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hawkwing_lb) wrote2008-07-03 10:16 pm
hawkwing_lb) wrote2008-07-03 10:16 pm
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The unfinished/potential novels list.
Well, for me, everything I have so far remains unfinished. This will change. Theoretically, this year. That's the plan.
The Coravine books, all of which would be intended to stand alone:
The duellist of Alusind - swordfights, politics, necromancy, murder investigations, zombies. 24K
Fail not at your peril, or possibly The Velvet Fist - politics, thwarted love, crippled queens, treason investigations, cliffside horseback chases, daring escapes, necromancy. Some notes.
The Jade-Green Sea - politics, piracy, espionage, tropical volcanic islands, sea-battles, swordfights. Very vague notes.
Et prequelae:
The Queen's Necromancer - a paranoid schizophrenic queen without an heir, a noble hostage with a claim to be said heir, a rebellion in the offing, a necromancer with divided loyalties, murder, treachery, espionage, double- and triple-crosses, and a glittering city with (melodramatic, I know) dark secrets. Some notes, a vignette or two.
The Perilous Crown - civil war and the aftermath of same, necromancy, zombies, divided loyalties, and see above. Very vague notes.
These prequels would be... kind of an argument with epic fantasy, if I ever get around to writing them. (I am overfull of enthusiasm for these people and these stories. I need to write faster.)
19th century vampire not-murder-mystery-not-travelogues, presently with no titles but with locations:
- Paris, 1869 - an English gentleman vampire hunter, his ward, a Jesuit, a French vampire lady of the demimonde, murder mysteries, and England's (this is the bit where I really take liberties with history) secret part in the Franco-Prussian War. Some notes, a shitload of research reading to do, and a couple of vignettes.
- Italy, 1868: is the cardinal in charge of the Office for the Doctrine of the Faith possessed by a demon?
- Germany, 1867: what we did on our holidays: burnt down part of Lubeck.
- Russia, 1874: explorations in Inner Asia, now with extra added occult.
- Greece, 1878
- Egypt, 1880: archaeology, politics, a vampire, and the Sudan.
- America, 1882: vampire hunting in the wild west.
(None of these, yet, come equipped with very much plot. That will happen after research reading. But I do want to write these books.)
Not-Egypt books (or, if animal-headed gods really lived in the desert, didn't much like foreigners and can kick their arses, and yet, inexplicably, are growing weaker as not-Rome starts muscling in):
Bone Cities, and Marble: Espionage in not-Rome.
The Ivory Desert: Espionage in not-Egypt.
The not-Renaissance books, standalones:
Serenisian Shadows - the not-Venice book about piracy, guilds, intrigue, monsters in the canals, and duelling. Part of this exists in draft.
Scar - the not-North Africa book about rebellion, occupied territories, religion, monsters in the desert, and the utility of assassination. Part of this also exists in draft.
Heaven's Banner - the not-Spain, not-Byzantine book about piracy, slavery, secret societies, and making bad compromises for good causes.
Keos Eirene (or, the archipelago books with piracy, dragons, and what used to be a pretty okay theocracy until things went really bad):
Stone Wings - exile, piracy, and discovering your world is built on lies, damned lies, and more lies. Some notes and a vignette.
Dawn Mountain - why staging a coup is often more trouble than it's worth. Vague notes.
Cities of Alabaster and Obsidian (or, the not-Arthuriana not-Amber not-Faerie not-Táin-Bó-Cuailgne books with the cast of thousands and the seriously doomed main protagonist):
I don't have titles for these. Nor do I know whether it's one book, or two, or three. I just have world-building and some very insistent characters.
Airships! (not really its title): a book that involves airships, a princess-turned-airship-pirate, swordfights, magic borne by a mist that moves tidally, a Sacred Duty (tm), espionage, assassination, daring rescues, and accommodation to empire. Possibly - probably, because the worldbuilding is full of cool I'd like to explore - more than one book.
The steampunk book with Victorian railway stations, not-samurai, semi-lost kingdoms, and ensouled swords. Possibly more than one book.
The Giant Epic Fantasy I Will Never Write, about royal cousins who, out of a similar sense of duty, end up on opposite sides of a civil war, and why civil wars are really unfun. Probably contains everything possibly Epic, plus a kitchen sink or three, and would run to more than three books.
The not-epic fantasy without a title, about plains nomads, kidnapped princes, invading not-Vikings, rescued debt-slaves, and debts-called-in.
Two space-operas, involving piracy and intrigue and not very much science.
The apocalypse tallship book. About what it says on the tin.
And a non-spec murder mystery involving archaeologists in Egypt and Crete circa 1910.
Considering how slowly I write, this is probably a life's worth of bookage. (In case you weren't counting, that's above 30 books I'd like to write. More than half of them walked up with at least the beginnings of plot, character and setting attached.)
...I'm a little worried, now.
Well, for me, everything I have so far remains unfinished. This will change. Theoretically, this year. That's the plan.
The Coravine books, all of which would be intended to stand alone:
The duellist of Alusind - swordfights, politics, necromancy, murder investigations, zombies. 24K
Fail not at your peril, or possibly The Velvet Fist - politics, thwarted love, crippled queens, treason investigations, cliffside horseback chases, daring escapes, necromancy. Some notes.
The Jade-Green Sea - politics, piracy, espionage, tropical volcanic islands, sea-battles, swordfights. Very vague notes.
Et prequelae:
The Queen's Necromancer - a paranoid schizophrenic queen without an heir, a noble hostage with a claim to be said heir, a rebellion in the offing, a necromancer with divided loyalties, murder, treachery, espionage, double- and triple-crosses, and a glittering city with (melodramatic, I know) dark secrets. Some notes, a vignette or two.
The Perilous Crown - civil war and the aftermath of same, necromancy, zombies, divided loyalties, and see above. Very vague notes.
These prequels would be... kind of an argument with epic fantasy, if I ever get around to writing them. (I am overfull of enthusiasm for these people and these stories. I need to write faster.)
19th century vampire not-murder-mystery-not-travelogues, presently with no titles but with locations:
- Paris, 1869 - an English gentleman vampire hunter, his ward, a Jesuit, a French vampire lady of the demimonde, murder mysteries, and England's (this is the bit where I really take liberties with history) secret part in the Franco-Prussian War. Some notes, a shitload of research reading to do, and a couple of vignettes.
- Italy, 1868: is the cardinal in charge of the Office for the Doctrine of the Faith possessed by a demon?
- Germany, 1867: what we did on our holidays: burnt down part of Lubeck.
- Russia, 1874: explorations in Inner Asia, now with extra added occult.
- Greece, 1878
- Egypt, 1880: archaeology, politics, a vampire, and the Sudan.
- America, 1882: vampire hunting in the wild west.
(None of these, yet, come equipped with very much plot. That will happen after research reading. But I do want to write these books.)
Not-Egypt books (or, if animal-headed gods really lived in the desert, didn't much like foreigners and can kick their arses, and yet, inexplicably, are growing weaker as not-Rome starts muscling in):
Bone Cities, and Marble: Espionage in not-Rome.
The Ivory Desert: Espionage in not-Egypt.
The not-Renaissance books, standalones:
Serenisian Shadows - the not-Venice book about piracy, guilds, intrigue, monsters in the canals, and duelling. Part of this exists in draft.
Scar - the not-North Africa book about rebellion, occupied territories, religion, monsters in the desert, and the utility of assassination. Part of this also exists in draft.
Heaven's Banner - the not-Spain, not-Byzantine book about piracy, slavery, secret societies, and making bad compromises for good causes.
Keos Eirene (or, the archipelago books with piracy, dragons, and what used to be a pretty okay theocracy until things went really bad):
Stone Wings - exile, piracy, and discovering your world is built on lies, damned lies, and more lies. Some notes and a vignette.
Dawn Mountain - why staging a coup is often more trouble than it's worth. Vague notes.
Cities of Alabaster and Obsidian (or, the not-Arthuriana not-Amber not-Faerie not-Táin-Bó-Cuailgne books with the cast of thousands and the seriously doomed main protagonist):
I don't have titles for these. Nor do I know whether it's one book, or two, or three. I just have world-building and some very insistent characters.
Airships! (not really its title): a book that involves airships, a princess-turned-airship-pirate, swordfights, magic borne by a mist that moves tidally, a Sacred Duty (tm), espionage, assassination, daring rescues, and accommodation to empire. Possibly - probably, because the worldbuilding is full of cool I'd like to explore - more than one book.
The steampunk book with Victorian railway stations, not-samurai, semi-lost kingdoms, and ensouled swords. Possibly more than one book.
The Giant Epic Fantasy I Will Never Write, about royal cousins who, out of a similar sense of duty, end up on opposite sides of a civil war, and why civil wars are really unfun. Probably contains everything possibly Epic, plus a kitchen sink or three, and would run to more than three books.
The not-epic fantasy without a title, about plains nomads, kidnapped princes, invading not-Vikings, rescued debt-slaves, and debts-called-in.
Two space-operas, involving piracy and intrigue and not very much science.
The apocalypse tallship book. About what it says on the tin.
And a non-spec murder mystery involving archaeologists in Egypt and Crete circa 1910.
Considering how slowly I write, this is probably a life's worth of bookage. (In case you weren't counting, that's above 30 books I'd like to write. More than half of them walked up with at least the beginnings of plot, character and setting attached.)
...I'm a little worried, now.