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Jinzou


I have been known to write smol horse words on occasion.

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  • 23 weeks
    The Future of Jinzou

    So... yeah. I'm just gonna be straight up with y'all. I mainly started writing as a coping mechanism to keep me sane in the Marines. I started All Smoke, No Mirrors to chronical my own struggles getting over alcoholism. In fact, some of you even noted the difference between the chapters my muse drove me to write, and the ones I had to start forcing out.

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    8 comments · 237 views
  • 60 weeks
    Short vs. Long

    I noticed that my recent one shot didn't get many views, and have noticed they're not the most popular stuff I make. Which makes sense. A 60k word story will generate more attention with it's depth and constant updates. I'm not here to complain.

    But I want to ask you, readers. Would you prefer I stick mainly to updating my longer stories, or do you like the breif little one shot breaks?

    7 comments · 156 views
  • 61 weeks
    Come, attack the Jinzou

    I made a server if y'all want updates, have questions, or just want to shoot the shit. Also if you wanna pester me to write faster. (Please do)

    https://discord.gg/esb66U3PGm

    3 comments · 97 views
  • 95 weeks
    Of Smoke, Mirrors, and Motivation at the Bottom of a Bottle

    Hey all. So real quick, I want to apologize. If you don't care why my story hasn't updated in a while, skip to the next paragraph. But yeah. I'm sorry. I haven't forgotten about the story, I've just been far more busy and tired than usual, since I've been moving countries, dealing with the VA (ugh), leaving the military, and trying to adapt to normal life while also trying to find my own place,

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    11 comments · 397 views
  • 117 weeks
    So, I'm a hypocrite.

    Title says it all. My scoot stories are back up, save the anthology because nobody likes that.

    If y'all liked it who am I to take it down?

    Maybe someday I'll remake it and like it.

    2 comments · 218 views
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Short vs. Long · 7:58pm Jan 28th, 2023

I noticed that my recent one shot didn't get many views, and have noticed they're not the most popular stuff I make. Which makes sense. A 60k word story will generate more attention with it's depth and constant updates. I'm not here to complain.

But I want to ask you, readers. Would you prefer I stick mainly to updating my longer stories, or do you like the breif little one shot breaks?

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Comments ( 7 )

Personally, I don't feel like I have a lot of time to get into longer stories if I want to keep up my own writing momentum. (That's why my Read Later bookshelf is filled with highly-recommended stories in the 75k+ word count range.) Ironically, my stories keep getting longer.

So, I like having shorter stories for a quick read, but they are usually like fast food: enjoyable, but not very satisfying.

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That's a pretty valid point. I usually think along the same lines personally.

For me I prefer longer stories. Something I can loose myself in

I just want you to continue all smoke no mirrors please

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Don't worry. It's not cancelled. I've just been busy and a tad bit burnt out on it, so I wrote a couple chapters for an upcoming story.

ASNM will return soon.

Late response but the answer is whichever you feel more comfortable doing.

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