And they say not to spread yourself too thin

So here’s a list of my current projects/ideas I have going.

The first thing I have would probably be a novella if I ever got around getting past ten pages. It`s about the slip between a person and their internet personality. Told through a first year university student. I was thinking of doing something with computer and internet speech, but then I read jPod which was insufferable (as I find most Coupland books). I`m still trying to figure something out that isn`t asinine (like screwing with the formatting) or annoying as hell.

Next up is a meta-novel that say something about the universe. Not sure what and not sure how, but I definitely want to explore the ideas I have on metaphysics and such with an interesting narrative style (mostly it just has to do with my Vonnegut funboyism).

Next I want to create a new fantasy world that I can contiuosly write about. My problem is that I don`t want orcs or dwarves or elves. Seriously, all fantasy worlds so similar. I want to create new races (that don`t look like all the stand-bys) with a new hook. It must be possible, fantasy is meant to be hugely differed.

Finally (for now), is a steampunk story (or series, or somesuch) based on drawing a friend of mine did for a class. I look forward to this primarily because it will give me a chance to work with a large cast of characters. It was initially pitched to me as Firefly in Victorian England with steam powered stuff. Awesome.

~ by willdanceforideas on June 25, 2008.