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I AM A PUBLISHED AUTHOR! I MADE IT!
Of course, this is only the first major step and I'm HARDLY finished! While Lethia's first book and adventures are out, I still have so much more to write and create, I still want to see the Manga made by Semo come to life, and of course, the biggest goal of them all!
Turning Celosia into a video game!!!
I THOUGHT I had posted the first page of the redone manga, but apparently, I didn't! Whoops! I do also need to finish posting the old manga as well, maybe? Lemme know your thoughts on that, or I can just release it in chunks. I don't know, I'm admittedly fumbling through this while trying to keep my mental and financial health in check. It's all kinda chaos... still, here ya go!
Reminder that, after this page, the others will be for patrons only, but just the bare minimum tier is all t...
As of last Thursday, I had sent in my completed and edited manuscript to the narrator Kelby Losack. He has generously agreed to do the whole recording for under market prices for me and will have it done in hopefully two weeks time. After, I will be sending the completed audio book to a site called Author's Republic, who will distribute it to any and every site that sells audio books for me.
The finish line is in sight! We're almost there!
I never did finish posting all the old manga pages did I? Well, I should fix that, so here's page 29 of the manga! Again, this is now more or less a sample of what it's actually MEANT to be. The properly edited/designed one (curse my excitement) is going to wind up being for patreons only, as it WILL be NSFW. Though ill keep it to the lowest tier. I still don't wanna charge too much to see it, but at this point, I do have to help ensure minors don't stumble onto my channel and see tiddy.
2023-01-23 00:29:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, it returns! The manga is being made, and I shall do my absolute best to post it every sunday. However, unlike last time, I will have to lock these pages behind membership just to ensure only adults can see, as every page past this one, will contain NSFW material. It's been a long time coming, but it's still coming regardless.
I also plan to finally have an Audio Book published for around the end of february! If everything works out, I'll post where it can be found which, hopef...
Sorry about leaving the patreon high and dry, things have been chaotic and hectic. Trying to juggle social media and get exposure, working on my novel, finding and KEEPING a job... it's been painfully stressful.
I havn't given up on anything though, and the novel is in final draft stages and nearing publication. Many of the patreon rewards however are geared towards the manga release. I'm still a mess when it comes to organizing all these things, but progress is happening steadily.
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Been forgetting to update this again. Jee, I'm SO GOOD at keeping up with this~
*clears throat of sarcasm*
Got a proper full time job, meaning income is secure, plus a proper, fixed schedule.
I have also volunteered for the international writer's conference! This is my big chance to perhaps find an agent or publisher that might take interest in my work and ideas! Maybe, MAYBE if I'm lucky, might even find someone in the animation or video game industry, that be the dream!...
Lots of things happening this September. First off, got a new job, a proper full time job, mon-fri with better wage and health benefits, meaning, ill have a set schedule.
Set schedule means ill be able to plan around it, I can do things again without being spontaneous. Such as setting up a streaming schedule for twitch once again!
Better paying job also means ill be able to start being able to (potentially) pay Semo myself, at least enough to once again begin productions, though...
So I had made a twitter account to try and help gather steam for my patreon and novel. This beautiful soul took my romantic lead and made art of them! THEY'RE SO CUTE! Check them out, they make lovely art~!
2022-09-01 16:44:56 +0000 UTC View PostSo last night, my SO's mother came to visit and I told her how the novel was coming along and the struggles I've been dealing with. I told her that I have an editor offering services for essentially 800$.
She just straight up offered to pay for it, no questions asked, no request to be paid back. Just, wait till next paycheque, will give 800$ for the editor.
I wanted to cry... I wanted to cry so bad!
Had a bad spout of paralyzing fear/lack of confidence. Mostly just, fear of failure and feeling like I had already failed, which locked me in a perpetual cycle of paralysis and not enjoying or doing anything.
Depression is a bitch and I wish I could give it a physical manifestation so I could give it a world class ass whooping.
Never give up in the end, that's what I tell myself, and ill continue to tell myself that.
Alright, so I had opened a twitter account and an agency had followed me, so I decided to ask them if they might have any help they could give me. Recently they got back to me.
They are interested in Celosia! They said it's not ready for publication yet, still some work to be had, but they are interested in my work! I even found an editor interested in doing the copy editing, which is huge! The problem however is that they require just shy of 800$ for the whole book (which is actually ...
This is just something I'm debating of because I feel like the tier rewards need to be something a little more... immediate? Honestly I'm just scrambling to figure this out and it's not easy, or at least it doesn't feel like it is.
Than again my mental health has been, shaky this last week. Lot of doubt, lot of uncertainty and stress. Not the best of environments you know?
Though again, we need to help support Semo making the Manga, and I'm continuing to do my best to try and ge...
Here we have Viola! While I've been getting the final edits of my novel done, he's been working on drawing up the main cast for the manga.
I've also been sending my work in to publishers and trying to find agents as well. This Patreon is gearing now more to the Manga production vs my novel. Though the writing community at twitter has been incredibly encouraging and helpful.
That is, go spend time with your father, or father figure. Tell him thank you and let him know how special he is to you, if you have one. If someone you know doesn't have one, than take that person out to celebrate them.
As for a proper update, the publishing world is just... complex to me, and I realized I have no idea what I'm doing. Thankfully I'm finding people eager to help and I'm starting to get some guidance.
Had a spare little amount of money a little while ago and decided to get some new art of my cast. I've found myself having a mild focus on Milly and Lilith, because I wanna try and get them a little more focus. After all, Milly winds up as Lethia's BFF in my view, plus she's a strong, black, female blacksmith.
I also have a weakness for black woman. While she isn't as much a certified combat 'badass' as the others, she is the one who builds the tools the crew will need on the way and b...
With developmental editing underway, and a renewed need to get my patreon to grow, I tailored an excerpt from my novel to give a sample of my world. It includes a link to my patreon as well. Ill be throwing this around anywhere and everywhere I can. Please enjoy.
2022-06-07 15:14:21 +0000 UTC View PostAfter doing more research into self publishing, and realizing just how much of a hurdle it is, I decided to look into finding a publisher again. I came into contact with a company called Friesenpress, and after talking to them and doing some digging for reviews, they come across as someone who would have my best interests in view.
So now I have a clear goal in mind to achieve. After speaking with them, they are asking for 5k over 6 months (roughly 850$ a month) and in return, they will...
Motivation has been low, been feeling very tired and just bleh. probably the stress of wanting to get things to work out and succeed with a looming deadline which I also have to pay everything out of my own pocket which I can't afford everything.
Blah blah, gripe gripe. Okay yes everyone has problems like these. What's the update? is there progress?
Yes, chapter four is undergoing final edits, plus I'm getting proper art of Milly and what her physical build should be. She's a BL...
Being on the final stretch of the novel's editing means that chapters are finally entering their final editions. This means the manga is going to once again resume production, huzzah! I think for future projects, if Semo is working on it beside me, I'm just gonna ensure that every chapter is finalized before going to the next chapter. This has certainly been a learning experience.
2022-05-22 17:08:52 +0000 UTC View PostIt came In! The editor got back to me, woooooo! I have everything I need to make a final copy for publication, I hope. Just need to grind out the editing that she suggested and I'm good to go. For those interested in reading it, ill upload it here. The response I got was incredibly motivating. I especially wanna thank my folks and another creator Hentai Writer (who yes, makes exactly what their name suggests) Who helped me afford the professional editor.
Two months folks! Two months ti...
Missed a post yesterday, though it was also mother's day and a work day so, ya know, priorities.
All the main furniture is settled into our new place, still boxes to unpack, but progress is moving along. No new updates for much as of right now, though I may and hopefully will have a new job that both pays better, and has fixed hours. It be nice to have a set schedule.
Eviction day is the 30th, so less time writing, more time moving everything over and getting everything finalized. it's gonna be a messy process. Also, we have to buy our own internet and it won't be installed till the 5th, meaning that come friday, ill be offline for a few days.
Editor is paid and is going over the novel now, which is exciting. I can't wait to hear back.
So as you may have noticed, there was a sudden disappearence at the start of march and no real consistant updates for a little bit. Well this sunday update is to basically catch everyone up and perhaps try and answer a few questions. Since I tend to over explain things, ill try and keep things bullet point.
What's going on with the manga: It's gonna be 'redone'. In my haste, I got manga production started before my works final draft. That's being corrected.
Why the silence: My e...
While the novel is in the process of being edited and finalized, Semo is working on promotional art for the Manga. Here we have his design of Lethia after the events of the first chapter in her mercenary/adventurer gear.
Again, I apologize for everything being slow, but things are starting to calm down and get back on track. ill be back to updating regularly on sundays again. As a plus, work on the second novel has begun while editing for the first is taking place. Thank you all for yo...
So, as I said some time ago, we were being evicted. We just got confirmation that we had managed to find a new place, yay!
Stress and anxiety is leaving! This will also mean that once everything is set up, FOR REAL. I can start streaming again!
So, still being evicted and just trying to deal with it. We HAD a place, but it was given away on us behind our backs. Stress and anxiety is just building up and I'm trying to deal with that, while friends and family help me and pup find a new place to live.
At this point, I just feel utterly exhausted and stretched to a breaking point. Good news, I am officially past probation for my job! Hooray job security!
So, where do I really begin with all of this...
Cutting to the chase: The entire house I live in is being evicted, because the owner tried to illegal charge us 10% more, and we said no. He is evicting us all in a legal manner, though everyone is tired of dealing with his bullshit (me being the fresh face 6 months moved in person, I want out and away from this guy.
We have found a new place, and the landlord wants us to move in this month by the 15th. That's awesome... except aft...
So Nolla is the next person to have a character profile written up yes? Sorry for not having made them yet, been needing to focus on actually making money and not spending just to keep my head above water, so to speak. It's all good, I'm surviving, and very soon hopefully, with pup's new full time job (yay) we will start turning things around.
2022-02-27 18:05:34 +0000 UTC View Post
There has not been a shortage of stress in my life, and it hasn't been fun.
That said, I'm slowly clawing my way back to normal, one paycheque at a time. It's arduous, but progress is progress. Hopefully ill get to actually pay Semo again soon, it's gotten so bad that my bills have been taking money right out of my patreon. Hopefully that will now stay as a 'was' rather than 'is'.
In more positive news, did a live reading of my novel! A nearby cafe does an open mic night on frid...