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I'm curious, today being the occassion of having finished my first book, to know if there are any other writers here, and what kinds of works they have in progress. And, if their writings contain any of their political philosophy imbedded within.

Ooh, ooh, me! :D

I'm taking a creative writing class, but at this point the only "serious" writing I've down outside of school has been fan-fiction. Don't scoff, though -- one of my stories won a contest and netted me an autographed copy of a best-selling book. :cool:

I'm a poet--have a manuscript out at about five places right now and it'll be at more of them soon. I've published in some journals, major and minor, print and web--sorry, not going to link as of now because of privacy issues, though if I publish the book, that'll be out the window, I imagine.

My politics comes in obliquely at times, more so recently than in the past.

Ooh, ooh, me! :D

I'm taking a creative writing class, but at this point the only "serious" writing I've down outside of school has been fan-fiction. Don't scoff, though -- one of my stories won a contest and netted me an autographed copy of a best-selling book. :cool:

Awesome. I tried some fanfiction, too, in my time.

My wife and I are collaborating on a novel set during the age of exploration/spice wars. We're mixing in a fantasy element to alter the historical aspect, by adding a newly discovered spice island that has a special plant. When parts of this unique plant are cooked in certain ways, and in combination with certain other ingredients, it has "magical" effects of various types.

I'm trying not to be too specific because we want you to read it ;)

Aspiring writer, yes. Mostly I assume the diminished role of editing a friends book, (I'm 150 pages into it) in addition too several short stories another friend of mine submits. Currently, I'm working on a book, though progress has been slow due too finals at school, sleep deprivation, and homework piling up. I can e-mail it too you, if you'd like too read a paragraph or so. No political philosophy, simply moral dilemmas each human must face, as the major undertone throughout the story.

I've done some writing, but strictly as an amateur. I enjoy it, but it's not something I intend to pursue as a career.

My political beliefs do often come through in my writing, although I try to be less heavy handed than I was earlier in life.

So Greill, can you give us a sample of your work?

I am a writer. Mostly of silliness involving necrophilia, Nazis or ravaging barbarians, but a writer nonetheless.

I'm currently writing a short book, and have pretty much finished writing two other short books. I've written 8 short stories though.

I am a writer. Mostly of silliness involving necrophilia, Nazis or ravaging barbarians, but a writer nonetheless.

So, does that mean you write comedy or does it mean you write porn?

I have long dabbled in the writing of historical fantasy and speculative fiction, never on a professional level, but I have taken creative writing and English Language and Literature classes. I have never been able to actually get down a full plot and the like.

I dare say that I am also a wordsmith of sorts. I have several published poems, as well as short stories. Iam currently writing a romance story for a local literary magazine which I also plan to use to propose to my girlfriend with.

Congrats on your book as well :)

I'm a playwright. I've had around 13 productions, won a couple of awards including some Kennedy Center (collegiate) awards. I had a screenplay shopped but it wasn't what they where looking for (Fox, of all people). I had a residency at a Community College, which isn't all that impressive but was a great opportunity for me to do work both good and bad and learn the difference.

The focus of my film degree (aside from production) was screenwriting and I have a graduate degree (in the loosest of terms) in playwrighting.

Now you may be thinking, "But dude, your spelling sucks." I have a collaborator and a spell checker. His job is to back up the spell checker...

This all, by the way, makes me comicly little money. So that's why I do set crew work in tv and film, mostly on reality shows. Because apparently my soul is worth about $125 a day...crackers...

I flatter myself to call myself an Author, but really I haven't even come close to finishing a book yet. Mostly Fantasy stuff though more of my recent musings have been sci-fi.

I do have a major rewrite of a lot of my earlier stuff underway, which I hope will catapult me to actually finishing a project.

I don't make a particular effort to include my political beliefs in anythign but I'm sure it comes out every once in a while.

Yeah. I write these crap poems and some weird experimental prose that everybody hates.

So, does that mean you write comedy or does it mean you write porn?

Comedy, though there is sometimes talk of sexual acts with various things.

I'm currently writing a book on Zaire under Mobutu.

I used to write for pleasure, but my current situation renders that, and much else, impossible. It's hard to keep a thought in your head when someone keeps demanding your attention for no good reason.

I am a mystery writer, and I'm currently trying to finish my first novel. I hope to make writing a career.

If you decide to self publish, you should check out Infinity Publishing at their website:

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They look to be a fantastic publisher!

I have a question. What does it feel like to have a finished book? I would love to know, because I've been "almost" done with mine for about a year now. Do you have any tips to share?

By the way. For any writers who are interested, there is a message board where a lot of writers get together and it is at Invisionfree.com.

http://www.invisionfree.com/authorsunited

Or you can find it in the open directory.

It's nice to meet you all! I didn't know there were any other writers around here.

Ooh, ooh, me! :D

I'm taking a creative writing class, but at this point the only "serious" writing I've down outside of school has been fan-fiction. Don't scoff, though -- one of my stories won a contest and netted me an autographed copy of a best-selling book. :cool:

That's wonderful! What type of fanfiction do you write?

I am a mystery writer, and I'm currently trying to finish my first novel. I hope to make writing a career.

If you decide to self publish, you should check out Infinity Publishing at their website:

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They look to be a fantastic publisher!

I have a question. What does it feel like to have a finished book? I would love to know, because I've been "almost" done with mine for about a year now. Do you have any tips to share?

By the way. For any writers who are interested, there is a message board where a lot of writers get together and it is at Invisionfree.com.

Thank you so much! My friend has been looking for a small publisher for awhile now! Thank you once again! :D

http://www.invisionfree.com/authorsunited

Or you can find it in the open directory.

It's nice to meet you all! I didn't know there were any other writers around here.

Thank you so much! My friend has been looking for a small publisher for awhile now! Thank you once again! :D

Congrats on your book as well :)

Thank you. :)

So Greill, can you give us a sample of your work?

Not yet, I want to edit it a bit and get some feedback. I don't want people to read it and think "Jesus, that was the longest run-on sentence I've ever seen." (It's a problem I have, which was, admittedly, worse before, but I still have problems with. Edit: I think that might be a run-on sentence. Damn.)

I have a question. What does it feel like to have a finished book? I would love to know, because I've been "almost" done with mine for about a year now. Do you have any tips to share?


It was a nice feeling, not like "WOOHOO IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY!" kind of feeling, but more of a contented, relaxed feeling that I'd just finished something I'd been working on for a long time. (Though possibly it was blunted because I'd just finished killing one of my main characters through their own perspective and I felt terrible about it.) My recommendation is to make an outline of sorts- I went with twenty chapters on this one, but already have the next book in mind. That usually helps to make a definite end to a book so you don't continue on forever.

If you want to talk to a lot of writers, hit up the Nationstates and International Incident areas. Many writers collect there to practice their art.

;)

I have written poetry and short stories.

I've written stuff, and am working on writing something for publication. I've also been working on a novel for about 8 or 9 years now.

If you want to talk to a lot of writers, hit up the Nationstates and International Incident areas. Many writers collect there to practice their art.

;)

Your kind scares me.

I have written poetry and short stories.

I too have written poetry.

I too have written poetry.

Me three!

I haven't published anything, but I'd like to one day. Actually... I post them on various online sites (such as DeviantART), and generally get really good feedback. I think it's going to my head. :p

Edit: Poems aren't all I write, though they make up a majority. I write... well, prose bits. I don't know what they'd be called. And I've been entertaining a novel for quite some time, but it's one that I have to be in the write frame of mind to start, because I am honestly quite taken with the idea, and if I rush it, I'll ruin it. So I'm waiting. It might be years (which wouldn't be bad, I could use a little maturing) before I feel ready, but when I do, I'll tackle it. The novel is... I don't know what genre. Drama? :p A little bit about self-discovery, and strength.

Originally, I planned the novel as a form of therapy. I was going to write it for NaNoWriMo, but never got started properly, and eventually, the my situation improved to a degree that I no longer needed the therapy like I had weeks earler. So like I said, it's still lingering in my mind, developing as my life does. One day, I'll be ready for it.

That's wonderful! What type of fanfiction do you write?
Halo. It's a surprisingly rich universe... lots of interesting story opportunities beyond the usual "shoot shoot, bang, bang, die die" stuff.

I've already finished a story about two civilians escaping from a besieged city (that's what won the contest), and right now I'm working on a multicharacter piece about an elite team of soldiers that gets shot down and scattered across the northern Ohio countryside.

I dabble. I've had a few poems published, but I haven't really done much writing in the past few years. I'll probably spend more time on writing again once my life has settled down a bit.

a little, nothing finished

Theoretically a writer, in that I'm not published. Expecting a response on a query letter within the next couple of weeks, though.

I can't say that my stuff is THAT political, though it does deal with a (vaguely) near-future totalitarian America, but...:D

Theoretically a writer, in that I'm not published. Expecting a response on a query letter within the next couple of weeks, though.

I can't say that my stuff is THAT political, though it does deal with a (vaguely) near-future totalitarian America, but...:D

Hmmm....How can I get a copy? :D

I am also an unpublished writer. One who hasn't had a lot of time to write.

I've been moving back and forth between a sort of Philip K. Dick style to a more autobiographical material, but I've also dabbled in some poetry.

I'm a lyricist and I write some fanfiction. Of late I haven't been doing much of either (approaching finals and college applications have been eating up time), but I have somewhere near 150 different songs-worth of lyrics and 25,000 words or so of fanfiction on the internet.

And my lyrics normally either delve into politics or personal politics. My fanfiction has it's political moments, but it is basically airheaded action/romance written more as a writing exercise than as a story with a point.

Edit: And when I was five one of my short stories was published because of a writing contest! According to my mother I was even a serious competitor in one of the Reading Rainbow writing contests for kids. I don't remember any of that, but apparently I wrote very clever stories for a five-year-old. Does that count?

I've had a poem or two published, and a number of short stories that almost no one has seen, so I guess I'm technically a writer, but what I really wanna do is copy-edit (I know, looking for misspellings and punctuation problems isn't really all that exciting to most people, but it's my passion!) Almost all of my purchased books, both fiction and non, have my little markings on them. Unfortunately, I've no degrees from a college to show people, so I'll probably never be hired by anyone to do it professionally. ...sigh...

Well, People say I write well. I've never taken a creative writing class, but all my English teachers have adored my writing.

I'm still in High School, so I can't publish anything yet. And I don't live in developed world, so I'd rather not publish anything here or yet.

I can give people a demonstration of some of my work if they'd like.

Hmmm....How can I get a copy? :D


Well...I'd have to finish writing it first! :D

I am still working on hadisveja, a science-fiction story, which is no spce-opera but a more philosophical fantasy about ideals.

Some quotes:


So my mother did behave weird at times. I thought that parents were supposed to. They talk into empty space, they mix things, which are not like a cake at all and do some magic things and they become a cake or they tell the kids to go outside when the new Daddy is there, lock themselves in the bedroom and make
noises which appear to be more animal than human.


Laisa was rather surprised that there were
nearly no cars in this city and wondered whether the government outlawed them. I explained her that cars are a horrible waste of perfectly good space and explained that in the few times one needs a car, there are rental agencies. "AIs make it far easier anyways: You
order the car via a simple interaction, wait until it arrives, drive, or have the AI drive you and with a second interaction at your destination,
send it back."

"So... cars are a commodity?" she asked.

I nodded: "What else should they be?"



"Paper? you mean: Processed dead trees? That is so... antique!"


BTW: which program do y'all write in? I tried OpenOffice, KOffice, LyX and am now at LaTeX-code in my favorite editor joe.

I would love to be a writer, but one of the kinks in my creative process is that I daydream the story and the scenes for so long that I am no longer interested in writing it. It's a bit of a downside, I suppose.

BTW: which program do y'all write in? I tried OpenOffice, KOffice, LyX and am now at LaTeX-code in my favorite editor joe.

By the way, I'm using Open Office at the moment. But what does BTW mean? Try answering in Nerdspeak; I know that language well...

I can give people a demonstration of some of my work if they'd like.

Sure; I'd love that!

By the way, I'm using Open Office at the moment. But what does BTW mean? Try answering in Nerdspeak; I know that language well...
BTW means By The Way. Sorry for confusing you.

Sure; I'd love that!

Er, well... I suppose I could send you a part of a project I'm working on to you by e-mail. Unless you have a better idea?

I'm really not sure how. I wasn't really expecting anyone to actually want it.

So far all I've written (I've never been published.) are a bunch of short stories, some poetry, a novella I wrote as a school asignment in 8th grade (They wanted 8-14 pages; I sort sort of screwed it up with 120. (People said it came out feeling too rushed (not enough self-reflection/ connections unexplained (though I can understand this considering I wrote in two weeks.).)), and a satirical column based on my NationStates country. That's never been published either (I've truthfully never tried.), but so far, everyone to whom I have read exerpts has been laughing like hell. (That's supposed to happen. It's satirical. It's not like the time, instead of saying "the light was blinding," I wrote into one of my stories, "the overproduction of photons was blinding him," and one of the people I was reading to was the national representative for optical physics. That got a laugh too. -But it wasn't supposed to.) The column is basically a highly irreverent political satire based mostly on Washington but with bits of London and San Francisco thrown into the great Blender of Life to liven up the Mango Lassi of Existence.

I'm sorry, I've been reading too much Pratchett lately; these things happen...

Is anyone else still here? Or am I talking to myslef again? (It's okay, it's not too out of the ordinary. I have at least seven or so personalities to keep me company...

BTW means By The Way. Sorry for confusing you.

Oh. No. Thank you. Don't worry about confusing me; I'm from the nerd capital of the world; it's not like it's difficult.

Er, well... I suppose I could send you a part of a project I'm working on to you by e-mail. Unless you have a better idea?

I'm really not sure how. I wasn't really expecting anyone to actually want it.

Oh, sorry; I thought you were trying to share. That's alright. Don't worry about it. If you like, you can post a small segment in one of these posts, but if that's too much trouble or if it can't/ shouldn't be divided, then don't bother. -But thanks for the offer, though! Want to give a synopsis?

By the way, you said you don't live in the developed world; what do you mean?

I've written stuff, and am working on writing something for publication. I've also been working on a novel for about 8 or 9 years now.

Out of bored curiosity, what is it about?

Myself, I write screenplays for "fun". I got one short film script into the top 30 for Australia's Project Greenlight... Not a big accomplishment by any means, but enough to help keep up the enthusiasm.

Out of bored curiosity, what is it about?

Myself, I write screenplays for "fun". I got one short film script into the top 30 for Australia's Project Greenlight... Not a big accomplishment by any means, but enough to help keep up the enthusiasm.

Sounds like a pretty big accomplishment to me. :)


I keep my enthusiasm up via chocolate.

Gone? Don't worry; I still have six personalities left...

Oh. No. Thank you. Don't worry about confusing me; I'm from the nerd capital of the world; it's not like it's difficult.
Bielefeld?

I fear seven years of critical appreciation have drained my creative powers, however, I have written a few scraps of prosody.

Yeah I write quite a bit, only short storys published so far, as II can never get passed 200 pages ithout ending it...

Yeah I’ve been working on a novel for about a year now. It is a Sci-Fi/ Horror story with some political elements and a major war as the back drop. I’m finishing the last few sections and then moving to editing and rewriting and more editing. But I’m hopeful someone out there will like it. :D

I write fanfiction, if that counts for anything. My story is about 115 pages so far.

Yeah I write quite a bit, only short storys published so far, as II can never get passed 200 pages ithout ending it...

I have trouble like that too, but i'm trying to write a "series" of short stories and integrate the basic ideas into a larger work.

Maybe that's actually a really bad idea. *shrugs*

Began with fanfiction. Still writing at 200k words on single story. Length and plot complexity rose to trilogy length. May consider editing for amateur publishing at lulu.com.

Hey guys..I'm a writer in my spare time. Being unemployed, I have a lot of it.

I noticed people mentioning fan fic....I personally think (AND NO OFFENSE IS MEANT!!!) that fan fiction if a largely self destructive exercise becaue your not really creating in the strictest sense. George rr martin believes it is even plagerism.

I feel you need to work out your own literally muscles, not someone elses, but it does teach you to write within limits, like for a tv show, if your career was headed that way.

I have written 4 books, 2 of them are being published.

I would like to try my hand at writing a book one day. I enjoy writing it's just that real world problems don't always afford me the time I would like to have for writing.

I'm a screenwriter.

I've been working on a spec recently that imagines an armed BNP march on London after a series of terrorist attacks so I guess that's an example of my political beliefs informing my writing albeit vaguely.

And to the writer who works as a crew member... your soul isn't worth much more as a pro. The chances are I won't find a buyer for the above script (the best I can honestly hope for is a TV deal if the stars line up for me) which I truly believe in but my brain-dead high concept rom com is a sure fire sale.

Published two short stories for a defunct magazine called AutoDuel Quarterly, which had been published by Steve Jackson Games.

Out of bored curiosity, what is it about?

Well, as of now It's best described as cyberpunk Lovecraftian fantasy, and it seems unlikely to deviate from that, since I've finally started actually writing it.

I wrote a couple of books (unpublished), and currently do projects as a Copywriter and SEO Copywriter.

I'm curious, today being the occassion of having finished my first book, to know if there are any other writers here, and what kinds of works they have in progress. And, if their writings contain any of their political philosophy imbedded within.

I usually write fanfic. and no, since my stories are fantasy/sci-fic, Politics don't go into them.

Published two short stories for a defunct magazine called AutoDuel Quarterly, which had been published by Steve Jackson Games.

...

which issues and article titles please?

I usually write fanfic. and no, since my stories are fantasy/sci-fic, Politics don't go into them.

what fandom?

what fandom?

usually a mix. my most recent is a tie in series with Charmed (from the WB) and Catseye (anime.)

usually a mix. my most recent is a tie in series with Charmed (from the WB) and Catseye (anime.)

my sister has become a big fan of charmed. she works nights at a motel and sees the reruns at some odd hour of the morning.

you do fics that are a combination of both series? (i dont know catseye)

I write fan fictions as a hobby, and I'd like to write novels, and/or maybe screenplays someday.

my sister has become a big fan of charmed. she works nights at a motel and sees the reruns at some odd hour of the morning.

you do fics that are a combination of both series? (i dont know catseye)

yep.

Catseye is a series about three sisters who are looking for their father who went into hiding (reasons are mixed, from him being on the run from Criminals, to him hiding from the law.) the only clues they have about their father is somehow hidden in his artworks which are spread across Japan and the world. so they became thieves to take back their legacy and to find their father. They get so good at their work that they send the police (who created a taskforce with the sole purpose of stopping them) notes as to what the are going to steal, and when... down to the exact time.

and did I mention that one of the theives is dating the head of the task force? :p

I loved the series and I liked Charmed, so why not combine it. I had to tweek one since it was in the mid 80's but so far... I'm satified with what I got.

I am planning a Star Trek/Macross crossover... but that requires alot of tinkering.

yep.

Catseye is a series about three sisters who are looking for their father who went into hiding (reasons are mixed, from him being on the run from Criminals, to him hiding from the law.) the only clues they have about their father is somehow hidden in his artworks which are spread across Japan and the world. so they became thieves to take back their legacy and to find their father. They get so good at their work that they send the police (who created a taskforce with the sole purpose of stopping them) notes as to what the are going to steal, and when... down to the exact time.

and did I mention that one of the theives is dating the head of the task force? :p

I loved the series and I liked Charmed, so why not combine it. I had to tweek one since it was in the mid 80's but so far... I'm satified with what I got.

I am planning a Star Trek/Macross crossover... but that requires alot of tinkering.

do you get good feedback on it?

do you get good feedback on it?

of the three people that read it... yes. but I don't post my work. I write more for myself than anything else.

And to the writer who works as a crew member... your soul isn't worth much more as a pro. The chances are I won't find a buyer for the above script (the best I can honestly hope for is a TV deal if the stars line up for me) which I truly believe in but my brain-dead high concept rom com is a sure fire sale.

I know. That's why I do crew work, too.

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which issues and article titles please?

Now that would be putting my actual name out there in NS land. I will say they were both short fiction, and one was a sequel to the other. And I wrote them both when I was in college.

Hey guys..I'm a writer in my spare time. Being unemployed, I have a lot of it.

I noticed people mentioning fan fic....I personally think (AND NO OFFENSE IS MEANT!!!) that fan fiction if a largely self destructive exercise becaue your not really creating in the strictest sense. George rr martin believes it is even plagerism.

I feel you need to work out your own literally muscles, not someone elses, but it does teach you to write within limits, like for a tv show, if your career was headed that way.

Well, it depends on what kind of fiction you do. Take my stuff, for instance (Halo). Many people who write Halo fiction (and trust me, there are thousands (http://halosn.bungie.org/fanfic/)) stick to simply taking the characters for the games and sticking them into situations of their own imaginings. That way, they're required to adhere to the established personality and backstory for those characters. What I've done so far, though, only uses original characters in novel locales. The only thing it has to do with the games, really, is the universe it takes place in. Beyond that, the characters, settings, and events are all of my own making.

Darknovae, but she hasn't been on in some time do to internet issues. :(

I write sometimes...or used to.

I'm bored so I might as well post two rather lengthy excerpts from my two novellas called Deja vu and No One Cares about the Jews. (hey! that rhymed!)

In the late 1100s, the Mongols were divided greatly. While they waged war on each other, the destruction seemed as if it was going to last forever until 1190 when, amidst the chaos, a new man emerged.

Temüjin, though sometimes called Tim, the Pwninator (with the 'p' pronounced as an 'o' because it makes slightly more sense), and Harry on his days off. But, to the rest of the world, he was known as Genghis Khan.

Yes, the Khaninator (with the 'p' not being in the word, though there is an 'o') ruled with an iron fist and a wooden foot, but those handicaps did not keep him from uniting all of the tribes and setting out to pillage the countryside.

Not long after his coming of power, he had control over much of Asia and, a few weeks later, the entire world. Unfortunately for the Mongols, he soon retired after dying of some cause that was, quite possibly, fatal, if not lethal or even deadly. There has been speculation as to the true cause of his death that ultimately led to his retiring from the throne, but no one knows for sure how.

Anyways, everyone knew when Genghis Khan had conquered their village, as the words "Gengiss wuz hear lol" (with the phrase "lol" being pronounced as if you, or the writer of the phrase, were laughing in an evil manner) were always found burned into the grass. But, since Genghis Khan had awful penmanship, it resembled greatly what bricks are completely unable to write. The conqueror discussed this issue in his autobiography. Unfortunately, due to his bad penmanship, it ended up looking to have the exact same name, author, words, and page numbers as 1984 if its writer was a brick (which he wasn't).

Upon finding out about this, Genghis Khan sued George Orwell (with the 'o' neither pronounced as a 'p' nor laughter in an evil manner) for "₤20, his sister, Ireland and his head", as was written in the paperwork. Upon hearing the news, George Orwell reacted with the great strategy of acting confused and then hiding in a cardboard box. The trial eventually came to a climax when George Orwell famously came to court in women's clothing and caught a lung ailment. The lawsuit was immediately dismissed and George Orwell went on to neglect the lung ailment until, in 1950, the police found out and arrested him.

He was tried in a military court for neglect, prostitution, and conspiring to become a lawyer. He was found not guilty, but was executed anyways. As he was about to be shot, he delivered a fantastic, moving speech about how nymphomaniacs (with the 'ph' being pronounced as an 'f') can be turned on in while knowingly in great peril. He referred to a great many stories he had heard when he attended a nymphomaniacs anonymous group, as per his sentence for the crime of having sex in a park in broad daylight, and also to one case where a woman had sex with a dead person while in a vice.

Although he was shot before he could completely finish his great speech, it was remembered in history as the greatest authority on how nymphomaniacs can enjoy even very, very painful sex. Another great speech was by the late Winston Churchill to a crowd of over a hundred thousand people while he was pressed for time and had to deliver a speech before he could go and get drunk. He, however, did not finish his speech either, as Genghis Khan burned an illegible phrase on the stage and panic broke out amongst the crowd. This made Britain easily conquerable (with the 'q' being neither a 'q' nor a 'q') for the great leader and Genghis Khan’s army soon swarmed around the world. Unfortunately, he did not realize the world was still flat and fell off.

This proved to be fatally mortal to the conqueror and he was killed by the very much deadly fall off of the then-flat earth, which ultimately led to his death by falling off the edge of the earth. The earth Genghis fell off of killed him in a very lethal way by falling him off it, the earth, off he fell of which and died from the deadly fall off of the earth. He, who fell off the earth, died of causes related to falling, thus dying; dying from a fall off of which he fell, the earth. He still pushes up the daisies to this day, as he is still a stiff and a very much dead stiff at that. His epitaph was just a mindless scribble carved by a one-armed brick that resembled no one in particular.

And that is the story of Genghis Khan.

And a quote from the Prologue of a work-in-progress that is unnamed, but is called, for the sake of satirical anti-Semitic content, No One Cares about the Jews.

Within the group of this majority, however, there is a great deal of disagreement and fights about who the bearded man really is, who he likes the best, and who gets to live in a small patch of desert on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea. What there is in this piece of largely useless land that they see is beyond almost all but them, but whatever is truly behind this desire must be very, very silly.

This, however, is not a documentary on people who believe in neither exploding heads nor the bearded men who explode them. This is a story about a man who not only believes in both, but also lives in that small patch of desert so often fought over. His name is Berkowitz and he is a loony.
But first of all, to understand why Berkowitz is how he is, you have to understand his flaws.

The first of his flaws, living in the small patch of desert, was already mentioned and thus shall not need any more attention.

Quite obviously, he is a Jew. This in and of itself not only is a flaw, but also presents many other flaws with it.

Chiefly amongst these flaws is a rather small penis. Of course, this may seem contradictory considering the aggressive behavior of Israel, but this is actually supported as proof of the presence of an undersized male reproductive organ.

Recent psychological studies have shown that males with small penises tend to behave in such a way as to make people believe that they, in fact, have a large penis. In other words, men with what is commonly known as “big balls” in fact have small or even nonexistent testicles.

Some of these studies have prompted the calculation of the penis sizes of a great many conquerors from their private accounts (no pun intended).
What these investigations found shocked psychologists around the world.

Napoleon Bonaparte, the Frenchman who had conquered much of Europe, had a laughable half-inch penis, while his wife had none at all.

Julius Caesar, the great Roman emperor, had only a small pair of testicles but no stick-like protrusion from between the legs.

And Alexander the Great, the very man who built the Greek empire with his sword and his powerful legions, had a vagina. His wife had one too.

The study of Genghis Khan, however, surprised psychologists when the man did not follow suit with the others. After careful reading and studying of his private accounts, it was determined that his penis was a shocking twelve and a half miles long and his testicles weighed about seventy thousand tons each.

Only the testicles of Mohandas K. Gandhi, humble nonviolence activist, topped those. Old photographs of Gandhi suggest that each of his testicles were the size of seven Indias.

These recent findings are known as the Size Paradox.

Now that would be putting my actual name out there in NS land. I will say they were both short fiction, and one was a sequel to the other. And I wrote them both when I was in college.

ah, but if you give the issues, then only those with a collection of that mag would have a chance of reading it.

and who's to say you didn't use a nom de plume?

I usually write fanfic. and no, since my stories are fantasy/sci-fic, Politics don't go into them.

First off, I have to completely disagree with the assertion that speculative fiction cannot support musings on current politics (look at Brave New World if you have any doubts).

OK, you know the old joke about the guy with the unfinished novel? I've got about fifteen. They're all speculative fiction, because that's what I'm into and it's the kinds of ideas I come up with. I think the problem is that I come up with a concept that is far too big to be a short story, then I write a few really good scenes and discover that I'm unable to connect them together in a meaningful way. I'm attempting an experiment which should produce interesting results, though: I'm completely mapping out all the content of my latest novel effort before I even put prose to paper, which I will do in a marathon session of writing (which I will undertake when I finally have time, which is unlikely to be anytime soon).

Otherwise, I write poems, song lyrics, and the occasional short story.

Anyway, here's one of those scenes I was talking about, this one from an abortive attempt at a novel tentatively called "Simon":

From the great watchtower that rises from the mighty bastion of Citadel Hill, one can see almost the entire city, stretching seemingly interminably off toward haze-obscured horizons of mystery, uncharted and wild fringes of this improbable conurbation, a settled frontier all the more wild for the mass of civilization heaped carelessly upon it. And yet, even from here, the city remains incomprehensibly large and complicated, an enigma, and, by popular opinion, a miracle that it has yet to collapse under its own weight and entropy. Many have tried to unlock its secrets, and none have succeeded. The city defies all feeble attempts to know it, destroying those with the audacity to try to conquer it, and ruining those who fail to live by its terms. And it has a life all its own; in some superstitious circles it is a deity, wrathful and mighty and inscrutable. In truth, it is all these things. It is a great political power, a gathering place, a home to millions, a great engine of human ingenuity and avarice, and an unfeeling arbiter of life and death, success and failure. It is City. It needs no other name to strike awe of its power into the hearts of its inhabitants.

Now if only I could finish it...

I've always wanted to be a writer, but never have taken the time to refine my thoughts into an actual storyline........

I usually write fanfic. and no, since my stories are fantasy/sci-fic, Politics don't go into them.
I thought most sci-fi is about society and therefore politics...

I thought most sci-fi is about society and therefore politics...

nope, it can be, but I don't concern myself with the politics. the same can be said about Fantasy too.

Space Opera, you mean then?

Space Opera, you mean then?

or any that doesn't focus on the civ but the people involved.

I'm curious, today being the occassion of having finished my first book, to know if there are any other writers here, and what kinds of works they have in progress. And, if their writings contain any of their political philosophy imbedded within.

Only Naruto fanfiction. (Beats off all anime haters with Ryusei, my sword)

If I can say so myself, I do pretty good work. Check it out here (http://fanfiction.net/~UzumakiJohnny).

Only Naruto fanfiction. (Beats off all anime haters with Ryusei, my sword)

If I can say so myself, I do pretty good work. Check it out here (http://fanfiction.net/~UzumakiJohnny).

its not slash or mpreg is it?

I actually almost wrote one fanfic, a Dune one. The setting was Arrakis prior to the events in Dune or any of its sequels. The storyline was in sort of a world war I type of trench warfare scenario in the sands of Arrakis. The main protagonist was supposed to get into a scenario where he had to choose between the harsh realities of warfare/obeying his commanders and his own morality, I don't know how I would integrate this but it would probably involve Fremen.


Almost wrote....

its not slash or mpreg is it?

I wrote a dirty yuri (anime femslash) fic once, but mpreg...to quote Spock, "It's illogical". The yuri fic was just for shits and giggles. Not really serious writing.

I wrote a dirty yuri (anime femslash) fic once, but mpreg...to quote Spock, "It's illogical". The yrui fic was just for shits and giggles. Not really serious writing.

i checked them out. its not my fandom so i cant really judge them but they do read right along. thats rare in fanfiction.

I'm curious, today being the occassion of having finished my first book, to know if there are any other writers here, and what kinds of works they have in progress. And, if their writings contain any of their political philosophy imbedded within.

Yes, it's speculative fiction.

I am, or should I say, I used to write. My attention span isn't and never was long enough to write the books that I want to write, but I've written poetry.
Sometimes the poetry is political, sometimes it's personal, but rarely is there a crossover, except in the sense that my politics are my personal beliefs.