I hereby blame you for creating the temptation.
Hm... have you archive-binged on, say, Worm, or Homestuck yet? (If not - there go the next few weeks of your spare time... >;) )
Please, please finish this,
I certainly intend to.
then find an editor and publisher.
That's a bit trickier. I try to keep a weather eye on the publishing industry, and various authours' blogs - but I don't have any contacts that would get my manuscript out of the slush pile and to a real human's attention. I have no objection to the /idea/ of getting a professional editor to improve the manuscript; I just don't know how to play Six Degrees to actually /find/ such an individual, gain their attention, and convince them to spend the time to read 220,000-and-counting words. (Mind you, at least I wouldn't have to overcome the hurdle of convincing such a person to read a /fan/-fiction manuscript... :) )
And thank you for writing what you have so far.
You're quite welcome.
And feel free to add comments to the GoogleDoc for any particular details that you think could be made even better. :)
DataPacRat:
Worm destroyed my productivity for a really long time. I loved that one. That's another one where I hope the author will get it published. I've been holding off reading Pact until it is done.
I have to look up Homestuck. If it is anything like S.I. or Worm, it will be worth the lost productivity.
The only thing I would have changed so far is the part where the group brainstorms names. It goes on too long. It was humorous through about half-way, then its continuation made the point of "this is how to brainstorm," which I assume is what yo...
So, to quote myself all those months ago when I first had this idea (I haven't actually posted one of these since the original. funny how that happens):
In an attempt to encourage more people to actually do awesome things (a la instrumental rationality), I am proposing a new monthly thread (can be changed to bi-weekly, should that be demanded). Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to comment on this thread explaining the most awesome thing you've done this month. You may be as blatantly proud of you self as you feel. You may unabashedly consider yourself the coolest freaking person ever because of that awesome thing you're dying to tell everyone about. This is the place to do just that.
Remember, however, that this isn't any kind of progress thread. Nor is it any kind of proposal thread.This thread is solely for people to talk about the awesomest thing they've done all month. not will do. not are working on. have already done.This is to cultivate an environment of object level productivity rather than meta-productivity methods.
Anything not mentioned in a previous bragging thread is still fair game, even If it didn't actually happen in the last month.
So, what's the coolest thing you've done this month?