Sounds like Minority Report, but for all causes of death. My book, Fate, Inc. has a similar theme, only Death is handled in a way consistent with a call center in the telecommunications sector and is more humor/fantasy based.
I love how writers can start with a similar premise and/or concept and come up with wildly different stories. Your take on predicting death sounds awesome.
I like it as well. And your take sounds like a great one. I can already see interesting ideas surrounding it. Like for instance, what happens when the computer model predicts the death of someone and it doesn't come true, or a death happens before the date prescribed?
I love dystopias too! I think they’re evergreen as far as genres go. This project is more of a coming of age story with a subtle scifi twist than it is an epic dystopia, but there are a few dystopia elements in there. :)
So excited for this! I'm going the indie publishing route, so I get excited every time I see an author that's been traditionally published start to experiment with other avenues like this! And this premise! THIS. PREMISE. It sounds soooooo good!
Interesting! I relate. I wrote an autobiographical YA novel in 2010 and spent eight years submitting it to agents in various forms. I was rejected unanimously for many years until I finally broke down and hired a former Random House freelance editor. She worked with me on the book for eight months and said it was solid. She said ‘were I still at RH I’d acquire it.’ After that I started getting agent interest. First a few agents wanted to read the whole MS, then dozens. One agent read it three times and sent me long emails praising it. Yet that agent disappeared suddenly without a trace. Another agent praised it as well and said she could ‘see it on the shelf’ but then quipped that the narrator being an ‘upperclass white male’ was ‘problematic’ in the Time of Trump. So I stopped submitting it. More and more it seems agents want ideology versus literature. It’s sad. I interned for an agent for nine months in 2013; I learned a lot about the industry. Many of my book editing clients are published with major houses. But in the end I chose to do things my way and join Substack. And now I’m serializing my ‘fictional memoir’ about living in East Harlem NYC during Covid. Maybe next I’ll do the YA!
Anyway: I subscribed to your SS because you have trad pub experience and also turned to SS: I find that intriguing. For so long I wanted to be traditionally published. But now? I’m much more interested in forming a direct relationship with readers. The gatekeepers are so often wrong.
I can't wait to read it!
Yay! Thank you! I’m excited to start sharing. :)
Sounds like Minority Report, but for all causes of death. My book, Fate, Inc. has a similar theme, only Death is handled in a way consistent with a call center in the telecommunications sector and is more humor/fantasy based.
I love how writers can start with a similar premise and/or concept and come up with wildly different stories. Your take on predicting death sounds awesome.
I like it as well. And your take sounds like a great one. I can already see interesting ideas surrounding it. Like for instance, what happens when the computer model predicts the death of someone and it doesn't come true, or a death happens before the date prescribed?
Ding ding ding! That question is at the core of the novel's main conflict. :)
This is so exciting! I miss dystopians! Who decided it's a dead genre??
I love dystopias too! I think they’re evergreen as far as genres go. This project is more of a coming of age story with a subtle scifi twist than it is an epic dystopia, but there are a few dystopia elements in there. :)
Yessss!!!! This is so exciting!!
Thanks, friend!
So excited for this! I'm going the indie publishing route, so I get excited every time I see an author that's been traditionally published start to experiment with other avenues like this! And this premise! THIS. PREMISE. It sounds soooooo good!
Thank you!! Trad publishing just keeps getting tougher, so it makes sense to experiment. I'm excited to see how it goes...
The premise sounds so good, I'm really excited to read it soon!
Oh thank you! I’m excited to share it. :)
Interesting! I relate. I wrote an autobiographical YA novel in 2010 and spent eight years submitting it to agents in various forms. I was rejected unanimously for many years until I finally broke down and hired a former Random House freelance editor. She worked with me on the book for eight months and said it was solid. She said ‘were I still at RH I’d acquire it.’ After that I started getting agent interest. First a few agents wanted to read the whole MS, then dozens. One agent read it three times and sent me long emails praising it. Yet that agent disappeared suddenly without a trace. Another agent praised it as well and said she could ‘see it on the shelf’ but then quipped that the narrator being an ‘upperclass white male’ was ‘problematic’ in the Time of Trump. So I stopped submitting it. More and more it seems agents want ideology versus literature. It’s sad. I interned for an agent for nine months in 2013; I learned a lot about the industry. Many of my book editing clients are published with major houses. But in the end I chose to do things my way and join Substack. And now I’m serializing my ‘fictional memoir’ about living in East Harlem NYC during Covid. Maybe next I’ll do the YA!
Anyway: I subscribed to your SS because you have trad pub experience and also turned to SS: I find that intriguing. For so long I wanted to be traditionally published. But now? I’m much more interested in forming a direct relationship with readers. The gatekeepers are so often wrong.
Keep up the good writing! Look forward to more.
Michael Mohr
Sincere American Writing
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/
I’m so excited to read this!
Yay! I'm excited to share. :)