Sometimes I want to release my novel for free just for the sake of getting feedback since if I ever get it published I’ll be doing a heavy rewrite on it before I begin pitching but I’m 99% sure people only read free books online if they’re fanfic of some kind. Lauren suggested repackaging it as a Looney Tunes fanfic and that wouldn’t be the HARDEST sell in the world but I still don’t know if that would actually pan out
What is actually about that you would be able to repackage it into Looney Tunes fanfic? 🫣 I’m really so curious now.
Well, you see, it would be easy to incorporate Looney Tunes into my book given that I did a normal thing and wrote a novel inspired by Looney Tunes to the point that I even marathoned old episodes for research. Other inspirations I can cite include The Dresden Files, Welcome to Night Vale, and Rude Tales of Magic.
It’s an urban fantasy comedy about three mid-20s freelancers in the supernatural troubleshooting world. They pick up what they think is going to be an easy case only to find themselves facing off with a chaos god with a penchant for Saturday morning television who curses the main character with cartoon physics. The relatively amateur paranormal gumshoes must now learn how to stop a deity before it plunges their world into never-ending mayhem, all while one of their own is being flattened by falling anvils on the daily.
It’s a short novel, about 53k words, and was written for NaNoWriMo the year our first child was born, so it was largely written under duress on my phone from a rocking chair in the night. It’s the beginning of a planned five-book series that I’ve been working on for five years now and is full of queer and disability representation.
It’s a project I’m incredibly proud of and passionate about, I just haven’t had the time and mental capacity to get back to it and do the rewrites I need to justify beginning the querying process again
It’s also tonally similar at points to how I wrote Target Retales for those of you who remember that project from a decade ago lol
Okay if I upload it for free to a site like Itch or Gumroad would you download it
The book is now available through Itch and Gumroad
Both are free so pick whichever site is more convenient for you but there are pay what you can options and Itch’s minimum payout is $5 and Gumroad’s is $100 so if you feel like buying me a coffee for the read I’d suggest Itch or I’ll almost certainly never see it
Anyway I’m doing this because I think this version of the book has reached its end and before I move forward with it I’ll be rewriting the majority of it so I feel fine sharing this BUT the core of the book will be the same, same general plot, same concepts, a lot of the same goofs and gags, so if you do take a look and have any thoughts on like if the idea of an urban fantasy meets Looney Tunes book actually works I would love to know!
this requires people to just trust me (which, it’s fine if you don’t) but my best friend’s aunt in Venezuela has been cooking for people in need post-earthquake in her neighborhood but food in Venezuela is extremely expensive, if anyone is interested in contributing to her I’m gonna link my paypal
ignore the harry potter related username, I have tried to change it, paypal will not let me, I promise I’m not a TERF
again super not necessary for people to donate, my friend has just lost some friends/cousins in the earthquake (several people missing presumed dead) and she’s understandably distraught and I’d love to raise money for her loved ones if anyone is interested/able
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my friend shared these pics with me today, just that her aunt is so happy to be feeding people
friend whos always planning everything: hey guys lets do something this week!! when are you all available?
friend whos always available: i can do whenever
friend whos constantly busy: im sorry i have work and then school and then the labyrinth and then more work :( i can do tuesday at 3:00 am for five minutes tho
friend with the randomly generated sleep schedule: (no response)
friend who went missing in the woods behind their house 12 years ago and hasn’t been heard from since: (no response)
friend whos really into genshin impact: does anyone want to play genshin impact
I can’t believe this is how I’m finding out that I got a scam forklift cert.
I took the cargo ops class at school but my teacher explained that it doesn’t give a certification and I’d only be okay for ship’s crane and the school forklifts. she said I could take an online exam and get my cert. I paid 60 bucks.
I’m googling and I’m seeing a lot of resources saying that the online programs cover the classroom part of the exam but not the in person practical aspect.
29 CFR 1910.178 (l)(2)(ii)
but I did the in person practical shit at school.
the back of the card even had fancy numbers on it. I couldn’t have known that this isn’t the one. this website sounded more official than certifyme.net, and there wasn’t one with a .gov address.
so, I emailed OSHA, and they said that so long as I live and work in California, there’s no such thing as forklift certification. I have to be told how to do it every time I get the job.
Update: I took a certification class in shipboard Material Handling Equipment at my federal job. *now* I’m forklift certified, but only on ships and piers and only for this company, but also rated to forklift explosives and hazardous materials. Also I’m a woman now.
boring take from real 21st century idiots: bdsm is bad because it’s basically torture
interesting take from a fictional 14th century monk: torture is bad because it’s basically sex
Shoutout to the nun who had other nuns tie her up and pour hot wax on her as she confessed her sins
I’m sure that’s true, but something tells me googling “nun tied up by other nuns” “hot wax” “confessing sins” will likely get what you might call rather un-academic results
this requires people to just trust me (which, it’s fine if you don’t) but my best friend’s aunt in Venezuela has been cooking for people in need post-earthquake in her neighborhood but food in Venezuela is extremely expensive, if anyone is interested in contributing to her I’m gonna link my paypal
ignore the harry potter related username, I have tried to change it, paypal will not let me, I promise I’m not a TERF
again super not necessary for people to donate, my friend has just lost some friends/cousins in the earthquake (several people missing presumed dead) and she’s understandably distraught and I’d love to raise money for her loved ones if anyone is interested/able
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