If you know me at all--if you've ever even met me--you probably know that I LOVE to write. Mostly fiction (short and long). I've done exactly one good completed essay.
I'm always working on several things, and my love of them varies. It usually starts out very high, and that continues for a couple of pages. And then I normally think, "This is stupid, I'll never be able to write the whole thing", and nearly give up. Then another rush, and I'll keep going for a while.
Right now I'm working fast and hard on a story set in an alternative history that's similar to ours up until about 1750. Then, in this world, there is a massive world war, after which many countries are in chaos. England especially was hit hard by the war, and suffers from piracy, riots, and poverty. Gloomy as that sounds, it's not such a gloomy story. We pick up with Lianne and Oriel, friends who have promised to write each other faithfully even though heavy security means letters don't get places very fast. Lianne has just been sent to live with her aunt and grandparents in London, because her mother was worried that Oxford--where the mother and Oriel both are--is too dangerous for her daughter. Li's mom would have loved to send Oriel, too, but Oriel was convinced she could be of more use in Oxford.
Right now, this story is my favorite. It's a very different kind of style for me, since of course girls in the 1800s, even alternative history girls in the 1800s, do not speak or act like modern day girls would. So that's way, way fun. Possibly will post an excerpt here, sometime.
Inky
LOL, it sounds like you're a lot like me - you get a lot of your ideas from history. Am I correct? haha, I know that I get almost ALL of my ideas for my stories after history class. :) I'd love to hear what you've written sometime!
ReplyDeleteI could send it to you, if you want...it's written entirely in letters, back and forth between these two girls.
ReplyDeleteHistory inspires at least some of my ideas. My next project is probably an American Revolution story!