Hi all! I was directed here by the nice fellows at Giant ITP's media discussions forum. I've used TV Tropes in the past - in fact, I consider it a valuable tool for understanding storytelling - but I haven't tried to make a post before now.
Giant ITP's forumites sent me here regarding my book, Chains of Loss - which I'm serializing at heroschains.tumblr.com (up to chapter 10 now). I was told to "Take it to TV Tropes. Pimp yourself under web originals."
I'm always uncomfortable bringing my book forward - although I'm told it's pretty good. I really don't know where to start.
Here's a little blurb on the book's contents, for those who might like to know more:
The prophet Sheralys has had a finger in every pot for the last five hundred years. Things are now coming to a boil; it looks bad but she’s finally in position to summon the right hero to straighten things out.
Enter Derek Kazenushi, cyborg. He can think up to three hundred times as quickly as a normal human - which often means he's able to reach the wrong conclusions that much faster. Now he's stuck on a warped world of fantasy creatures, magic, and ruins.
He doesn't have much time to sit around, though, because Sheralys dropped him in an area owned by hostile aliens. Fortunately, she also sent him a human companion – a young woman named Mycah. He's as strange to her as she is to him, but the two forge a careful friendship as they dodge orcs, fight vampires, and deal with the disastrous consequences of Derek's naivety.
Because Derek's never had to work for anything in his life. He doesn't understand cruelty, neglect or starvation. He has to learn fast, and decide carefully: which of his ideals can be kept, and which will get him killed?
Hi all! I was directed here by the nice fellows at Giant ITP's media discussions forum. I've used TV Tropes in the past - in fact, I consider it a valuable tool for understanding storytelling - but I haven't tried to make a post before now.
Giant ITP's forumites sent me here regarding my book, Chains of Loss - which I'm serializing at heroschains.tumblr.com (up to chapter 10 now). I was told to "Take it to TV Tropes. Pimp yourself under web originals."
I'm always uncomfortable bringing my book forward - although I'm told it's pretty good. I really don't know where to start.
Here's a little blurb on the book's contents, for those who might like to know more:
The prophet Sheralys has had a finger in every pot for the last five hundred years. Things are now coming to a boil; it looks bad but she’s finally in position to summon the right hero to straighten things out.
Enter Derek Kazenushi, cyborg. He can think up to three hundred times as quickly as a normal human - which often means he's able to reach the wrong conclusions that much faster. Now he's stuck on a warped world of fantasy creatures, magic, and ruins.
He doesn't have much time to sit around, though, because Sheralys dropped him in an area owned by hostile aliens. Fortunately, she also sent him a human companion – a young woman named Mycah. He's as strange to her as she is to him, but the two forge a careful friendship as they dodge orcs, fight vampires, and deal with the disastrous consequences of Derek's naivety.
Because Derek's never had to work for anything in his life. He doesn't understand cruelty, neglect or starvation. He has to learn fast, and decide carefully: which of his ideals can be kept, and which will get him killed?