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June 30th is my (& Sailor Moon's) Birthday, & to celebrate this year, I'm doing a giveaway! Winner will receive an ebook copy of both of my novels PULSE and WHAT THE FLOWER SAYS OF DEATH, as well as a $15 Amazon GIFTCARD!
Enter here!
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/12bc1bb74/
Enter here!
http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/12bc1bb74/
New Schedule!!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-schedule-83762596?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
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We have a fun week coming up bc there's a short interlude/teaser update on Wednesday for CASTING BONES, and then the usual update on Thursday!
Please remember to leave a like or a comment, or some INK if you can afford it! Really looking forward to getting into the main chuck of the novel with you guys over the summer! It's going to be a fun time!
Appreciate you guys!
Please remember to leave a like or a comment, or some INK if you can afford it! Really looking forward to getting into the main chuck of the novel with you guys over the summer! It's going to be a fun time!
Appreciate you guys!
I just wanted to send you guys who have been reading lately a big thanks for your likes and views! I really appreciate the support so far! Hope you all are enjoying reading and I can't wait to interact more.
Please leave a comment also if you've liked what you read, I love reading and responding to you!!
Thanks from Diesel and I!
Please leave a comment also if you've liked what you read, I love reading and responding to you!!
Thanks from Diesel and I!
Love your stories. Also, your dog looks almost identical to mine.
Thank you! We actually see that a lot online, there's this one account we follow on instagram that looks identical to him haha
New Calendar for the upcoming weeks. You can see in the image below or follow the link to my Patreon post!
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Hey guys! Updated the uploading schedule for March - April! Check out the calendar on my Patreon or in the image attached!
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Hey y’all! Hope you’ve been enjoying the updates on CASTING BONES and WHAT THE FLOWER SAYS OF DEATH the last few weeks!
I just wanted to send a little message to everyone in case you didn’t know! I update on Patreon also and Patreon actually received updates a bit earlier in the day on Mondays and Thursday.
It’s totally free to follow someone on patreon so if you want to read either novel a bit earlier you can check it out there.
On top of that, subbing to me on patreon gets you a week early update as well for anyone that can’t wait. It costs less than a single coffee per month so if you’ve considered supporting me, I think that’s the best way to do it because you get something out of it also!!
If you can’t afford to support that’s no problem at all, consider just leaving a like when you’re finished reading and even a comment because I love interacting with you all and hearing your thoughts!!!
Looking forward to growing a community and I can’t wait for the future of this exciting new adventure!!!
I just wanted to send a little message to everyone in case you didn’t know! I update on Patreon also and Patreon actually received updates a bit earlier in the day on Mondays and Thursday.
It’s totally free to follow someone on patreon so if you want to read either novel a bit earlier you can check it out there.
On top of that, subbing to me on patreon gets you a week early update as well for anyone that can’t wait. It costs less than a single coffee per month so if you’ve considered supporting me, I think that’s the best way to do it because you get something out of it also!!
If you can’t afford to support that’s no problem at all, consider just leaving a like when you’re finished reading and even a comment because I love interacting with you all and hearing your thoughts!!!
Looking forward to growing a community and I can’t wait for the future of this exciting new adventure!!!
❤️
I have posted my tentative posting schedule for this month onto my Patreon! Please feel free to follow me there to get these updates directly to your inbox! Following on Patreon does not require a pledge, but I have lots of perks planned for those who want to pledge!
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Just a little something for you guys enjoy as a bit of a teaser now that it's pretty well been decided on that we'll be continuing with CASTING BONES.
I am planning on updating you guys with a bit of an upload schedule tomorrow as long long as things go according to plan, and that might mean I can get my first upload scheduled for this week (I'm thinking Thursday for CB and Mondays for WtFSoD, but let me know what you guys think about that?)
in the mean time, would love if you checked out my Patreon also and maybe followed me there as I will be trying to post some public updates and blogs maybe in the future!
https://www.patreon.com/DanielleKoste
I am planning on updating you guys with a bit of an upload schedule tomorrow as long long as things go according to plan, and that might mean I can get my first upload scheduled for this week (I'm thinking Thursday for CB and Mondays for WtFSoD, but let me know what you guys think about that?)
in the mean time, would love if you checked out my Patreon also and maybe followed me there as I will be trying to post some public updates and blogs maybe in the future!
https://www.patreon.com/DanielleKoste
Hey everyone. Long time no talk. I hate that I’ve been MIA for so long, and I honestly wish I could tell you all about it but, I have a lot to say and I hope I’ll have more time to get into my absence later, but for now I’d like to keep this short & sweet.
As some of you may know, I removed a lot of my work from Tapas a few years back in pursuit of getting an agent & try to get traditionally published. This came after self publishing two books on my own, and wanting to try switching gears. While self publishing was super validating & satisfying, I always had the dream of being traditionally published, & I felt strongly about the commercial value of Casting Bones specifically, thinking it was my best chance to get a foot in the door.
In the time I’ve taken away from posting online I’ve gotten a lot of similar feedback from others, but even with all this positivity, I felt like I couldn’t ignore the downfalls of the trad pub industry that were becoming more obvious the deeper I got, especially when the COVID pandemic developed further in late 2020-2021.
I started realising that the process of trying to get noticed in the trad pub industry was kinda low key killing my desire to write. I was taking advice I didn’t agree with, changing things I didn’t want to change, and adjusting to an industry that I didn’t feel I fit into, just for the sake of trying to be noticed. I’ve never been someone who fit into many boxes, and I felt stifled trying to make my work fit.
Due to this loss of passion, it’s been almost two years since I worked on something for an extended period of time like I used to.
I don’t want to get into all the problems in this post, it’s simply too much, but the tldr is that my perspective on how I want to experience my writing has changed &, perhaps finally solidified.
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As some of you may know, I removed a lot of my work from Tapas a few years back in pursuit of getting an agent & try to get traditionally published. This came after self publishing two books on my own, and wanting to try switching gears. While self publishing was super validating & satisfying, I always had the dream of being traditionally published, & I felt strongly about the commercial value of Casting Bones specifically, thinking it was my best chance to get a foot in the door.
In the time I’ve taken away from posting online I’ve gotten a lot of similar feedback from others, but even with all this positivity, I felt like I couldn’t ignore the downfalls of the trad pub industry that were becoming more obvious the deeper I got, especially when the COVID pandemic developed further in late 2020-2021.
I started realising that the process of trying to get noticed in the trad pub industry was kinda low key killing my desire to write. I was taking advice I didn’t agree with, changing things I didn’t want to change, and adjusting to an industry that I didn’t feel I fit into, just for the sake of trying to be noticed. I’ve never been someone who fit into many boxes, and I felt stifled trying to make my work fit.
Due to this loss of passion, it’s been almost two years since I worked on something for an extended period of time like I used to.
I don’t want to get into all the problems in this post, it’s simply too much, but the tldr is that my perspective on how I want to experience my writing has changed &, perhaps finally solidified.
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I started writing with fan fiction & direct contact with my readers has always been a core element to my experience. Part of writing that I love is sharing with people. & I think that the trad pub framework is just not for me. I’m not interested in working on a book for years before anyone actually gets to see it. I want to see my fans experience my work as I experience it, & I want to have a community to share my passion with directly.
& that’s where Tapas and well, just the internet comes in directly. Because it’s always been social media based writing websites where I’ve found myself with the most excitement & passion for my writing because I get to look forward to sharing what I’m working on with people who truly care. Even if it’s just a couple people leaving likes on a chapter, it holds more value for me than I imagine a vague royalty check ever could. I don’t hold any value in names like Penguin and Harper Collins. I reminisce about my days on Inkpop, HarryPotterFanfiction, Wattpad, Tumblr, & most recently Tapas. I long for the times where people were reading & leaving comments, writing me messages about their theories, or desires, or even just how excited they are to read more. I get more excitement from getting 1 dollar from a tip on Tapas than a sale of even my self published books, so why am I still such a stranger here?
I don’t want to be anymore. I want this to be my main thing. I want to share again, &, Gods willing, maybe one day, instead of getting royalty checks large enough to survive on with my hypothetical fifth traditionally published book, I can instead reduce my hours at my day job because strangers —no— my friends online love my content enough to want to support me.
& that’s where Tapas and well, just the internet comes in directly. Because it’s always been social media based writing websites where I’ve found myself with the most excitement & passion for my writing because I get to look forward to sharing what I’m working on with people who truly care. Even if it’s just a couple people leaving likes on a chapter, it holds more value for me than I imagine a vague royalty check ever could. I don’t hold any value in names like Penguin and Harper Collins. I reminisce about my days on Inkpop, HarryPotterFanfiction, Wattpad, Tumblr, & most recently Tapas. I long for the times where people were reading & leaving comments, writing me messages about their theories, or desires, or even just how excited they are to read more. I get more excitement from getting 1 dollar from a tip on Tapas than a sale of even my self published books, so why am I still such a stranger here?
I don’t want to be anymore. I want this to be my main thing. I want to share again, &, Gods willing, maybe one day, instead of getting royalty checks large enough to survive on with my hypothetical fifth traditionally published book, I can instead reduce my hours at my day job because strangers —no— my friends online love my content enough to want to support me.
Now this has ended up being a bit of a novel in itself, so if you’re still here reading this, I want to say thank you, and I have a question to help me get started.
I’m working currently on Casting Bones and EXTRACURRICULARS. I want to focus on one to start with, posting regularly (at least once a week) for people to read, & then maybe posting irregularly the other one as it takes the back burner a little. There’s lots of reasons for me to focus on one over the other, so it’s been difficult for me to decide which should be the one I post regularly.
So I’m here asking for my readers’ input. Which would you like to see posted first? If there was additional content such as deleted scenes or even nsfw stuff, which story would be more appealing for that?
If you have any other input please let me know as well. I look forward to getting reintroduced to you all this year
I’m working currently on Casting Bones and EXTRACURRICULARS. I want to focus on one to start with, posting regularly (at least once a week) for people to read, & then maybe posting irregularly the other one as it takes the back burner a little. There’s lots of reasons for me to focus on one over the other, so it’s been difficult for me to decide which should be the one I post regularly.
So I’m here asking for my readers’ input. Which would you like to see posted first? If there was additional content such as deleted scenes or even nsfw stuff, which story would be more appealing for that?
If you have any other input please let me know as well. I look forward to getting reintroduced to you all this year
