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Something I like about Tumblr is that the science tumblrites are fucking to-the-wall feral and the writers are strange kitchen witches but the computer enthusiasts are polite helpful anarchists and the artists are mostly sensible people who teach you to do hand stretches and enjoy a short walk. It’s like I’m in a best timeline AU where someone took my high school and inverted it.
This is how things should be. A gremlin biologist teaching a fantasy novelist about the Ancient Terrifying Cornfields while a graphic designer uses a friend’s homebrewed tablet to draw a nice picture of a nearby horse.
as a writer i suddenly need to hear about Ancient Terrifying Cornfields because my gremlin mind went ‘ooooh new stuff to hear about’ like it hasn’t already latched on the mythology behind Harlequin and the Wild Hunt
Well I’m not a Gremlin Biologist but I am a fantasy novelist, technically speaking, and I can tell you if you want a Terrifying Cornhole to go down, google “feldgeister” and/or “kornwolf”. If you’re a fan of the Wild Hunt the Feldgeister should be right up your street.
I got my first paycheck from my new job today, and used it as an excuse to restructure my entire bill autopay and savings autodeposit system.
It’s now super-streamlined to the point where after every paycheck I make two transfers – one into a second checking account, one into a savings account – and know that what remains is exactly how much disposable income I have for the next two (to three) weeks. The second checking account and savings account automatically disperse all the other funds (bill payments, investment deposits, mortgage, etc) I would normally have to monitor.
I feel like I need a cigarette. I’m just sitting here enjoying staring at my bank’s website like a fool.
My proof copy of Infinite Jes arrived today! There’s still an issue with offset on the spine (I fixed it with Fete and I’m not sure why it’s BACK with the Jes cover, which was templated off the Fete cover) but they look good enough individually and together that I’m willing to put up with it.
Tonight I’m gonna sit down and read through the book real cover to real cover and probably notice a bunch of shit that needs fixing. :D
[ID: A photograph of two softcover books sitting on a wood-grain background; left is an orange-tan book titled “Fete for a King” with three emojis in a text window above the title – an annoyed face, a sandwich, and a heart face. On the right is a mottled blue book titled “Infinite Jes” with a microphone emoji above the title. Both read “By Sam Starbuck” along the bottom.]
Great cover. What is it about?
Thank you! Fete For A King is about answering the question “What if Guy Fieri was the star of a romance novel where he falls in love with a handsome European prince of a micronation with an unpronounceable name?”
Which was wild enough, but Infinite Jes is about the handsome European prince (now king)’s retired widowed dad having a late-life romance with a nonbinary podcast journalist.
I also just finished the trequel, The Lady And The Tiger, which is about what happens when the handsome European king’s two best friends fall in love while accidentally staging a coup in a neighboring micronation.
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