The Syndicate

Good news. I have a new job, starting next month. It's a 33% pay increase, with extra vacation. Different kind of work too, hoping I'll enjoy it more. What's more, my wife works in the same building.

And yet, I handed in my 2 weeks notice to my boss today (who, by the way, is a nice guy). He tried to negotiate a little bit, and I could tell he was surprised. I think he took it personally, and was upset that (if I was dissatisfied with my job) I hadn't come to him sooner. There were plenty of other positions in the company, he was already negotiating a mid-year raise for me given my performance, etc. So he (I think unintentionally) guilt-tripped me, and now I feel like crap.

yaay.

Thanks fellows. I'm feeling a bit better now.

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 1:46 am Got my second acceptance! I now have the option of going to school in either america or canada.

That's awesome!

Sloonei wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 1:23 pm Your boy, Sloonei, is going to become a master of English at the University at Buffalo.

Fixed for you. You've got a long way to go.

Seriously though, congratulations!

I just published a novel I wrote! Through the Lichgate is a book about a teenage christian necromancer in high school. I'm pretty sure none of those labels should go together, but I think I made it work!

As of this week, the book is available on Amazon in digital/paperback. (Amazon will link the two on the same page sometime next week)

I'm pretty excited about it! And also terrified. We'll see how it goes.

dunya wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 1:00 pm holy hell! congrats!! if i order a paperback, would you mail it to me outside US?

Yeah, I suppose Amazon doesn't ship out there, does it?

Once I get some personal copies to sell, I could see about getting it directly to you. I don't have my own Amazon hard copies yet, but I'm getting some for special circumstances and in-person marketing.

dunya wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 1:24 pm i'll try, sometimes amazon does, sometimes it doesn't. i could probably ship it to someone in the states and ask them to mail it to me too. or just order a digital copy, but i prefer physical copies.

Yeah, me too. I've tried reading ebooks and it's just not the same.

Thanks MP! Hopefully it's the first of many to come.

Marmot wrote: ↑Sat May 19, 2018 3:39 pm

speedchuck wrote: ↑Fri May 18, 2018 12:49 pm I just published a novel I wrote! Through the Lichgate is a book about a teenage christian necromancer in high school. I'm pretty sure none of those labels should go together, but I think I made it work!

As of this week, the book is available on Amazon in digital/paperback. (Amazon will link the two on the same page sometime next week)

I'm pretty excited about it! And also terrified. We'll see how it goes.

Congrats dude! That's amazing! Is this your first published novel?

Thanks, it is! Hopefully the first of many.

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 08, 2018 2:39 pm I'm officially a PhD / Dr. now!!!!

Never thought the day would ever come for a while there.

I already gave you advance congratulations, but you could use a few more. Congrats!

I feel kinda silly posting about book stuff again so soon, but I've released another book! A novella, barely longer than a short story, but I'm still very proud of it. It's called Monster under My Bed, and it's about a daycare worker who wrangles imaginary monsters to protect children from fears.

The ebook is available free here (And also on Amazon, but they haven't matched this price yet). Smashwords is a new site to me, and I'm still getting used to it, but I've already gotten like 10 downloads of this story.

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 3:10 pm That’s great, Speed. Writing a book has always been a goal of mine so I’ll live vicariously through your achievements.

Thanks, but naw dude. You do you. Write your book. You can do it!

Thanks guys. :P

Thanks you guys.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:06 am

M Plus 7 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2019 1:03 am That is amazing, congrats!!

They had sex.

(This is exactly how I view all pregnancy announcements.)

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:21 pm I'm going to be honest with you right now.

I like sex, and I have a naked lady fetish.

This is a forum for children too, you know.

Don't go parading your nudity/sex fetish around. Jeez. Ew.

Epignosis wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 8:53 am Seriously, speed, Luna, have you selected any names?

Adam Adams.

Seriously though, we've been talking and have a fluctuating shortlist of male/female names that go with the last name Adams. Nothing final, though, so we haven't told anyone. Feel free to throw out suggestions!

dunya wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 9:31 pm Also Dunia Adams has a wonderful ring to it.

:P My sister's name is Danielle (Almost like Daniel), so I can see it!

Maybe this is getting repetitive, but my newest book is up for pre-order! [mention]nutella[/mention] beta read for this one, and she was a great help to getting a finished version out there.