ConvergenceCycle
Acolyte
Hi all,
I'm Jon. I'm about 85% through the first book of a fantasy series I've been world-building for the past two years or so.
It's epic fantasy with a magic-vs-machine split: a magical kingdom on the surface, a steampunk industrial federation underneath, and a long history of them blaming each other for breaking the world. There's a magic school and dragons above ground, and an institute of science, airships, and dudes in power armor below....and an absurdly complicated web of foreshadowing, easter eggs, romantic relationships, and long game payoffs over a planned 10 book arc.
I started this project because I've spent my whole adult life reading the kind of fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian books that pick a side: magic OR science, prophecy OR progress, dragons OR airships.
I wanted all of it. So I built a world where alchemists argue with engineers and wizards complain about steam engines.
I'm here because I've realized the difference between someone who loves fantasy and someone who actually finishes a book is having a community of writers who get it.
I've been doing this mostly alone with a lot of caffeine and a folder of lore articles and concept art that's gotten genuinely out of hand, and I'd love to learn from (and share with) people who are further down this path than I am.
Excited to meet everyone. I'll be lurking in critique threads and showing up where I can be useful.
Cheers,
Jon
I'm Jon. I'm about 85% through the first book of a fantasy series I've been world-building for the past two years or so.
It's epic fantasy with a magic-vs-machine split: a magical kingdom on the surface, a steampunk industrial federation underneath, and a long history of them blaming each other for breaking the world. There's a magic school and dragons above ground, and an institute of science, airships, and dudes in power armor below....and an absurdly complicated web of foreshadowing, easter eggs, romantic relationships, and long game payoffs over a planned 10 book arc.
I started this project because I've spent my whole adult life reading the kind of fantasy, sci-fi, and dystopian books that pick a side: magic OR science, prophecy OR progress, dragons OR airships.
I wanted all of it. So I built a world where alchemists argue with engineers and wizards complain about steam engines.
I'm here because I've realized the difference between someone who loves fantasy and someone who actually finishes a book is having a community of writers who get it.
I've been doing this mostly alone with a lot of caffeine and a folder of lore articles and concept art that's gotten genuinely out of hand, and I'd love to learn from (and share with) people who are further down this path than I am.
Excited to meet everyone. I'll be lurking in critique threads and showing up where I can be useful.
Cheers,
Jon
