Shimmers

The project name of my story is Shimmers, which is what I will henceforth be referring it to as. It is called so for many reasons, most of which I can't tell anyone about, at the risk of spoiling the fun of telling it through the story. It's not something concrete or tanglible, but the general theme of the story that made Shimmers such a good choice of a project name (if I may say so myself).

Shimmers is about a self-loathing thief and swindler that has circled so far down the self-loathing-drain that he can do nothing but humor himself over everything he thinks and feels. He has lied to and leeched on too many people to even count. He has betrayed his friends to oblivion and back. He has abandoned his faith and thrown his humanity out the window.

Having on several occasions tried to leave his deceitful nature behind and settle for an ordinary life, but coming to face with the fact that no one will even look him in the face as they learn the truth, he has come to believe that there is no salvation for someone such as himself. Striding forward with nothing but his instinct for survival and sense of humor, he still continued on, year after year. One day, however, looking himself in the mirror and asking 'What am I even doing this for?' he decided to grant himself one last selfish wish - a peaceful funeral.
Edwin, as this thieving bastard is called, sets out to find the green fields of grass he has seen in his dreams, naive as it may seem. There is only one thing stopping him. The world he lives in is drenched not in water, but in aridness, and has seen nothing but dry plains and deserts for centuries.

Yes, Shimmers is set in a contemporary post-apocalyptic fantasy world consisting mostly of desert. The countries of the old world had just about reached a state close to what could be considered as world peace when mankind realized that the planet they lived on was running on fumes. A few centuries later, mankind is clinging to its life, scattered across the desert around what little clean water there is left. Connecting the various water sources, or towns, are solar-powered autonomous trains running on fixed schedules. The largest city of all, the original oasis, is called Oasis, simply. Like Rome, all roads lead to it, and also from it. It is the central hub for transport and politics as well as a social metropolis. There is also Eden [name is subject to change] - an enormous oxygen production facility. It is the worlds largest plantation, consisting of no less than [an enormous and surely impressive number] plants and trees, spanning a total of [an enormous and surely impressive number] acres. It is shielded away from the outside world and holds what the facility calls an ultimate defense and a zero-tolerance for unauthorized entrance. And then there are a large number of smaller towns and cities with varying cultures and languages (although English has been declared as the official world language, there are still people who practice older language out of pure interest and tradition).

Well, that is basically, in broad strokes, the world Shimmers is set in.

What genre does it belong to? But of course it is my favorite ones! Adventure, romance, drama and a bit of comedy.

I still don't know if I will be able to pull it off. I have realized how much I have understimated the art of writing in general. Going from considering myself a rather talented scribe and qutie proficient in english, to feeling as if everything I write is pure crap and that I am making absolutely no sense as I write in english is a humbling experience. But I am confident in my idea. Even more so now that I have written my first post about it. To be honest, I made some things up as I wrote it. But that is what this blog is going to be about - writing about what I'm writing about and discussing new ideas.