OK, I'm oddly nervous.

[gridlore]

I just signed up for a creative writing course offered by the City of Santa Clara. Have I mentioned recently that I love living in a place with an actual budget and a commitment to community services?

It's four two-hour sessions starting in November. Anyone reading this journal knows I can write, the problem is doing it on a regular basis. The stories are in my head. I can see the entire plots of Rites and Wrongs and The Neon Sky clear as day. I fail when it comes to getting words onto the blank screen. Hopefully, this will help me get some better work habits and improve my narrative skills. Because my next goal in life is to be a published SF/F writer.

But I'm curious. What do y'all think about this?

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Comments

[melchar.livejournal.com]

'alternate history' akin to you Pirate Elves of the Carribean: gritty fantasy with tech thrown in. Elf pirate punk [as distinct from steampunk]

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

More akin to "The War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) ends with an overwhelming victory for Philip V, resulting in France and Spain becoming a single state. Which leads to the British colonies in America being overrun by the Bourbon troops. In 1914, the world-spanning Franco-Iberian Empire faces off with the Tripartite Alliance (King of Poland, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Russia) over the fate of the German states."