They were all pretty accurate!! This was really fun. Idk have any mutuals to tag 😭 (besides the mutual that tagged me💕)
how does pinterest see you?
search up fashion, pantone, mood, food, and then save the first picture that comes up.
ty @mrs-lockley for the tag 🫶🏽 (i am so behind on other tag games but i couldn't resist)
tagging @lunar-ghoulie @flowerpotmage @cositsamarvelfan @virtie333 if you'd like
‼️‼️GORE AND BLOOD BELOW CUT‼️
I pushed myself out of my comfort zone a bit with this one bc I'm not very good at backgrounds and full body drawings but I'm seriously quite proud of it.
Me drawing the ninja in some of their most traumatic moments: 😦😔🙁
Their colour coded nail polish: 😊🤭🥰
Lee Jeno, number One
The ability of super human strength
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way."
Fic
I see a few people sayin that you definitely need an agent to get published traditionally. Guess what? That's not remotely true. While an agent can be a very useful tool in finding and negotiating with publishers, going without is not as large of a hurdle as people might make it out to be!
Below is a list of some of the traditional publishers that offer reading periods for agent-less manuscripts. There might be more! Try looking for yourself - I promise it's not that scary!
Albert Whitman & Company: for picture books, middle-grade, and young adult fiction
Hydra (Part of Random House): for mainly LitRPG
Kensington Publishing: for a range of fiction and nonfiction
NCM Publishing: for all genres of fiction (YA included) and nonfiction
Pants of Fire Press: for middle-grade, YA, and adult fiction
Tin House Books: very limited submission period, but a good avenue for fiction, literary fiction, and poetry written by underrepresented communities
Quirk Fiction: offers odd-genre rep for represented and unagented authors. Unsolicited submissions inbox is closed at the moment but this is the page that'll update when it's open, and they produced some pretty big books so I'd keep an eye on this
Persea Books: for lit fiction, creative nonfiction, YA novels, and books focusing on contemporary issues
Baen: considered one of the best known publishers of sci-fi and fantasy. They don't need a history of publication.
Chicago Review Press: only accepting nonfiction at the moment, but maybe someone here writes nonfiction
Acre: for poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Special interest in underrepresented authors. Submission period just passed but for next year!
Coffeehouse Press: for lit fiction, nonfiction, poetry and translation. Reading period closed at time of posting, but keep an eye out
Ig: for queries on literary fiction and political/cultural nonfiction
Schaffner Press: for lit fiction, historical/crime fiction, or short fiction collections (cool)
Feminist Press: for international lit, hybrid memoirs, sci-fi and fantasy fiction especially from BIPOC, queer and trans voices
Evernight Publishing: for erotica. Royalties seem good and their response time is solid
Felony & Mayhem: for literary mystery fiction. Not currently looking for new work, but check back later
This is all what I could find in an hour. And it's not even everything, because I sifted out the expired links, the repeat genres (there are a lot of options for YA and children's authors), and I didn't even include a majority of smaller indie pubs where you can really do that weird shit.
A lot of them want you to query, but that's easy stuff once you figure it out. Lots of guides, and some even say how they want you to do it for them.
Not submitting to a Big 5 Trad Pub House does not make you any less of a writer. If you choose to work with any publishing house it can take a fair bit of weight off your shoulders in terms of design and distribution. You don't have to do it - I'm not - but if that's the way you want to go it's very, very, very possible.
Have a weirder manuscript that you don't think fits? Here's a list of 50 Indie Publishers looking for more experimental works to showcase and sell!
If Random House won't take your work - guess what? Maybe you're too cool for Random House.
Isle of the Lost Novels:
The Isle of the Lost
Return to the Isle of the Lost
Rise of the Isle of the Lost
Escape from the Isle of the Lost
Beyond the Isle of Lost
Descendants School of Secrets:
CJ’s Treasure Chase
Freddie’s Shadow Cards
Ally’s Mad Mystery
Lonnie’s Warrior Sword
Carlos’s Scavenger Hunt
Graphic Novels and Manga:
Disney Manga: Descendants - Rotten to the Core, Book 1: The Rotten to the Core Trilogy
Disney Manga: Descendants The Rotten to the Core Trilogy, Volume 2
Disney Manga: Descendants The Rotten to the Core Trilogy, Volume 3
Disney Manga : Descendants - Evie's Wicked Runway, Book 1
Disney Manga : Descendants - Evie's Wicked Runway, Book 2
Disney Manga : Descendants - Dizzy's New Fortune: Volume 1
Disney Manga : Descendants - Mal's Royal Challenge
Isle of the Lost: The Graphic Novel
Return to the Isle of the Lost: The Graphic Novel
Spell books:
Descendants: Mal’s Spell Book
Descendants: Mal’s Spell Book 2
Guides:
Descendants 3: The Villain Kids’ Guide for New VKs
Descendants 2: Uma's Wicked Book: For Villain Kids
Descendants: Uma's Guide to Life on the Isle
Movie Novelizations:
Descendants 1
Descendants 2
Descendants 3
Descendants: The Rise of Red Junior Novel (Disney Rise of Red)
Miscellaneous:
Descendants: The World of Auradon: Royals and Villains
Disney Descendants Wicked World Wish Granted Cinestory Comic
World of Reading: Descendants The Rise of Red: Paint This Town Red
Descendants: Mal's Diary
Descendants: The Magic of Friendship
World of Reading, Level 2: Stronger Together
Welcome to Auradon: A Descendants 3 Sticker and Activity Book
Descendants 3: Audrey’s Diary
Descendants 2: Evie’s Fashion Book
World of Reading Descendants 3: Stronger Together Level 2
Secrets of Auradon Prep: Insider's Handbook
Disney Descendants Yearbook
"You were acting out of self-preservation, but you didn't have enough determination!"
I had the idea in my head to draw the Rise turtles be swept in the violence, in B.E.A.S.T. I think it turned out well ^^