The story you want to tell

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Sometimes you’ve got to tell the story you want to tell, even if you’re not sure it’s going to work. I’ve had that struggle with Brass, a post-apocalyptic road trip featuring two new Fears, Copper and Iron. A blend of horror and humour. The entire story is just over ninety stories long forming one continuous narrative.

I’ve been pondering on whether or not to publish this story online since August last year when I’d told the first of Lily and Sally’s Lost Leads stories. A thirty tale long narrative felt like the limit for an attention span on the Internet. Five stories a week would mean if I started today the story wouldn’t finish until June. Could the Little Fears focus on one story for that long? Heck, could I?

So the stories, sat, languished, and niggled. I want to tell the story, but I don’t feel it would work on the net.

Until this weekend…

My Internet friend and fellow blogger Lauren bought Copper and Iron as a print after my Etsy overhaul the other day. (You can visit her website HERE and my Etsy store HERE. Wink, wink.)

To quote Lauren:

“I just really liked their dynamic… something about em really appealed to me.” 

Me too, Lauren. She pulled me back to their story. I gave it a few read-overs and figured if I re-wrote about 40% of it and loosened off the connection between each days tale, I could tell their tales in my daily horror and pun format. It’s a big job, but, well, sometimes you just have to tell the story you want to tell.

It helps that I’m hoping to have my entire website fixed post-Gutenberg/WordPress 5.0 update by the end of February. Then I can rework the front page and side-bar with links to each complete story. Grey Moon, Seeking Hydra, Lost Leeds, Capricorn, January and of course, Brass. That’ll certainly make navigating my site easier. I’m not sure if I’ll stick with the current theme, but eh, can figure that out when the website’s been fully repaired.

So, thanks to Lauren for prompting me to return to Copper and Irons story. Thanks to Warren for the $10 Patronage. And thank you to everyone else for the continued support!

Cheers, Fears!

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17 thoughts on “The story you want to tell”

  1. It’s a story I would read, and a story you should write.
    That naming tho…
    Brass? Copper? Iron?
    I feel something… oh.. the irony.
    Badumtish.

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    2. That was very punny Kyle, (irony), thank you for making me giggle today after a long, pointless struggle through a “paid survey” site. Have you ever signed up on one of those sites thinking you’ll make at least a few cents for your time? That’s something I’ll never waste my time with again.
      However, “meeting” Litte Fears and reading the stories? NOT a waste of time in the least. What a wonderful way to spend a cold Sunday afternoon: Reading Little Fears, bundled up in an old wool knit sweater with a Cadillac (1/2 coffee, 1/2 cocoa) and my best buddy Jasper (a six month old kitten who literally thinks he’s human).

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      1. My word, that sounds like a wonderful afternoon! Thank you, Cynthia.

        I have done paid survey websites before. I think it largely depends on what you want from them and how else you can be spending your time. Need an extra fiver? Sure, run some of them off. Need an extra buff to your income? Do, quite literally, ANYTHING else. Make a course on Skillshare. Get an affiliates account on Amazon. Make stuff to sell on Etsy. Convert some doodles or text designs for Society 6, RedBubble or Threadless. Self publish a recipe book, guide or magazine through Kindle Direct Publishing. Pick up some freelance work and advertise your services. Make a YouTube cooking channel. Get on Patreon or Ko-fi. All of those things can help long term build a sustainable side income.

        Surveys? Huge amounts of time for very few pennies and when you stop, it stops.

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