Over at GDocs I’ve started posting, as I write it, a likely terrible, possibly getting mildly better, self-insert, self-indulgent, post-Singularity RatFic. I started writing mainly to follow a certain piece of good advice I got at Reddit: “Just start writing”.
I seem to have pulled off some mental trick that’s letting me write a surprising amount per day, so I’m going to be primarily focusing on adding more story as long as that lasts. But constructive feedback can only improve things, and comments at GDocs are turned on. So—have at it.
I was hallucinating a pink-furred rabbit-woman puttering around at the head of my bed, and was barely able to pay enough attention to the fact that she was naked to try to remember the more aesthetic details when I could properly appreciate them...
So he’s a furry. Also, I am now picturing your character’s body as Babs Bunny.
I love Convoy. He’s adorable.
There was still transport, and even communication, for a short time. We have records of a piece of news: the cryonics company headquartered there was attacked by survivors and burned to the ground. However, nearly all the… patients?… had already been moved to a private compound. More defensible, and manned by people who seemed intent on defending themselves, and their frozen associates.
Is this a reference to the Timeship?
Your writing has improved much since the early days of your rational cow fic. You’ve polished your minimalist, abrupt style to the point where it is easy to follow while still leaving only the fun and interesting parts of the story.
Is every protagonist you write based on you? I’ve noticed that Missy, Safe Guard, and Bunny are very similar. They all get turned into female animals at some point, as well.
Not quite the word I expected, but one I’m happy enough to see. :) I was hoping to channel at least a bit of CelestAI through him, if she didn’t have access to massive computing power.
Is this a reference to the Timeship?
Nope. I’ve heard a few “if only we had the money” speculations about building a cryo-focused ranch, group home, retirement-like community, or the like fairly close to Alcor’s HQ, so members who get warning that they’re going to de-animate soon can be as close to the facility as possible. I just assumed that sometime in the next three decades, something approaching that idea ends up being put together.
Your writing has improved much
I’m pleased to hear that—and a little surprised. On this side of the keyboard, I haven’t really noticed how my writing has changed. (And f you have any specific suggestions for how to improve further, I’m all ears.)
Is every protagonist you write based on you?
Before Missy, most of my writing was in the form of play-by-email RPGs. Some of the protagonist characters I wrote were self-inserts, some took some aspect of personality and magnified it to a ridiculous degree, some were experiments (hiveminds are always fun), and some were just, well, characters. I do have to admit that when I consider any given setting, some of my first thoughts tend to be to try to figure out how I’d deal with matters therein, and I find self-inserts to be easier to write than other protagonists.
They all get turned into female animals at some point, as well.
In at least one draft of X-Risks, the protagonist ended up as a male dragon in a hard-to-reach mountaintop library-lair, before getting nudged by CelestAI into a lifestyle that’s a little more friendship-oriented. More generally, I suspect that this is a combination of my enthusiasm for transformation-focused stories that try to explore some of the possible range of the parahuman condition, and that the three protagonists you mention were close enough to being self-inserts to start out as male humans.
I’ve started writing again.
Over at GDocs I’ve started posting, as I write it, a likely terrible, possibly getting mildly better, self-insert, self-indulgent, post-Singularity RatFic. I started writing mainly to follow a certain piece of good advice I got at Reddit: “Just start writing”.
I seem to have pulled off some mental trick that’s letting me write a surprising amount per day, so I’m going to be primarily focusing on adding more story as long as that lasts. But constructive feedback can only improve things, and comments at GDocs are turned on. So—have at it.
So he’s a furry. Also, I am now picturing your character’s body as Babs Bunny.
I love Convoy. He’s adorable.
Is this a reference to the Timeship?
Your writing has improved much since the early days of your rational cow fic. You’ve polished your minimalist, abrupt style to the point where it is easy to follow while still leaving only the fun and interesting parts of the story.
Is every protagonist you write based on you? I’ve noticed that Missy, Safe Guard, and Bunny are very similar. They all get turned into female animals at some point, as well.
Not quite the word I expected, but one I’m happy enough to see. :) I was hoping to channel at least a bit of CelestAI through him, if she didn’t have access to massive computing power.
Nope. I’ve heard a few “if only we had the money” speculations about building a cryo-focused ranch, group home, retirement-like community, or the like fairly close to Alcor’s HQ, so members who get warning that they’re going to de-animate soon can be as close to the facility as possible. I just assumed that sometime in the next three decades, something approaching that idea ends up being put together.
I’m pleased to hear that—and a little surprised. On this side of the keyboard, I haven’t really noticed how my writing has changed. (And f you have any specific suggestions for how to improve further, I’m all ears.)
Before Missy, most of my writing was in the form of play-by-email RPGs. Some of the protagonist characters I wrote were self-inserts, some took some aspect of personality and magnified it to a ridiculous degree, some were experiments (hiveminds are always fun), and some were just, well, characters. I do have to admit that when I consider any given setting, some of my first thoughts tend to be to try to figure out how I’d deal with matters therein, and I find self-inserts to be easier to write than other protagonists.
In at least one draft of X-Risks, the protagonist ended up as a male dragon in a hard-to-reach mountaintop library-lair, before getting nudged by CelestAI into a lifestyle that’s a little more friendship-oriented. More generally, I suspect that this is a combination of my enthusiasm for transformation-focused stories that try to explore some of the possible range of the parahuman condition, and that the three protagonists you mention were close enough to being self-inserts to start out as male humans.