SL: I've Thought About Putting The Muder After And The Year After As One Book Because Of How Short The
SL: I've thought about putting The Muder After and The Year After as one book because of how short the first one is. Except they're different genres. One is a mystery/dramadey, and the other is a romantic dramadey. So, I don't think it would have worked.
But I might have a solution: make The Year After a second volume instead of a proper sequel. It makes it a continuation of the story without combining anything. I just need to start from chapter eight. That won't be hard because all it requires is changing the chapter names. (I write a chapter twice then type. That's how Reanna and the other headmates treated Carnival.)
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Reanna: If we ever develop a fanbase, I wonder if it would primarily be fans with physical copies of our books or fans with digital copies we put in shadow libraries.
I wish we had a way of knowing if someone read our books. Let's try asking. If you have a question about our books, send it in the ask box.
Mint Phalanx: People still waiting in line to vote, please stay. Polling stations cannot turn you away if you do.
People who already voted, be patient. We may not know until Thursday or longer.
We're all stressed out, so tomorrow, F.M. will go outside and hop in the snow after classes. (He's been wanting to do this for awhile now. ) You& should find a way to reduce stress too, so you can feel better during and after this Election Day.
F.M.: The Birthday Massacre released a new single and will release a new album on April 11. I'M SO HAPPY!
Reasons to Buy Carnival
You like horror comedy with some gothic fiction on the side.
You want to give these genres a try.
You want a story that takes place in Colorado.
You want a novella that isn't romance.
You want to see the playlist.
Link to its page on Amazon (Note: We would give this book an MPA rating of R.)
SL: Does anyone else have preemptive rants for works you haven't shared yet? I keep doing that for The Murder After, which is going to be published on 8 October. From the very beginning, I would get really mad over the idea of readers wondering why the ending isn't considered a good one.
New Project
Reanna: We're preparing a new project to work on once SL finishes The Year After. It's about a girl in charge of describing short silent films to make a dark ride accessible to the blind. All films we plan to use are in the United States' Public Domain.
We don't have a name for this story yet, so we're calling it Whatever Terrance is Doing. (It was his idea. We came up with the working title when he started bookmarking videos of old films with no idea what to do with them.)
Buying but not Reading
You don't have to read our books to buy them. There are other things you can do with our books.
You can give them as a gift.
You can donate them to a library.
You can donate them to a book drive.
You can use them in a Book Exchange.
Link to the profile of Carnival Link to the profile of The Murder After
SL: I still don't like that The Year After is going to be longer than The Murder After. If the first book were fifty two pages, I'd be fine with it.
I know there's more to say this time, but I worry readers won't see it the same way. What if they don't like that the first story is a chapbook while the second is a novella?
Or maybe, a potential reader will find The Year After on Amazon and want to know what happened first. Maybe they won't care that the first book is short.
Maybe I should worry once we gain readership.
16 January
Testing psychologist: "Reanna doesn't have a social circle, so she uses [or goes into] fantasy."
Me (Brian): "Fantasy!? Say that to my face, you limp noodle!" (In-headspace)
Present Day
Me: "I am not a fantasy."
Reanna: "She didn't even know you exist."
Me: "I am still not a fantasy."
The next time I think I'm fake, I'm going to remember I had a negative reaction to being unintentionally called a fantasy.
