Wednesday, September 26, 2012

What is Luimere

So last night I crossed the 50 thousand word threshold. Whoo Hoo! Trade publishers insist on at least 100 thousand words for submissions ><. But wait, I'm seriously, almost positively, certain I'm self publishing. So realistically without adding meaningless fluff I suspect to finish around a total of 80 thousand words. Go me!

Now the question the road to Luimere is the title of the blog,but what the heck is Luimere?

An unedited sample from "Moore for Less Investigations: The Kid"


   It was about mid-afternoon and the streets where busy. I decided it would be quicker to walk to the messenger’s office. Luimere is a home to every race in the known world. A proverbial melting pot if you will. Anywhere on these streets you are likely to bump in those of orc, human, dwarf, elf, gnome, goblin or any mix of the aforementioned. There are the occasional giants and ogres that have acclimated to the urban lifestyle.
   The city however does not only breath with life of its people. We are at the peak of what many call the age of steam. There is not a place where gears can not be seen turning and winding, generating power. Tufts of white steam and black smoke fill the air making the clouds above ever so heavy with rain.      
   The city of Luimere is also an industrial mecca. All manner of industry can be found here. Automobiles, Airships ships, weapons, textiles, produce, livestock you name it; it can be found.          
   Everywhere you look you can see steam pipes providing power to the many high rises and factories. These pipes filled with copper wiring are like the veins of the very city providing it's life blood. The massive power plant in the city's center luminescent at all hours is its massive heart.
   The city stretches north to south alongside the Black Sea and is broken into four primary parts. Upper city is home to the upper middle class and the insanely rich. The Middle city is where you would find the bulk of the population as well as much of the mom and pop shops, small factories and my office.
   The Lower city is where much of the large industrial factories of located. Many of the poorer citizens of Luimere call Lower city home and scrap to get by on what work or hustle they can. Lower city is also litter with ruthless street gangs.
   The final section of  Luimere is that of Downtown. Downtown is home to the Sky rises that stretch hundreds of feet in the air. Downtown is fill with shop, corporations, museums, various collages of all manner of talents.        
   You can not walk five feet without hearing the release of pressure. The streets are littered with grime, moss and all other manner of filth. You find, like in any city, the poor, the homeless, the drunkard, and the lost. You see the well to do, the honest, and the crook.
   Airships flew silently over head most of which were converted sea vessels. Big ships fitted with massive balloons and propelled by steam engines.

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