TechnicDragon: Blog

As the blog title says, planning has started, but the plot is thin. The core plot is simple and straight-forward, though the answer won't be. To be honest, I want to share the sample description I've come up with, but at the same time, I don't want to ruin the surprise either.

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Oh! To Hell with it! Here's the rough description:

Seth wakes up in a magical paradise. The weather is perfect, the people are beautiful, and sex is the primary activity everyone engages in. Seth wants to go home, but with gorgeous women throwing themselves at him at every turn, Magi willing to train him in the use of Magics unimagined and forbidden by the Council, and everyone - both Magi and mundane - believes he is home, how can he find his way?

There you go. That's all I have at the moment. I only have one character planned currently, with only a vague idea on what he is like and what he really wants. I have to put together this paradise and populate it. Beyond that, I have no idea what will happen.

Maybe what I need is some help in the way of tying off any loose threads I've left thru the series. Maybe Seth will find answers to some of the questions nobody else has been able to answer so far? I could use some help on this. If anyone has a question, send it. I'll attempt to incorporate it into this story. If nothing else, your questions will remind me of ideas I've had in the past I've yet to explore.

Thank you!

TD

I've missed my intended deadline of Sept 1st, but rest assured, the rest of the story will be posted this weekend! That is Chapters 31 through 44 are coming. I'm currently working on chapter 44, which is the epilogue. So, hold on to yer hats, folks, it's about to get crazy!

--- Scratch that....

The new chapters have been submitted for posting!

I want to apologize to everyone for my posting delays. I've said it several times but the remaining chapters all tie together for the ending and I would rather not spoil what is to come. I am working on chapter 41 with only two more to follow. For a long time now I've been trying to figure out a particular detail in this chapter but this morning while reading an article about cliches in fantasy and how to avoid them, I had an epiphany. All at once I've realized that it's not the detail in the chapter holding me up, instead it is the realization that I don't know what the next story will be about. I really don't. Worse, as I write this, I also realize I can't describe the different ideas for stories I could write because several would give away details that have yet to be posted in Orphan Magus. However, now that I know what my real problem is, I can move forward and finish Orphan Magus. Then I can fully focus on the real problem and maybe even ask you, my readers, which way the story should go next.

Yeah. That's the ticket!

I believe I mentioned this previously. My family is about to move. The state is buying land for a new bypass and they're going to take a bit over half our property which will also take part of the house. So, they have to help us find and move into another house. Fortunately, we already know what house we want to move into, we just need their approval.

Anyway, complications aside, they're coming out this week to talk to us about how much money they're going to offer. If everything goes smoothly, we could be moved in the next couple of weeks.

For the story, I am currently working on Chapter 38. The outline only suggests 5 more after that to complete the whole thing! I would post more of the chapters I've already completed but all of them work together to wrap up many of the stories various plots. If I'm steadfast, I may be able to write up drafts for all the chapters before the move. That way, I'll only need to refine them and post everything soon after.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

No, the title is not in reference to football.

For the last month or so I've been struggling with a crux in the story. I saw five different potential paths for it to take because of one small problem. I tried following each path to see where it would lead, but none of them panned out. Everything went in directions I wasn't ready for - that the story wasn't ready for.

Earlier today, I decided to start over with the original path I had written. And all the "fruitless" writing I had done sudden gave me a seed. I found the answer. The path is set, and the story continues.

I'm not ready to post any new chapters just yet, so I beg everyone's patience. I want to complete the "day" and then post. Trust me, it will be worth the wait.