@evan-julia-smythe
(Smythe is pronounced Smith) I'm a 🏳️🌈queer🏳️⚧️ and neurodivergant writer from the UK who enjoys writing 🦄fantasy, 🚀sci-fi and the odd slice-of-life starring LGBTQ+ and disabled characters. 🚫No NSFW 🚫No Hate 🚫No AI
Good news! The #paperback of #MikkeAndTheBear is now available here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GQP5PXNZ
I hope you enjoy!
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Good news and bad news about #MikkeAndTheBear
Good news: eBook is available for purchase!!
Bad news: for some reason, the paperback didn't release? That'll be out in a few days.
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www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GN49PVK3
(A silhouette of a person beside character information) Name: Mikkel (male), Mikkeline (female), Mikke (neutral) Age: 25 (parts 1-4), 29 (start of part 5), 30 (parts 5-9),31 (end of part 9). Gender: Genderfluid (intersex) – he/him (male), she/her (female), they/them (neutral) Sexuality: Demisexual Family: King and Queen (parents), three older brothers. Significant Other: Björn (husband). Ethnicity: Danish.
(a silhouette of a bear beside character information) Name: Björn (alias) Age: 29 (parts 1-4), 33 (start of part 5), 34 (parts 5-9), 35 (end of part 9) Gender: Male (cis) – he/him Sexuality: Bisexual Family: unknown. Significant Other: Mikke (spouse) Ethnicity: Swedish
#MikkeAndTheBear releases in both eBook and paperback tonight at 12 a.m. GMT!!
In the meantime, have a look at these character profiles I made for the two protagonists!
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www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GN49PVK3
#MikkeAndTheBear releases this Saturday, February 28th! Available for pre-order as an eBook here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GN49PVK3
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This time next week, #MikkeAndTheBear will be out! If you're a #Kindle reader, you can pre-order the eBook here:
amzn.eu/d/00TfK3aT
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#MikkeAndTheBear is available for pre-order!!
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www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GN49PVK3
🎉ANNOUNCEMENT🎉
#MikkeAndTheBear will be released February 28th, available in eBook and paperback!! I hope you all enjoy my story 😊
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Exciting news! I finally sorted out the issues with the cover for #MikkeAndTheBear and am now giving it a final read through so #publication will be very soon!! I am both ecstatic 🤩 and supremely anxious... 😥
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Does anyone else get success anxiety? It's like I'm so used to failure, it doesn't bother me but the idea of succeeding stresses me out 😣
That's what I'm feeling as #MikkeAndTheBear gets closer to being published
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I've been so focused on formatting #MikkeAndTheBear for paperback that I neglected to prepare the eBook version 😅
Doing that now 👍
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Every book I publish, I learn something new! For #MikkeAndTheBear, I've learned the difference between RGB and CYMK when printing via trial and error 💀
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#MikkeAndTheBear cover reveal, designed by me!! Everything's almost ready for publication, just ironing out the finer details 📖🔍
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The proof copy of #MikkeAndTheBear arrived!! Looks pretty good, I just need to adjust some colour values (why are the reds so dark?)
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I rewrote Björn's curse in #MikkeAndTheBear! Now, it rhymes! 😲✨
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Just ordered my first proof copy of #MikkeAndTheBear!!
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Formatting for #MikkeAndTheBear is borderline done 👍 just got to make sure the contents is as good as I can get it 📖✨
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At the start of the year, I aimed to read 20 books this year but I made the mistake of starting with #LordOfTheRings... and I have ADHD 😅 anyway, just finished #TheTwoTowers, waiting until the New Year before starting #TheReturnOfTheKing
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#MerryChristmas 🎄and #HappyHolidays 🎉 I'm having an introvert #Christmas which basically means I'm working on #MikkeAndTheBear while waiting for dinner 😅
How are your holidays going? Is your #Yuletide sufficiently #gay?
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Thanks to Tunmise for beta-reading #MikkeAndTheBear!! Available on Fiverr:
www.fiverr.com/tunmisedraft...
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I'm more confident in my writing skills than my art skills so let's see how designing the cover for #MikkeAndTheBear myself goes 😬 wish me luck!
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I commissioned one of my favourite doll artist's, Doll Afterlife, to make Grimal from my debut novella #TheGrimalkin and they came out amazingly!!
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BIG THANKS to Barakah for reading #MikkeAndTheBear and giving valuable feedback!! Check out her Fiverr:
www.fiverr.com/barakahbook/...
Editing is going smoothly!!
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Just wanted to add that I'm looking for volunteer beta-readers, thanks!
27'480, a novella
Are you Beta Write?
Working on formatting #MikkeAndTheBear for publication!!
I'm also looking for beta-readers, if you're interested then email me at evanjuliasmythe@gmail.com (I can't use DMs because I can't verify my age - I'm in my mid-20s)
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I DID IT!! I FINISHED WRITING #MikkeAndTheBear 🥳
(word count: 27'480)
Now I just need to do the very long editing, formatting, etc process 😬
I hope to #self-publish via #KDP some time next year so keep an eye out!! 🤩
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I'm this close 🤏 to finishing #MikkeAndTheBear, I just need to come up with the closing sentences!!
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I figured it out!! I've figured out the ending of #MikkeAndTheBear!! According to Google Docs, I started writing this story on July 15 and now it's 25'000+ words!
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The problem with having a character use wordplay is that you have to figure out the wordplay yourself...
Working on the ending of #MikkeAndTheBear!
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