I now have the final page of my story: A Far Sun

Yesterday I had some "downtime" so I wrote out several pages of notes in my Moleskine notebook, and in the process of thinking through where I wanted my story to go and how I wanted to end it, I actually did come up with the ending.

And I like it a lot. I'd just love to tell you all about it, but I really must keep it secret so you'll all be willing to read the thing when it's done, just to find out what happens at the end.

My ending idea also set up, at a minimum, the second story. And at lunch today I speculated on the nature of the third story (OK, I had some help from teh Spork--he's really good with that sort of thing). It's not that I'm planning to write three stories based in this world and on the culture I've invented, it's more that I could write more than the one story I've already got.

Over the long holiday weekend (since American Independence Day was this past Friday), I sat down at the computer and read through the entire story (all 120K words), again, just so I could get back in gear to write some more. Oh, I'm writing, all right! Now, I'm comfortable with what the story is about (I was a bit sidetracked, before), and I know exactly what the primary conflict is. And yes, they defeat it at the end. Why, of course they do.

I'm less concerned with the length and the pacing, but I think it will still work out. I've also been looking into the possibility of podcasting the story as a radio play, and getting voice actors (most likely friends) to do the various parts. I don't read that badly, but I still don't like my voice all that much. On the other hand, I do have a theme song for the podcast, and considering my budget for such a production, I can even afford the licensing fees.

And yes, eventually I want to make this into a web comic. I think it could really benefit from the visuals, and I'm not crazy enough to think it would ever become a movie.

So stay tuned. Things are going to get (more) interesting.