Sparrowind published

[jordan179]

I was recently made happy and proud to learn that my good friend cutelildrow had written and e-published a novella.  The book is Sparrowind, and it's about a young dragon who tries a new approach to life based on what he finds in books.  I've bought it and hope to review it within a few days.  I hear her sales are already climbing and that the book is likely

Comments

[kharmii]

Congrats to her! That has to be exciting.

[cutelildrow]

^__^ It is! And thank you ^o^

[benschachar_77]

Don't know how you do it. Every time I try to sit down and write my motivation evaporates.

[cutelildrow]

For this story, it refused to quiet down until I finished writing.

For the books currently being worked on, I've found writing a bit here, a bit there adds up and before long I get surprised. (Such as "...I wrote five pages? Wow.") Before I know it'll be a chapter. If I get stuck, I do some work on a different story for a bit, or draw. If the muse is quiet, I do editing work or research ideas.

If none of those appeal, that's when I know it's time to take a break.

That's been working out for me so far. And the characters are a bit more patient this time.

[anonymous]

This is just nonsense fantasy that takes the very common idea of the friendly dragon which has been done before to death it's just a rip-off of Petes Dragon by E E Knought or whoever that guy is. We need more books which challenge notions of gender identity and the cismale white heteronormative hegemony. White girls like Modena should stop writing science fiction!

[anonymous]

Actually, I think it's more like Jonathan Livingston Dragon.

The lack of a preview doesn't fill me with confidence.

[jordan179]

Why do you dislike Jonathan Livingston Seagull?

Not sure why you need a preview. Have you read the actual story?

[cutelildrow]

...I'm .... not sure how this anon even thinks that being compared to Jonathan Livingston Seagull will be taken as an insult by me. I loved that book as a child and I still love it now.

[inverarity]

Well, I may give it a try. I'm trying to give self-publishing a fair chance.

I have to say, though, I hope the reference to Jonathan Livingston Seagull was a joke.

[inverarity]

It's probably not.

[jordan179]

And that would be terrible. Because Rory had forty print copies == as many as four times ten -- and Lex Luthor stole them all!

[jordan179]

The reference by whom ... Yama?

[farchivist]

I am actually rather appalled and puzzled by the anonymus fellow and their comments...my opinion is that it's deliberate trolling. So to contrast, congrats to cutelildrow and I hope it gets picked up by a publisher to boot.

[cutelildrow]

Thank you very much for your well wishing! I hope Sparrowind continues to do well.

Yes, it's trolling. The 'anonymous' is a guy living in Massachusetts who has been stalking me online since 2009. He's rather obsessive and likes to go around telling actual published authors (as in, published by publishing house Baen Books) that they are sucky authors compared to him. He can't comment on any of our blogs because he's banned and likes to go to the blogs of people who comment on our blogs and complain about us there.

[jordan179]

I've told him I'm willing to compromise and accept that he is a gay man with normal-sized genitals. I await his thankful acceptance of my proposed compromise.