All right. I thought that I should have a thread for any questions that anyone wishes to ask me (and possibly other future authors).
I reserve the right to refuse to answer due to spoilers, because I'd prefer to leave that undecided at this point or because I consider the question incredibly personal, but there's a good chance I can give the information you want.
1164065 Well, the most important reason is <spoilers for the end of Star Swirl and Stripes Forever redacted>
Okay, seriously, as was pointed out by one of my proofreaders (Not-Murphy), one of the major themes of the central stories of the verse is the theme of "discovery" and that I should use that in the title. This is true not just for the first three fics, but for A Debt to the Stars, The Last Use of Antlers, A Talon in Diplomacy and even in a fic where the discovery is happening more for the villians.
The Handle suggested the name, and I realised that it fit really well and allowed my ending for fic three to be less pretentious, which is a good thing.
Also, my need to have long, complicated titles with nouniting theme made things difficult.
(Honestly, the spoiler isn't big, and I'd give it out if I knew how to make spoiler tags here.)
All right. I thought that I should have a thread for any questions that anyone wishes to ask me (and possibly other future authors).
I reserve the right to refuse to answer due to spoilers, because I'd prefer to leave that undecided at this point or because I consider the question incredibly personal, but there's a good chance I can give the information you want.
Go ahead!
I have a question!
Why did you decide to name it "The Truthseekerverse"?
(I must have missed the explanation on the TVT thread.)
1164065 Well, the most important reason is <spoilers for the end of Star Swirl and Stripes Forever redacted>
Okay, seriously, as was pointed out by one of my proofreaders (Not-Murphy), one of the major themes of the central stories of the verse is the theme of "discovery" and that I should use that in the title. This is true not just for the first three fics, but for A Debt to the Stars, The Last Use of Antlers, A Talon in Diplomacy and even in a fic where the discovery is happening more for the villians.
The Handle suggested the name, and I realised that it fit really well and allowed my ending for fic three to be less pretentious, which is a good thing.
Also, my need to have long, complicated titles with nouniting theme made things difficult.
(Honestly, the spoiler isn't big, and I'd give it out if I knew how to make spoiler tags here.)