It's All in the Name

Some of you may be wondering why I chose the name 'Far Fetched and Beyond' for my blog. First off, I love the name. Secondly... there's a lot of meaning behind it. It's a long story. Literally, a thousand page long story.

On the story timeline post I did, it talks a bit about one of my writing countries; Heroicits. The first series I did of that country was called Far Fetched and Beyond. That's not why I named my blog that, however. It was because of a thread (multiple threads, in fact) that "advertised" the chapters. These threads were the Far Fetched and Beyond threads.

The most memorable and unforgettable Far Fetched and Beyond thread lasted between October 22nd, 2010, to July 28th, 2011. Note that this blog started the same day that the Far Fetched and Beyond thread ended. (It was what I like to call an Arthur Dent Thursday....) That Far Fetched and Beyond thread had been the longest lasting thread, with the most things happening on it. I had character interviews, polls, trivia, and of course, lots and lots of excerpts. The update days were Tuesday and Thursday.

This probably explains a lot. I update on this blog, Far Fetched and Beyond, on Tuesdays and Thursdays the most (well, not today, apparently), and like to keep things reader-friendly. There's a poll on the side of the blog, and I talk a lot about stories.

You may be wondering where I'm going with this. It may seem like I'm just telling you about why I named my blog what I named it. Actually, today was a special day. Today was the day I got this great idea (cue for "uh oh!") for another way to preserve the Far Fetched and Beyond thread that spanned Oct. '10 to July '11.

It was simple; I copied and pasted the whole entire thread into a Microsoft Word Document. After crashing it so many times that I lost count, I saved it as 'Far Fetched and Beyond Preserved'. And, for the record, I was shocked when I checked the stats.

Microsoft Word Page Count: 199
Post Count: 224
Microsoft Word Word Count: 55,435

That last one really made me go flying backwards in shock. One thread had spanned to the length of a NaNoWriMo novel.

This blog has one heck of a legend to live up to.