Launching a New Author!!
Welcoming both myself and any followers to my new Goodreads experience.
On the excellent recommendation of a long lost (now rediscovered) friend I'm jumping into a new and wonderfully exciting universe...
Okay, it's just another boring author's blog. I only hope I'm up to the task of keeping things current, light and interesting.
So, here goes Day 1: Finished uploading my own three books as well as adding a few favorites to my shelf. Then things got to feeling a bit too fluffy and positive during my rating & reviews of certain classics; so I decided to include that perennial goat, Catcher in the Rye, and then proceeded to give it the proper thrashing it deserves. Apologies to Salinger Fan Club members.
This catharsis not only helped reestablish a healthy dose of pitiful (but nevertheless, satisfying) self-righteousness but also--quite surprisingly--inspired me with an unexpected angle through which I might breech my current writers block. So it's on to the keyboard for a test run on my current WIP.
FYI, my 4th book (with a working title of Sequences--though I'm leaning more toward What Echoes in Life) is a true experiment in both tone and style. It is a definite departure from the Sci/Fi genre, yet I think it will still be considered "fringe". For now, let's call it an existential parable.
I say that it's an experiment because my initial intent was to write an entire story using dialogue only. I've always enjoyed writing dialogue and feel that it is one of my strengths; so I figured I'd challenge myself. Besides, to my knowledge it's never been done before. It started as a short story (as they always do) but then evolved past that. (BTW. Short story authorin' is far more difficult than novelin').
Now, this new manuscript has grown into more of a combo between interview excerpts and a 1st person oral history. The gist: A man experiences several iterations of himself during his tenure in some sort of psychiatric institution (that may or may not be something/somewhere other than what we expect) and is forced to face the consequences of his choices during different realities...
Cool, huh?
I hope so...
I want to shake up the whole concept of moral accountability and freewill. In other words, does it really make a difference how we live our lives?
Thoughts? Ideas?
On the excellent recommendation of a long lost (now rediscovered) friend I'm jumping into a new and wonderfully exciting universe...
Okay, it's just another boring author's blog. I only hope I'm up to the task of keeping things current, light and interesting.
So, here goes Day 1: Finished uploading my own three books as well as adding a few favorites to my shelf. Then things got to feeling a bit too fluffy and positive during my rating & reviews of certain classics; so I decided to include that perennial goat, Catcher in the Rye, and then proceeded to give it the proper thrashing it deserves. Apologies to Salinger Fan Club members.
This catharsis not only helped reestablish a healthy dose of pitiful (but nevertheless, satisfying) self-righteousness but also--quite surprisingly--inspired me with an unexpected angle through which I might breech my current writers block. So it's on to the keyboard for a test run on my current WIP.
FYI, my 4th book (with a working title of Sequences--though I'm leaning more toward What Echoes in Life) is a true experiment in both tone and style. It is a definite departure from the Sci/Fi genre, yet I think it will still be considered "fringe". For now, let's call it an existential parable.
I say that it's an experiment because my initial intent was to write an entire story using dialogue only. I've always enjoyed writing dialogue and feel that it is one of my strengths; so I figured I'd challenge myself. Besides, to my knowledge it's never been done before. It started as a short story (as they always do) but then evolved past that. (BTW. Short story authorin' is far more difficult than novelin').
Now, this new manuscript has grown into more of a combo between interview excerpts and a 1st person oral history. The gist: A man experiences several iterations of himself during his tenure in some sort of psychiatric institution (that may or may not be something/somewhere other than what we expect) and is forced to face the consequences of his choices during different realities...
Cool, huh?
I hope so...
I want to shake up the whole concept of moral accountability and freewill. In other words, does it really make a difference how we live our lives?
Thoughts? Ideas?
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Laurie wrote: "Hi Chris/Christopher,I don't know which you prefer?
Thrones for the Innocent sounds really good, but, I am wondering how much Sci/Fi or paranormal is in it?
If none, I'd love to get it, read it, a..."
Thrones is more spiritual than paranormal... I play around with the idea of quantum realties a bit. It's really my own attempt at reconciling the existence of God in a world full of freewill and evil humans. Think Dean Koontz meets The Shack. Please give it a good thorough reading and then I'd love to hear a review!! Let me know what you think. Thanks for expressing interest!
Chris
Okay, I've been away a while and have neglected to keep up on my blog. Apologies to all. If it's any consolation, I've been hammering away on the keys trying to coax (and at times, even beat) some life into novel #4. It's evolving into everything I expected and I think this book is promising enough to actually push into the next level of recognition...
...except for the last 1/4 of the manuscript. I'm struggling a bit with my ending and I need to find a resolution soon.
I find that I'm dreaming about the storyline quite often, but I can't seem to grasp that last little elusive thread that'll bring it all together exactly the way I want...
That's what I get for taking on God.
So, I'm writing and deleting short streams of consciousness until something surfaces. Sometimes the results are embarrassingly silly, but other times... well, I get a tickle of brilliance that lurks just at the fringe of my comprehension.
I'm close. Real close.
Otherwise, I'm just counting the days until the release of Prometheus, the long awaited return of Ridley Scott to the planet LV-426. Cannot wait!!
More to follow, soon.