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Hello fellow Tapasians (not sure if that's a term but I'm just rolling with it).

I'm a 34-year-old dad who just enjoys writing. Quite frankly, being a dad at my age means that I don't realize my age until I look at an ID (or any legal document) or there's a special occasion that serves as a reminder (like my birthday last month). I created this thread to see if there were other 30+ folks on here (I'm certain there are) and to, of course, shamelessly promote my story.

I am currently writing a novel that I would like to publish, but I had so many stories swarming in my head that I had to get them out of there. Or I might have to face a mental mutiny, which isn't a pretty feeling. I personally think that if someone has a story to tell, they should write it. Their worlds don't deserve confinement, but expression. Their characters and tales need be put out there, if not for fame, then at least for posterity.

If you are here (even if you aren't 30), then drop in a link to your book.

What's my story about? Well, I'm glad you thought of asking (or not). It's about descendants. Think of them as demigods. But demigods of which pantheon, you wonder? Well, all of them.

I want to create a story that connects all the pantheons of the worldā€”Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Hindu, Shinto, Slavic, Celtic, African, Korean, and moreā€”and brings them together to the modern world. I'm heavily researching to include more pantheons (if you have suggestions, drop them in the comments). It's got action. It has romance (for you lovestruck fools). It has a slice of Sherlock Holmes (the main character is a smart young man). It has a dash of Jason Bourne/John Wick. It's got mystery and epic fight scenes. And it has a gay magical talking car that openly crushes on the MC (what's there to not like about that?). Also, the main character is a descendant of the African God of Foresight. The reason is that I just discovered a whole fantastic world of mythology based in Southern Africa and I want to expose that. It's just fantastic.

If you are interested, check out and subscribe.

Also, introduce your book in the comments. Make it sound exciting. What's so cool about it? What do the characters represent? What's exciting about the world or the story? I will check it out, I promise.

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I'm 22 and scared of growing old. Recently, many good things are happening to me, and it makes me wonder if I'm going to die soon. Anyway, they said I'll be immortalized when I write a book. So here's my story, currently has 22 subs:

You could try adding the Roman pantheon (they are derived from the Greeks), the Babylonian/Sumerian, the Mayan and the Incan pantheons too.
Just saying, since I didn't see them among the names.

As for my own novel, I'm 19 and technically fresh out of school but can't help missing those old days of pranks, tests and god knows what else we got up to or got through.
So, writing a novel that contains reminiscences of old school days by characters who have grown up and living their everyday life.
Here's the link!
Hope you like reading it.

Welcome! I'm 35, and also writing a modern mythology novel that connects various pantheons! I don't meet the qualifications to link, but you can find it in my bio if you're interested.

Good to see more 30+-year-olds on here (there's a decent number of us, but we're definitely outnumbered by the teens and 20-somethings).

Hi there :wave:šŸ½ Iā€™m 30 ( Iā€™ll be 31 in December :sweat_smile:)

My novel Captain Kagayaki is already completed so you can read it here :blush:

Bah! Do not fear growing old. Fear not making use of your time before you grow old. Keep on writing friend. Here's to writing success. Also, subbed to your book.

Babylon! Mayan! Incan! What grandiose and fabulous names you have given me. Would make for diverse group of characters. I owe you my friend. And perhaps I shall pay back my debt in the form of a sub :slight_smile:

Happy belated birthday! It hope it was a memorable one. Question: are you a Cancerian?

What are you writing about? Come on! Don't keep my curiosity unsated.

Well, an army's strength does not lie in its numbers. Ask the Spartans. We'll conquer this land someday :wink:

Subscribed to your work :slight_smile:

Welcome to the 30 club. It's a pretty stressful place, but it has its fun moments. Looks like an interesting story. Subbed!

howdy-doo! I'm 32, working on a manga series after pulling myself out of a 10 year long art slump. Serious question, how do you manage to find time to write while also being a parent?

Hello
I'm a 32 year old writer who just got into to writing the book I been meaning to write since I was teenage, but my grammar and spelling made me turn away from it until just recently

My Book is called The Drifter Era.

Its roots is that you follow the MC on their adventure of wanting to have fun.. a lot of things happen, and its a pretty dark book

It meant to be dark story and it my goal is to make people cringe about. the topic are horrible, but made someone light.. the MC is just who they are and doing what they want and sometime not being able to do that ether.

However, it has a big plot, but yeah, it is a slow build-up and slow start and a slow burner...
but the story is Sci-Fy drama with odd little stuff going on and a bit of slice of life...

Welcome! :blush: I'm 28. So, getting closer to that 30s club every day! Lol. I love mythology! One of my stories, I've created my own pantheon. Meanwhile, the other is a little more light, and based off my undying love of superheroes. My stories don't meet the less than 25 sub requirement, but their in my profile if you want to check them out! :grin:

Also, you could consider adding Native American mythology. I find their deities and tales very interesting! Good luck with your novel. It seems really interesting!

Haha I am super afraid of this. I am 25 and there is just so much I havenā€™t done that I should have at my age. I worry it is too late ^^;

Hello! 48 and I've been writing since I was a child. It's been my life. I can't even tell you how many books I have on the "back burner" while writing the completed ones that I've never published (thank you, social anxiety!).

For the longest time, my proudest was a 3 part saga delving into my Scandinavian heritage and involved the Norse pantheon. I was Asatru for a while, even. If you have any questions about that mythology or culture, just ask!

I recently wrote a C-Drama style novel that pushed that Norse aside in my heart. I never in a million years thought that would happen, but this book just begged to be written. It wouldn't let me go and I worked day and night on it.

I even cried writing and reading the last chapter and epilogue because I didn't want to let my characters go. Not in a plot way, it has a happy ending, but meaning I was so invested in their creation and story that it hurt not writing about them anymore. Does that sound crazy? I promise, I'm only crazy enough to get through the day! šŸ¤Ŗ

I put in a lot of research to get everything historically accurate, even contacting Chinese content creators on YouTube.

The black butterfly started it all. I was fairly new to C-Dramas last year, so I didn't know they tend to have terribly depressing endings. The Wolf came out and I was all for it! Then, it took a turn from fun into devastating. I decided to check out the last episode before I continued. I don't want to post any spoilers. I'll just say that yellow butterflies are the harbingers of death and despair! I couldn't keep from crying as I described it to my daughter (20), who got me into the K-Drama and C-Drama genres.

After THAT heart-wrenching fiasco and giving up on so many with drawn-out angsty concubine/obsessed women/queen mother episodes that only pulls the viewer away from the main plot, my daughter told me I need to write my own without all that pain and drama.

Cue: Traumatic yellow butterfly memories.

I said, "If I do write one, there will be NO scheming concubines, NO abusive and controlling queen mothers, NO stalkery exes who can't take no for an answer (even after 20 episodes of the male lead saying, "GO AWAY!"), and there will be NO yellow butterflies!"

And so .. a novel was born. It isn't boring without the drama. There's definitely drama in there, but it's mingled with war and spies and a pretty demented bad guy/clan. Romance takes up most of the first 20 chapters. After that, it's kind of all mayhem, chaos, and one disaster after another for the female and male leads.

Please check out the prologue and if you like it, let me know! If you don't, you can let me know that, too. I promise not to send a swarm of yellow butterflies to your house! :sunglasses:

Hi, feel free to check out my new novel. It's a scifi crime story inspired by film noir. Have a look if you're interested:

Iā€™m 39 and I write and I illustrate my entire comic by myself. Youā€™re never too old to create.

Itā€™s a psychedelic scifi weird acid trip of a comic. It follows a character named Krum who gets abducted and taken to a Safari Planet. Kind of a cosmic zoo of sorts. Touching on topics I relate to my own life like growing up in a messed up home, Finding your own meaning for what family means, and making the best out of what life throws at you. Highly influenced from indie comics I loved growing up. I even make the comic using filters so it looks like a printed old comic book. It is definitely not your normal comic book.

Hey, I'm 34 too! :green_heart: I've been writing (and making art!) my web novel Jade Kingdoms for 4 years now, starting at a very low point in my life where the plot of my novel just came to me. It's a fantasy/horror mythopoeia that is loosely influenced on the Veda story of Vritra, with me having woven the rest of the lore and myths around my own world.

Jade Kingdoms follows the tale of its Jade Princess Suren, born into a cycle of abuse manifesting itself as generational trauma which has plagued her family for eons. Shaped by her surroundings and people, her own will and choices were subtracted from her at birth. As her mental strength falters with each passing day, Suren suddenly discovers something terrible amidst the shadows of the kingdom; a danger a mad prophet erased from history tried desperately to fight back against yet failed to do so.

The revelation causes Suren to slowly drag herself out of the earth she fell upon and walks with her dimmed light to find the fuel to set herself ablaze for the sake of her people. As Suren's journey unfolds, many of her kin she finds suffer from the same treatment in the Jade Kingdom culture and she realizes its not just a mere prophecy coming down to end her species.

The fight for everyone's well-being is at stake and its time for change.

Hi! I'm 29, just about to hit 30.

I used to write very serious stories but between the pandemic and the state of the world in general, I've switched to humor (my coping mechanism lol).

So this is my first ever comedy story! it's fantasy-based~