The White River City Storyworld

Haven't posted for a bit but this one's a doozey

In 2012 I began working on a novel called "The Encyclopedia of Vices". It was a novel presented in alphabetical, rather than chronological order. I knew it was a complex project and would take a lot of planning so it became a backburner project. A couple of years later I enrolled at Tiffin, so the summer before I began working on another project that takes place in the same White River City storyworld as Vices.

It was a multimedia story called "Don't Swim Uphill in a Water Balloon". It followed the life of an extended family during Thanksgiving week, 1986. In this story, I introduced a character named Jason Oliver, his wife Carissa, and the tragic loss of their son, Tommy.

Two years later, I had turned "The Encyclopedia of Vices" into"The Virtue of Vices", and my capstone project at Tiffin. After seeking to get it published for a couple of years, I decided to self publish and start my own company.

Just recently I launched another expansion to the world, finally realizing the A.I. program mentioned in Don't Swim Uphill, T.H.O.M.A.S.

The other day I was explaining this whole concept to a co-worker and he said something like, "Oh, so you're just doing this for fun?"
I laughed and said I did want to do this for a living someday but I understood I had a niche audience for this storyworld. I bring it to ATS because I feel there's a larger number of folks here who enjoy an immersive, multimedia storylines.

Thank you for your time. I hope some of you like taking a trip to White River City. There's a lot of material out there if you decide to seek it out. If not, then maybe my next project will be your cup o' tea.

revswirl

I will read it! Love reading members books.

Several years ago I read another member's book about cats. It was a great book, but I can't for the life of me remember the members user name.

a reply to: chiefsmom

That's wunderbar! Thank you so much.