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Me, logging on to 4thewords to do some writing not long after the latest NaNoWriMo news dropped:

no no nonononono--

OH THANK GOODNESS

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So one of my projects is sorting through and organizing old notes (both digitally and physically), and it has turned up gems like:

MC and villain are fighting to the death "You know," villains says, trying to get under MC's skin, "we're not so different, you and I." "Really?" the MC gasps. MC punches villain in face with a KO, cracks knuckles and goes, "then you should have seen that coming." Villain goes, "Darn it," and proceeds to try and think of something that is actually MC's weakness.

17-year-old me had opinions on tropes, I see

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Author specializing in character-focused stories of magic, adventure, and more

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Oof so I have not been keeping up on tumblr.com as well as I was hoping I would. That's partially been because of trying to figure out how to continuously write a serial story, and partially because of how my work schedule is laid out.

But, I'm planning on making some changes to my schedule to make more time for myself, so hopefully in April or May I'll be back on here more consistently.

And also pursuing like five other shiny ideas I had but shhhhh

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Symbols for the different worlds/universes that I have stories in!

That's the Rifts, Kosmyldar, Mossïl, the Otherworlds, Mithaedrir, Sanjian, Daítana, and Dimere

[also available as stickers here if you're into that]

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I feel like tumblr should know that last night, in my dream (where I was some kind of thief/agent character), I was given a quest by the Chocolate Guy (Amaury Guichon) to save a mall full of people from The Void. Unclear what powers he had, since he was also trapped in the mall-void, but apparently he was the one who summoned me. He was making a large, round chocolate sculpture, but I didn't get to see what it was

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Hehe new icon

As the beginning of me figuring out whatever the heck branding / marketing is, here is an updated icon for me and my work. And who better than Kwyl to be the model (the colors are slightly different than an actual skyte because of logo stuff, etc, but I was pleased they were pretty similar). He's a helpful lil guy. More about him later ;)

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Hey guys! I'm trying to set up "author platform" stuff, and had a question for the general public. As readers/consumers of media, if you were to sign up for an author newsletter, what content would you most like to receive?

Vote below:

"Content" (stories, art, sneak peeks, updates)

Analysis (analyzing media for the sake of learning from it)

Behind the Scenes (looks at process, concept sketches, life as an author, etc)

Reviews (reviewing books/movies/shows) (would combine some with analysis)

Links, resources, and recommendations

Other (please specify in tags or comments)

Multiple (please specify in tags or comments)

Voting ended onMar 18, 2024

I am in the process of figuring this out, and while I have a few ideas I do want to know what the people think lol

Further information below the cut:

Content: short stories, art, sneak-peeks of upcoming projects, deleted scenes. Stuff in that vein. More fiction than information, etc., though probably also extra information behind the content (and there would be obvious limitations on stuff I could share--for example, I could share parts of a short story that I would plan to submit for publication, but probably not the full thing since that would make it harder to get it published).

Analysis: examining different forms of media through different lenses, to see what we can learn about how to be better writers/readers, or just for funsies (the most probable "lenses" in my case would be worldbuilding and character writing).

Behind the Scenes: this would be more of a look "behind the curtain"--how or why I made some decisions, looks at notes and concept art, "in progress" looks at writing and art, showing some of my processes, but also generally getting a look at the more personal side of things. Like pictures of my workspace, or looks into what life is like as a writer, that kind of thing. The goal would be to strike a balance between entertaining/interesting, but also hopefully informative (like if you want to write stories, maybe it gives you some ideas about how you could do notes, etc).

Reviews: Pretty straight-forward. My thoughts and opinions on what I have been reading/playing/watching/listening to, mixed with analysis. What did a think about a particular book and what did it do well and what did it do badly, and was it a good read.

Links/resources/recommendations: Articles I've read that have been helpful, books that taught me more about writing craft, different programs I use for different things, but also probably recommendations in the sense of "check out this book," or "check out this author," etc.

I was originally going to include "advice" as an option, but at this point in time I feel very underqualified for that, so if that would be something people are interested in they may have to wait a few years lol.

It is also pretty likely that there will be elements of all of them at different times, but I guess... what would you prefer to be the bulk of a newsletter you received regularly? What would best strike the balance between entertaining and informative? Or would you rather it just be one or the other? Feel free to also include your reasoning in comments or reblogs! I'd be interested to hear what all people have to say!