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Graduate student specializing in 18th century British literature with an emphasis on the novel. Lover of John Milton, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Bronte. (Yes, I know none of them published in the 18th century.) Occasional writer of lengthy fictions, seven-time NaNoWriMo participant and former Office of Letters and Light intern. Reader of much young adult and/or fantasy lit. Lifetime lover of Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, recently fanatic about Scott Westerfeld's Leviathan trilogy, blaming it all on Harry Potter. Wanderluster. Left my heart in London, reclaim it bit by bit through tea and Doctor Who and Sherlock and Downton Abbey. |
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NotesSome of my younger self’s ideas are totally awesome, and only slightly embarassingly written.
FOR EXAMPLE, some story ideas that never got past five pages:
“The Rules of War”: In the 22nd century, the chaos of warfare has been abolished by a treaty which decreed that all wars shall be fought in a nation-sized Arena (constructed in the land which was formerly Switzerland, the Swiss having given up their sovereignty and even their citizenry to create and enforce the aforementioned treaty), where all participants in combat will have access to the same number and quality of weapons, and where nuclear and biological warfare have been outlawed.
“The Unwilling Wizard”: A high school senior who no longer believes in magic or fairytales has to face up to the fact that he is the last living descendant of Merlin and therefore the only one who can reverse the sudden “crossing over” of thousands of fantastical creatures from their parallel universe into this one.
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professorsparkle-pants said:
These sound really cool. I’d totally read them.
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