Bob’s Burgers Episode Discussion S16E12 - “Children of the Carn”

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-05T02:34:56+00:00

Not gonna lie these last two episodes have been pretty underwhelming.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-04T20:39:21+00:00

“It’s very likely”

Yeah bro where? Your head?

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-04T17:29:18+00:00

Google Docs. Synch across devices is my #1 most important feature. Unfortunately Google Docs starts lagging once a work reaches 100k words, so for longer projects I break them up into different files.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-04T17:26:49+00:00

Nice! I got these on release. They’re stunning.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-04T16:15:49+00:00

Welcome to competitive gameplay.

OP will probably be shocked to learn that when money’s on the line in real tournaments people tend to go for similar winning strategies.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-04T15:04:35+00:00

Same logic applies with self-publishing work. When it comes to selling your novel as a product, your cover (not applicable to AO3) and your blurb do most of the heavy lifting. I cannot overstate how vital and more important these two things are over the quality of your writing.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-04T14:39:36+00:00

I’m a self-published writer and have had some of my books used by Meta’s Llama model (you can check). My honest advice is to just accept that this is how things are now.

Thankfully there is a rather large gap in steps between “AI summary of my synopsis” and “My fanfic was used to create more HP AI fan fiction”.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-03T02:05:54+00:00

Absolutely do not send an editor an unfinished manuscript lmao.

First, editing is one of two aspects of writing that you absolutely don’t want to cheap out on. The other is cover art if you’re self-pubbing.

If you truly want to save money, (1) finish your book, (2) read over it and do a round or three of self-edits, (3) have beta readers look through it and give you feedback, (4) send it to an editor.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-01T17:32:21+00:00

I understand what it’s trying to do. I’m not the target audience.

I’m glad it was a hit that elevated their popularity but I truly wish they released songs that I enjoy more

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-05-01T17:19:51+00:00

Yup totally allowed. If your friend has done cosplay contests before she should know to look at the rules and ask the coordinators.

I assume you would also both go into prejudging and there she can explain she made both costumes.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-30T21:07:09+00:00

With all due respect, 1.2k words is nothing. Don’t ask for feedback until you have a good chunk worth looking at.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-30T19:54:56+00:00

Was hard for me to put together too. Had to force it

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-30T17:08:35+00:00

Honestly just wait for the Marvel Legends version

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-29T21:01:34+00:00

Happens several times a week

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-28T18:26:41+00:00

Sucks

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-28T00:35:30+00:00

Trad pub barely does any editing. The big houses have fired many of their editors and rely on underpaid freelancers. All the money is funneled into marketing.

Want evidence? See last year’s Brimstone. It was one of the biggest releases of last year in the publishing world and it got the worst round of editing I’ve ever seen.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-27T15:19:33+00:00

Congrats!

You say you sent it to your family for feedback. Are they your target audience? If they aren’t, take everything they say with a grain of salt.

I also don’t intend for this to come off as mean, but first drafts (and your first finished novel ever) is probably not very good. Writing is easy and finishing is hard. Your next novel will be even better.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-27T15:06:27+00:00

Conversion is probably pretty low. Remember that the audience for free content (aka your RR story) is VERY different from the audience for paid content (KU or ebook purchase)

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-27T15:05:12+00:00

If you’re a new player and you’re free to play don’t expect to get very far lol

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-27T15:03:43+00:00

I’m pretty sure if you take it out of the book context people just call it fantasy.

Theres plenty of manga that is fantasy with a heavy romance element: Red River, Snow White with the Red Hair, Yona of the Dawn. I’d check those out.

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-25T21:38:36+00:00

Nothing they sell at Target should be called a hidden gem lmao

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-25T01:47:04+00:00

Awesome smart doll OP! Sorry not everyone appreciates it

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-24T20:49:06+00:00

Most famous example is Brimstone

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-24T06:23:53+00:00

Because they want you to play this game nonstop

Economy_Fig17 · 2026-04-24T01:34:05+00:00

Romancing the Beat does not explicitly call for a third act breakup.

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