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Talk:FreeRIDErs (setting)

2012-10-14T07:38:49Z

Wayward Coyote:

Are there any plans to let writers stray into the Earth-Zharus War scene? I've got a story idea or two that I'd love to set in that period, but I'm short on the context that Jon, RM and the others have in mind. That is, I don't really have any idea how you intend the war to play out. Although my idea wouldn't actually involve much in the actual frontlines/war, it would be good to have some idea of the kind of materiel and hardware and general strategy and social climate and the such, because nothing concrete seems to have actually been laid out so far for that period (or have I missed something?). Which is why I thought I'd ask your permission before getting started. If needed, I'd be more than pleased could draft out the general idea. Thanks in advance! --[[User:Wayward Coyote|Wayward Coyote]] ([[User talk:Wayward Coyote|talk]]) 18:05, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

:Thanks for your interest here, but there's a lot of ground to cover between the present and that future in the setting before we get there. We can't guarantee that anything you'd write taking place during that period would remain canon. --[[User:JonBuck|Buck]] ([[User talk:JonBuck|talk]]) 19:01, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

:Yeah, what Jon said. Our ideas for the war are very very nebulous at this point, more possibilities than anything else. There are things we don't even know quite yet about how we're going to end "Integration", let alone what comes ''between'' that and the war. Any number of things could change between now and then. So just be patient, or else think on how to adapt your ideas to the setting's "present". —[[User:Robotech Master|Robotech Master]] ([[User talk:Robotech Master|talk]]) 23:23, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

::Ah, I understand. I might just follow the main series for now and wait until it hits that time period; I'm quite keen to see where it's going anyway. Or maybe I'll see what I can do with some other ideas I have lying around. Either way, though, thank you for your replies! --[[User:Wayward Coyote|Wayward Coyote]] ([[User talk:Wayward Coyote|talk]]) 07:38, 14 October 2012 (UTC)

Talk:FreeRIDErs (setting)

2012-10-10T18:05:40Z

Wayward Coyote: Question on Earth-Zharus War.

User:Wayward Coyote

2012-09-25T09:53:30Z

Wayward Coyote: Nothing to see here. Move along, don't hold up traffic.

==About Me==

If one may recall that [[User:WolfyDrake95|shameless young upstart]] from three years ago, that person is I. Still an amateur writer (if I may use the term loosely!), still amusingly incompetent at the art, still looking to learn. It's been close to three years since I've written any fiction in the genre, but I had a strange urge to return and pick up where I first started off, so— um— hello. I'm trying out a new handle. I'm not actually sure what it means but it's probably deeply symbolic.

It's been a while, but even then I haven't accomplished much in the ways of writing. If anything, I've at least expanded my reading material: with a bit of help from a friend, I've wandered into reading some actually good fiction of late. I've spent my time reading Ray Brad and a bit of PKD, a pinch of Heinlein and Stapledon (if one book apiece counts as a pinch), and a humble assortment of others; literature class also helps, yes. I'm also vaguely interested in poetry — especially spoken word! — although my few forays into the field have been almost laughably disastrous.

Mostly I am less adept at writing than I am at reading, so laying low is probably what I'll be doing here. Plus, I've meandered away from TF fiction for a while now so I'm not sure how I'd fare any more. I might cough up a bit of writing every now and then, though. Poring through the stories on here have given me some ideas that I'm hoping might develop. I'm looking to learn, so as before I'll be trying to corner people for critiques and the like. I certainly haven't found a place that offers critiques as good as the ones I've received here.

==Works==
While my friends have been off winning local competitions and getting published, ''I'' haven't accomplished much at all. The shame, I assure you, is quite unbearable.

(May update this soon to include the less contemptible of my previous work.)