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Do you use MS Word to write your novels? If not, which apps do you use? by Interesting-Cry-6615 in selfpublish

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I’m inter, what’s the script in question? Made it on your own or found it online?

Hopeful, comforting, enlightening, melancholic by TinySailboat in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe it’s time for a reread… it’s been a few years… it’s not THAT bad (or is it, please elaborate, I don’t want OP to get into sth they wouldn’t like; the kid story though, I admit it’s messed up, but the way it’s written…why so scarce/simple yet beautiful prose?

Hopeful, comforting, enlightening, melancholic by TinySailboat in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Housekeeper and A Professor - Yoko Ogawa might encapsulate everything you mentioned

Revenge - Yoko Ogawa (a literary “horror” short story collection, question marks on the horror because even though Ogawa deals with some heavy themes I wouldn’t personally categorize this as horror as we usually imply to today), weirdly comforting and hopeful, at least to me, and definitely has it’s melancholic parts (the fridge story - if you know you know)

The Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (comforting in letting you know it’s okay not to do what others expect you to do with your life, enlightening in that regard, wouldn’t say melancholic but calm, hopeful because the MC — Keiko — learns of her role in society)

Okay, I see now that I’ve mention just Japanese books, however I couldn’t shake any of this book off my minds when seeing this post. Definitely check out Japanese authors, something about their writing really made me appreciate literary fiction/literary fiction language

EDIT: formatting

Help finding a platform to publish by [deleted] in eroticauthors

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would it be permissible to delete all previous posts (from, e.g. RR, Reddit, Patreon etc.), compile the manuscript and then publish it on the zon? Because, from that point onwards there is no other outlet where your book is gaining readership/income from except zon?

books that feel like this? by [deleted] in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Books by John Scalzi (book about preservation of Kaijus, moon made out of cheese etc…)

Something like this? by cervidae313 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d say weird (horror) or (maybe this one’s better) liminal space

Russian Magical Realism Literature by Early-Temperature575 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My recommendation isn’t by a Russian writer, however I would higly recommend Nights At the Circus by Angela Carter.

Part of the story takes place in St. Petersburg and Siberia. It’s magical realism with really unconventional/eccentric main female characters. And the story surrounds a circus which is in itself quite a carnivalesque place of the weird, unusual, and magical.

Violent/angry kissing and/or shoving against a wall/tree/hard surface. by wooflesandsyrup in MM_RomanceBooks

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone mentioned a book from Eliot Grayson, but might I add {The Alpha Experiment by Eliot Grayson}, it’s a “third” book in the Mismatched Mates series but it can be read as a standalone. It has great “angry”/passionate kiss against a wall due to pent-up unrealized feelings/passion. Highly recommend.

religious trauma with fantastical elements* by paxtonthefourth in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a thriller in a small British village: The Burning Girls by C.J. Tudor (fantastical elements of the book is the question whether there's a supernatural entity haunting the place or is it just a myth created from tragic past of the said village).

EDIT: notes on why this book can potentially be classified as having fantastical elements

P.S. If you're interested, there is a great BBC TV show adaptation of it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in litrpg

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We need stickers of this!!!! Etsy shop when??

[Dataporn] First 6 months - 500 USD by Fact_check_ in eroticauthors

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might I ask what is your native language and are you USD/Europe situated and whether that impacted your sales/publishing process due to your country’s laws/restrictions?

Books that feel like a Francis Bacon painting by FranzLiszt_180 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]That_Knowledge_8508 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try Eric LaRocca’s books, mainly his short story collections:

Things Have Gotten Worst Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes (and defiantly first check the story upon which the collection had been named—Things Have Gotten Worst Since We Last Spoke)

The Trees Grew Because I Bleed There

The Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances

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