A Series of Unfortunate Events On The Ocean.

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

I'm happy to have finished this work, which may or may not be the first book in a series. I look forward to your comments. I'd like to express how I felt while writing this: I often felt a bit down. Trying to imagine so many bad things happening was really difficult. But I really liked the end result.

I really want to know your perspective on the story.

It has a clear division into two parts, with two characters acting as narrators. The protagonist is always Miss Cintia Malahan, at least I tried to make her the protagonist even during Dr. Ananias Rodrigues' narration. And amazingly, his narration was quite extensive! This guy is very detailed...

When I stop to think about everything I wrote, I see how Cintia has a much stronger power of synthesis than Ananias. I think as a leader, she had to learn to be like that. Ananias, despite being an officer, acts like a doctor and not as a leader of doctors. Maybe I'll lower his rank a bit in the revision to make it more coherent.

And regarding the moral dilemmas... I hope you understand that my characters' decisions are not my decisions. I don't know what I would do in their place... I mean, I would do anything not to be in their place!

I tried to balance action with drama to avoid a tedious story, and I hope I managed to keep your attention until the end. And as for the epilogue... I hope you suffered along with Cintia and Ananias just as I did.

As for my narrative choices... You know how much I'm a fan of TBL. For me, it's hard to surpass a good epistolary novel.

I find it so immersive! And my choice to write poems to tell part of the story... I hope it wasn't unpleasant. I remember a Portuguese nautical adventure book I read a long time ago called The Lusiads, by Pedro Vaz de Camoes. A classic of Portuguese literature, and the fact that the story was all narrated in poetry made me want to add that to my narrative. Of course, what Camoes did was much more phenomenal, but I hope the homage can please those who also appreciate his work.

MisterM, a special thank you to you. Every like you left or brief comment gave me more encouragement to finish writing, and to try to do it in a way that you would like.

And to all the other readers, I also thank you.

Tell me what you thought of the story and the ending, and whether or not you would like a continuation.

I think the ending of the story is bittersweet, and that's exactly what I wanted to achieve. If you felt a tightness in your chest, an urge to cry, and found yourself wondering, "but what really happened after?" and then started rethinking everything you had read... well, that's what I wanted to happen. But if that didn't happen and you had any other emotional experience while reading the book or at the end of it, please tell me! And send negative criticism by PM if you have any. I don't want to read negative criticism in public, but I would appreciate reading them privately to see how I could improve the revised story.

Personally, I don't know if I will continue or not. I need to recover a bit before this whole story consumes me.

See you later.