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A nice conversation with Henry and Will. Henry looks like hes about to punch william in the face which he may or may not have done.

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Halloween II (1981)

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WIP questionnaire tag

Ray of starshine @the-golden-comet hit me with this tag and I HAVE NOT SEEN THIS ONE BEFORE thank you so much!

I will be answering for Doom Metal Love Story.

What’s the first part of your WIP that you created?

Figuring out who the characters were. I then wrote the 275-page Bad Ending timeline the characters go through in 1874. The worldbuilding (it's a historical AU) I made up as I went.

If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be?

I'm kind of medicated rn so the idea of a cover of "Du Hast" by Rammstein done in 1870s-style music is making me laugh.

What are your favorite characters that you made? Why?

Honestly, it's Sullivan, the protagonist. I originally got through the first draft by going, "He's a literary device, he's not a real person, you're just out of practice" (this is one of the darkest things I've written so I felt bad LOL.) Then I learned more about who he is as a person and I realized I couldn't tell that kind of story using this character. He deserved to catch the bad guy and save his stupid boyfriend from becoming the avatar of a dead god, not have what I did to him in draft 3 happen to him. Also he's fucking funny and my roommate and I are always doing "the Sullivan voice" whenever anything mildly inconvenient happens so we sound as if we're describing the hardships of an 1870s frontier cavalry first sergeant, and that's the greatest gift anyone could have ever given me. Thank you, Cole.

What other pieces of media do you think your fanbase would share?

My fans probably love Pathologic, Dungeon Meshi, and that show where Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy get covered in blood and fuck each other with knives (I have never seen Hannibal.)

What has been your biggest struggle with your WIP?

It's character-driven. Royston is a "moral outlaw" (old-timey for "psychopath.") Sullivan wants a Golden Ending. Look at my fucking outline for Book 2.

#time loops

Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them!

OMG yes. Sullivan's horse Molly is a character. Royston is jealous of her for roughly half the 1872-73 storyline. It's... he has psychological problems.

How do your characters travel/get around?

It is 1872-1874 (depending on where we are in the time loop) so we get around by the following means: 1. Train! 2. Horse! 3. Boots! 4. ... Sullivan has to use crutches in Book 2! 5. ... Royston might learn how to fucking teleport at some point but that's... I don't even want to think about that.

What part of your WIP are you working on right now?

I am on Book 2 of three. I just finished Chapter 7. It's the "debate" section for the novel but we're in the "fun and games" section of the entire trilogy so the fact I don't have a nosebleed rn is impressive.

What aspects (tropes, maybe?) will you think draw your audience in?

Who doesn't love a Western that has time loops and weird Eldritch shit happening in the background?

Oh yeah TIME LOOPS.

I'm fucking with the Sliding Scale of Fate vs. Free Will

It's scary sometimes?

You've heard of They Were Roommates? Let me introduce you to They Were Friends.

We're going for the Golden Ending. I have no clue how I'm going to pull this off but I believe in my ability to keep typing until I do.

What are your hopes for your WIP?

All I want to do is cause irreparable psychological damage to people who thought they knew how the world worked until they read my novel. And maybe to break Top 100 in Western Horror eBooks on A-Zon, at least for like an hour. I did that once and now I'm going to chase that dragon the rest of my life.

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YUDHO

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fog

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Still in California but I made some very important purchases today.

He's very normal.

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The Haunting of Bly Mannor, 2020, dir. Mike Flanagan

SE01E01 The Great Good Place

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“It’s beautiful.”

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Debbie Harry in VIDEODROME

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Being kink positive makes it really hard to be a hater of media rip. I used to love watching “the WORST book I’ve read this year” booktube videos but now its like I hear them ask, “Who is this werewolf smut even for?” Omegaverse fans, next question. “Why would you write this?” Because they find it sexy, can we stop focusing on the ewie yucky kink part and focus on the fact that the author used the word knot five times in a single scene? It’s bad werewolf erotica, but it’s not bad because it’s werewolf erotica like come on

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He's calling your parents to tell them that you were naughty today.