Writing Patreon!

Remember that eBook of Short Stories I rambled on about putting together? I'm still working on it.

I hit some snags along the way. What kind of snags? I got Tennis Elbow from working on comics.

Whoa. Really? That sucks.

It does. Not merely because it means I had to take time off from working on comics as much as I had been, but because comics has been the only way I've been bringing any money in to pay the utility bills.

Whoa. That really sucks.

It does.

You may be wondering what this means for the writing blog which has stagnated here. Well. I have still been writing. I even have a whole rough draft of a novel down, thanks to my Tennis Elbow. I wrote a lot of it with my left hand while I was trying to refrain from going insane from not being able to work on comics.

Here's where you can help and how you can read more of my short stories. I've started a Patreon for them:
All The Best Mistakes Short Stories Patreon

You can donate a little each month, as low as $1, to read the short stories I've been writing that I haven't been posting! If the project raises a lot I'll begin releasing portions of that Novel (which is some 245pgs long) for you to read!

Thank you for reading this and I hope you will thin of supporting my project!
-Neila

Sharkpony and the Glitter Riders Comic

Some of you may know that my main 'gig' is as a Freelance Comic Artist. Writing is something I'm working to pursue more but comics and comics accessories pay the bills.

They're also one reason I haven't been updating this with enough short stories beyond my wanting to save some for the eventual ebook!

I wanted to announce that Sharkpony and the Glitter Riders, a comic I wrote, drew, and self published (with the help of awesome people who donated on IndieGoGo! Love you guys!) is now available for purchase on my online store:

http://paragonketch.storenvy.com/collections/160253-all-products

 

If you like weird fun parody comics full of ravenous Sharkponies and Burly men who've been transformed into Magical Girls please check it out! Money from it goes to support my terrible habit of continuing to live.

By the way the story I mentioned in the last update has passed the 90 page mark and is on it's way to being a full Novella.

I still hope to dig some time out from under my fingernails and get some more flash-fiction shorts posted on here this summer!

Thank you for reading!
- Sarah "Neila" Elkins

When short stories get away

Hey everyone!

No short story this week. Why? Well, something happened with the little short I started writing a couple weeks ago and...it's not so short anymore.

I've got 1 short (that is still short!) I'm hoping to sell (fingers crossed! CROSS ALL YOUR FINGERS NOW) and started another 'short' for 'fun.'

Then the weirdest thing happened. The plot in my head, which was relatively well formed when I began writing the story, kept going. It's exciting and fun! The story is a great bit bigger than I thought it would be initially and continues to chug along. The characters are nearing the final conflict and resolution in the current draft and I'm excited for them (I hope they live!) and excited for the prospects of what this may mean. I may be able to write things longer than shorts.

One of my big snags is finding feedback. It's been tricky to get people's thoughts on my short stories, friends are often busy and I feel bad about bothering them to read my stuff. Family is just...ill equipped to offer constructive criticism. The blog here, while it shows me some people are reading my works, has proven poor in the feedback department. It's hard to progress in a vacuum (we're not talking science here, this is metaphorical). So as I write this much much longer story I may tempt the idea of previewing part of it here on the blog if I finish it and if I chose to do something with it beyond letting it fart around on my computer's hard drive.

It's exciting to write like this and it makes me glad friends helped nudge me back to writing in the first place. Through writing we can bring new characters and worlds to life, travel to distant lands, and do amazing things. It is awesome! :D

-Neila

Audio Blog

Hey guys! My hope is to have an audio version of one or more of my short stories from here as well as begin posting new short stories I've been writing over the winter soon!

If you've got a Deviantart Account and want to vote on which story gets adapted into an Audio version first feel free to go here: http://neilak20.deviantart.com/journal/poll/4311426/ and vote!

If you don't have a DA page, feel free to voice your vote in the comments on here!

You're current choices are:

All the Best Mistakes
Nella Breg Olm (Aka Halloween)
Feed
Department of Malevolent Magic Prevention

I've been madly at work on comics as well as writing shorts to pitch to publishers. Let's hope for some good news on that end soon. :D And by that I mean things look positive! :D Hooray!

All audio stuff will be recorded by myself, likely reading and doing voices.

Let me know what you think!
-Sarah "Neila" Elkins