Thursday, April 11, 2013

‘J’ is for ‘Jangs the Sphere.’



‘J’ is for ‘Jangs the Sphere.’ You won’t find him in any history books, because he helped author most of them. He helped steal the printing press, then eliminate its inventors so that it would seem like it was The Golden Emperor’s work. He then ordered every book they pressed be about the royal couple. That was his Monday.

Jangs the Sphere was, to put it impolitely, The Golden Emperor’s P.R. ninja. He had infinite resources to assure that the public never saw any flaw in The Golden Emperor’s work, from silencing famines to eradicating terrorists. And when he eradicated terrorists, he typically eradicated everyone who knew them. It was the best way to keep one version of a story in public. The portly diplomat was so good at his job that he had only one rival: The Jade Empress’s P.R. ninja.

It’s been wiped from history, but the royal couple never liked each other, and constantly sought to undermine their spouse in order to raise themselves up. The Jade Empress employed Chuan-Ro, an all-chemist and poet, to do most of her assassinations and smear jobs. Jangs and Chuan-Ro spent most of their time undoing each others sabotage in a unilateral game of Spy Vs. Spy. More tragic, then, that the two were utterly smitten with each other, and forbidden to ever court. The few people who know Jangs and Chuan-Ro existed think they may have spent their final years together before being eliminated by their successors, but no one can confirm. After all, there’s not a word of written history about them.

I very nearly wrote a book about this duo in 2012, but went with a different time period. What do you think. Should they get the light of day and the press of a novel?

15 comments:

  1. Ohh, forbidden love. They definitely need their own novel. Except I suspect it would have a sad ending, if this post is anything to go by.

    Rinelle Grey

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  2. That depends...does their story fill your mind and heart every waking moment? If so, you should write it.

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  3. It would be hard to stay in love with someone who undermined your every professional accomplishment.

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  4. I dunno... do the P.R. ninjas still exist? Because if they've passed their legacy down through the ages in order to make sure they keep the Emperor and Empress' secrets for all time (which ninjas are prone to do), writing that story could definitely get you killed.

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    1. Or perhaps one of the PR ninjas' descendants feels that he/she must break with tradition and tell the story and writes it down and leaves it on your doorstep, as has been known to happen to other authors... ;)

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  5. They definitely deserve their own book. I bet it would be full of twists and turns and heartbreak.

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  6. I think so. Any sort of love which involves intrigue and GOOD WRITING<--the sort you do,should be in print.
    jeanyates#atozchallenge

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  7. I found Jangs to be quite a compelling character even before I got to the forbidden love aspect of his story. I'd absolutely read more about him.

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  8. Well, I'm definitely intrigued. So if their story is still ticking your brain, I say scratch that itch. :-)

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  9. There must've been a lot of tension between Jangs and Chuan-Ro. I think their story can be told in its own book.

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  10. As a hopeless romantic, I must say that I was already wanting to read the novel before I even finished the post. Do it!

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  11. If there was no written history of them -- no evidence -- how do we know they even existed? Maybe there was one old forgotten journal or a diary bound in pale leather that told their story. I hope you write it someday.

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  12. Joining with everyone else. Yes please. A short story at least. A fascinating pair - and I never thought I would say that about merchants of spin.

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  13. YES!!!! Romeo and Juliet meets Spy vs. spy in this world told with your sense of humor?!? It would be the greatest thing to ever exist!!!

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