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mille pardons Sep 2, 2023

Suppose it's time for me to stop being nervous, and just go ahead and tell you lovely Mastodon people:

I have been sharing my science fiction story, "Radiant Inverse", on Royal Road (a serial fiction website) for the past couple of weeks.

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/72693/radiant-inverse-a-science-fantasy-adventure

There are already 13 chapters up.

I would love it if you'd check it out. No need for an account -- but accounts can comment and leave reviews!

 #writer #writingcommunity #scifi #SFF #serialfiction

Radiant Inverse [A Science Fantasy Adventure] | Royal Road

Recent engineering graduate Jessyn Skye has all summer to look for a job on his remote colony world -- and he's ready to waste every minute of it. There are parties to crash, test ships to fly, and a planet full of tropical beaches. Few people know the painful secrets behind his easygoing attitude, however. While attempting to confront an old trauma, (...)

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Mystery Babylon

Sep 1, 2023

Credit for the amazing background of the cover goes to @Wetdryvac !

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Mystery Babylon

Sep 1, 2023

I still may create an interactive game of this story at some point, once it's completed.

Or I might make one of the fantasy story, Goldfire, instead!

I'm having fun with the nature of the #serialfiction medium for now, though. It's hitting the sweet spot between "plot as intricately as you want" and "don't worry about length".

Turns out, it wasn't only the "marketability" needs of regular-novel publishing that were inhibiting me. It was the requirements for specific length and structure.

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