New side-story to Ordo ab Chao · 3:45am Dec 28th, 2012
I just published the first two parts to a new story I wrote: Aureax Ferri
I just published the first two parts to a new story I wrote: Aureax Ferri
Premise: The Red Army is victorious, and the Soviet Union has just been established; and a young woman in Petrograd struggles to protect her individualism, her virtues, her desires, in a society that condemns to death—quite literally, in some cases—those like her. She finds love, a man whom she believes uncorrupted, unconquered; and with him, she tries to fight—but we all know how hard and how iron was the presence of the Soviet Union, and even the harsh circumstances drove the most moral of
Below are a list of arguments I refuse to use as a writer of pony fan fiction to defend my work, and I suggest you refuse from doing the same:
"Well, [famous author] in [famous book] did exactly what you're criticizing me for here, so it's ok!"
This argument is so ludicrous that I don't even know where to begin. I guess we should start with the formal fallacy.
It's French time! Nah, I can't read French. I wish I could. The greatest novels in the world are in French. But me, I'm stuck with the translations. I chose the 1998 translation by William Butcher for one of Verne's most famous stories. It's free! Get it here.
Talking to myself. Writing for writing's sake, criticism for criticism's sake.
Five months and one rejection later—I'm exhausted.
Don't let the "Incomplete" tag deter you from reading it; rest assured, it's very much done. It's quite long (over one hundred thousand words), and the pre-reader suggested I break it up into parts and post it in updates rather than post it all at once.
I hope you like it!