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[Update] New novel featuring SC2 available now!

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ErikaMitchell
Profile Joined June 2011
United States25 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-23 22:16:16
June 21 2011 19:26 GMT
#1
[image loading]

Based on some feedback, I've decided to revamp my post.

Where can I find the book?
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PWNED is available for purchase from Amazon (TL Referral Link!) and Barnes & Noble as an e-book, with additional e-book outlets like iTunes coming soon.


What's the story about?
+ Show Spoiler +
PWNED is a classic thriller set against an eSports background. The main character is a young Sc2 pro who has qualified for Code S for the first time and is preparing to head to the GSL.

Things go wrong when the FBI inform him he is a person of interest in an ongoing investigation, and must not leave the country, therefore keeping him from flying to Korea to compete.


What was your goal in writing this novel?
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I'm not a hardcore gamer, but my husband is, and the idea for an eSports themed thriller came after watching a few Day[9] dailies, and seeing how GRAND the GSL is as a production.

I really came to know and love the eSports community after a few weeks of casual interaction, and wanted to tell a story in a Tom-Clancy-esque Thriller, with an eSports background. I wanted to show how tight the community is, while making the novel readable for the general public.


Who is the novel written for?
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My primary audience is the general public who lean towards geekdom. I try to use the book as a tool to introduce eSports the same way it was introduced to me.


The main character doesn't seem realistic to me.
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They say to write what you know. As a coffee shop lovin writer, my main character reflects this.

I know that this doesn't reflect your average eSports pro. For example, I watch HuK's stream a lot and see him getting messages on email and Facebook from his family telling him how much they miss him.

He's given up a lot to be where he is, and I just can't write from that perspective. I feel like it would be disingenuous to try and create a character I can't relate to


Isn't your book terrible and amateurish?
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It might be.

This is only my second novel, and I have a long way to go as an author.

I did have a lot of fun writing the book, though, and while it may not be terribly polished, I think it's a fun story that will help introduce eSports to a larger community.


Why should I buy this book?
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Three things come to mind:

  • It's a good way to help promote eSports
  • I set up the Amazon link with TeamLiquid's account so they get a piece of every sale
  • Not every eSports release will be perfect, but helping out upstarts like me will encourage more people to engage in eSports themed expression.

    Based on the current feedback, how would you feel about writing for the eSports crowd??



I thought Starcraft fanfic was supposed to be about Jim Raynor and Zeratul expressing their undying love for one another
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fearlessparagon
Profile Joined November 2010
United States104 Posts
June 21 2011 19:30 GMT
#2
Sounds like Enders game
Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win
Epoxide
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Magic Woods9326 Posts
June 21 2011 19:30 GMT
#3
Sounds very interesting ^______^;;
LiquipediaSouma: EU MM is just Russian Roulette. Literally.
pStar
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
996 Posts
June 21 2011 19:31 GMT
#4
OMG AWESOME.

I am so buying this.
jcroisdale
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1543 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-21 19:32:21
June 21 2011 19:31 GMT
#5
Wow this is awesome they wrote the Story of Tasteless on his brief stint taking down the korean ladder.

wow i thought my post was low content and probably not even worth posting then i get to see the 3 posters above me. It was like they all wanted to say first but knew they couldn't.
"I think bringing a toddler to a movie theater is a terrible idea. They are too young to understand what is happening it would be like giving your toddler acid. Bad idea." - Sinensis
Pughy
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Wales662 Posts
June 21 2011 19:32 GMT
#6
How strange. I'm not a big reader (dyslexia) but that book sounds very funky. I wonder if its any good, especially the writing when games are on. I bet its not easy to write a game of SC2 so people can understand it without the visuals of actually seeing the game being played.
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Yung
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States727 Posts
June 21 2011 19:40 GMT
#7
I love you you put Bawls in there, and starcraft im getting this book.
DivinO
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States4796 Posts
June 21 2011 19:40 GMT
#8
Whoaaaa. This sounds really fun.
LiquipediaBrain in my filth.
JiYan
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3668 Posts
June 21 2011 19:45 GMT
#9
movie time?
Sazchu
Profile Joined April 2007
Iceland489 Posts
June 21 2011 19:47 GMT
#10
This sounds awesome, looking forward to the paperback edition coming out.
Alabasern
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4005 Posts
June 21 2011 19:52 GMT
#11
I can't wait to publish my ESPORT - Mecha themed story. Good fortune Erika Mitchell!
Support your esport!
Scouter
Profile Joined April 2011
United States6 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-21 19:59:27
June 21 2011 19:52 GMT
#12
Thanks for the positive comments My wife wrote the book, and I helped with the game research. Diamond Terran, and big fan of Day[9] and Tastosis.
Steel
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Japan2283 Posts
June 21 2011 19:52 GMT
#13
Haha this seems funny (but a bad novel)
Try another route paperboy.
Scouter
Profile Joined April 2011
United States6 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-21 20:00:06
June 21 2011 19:53 GMT
#14
@Sazchu: Should be 5-7 weeks for the print run.
Scouter
Profile Joined April 2011
United States6 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-06-21 20:10:55
June 21 2011 19:54 GMT
#15
I think this is probably the first published SC story that isn't Fanfic set in the Starcraft Universe. If it does well with general audiences, and the hardcore crowd embraces it, it could be good for eSports in general.
Scouter
Profile Joined April 2011
United States6 Posts
June 21 2011 19:56 GMT
#16
@Steel: Give it a chance, it's a fun read
MadJack
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Peru357 Posts
June 21 2011 20:00 GMT
#17
PWNED tells the story of Sean Boxer

Read that and got chills, the bad ones. Like you could have chosen a better name, thats just TOO cheesy imho.

Anyways good luck with your book
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Alabasern
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States4005 Posts
June 21 2011 20:03 GMT
#18
@Scouter: I embrace the challenge of e-publishing but would accept any help, thank you.

Parts of my story still don't fit well both as text and be spoken aloud, so major editing is making an e-publishing date indeterminate.
Support your esport!
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24670 Posts
June 21 2011 20:04 GMT
#19
I'll wait. Maybe I'll get a paperback; I'll get The Starcraft Bible also and put it next to The Epic Blog. Any others I'm missing? I want the best bookshelf in esports.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
Glurkenspurk
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1915 Posts
June 21 2011 20:04 GMT
#20
I don't know if any of you have actually read the chapters but.. Practicing for gsl in team games? It's horribly written and it makes me embarrassed to be a member of the starcraft community
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