《Meet the authors showcase edition volume #2 Est. 6/5/2020》A showcase with @katfeatherly, author of Match Made in Quarantine
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Well, I was in quarantine as much of the rest of the world, and feeling sorry for myself, and then I thought... Imagine how people who have roommates they don't get along with feel. And that made me chuckle, since I've had roommates before so I knew what that could be like. Since, I'm a romantic, that naturally progressed into... imagine if your annoying roommate was also a super hot guy? And that's how it started.
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Hm, well, I didn't want to write about covid-19. I think it's too early for stories that are talking about our current situation, considering the death toll and everything. I just wanted to write a story that people could currently relate to, but that didn't force them to think about their current reality -- since we're surrounded by news about the pandemic wherever you look. So, I guess that was the biggest challenge from the start, managing to not have readers view this as another corona story, but as a totally fictional kind of thing.
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Very positive actually! I was a bit surprised at how much people seemed to enjoy it. I wrote it because I needed something funny and fluffy in my life, and it seems other people relate to that. One of the biggest compliments for me actually comes from people who say 'I don't normally like rom-coms, so I was skeptical about this but I really enjoyed it!' That makes me sooo happy to know even people who don't normally like this genre can enjoy the story.
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I LOVE the dynamic between my two MCs! Their banter is so fun to write, sometimes it feels like they're real people just arguing in my head and I just have to write down what they say. I'm aware this makes me sound like I'm a bit crazy, but... it's the truth, haha.
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It's standalone for now! I might make an anthology out of it, but not sure right now... I think it's perfect as a standalone.
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Hm, that there's more to people than what you see on the surface. That just because someone has a smile on their face, doesn't mean they're not broken inside. That we're all doing the best we can, with what we have in life... And that sometimes, all you need to grow closer to someone is a homemade lemon cake. ;)
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Hmm, I'd say just enjoy what you write. I don't think my story would be accepted as well if I'd forced the plot, or didn't genuinely enjoy ever paragraph I wrote. I just have fun with the story and the characters. Also, I'd say... listen to your readers. They tell you want they expect, what they want, what they predict... that can help you craft not only your story, but craft it in the best way you can in a way that will resonate even better with others.
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I'm sure they both do, haha. I studied occupational therapy, so I get Aimee's frustration with anatomy. I also play video games, so I get Maddox's playfulness. I lost my mom to cancer, and both characters experienced a loss in their life... so yeah, definitely!
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Hmmm, I'm not entirely sure. I think probably maintaining regular updates, something I struggled with for the last few weeks due to RL responsibilities Being active on the forum... talking to your readers... I try not to worry about getting new readers, I just appreciate the ones I already have and hope that if someone comes across my story when they're in need of a good laugh, they'll give it a try.
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ohhh, yes, haha. I have one book planned after this one, and another that I'll be querying (so it won't be posted on Wattpad). But I'm focusing on having MMIQ finished as soon as I can.
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Gratuitous Item Crafting and Descriptions (and shoddy economics)
[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge] The God of Smithing had a child with an elf waifu. The young child, Jimmy Smithson, has recently been allowed to finally do some blacksmithing with his 'father' who doesn't know he got cucked by a god. Jimmy Smithson turns out to be amazing at smithing and this is his journey in a generic fantasy world.
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MVP
The old say it all started with the gods. They reigned over all the other living beings, without defiance: it was the natural course. Out of mercy, the gods decided to give some of their essence to humans, trying to have humanity achieve new heights. The emerging super-humans were the result; these new powers came with some sort of drawbacks: their bodies could not handle the god’s essence, which would be known as Essentia. This is the tale of Leo and Jax journey, two brothers looking to fulfill their destiny, following the Maddox Void Path (MVP).
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Curse of the Reaper
The Void, mother of all that was, created two sons, Order and Chaos, to bring substance to her. A war will be sparked off between the twins that will, in the end, consume their mother. Out of the ashes of her corpse, the third and final Plane, that of physical existence would be born. Here they would wage a war that would span eons and worlds, until it would finally fall upon a seemingly insignificant planet. Bearing the name of its immortal caregiver, the Grim, Order fashioned him to defend this bastion of life from the hands of Chaos. His brother would play on the infant immortals fear of annihilation, and tempt him into the sacrilegious act of mating with mortals. When Order scrambles to try to right the injustice and preserve the balance, it is thought that all is well, but sins will always come back to haunt the Father. Now it will be up to another of his sons, many millennia down the road, to answer for his Fathers wrongs, as the race for the Throne of the Underworld begins in Book One of The World of Grim.
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The StormBlades
In the idyllic city of Athaldris the Elven people live, hidden away from humanity on their secluded island, protected by a magical barrier. That is, until one fateful morning turns their peaceful existence upside down. A young elf discovers a magical scroll in a clearing outside of the Elven city, protected by a powerful, dark magic. A magic so powerful that neither elf nor human could be responsible for it. The scroll was meant for Queen Elspeth of the Northern realm on the main continent, far to the East of the Elvish lands. A land ravaged by constant war and ruin, where humans fight each other over territory and food and everything in between. Reading the contents, Terandriell realizes he must act to change the outcome of the coming war. To save the human race from certain extinction, he knows he has to deliver the message himself. He has only to betray his own people and face his darkest fears in order to do so.
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STEEL ABYSS
A new era is upon Kailsh. Floating above the waves of her endless oceans, the great cityships of humanity are undergoing a revolution. Ancient flotillas and sailing boats, once the lifelines of a dying race, have been transformed into towering metropolises and mighty vessels of steel through the ancient salvage upon the sea floor. It is a time of war. From once disparate tribes are born nations, fighting over the remains of dead gods deep in the abyss. Battleships sail across elysian seas and fighter jets carve trails upon a pale blue sky: a world turning upon itself in the throes of conflict. And one Coalition Warship to save it all: the battleship Archipelago. Crewed by an emergency crew of raw cadets and an artificial mind salvaged from the ruins of ancient civilizations beneath the waves, the Archipelago will face not only the enemies of the Coalition, but of humanity’s very existence on Kailsh. For some secrets are better left undiscovered, and in the embrace of the STEEL ABYSS.
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Making a difference
Harry Potter FanFiction: Hannah Longbottom liked to watch the people who entered the Wizarding World via the small, walled courtyard behind the Leaky Cauldron for a reason: During her not so long life, she had learned about three different boys who had entered the Wizarding World alone, leaving behind a life so horrible she could barely imagine. One of them, who became a friend of hers, had gone through great hardships to become a hero, one of the greatest wizards the Wizarding World had ever seen. One of them, who had been her teacher, had become cold and bitter, and no one had ever recognized what amazing talents he could have offered, until it had been too late. One of them, the monster she had helped to fight during the Battle of Hogwarts, had become the most dreaded, most dangerous, and most deadly man Great Britain had ever seen, and yet it could have all been different, if someone had just tried to make that difference early enough in that life, if he had not boarded the train to Hogwarts all alone. Already posted at Devianart and AO3, I've included a link to RoyalRoad on my profiles there.
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