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    Fishwings
  • Fishwings
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  • 01/07/2011
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I'm Not From Earth - 29. Notes

n o t e s

 

(Some background on the story)

Three years ago, my tenth grade English teacher gave us an assignment. He told us to write a short story on whatever we want, but went out of his way to stress that all stories must not only have clarity, be entertaining, or have some other attractive flare -- it must fulfill some sort of yearning purpose, or explore some underlying idea. After submitting a rather wacky straight-boy alien fiction that involved too much violence, too much crude humour, and too much pot, I decided to give birth to a new, strong man-on-martian story for my own devious enjoyment, which I initially named The Alien Child.

Strangely enough, the story started off as a modern spin-off on the "Cinderella" story, wherest her "Prince Charming" comes and rescues the poor lady in distress and whisks her off to happy, baby-making land. As I continued to write, however, I realized something was missing. So I spent a little over two years [juggling homework, battling a lack of writer's inspiration] kicking it around, unceremoniously giving it direction, and ultimately trying to patch up the emptiness that was due to a lack of a point. All the while making sure to resist the temptation to submit chapters in advance. I didn't for three simple reasons: One, I would probably go back to the chapters and edit them a billion times over to my satisfaction [which I did]. Two, I don't always write stories chapter by chapter -- I butcher them accordingly to my fluxuating mood. And Three, well, I probably would never have finished it.

Despite all doubts, towards the end of my 2009 summer vacation, I was finally typing the last words. The end product was significantly different [and slightly less ludicrous], so I decided to give the whole thing a different [also slightly less ridiculous] title; I'm Not From Earth ("!") (exclamation mark at the end highly optional).

If you've made it this far into this [although short] Author's Note, I congratulate you.

I was undeniably yearning to write something, and this has been quite the journey worth reflecting. But now, back to the Olympics...

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Copyright © 2011 Luc Rosen; All Rights Reserved.
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Allerron

Your yearning to write something astounds me. Your descriptive prose is delightfully detailed without being pedantic or condescending. I read the story from start to finish, clicking as fast as I could between chapters (and cursing the internet for being so slow!) until the last one. I can't help but feel that Rover should have gone with Slade, even though I can understand his reasoning. Beautiful story, thank you for sharing it. I hope that there are MANY more to follow...

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Fishwings
On 02/07/2011 05:26 PM, Allerron said:
Your yearning to write something astounds me. Your descriptive prose is delightfully detailed without being pedantic or condescending. I read the story from start to finish, clicking as fast as I could between chapters (and cursing the internet for being so slow!) until the last one. I can't help but feel that Rover should have gone with Slade, even though I can understand his reasoning. Beautiful story, thank you for sharing it. I hope that there are MANY more to follow...
Oh haha! Thanks, wasn't expecting a review, but glad you left me one. I'm flattered. I'm glad you enjoyed the story so much. Yeah, I'm truly not sure myself if Rover should have gone with Slade, but maybe I'll have them meet up again for future installments. And thank you for reading! Cheers.
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Lagnar

I too loved the story. It was a page-turner for me but I also was a bit disappointed in the sort of abrupt ending. I really wanted Rover to go with Slade and have unimaginable adventures together.

 

I really hope you continue with your writing and am looking forward to reading "Run".

 

Very impressive.

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Fishwings
On 09/04/2013 02:38 AM, Lagnar said:
I too loved the story. It was a page-turner for me but I also was a bit disappointed in the sort of abrupt ending. I really wanted Rover to go with Slade and have unimaginable adventures together.

 

I really hope you continue with your writing and am looking forward to reading "Run".

 

Very impressive.

Thanks for the review! I have a sequel planned but haven't had any time to do writing lately. Check out "Six Seconds" if you have time, it's my most recent work : )

 

Thanks again for stopping by Lagnar.

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Stephen ODonohue

Luc... that was absolutely bloody fantastic. I just had to read it in one sitting. I loved it (and I almost never read sci-fi). I will certainly read any other work you have written, starting as soon as I've finished this review. Thank you so much for the enjoyment Luc.

 

Stephen

 

P.S. I will try to remember to go back and 'like' the last 12 odd chapters as I had used up my daily allowance of 'likes' ( short chapters). Once again, thank you Luc.

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Fishwings
On 02/25/2015 01:02 AM, Stephen ODonohue said:
Luc... that was absolutely bloody fantastic. I just had to read it in one sitting. I loved it (and I almost never read sci-fi). I will certainly read any other work you have written, starting as soon as I've finished this review. Thank you so much for the enjoyment Luc.

 

Stephen

 

P.S. I will try to remember to go back and 'like' the last 12 odd chapters as I had used up my daily allowance of 'likes' ( short chapters). Once again, thank you Luc.

Hello Stephen! Thanks for the review : ) I'm glad you liked the story! It's been so long since I've written, I really appreciate the feedback.
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