πΎ After a couple months of "forced break", I can finally start editing #Kanteletar's Section B!
Some betareaders pointed out there were too many characters and the political conflict was sometimes unclear. Painting a community that navigates complex scenarios with multiple competing factions is quite hard to do on the page, but I'll do my best π
π Dopo un paio di mesi di "pausa forzata", finalmente posso mettermi a editare la Sezione B di #Kanteletar!
Alcuni betalettori hanno segnalato troppi personaggi e un conflitto politico non sempre chiaro; dare l'idea di una comunitΓ che naviga scenari complessi con molte fazioni Γ¨ difficile da rendere su pagina, ma ci si prova π
πΎ Had to tweak a little bit the structure for #Kanteletar's Section B, in order to feature the conflict between welware and authware more prominently.
Hopefully I'll be able to write it down through November. Can't wait to show you what I'm on.
π Ho aggiustato la struttura della Sezione B della Kanteletar, per mettere al centro il conflitto tra authware e welware.
Spero di riuscire a scriverla a Novembre, non vedo l'ora di farvi vedere cosa sto preparando!
πΎ Since I finished writing the first Section of the #Kanteletar novel, something has been bugging me with the technical problem I had set up at the center, but I couldn't quite figure out exactly what it was.
Thankfully, a #betareader has spotted it, explained it in detail and even suggested a solution that fits the narrative. I'm so grateful to have a community of fellow writers that can provide this kind of critical and technical feedback! π€©
π Prima Sezione della #Kanteletar completata!
Segui Tanja e Gregor, bibliotecari del 2067, che affrontano eventi climatici estremi e legislazioni cittadine avverse per continuare a portare la cultura ai cittadini del quartiere.
Capitoli 1-6 [19.5mila parole]:
PDF β> https://basket.the-wetlands.org/s/WqFdGdTbrJPsBWp
EPUB β> https://basket.the-wetlands.org/s/XecrszSBAsazebA
πΎ #Kanteletar's first Section completed!
Follow the librarians Tanja & Gregor as they try their best to navigate hostile weather events and city legislation to keep serving their visitors.
Chapters 1-6 [19k words]:
PDF β> https://basket.the-wetlands.org/s/xdZCoA7Azg5nj98
EPUB β> https://basket.the-wetlands.org/s/YAWprSW69d87YiH
πΎ I finally began translating #Kanteletar to English, and I should be able to share the first two chapters by the weekend. #Solarpunk #Betareaders welcome! π
The first section (about 18k words) is about the first steps of reappropriation of the #Corbusier-esque #library, setting the stage for the whole five-century trajectory. An architect friend has also helped me with the design, which is also featured in the book cover:
πΎ New site page for #Kanteletar almost ready π
Might be already up next week for those who want to dig in the #ucronia & #cosmopoiesis, but #SectionA will be downloadable only at the end of the month.
More updates on Sunday!
I'm god's #1 architect, and yet somehow I ended up with writing in discovery-mode for #Kanteletar's first story despite planning it as best as I could.
It's very frustrating and I hate it, especially because it means I'll have to fix a lot of things before translating it to English. I'm sure it will turn out to be good eventually (alphareaders are liking the characters and tension), but I hope this weird pitfall I ended up in doesn't keep me snagged for the other 4 stories.
πΎ I haven't posted updates on my #writing in quite a while, but I haven't stopped. In fact, I finally started the first draft of #Kanteletar, a 500-years chronicle of a fictional Finnish library from 2067 to 2500.
It's going to be five connected stories, not all #Solarpunk or #scifi but definitely adjacent. I'll post the first draft when it's ready (I want to first polish it with some betareaders), which should be in a few weeks.
Meanwhile, here's the first sketch for the cover!
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