Here Be Monsters

can't i stay a little longer?

reaper leviathan cosplay x3 #subnautica

Just remembered I had this screenshot on my phone somewhere and had to post it here because it really speaks to me

finally, i am free from this WIP haunting me in my dreams

Thought this might help others who struggle when writing. I know I get in my head too much.

we as a society do not deserve queen deltarune. why the fuck is she not inescapable within this fandom. i like tenna just fine but she deserved what he got

I've discontinued a lot of free, online series because it's not worth putting 3-5 hours a week into posting a project for no readers. Sometimes I finish the series for me but just never post it again, other times I don't finish it at all because it feels more worthwhile to put my time into other things. Sometimes I hear from readers who are sad or upset that I didn't finish something they were liking, but the *reason* it never got finished is because I didn't know anyone liked it. If you like something, tell the creator, tell your friends, make some noise about it. If you would be sad if a story never finished, make that interest known because one of my biggest considerations before discontinuing a series is "will people miss this? Will I be letting people down" and 9/10 times, I come to the conclusion of "no, it doesn't even seem like anyone's reading this" only to learn after I've moved on that apparently someone was.

If you want more content from an artist or author, if you like their stuff, tell them. It will give them creative fuel to keep going. And often it gives them other resources as well. Recommend a work to other people. Leave a comment or a review. It doesn't have to be long, just genuine, a sentence or two. Not many people know that a book's success is judged by book reviews as well as sales. Review the book on Amazon or another site to help it pass the metric of success and be recognized by publishers and retailers.

Spoilers are inevitably going to be coming soon so make sure you have your tags ready for it if you want to avoid them lol

(I say, fully looking at my latest draft of my book and considering throwing it in the bin. But my editor said exactly this to me, so I'm passing it along.)