#novel ask

[trippinsorrows]

Hi Ari! With everything that has happened (roman drama with that orange fella) do you still plan to write that book you talked about wanting to self publish? The secrets of the sun i think? I ask bc the plot sounded beautiful and i think it would be such a great story, but ik with everything that has happened u might not want to write for Joe, but would you write it as Solana and Roman? Hope your week is going well! and ty if you do answer this ❤️

hi, friend! ❤️

i was actually/literally just talking to my therapist about this in our last session. i can't lie and say that shit didn't chip away at some of my excitement for my novel. i mean, i already have sections written using his dumbass, so it just sucks for a lot of different reasons.

but, ultimately, yes, i am still moving forward. i just have to change some things. i am considering just writing it as "roman" but like not the stoic personality we see from like og ltye, instead with the same characterization i planned from the get-go. or, i might just start the process now of creating the fictional oc, which is gonna take longer and is frustrating but ultimately just needs to get done.

if i start with the completely fictional oc route, i probably won't post it here before i self-publish, just cause idk what the audience is for that, and i also don't know how that will work? like, can i even have it up here? would i have to wait before self-publishing? do i keep it up for x,y,z and then take it down to publish? idk. there's just a lot that goes into it. 😭😭😭

or, like you suggested, i go the usual roman/solana route, see if ya'll absolutely hate it or like it, and use that feedback to decide if i self-publish?

but, i also might chicken out from self-publishing altogether and just share it here and call it a day. my goal is to write a complete novel though, so that is not changing!

sorry for this long ass answer, friend. ❤️

[wonderworldwonderings]

Novel Ask - Balan’s Looming Future

Here is the repost of the ask that was unfortunately deleted! Underneath the cut is the answer to the question! (It’s under the cut because the images are large!)

[captnjacksparrow]

Is it true the Itachi novel made the Uchiha anti-intermarrying? Is that why Izumi wasn't part of the clan until Danzo forced them to take her in?

Ummmm.... It's quite the opposite, Anon.

They were portrayed as pro-intermarrying. If you marry someone from other clan, you will not be part of the Uchiha Clan.

Izumi's mother was an Uchiha whereas her father was not and that's why her family was not part of the Clan. After her father died during the Kyuubi incident, She and Her Mother was formally accepted back into the Uchiha Clan.

Danzo didn't force her back, Anon... Mostly importantly, he cannot interfere in any of the Clan's internal matters let alone Uchiha Clan.

[bananannabeth]

How is your book going?

it’s going to kill me. every time i think i’m on the right track with it, it just... it... doesn’t work. i’m still actively writing it and the premise is still the same but there have been a hell of a lot of changes made over the years

[tristealven]

your novel would be about a woman, experimental in style, and follow her through her life in a small, sleeping town where truly creepy things come out at night. these creatures represents her daily struggles as of ethnic/religious/sexual/other minorities. it wouldn't be obvious what the creatures are, because the people say they want them gone, but none do anything sustainable. the ending would be ambiguous; it would rain a lot and nature plays a big part. she owns a cat.

Oh, this sounds so utterly wonderful that now I kind of actually want to write it. Also, I was a tiny minuscule bit reminded about this book, which in turn reminded me that I haven’t read Tin Man by the same author yet.  

Thank you for being so kind to me, always <3

what would my novel be about?

[bananannabeth]

Hey Ashlee! I love your blog and your writing so much! Is there any news on Sirin Cove, because I haven’t even read it and I’m hooked!

HIYA!!! thanks so much for this ask my god you’ve brightened my spirits so much :’)

there is exactly zero news on the novel front because it turns out having a full time job is freaking hard and tiring BUT i am slowly getting myself into a proper routine and working out where i can have spare time (like tonight, finally getting back on tumblr!!!) so i’m hoping i’ll have a proper update for you all soon 

[bananannabeth]

perhaps a weird question, but have you considered writing a poc protagonist for your book instead of a white protagonist befor eyou started writing?

Hey there! Not a weird question at all, very valid.

I have considered writing a protagonist who isn’t white at various points and I know that this excuse is.. not the most ideal, but, it’s honest, so... 

I just don’t think I could do it justice.

Even when race/sexuality/what have you isn’t the focus of the narrative, these details of a person’s identity and backstory impact their entire world view. And, especially now that I’m writing in first person, I don’t think I'm talented enough to write authentically from the point of view of someone whose experiences are so different to my own. 

Hopefully I become better and my skills develop more, but, for now at least, I would much rather support own-voices work written by authors of colour, because I know that the stories they’re telling are authentic. Obviously supporting white authors who have diverse casts of characters (who are well researched and well written) is important, too, but I really think that supporting and promoting authors of colour is a more effective and beneficial thing to do.