#writing has happened at last so you get calvinballed back

[what-eats-owls]

Hi! I just saw the news about your book; congratulations!!! That's so amazing!!! I was hoping I could ask you what your querying/publishing process was like? My dream is to get published by a big name kind of publisher like Tor, and it would be wonderful to hear if and how you got an agent, what the process was like, etc. Thank you, and congrats again!! I'll definitely be keeping a lookout for the book

Hey there!

(Sidebar: if anyone’s curious and/or wants to preorder my book, which I, in my unbiased opinion, highly recommend, here’s everything you need to know)

I can tell you about not one, but two querying processes, because they’re both equally important in how I made it this far.

The first querying process was for a book that I still love and would like to resuscitate someday.

Here’s how it went down:

I drafted the manuscript from February - October 2013.

I revised November-January 2014

I began querying literary agents toward the end of Jan 2014 and revised based on the feedback I got

I submitted the manuscript to Pitch Wars in 2014, and then again in 2015, and made it in for 2015, revising September-October, and pitching in November

Around mid-March 2016, I sent the last query for that novel, and focused my undivided attention on another WIP.

And here is a comprehensive list of every mistake I made:

I drafted the manuscript from February - October 2013.

It was a difficult-to-classify genre. Science Fantasy? Future Fantasy? If a bookseller doesn’t know where to put your book, they won’t make a whole new shelf just for you. (Note: this seems to be on the verge of shifting, but I wouldn’t bank on it for your debut.)

It was 152,000 words long. The industry standard for YA SFF (SciFi+Fantasy) is 100,000 words or less. Exceptions are rare and usually extended to established authors who have proven their marketability.

I revised November-January 2014

I had no critique partners. Sure, you can be your own worst critic, but you absolutely need another perspective.

I made no substantial changes. Removing an apostrophe didn’t fix a sloppy plot.

I began querying literary agents toward the end of Jan 2014 and revised based on the feedback I got

I queried without doing much research into industry standards, comp titles, etc. I just googled “how to sell a book” and went to town.

I submitted the manuscript to Pitch Wars in 2014, and then again in 2015, and made it in for 2015, revising September-October, and pitching in November.

Pitch Wars was actually great! I made a lot of friends who I still speak to today. That said, it was a big risk to enter a story that hadn’t made it in the previous year, because most of the mentors had passed on it a year earlier.

Around mid-March 2016, I sent the last query for that novel, and focused my undivided attention on another WIP.

CUE SIRENS, AIRHORNS, SKYWRITERS THAT SPELL OUT “THIS WAS THE SMART CHOICE”

At this point, I had spent two years trying to query a manuscript that wasn’t gonna make it. It was hard, and heartbreaking, because at that point I had poured everything I had into that story, and because it wasn’t enough, I didn’t feel like I was enough. I felt like Sisyphus pushing a big lousy rock up a hill, telling myself it was my fault it kept rolling to the bottom. But I loved that lousy rock! I didn’t want to walk away and find a different rock I could push up a hill, I wanted that rock. It took two years of pushing before I finally realized: it’s a rock. Without me, it’s not going anywhere. And I could come back when I was ready.

(I was also dealing with some major life events at the time - my mother had just been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer, and my miserable job was in a downward spiral. IT WAS A GREAT MENTAL SPACE ALL AROUND. But my mom is cancer-free now, and I write for a living, so suck it cancer! Suck it, shitty job!)

What I didn’t realize until much later is that when you spend two years pushing a boulder uphill? You get shredded like Kylo Ren.

All those failures, all those mistakes I’d learned from, had made me a better writer. (It also made me a slower drafter because I was waaaay more critical of my own writing, but eh. I could draft slower because the end product needed less revision.)

So here’s how things went down with my second manuscript:

I drafted the manuscript off-and-on from January - July 2015, then exclusively from March - December 2016

I revised January and February 2017 (when I wasn’t, y’know, wallowing in existential horror in the orange mold infestation in the White House)

I was accepted into Pitch Madness, a contest which asked for a VERY short pitch (35 words or less) and the first 250 words of the manuscript; this was in early March 2017.

The response from agents in the contest was positive enough that I sent queries out to the rest of the agents on my priority list

I signed with my fabulous agent in mid-April 2017

My book sold in late June 2017

Said book will be released in just over four months from now. :)

So let’s review: 

Manuscript one: eight months drafting, two years querying, no agent, no deal

Manuscript two: ~1.5 year drafting, one month querying, sold two months after signing with my agent

Yeah, I’d say I learned a thing or two.

As far as things go once you’ve sold to a publisher, everyone’s timeline is SUPER different: 

Sometimes your editor has minimal notes, but you don’t get them for months. 

Sometimes you get a ton of notes even BEFORE you sign your contract. 

Sometimes your book may be in pristine shape, but the release schedule is super crowded, so it won’t be out until there’s an opening in a year; or the reverse, your book is super buzzy and gets fast-tracked and has to be ready on a SUPER FAST schedule. 

Sometimes your editor moves to a different publisher, and you get assigned to a new editor. 

All of these have happened for authors I know. It’s basically Calvinball, there is no norm. (Fun fact: this is also part of why every author yells “DON’T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB FOR THE LOVE OF GOD” but that’s another post.)

One other note for this: if you’re interested in publishing with a mid-to-major publisher, you need an agent. Publishing contracts are notoriously full of potential pitfalls - for example, I can think of at least one major publisher that has language in their default contract that says the contract can be terminated if the author “flauts public convention.” And there are other, less flagrantly terrible parts of the contract that can still screw you over if they aren’t caught, and things that can still get weird outside of contracts that your agent can help you navigate, and basically your agent is there to make sure you’re all getting the best deal possible.

Anyway, that’s my publishing journey thus far! If anyone has any questions, hit up my inbox.

[tearlessrain]

time to subject myself to Dracula: The Dark Prince, aka another bad movie starring another dude from black sails. this time with 100% less horny on main because my only real motivation for watching it is it truly looks to be a whole new caliber of horrible and I have to see it.

witness my standards for incomprehensibly bad movies being raised prohibitively high in every way imaginable under the cut

I seriously doubt that.

this was made in 2013 by the way, not 1994 as the graphic design of that logo might suggest

oh good, once again we’re opening with an exposition narrator. except this time it’s a woman and she has less vocal inflection and emotional investment than an amazon echo.

I feel like she’s gonna tell me to turn left in 800ft

it feels like a dragon age epilogue, but just. worse.

WE ARE WATCHING A TRULY HIGH QUALITY MOVIE TONIGHT MY FRIENDS

I can’t even describe how bad this is, you really need the sound. that’s where the true lack of quality shines through. siri’s depressed sister is talking about pre-vampire dracula’s epic feats in battle to more weird sepia dioramas and the dying soldiers sound like they hired muppets to voice them

HOLY WIG BATMAN

also this dude is obnoxiously jovial considering he’s supposed to be dracula, even if this is pre-vampire

oh no dracula’s advisors, who all wear black hooded robes and scowl ominously, have betrayed him and killed his wife, how unexpected

someone drew these, looked at them, and thought “yeah that’s good enough to go in the final movie”

the characters are speaking both english and what I assume is... romanian or something? transylvanian? it’s not spanish or welsh I can tell you that much. anyway there are no subtitles and also no rhyme or reason to which they’re speaking at any given time so I hope I’m not missing anything important. probably not.

so like... they killed his wife, yes. and he went on a murderfest in what appears to be a church in revenge, makes sense. now a dude who... I think maybe he’s supposed to be a priest or something? but he wasn’t speaking english so I can’t be sure, then a voice over said “I have killed for god, the hand that fought for him will now be turned against him” but I’m unclear on who was speaking. this movie is an absolute clusterfuck and we aren’t even five minutes in yet. this is still the prologue.

now zombie alexa claims dracula was cursed with immortality “in punishment for his defiance” but I’m still not sure... what defiance. he killed the dudes who murdered his wife and that’s somehow not okay despite his apparent status as a war hero, a designation that implies a LOT of killing has already happened?

fucking finally, the title screen. usually a prologue clarifies what a movie is about but I went in thinking I knew and now have absolutely no idea what I’m watching.

a carriage drawn by friesians is rolling through a misty forest with wolf howling sound bites playing at random in the background to vaguely urgent music, now this is what I’m here to see.

nevermind the carriage is too slow so they’re leaving it because that’s a thing people do (?????)

“Lady Arwen, we cannot delay”

seriously though everyone’s mumbling so much I can’t understand them much better than when they were speaking whatever the other language was

BOOTLEG XENA RIDES AGAIN

but this time she’s accompanied by esme. we don’t know who esme is yet either.

there she goes

and now the knights are being attacked by hilarious squeaky goblin things? who I guess are led by this power rangers villain with, again, an unintentionally hilarious voice. it’s like a bad batman impression.

with every minute that passes I become less certain of what I’m actually watching.

they’re looking for the “light bringer” and telepathically overseen by the world’s most halfassed lestat dracula

they’ve also got some random prisoners in a cage wagon

okay the prisoners are being taken to dracula’s castle and I’m sorry for such an image-heavy post but I NEED you to understand the community theater level of set design/quality we’re dealing with here

“what is that?” cardboard and mod podge is my guess

so far the only thing esme has done is fall off her horse and be knocked unconscious, and now a Roving Band of Misogynists has appeared to harass Bootleg Xena 3.0 in the most generic way possible (the words “what ‘ave we got ‘ere” accompanied by a chorus of malicious cackling and some whistles have been spoken)

oooh no the ringleader of the Roving Misogynists has been given a name, and it’s ~Lucien~. I have a horrible feeling that I’m about to bear witness to the worst romantic subplot in the history of cinema.

oh for... I thought at least bootleg xena 3.0 would be a Strong Female Character and fight them off, but she just rapped lucien on the head with her sword and then they stole her very important box and left as obnoxiously as they came

OH NO SHE’S ASKING TO GO WITH THEM, SOMEHOW THAT’S HER PLAN I THINK I’M RIGHT SHE’S GONNA HOOK UP WITH LUCIEN AND IT’S GOING TO BE HORRIBLE.

“trust me” she says to esme, who, wisely, obviously does not.

I appreciate the timely thunderclap every single time the castle comes on screen

who the fuck are you, did you wander onto the wrong movie set

nope okay they’re not gonna explain that shot at all we’re just moving on to a shot of a weird angel shadow doing slow flamenco moves on the ceiling while ominously gurgling, and the prisoners being led into the throne room

“what’s happening to us?” I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE SAME THING, PRISONER #3

oh never mind that guy from before wasn’t a priest, he is remfield, chancellor of this kingdom, which means the last scene he was in makes even less sense

AKSLDGHJFGAKDLFJGHKAJGHFDKLFDS;GJokay so. remfield introduced himself then said “I will see that your needs are tended to.” then dracula in his new white contacts gets up from his shadowy throne, circumnavigates the cluster of prisoners, sniffs them dramatically, and walks back to his throne. remfield then says, “come, I will see that your needs are tended to” because proofreading is for COWARDS

now remfield is... literally giving the prisoners a tour of the castle and going on the “oh you’re our guests and many pleasures and adventures await you” speech and somehow the prisoners are accepting this despite the fact that they were just carted in on a barred wagon in shackles and got sniffed by a bad alucard cosplayer. they have a fucking harpist.

seriously, who the fuck are you

she’s just been twirling around in the background of this entire scene for no discernible reason no matter what rooms they go into

what the hell am I watching

yeah they’re just going for that incredibly suspicious food and also seem weirdly okay with the ambient clusters of scantily clad lesbians no one will explain okay they deserve whatever happens to them

WHOA TITS apparently this movie is a different rating than I thought

remfield: the newcomers have settled in

dracula: I  d o n ‘ t  l i k e  s t r a n g e r s

then why pray tell have you brought them directly into your home in chains. I cannot stress enough how avoidable this situation was for you my dude

“just think sire, once the light bringer is in your possession no one need die again” “except those who defy me” [ominous chime as the angel shadow on the ceiling continues its sensuous flamenco dance]

meanwhile in the misty blue filter forest of eternal night, some guy in a tricorn finds a gold amulet that I think bootleg xena 3.0 dropped, and the power ranger villain rides menacingly in a random direction for a few seconds

I’m still waiting on whether this masterful display of cinematic calvinball has any cohesive story to it.

ah joy and we’re back to The Non-Adventures of Xena 3.0, Esme, and the Roving Misogynists

as an aside, I’m not calling her that just to be dumb, I’m calling her that because they still haven’t given her a name even though her sidekick got one in the first five minutes

they’ve opened the box and revealed... the light bringer, which is a wooden staff. because it is not shiny gold, the roving misogynists regard it with confounded disgrunglement and scoff at xena 3.0′s insistence that it can defeat dracula

these guys sound like what an eleven year old thinks gangs of ne’er-do-wells sound like. like cartoon weasels, if the weasels were also mediocre pirates who have heard of women, conceptually, but never seen one. like goblins in a pre-written D&D campaign run by a slightly overwhelmed first time DM.

HUR DUR WALKING STICK NOT TREASURE, WOMAN DUMB

it’s what cain used to slay abel, apparently. given that zombie alexa mentioned that dracula is the descendent of abel, this leaves us with the terrifying implication that someone did put at least some vestige of effort into writing this movie.

oh good she’s finally gonna fight lucien

no she failed again. please someone just punch the shit out of lucien so he’ll stop.

NO WHY ARE YOU MAKING OUT STOP IT GOD HAVE SOME STANDARDS WOMAN. STOP PLAYING FLOATY ROMANTIC MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND THEY ARE LITERALLY STILL STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ENTIRE BAND OF ROVING MISOGYNISTS

I thought it might at least be a trick but no she is actually, genuinely starstruck over this profoundly mediocre olde-timey frat boy who called her “sweetheart” while she was trying to explain to him why the ancient dracula-defeating relic was important.

this guy.

we did it boys, we found a worse love story than twilight

also I just. I wish I could convey with words the way the roving misogynists react to every single thing lucien and sometimes xena 3.0 says like the world’s worst greek chorus in a literally neverending stream

lucien (post makeout and xena 3.0 explaining again that the relic is ancient and powerful and they’ve searched for ages to find it): well we may not be knights but we can respect that

[cacophony of rowdy but understated agreement]

lucien: what do you think boys, should we give it back?

[assorted grumbles of assent]

xena 3.0: hm, a thief with a conscience

[gruff mercenary-esque chuckling]

lucien: maybe even a heart

[chorus of “ooooooOOOooh”s and some whistles]

it just goes on like that in every scene they happen to be physically adjacent to, they never shut up but also never actually contribute or say anything meaningful

ah, the mysterious leonardo has appeared. I think he was the one they were trying to take the light bringer to so that’s handy

“what is happening here? what is this flirtation?? is this the people to share your sacred secrets with???” - leonardo, the only remotely rational person in the entire movie

oh he is schooling these idiots, finally someone with sense. it’s bouncing right off of lucien, but at least he’s saying it.

“the scourge” - leonardo

“scourge!” “scourge!?” “scourge?” “hrgghhg??” “hrrm...” - the roving misogynists

power ranger villain and his squeaking goblins vs leonardo, the most useless female leads of all time, and the roving misogynists. who will win.

not the people watching this movie, I can tell you that much.

oh no, the lightbringer isn’t working. this will do nothing to convince the roving misogynists that it isn’t a walking stick

oop, wilhelm scream

oh no lucien has picked up the light bringer

goddamn it he’s the chosen one isn’t he

yep he activated the stick and now we all have to suffer

oh xena 3.0′s coming for power ranger villain maybe she’ll actually do something

nope she bounced off him and now he’s grabbed her and hauled her onto his horse

“you’re coming with me” he says in his weird batman voice, to make sure the audience can tell that he is in fact taking her with him

and esme has yelled “no” to make sure we remember that she’s in the movie

wait what the. did lucien just yell “xena” is that her actual name what the fuck. what the fuck. I had to have misheard that. okay I can’t tell what he’s saying for sure but someone’s bound to say her name again at some point in the movie so I’ll revisit that.

and on that note, I think I’ll end here, because there ended up being a LOT more to unpack in this movie than I expected, it’s after midnight, and I’m tired.

tomorrow, we follow lucien as he presumably goes to save some lady he wildly disrespected and then made out with one time whose name may or may not actually be xena, and hopefully figure out what the hell is even going on with dracula, remfield, and their castle full of artfully strewn half naked harpist lesbians and dancing ceiling shadows. because right now I really don’t have time to unpack all that, and I have a feeling it will only get worse.

[legojacques]

Legojacques’ Tumblr Fics Masterlist

Hey, you! Yes, you!

Are you interested in reading fics where Kenny P accidentally adopts a dragon? Or, fics that feature his dark-haired teammate with the ambiguous basketball nickname? Or, how about multiple fics from his cat’s point of view? Or, even just some good, ol’ positive fics featuring our favourite Las Vegas captain because you’re sick of the hate in the tags. It’s all here!

Parse not your jam? No problem!

I’ve got some classic Zimbits for you. AU fics where Jack is a little shit who pretends he can’t speak English? I’ve got that! How about the softest of fics where Jack and Bitty take the baby out for a drive? You betcha! A fic where Bitty is the face of Samwell and suddenly Jack is interested? Yup!

I’ve got so many fics and headcanons for you, featuring rare pairs such as: Whiskey/Dex, Jack /Ransom, and yes, even the very brief post that helped launch Bitty/Johnson.

So come on down to my newly organized master list of my writing! Waiting for you are bite-sized ficlets and posts that are all organized by pairing and labeled for all your fic-finding needs!

* = Personal favourite and recommended reading

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Bitty/Jack (Zimbits)

*-Jack and Bitty makeup after a fight

-Jack likes to take Bitty to museums

-Jack interferes when Bitty is trying to film his cooking show

*-It’s Always Been You (Ao3) - AU, Jack and Bitty accidentally swap phones.

*-Jack and Bitty both own bakeries and Jack can’t stop sneaking over to Bitty’s (AU)

-Jack as a parent (Bullet points, ZimmerKids)

*-Bitty eats his icecream and Jack can’t look away

*-Bitty’s bakery has a break in and Jack is the cop on the case (AU)

*-Bitty models for Samwell promotional material (AU where Bitty is not on the hockey team)

-Domestic, quiet mornings with Jack and Bitty

-Bitty is the bachelor on a dating show (AU)

-Bitty accidentally gets sent back in time (Back to Future AU)

-Bitty feeds Jack (slight nsfw suggestions, bullet points)

*-Jack gets back into bed on Christmas morning (ZimmerKids)

-Bitty make an innuendo about Santa and the group chat explodes

-Jack is building a deck and Bitty calls Alicia

-Jack misses Bitty

*-The baby won’t stop crying until they put her in the car and drive around (ZimmerKids)

*-Jack is a writer and Bitty is his housekeeper. Jack pretends he doesn’t speak English. (Love Actually AU)

-Jack wants Bitty to model for his photography class (AU)

-Jack is turned into a cat and Bitty takes care of a stray that he found (AU)

*-Bitty is an Apple store employee and Jack broke his phone (AU)

*-Jack loses his kid in a game of hide and seek (ZimmerKids)

*-Jack catches his kids making a mess in the kitchen (ZimmerKids)

*-Bitty works in a grocery store is annoyed that Jack won’t put anything back in the right place (grocery store AU)

*-Grocery store AU bonus innuendos (Bullet points)

*-Bitty is a cookbook writer and Jack buys his book (AU)

-Jack has a panic attack and hides in the same closet as Bitty

-Jack has a minor anxiety break down and calls Bitty

*-Jack stops for fast food with his twin kids

*-Jack shows his affection by bringing Bitty small gifts

*-Bitty gets snowed in and trapped in a small town

-Bitty is forced to visit a museum and Jack is a historical reenactor

*-Jack is an undercover spy at a party

-Jack has a photography exhibit but then the police show up

-Bitty’s thoughts on chicken tenders

*-Bitty, Jack, and their twin toddlers celebrate Easter

Bitty/Jack/Kent OT3 (Pimbits, PB&J)

-Kent can’t stand Bitty’s fannypack

-Kent and Bitty get bored of Jack’s documentaries

*-Jack and Bitty come to see Kent (Kit POV)

-The boys go fishing (Bullet point)

Bitty/Kent (Bittyparse)

-Anything Can Happen (AO3) - Kent invites Eric to spend the weekend with him in Las Vegas.

*-Bitty feels bad that Kent is drinking all alone at the bar (AU)

-Bitty and Kent go shopping for things in their apartment

-Bitty returns Kent’s cat (AU)

Kent/Jeff Troy a.k.a Swoops (Parswoops, Troyson)

-Kent gets in an argument with Swoops

-Kent and Swoops watch rom coms

*-Kent stresses over what to get for Swoops’ birthday

*-Kent and Jack compete against each other (background Zimbits)

*-Jeff is a photographer for the Aces (AU)

-Kent makes sure the baby is okay in the middle of the night

*-The Aces play matchmaker

*-Kit is Kent’s (reluctant) guardian angel and brings him a boyfriend (Kit POV)

-Kent shows Swoops pictures of Kit in a bar

*-Everyone draws the wrong conclusion from a picture Kent posts online

-Swoops shows up unexpectedly on Christmas morning

-Kent and Swoops are at the olympics where they meet a famous figure skater 

Nursey/Dex (Nurseydex)

-Nursey finds out he has to interview the guy he slept with last night (AU)

-Nursey wakes up in the hospital

-Dex gets a bloody nose and Nursey takes care of him

-Nursey gets a bit jealous and possessive

*-Nursey keeps writing love poems for someone and Dex gets jealous

-Nursey has a public sex kink (slight nsfw suggestions, bullet points)

Kent/Tater (Patater)

-Tater keeps saying “I ship it” incorrectly (Tater/Kent)

-Tater and Kent visit Kent’s mother and look through his childhood photos (Tater/Kent)

-Tater and Kent have rival restaurants (Short summary, Bob’s Burger’s AU, Kent/Tater)

-Kent has a hairless cat and Tater has a pug; they bond over ugly pets

-Kent and Tater keep their relationship a secret

-Kent is learning Russian when Tater gets traded to the Aces

Other Pairs

-Tango sees Bitty for the first time (one-sided crush, Bitty/Tango)

*-Shitty is the best art critic (Shitty/Lardo)

-Holster thinks Jack is trying to steal his best friend (Jack/Ransom)

*-Whisky keeps breaking things to get Dex to fix them (Whiskey/Dex)

-Whiskey and Dex can’t agree when their anniversary is (Whiskey/Dex)

-Kent runs into his childhood best friend (Kent/OMC)

-Bittyholtz musings (Bullet points)

-Kent misses Jack (one-sided, Kent/Jack)

-Dex kisses Holster at a party (Dex/Holster)

*-Kent writes a letter to Jack (Kent/Jack)

-Johnson realizes he’s not meant to end up with Bitty (Johnson/Bitty)

-In which Bitty ends up with Shitty (AU, short summary, Shitty/Bitty)

-They both hate hockey team (Editor in Chief/Fry Guy)

-Bob has a twin brother and through a mix-up, Alicia thinks he’s his twin (Bob/Alicia)

-Jack’s birthday brings back memories for Kent (Kent/Jack)

-Ransom and Holster propose to each other (Ransom/Holster)

-Bob buys Alicia hot chocolate

-Holster comforts Ransom after he’s hurt (Ransom/Holster)

Non-Pairing

-If Bitty were on a Great British Bake Off-esque kind of show (Bullet points)

-Jack as a children’s author (Bullet Points)

-Holster and Ransom play Calvinball

-Jack and Ransom smuggle Canadian snacks (Headcanon)

-Senor Bun’s POV (Bullet points)

-SMH’s childhood toys (Bullet points)

-Lego Bitty meets Lego Jack (Bullet points)

-Hockey mom Lardo (Bullet points)

-Headcanon of Holster as an actor

-Headcanon of Holster as an actor pt 2 (Bullet point)

-Headcanons for Swoops (Bullet point)

-Roll Up the Rim is back; Jack and Ransom are excited

-Jack shows Tater how to Roll Up the Rim

-Jack shoots a heartwarming Amazon Prime commercial

-Bitty and Tater are private detectives (AU, bullet points)

-Tater and jam (headcanon)

*-Little Jack falls asleep on Bob

*-Holster and Ransom’s new Friday night routine

-Ransom discovers Holster can be a coral reef sometimes

Kent Parson Centric, Non Pairing

-Mama Parson thoughts (Bullet Points)

-Kent cries over cats he wants to adopt (Short headcanon)

-Kent and Bitty as Lilo and Stitch

-Kent and the rookie player

-Kent is shocked to find Swoops’ real name from Johnson

-Kent shoots a heartwarming Amazon Prime commercial

-Johnson shows up with a new cat for Kent

-Kent stumbles home drunk and upset

-Kent babysits for his teammate and plays kittens

Kit Purrson Centric

-Kent smuggles his cat and gets caught (Short headcanon)

-Kent and the Purrito

-Kate Pawson, Kent’s other cat (Bullet points)

-Kit and her bow tie collection (Bullet points)

*-How to (Kind Of) Train Your Dragon Pt 1 - Kent accidentally acquires a dragon

*-How to (Kind Of) Train Your Dragon Pt 2 - Kent is a dragon dad now

*-Kit goes missing (Sixth Sense AU, Warning: off screen animal death)

*-Kit is a witch’s familiar (Kit POV)

-Kent saves a kitten at a kid’s birthday party

*-Kit wants to come along on Kent’s trips

*-Kent is sad and Kit wants to cheer him up (Kit POV)

*-Kent’s childhood cat, Snowball (cat POV, off-screen animal death)

-Kit climbs the Christmas tree

Kit and Junior the Puppy Series

*-Kit and Junior: the new puppy

-Kit and Junior: the monster in the house

-Kit and Junior: Junior asks too many questions

-Kit and Junior: Swoops comes to visit

-Kit and Junior: Junior is afraid of fireworks

-Kit and Junior: Junior breaks something

-Kit and Junior: Kent and Swoops finally admit they like each other (Parswoops)

-Kit and Junior: Kent gets sick (Parswoops)