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4 years ago
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Hello there! I’ve been adopting a lot of characters lately and thought I’d put together a quick FAQ to explain what I’m doing with them. If I’ve adopted from you, I’ve probably sent you here to explain things a little better. If you happened across this on your own, I hope you enjoy hearing about my little project!
1) What’s this novel you keep talking about?
Around the end of 2018 I had a fanfiction idea that I wrote into a short story. After I finished I considered putting it up on a website, but I wasn’t happy with the ending. The characters and plot from the series didn’t work well with my new material -I was trying to shoehorn something in that didn’t belong. After chatting with my best friend (and de-facto editor) I decided to remove the series characters, change the setting, and create my own backstory and plot. In short, I ditched everything from the existing series and started from scratch! :p
As of right now I’m about 85% finished the first draft, with a list of improvements for the second draft. I am not a writer by trade – I have a “9 to 5” job paying the bills and taking up my time. This novel is just a little project to do in my spare time, thus why it’s taking so long.
2) And how do adopted furry characters fit into this?
Like I said, the first book is nearly complete, featuring only the characters I came up with. However, the premise leaves abundant room for sequels! I already have 2 sequels planned with outlines started. Without giving away too much plot I can say that we visit a different world after the events of the first novel, and the people of this world are in a unique position to choose their appearance. A world of furries, where unique color patterns and combinations of physical features are the norm! Unhappy as a cat with horns? Why not try being a fox with a blue lightning bolt pattern in your fur for a while?
My world, my rules, so why not fill it with furries? :3
3) I sold you an adopt / I drew a character reference for you, yet I don’t see it posted anywhere… Where are they? Don’t you like them? I put a lot of love and hard work into them!
I adore all the characters I’ve adopted! Don’t worry, all characters I adopt will appear in my books. After posting the first few characters I’ve decided to hold off on the rest until the first book is published and I start work on the second, where everyone is going to appear.
4) What about credits for the designers? Character rights?
I’ve made sure to secure the rights for each and every character I adopt/ commission. Every artist will be credited in the novels their character appears in, even if that character doesn’t appear on the cover art. What would be really awesome is if my books are popular enough that I could publish an art book, featuring all the ref sheets for these characters!
Well that’s all I can think of at the moment. Thanks for reading through this! And a special thanks to the artists I’ve purchased characters from! Having reference sheets to look at helps in breathing life and personality into the characters populating the worlds I create! :3
1) What’s this novel you keep talking about?
Around the end of 2018 I had a fanfiction idea that I wrote into a short story. After I finished I considered putting it up on a website, but I wasn’t happy with the ending. The characters and plot from the series didn’t work well with my new material -I was trying to shoehorn something in that didn’t belong. After chatting with my best friend (and de-facto editor) I decided to remove the series characters, change the setting, and create my own backstory and plot. In short, I ditched everything from the existing series and started from scratch! :p
As of right now I’m about 85% finished the first draft, with a list of improvements for the second draft. I am not a writer by trade – I have a “9 to 5” job paying the bills and taking up my time. This novel is just a little project to do in my spare time, thus why it’s taking so long.
2) And how do adopted furry characters fit into this?
Like I said, the first book is nearly complete, featuring only the characters I came up with. However, the premise leaves abundant room for sequels! I already have 2 sequels planned with outlines started. Without giving away too much plot I can say that we visit a different world after the events of the first novel, and the people of this world are in a unique position to choose their appearance. A world of furries, where unique color patterns and combinations of physical features are the norm! Unhappy as a cat with horns? Why not try being a fox with a blue lightning bolt pattern in your fur for a while?
My world, my rules, so why not fill it with furries? :3
3) I sold you an adopt / I drew a character reference for you, yet I don’t see it posted anywhere… Where are they? Don’t you like them? I put a lot of love and hard work into them!
I adore all the characters I’ve adopted! Don’t worry, all characters I adopt will appear in my books. After posting the first few characters I’ve decided to hold off on the rest until the first book is published and I start work on the second, where everyone is going to appear.
4) What about credits for the designers? Character rights?
I’ve made sure to secure the rights for each and every character I adopt/ commission. Every artist will be credited in the novels their character appears in, even if that character doesn’t appear on the cover art. What would be really awesome is if my books are popular enough that I could publish an art book, featuring all the ref sheets for these characters!
Well that’s all I can think of at the moment. Thanks for reading through this! And a special thanks to the artists I’ve purchased characters from! Having reference sheets to look at helps in breathing life and personality into the characters populating the worlds I create! :3
