Reaching out to say hello was an even better idea than I thought! Thank you so much for what I'm going to call a preview copy. When the physical version is out, I will gladly and proudly add it to my shelf. I have to support my fellow writers, naturally.
(And I'll get back to you with my thoughts in a few days!)
Though out of similar professional curiosity, how are you selling it? I've had the idea to start up a zine of sorts, since I'm thoroughly unimpressed with the journalism that took place last month... So, that sounds like a good place to maybe start.
My friend (and employer) Lindsey owns the store And More — they set it all up! I am sure they would be happy to help connect you. My works have been selling quite well, and if you have interest in writing similar stories they could sell them here, too!
Ha, as much as I would love to form a spicy writer's club, fiction has never been my skill, alas! My writing is firmly in the non-fiction genre, since I love the research and hands-on work of it all. I'm a journalist by trade. Trying to write fiction just always left me a bit befuddled on maybe having the pieces in mind and not being satisfied with how I was putting them together.
That said, I have been considering starting a zine, all the same. I was thoroughly *un*impressed with the local paper.
A paper, by the Augmented, for the Augmented. That kind of overly optimistic and romanticized ideal.
But you should not limit the distribution to the augmented. Karterian citizens are very curious about us — that is one of the reasons they have been reading my story! So I think that creating content for Augmented but distributing it to everyone would be for the best.
[And she will not be saying why that is important on a Patho-Gen provided service.]
No need to worry about that. I'd absolutely distribute it to the locals as well. Lua, I'd really hope to, in fact! It would be a much better resource for understanding us, if that's truly what they want to do.
But more that the targeted readership would be fellow Augmented. It would allow the kind of perspective that I would hope for, since I think if we're all in this admittedly rather shite situation together, we might as well find solidarity with each other. Reading stories of others experiences is a strong way to do that.
Besides, that would be a more honest way to convey that we're just regular(ish) people too. Earnest stories have a way of managing that far better than anything else.
I agree! That is why I have been creating stories featuring augmented. They are fictional tales, but it is difficult to make a story enjoyable without showing how the characters' actions are plausible and allowing the reader to relate to them.
The citizens are certainly curious about us. Though they do not seem overly interested in our worlds, they are about our lives as augmented! And many from the lower class seem frustrated with their situation in much the same way that we are. They have also been given roles they had little choice in and are made to pay for the mistakes they had no power to prevent.
[Serving customers at And More lets her see those frustrations. Perhaps because she is not from Karteria, they are relatively open about what they are looking for and their reasons, and she reads between the lines where she can.]
The store is rarely very busy, so if you would like I can help with "editing". I have learned a lot since I arrived and think I have become quite skilled at typing!
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(And I'll get back to you with my thoughts in a few days!)
Though out of similar professional curiosity, how are you selling it? I've had the idea to start up a zine of sorts, since I'm thoroughly unimpressed with the journalism that took place last month... So, that sounds like a good place to maybe start.
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That said, I have been considering starting a zine, all the same. I was thoroughly *un*impressed with the local paper.
A paper, by the Augmented, for the Augmented. That kind of overly optimistic and romanticized ideal.
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[And she will not be saying why that is important on a Patho-Gen provided service.]
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But more that the targeted readership would be fellow Augmented. It would allow the kind of perspective that I would hope for, since I think if we're all in this admittedly rather shite situation together, we might as well find solidarity with each other. Reading stories of others experiences is a strong way to do that.
Besides, that would be a more honest way to convey that we're just regular(ish) people too. Earnest stories have a way of managing that far better than anything else.
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The citizens are certainly curious about us. Though they do not seem overly interested in our worlds, they are about our lives as augmented! And many from the lower class seem frustrated with their situation in much the same way that we are. They have also been given roles they had little choice in and are made to pay for the mistakes they had no power to prevent.
[Serving customers at And More lets her see those frustrations. Perhaps because she is not from Karteria, they are relatively open about what they are looking for and their reasons, and she reads between the lines where she can.]
The store is rarely very busy, so if you would like I can help with "editing". I have learned a lot since I arrived and think I have become quite skilled at typing!