#so serials is where i'm at

[not-poignant]

Hey pia

I've just finished reading both your Perth Shifter books in just 1 weekend because they were SO. GOOD.

Would you ever write oneshots of Braden's second heat with Coll and Aodhan's first heat with Thomas or the first time they have sex?

Also, Hunter. I think I've fallen in love with the sad alpha boi 😭 Will he be getting his own book one day?

Thanks for taking the time to answer and I hope you have a nice December/Christmas

Eeee hi anon!

I'm so glad you enjoyed the Perth Shifters books! That makes me so so happy.

Unfortunately for now, everything to do with Perth Shifters is kind of benched since The Gentle Wolf bombed financially. (To give you some perspective, I make more in a month on Patreon than I have in The Gentle Wolf's entire lifetime).

I really want to write Hunter's book, but if I do, it'll probably be via Patreon first as a serial since that's definitely the way I tend to do things! I already have a playlist and a name for his book and like... I know who his partner will be and I have a plot, so it's mostly just down to...whether I want to take a huge financial risk like that again, and in today's economic climate I can't justify it. Unfortunately my books just do not do as well as my serials! And for similar reasons writing oneshots of like Braden/Coll and Aodhan/Thomas are also harder to justify. Like I don't *only* write for money, but that was the *main* reason I wrote the Perth Shifters books, so if they don't make an income, they have to give way to the stuff I like writing most at the moment that *also* keep me going economically. :D But I have not forgotten about Hunter! He's just...having a break for a little while, lol.

If you're interested in more omegaverse from me though, I'm writing an original (and completely free) serial right now which uses some of the same biology and other worldbuilding (though it's more dystopian), and is even still set in Western Australia, in my Underline the Black series!

I tend to write a lot of the same kind of vibes in my serial writing (trauma recovery, hurt/comfort, happy endings), so you may enjoy it! And if you only like finished stories there's a lot of those there too. :D

#asks and answers #perth shifters #pia foxhall #underline the black #omegaverse #blackwood #the gentle wolf #i really loved the perth shifters books #but where most authors do well on books #i just do better on serials for now #so serials is where i'm at #consequently though anon it does mean you can read like 4 million more words of mine for free dfsalkfjas #and they can all be downloaded direct to your e-reader at any time #so in some ways that works out as a better deal for you :D :D

[dragons-hoard-of-fandoms]

Posting one Murder Drones meme a day until Episode 5 drops, Day Three.

#Murder Drones #Liam Vickers Animation #Glitch Productions #Uzi Doorman #Murder Drones Uzi #Serial Designation N #Murder Drones N #Murder Drones Teacher #Hot new Teacher headcanon just dropped #Has anyone considered the possibility that his name is literally 'Teacher' #Like his parents were so dead set on his career choice that they named him after it #It's like in Gumball where Nicole goes by her middle name because her first name is actually 'Doctor' #Or maybe he's just trans and couldn't think of anything better #Either way that's his actual name as far as I'm concerned #Straight From the Dragon's Mouth

[raveartts]

he's got that scenie haircut 😭

#raveartts #hazbin hotel #alastor #serial killers need either a bob or an undercut #alastor's out here slaying with both #with a scene fringe to be special #i'm determined to ruin every murder blorbo through my art #so next up #alastor in a ballgown 😈 #every man must have a pretty dress and that's my philosophy #are they truly my blorbo if i don't draw them in a dress? #....why is alastor so easy to draw #like he's still a human(oid) character. which is where i struggle #but he's so fucking easy #cutthroat could you please ever be easy i love you but you are a nightmare to draw 😭😭😭

[couldtheycatchkillerqueen]

Regarding the recent post:

Killer Queen is too short ranged of a stand to affect most sleuths and it's not in Kira's character to drop Sheer Heart Attack at the police departament and hope.

Kira generally doesn't have many ways to deal with characters that: Work in teams. Work from far away. Have any sort of records showing that they're invastigating him.

The man had to be bailed out by Bites the Dust and still lost Most sleuths wouldn't even let Kira get away for long enough for him to aquire Bites the Dust so that's not even something to consider in most of these cases.

{But you're really ignoring one thing: It can't be detected by anyone but Stand Users. Why would they think they needed to investigate Yoshikage Kira specifically? There's no evidence of the killings, since in canon, even the police didn't try to investigate the mysterious disappearances. The sleuths would mostly not be able to understand that Killer Queen exists, and even if they assumed it was something supernatural, there's still no evidence. And the man managed to impersonate another man in front of his family, landlord, coworkers, and everyone who may have talked to Kosaku on the street, with only the man's child catching on. Had Hayato never thought to set up a camera in his parents' room, Kira would have never been caught at all. And Kira doing poorly against teams of people investigating him doesn't line up when he's gotten away from them twice (he would have escaped Jotaro and Koichi were it not for Act III, and he did escape the entire Duwang Gang when they were chasing him by severing his own hand), plus managing to keep his identity secret from EVERYONE except Hayato until the kid figured out how to use the time-loop to his advantage. You're right that most of the time Killer Queen wouldn't get to Bites the Dust, but it would be because Kira wouldn't need to. He has eliminated people in broad daylight before, and he could do so again when against someone who can't see Stands.}

#ooc response #not a poll #I'm genuinely a little pissed at the idea that Kira isn't terrifying in his own right #He was an uncaught serial killer even before he got his Stand #He was undetected until Rohan met Reimi #and would have continued being undetected if a literal ghost of his first victim hadn't been there #The man can blow you up #he can turn your watch into a bomb #he can turn your clothes into a bomb #He can create a bomb that will track you as long as you're the warmest thing in the room #And will likely do so if given the opportunity #There are multiple scenarios outside of BtD where if the heroes hadn't been as quick-thibking they would've died #Josuke and the dead man-guided air bubbles #Koichi and his distraction against Sheer Heart Attack #Josuke if Okuyasu hadn't come back to life #Okuyasu if Hayato hadn't sacrificed himself #Hayato if Josuke hadn't used Crazy Diamond at the perfect time #THE ENTIRE DIU CAST IF HAYATO HADN'T THOUGHT TO CALL JOSUKE #Kira is intelligent #Kira is subtle #And Kira could have won #Thank you for coming to my ted talk #And please stop suggesting that Kira would lose against Ordinary Goddamn People #rant post #ranting in the tags #killer queen #yoshikage kira #sorry for using you as an example anon but this has been annoying me and I needed to go for the throat

[laugtherhyena]

Compilation of Beni's normal looking sprites

#she's not insane or some kind of secret serial killer or shit #she's just in the same vein as Kakeru and his lawyer mode where she does these naturally without really noticing #and it scares those unfamiliar #Beni is generally kinda irritable too so #I'm really proud of these sprites. i think they're one of my favorites galleries I've made #dra #danganronpa another #Benitsuru Ando #oc #original character #hyena scribbles #edit #sprite edit

[lillywhitefield]

I do not think I can express how deeply I do not care about Debling or his interactions with Pen

#I'm about to write a fic where he's a serial killer #people keep shipping him with pen over colin and i just #we know basically nothing about him #i do not care if hes a nice guy #i do not care if he flirts with pen #i am here for pen and colin AND THAT'S IT #i do not want another love triangle and if i have to deal with one for 2 episodes so be it #but I cannot fucking deal with people who are like #oooooo colin fucked up so bad i'm gonna ship pen with this random blank slate of a blond man #absolutely not #and if people think pen needs male validation via flirting to gain more confidence/self esteem? #also fuck that

[angeliteonfridgeduty]

more toaster worker drones content

i call this piece "cereal destination vee encounters barely sentient toaster x2"

#murder drones #art #silly #serial designation v #at this point i'm pretty sure this might get so bad i'll create a whole fucking au where all worker drones are literal toasters #toaster #please help. someonE #dont ask how tf they're holding those cards with no hands i don't know either uhh ummm they have absolutesolver yeahhhh uhhh totally #soup jar. that's it. that's all i'm willing to say

[spiltcandycoatedpunkblood]

people saying they would survive saw traps because they wouldn't waste time is bizarre. like, imagine waking up with no idea where you are chained to a terrifying trap and a strange voice says you gotta break all your bones in your arms and legs or the machine would fry you alive in less than two minutes or something. who wouldn't lose their absolute shit in the process in the face of death and waste time and then be considered worthless because they didn't have a will to live. like really. yeah it's so simple just break all your fingers on one hand in less than a minute or get your eyes sucked out of your skull. perform brain surgery on yourself in less than 3 minutes or get fried and electrocuted alive via your head. cut off your leg and suction out bone marrow in less than 3 minutes or get decapitated via razor wire. like I don't have a will to live because I don't want to horrendously mutilate my own body to survive. like bitch you might as well just shoot me in the fucking head at that point.

#god it was so harrowing to watch the latest film but it was totally worth it #eyes tw #mutilation tw #self mutalition tw #saw x #saw franchise #body horror tw #though frankly i wish worse shit happened to cecilia #god that stupid smug grin #there was a sick part brought out in me during this #where i was just like #someone deserves a terrible trap and IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER #but yeah the whole logic is interesting the way john kramer tries to justify it in his own head #to me that's how i wanted to see it #i'm not justifying a serial killer

[justagaycryptid]

Actually the more that I think about it, it would be infinitely funnier if yeah Randall had a great time as a furry, but he still also decided to go kill people because the furry drama videos on him would be just straight up gold

#clickbait titles like 'Furry Serial Killer?!???' #or like 'Randall Tier Was Always Like This' #just multihour videos where random-ass people are like 'hm yeah I always thought he was off' #please it would be so fucking funny #oh god imagine the twitter threads #I feel like this is getting a little too niche for nonfurries #but like for the people who know exactly what I'm talking about just imagine how funny this would be #shitpost #shouting into the void #hannibal #nbc hannibal #hannibal nbc #randall tier

[warlordfelwinter]

i like the idea of rain romancing gale bc rain has an 8 intelligence so it's just going to be gale saying weird shit like "a lost soul spelunking through the darkness that is me" and rain's just going to stare at him

#like what does that MEAN gale #i was starting to get worried bc i hadn't gotten his weave scene yet but #a guide i looked at said you can get it at the tiefling party #and still be perfectly fine and on track for his romance #so i guess they did fix how fucked up his timeline used to be #i'm just gonna keep playing and keep his approval up and we'll see what happens #he hasn't died yet #so maybe if you get the protocol then you get the weave scene sooner #cause that's what happened with tav #anyway #i love a couple where one is very smart and the other is Stupit #rain didn't have time for books he was busy being the world's bestest serial killer or whatever he was doing before he got amnesia #fel's bg3 #oc: rain

[juniemoe]

started watching hannibal nbc and i'm ready for it to become my entire personality

#im on episode four and i'm already so disturbed lmao #especially about the mushroom garden made out of humans holy shit #idk what i didn't expect it to be so graphic like it's literally a show where one of the main characters is a cannibalistic serial killer #why* #anyway i had to pause it a few times while watching ngl #the murder scenes are horrific and i'm not even particularly squemish #really enjoying it though. the homoerotic tension between will and hannibal is already extremely evident lol #💬 chatter #📺 vilna watches tv

[not-poignant]

Hi there! I absolutely love your works and, having followed you for a while now, I also really admire you as a person and an author in general. Every update on AO3 and Tumblr is always such a delight. I'm sorry if this ask is coming out of the blue or if it's something you've been asked before, but how did you take the plunge from writing predominantly fanfic to posting original fiction in serial form and also self-publishing novels? I'm currently in the process of drafting two original works after writing/posting fanfic regularly for years, and I'm just lost as to how to set everything up. I have a general idea (post chapter-by-chapter on AO3 and offer early access and some exclusive content on patreon or some other subscription service), but it all feels so daunting right now. Any bit of info or advice on how you got started would be immensely appreciated <3

Hi anon,

Tbh, I went from writing fanfic to original fiction because I had original characters in my fanfiction and readers asked me about them.

I had no kind of...dreams of being an original author in this way, I was published via other pathways already, and fanfiction was really an escape for me, a chance to break with all the conventions of standard writing and just do what I wanted.

But I needed a broader cast than what the movie gave me re: my first fanfics, and I added my own OCs, and left them in the background as much as possible, but even back while writing that fanfic, even the OCs were getting fanart. Sometimes readers would send me anons about them, or ask me more details about them.

Finally, I decided to write some hatesex between them, just something to kind of...idk get it out of my system? Answer what the readers were looking for?

The flow through therefore felt natural. Game Theory flows very naturally on from From the Darkness We Rise & Into Shadows We Fall. And from there, moving into other original works has been easy, in part, because I've often being doing alternate universes from a core of original characters.

If I want to introduce new original characters, I introduce them in stories where pre-existing original characters have already been established.

I didn't even start writing original works with a view to making money off that. In fact I thought it was a very foolish thing to do. A lot of people on AO3 don't want to read original works on AO3 and refuse to do it or only do it if it's PWP / pornography.

I started my Patreon account because readers asked me to. I got asks from very very generous people who wanted to know my Paypal, or asked if I'd start a Ko-Fi, and finally a few people just asked if I'd start a Patreon. I said I didn't think it was a good idea, and they said it was up to them if they wanted to pay me or not, but I should at least consider giving them the choice.

From there, I found it all very overwhelming. I made lots of mistakes. I had to go on hiatus for a year because I promised too much and couldn't deliver on many of those rewards. And for many years I only offered one early access chapter per week for one story, and my main stories were never early access (and still aren't, Underline the Black goes up for everyone at the same time - and while that may change in the future, it's definitely unconventional).

I've always been transparent with my readers that with very few exceptions, if they just wait, they eventually get everything for free. But if they want to support this kind of writing and/or enjoy it, and can comfortably afford to send some dollars my way, they can ensure that I can keep writing this way.

I have for a long time offered no exclusive content at all, I believe that can do well, but it's not my preferred way of doing things.

This career has been incredibly reader driven, anon. I would not personally attempt it cold, without a really fantastic readerbase who encouraged me every step of the way in the first place, because I am a cautious, insecure writer who doesn't like to take risks. So I can't give you advice on how to build this career without the support of the readers there in the first place, and I believe the only reason why I had their support was, in part, because of the actual strength of the writing itself. Which isn't to say it's the best, it's not, it's what I needed at the time and it's what a few other people needed, and that's basically how this works.

If you turn up with the writing, and the audience comes, and they want the story, you have the career.

In terms of practical advice - you can introduce original characters in fanfiction, just be aware that readers tend to be hostile by default if they pull any significant 'screen time' away from the fandom characters (and readers are extremely savvy to authors trying to build a financial business through AO3)

It IS daunting, but the good news is you can do a soft launch. You can open a Patreon or Ream account tomorrow and tell no one. You can mess with your graphics and your tier rewards to your heart's content when you don't have any subscribers. Build a buffer of early access/chapters, and make sure you don't overpromise on anything. Whatever you think you can realistically deliver to readers, cut it in half, because the stress of chapter update deadlines every month can really add up and it's a very different landscape to novel releases.

You can take your time, you can build interest slowly.

Remember you can never ever mention any kind of site where you're getting paid inadvertently, sneakily, or directly on AO3. You can't mention Ream, you can't mention Patreon, you can't mention Ko-Fi, you can't go 'learn more about my writing here' and link to those places. You can't mention buy links. You can only mention sites like Tumblr, Linktree, Twitter etc. Places where the point of sale isn't happening. Not doing so risks AO3's Not For Profit status and risks your entire account, and it's not worth it.

I did an interview with Subscriptions for Authors where I actually talk about many of these things so you can watch (or listen to) the podcast here if you're inclined! It also talks about the importance of community-building, gratitude to the readers, and generosity.

I am here because my readers wanted me to be. So I'm very concerned with making sure I can give them the best writing possible within my abilities. This makes me not very suited to offering 'how to start in this career' advice because it was a happy accident. It's hard to teach something I have never done your way myself, anon, because I worry I'd give bad advice. My writing had people turning up, but I'm not sure anything else I did, added much! I think responding to Tumblr asks and replying to every comment helped too! But...I don't know for sure.

But this career path does make me pretty well suited to offering 'how to keep this going' advice, because I've been doing this for ten years. <3333

#asks and answers #pia on writing #pia on subscription #pia on fandom #i don't know how i got this lucky #but i do know that i stay lucky because i work hard on the writing #so the writing is where it's at #i've been thinking a lot lately on drafting some kind of course on #how to write hooky serials #but if you're writing novels/books that won't be very suitable to you! #i'm not writing serials to turn them into novels #i'm just writing straight up serials that are very messy and difficult to turn into novels lol #idk i do all of this ass backwards #and recently just pulled out of giving a speech on my success as a disabled author #because i actually feel like i'm not good at what i'm doing in a way that is tangibly useful to others #if nothing else anon #make sure you join the Subscription for Authors Facebook #and watch some of the podcasts on YouTube #Christopher Hopper's keynote speech is particularly good

[kyouka-supremacy]

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#Just read with my own two eyes the take that sskk dating would be illegal in Japan and like. #sorry if this sounds rude but can Twitter please start discourse over it I want to witness it so bad aksvdbksbdjsnsvsksvska #I've been giggling for the last five minutes this. unironically made my day this concept is so so funny I'm ecstatic #Like. I don't even know where to begin I can't stop laughing. But someone thinking that Akutagawa who's like. #a notorious mafioso and serial killer with a reasonably high body count. Would think twice about the legality of dating someone– #two (2) years younger than him???? Like THAT was the issue with dating Atsushi????????I'm hysterical #But even beyond that... I think it kinda speaks of what internet culture become– #that people started thinking dating someone two years younger than you is illegal. wtf. #It is... Guys nobody needs to hear this- except apparently someone does? But dating is never illegal. Having sex with a minor is. #There's like. quite a difference akdbfbskbdjsksbdksbdks #I'm trying so so hard to be polite about this but there's an inner beast inside me that can't help but laugh akdbdjsbsksbsk #I'm sorry there IS some kind of social commentary that could be done here but right now I'm just too busy laughing #And I mean this with no malice seriously!! Best thing I've read all week #Anyways to that person. I love you. Please learn the law. Never change #random rambles

[simptasia]

the best reminder that LOST is a masterpiece is to watch any other drama series

#i dunk on lost and it's problems #with love AND frustration #and it can easy to forget how amazing it is if you compare it to itself #watch literally any other multi season drama with an ensemble and its like wow #yeah lost is one of Best Things In Television #and like i'm not even insulting every other drama. obviously there are ones that are good. what i mean is lost is so fucking good #also ya gotta love that 2004+ era of tv where a bunch of these shows were trying their best to have that lost flavour #suddenly a billion of dramas with 20 main characters with trauma and connections happened. twists! twists everywhere! #and suddenly flashback narratives became like 60% more popular #good stuff #i can't even think of an example because its just what television in general has become #that its easy to forget that serialized storytelling weren't always the norm #episodic was the typical way to tell stories in the 90s #thats part of why star trek deep space nine was so unpopular back then but has gotten new life in the modern world #twas a head of its time really

[winepresswrath]

I think it would be an improving experience for the writers who think surprising their audiences or leaving them sad and unsatisfied is the pinnacle of artistic achievement and have not noticed that the easiest way to bring that about is in fact to be bad at your job and the fans who think it should be illegal to write an ensemble or fail to clearly signpost the endgame couples or whether there's a happy ending to spend some time together, creatively speaking. Hand in unloveable hand.

#improve what u ask? #me. I'd be improved by watching #my mood specifically #I know dunking on the former is too easy in a post got world but they have plagued me for so long #i do understand how frustrating it can be to feel like the reader-writer contract is being broken #but I also feel very strongly that you've gotta give writers room to change their minds and explore the story as it goes #especially in collaborative serialized story telling where they really aren't going to have a full sense of how everything is landing until #fairly late in the process #and like. I'm not here to tell anyone how to enjoy a story #but I also think that if some of these people experienced the epic highs and lows of not knowing exactly where a story is going from #the beginning they would enjoy it #like at their best genre expectations function like the structure of a sonnet and part of the trick is bringing that form to life and #working within that structure #but breaking the rules can be so much fun! as can throwing them out the window #and also often they are not at their best and just turn everything to boring cardboard #my personal vendetta against romance as a genre aside I love fantasy I will defend it to the end but so much of it is not as good as it #could be for this reason and that makes me sad

[bedlamsbard]

re the what fic would you write if you had the energy post, I would LOVE to see you revisit Narnia some day

I think about it sometimes! It's probably unlikely (though never impossible) that I'll ever write another novel-length fic there, but I did a ficbit a few years ago after almost ten years away so...it's very possible!

#I think with narnia it's the one fandom where I probably could scrape the serial numbers #and write original fiction rather than fic #which I'm generally opposed to (FOR MYSELF NOT ANYONE ELSE) #but my worldbuilding is so detached from the originals that it could be done without much difficulty #setnet #bedlam replies