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I'm writing a featured mystery! :)
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Squinky
Squinky

Feb-11-2007 09:33

It takes place in London. Although someone else already beat me to the punch in writing about Shakespearean theatre in London (the Romeo and Juliet mystery)....well, I decided to center mine on a different traditional play and only with many, many more twists. I'm thinking it'd get a Hard or Really Hard rating.

Not just that but I think London needs more featured mysteries too!

IRL I'm a New Yorker (not to mention a chick posing as a dude!) but have extensively travelled the UK and seen much of England and Ireland's rich history, tradition, and culture. I'm incorporating a lot of English local color and slang in this, and using British spellings instead of American spelling.

If this mystery does well I'd like to write more for London, and for the other cities when I get a chance to go to them. But mostly London for I have a soft spot for it, and New York since it's my hometown. Me loves the Old Yorke a bit more than the New York. :P

I'm almost done with the intro for this one. I'd like to post it and get feedback. If anyone's interested in reading it, does so and thinks it has a chance of becoming an FM, please let me know! Thanks! :)

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Squinky
Squinky

Feb-14-2007 09:29

Update 2/14:

Well kiddies, the mystery's about 70% done. This intro has been revamped quite a bit-- so much that it's going to be split into 2 parts. I just need to write the twist, ending, and some character dialogues. Then it's off to the board to see if it gets used!

Squinky
Squinky

Feb-14-2007 09:29

Update 2/14:

Well kiddies, the mystery's about 70% done. This intro has been revamped quite a bit-- so much that it's going to be split into 2 parts. I just need to write the twist, ending, and some character dialogues. Then it's off to the board to see if it gets used!

Paranoid_Android
Paranoid_Android
Story Teller

Feb-14-2007 14:43

It'll be great to see a new FM up when you finish :)

Squinky
Squinky

Feb-14-2007 17:52

I'm about 80% done now-- just have the twist and I'm still planning a nice big ending-- keep your fingers crossed for me that it'll get approved. :) If it does, I want to write many more of them! I found that I really had a fun time writing this and definitely want to do more. My style's an odd mix of tradition and innovation.

But hopefully by Monday or so I should be done!

ShadowChii
ShadowChii
Yarn Weaver

Mar-1-2007 00:45

Just curious, did your FM get accepted? (I'm looking forward to playing it!) I wrote one myself about two months ago and never even got a response back...

Henry Walker
Henry Walker

Jul-10-2007 18:57

Sounds so cool. it kind of sounds like a story that I wrote for my own amusement. I've never writen a story online before. Totally awesome. I LOVE IT!!!

Botsie Boots
Botsie Boots
Old Shoe

Jul-20-2007 08:35

where do you go to either sign up or submit your mysteries. Do I need to talk to Ben

Anikka
Anikka
Babelfish

Jul-20-2007 10:12

No Botsie, just go to the Writer's Workshop link and start writing. :)

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