Other Works
Originally posted 27 April 2008 at 11:32 on my family blog
In addition to putting (read: wasting) countless hours of my life into a Harry Potter fanfic that exists almost exclusively for my own entertainment, since it can never be published and will likely only ever be read (if I ever finish it) by two or three other people, I have written parts of four other novels. That might be a bit of an exaggeration. Well, no. It’s accurate, but it’s at least misleading. Those four parts consist of the following:
- Almost 31,000 words of a crime novel about a cop chasing a serial killer, tentatively titled Angel of Mercy. I think it’s pretty good, but I’ve been a little lost for direction on it lately. It was my first idea for an original novel, and I actually have vague ideas for three more novels featuring the same protagonist. These would theoretically be called Avenging Angel, Guardian Angel, and Angel of Destruction, if the series actually happens.
- My second original novel (started, but nowhere near completed – not quite 25,000 words so far) is a fantasy novel about a guy who wakes up one morning to find that he’s in an alternate universe. It’s tentatively titled The Demon Hunter, which is the name of the main character, but also the name of an original character, from my own mind (rather than borrowed from the existing set of characters), that I wrote for my Harry Potter fanfic. Obviously I can’t make use of anything JK Rowling created, but since this particular character belongs to me, I decided to change the character slightly and write a story that focuses on his adventures. It is in no way related to the world of Harry Potter, and the story is not about teenage wizards and witches.
- I thought that a story geared to a younger audience might be a better way to go, so I started a story about a kid (a high school senior) with a higher calling. It may be a little too Buffy the Vampire Slayer to really work, but I dabble in it from time to time.
- A little less than 1,000 words of a novel introduction about a boy (10 years old, if memory serves), but I don’t know that it has any substance that will ever amount to anything. It came about when Kristin suggested that I ought to try writing something for kids because kids books seemed easier to get published. I’m not sure where she got that, but it must have sounded like a pretty good argument to me at the time because I started trying to write one right away.
If anyone ever starts actually reading this blog, I’ll post excerpts from these (at least the first two) novel attempts in this blog.
Look at you taking my advice right and left. I think I’ll try again.
“Give Shaun and Allison a lot of money.” or at least give them a call so you can all work out sometime you can get together.
If only I had any money to give. I’m about three weeks away from not being able to pay my mortgage or my car payments if I don’t get a job, so… probably not going to be a lot of money coming your way from me.
Getting together is an entirely different story. We can do that.
And don’t you mean Sean and Alison? That blue thing that says alson wonderland links to your profile (and therefore, to your blog…)