{"id":9484,"date":"2014-07-31T02:20:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T08:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=9484"},"modified":"2014-07-31T02:20:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T08:20:28","slug":"short-blitz-6-a-hill-on-which-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/short-blitz-6-a-hill-on-which-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Blitz #6: A Hill On Which To Die"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> A Hill On Which To Die
\nGenre:<\/strong> Epic Fantasy
\nWord Count:<\/strong> Word Count: 15,000
\nWriting Time:<\/strong> About a month<\/p>\n

IT IS FINISHED.<\/p>\n

Ugh, this story took forever. What started as a short story soon turned into a novelette, and then that novelette got longer and longer … and then life got crazy busy, and I suddenly had a lot less time to write. And then all these weird writerly anxieties started taking over, and I found myself procrastinating during what little writing time I had …<\/p>\n

In any case, it is finished now. IT IS FINISHED! And even though it needs a revision, and a couple of scenes need to be changed or rewritten entirely, I can take care of all that tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Anyways, this story is about a band of orcs that leaves their clan to start a new one. The main character is an old veteran war chief who has lived beyond his prime and fully expects to die. There’s blood, carnage, rape, and all sorts of violence. There’s also courage, loyalty, hope, sacrifice, and devotion to a higher cause. It’s a bit like Watership Down,<\/em> except with orcs instead of rabbits.<\/p>\n

In spite of all the trouble this story gave me, I had a lot of fun with it. I’d like to self-publish it, but first I suppose I should send it off to the relevant markets. According to my spreadsheet, there are only five pro-markets that take stories over 15,000 words:<\/p>\n