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Mark Dykeman's avatar

A story in Earth's future that combines elements of Zelazny's Amber series with McGoohan's The Prisoner, plus a tiny bit of The Expanse

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

Sounds intriguing. How many words are you at so far?

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Mark Dykeman's avatar

TBH it's been languishing since finishing NaNoWriMo about 4 years ago, so not even really a first draft. About 30000 words into it and it feels like I might have hit the first 3rd of a first book in a series.

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Daniel JP OSullivan's avatar

Just finished 4th book in a 6 book series of Sci-Fi / Romance epic. Mythology and Real Science blended into a riveting story whose threads span many genres.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

That's a lot of writing! How many words so far?

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Christopher Colton's avatar

I've got a couple that I'm working on here and there.

One is a an adventure about a space archaeologist who gets involved with an alien conspiracy involving a race of religious zealots hunting someone who's dug up ancient secrets that could overturn their entire ideology. It's conceived mostly as a single book with the door wide open for sequels.

The second is a fantasy that's essentially a shared fairy tale world, but with generally darker, more subversive takes on the stories people know. I feel like I've come up with some interesting and unique twists. This one's being plotted out as a trilogy.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

Congrats for making so much progress!

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captain mission's avatar

a story that crosses all genres, styles and breaks the boundries of narrative. what's it about? art

it's almost written but needs a bit off work as i am a writer not an editor :)

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

It sounds like a monumental work!

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Carl Olson's avatar

Entering into the Bonus Round in the game of life- I recently went from Round # 4 straight to Round #7

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Carl Olson's avatar

And the people I have met that have made it into the bonus round and how they got there

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

Am autobiography?

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Ade Rayner's avatar

A tech noir action thriller. It's Altered Carbon meets The Expanse. Elevator pitch: "Spartacus in Space". First drafts of books 1 and 2 in the saga completed and synopsis for books 3-6.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

Stellar! Are you going to publish it?

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Ade Rayner's avatar

If I can find a publisher who likes it! I've finished the final draft of the first 30000 words if you want to take a look.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

Yes please! Send it over to http://www.futurehousepublishing.com/ and tell them that you found Future House through substack!

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Ade Rayner's avatar

I'll do that next week. Thank you, Adam.

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Ade Rayner's avatar

A tech noir action thriller. It's Altered Carbon meets The Expanse. Elevator Pitch: "Spartacus in Space". First draft of books 1 and 2 in the saga completed and synopsis for books 3-6.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

You've got it done! When you're ready to submit, let me know.

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Elle Griffin's avatar

A utopian fantasy novel in a far distant future. And a non-fiction companion book with essays imagining a more beautiful future. So the book, and it’s research, as two separate tomes.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

That's so meta! Is this one that you've told me about already or something new?

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Elle Griffin's avatar

Haha I know! This is the new/current project! The first project was a gothic novel that I serialized via Substack and am publishing on Amazon Aug 1st.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

You’re a writer who writes.

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Edward Savage's avatar

Adam, difficult to put into a single genre pigeon hole. elements of Adventure/ Alternate History/ Steampunk/Supernatural. Think League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Biggles, Harry Turtledove, Eric Flint. Five books complete, 6th underway, currently 500k plus words in total

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

That's incredible. Is it ready to submit? Maybe we should take a look if you were looking

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Edward Savage's avatar

Adam,

interested in discussing further by email

regards

Edward

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

Want to send it over to our submissions page? http://www.futurehousepublishing.com/ Make a note that we talked on substack!

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Edward Savage's avatar

Adam, happy to do so, but looking at the submission rules it's way beyond your normal word count at 112k, the next two are also 100k, wont that preclude them from being read.

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Robert Mason Sandifer's avatar

A young adult sci fi series that zeros in on an alien tribe and an unexpected visitor that falls in with them. (Think John Carter but funnier and more modern).

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

I love John Carter. ... so this could be super cool. It's a great fish out of water story.

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Robert Mason Sandifer's avatar

Thank you Mr. Sidwell! My hope is that the characters will be memorable and endearing.

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Andy Paul's avatar

a magical realism reset tale set in a version of modern England.

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Adam Sidwell's avatar

a version of modern England... now that is curious and interesting.

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Andy Paul's avatar

I like to think so....

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