pre-nano musings

[kippurbird]

November is rolling around (Gosh already!) and I've been plotting my NaNo ideas.

I've got two.


1. After having spent ten years as a falcon as a result of trying to rob a wizard's place, the half-elf Falk returns home - to his human side of the family - and discovers that he no longer fits in. Too much time has past and the aging difference between him and humans has become highly apparent. He decides to take this as an opportunity to discover who his elven father was, having only a name and that he was a member of the royal gaurd. The night before his mother's wedding, he came by and had the night with her, without knowing of the result - at least as far as Falk knows.

I'm sort of thinking about making the elf society more technologically advanced than the human one since elves have plenty of time to perfect things. I'm not to sure what else to do with it.


2. Alexander the Great's body was never found. There is a good reason for this. He never died. A young fairy, he insinuated himself into the Macedonian family and took over the mortal world. When his fairy father -Oberon (for right now) found out - he had his son 'killed' and then punished by binding his powers and keeping him in the mortal realms. For thousands of years he wandered among mortal kind unable to gain any sort of power until modern day when he stumbles upon the way to return to his rightful birthright. The question is, what is cost and is he willing to pay for it? (Yes. He is going to go for the power.)

and there is a third option.

I'm working on that meta-fictional Alec story. I've actually gotten about three chapters in already. It's a story where Alec gets stuck in a Typical Fantasy World and can't leave until he finishes his duties as the Chosen One. THRILL as he tries to seduce his sidekick Tristan (Yes, named after the Fifth Sorceress Tristan. Yes, Alec does comment on that). Be AMAZED as he tries to keep his old mentor alive because he really doesn't want to be left alone and the mentor is semi-aware of the circumstances. LAUGH as he deals with the Designated Love Interest! And GROAN at the cliches thrown at you left and right!

I'm going for a sort of deconstruction/lampshade hanging of the fantasy story.

Comments

[fritters.livejournal.com]

I like #2 best.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

Two is awesome! It's a pet project of mine that will take research on Alexander the Greatness. I have a "good" idea of his history since I was always a fan, but I want to have "proper" idea of his history before I attempt it. Including what he looks like and stuff like that.

I saw a great National Geographic article once that had a possible reproduction of what he could have looked like which was very interesting. It said something about how there was something wrong with one of his eyes maybe and that's why he had a sort of head cant.

I can't find it again... but it'll probably, again, take some research.

[dungeonwriter.livejournal.com]

I lik the third one.

[thecapillary.livejournal.com]

I would love to read all three stories, actually. But since you can only write one at a time my vote goes for #3.

[kippurbird.livejournal.com]

I believe all three stories will get written eventually.