Tagger/Criminal Update


For those of you who decide this is TL;DR/too long to read, there is a simplified version at the bottom. (TL;DR Version)


I know it's been a very long time since I updated this story, but there is a very good reason for it. After first posting this story in August of 2014, it came to my attention that what was happening in Tagger - the ideas, characters, and world - was evolving to become something that cannot fit inside the Percy Jackson/fandom universe.

In other words, this fanfiction and idea developed into a novel.

In November of 2014, I participated in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, as I promote a lot) and wrote the story Criminal, taking ideas from Tagger and changing them.

It's now late June of 2015. It's been almost seven months since I started Criminal and nine since I started Tagger. I have not touched either story since then, with the busy school year, other writing works, and other things you won't care to hear about.

HOWEVER:

Yesterday, I was presented with a chance to pull out Criminal from the corner of my mind and a metaphorically dusty computer file in a real-life writing contest. To win this contest - to even participate in it - is a huge deal, because I can possibly win one hundred and fifty dollars as well as an editorial review. This is a chance I'm not sure I'll get again, and I'm taking it.

That being said, what is the fate of Tagger if Criminal goes on in the world?

I made a promise to myself that I would never discontinue or delete any of my fanfiction stories, no matter how bad. I am breaking that promise. Because Tagger has evolved into an original work - even as vastly different as the two are - I will not be continuing it as a fanfiction. I'm sorry for the people who wanted me to continue.

ON THE OTHER HAND:

I still want to share Criminal with the world. And I want to give my readers - of Tagger - the same choice. For those of you who are interested, I will be sharing (via Google Docs) what I have of the story by July 1st, when I'm supposed to turn in the final entry of my work. (This is twenty to thirty pages of Criminal.)

This means you get the chance to read as I work on it; and later, if it ever gets published... well, you get bragging rights seeing as you got to see this novel when it first started.

I hope you guys understand and support me. I'm so grateful for you guys.

CRIMINAL:

Criminal is a completely different story. Let's talk about it. Here comes the WIP summary.

What is an artist in a world with no art?

Years after America banned art, replacing it with only government-approved works, Rave is a famed street artist known for his work. He journeys across the country, working with the Underground - a network of illegal artists - to stay hidden and free. Running with Sera, his best friend and a dancer, the journey suddenly turns even more dangerous when Hunter, the best Fugitive Recovery agent America has, chases after them.

Cas is a young trainee in the Fugitive Recovery program, following in the footsteps of his father, Hunter, and as the best in his class, he has a lot to live up to. When Cas is assigned a mission - to go undercover and find Underground locations, he takes it. Posing as a runaway from the military, he finds himself with a new life on the run. But as time passes and he learns more about art, he begins to question the world he lives in - and himself.

Cas' and Rave's stories twist together to create one as the line between what is right and wrong is destroyed.

...That summary turned out to be a longer one than I planned. Sorry.

TL;DR version:

Tagger turned into an original novel, renamed Criminal, that will be entered into a writing contest. Tagger, the FF, will be discontinued, but if you wish to read (a part of) Criminal, please tell me, and I will PM you. Thanks yo. (Summary of Crim is up there.)

So if you guys are interested or have any hate/love messages to tell me, review or PM me.

Thanks for understanding,

achieving elysium

Edit, July 5, 2015: I've entered the competition. If you want to read it, you'll have the sample of what I'm entering and not the entire/rest of the novel that I'm working on.

THE NEXT CHAPTER IS AN EXCERPT OF CRIMINAL.