Writerly Ways

[cornerofmadness]

I had plans for this space but I've been too caught up binge watching. So let me just give you links and leave you with this question, who are some of your favorite characters in your fandoms and/or tell us about ones you created.

Also why did no one tell me binge watching makes your eyes want to give up the ghost and fall out of your head

Open Calls

The Quiet Ones October 2023 issue

Reckoning 8 Pays very well but is a very specific sort of story

Fanatical Issue 4

Little Bastards

African Ghost Short Stories

Deadset Press Is Open To Novellas for Australian or Kiwi authors

Ghoulish Tales Issue #2 pays very well

Shub-Niggurath’s Sweater Cosmic Horror

Spectrum

Cape Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions

Golden Storyline Books: Now Accepting Manuscript Queries

31 Publishers that Accept Direct Submissions of Speculative Fiction


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Character Type and Trope Thesaurus: Benefactor

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Why do we read and write?

Comments

[suzume]

Well, obviously you know I love Kimblee.

But I also love some other J-RPG characters- namely Sasarai, Chris Lightfellow, and Yun. (all of whom appear in Suikoden III). Sasarai is a Harmonian bishop (he first appeared briefly in Suikoden II- yes, all the Suikoden games take place in the same universe) in a theocratic country, so he commands military troops in both II & III- though he's just a much more major character in III.
(He's just 'saying' "Oh, Sasarai," in my Harmonian script. I like to draw his Suikoden II outfit more often)

Chris Lightfellow is the leader of the Knights of Zexen- one of the three main powers to make an appearance in Suikoden III (the others are the Grasslands and Harmonia). (you can read some interesting details about her here)

Yun is a young girl living in the all-women tribe of the Grasslands (the Alma Kinan) and she's also a seer. She has a bit of a bearing on Chris' story.

Yun and Chris

[cornerofmadness]

Very cool. I've not played the Suikoden games but read the manga. I sadly remember no one but thanks for sharing the art

[suzume]

Ha ha, well, I've cosplayed as two of these characters (Sasarai & Yun - twice). I thought the Suikoden III manga was very well-drawn (I have some quibbles with a couple parts of the story, but that might not have been Aki Shimizu's decision).

[cornerofmadness]

Very cool. Honestly it's been more than a decade since I've read them so I remember almost nothing