Revan's Shadow: The eBook!

So, after compiling all of the files together, editing them into one document, creating a table of contents, and, finally, creating the file: I have finally created an ebook version of my Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic fanfic, Revan's Shadow.

Why did I do this? Mostly as an experiment. Plus, this story is pretty near and dear to my heart, so I wanted to be able to read over it on my Kindle. That still might sound like pretentiousness to a new extreme, but I really love Revan's story. The fact that I wrote it doesn't even enter into my line of thinking. I just like to be able to experience it again (typos and all).

So! If you so happen to have an ebook reader and care to take a gander at this thing that took forever to make (five years planning, one year writing, three hours compiling), then here be the link to the file:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/u0vqtijmymul4xm/Revan's Shadow.prc

and the PDF:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/gdg2yt3yz4ynjdc/RevansShadowPDFv1.pdf

If there's a better place to host it, lemme know. Other than that: Enjoy!

P.S. - I typically do a lot of editing after the files are uploaded to fanfiction.net. This document was yanked straight from the files, so they're worse off than they are on the website right now. I'll be going through it to do some hard editing soon...hopefully. And I also have a PDF version of it if anyone's interested.

After Five Years: My Greatest Work Is Compleeeteeed!

Five years ago, I played Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for the first time. It was that hallelujah moment where everything in my life started to make actual sense. I knew, from then on out, I wanted to be a writer (or work for Bioware, whichever came first).

To sort of keep the memory of my KotOR experience alive, I started working on my own little prequel story to the game. Now, I put a lot into this thing. I played the game again to take more notes on the details of Revan's life as a Sith Lord, I bought a copy of the Star Wars Chronology (which is actually pretty fascinating), and I even carried around a printed copy of Darth Revan's wikipedia article at school to study. I was obsessed, that's for sure, but I regret none of it.

Eventually, I got to work on the actual story, working every night for weeks until I had over 20,000 words worth. But I couldn't keep up the momentum. After months of working on it, I let it go. I let it all go, actually. I stopped looking for news of a possible KotOR 3 and I let my whole Star Wars fandom slip by the wayside. But that was until I read Star Wars: Shatterpoint and Revenge of the Sith by Matthew (Fucking) Stover. My passion for that universe had been renewed, and I started writing my little prequel again last April of 2009.

Eleven months and 100,000 words later, I finally finished it. This was the story that I've always wanted to write, and even though it's fanfiction, I cherish everything that has come to inspire it into existence.

Very glad it's over, and I'm naive enough to think that something good might come of it, but that's just how I roll. Bioware, Mr. Karpyshyn, Mr. Gaider, and Mr. Buch--this one's for you!

Revan's Shadow

New Chapter: Revan's Shadow

Yeah, yeah, I know it's only been a week or so (if that) since the last update, but here's the next chapter for the story: right hmeah.

The reason it came so quickly is because this was one of the few scenes that I had actually written all those years ago...in a way. It was already in my mind, I should say. 80% of the dialogue that I used for HK-47 was stuff I ripped from my old mini-novel that I had started to write after I played both KotOR games.

It also came rather quickly because it was the one day I wasn't stressing over how I was going to write the Battle of Malachor V. I realize that I shouldn't be stressing so much over fanfiction, but it's important to me that I have something that I'm proud of on my account. I would never publish every idea I've had for the story; I still want a large chunk of the novel to remain in my head for possible official use in the future. Again, I realize I shouldn't be stressing over that either, but the story is very important to me...very important to me.

But! I'm still gonna go all-out with what I'm willing to put online. The Battle of Malachor V will be a while in the making, but I have an idea of how I'm going to handle it. After that, I only have maybe five chapters left to go...maybe. Then the ending that I've already written. And after that: I think I shall rest.

Aside from the projects that I've already started, by myself and with Buch, I'll probably take some time off from fanfiction for a while. I really want to get serious about my second novel, get it done, and send it off to some agents before the end of the year. The reason I want it done by year's end is because both Mass Effect 2 and Fallout: New Vegas will be coming out in 2010, and I don't think I'll be able to resist the urge to write stories about them. Just can't help it! xD

New Chapter: Revan's Shadow

Got a new chapter for my Knights of the Old Republic fanfic up now. You can find the story here!

It's by far the longest chapter of the story at four thousand, two hundred words. Was up till 3 AM writing the bastard. What took the longest was thinking up the most dramatic way for Revan to succumb to the dark side...which had to be dramatic. Dunno if I succeeded, but...you know, whatever.

We're sorta nearing the end of it. I'm estimating that it might be near 80,000 words by the time its completed: just 10k words short of novel-length. Which is good, I guess. If someone wants the whole novel, they know were to find me!

*waits patiently*

Anyway, yeah, I'm really excited for the story to be over; mostly because I just can't wait to write the ending. I have all sorts of elements lined up that I was excited just to get done. That's why I've kicked the writing habits into overdrive. Plus, I got a nice sense of fulfillment going on. It's been four years since this story started taking shape. To see it come together in some form has been exciting.

Gotta get the next chapter going. Later!