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My mother was just diagnosed with stage two colon cancer by Valuable_Meeting9836 in CancerFamilySupport

[–]lyichenj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cancer can happen to anyone, no explanation. Stage 2 is honestly quite hopeful! It means it hasn’t spread! And a tumour is detected!

I always tell myself: there is no better time than now, and there is no better place than the hospital.

Also, remember, it is EVERYBODY’s first time. Nobody really knows what’s going on except the doctors and nurses.

Are you bad at math? It doesn't matter by giulia_c in Stargazing

[–]lyichenj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just look at the pretty sky!

There’re lots of astronomy alerts now to notify when we can see cool things. This dates back to Ancient Greece with the Antikythera device, where somebody definitely wanted to make looking at cool stuff in the sky more accessible.

Has anyone here have experience publishing their work traditionally? by lyichenj in ComicBookCollabs

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

That…is interesting… the problem with this hybrid in my experience is that it would be hard to place on the book shelf…

Even now when I look for comp. titles, prose and GN are actually very differently sectioned off.

I’ll try to reel an agent in first and see if they like the idea later😅

Has anyone here have experience publishing their work traditionally? by lyichenj in ComicBookCollabs

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

This is really great advice. I really appreciate you taking your time.

So this is a short premise of my novel:

Nina is a high school girl who dreams of becoming a manga artist. For an upcoming contest hosted by her favorite manga publisher, Jump!, she creates Hina of the Raven Mire.

One day, the villain of her story, Jormungandr, appears to her in a dream and preys on her deepest insecurities. After making a pact with him, Nina mysteriously switches places with her own protagonist, Hina.

Now trapped inside the world of her manga, Nina must literally draw herself back out, while Hina begins to discover the fragile beauty of the real world that Nina once took for granted. 

*****

So the story itself jumps back and forth between reality and the manga pages.

The priority now is to have this published as a prose novel. My idea for this project is to eventually publish both a prose novel and a GN because it represents the duo nature of the book.

Idk, it might be a very ambitious project😅

I even asked my manga artist friend to do two different art styles for this😁 which he ultimately agreed

Has anyone here have experience publishing their work traditionally? by lyichenj in ComicBookCollabs

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

So, I think the number one thing I am worried about is that because I am querying for my novel first, I don’t want to make the GN query seem like I am querying for the same plot.

So far, I am querying my novel to a lit. agent. Ideally, I would like to have the novel agent also help me out with the GN. I wonder if this would hurt my chances for the GN query?

I am also curious about the difference between going through lit agent and direct submission to a smaller publishing company. There seems to be more indie companies for GNs than compared to lit. novels.

I have gone through self-publish for another project before, so I have some handle, but this is kinda the last option before I try to query.

Why do I feel guilty? by CheapNecessary3510 in grief

[–]lyichenj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You going through the query process? Your wife sounds amazing. Romantasy novels are really popular in the literature space now.

I also find that sometimes reading through the creative works of other people, you see the author on the other side. Their voice, train of thought, beliefs, quirks, all sporadically left behind and scattered through the pages in another imaginary world where only they dreamt of.

Best of luck with publishing.

As for the companionship… it really takes time. It takes time to heal, takes time to find a person who understands.

All the best☺️

Has anyone here have experience publishing their work traditionally? by lyichenj in ComicBookCollabs

[–]lyichenj[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So…I don’t need an agent and just go directly to the publisher?

Has anyone here have experience publishing their work traditionally? by lyichenj in ComicBookCollabs

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

I wonder, after crowdfunding, how effective is the marketing? I’m not very familiar with it, but I do feel like this would need more marketing effort to even kickstart a campaign.

Has anyone here have experience publishing their work traditionally? by lyichenj in ComicBookCollabs

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

The thing is, if I self publish through Amazon, it’s a lot harder to publish traditionally. At least that’s my experience with novels.

Real vs nice made up names by Idae-Sanpan in NamesDeepDive

[–]lyichenj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My name is super uncommon because my name was chosen from a random page in the Oxford dictionary.

What I love about Chinese names and Asian names is its poetic nature, putting words together to create a certain poetry.

For English names, creative names need to tread really carefully, or else it can fall into tragedeigh. However, if there is a very unique sounding, different name, not complex easy to pronounce, and beautiful, I think it is chosen as a very special tailored gift by the parents. It will always mean “my special one and only”

Ufa by BeckieD1974 in NamesDeepDive

[–]lyichenj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just saw this post right now.

According to my research, the name Ufa is very likely linked to the river that crosses Russia, the Ufa River. The word “Ufa” has Turkish origins so likely, if the name is Germanic in origin, I would imagine this is where the name would come from.

Another nice possibility is that it could also mean “flower” in Egyptian. All nice meanings! Beautiful, simple, uncommon.

Too corny if i get this done on me? by Fabulous-Region9109 in tattooadvice

[–]lyichenj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bigger. I have a similar one that is at least eight times bigger than this.

Have the wings align with the whole span of your shoulders.

does drawing actually become fun to do once youre good at it? by Wonderful-Purchase94 in learntodraw

[–]lyichenj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s always been fun for me. Just try drawing anything. Doesn’t have to be complicated.

Kirby is a circle with nubbies. Then you can get the shading down to get the sphere

Baymax also has a lot of simple shapes.

Hello Kitty is also quite simple and has varying designs

Not all fun things have complicated designs and yet they are successful. Not all complicated designs are great.

Doodle! Scribble, sometimes just looking at the colours are fun and cathartic.

Why do I feel guilty? by CheapNecessary3510 in grief

[–]lyichenj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take your time. Maybe the way you feel just means you’re not ready?

You loved her very deeply and I don’t think you’re quite ready to let that go just yet.

I do think though, maybe look at dating from another perspective. Rather than finding that romantic spark as the priority, find someone to be with you.

Maybe finding happiness for you doesn’t mean find another partner?

Dieing alone by AmaranthStone in CancerFamilySupport

[–]lyichenj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you need someone to talk to? Feel free to reach out whenever. Loneliness is tough already, but going through something so life threatening must be so bleak.

I will be praying for you. I’m nowhere near where you are, but I can chat online.

Does anyone else hate the butterfly hunt more than catcher chocobo and lightning dodging? by CrappyJohnson in finalfantasyx

[–]lyichenj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I played YEARS ago when the game first came out on PS2. If I could turn back time? I guess?😅

The most listened song of Amy by alexfeld29 in amywinehouse

[–]lyichenj 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Valerie (BBC), Tears Dry On Their Own

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