroy who were married as children and have to figure out what to do about it as adults. Some other things happen too.) The setting and the style are a lot like Sythyry’s story, except that there is an actual plot and all like that. It’s a fairly low-key story: the world isn’t saved ‘cause it’s not in danger, the villain is performing her villainies for an excellent reason, and the characters sometimes go for weeks and weeks without risking any injury more serious than a scolding. It also needs a title, but that’s another matter. Anyways, now I want to know what you recommend that I do with the thing. Honest opinions this time, if you please. I’ll go back to begging for flattery later. . . [Poll #117006]

Comments

[aprivatefox.livejournal.com]

Publish by whatever means stands the best chance of getting it out to as many people as you can! That said, I really have no idea what that is, but your existing relationship with Padwolf may prove helpful in getting them to publish it.

As far as illustrations go, it depends a lot on who you get and what they add. As tempralisis has pointed out to me, Herethroy are the hardest species to draw well, because few artists seem willing to do the requisite research into how chitinous exoskeletons actually work. That said, a moderate degree of illustration can be severely nifty - I especially liked the previously suggested idea of illustrating chapter heads. (As an aside: How do Big Publishers deal with illustration? Do authors usually provide them as a package deal?)

Other than that - yes, I'm quite willing to read, if you want me to, though I have no idea what sort of useful commentary I can provide. I promise I'll try, though!