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It Goes Both Ways - Intro

Burned bridges and phone booth pondering

Boot Hill

Boot Hill is a novel in progress written by yours truly, though is the brainchild of both myself and =lone-momo, with the loving character assistance of ~wiredgirl.

Genre: Western/fantasy, with a touch of romance, electricity, gun-toting action, and adventure.

For more information, please see my LiveJournal

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Boot Hill: A common name for the burial grounds of gunfighters, or those who "died with their boots on."

Welcome to Nesot, a country where magic has dissipated, the aristocracy's hold is loosening and turmoil has sprouted amid its civilians. Among them is Lindsay Madoc, a withdrawn albeit talented young doctor. Sudden rumors that the now extinct magic still exists within Lindsay quickly spreads to the attentions of the four families ruling over Nesot, who have been vying for supremacy ever since magic collapsed. Fearing his arrest or worse, Lindsay flees from the city he's been raised in. He seeks refuge in the Splinters, a desert wilderness where lawlessness abounds and the already stagnant economy is controlled by gunslingers and thieves.

Escaping into the heart of the Splinters aboard a train, Lindsay's freedom is only fleeting when he is confronted by a trigger-happy outlaw by the name of Finch, who seems to know more about the doctor than he's willing to reveal. Petrified and defenseless, Lindsay is taken captive by the man and his menacing gang under the pretense that his medical trade is desired among their ranks. The longer Lindsay hides behind the protection of gunslingers, however, the more he learns about the fierce, charming, and most of all mysterious man only known as Finch--and his unprecedented discoveries entwine them together in a fight or flight for their lives.

I wrote some more Boot Hill for NaNoWriMo (50k words). What should I do with it? 

46%
35 deviants said Finish the whole story first. Then edit and share with us!
22%
17 deviants said Once you get 50k, stop and edit/share at least a snippet, then keep writing.
21%
16 deviants said POST THE ENTIRE UNEDITED THING ON LJ NOW! /FROTH
5%
4 deviants said What's Boot Hill? (read: /Finch!roundhouse kick to the face)
4%
3 deviants said THROW IT ON THE GROUNNNNND.
1%
1 deviant said Do whatever you want with it; I'm not going to read it.
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    How life brings us to the depressed state we are in amuses even the hardest of skeptics.  
     
    Here is my parable.   
    56 Chevy and thoughts of dad.  
     
     
     
    Dad and I were never the best of friends; hell we even tried to kill each other a time or two. But I know that he had love for me. How do I know this? Well he let me go to the Metallica concert after I got busted by my little brother, who caught me and my girlfriend,  in the glorious act of sex. My brother decided to tell my mom and dad even after I tried to bribe him with some money. This didn't work. But dad in his if she's pregnant speech,
    56 Chevy and thoughts of dad
    by *anemic-heritic

    While I feel like this piece could use quite a bit of fine tuning and tweaking on a technical level, I'm not going to go into extr...

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    You took the kitchen butter knife,  the one you used on your toast that morning,  and you slipped it between my breasts,  to where my heart beat painfully in my chest.  I bled onto your hand, dripping onto the floor,  while you watched with a small, sad smile  on your face, and told me it was better this way.   
    How is that possible  when all I thought I knew  disappeared in a cloud of purple smoke  as I melted into a puddle,  while my boiling blood  made a pool on the kitchen linoleum?   
    It was a bitch to clean later.
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    Being more familiar with prose, I'm having a difficult time getting myself to critique poetry, mostly because I feel like I have n...

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    WHAT WOULD FINCH DO? + lolwut

    Wed Dec 9, 2009, 8:14 PM


    I'LL TELL YOU WHAT HE'D DO



    This is what I do with my money and spare time. SOBSOB I NEED A LIFE

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    Boot Hill progress:

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    Thank you everyone, so much for all of the support this past year. It means more than most of you may know :heart:

    This here is my handmade writing goal for December. I'll continue writing Boot Hill until I'm done! Let's hope I can stick with this schedule. Feel free to check up on my progress and ask me how I'm doing throughout the month; I need to have the motivation to keep going, hahaha.
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    Other than that being an incredibly gorgeous song title by Smashing Pumpkins, I thought I'd pop online and say:



    Yep. I've written 50,000 words as of 12:30 PM on November 26th. I'm feeling pretty excited and fired up, mostly because I'm in the middle of a really fun scene (trains and gunfights to commence) and still have a long way to go. I'm not feeling as burned out as I usually am after winning each year, and I am so happy to say that I honestly can't wait to keep writing. The writing will continue through December and January if need be (with a goal of 1,000 words per day rather than the strenuous 1,666 words per day that NaNoWriMo requires in order to win) until the first book's manuscript is complete. It might be awful, but it'll be done.

    THE BEGINNING IS THE END IS THE BEGINNING, INDEED. Boot Hill has only just begun. (Seriously, I think only about 5-6 days have transpired. OHSHI--)

    Thank you everyone, for all your encouragement!




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    =AudreyDutroux 17 hours 35 minutes ago
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    =Flame-of-the-Phoenix 1 day 6 hours ago
    Hey!! Just wanted to stop by and thank you so much for the :+fav: on Over My Shoulder! :hug:

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    *Veridiann Dec 7, 2009, 10:03:02 AM
    Thank you very much for the critique,I greatly appreciate it ^^ :hug:

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    =FestivePlague Dec 6, 2009, 10:47:16 PM
    Wow. Ok. So I've been out of writing for I guess four years or so and I think "harsh" doesn't even begin to describe your critique. I'm sorry to bore and disappoint you but this if of course the first chapter in one of many and what it appears I'm lacking the most in is imagery and proper character development and interaction. I do agree that what I did put up is hasty to say the least but from my understanding is that the modern human mind is only capable of reading and understanding so much before the get bored. I'm trying to appeal to that, I guess I'll try harder.

    When I said be gentle, I meant it. You can't really determine the entire story by the first draft chapter. I guess next time I won't ask for critique until I'm 100% professionally edited and certified.

    Also, it's labeled under Science Fiction for FUTURE use.

    Thanks but don't do that again, it hurts like hell.

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