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HH
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Manga Shoggoth

Subj: Re: My ha'p'oth
Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 at 08:02:53 pm EDT (Viewed 2 times)
Reply Subj: My ha'p'oth
Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 at 04:53:45 pm EDT (Viewed 4 times)



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    First off, do folks think it’s okay for me to plunder my Parodyverse writing and character store (some of which in turn have been borrowed from earlier writing I’ve done)? Are there ethical or legal issues I’ve overlooked?
     
    I can't speak for the legal issues, but to my mind you have a perfect right to adapt your own earlier work (as you have already done bringing things to the board). As to using other people's characters - changed accordingly - so long as you have the creator's permission, not a problem. I think most of us here are more interested in seeing whatever you come up with.

    The main problem is whether the publisher sees it like that.

    (And - as I have noted in the past - any of my characters and situations are open for your use. Goodness knows you had a hand in creating most of them)

    I think that would be a step too far.
     
    Secondly, any advice on tone and technique?
    Personally, I would not be interested in straight horror. A balance between horror and humour would be good - although it would have to be somewhat more serious than the PVMB style. (The same sort of balance you had with the MHC novels and the Atlantis ones, for example).

    I'll have to go back and balance the tone in a second draft, I think, but there's definitely more humour in there than when I try to write something genuinely horrific. Still, I'd like to get a bit of spookiness in there too.
     
    Thirdly, how well or badly do you think the situations and cast might translate to a stand-alone novel?

    Very well, I should think. You probably wouldn't want to stuff all the characters and situations in the first novel, of course, but the characters will transition just fine. You may even be able to give them a more detailed background and structure than they have here.


At the moment it's looking like Grace, Mac, Regret, and a certain cat might have to wait for a second volume. On the other hand, Rasputatious and the Picnic of Doom have muscled their way in.