Travels through the Wild West: Books V-VIII (Epilogue)

[Maldur]

HUZZAH!

Lok lives

woeoeoeheoeeoe

LB I like to thank you for this grand story. I had a great time reading it , and Im sure you had a great time finding new Cliffhangers to torment us with.

Reading this made me try to write stuff, and when I feel its good enough to show others Ill post it here first.

Thanks again, Bazz

(edit: I think this is the first time I put my IRL name on this forum)

 

[Horacio]

Lok is alive!
Lok is alive!

A last "Lok is alive!" before going in Germany for 10 days (I don't know if I'll find a computer with internet).

Read you in 10 days!

 

[CoopersPale]

That was fantastic.

Lok's such a little battler.

(sniff)

Dana and Benzan together. I was hanging out for it!

(sniff)

you da man lazybones!
I'm hanging out for when the story makes it's triumphant return....

It must take a lot of time and effort to write this story hour. It's appreciated!

thanks

oh, and to answer your previous question: I've been reading all along. Morrus changed my name for me from Bludgeon to CoopersPale. It's more, ah, subtle and is my favourite Aussie beer.

 

[Lazybones]

Thanks all, for the kudos. Yes, it is a lot of "work" to write this story, but it's the good kind of work, being creative and doing something I enjoy as opposed to the bad kind where you sit at a desk all day writing boring reports and entering data.

If it wasn't for the time I sneak in writing the story, I'd probably have quit and/or gone insane long ago.

That said, I've been writing TttWW for eight months now, and it's time for a little break. My latest novel has been languishing unattended, and I think I'm going to go back and force myself to write a few chapters, see how it goes. Take a break from the warm adulation I get here and go remember what good old-fashion rejection feels like as I submit chapters of my work to publishers and agents again .

But I've got a ton of ideas for TttWW, so never fear, Book VI will be forthcoming. Some changes are in store for the group...

When I get a chance, I'll add Book V to the full compilation of the story and send it off to Morrus for his SH hosting page.

 

[Maldur]

HE LB,

Are you getting a writers itch allready

 

[Horacio]

HE LB,

Are you getting a writers itch allready

I hope so!

 

[Lazybones]

Heh, just on "break" right now... work has been really busy for once so I haven't had time to write, plus I was getting a little tired of TttWW for a while there. I'm in a PnP group now (though not as DM) and running three NWN campaigns, so my leisure time is full of 3e goodness.

But TttWW will return! Book 6 is planned out, or at least the first six or so chapters, and I have some really good ideas for stuff further on down the road. We have to figure out what happened to Delem (although my poll drew a tie, so that doesn't help any... ). Lok now bears responsibility for an entire people, as Defender of the urdunnir. Benzan and Dana will find that an admission of feelings isn't enough to forge a healthy relationship, especially with Delem's fate hanging over them like a shadow. And Cal will find himself facing choices as he starts to walk the pathways toward true arcane power.

Book 6 will see new villains, as well as some familiar faces. At one point I think I counted about 30 loose plot threads that I'd left dangling in books 1-5, and new ones are constantly cropping up.

Thanks for your interest!

LB

 

[Broccli_Head]

Good! That gives me time to catch up!

 

[Lazybones]

Greetings!

Just a little update (don't want interest in TttWW to wane as it drops down to page 2 or below ).

I've sent Morrus the compilation PDF of Books I-V; it should be available for download in a couple of days. The file comes to 435 pages, 260,000 words! (the zip is nearly 1.5 megs) I believe that's the longest story hour extant here at ENWorld, though I may be mistaken.

I tried, but I just couldn't get back into my latest novel (#7 for me, if you don't count TttWW). I think the difference is that I did a lot of my novel writing during summers in grad school or during stretches when I was temporarily unemployed, where I'd often turn out 8-10 pages a day. It's hard to get that kind of focus when stealing an hour here and there at work between tasks (like I do for TttWW ).

Good news for my readers here, as I found myself drawn back to this story. I've begun the prologue to Book VI and hope to have something to post in a week or so (maybe less). I'm going to continue in this thread rather than start a new one, since high page view counts help attract more readers.

Warning label: Book VI is going to deal with some darker themes, beyond the usual gory violence common in D&D stories (including mine). Nothing graphic to alienate Eric's grandmother (certainly nothing beyond Piratecat's necropede or baby shields, or Wulf's colorful euphemisms), but I wanted to make note for younger readers.

As always, thanks for reading,

Lazybones

 

[Horacio]

That means good news!