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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 4426381" data-attributes="member: 63">I finished the final revisions on my novel on Tuesday, and now I'm looking for a publisher or agent (and if you want to help me with that, check out this thread - <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=238696" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?t=238696</a>), but I have another dilemma.What the heck do I write now?I've spent four years working on this thing. It feels weird not having a writing goal to push toward. I mean, I have small things I can work on -- plots for my campaign, D&D adventures, maybe a storyhour -- but I want a long term goal again. I mean, there's no rush. I can enjoy a bit of a break in my writing, play some video games without feeling guilty, and all that. But when I do start back up, what should I be working on?I want whatever I do next to not be traditional fantasy. If it looks like it could be a D&D setting, it's right out. I'm thinking of working on a near future magical realism love story occurring during nuclear war. Another option is a modern fantasy road trip to New Orleans, which would draw heavily from my 'Long Road' storyhour I posted on these boards.A far-out possibility is trying to start a webcomic. The vaguely-formed idea I have involves a Nazi U-Boat (with a Japanese ninja on board) time traveling through the Bermuda Triangle to the age of Pirates of the Caribbean. This idea resulted from two overlapping conversations -- one about ninjas vs. pirates, the other about how Nazis are like the best villains ever.Or I could try to consciously hone my craft by writing nothing long, and instead focusing on writing short stories, or poems, or haiku.So many options.Love and nukes, road trip, Nazis:Which do you like best?</blockquote>

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