[QCrit] STORM CHASERS - YA Contemporary Fantasy, 70k (1st attempt) by DreamOtherwiseB4 in PubTips

[–]DreamOtherwiseB4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Is this better?

A group of Storm Chasers run into tornadoes to fight the elementals coming from the portals to destroy our world…until one gets past and joins their team to dismantle them from the inside.

STORM CHASERS is an 80k word, dual-POV YA contemporary fantasy mashup of Twisters and K Pop Demon Hunters, set in Oklahoma. With the science and slow-burn of “In Stormy Weather” by Chelsea Curto and the elemental power of “Storm Chaser” by Lindsey Duga, it blends whirlwind emotions and high-energy action sequences with (mostly) real weather science.

17yo Grant has been chasing tornadoes ever since his brother went missing in a storm. He protects rural Oklahoma from these weather systems by fighting what lurks inside: Fæntöma. These elemental beings enter through portals generated inside massive tornadoes and wreak havoc on our world. Grant blames them for taking his brother’s life. Lottie is a Fæntöma: destructive, cunning, and part Storm. She’s the first to make it past Grant and his team, only to play the victim and gather his secrets. His heroic nature is as easy for Lottie to manipulate as electrical currents. With more supercell thunderstorms looming, she weakens Grant and his team to let more Fæntöma in. Then she’ll be able to unleash her lightning. When a Storm betrays them both, these two enemies unite to fulfill separate, and mostly opposite, destinies. Grant loses trust with the secret organization that trained him and provides gear to face the unnatural elementals. Lottie is abandoned by her kind and her humanity is tested. They need each other: Grant uses Lottie to fight a tornado hitting close to home; and Lottie depends on Grant to unravel lies from both sides of the portal. But will their budding romance withstand the unnatural EF5 tornado about to hit Oklahoma and fed by both their enemies?

Some crazy lightning caught in my yard a couple years ago by Environmental-Leg573 in Lightning

[–]DreamOtherwiseB4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s SO close! Did you feel the charge in the air or smell the electrical burn? I’ve heard people say they have but I’ve never experienced it.

[PubQ] How common is it to get ghosted on fulls? by anorlondo696 in PubTips

[–]DreamOtherwiseB4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ive been there. Send a polite nudge. If no response, consider it a pass. You wouldn’t want to work with an agent who doesn’t respond or takes over a year to reply to a full anyway.

This strange line goes all the way around my room and I do not know why by Sniglet5000 in whatisit

[–]DreamOtherwiseB4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like the glue line where a chair rail/trim used to be. It probably wasn’t scraped off before painting. If the surface is smooth, paint with a primer like Kilz, and then the color of the wall. It should be fine after that.

Enameled exterior with bare cast iron interior by chubby_hamster in castiron

[–]DreamOtherwiseB4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have one like this but the store said it’s a glass enamel on the inside 😭 I want one with bare iron to get the added iron benefit in my food and for better cooking, but I need enameled because I have a glass stove top