A Bit Surprised

[mmerriam]

Today I must rewrite an essay for Comp II. I expect this to take about two hours of my day. After that I need to read four short stories for my Short Story class. Then a few business calls and, in-between all that, housework.

I usually don't do fiction writing on Monday, but I really want to make time today. I woke up this morning with a nebulous idea for a story in my head and it has been firming up all morning, pestering me, wanting me to write it.

But before I do, I need to spend some time studying the theory of space travel across vast distances. More importantly, I need a basic understanding of weight and thrust and speed and fuel and how they all interact on a voyage in space.

This writing thing is hard.

You know, when I started writing seriously I thought I would be writing high fantasy sword and sorcery tales. What I ended up writing was urban fantasy and magical realism. Well, okay, the Rija stories are high fantasy, I will give you that. But lately I've been writing something different, something I never thought I would write.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am about to commit science fiction.

Again.

Twice in one year.

Watch out Analog and Asimov's, I'm going to be flinging stories your way very soon!

In Peace
Michael

Comments

[tiny-wings.livejournal.com]

You never thought you'd written a romance even after the story was finished, either ;-)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

This is true! :-)

[allochthon.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the dark side...

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Do I get to have a cool Dark Side name?

[everyonesakitty.livejournal.com]

Whoa, that's scary, dude. Many of us out here fear science fiction. You are very brave. :)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

I blame it on matociquala for writing SF I find accessible and Ben Bova for writing essays about how to create a good, credible SF story even if your science knowledge is a bit shaky.

[fsf-rapier.livejournal.com]

Let us know when you fling, so we can "duck" behind our copies and "cover" your stories! *BWAHAHAHAHA!*

Ahem...sorry about that... ;-)

But do let us know!

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Believe me, if I sell a story to Analog or Asimov's people in Duluth will hear my cries of joy.

[careswen.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I'd agree that the Rija stories are high fantasy. Yes, they're set in Dolenbyd, which is a high fantasy setting. But the two Rija tales I've read have little or no magic in them. Though I realize that genre definitions are arguable at best.

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

True. That's mostly because I have not completely decided how to logically intergrate magic into the world. I need to sit down and create a workable magic system.