Forum: Editors/Reviewers Hangout

first I'm not a writer

at best I'm an avid reader who happens to have a few good ideas gathered together in something looking like a story

second, English is not my first language so as good as they may be my ideas are poorly worded at best

thirdly, despite all my efforts (or because of them) I can't really focus on developing my story and writing it, each time I have a good idea and I'm trying to write it some new ones develops in my mind and either I stop to write them and soon forget to keep writing the story or I keep on writing and loose the new ideas :(

what I'm looking for is probably more a co-author than an editor so if someone is interested in helping me please contact me ;)

so far the "story" starts with a guy being abducted by aliens and sent on a planet to live in a stone age era surrounding (classical Cmsix style)

aboard the alien ship he befriends an AI who will be in charge of the "mission" on the planet and follows with him on the planet and his meeting with some locals ...

actually the codes for what I already have written should be slow, alien, time travel, celebrities (maybe robots) ...

even though it already contains some sex I can't really say what amount nor the codes for the couplings in the story as nothing is set in the stone so far ...

if you are interested please contact me...

but be warned I'm somehow technically challenged and don't really know how to share what is already written :/

I wouldn't say "nothing is set in the stone so far." Clearly most of the story is set in the stone age.

funny

not really helpful but funny ;)

"bump"

when I say "classical Cmsix style" it doesn't mean I intend to just to make it a cmsix story by another author (me) it's just that the basic plot is in the vein of his style but I really would like it to become something more ;)

actually the first part is already about 31 000 words and the .doc file is more or less 150Ko and the second part is 36 000 words with a .doc around 160ko

Classical Cmsix style would indicate the hero is from Texas, is a blue collar worker (often a steel worker), and the story stops before there is a formal ending.

at the very first I've attempted to contact Cmsix to get his authorization if not his participation in the project because technically it's both a homage and some sort of anti john and argent but all my attempts were in vain :(

in his story no matter what the main character may say he becomes the slave of his lesser instincts and succumb to the ease of the alien technology at hand (basically he is given everything and take it) in my version it's not the case he really try to start something

that's precisely why I wanted to talk with him about my story because technically it could be perceived as a continuation or a spin off of his works ...

even if it's not

I'll freely and willingly admit being inspired by his stories because I am (he indeed wrote a big page of the genre)

my dilemma is that even if no character by Cmsix is namely named nor used and most of the content is way different of his works (I've been very careful to only stick to the genre rather than loosely to any story) at one point one of the developments could recall "John and argent" in some descriptions of past events

I have not read every single story in that gene so maybe some other stories use these events too but since john and argent do and cmsix inspired me I was worried about that, hence my numerous attempts to contact him