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My First Book

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A small excerpt from the book I am working on at the bottom.

~Synopsis~
It's a story about a teenager who is transported to another world where levels and classes exist. His one goal is to return home where he can live a peaceful life but first he has to become strong enough to do so. In the process he meets a variety of people and even befriends a living dungeon.

As much as I am mostly concerned just on the process of writing a good book, I have been doing some research on the side as for how to actually get it sold. The results of this research have been... unmotivating. From the looks of it my best bet is to use Amazon KDP to sell the book online but actually getting people to hear about the book and buy it is going to be a nightmare. 

As such I want to start early and would love it if I could get any advice on how to get the word out.


~Excerpt from the end of Chapter 5~
The snapping of bars resounded through the chamber and Alice quickly scampered away, her eyes filled with fear as she wondered if they were going to try "extracting" more information from her. Instead, the familiar sight if Nails' small green form stepped into the room, followed immediately by a man in white leather armor and a flowing blue cloak. Her mouth fell opened as she looked into his eyes, two pinpoints of icy blue that gleamed with a chilly confidence and dark anger. 

She had almost given up on ever seeing those eyes again, and had never imagined seeing them shine with such intensity. A posture often slumped in defeat was now strong and determined, and a face that had almost always wore a look of glazed disinterest had grown to truly fit the unstoppable force she knew he could be when given a goal.

Alice’s brother was finally here, and if the dangerous look in his eyes was any indication, the men who put her here had a lot to be afraid of. A sadistic smile touched her lips as she sat there in the darkness of the caves. The cultists had no idea of the blizzard they had summoned to their doorstep.
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I'm sorry for my completely unannounced hiatus! Was just feeling really unmotivated to do anything during November, just felt like my art wasn't really improving or anything and I think a lot of us understand that feeling when you don't feel like things are really moving forward lol

~But I managed to find a way to feel motivated and look forward and blah blah blah. Basically, since I enjoy writing I decided I want to try writing and finishing the rough draft for a novella in one month, starting December first. And its been going amazing so far! I actually find myself really enjoying my writing (even if I find plenty of reasons to nitpick) and its only a little bit behind my self imposed schedule. Not to mention i've made some friends who have been really allowing me to enjoy my freetime rather than dread it lol and one in particular has been extremely supportive. 

I love art and want to continue to do it, but the joy I get from writing goes a lot farther than I imagined it would so it will become my main priority. Im debating whether to post my story on any sites cause I kinda wanna even try to get it published >_> Ambitious, I know. Especially with my rather low level of grammar, but I still want to try! Perhaps if any of yall can give me your thoughts on that, that would be great. 

On another note, would people be interested if I started writing flash fiction here? Probably things like responses to writing prompts and such if I did.
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(forgot to add a link like a dunderhead) discord.gg/5nqs6zd

Had this discord server for a bit now as a friend only serv but recently remodeled it so I can invite everyonnnnnne!!!!

We have artsy chats, writer's chats, and if any other type of content creator joins we will get one for that as well :3

Self advertising is okay as long as you dont turn it into spam (there is a rules channel for more details on that bit)

Invite your friends and invite your sellllf, hope to see more faces and make more friends!
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So two weeks ago about-ish my dad found a place for us to move to and I severely underestimated just how hard it would be to move everything even if we already had most of out stuff packed up. We dont even have that much stuff to begin with but it still took ages. Now we actually mostly finished near monday but I have also been settling into my new school though thats mostly just an excuse for my own laziness. Seriously m8, after going a while without doing any work on your pc its hard to get yourself back into things but I will be doing my best now so wish me luck!
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Hello there~

So because I recently made a pokemon fusion timelapse that I am proud of I am feeling very motivated to do more! For that reason I would really love it if people could give me some ideas for pokemon fusions!

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Notes on the fusions I will be doing:
1. I may not do a fusion if I can get no ideas whatsoever on how to go about it (I will try my best not to give up tho cause I need the practice)
2. Please only give like up to 3 requests at a time
3. I will keep a list of fusions I plan on doing and another list on fusions that are already completed below (if the name is underlined then it is a link to a timelapse)!
4. Most importantly please be aware I will be making these fusions into videos so if for whatever reason you have a problem with that I cannot do your request ;~;

Quick update on this, I want to have 1 fusion vid a week and so that means I will probably have any fusions complete long before I submit anything about em XD
For this reason feel free to request that I send you a note of the fusion as soon as I finish! Also if you do request a note feel free to show it to others, I only release later to make it look like i'm one of those coolio active artists and cause 3:00 has always gotten me the best receptions when I post my art heheh

Quick update 2: Will post pokemon fusion videos twice a week (Tuesdays and Fridays). I might put the completed art up on DA before the video but I most likely wont post more than one a day.

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Fusions To Do:
None :P

Fusions Completed:
Miscarona (Mismagius + Volcarona, Personal)
Doomdevoir (Houndoom + Gardevoir, Requested by Noyami-Chan)
Charbone (Charmander + Cubone, Requested by AnnaSofia7)
Glacieray (Glaceon + Luxray, Requested by boylov)
Alolan Archislash (Alolan Sandslash + Arcanine, Requested by Rockiaros)
Wishigull (Wishiwashi School Form + Wingull, Requested by KPrincess527)
Luxibear (Luxio + Webear, Requested by KPrincess527)
Milperior (Milotic + Serperior, Requested by boylov)
Frozma (Necrozma + Froslass, Requested by NecrozmaLord74)
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