David McLeod Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Good time of day, everyone, I'm inordinately pleased to have been asked to contribute stories to the Castle Roland web site. It's become obvious from email messages, that that is considered by many writers whose work I enjoy and admire to be an accolade. So far, the stories posted have been of the "swords and sorcery" (or, less politely, "Dungeons and Dragons" ®) genre. Where would you like me to go next? I have three science-fiction stories featuring space ships and telepathic boys ("meta humans") that encompasses three realities. I plan to rewrite that so that it consists of a single (and more coherent story than originally posted) story. I have a 150,000-word D&D/S&S story, the first I ever published, that might be pretty good if polished. And there's the Greek gods and dryads theme. Finally, I'd like to write something original for this site. Kind of a "thank you" for being invited to post here. But, in the vernacular, I'm conflicted. What do you want to see? If you'd rather, please consider replying to oh.translators@gmail.com. Thank you, David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 David, one person's exciting idea does not mean the other person will like it too, grin.... When I read about the telepathic boys in your post, I thought about many years ago, enjoying stories about 'human-animal' telepaths. I thought it was so cool an idea to be linked to an animal and explore the world through them. Whatever you offer us next will be well written and enjoyable though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rilbur Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 David, your writing has alwasy been pretty darned good. Whatever you post next, we'll enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zergrinch Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Can always merge the genres. Telepathic boys in a D&D story (the first Psions) whose spaceships crashed in ancient Greece :'D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Roland Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 personally, I would really love to see you writing in the RU... but that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David McLeod Posted February 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 First, thank you all for your thoughts. Second, I apologize for screwing up the email address: it's boh.translators@gmail.com. Zergrinch: one of my bosses, after reading a proposal I'd written for him, asked me if I had been "drinking my bath water." I think it was his way of saying "highly improbable." OTOH, some combination might work. I gather you're a "brainstormer." Thank you. Rilbur, thanks for your kind words. May you never regret them. Mark C: there are telepathic links with dragons in a couple of stories (two of which are in the CR queue). That could be expanded. I'm thinking aloud, here. Don't want to do dogs, cats, horses. Possibly not a leitmotif, but an encounter. That probably doesn't make sense. I said I was thinking, didn't I? Your Majesty: it's still on the table and I see your email waiting. Thank you all...the topic is still open for discussion. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 David, you make perfect sense. I also would not want to see a link with dogs, cats, etc. I would pick a more exotic animal such as ferret, mink or wolverine or kinkajou... Something unexpected. Whatever you decide, it will be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteOwl13 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Dave I have followed your stories like them so a new one in the RU would be great but any one you post will be enjoyed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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