Sometimes I want to release my novel for free just for the sake of getting feedback since if I ever get it published Iāll be doing a heavy rewrite on it before I begin pitching but Iām 99% sure people only read free books online if theyāre fanfic of some kind. Lauren suggested repackaging it as a Looney Tunes fanfic and that wouldnāt be the HARDEST sell in the world but I still donāt know if that would actually pan out
What is actually about that you would be able to repackage it into Looney Tunes fanfic? š«£ I'm really so curious now.
Well, you see, it would be easy to incorporate Looney Tunes into my book given that I did a normal thing and wrote a novel inspired by Looney Tunes to the point that I even marathoned old episodes for research. Other inspirations I can cite include The Dresden Files, Welcome to Night Vale, and Rude Tales of Magic.
Itās an urban fantasy comedy about three mid-20s freelancers in the supernatural troubleshooting world. They pick up what they think is going to be an easy case only to find themselves facing off with a chaos god with a penchant for Saturday morning television who curses the main character with cartoon physics. The relatively amateur paranormal gumshoes must now learn how to stop a deity before it plunges their world into never-ending mayhem, all while one of their own is being flattened by falling anvils on the daily.
Itās a short novel, about 53k words, and was written for NaNoWriMo the year our first child was born, so it was largely written under duress on my phone from a rocking chair in the night. Itās the beginning of a planned five-book series that Iāve been working on for five years now and is full of queer and disability representation.
Itās a project Iām incredibly proud of and passionate about, I just havenāt had the time and mental capacity to get back to it and do the rewrites I need to justify beginning the querying process again
Itās also tonally similar at points to how I wrote Target Retales for those of you who remember that project from a decade ago lol
Okay if I upload it for free to a site like Itch or Gumroad would you download it
Yes and probably read it too
Yes but immediately forget about it
Probably not
Okay SO I did it
The book is now available through Itch and Gumroad
Both are free so pick whichever site is more convenient for you but there are pay what you can options and Itchās minimum payout is $5 and Gumroadās is $100 so if you feel like buying me a coffee for the read Iād suggest Itch or Iāll almost certainly never see it
Anyway Iām doing this because I think this version of the book has reached its end and before I move forward with it Iāll be rewriting the majority of it so I feel fine sharing this BUT the core of the book will be the same, same general plot, same concepts, a lot of the same goofs and gags, so if you do take a look and have any thoughts on like if the idea of an urban fantasy meets Looney Tunes book actually works I would love to know!

















