Dante complete… now what?
Posted in Novels on 19. Jan, 2010
The fifth Chronicle of Unseen – Dante has been completed. The longest one yet (before edit) at 5800 words, it’s not quite as emotional as the others but it will certainly get you (me) choked up.
It’s sitting on the editors desk (computer) right now and he has edited about 1/4th of it, then had to head off to the “Real World” (read that as his j-o-b). He will have it done tonight, then I will read through it another couple times, maybe adding in a few thoughts that I might have missed the first two passes.
Then comes the real test… send it to the gal whose story it’s based on. Yes, they are losely based on true stories. Basically, a story is shared with me and I fictionalize it with what I think might have happened behind the scenes of the Unseen character. It’s quite fun and the words seem to flow well.
But I am struggling with them all sounding the same… “Bad things happen, good hands help, there is a fight, hooray it’s all good!”
Which is why Dante is a bit different. Trying to keep them different enough that people won’t think, “Didn’t I just read this?”
So far I have:
Ishmael – Little William’s story of his birth and the twenty-four hours following when he almost died… many times.
Stephen – Jessa’s story of her battle with Cerebral Palsy/Epilepsy and an instance where she did flat line.
Asher – The story of Paul and Silas in prison.
Zahalon – Hannah;s story of having a vision she had just previous to her father’s death, helping her through the death of a parent
Dante – Jennifer’s story of how she is always being guided and protected through the various situations of her life. Including one that could have ended her life.
Yes, that is 5… equaling about 22,000 words or so.
The real question is, now what? When do I stop writing these stories and market this? Or do I market it? Is this meant for me just to share and get them out there? I haven’t ruled out that possibility either, because they are inspirational and have moved many people already.
No idea… really. None.
I don’t even know what to call this “inspirational, based on true stories from an unseen perspective” type of novel in the genre sense. Has it ever been done? I don’t think so. Do I have a niche? No idea on that either. Maybe if I share a story or two, maybe someone can shed some light upon where to go with this next.
I asked a fellow inspirational (published) writer what she thought and she had no clue. Welcome to my world…
If you need me today, I will be sketching an Unseen being… Because right now the angel above that I am using is a “lifted” copy from the net. Can’t publish that unless I find the original sketcher… and I have tried! It was just in someone’s directory a year ago and well, if you know who drew it, let me know! I would like to give them proper credit.
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From what I have read, I would think Christian fiction would be a good genre to start in.
Of the three that I have read one was completely different than the others and touched me in a way I didn’t know possible.
Good luck =)