Newbie writers are often advised not to “write to the market”, and to write what excites them instead. I believe I’ve seen advice like that from you here. But when trying to snag an agent, they always ask, “What recent books is your work like? What readers will your novel appeal to?” Should a writer seriously reply, “I couldn’t find the novels I wanted to read, so I wrote one, and therefore I can’t tell you what its market might be”? Is there a better way to convince them to take a look? Asking for a friend.

by on January 10, 2023 at 6:28 pm
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neil-gaiman:

Nobody ever asked me those questions. But you can always answer b) with “smart readers who are craving something different”.

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Heyyy, sorry to ask you this but we aren’t sure where else to ask.(Well, we DO, but you& were the first people we could think of.)Do you all use Mastodon at all? We wanna move servers/instances but everything we find seems very, uh, anti-fiction. And we’re worried that if something ends up being pro-fiction it’ll also end up being anti-endogenic and whatnot, and you all seem to know what you’re doing at least when it comes to Tumblr where we do see you around.We aren’t even sure how well a browser search would do since it’s. You know. Mastodon. That we’re asking about. And we don’t wanna hop onto the main .social instance because that’s an unmoderated nightmare iwrc.

by on January 10, 2023 at 6:14 pm
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We don’t currently use mastodon, but we’d be open to learning how to use it as well, if fandom ends up migrating toward that direction.

I’ve heard of proship mastodon instances, but the major one is closed to new entries at the moment as far as I’ve heard.

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Your blog has made me sit and wonder if maybe the odd connections I’ve felt to specific characters were really just the Autism or maybe if they were some kind of other connection. I ache for them. I ache to be near them, to touch them, to see and feel and hear them as they are, beautiful and ugly and kind and cruel. Some I see myself in; others I see like old, ancient friends from times past. I’m also learning to engage with potential headmates. I’ve heard things, sometimes, when I lay down to sleep. Nothing big, but…it’s something, right? And there’s the time, a few months ago, when I heard someone say “Psst – I’m still here”. I got so excited about that…I should have been scared, but I kept hoping I’d hear her again.I never did, though…that’s depressing.
– 🍉💌

by on January 10, 2023 at 6:03 pm
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It sounds like you’re on a journey of self discovery, and we are here for you!

Here are some resources that might help you sort things out.

our post from the other day about contacting headmates.

fictionkin.org: a resource for helping people understand fictionkin

from-fiction: tumblr related to fictionkin, fictives and general fictional alterhumanity

soulblonder: a sadly pretty dead blog dedicated to soulbonding

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