MIRTH

Abstract

This past year I embarked on a journey of research, drafting, editing, and formatting to write my debut novel. The purpose of my thesis is to show how the writing process can be broken up and how to create a book that is "publisher ready" without the assistance of a publisher. This project has prepared me to query my writing out to literary agents and begin my career as an author. Below is the jacket blurb: Bastian has always been a bit of a self-destructive loner, other than his friendship with the enormous, bat-winged, bioluminescent daemon in the sky. Some people call this daemon Abaddon, others call it the Dastard Supreme, Bastian just likes to call him Mirth though. In the distant future, Planet 3 finds itself at the whim of an all-powerful and unseen government called The One Power. The human population has a cure-all through the invention of Med-Patches, but no will to live, as their gods have been confirmed dead by the daemon spreading his wings across the night sky. With a city plagued by radiation and fear, Bastian finds himself teaming up with his only (human) friend, Carmilla, to put an end to The One Power's totalitarian reign. A gloomy adventure with riotous clowns, gas masks, and liminal spaces with endless doors, help Bastian understand what it means to live.