I'm currently writing a book on my Pandora -- it's by no means finished, there are still quite a few chapters (9 or so, out of 31 planned chapters) to be written, the chapters that are written could use some more flesh and texture, and even the plot is not fully finalized yet, but it's work in progress and some progress has been made already. The text is currently about 40.000 words, about 120 pages. Perhaps enough to start showing it to some people for some feedback.
This is the first time I write fiction. Of course, that does not stop me from hoping it will become an unexpected international bestseller, translated in 42 languages
It's going to be, I hope, a rather thought-provoking and mind-blowing feminist science-fiction porn novel. Because of this rather peculiar genre, I'm a bit reluctant to show it to my family -- besides my girlfriend, none of them has read it so far. But maybe I can find some people here who are interested in the genre, and since I probably don't know you in real life, it's a bit less embarrassing for me as well .
The book is in Dutch, since that is my native language. So you have to understand Dutch if you want to help me. I guess that rules most of you out, sorry about that.
Let me know something in this thread if you're interested. I will then send you a private message with the first few chapters. Obviously I will ask you to not distribute my drafts without my approval, at this point. I have no idea yet how I will publish the book when it's ready -- could be anything from an old-fashioned publisher to a self-published ebook with a CC license. But at this point it's just an unfinished private manuscript.
You can choose yourself what kind of feedback you want to give. Maybe just "i like it" or "i hate it", that would be fine. Or maybe you have comments or suggestions about the plot, the characters, the language, whatever. Any feedback would be appreciated.
This is the first time I write fiction. Of course, that does not stop me from hoping it will become an unexpected international bestseller, translated in 42 languages
It's going to be, I hope, a rather thought-provoking and mind-blowing feminist science-fiction porn novel. Because of this rather peculiar genre, I'm a bit reluctant to show it to my family -- besides my girlfriend, none of them has read it so far. But maybe I can find some people here who are interested in the genre, and since I probably don't know you in real life, it's a bit less embarrassing for me as well
.The book is in Dutch, since that is my native language. So you have to understand Dutch if you want to help me. I guess that rules most of you out, sorry about that.
Let me know something in this thread if you're interested. I will then send you a private message with the first few chapters. Obviously I will ask you to not distribute my drafts without my approval, at this point. I have no idea yet how I will publish the book when it's ready -- could be anything from an old-fashioned publisher to a self-published ebook with a CC license. But at this point it's just an unfinished private manuscript.
You can choose yourself what kind of feedback you want to give. Maybe just "i like it" or "i hate it", that would be fine. Or maybe you have comments or suggestions about the plot, the characters, the language, whatever. Any feedback would be appreciated.
