Lately I have been pondering over my publishability factor, which is a term I made up just now on the spot to describe the chances of my work getting published.

There are many considerations that I believe are played into the publishability factor, and I have been slowly adjusting my plans over the past month and a half to improve my publishability factor to reasonable levels. My first action was to change the Meeki character to an original character. I've explained that situation before on my web site, so I won't go into much detail here. All I will say is that the publishability factor of my work is most likely lowered if I use other people's characters rather than all of my own original ones. The second thing I have come up with in regards to the publishability factor theory is that my chances of being accepted are dramatically lowered by attempting to publish my first work as a multi-book story. When I started on The Third Eye, I was intending it to be one book, not two. In my inexperience, I underestimated how long the writing actually had to be and so I was forced to split it into two books. Now, I believe this split is very beneficial to the story, but for the publishability factor, it's not a good way to start my writing career. Starting off with a two-part story likely gives off the image of me being so arrogant about my work that I am expecting or even demanding that the publish should accept a second book in advance. Clearly in the matters of first-time publishing, a very humble approach needs to be taken.

Considering these theories, I had come to the decision that I needed to write a one-book story. It had to be related to The Third Eye, but still a piece of work that could hold it's own without being connected to the other works I have planned. For a while I had pondered writing something about the childhood of the Lucifer character. I certainly could have done that, but I realized that no matter how I approached the, it would be too much a “part zero” of The Third Eye. I also wasn't sure how I would elaborate the material that such a work would demand. It would be too tricky to accomplish, so I abandoned the idea.

A few days ago while walking around school before a midterm, I came up with what I would do. I am going to write about the main villain of The Third Eye. In progress of The Third Eye, the villain is only seen in the later stages of his life, where he believes himself to be God. For the purpose of that story, this is acceptable. For this new work which I have deemed completely necessary, I am planning to write a journal-like narrative of this villain as he is born, as he learns of himself, and in his final moments before he actually loses his identity to become the Imposter God. Because this character is a cursed demon, the narrative will have many lessons on the nature of humanity and why such cursed demons exist. This all occurs as the character learns of these things.

In addition to learning of human nature and his role as a cursed demon, the story can also serve as a kinder and gentler introduction for the reader into the world of Delos. I feel it will be a much better way to understand the world to take in the information much more slowly than I suspect it will be in The Third Eye. It would a much greater tribute to the “old” Delos, which goes through some great changes after The Third Eye part 2. You'll also get to know much more about the cursed demons in general, a group of misfits which do play a part in The Third Eye, but not a major one.

I'll give more information sometime soon. When I actually think of the specifics.

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