In the Glare of the Sun

**Ludens** · 01-30-2006, 20:22

Are you going to finish this story, Monk? It would be a pity if you did not. The Mead Hall is in need of a new epic.

**Shadow** · 01-31-2006, 17:22

I agree with Ludens please continue

**Monk** · 02-02-2006, 11:07

Originally Posted by Ludens

Are you going to finish this story, Monk? It would be a pity if you did not. The Mead Hall is in need of a new epic.

Epic? I wouldn't go that far...

The plot line of this story has been reworked, tossed around, scrapped, rebuilt, expanded, scrapped again and then salvaged once more

.

What i wanted to do with this story was expand my writing and do more than just war scenes, which, i would have to say i am becoming good at; yet slightly bored with. I've been trying to "flesh out" my characters, but the habit of just leaving them faceless and going into a "godlike" view of a war can be done easily... and one can slip into it without even knowing it causing whole pages to be dumped.

I know i haven't written anything in ages, but i am planning on continuing this thing soon. I've almost got everything to a point where i like it, its believable for the fluff of 40k, and its a decent enough read.

Is there a point to this rambling? maybe not.. its 5 am afterall and i look like this..

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The next chapter/part/installment-thing... can probably be expected either within the next week or so or a little later. why has it taken so long? well because i soon realised after starting this story that it can very easily degenerate into something like the last story i did, which i do not want to do. That would be dull as heck.. so i took the elements i had, shredded them down to the bare essentials that i could not change (what i had already written here) and added to that with ideas from expanding on a possible situation in the 40k universe.

Let me say one last thing, this story does not have anything to do with the story-line of the 40k universe. I am only using it as a template if you will, for the story i intend to tell.

and so... yes... thats it

**Ludens** · 02-03-2006, 19:48

Originally Posted by Monk

The plot line of this story has been reworked, tossed around, scrapped, rebuilt, expanded, scrapped again and then salvaged once more

.

What i wanted to do with this story was expand my writing and do more than just war scenes, which, i would have to say i am becoming good at; yet slightly bored with. I've been trying to "flesh out" my characters, but the habit of just leaving them faceless and going into a "godlike" view of a war can be done easily... and one can slip into it without even knowing it causing whole pages to be dumped.

I am glad to hear this story still is active, and your intentions to focus more on characters and less on battles sounds very promising. I hope you can make it work.

Good luck with writing!

**GiantMonkeyMan** · 02-04-2006, 23:31

this is actually a really good story! i enjoyed reading it and i hope you continue to make it more complete... keep it up

**Monk** · 03-07-2006, 17:27

It is with a heavy heart and great disappointment that i have come to the choice to end this project. The reason is simple: No time to do it in. I would like nothing better than to finish this story up (i *hate* leaving them unfinished as this one will be). Yet the plain and simple facts remain that i am going through a lot in my personal life; leaving little creative energy or inspiration to take this work through its paces. My absence around the .org should speak for itself that this has been a low priority for me for quite some time.

When all that is happening has settled down i may start this up again, maybe rehash it or try something new. But until then i think i will just lay off writing as a whole.

I know this isn't the first story i've tossed away (my crusader story comes to mind). I can only hope that by not worrying and forcing the work, it will come on its own eventually in a different form perhaps..

i'll keep the thread open (i am an am around these parts. almost forgot

) just in case inspiration strikes me. Until then...

...i am sure you can guess the rest.