A Summary of Inspiration

So as my first "real" post since my revamping of my writing (and adversely my blog), I decided I would put out a little teaser of all the ideas that I am currently banging around in my head. (It's been painful letting the little buggers just run around crazy like that inside. They need to get out and play every now and then.) So here goes:

CURRENTLY WRITING:
More Poetry!!!!
-If you need an explanation of what this entails, then perhaps you should find a different pursuit of life than reading my material...

Tides (co-authoring with Nathan J. Vencil aka http://theresidentphilosopher.blogspot.com/)
-A murder mystery set entirely on the beach
-Being written as a full-length screenplay

Grand (working title)
-The amazing adventures of a man's flight around the world
-Set in an early 1900's steampunk society
-Written in diary form

UPCOMING:
The Chronicles of Pan
-Being the account of the many adventures of each of the Pans (Peter being merely the most famous; not the first, nor the greatest, and certainly not the only Pan)

CONCEPTS:
A Romance of a certain sort
-I have some images and concepts floating around with this one, but nothing more solid than that the main character is a teenage delivery-boy in (probably) New York who falls in love with the musically inclined daughter of the owner of a small (but popular) restaurant.

Japanese Samurai/Ninja epic trilogy
-Each book told (in first person narrative) from the point of view of the main character
-First book: A girl who masks her identity to become the hero the people need
-Second book: A young man who dreams of joining the legend's trusted followers
-Third book: A foreigner who joins the merry band and chronicles the end of the war

Pirate+Ninja Wars
-I already started working on this one, then dropped it for a while (or maybe closer to 10-20 years) after I realized that what I am going for with this story is so far above and beyond what I can currently write.
-Ask me about it if you want to know more, because I have a lot more detail on this one than I feel like writing down right now.

Post-apocalyptical novella
-That's pretty much all I've got on this, other than that I want it to be rather harsh.

St. George and the Dragon retelling
-This has always been one of my favorite stories. If you don't know it, look it up immediately!!! I highly recommend this version: http://www.amazon.com/Saint-George-Dragon-Margaret-Hodges/dp/0316367958

Beauty and the Beast retelling
-Quite possibly my favorite fairy tale ever (and not just the Disney version, though I love that too).
-If you don't know this, then you are simply a very uncultured, sad person.

Soccer serial
-There's something about sports stories that are very compelling, so I'd like to try my own hand at it sometime. Soccer is obviously the best choice, seeing as it is my favorite sport.
-The story will follow one boy's career from his first stages as a young child all the way up through his stint in the World Cup as a young adult.

Steampunk epic
-Involving a large war. I don't know much else yet.

Assassin
-Set in Renaissance Venice and Rome
-Centers around an assassin who is hired to kill the pope
-Will not be written for many, many years, as what I want to do with this is utterly and ridiculously difficult.

WWZ
-(Stands for World Wrestling Zombies)
-A team of misfits, headed by a superstar professional wrestler, attempt to fend off a zombie invasion and maybe save the world.


And there you have most of my ideas so far. Hopefully some piqued your interest. I'm interested to know what you think about these stories and what I can do to make them spectacular. In the meantime, keep looking for more to come at a less distant date! Let the great writing adventures begin!!!

In excited anticipation,
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Most definitely Copyright 2010 White Water.
So if I find myself reading any of these ideas in story form without my name being on the title page...I had better not.