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Anonymous Mon Sep 27 11:37:15 2021 No.19128790 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /lit/, I just released my first self-published novel. I wrote it in my early twenties in the mornings before work. It's essentially my "trial run" novel, to see if I've got the chops for something more serious later on. It got a couple of bites from agents when I sent it out on submission, but nothing materialized. So, self-publishing it is. I've shared bits and pieces of it here in the /wg/ threads, so I figured I'd drop the link here in case anyone cares to read it. If you're interested in supporting a fellow anon, let me know what you think of the description/synopsis, and whether you'd purchase the book based on the preview.

>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H7CZDPZ

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 11:46:02 2021 No.19128848 >threatens boss with murder >is innocent

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 11:48:28 2021 No.19128855 >>19128848 Yeah, that's part of the paradox explored in the text. To what extent is he culpable, and to what extent can he be blamed, and be redeemed.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 11:53:04 2021 No.19128884 >my "trial run" novel So release it under CC-BY-NC-ND. Why the fuck are you charging actual money for your feedback probe juvenilia?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:02:13 2021 No.19128948 >>19128790 Good luck, anon. Is nice seeing someone from lit/ publishing stuff. Also don't you fear being associated with this place?

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:06:22 2021 No.19128971

>>19128948
Well, I'm using a pseudonym. Also, other succesful authors who've been published my big publishing houses are associated with this place (i.e., Tao Lin). Also, no, not really.

>>19128884
Because you can make money using Amazon Kindle publishing, so why not try? If you're interested, I can send you the link for free.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:09:45 2021 No.19128986 >>19128971 >I'm using a pseudonym kino

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:11:07 2021 No.19128995 >>19128971 >(i.e., Tao Lin) Since when was Tao Lin associated with /lit/?

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:12:03 2021 No.19129005

I read some of the excerpt then got bored by the time it hit the dialogue. But it's okay. It looks professional too, so well done on that. The cover is very nice also, although the bottle looks off-centre to me, though that may be a trick of the eye.

That Australian with the short stories is still the best written thing I've read published by /lit/ so far. But this is very good too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:13:03 2021 No.19129011 >>19128995 He used to come here ten years ago or so and everyone pretended to be him in every thread for a good long time.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:13:42 2021 No.19129017 >>19128971 >Well, I'm using a pseudonym. White guy masquerading as an Asian woman for those sweet woke dollars. Unfathomably based.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:14:41 2021 No.19129022 >>19129017 >white guy Oh my sweet summer child...

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:15:29 2021 No.19129024 >>19128995 Yeah, I'm old enough to remember when every thread here (2011/12) was Tao Lin related. And every thread author was speculated to be Tao himself, self-promoting.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:16:08 2021 No.19129028 >>19129024 Go to bed, Tao.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:18:37 2021 No.19129044

>>19129017

And yeah, I am a white guy. I used a random name generator, but I'm also kind of self-conscious about it. I have a lot of older, more established writer friends who I could send this to for Amazon reviews that would bolster the book's public profile immensely. But, I'm worried some might get upset about the Asian woman name. If that's the case, I'll just keep it strictly to myself.

It's kind of funny. I got cold feet about using the Asian woman name, so I tried to contact the book cover artist to change the name to a slightly modified version of my real name. But he got pissy because I only gave him 4/5 stars on Fiverr, so he refused to edit the name on the cover (for payment). So, Asian Alice it is.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:19:55 2021 No.19129049 >>19129005 this is better than the Aussie Aligator book lmao

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:27:58 2021 No.19129094

>>19129049
Not for me. I can remember a few scenes of that from when I read it a week or two ago - kangaroo killing, the grave in the lonely spot, the hidden weapons from the war, that guy that was dying. I've only just read this bit of Last Call but there's nothing memorable happening in it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:29:18 2021 No.19129104 >>19129044 Sick, play it up by writing autofiction about the female Asian experience, but remain mysterious like Elena Ferrante. People will eat that shit up. >>19129022 Vindicated by the author you reddit-tier faggot.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:33:34 2021 No.19129122 >>19129094 well it's hard to compare 20 pages of a 200 page novel against stand alone short stories, but fair game

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:45:46 2021 No.19129167 >>19129104 >someone who put a fake name on the cover is totally not lying to me about his sex and complexion on this here anonymous forum The absolute state of nulebbitors.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:54:36 2021 No.19129203 >>19129094 >>19129122 >>19129049 what book are you references?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 12:55:42 2021 No.19129212 >>19129203 I don't want to shill it on here anymore because this board has been inundated with self-promotional posts and samefaggotry by the author. But, look up F. Gardner's book.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:00:04 2021 No.19129230

>>19129017
>White guy masquerading as an Asian woman for those sweet woke dollars. Unfathomably based.
>>19129044
>And yeah, I am a white guy.
Anon, they will call you a tranny if you finally make it and they push to discover your real name. Don't you think?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:06:17 2021 No.19129265 >>19129230 What do you mean? "They" (?) will call me a tranny because I self-published under a false name?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:12:01 2021 No.19129304 >>19129212 there's a special place in hell for all you gardner and waldun faggots

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:13:08 2021 No.19129310 >>19129304 garnder, waldun...and now...nguyen

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:13:53 2021 No.19129315 >>19129265 >because I self-published under a false name? Because you picked a female name. The critics of the the posterity will speculate about what you really meant by that. Then the mainstream trannies will get their revenge. lol

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:14:54 2021 No.19129320 >>19129310 >garnder, waldun...and now...nguyen The new meme cannon

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:19:42 2021 No.19129338

>>19129315
Well, I could edit the book cover to include a male name. But honestly, it's not a memoir and it doesn't deal with the female nor Asian experience. The novel's about a white guy. Self-publishing under a randomly generated name, even if its a name typically belonging to another gender or race, shouldn't bear any significance given the subject of the text. If it was about an Asian female, I think that'd be different. Also, funny of you to assume that any critics will care about this.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:23:40 2021 No.19129352

Just a heads up, from reading the synopsis only it is obvious this was 100% not written by a woman. The subject matter, themes, and setting blatantly signal male author and male centric interests. I wish I could actually read some of it to give you more detailed and valuable feedback.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:24:29 2021 No.19129360

>>19128790
I read the first couple of pages and I'm not sure how I feel. You've clearly put thought and energy into your writing and you have a basic grasp of the English language (unlike Gardner and Waldun), but something is "off" or maybe just slightly adolescent about your writing, it's difficult to define. It's little stuff like "night creatures" and "pocket check" that make it feel YA-ish. The premise sounds interesting but needs to be more clear. I'm not a very good critiquer so that's all I have. I can tell most of your focus has gone into not doing things wrong instead of trying to do things right, which is not a bad way to write a book. It's definitely a promising start, fake-asian-woman anon

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:30:08 2021 No.19129382 >>19129352 >>19129360 Haha, thanks. I wish people weren't so caught up in the author's name, but thanks.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:30:47 2021 No.19129386 >>19129338 >Also, funny of you to assume that any critics will care about this. Who knows? kek What about this pseudonym, Melanica Watermelon. Too offensive? Is it gonna sell well?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:32:18 2021 No.19129391 >>19129360 >Waldun Waldun doesn't have a basic grasp of the english language?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:32:46 2021 No.19129393 >>19129386 Ass Masterson just released his memoirs

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:35:08 2021 No.19129399 File: 71 KB, 389x500, B0859NTT8W.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19128790 I'll read yours if you read mine (probably not though)

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:38:53 2021 No.19129419 >>19129352 >The subject matter, themes, and setting blatantly signal male author and male centric interests. What do you mean? What would be women subject matters and themes? Love, Romance and stuff? Vampires?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 13:51:04 2021 No.19129468 File: 191 KB, 680x1024, istockphoto-488310562-1024x1024.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Yes, hello, woman here. Reporting in.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 14:18:31 2021 No.19129603

>>19129419
>lawyer (neutral>0.1)
>family disappeared (+3 ihaveaparticularsetofskills.jpg)
>golf course (+5 not a country club, the description of golf course betrays the author's unconscious bias perception of the facility. A woman would 100% call it a country club because the physical building, its amenities and inhabitants are the locations of her interest compared to the grounds)
>alcoholism (neutral>.3)
>solving problem through violence (+10)

These were the big tells. I mean "there's pedophiles in the country club and a broken father/lawyer is going to administer justice outside the courtroom" screams male protector fantasy. He gets to archetypally slay literal demons to be redeemed in the eyes of his family. Or he transgresses and kills an innocent child. Neither of those occurrences are products of the female mind.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 18:25:47 2021 No.19131026 >>19129603 Fucking Sherlock over here

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 18:56:04 2021 No.19131168 Honestly OP, this is pretty good. If it's just 3 bucks I'll buy it tonight and get back to you about how I feel about it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 19:12:52 2021 No.19131262 File: 150 KB, 750x704, 666F6254-8E6A-40D3-949F-022AD92F1EF3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19129212 Call of the Crocodile is fucking amazing. Congrats on your book OP. Neat to see more books by anons from here.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 19:28:04 2021 No.19131325 >>19131262 This. Crazy shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 19:32:49 2021 No.19131339 >>19131262 Fuck off Gardner.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 19:36:34 2021 No.19131352 >>19131339 Not Gardner. But you are obviously Card.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 20:05:54 2021 No.19131492

>>19131262
>>19131325

Honestly I cannot believe the extent to which Gardner samefags his shit around here. I want to hate him, and I do, but I can't help but respect the dedication he has to promoting his terrible writing and worthless series of books.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 20:50:31 2021 No.19131704 definitely some of the better (published) material that I've read from his board. Show us more, Alice.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:35:39 2021 No.19131864 >>19131492 If it were all Gardner he wouldn't just be talking about the fucking Crocodile book. The dude has a million other books that didn't come out a year ago.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:47:22 2021 No.19131926 >>19131864 Duh no shit sherlock. CotC has had ads here for an entire year. A lot of people have read that one but not the rest of F Gardner's stuff.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 21:51:17 2021 No.19131941 Liam please tell us why you are pretending to be an asian woman??? seriously what's the reason?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 22:01:51 2021 No.19131976 File: 146 KB, 577x924, captain-sum-ting-wong.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19131941 nvm I read the thread doesn't make a lick of sense but ok I guess >>19129044 here you go

>>	Anon1 Mon Sep 27 22:05:42 2021 No.19131989 >>19131976 Holy Kek

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 22:05:42 2021 No.19131990 >>19131976 Bro how'd you do that, hit my email and I'll pay you to put a different name on (I might try releasing this under several names). You know where to find my email.

Anonymous Mon Sep 27 22:11:04 2021 No.19132020

>>19131990
use the healing brush tool in photoshop set to content-aware and replace
or if you don't have photoshop, you can prob do the same thing with photopea.com's healing brush tool
or just pay another fiverr random to patch over it and add your new name and remember to ask for the source psd/ind/whatever files this time.........

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 27 22:11:52 2021 No.19132026 File: 9 KB, 112x112, 9791_pepe.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>19131976 kek

>>	Anonymous Tue Sep 28 00:40:41 2021 No.19132472 >>19128790 Just drop the Google doc in the thread Anon. We will read it, and review it. You won't get anywhere with 0 reviews. If it is good, people will throw you sheckles

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