I started making some interesting items that are inspired by the books. I’ve only just begun, really, but do check out what’s there right now and see if you can find anything you like. And if you have seen any book quotes that you need on an item or a cover that needs to be made into a notebook, do let me know! After November, I’m planning to make even more.
Even though that will absolutely miss Christmas. I am very good at this.
I may be going pretty quiet for the month of November, but I will be taking a small break from incessant writing to be at Canzine on November 5th! I’ll be bringing the short story that inspired City Without Heroes, along with some other fun things, so be sure to come check it out!
The winner of the poll was Thornebrooke! I’m already deep into plotting and, as you can see, have come up with a cover concept. Thank you to everyone who voted for the book! I may be quiet during the next month, but be sure to check out the social medias to see what I’m up to.
And in the meantime, check out the playlist I’m working on for the book. At least, to listen to while I’m writing it.
Static is officially out!
Harrison’s boyfriend, Max, is missing. Again.
Or, well, his ex-boyfriend, he thinks. His memory of the last week is fuzzy. It’s while his roommate, Ally, is trying to help him that they get the phone call; Max has gone missing, and Willow — who’s supposed to be catatonic and locked away — abducted him.
Harrison sets out on a mission to find him, but he and his friends are placed under house arrest. Is it to keep them safe from Willow, or is Harrison being used for live bait? Trapped with the mysterious new Doctor Gethen who’s taken a keen interest in them, Harrison needs to make things right, find Willow, and get Max back.
I haven’t honestly ever paid much attention to the backs and fronts of books when I’ve been reading them. ((I honestly start and stop at the story itself and ignore the rest, including a lot of the bonus content)) A friend of mine pointed them out to me recently, and I thought it might be fun to come up with a few for White Noise. Let me know what you think and I may do more of these!
I have weird feelings about this book. But let’s start off with the review portion.
This is a story about Quinn, a high school girl with a high sex drive, and Julian, a boy with none, who go on a date on a dare. Julian’s friends want him to finally get laid because high school and Quinn’s friends want to see how long she’ll last in a relationship since she’s got a terrible reputation and people think she’s just an easy lay. What ensues is a story of teenage drama as the pair fall for one another despite their mismatch in desires, Quinn’s past coming to light, and an influx of bets on both sides.
Notable in this is that, unlike a lot of romance stories, there is a definite effort on the part of the characters to try and communicate. It’s not built on miscommunication and lies so much as on trying to figure themselves out in the context of these new situations.
And in Julian’s case, it’s his asexuality that’s causing most of his conflict. He doesn’t know why he doesn’t want the same things his friends and his girlfriend wants and he doesn’t even know how to look up what’s going on with him. It’s a relatable experience to the start of figuring out if you’re ace that really resonated in a way I haven’t had anything resonate with me before.
It wasn’t a perfect book. There’s a few parts that feel like an after school special, with dialogue that’s a little too on the nose and too… rehearsed, I suppose, to sound like it would actually be spoken by teenagers, particularly when Julian is having his inner and outer monologues about how society deals with promiscuous women compared to men. The dump of information on asexuality seemed to have been framed very specifically so that the information could get out like an article and be more informative than narrative. It works, but only barely.
However. However. It was the sort of book that would have been fantastic for me when I was trying to figure myself out. As an adult, I can see some of the thoughts and feelings I had back then reflected in Julian, and I have never read something that resonated so much with that part of my life before.
Not that it was entirely accurate. I am also female and aromantic, so there’s a disconnect. His experience was not mine, but some of it definitely was.
The unfortunate thing is that at that time, this is not the sort of thing I would have read at the time. It’s not even the normal sort of thing I would read now. Which means I’m going to have to step up my game on my own books.
For anyone in the Greater Vancouver Area, I’m going to be at VCon this weekend! I’m not only going to be participating in the book launch, which is free to anyone who wants to stop by ((And I’ll be reading at about 8pm if you want to see that!)) but I’ll also be at the convention as well. If you want to come see me, this is the tentative schedule I have:
Friday October 5, 2018
How to Get Your New Idea Out There :: 3:00 pm
Multi-Author Book Launch :: 7:00pm ((I will be reading from City Without Heroes at about 8pm))
Saturday October 6, 2018
Diversity in Speculative Fiction Media :: 10:00 am
It Happened at a Boarding School :: 2:00 pm
Sunday October 7, 2018
Superheroes in Prose :: 2:00 pm
Hope to see you there!
Thank you so much for participating! I’ll be contacting the winners shortly so that you can get your prizes. For those who did not win, don’t forget that Static is still available for preorder for only $2.99. The price will go up soon after the launch, so preorder your copy now!
This was a lot of fun, though. I’m thinking about running another one. Let me know what series you’d like me to do this for next and I’ll run a contest through November!
It started out as a standard personality quiz, but evolved into one focusing on how you would deal with something more like what happened in the book and how your dealing with those situations would match you up to your characters.
Let me know who you get!
And once, you’re done, don’t forget to enter the giveaway for the Static bundle for a free copy of White Noise and Static!
It’s that time of year again! A little later than usual, but it’s time for another poll to decide what I’ll be writing in November. for NaNoWriMo! You know the rules, up to three votes for whichever one you want me to write and, on October 25th, I will know what book I’m writing! ((Happy birthday to me!)) Without further ado, let’s get to the options!
Cloned Evil: New Beginnings
Fredrika and Beatrice know their mother is in prison and they need to get her out, but this is getting tiresome. Now that they’re in their twenties, both sisters think it’s time for them to move on with their lives, and their mother is now out of the way and unable to stop them from forging their own villainous path in the world their own way.
Thornbrooke
It seemed like perfect timing. Bree was accepted into an accelerated program to accomplish her dreams of becoming a doctor, and her mother took a long standing offer to relocate to Iverson. Though they are both hoping for the best, the city is a hotspot for superhero activity, and it’s very hard not to get caught up in it all. Making it even harder for Bree is the parting gift from her friends: A secret identity of her own.
Looking Glass Saga: Lovely Pale Colors ((Book 8!))
Alice and Peter are showing signs of wear as another force has decided to take control over Wonderland and Neverland, blending them together and taking down the barriers between the worlds.
Dreamscape: Drifting ((Anyone who’s been following me a while, yep I’m reviving this and turning it into a series))
Ciara hasn’t woken up. She is trapped in this dream, uncertain of whether all these other people around her are part of her dream or not. Strangely, this one girl seems much too happy to have company in her dream and seems to know exactly what’s going on.
Atlantis Project
When the kids escaped into the portal to another world all those years ago, they ruined diplomatic relations with an entire universe. Years later, the one child they managed to get back is charged with finding the rest of his friends and stopping their shenanigans so that they can mend their relationship with the alien race.
You can vote for up to three options!
NaNoWriMo 2018
Total Voters: 61
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