You're in your late 30's and worried about time running out ? Psh, youngster 😜 I'm a lot further along with my hundred million heartbeats, and still haven't published my first book (although I'm slowly working towards it).
The two things I'm finding are first, that Hive works with writing to a "sweet spot" of about a 4-6 minute read. I tend to edit down or skip a lot of detail (particularly scene-setting and location descriptions) to get it down to that, but if I add it back in it'll work for a novel and can easily double the word count without adding useless fluff.
Second is that to convert to publishable book format, I need to remove or change some elements (often key parts) that have been kicking around since before IP was a thing. Most of the ideas I came up with for the Allied Imperiae came from exactly the same sources of inspiration as GW used, and about the same time in the same bit of the world. It's just that back then they had the money, time and network to turn it into a multi-million pound empire with expensive lawyers, and I didn't !
The most important thing is.... go for it ! Otherwise you'll be saying the same thing in your late 40's.
!BBH
!PIZZA <--- all good authors need snacks to keep the brain working at optimum pace 😁
Thank you. Yeah, I definitely do not want be saying the same thing in my late 40's about getting started. But, by that time I need to have published quite a few books!
Yeah, I understand about the IP thing, but surely a bit of slight rebranding and it should be OK? Names and whatnot?
Names is definitely a thing that would need to be changed, but it's worth also looking at why each thing is what it is, and seeing if it can be refined and improved (original IP's aren't always the best, just the ones with the best lawyers !). I suspect having a "Space Worg" called "Lodan Grimnose" might still attract the attention of a certain company with lawyers who are defined as a profit centre....
It's one reason why I tend to lean heavily on historical sources when cooking things up. The baggage that comes with something historical can be a slightly cheaty way to add depth by implication. But I still modify enough that it's not just a case of a reader going oh look, it's "Julius Caesar in Space" 😁
!BBH
!PIZZA
I've gone the other way creating entire fictional histories and all manner of depth.
Nice ! You'll have to tag me in when you start publishing it on Hive. Or link me in it you turn it into a proper book 🙂
!BBH
So (and I will be posting an article about this topic soon) the plan shall be to publish what Lex and I have been doing on Hive as well as my World of Kedra series... I have quite a bit of work cut out for me!
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