I wrote a novel about cargo submarines. Want to test read it? (For free of course.)

toothandnail · 10-11-22, 01:27 PM

@Shady Bill: "I can visualize this grande play almost in my head.
Instead of something I just read" -- That's what it's like when I'm
writing it too. I can see this stuff in my head, I just write down
what I see. (A quick aside: that's the reason I prefer "roguelikes" to
any other style of video game -- because when the graphics are just
ASCII characters, the game is more in your head that it is on the
screen. Like reading a good book.)

@Mapuc: I'll take that Tom Clancy association as a compliment! The
dude may have been a little off his rocker, but he sure knew how to
put together a page-turner with submarines in it.

Thanks guys. Your encouragement definitely has me plotting the next
round edits, which I think will get it to a place where I'd be pretty
happy to share it widely.

No matter how good it is though, I suspect the subject matter might
have a pretty limited audience. I'm not sure how many submarine novel
reading people there are left in the world. Or, at least it seems like
it wouldn't be very many where there's no Nazis or Russians in the
book. That could be the limiting factor on getting it published by any
conventional place. But maybe that's fine too. Maybe I just keep it
going under and open-content license and let it just get out there.

Any thoughts on audience and distribution are definitely welcome too.
That part is harder than the actual writing, I think.

10-11-22, 01:27 PM	#16
toothandnail Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: New York City Posts: 12 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	audience and stuff @Shady Bill: "I can visualize this grande play almost in my head. Instead of something I just read" -- That's what it's like when I'm writing it too. I can see this stuff in my head, I just write down what I see. (A quick aside: that's the reason I prefer "roguelikes" to any other style of video game -- because when the graphics are just ASCII characters, the game is more in your head that it is on the screen. Like reading a good book.) @Mapuc: I'll take that Tom Clancy association as a compliment! The dude may have been a little off his rocker, but he sure knew how to put together a page-turner with submarines in it. Thanks guys. Your encouragement definitely has me plotting the next round edits, which I think will get it to a place where I'd be pretty happy to share it widely. No matter how good it is though, I suspect the subject matter might have a pretty limited audience. I'm not sure how many submarine novel reading people there are left in the world. Or, at least it seems like it wouldn't be very many where there's no Nazis or Russians in the book. That could be the limiting factor on getting it published by any conventional place. But maybe that's fine too. Maybe I just keep it going under and open-content license and let it just get out there. Any thoughts on audience and distribution are definitely welcome too. That part is harder than the actual writing, I think.