A Book

[Shadowstalker]

Well, I'm thinking of writing a book.

Like, a BOOK book.
As in, sending it to an editor and hoping to get it published.
I have about $300.00 in my piggy bank right now, which should be 3/1 more than I need. If it doesn't get published, I just send it to a private book company to bounds it into a book for my family and friends to read.

I am dead serious, though. My sister wrote a book, but she didn't want anyone but her close family to read it. But she paid for it herself to get it made into an actual book.

Well, you may want to hear my idea first . . .

The book would be about dragons. WAIT! I know, there's tons of dragon books out there. But each story is unique . . .

Summary:
Over the heaving water of the Ingens Sea lies the Isle of Pax Animus, the island that had inhabited by dragons for millenniums. Among the coniferous forests and tall mountain peaks, the young fledgling Renskallius lives with his family. They live a peaceful life together in a mountain cave. But one night, his older brother, Semallicus, never returned from his lone flight. Now, Renska embarks on a quest, determined to find his lost kin.
But as he journeys, Renska begins to realize that a great evil was responsible. The whole of Pax Animus was in danger . . . and he was destined to save them all.

I know, I know, the summary needs work. I just couldn't think of the right words for it. But what do you think so far? If you didn't understand it, basically Renskallius's, or Renska's for short, brother has gone missing. As he tried to find out what happened to him, Renska began to realize that the kidnap of his brother was due to a great evil. And so basically he's gonna save the Isle of Pax Animus from destruction.

Well?

And please be HONEST! PLEASE!


Also, a few side notes:
Pax Animus means Peace Courage in Latin. I can't decide between that or Pax Tranquillius (Peace Tranquility)
And Ingen means vast in latin, so The Ingen Sea is The Vast Sea

[Mod Blackbolt]

It sounds good and i think you should go for it, but remember there is most likely a high chance or rejection so don't feel bad if it does not get accepted

[Shadowstalker]

I know, I know . . . like I said, if it's rejected, I'll just get it made into a book for close friends and family.

[Dawnsky]

GO FOR IT!!!!!!! ;D tell me when it's published! (if it is)
i'v always wanted to write a book but i can never seem to get the plot or wording right.

[Wingflight]

Sounds good. And unlike most dragon books it actually sounds like it’s from the dragon’s perspective instead of a human (e.g. Eragon, which is a great book but only has one or two chapters from the dragon’s perspective in later books). It seems good, but like Blackbolt said don’t get your hopes up because even if you don’t really mind too much if it does get rejected you will be very disappointed.

Oh, and do you mean you haven’t written it yet and are going to write it or have written it but want to get it published?

[Shadowstalker]

Haven't written it yet. But for a month now I've had the storyline in my head. Like, I already know how it ends, how it begins, and what's inbetween.
When it comes to writing papers, like imformative stuff, I'm terrible at it. But whenever for school we get to write a paper form a story-point of view, I always do really good. I don't know, it's kind of funky. But my teacher say's I'm really good at writing stories.

[Mod Blackbolt]

I like writing descriptive stories but i am terrible at everything else (including punctuation)

[Shadowstalker]

lol I can tell Black.

[Mod Blackbolt]

mhm i knew some people could tell so i just mentioned it

[Wingflight]

I think Pax Animus sounds better than Pax Tranquilius.

One reason is because of the Sea of Tranquility on the moon which is Mare Tranquilitatus in Latin or Greek, so Pax Tranquilius sounds more like an expanse of water or a flat open plain to me than an isle.

Also, Pax Animus and what it means in English sounds like a latin phrase on a coat of arms. Like it’s not just the name, but that it sort of speaks for what the land is like, you know?

Also, before I knew what Pax Animus meant i though it meant something to do with animals, which seemed to fit in a land that seemingly had no humans.

So yeah, keep it as Pax Animus. And with the Ingen Sea thing, it sounded awesome (in both senses of the word) before I knew what it meant, so keep at it!

EDIT: oh, and i just though of this now, you could use Pax Tranquilius for some place else. Maybe a lake or cove or something, coz it really is a good name.

[Shadowstalker]

Thanks Wing!