Acts of Love full uncropped cover · 1:54am Oct 26th, 2020
So Acts of Love is out and people seem to be enjoying it, which is awesome But I only shared the cropped cover for the story on Fimfiction so far (which will probably be standard for me going forward), so I figured I'd show the uncropped version and explain the rationale for having two versions.
First off, here's the uncropped version. It's very large.
If that doesn't display because of how large it is, here's a link.
The reason for having this cover in these dimensions then cropping it is for the eventual print version. I do plan on getting my entire bibliography in print eventually, though that's on hold due to lack of funds (I want to add artwork and stuff where I can, which is money I don't have). But even though it's on hold, I'm forward thinking and will from now on be getting pictures in standard sizes – namely the size of a printed dust jacket cover and inner flap. That's what this is, the part on the right with the masks is going to be the inner flap of the dust jacket (perhaps with a summary of the book on it). All my novels will have this sized cover from now on, though I'll probably crop the flap part off of the pic for Fimfiction purposes. All of my novellas and short stories will have 2:3 aspect ratio, which is a full size picture (since those covers will be printed inside of a book that collects multiple into one book).
Since I'm here and talking about print books, here's the plan:
Book 1 – Looking Glass, already out
Book 2 – Inner Strength w/ By Blood or Choice, already out
Book 3 – Playing House, too long for any extras aside from a few pics, coming Soon™. Needs back cover and something for the front dust jacket flap, but I have most of the internal art.
Book 4 – Finding Home, w/ Up in the Air, Empty Sky, and the bonus interview script. Needs new cover art (old one isn't print friendly, and isn't done by Pasu), internal art, back cover art...
Book 5 – Thicker Than Water, maybe w/ a bonus story that has yet to be written, undecided. Needs back cover and internal art
Book 6 – Life In Pieces (shout out to Ice Star for the name), collecting In Pieces, Piece by Piece, The Open Road, and The Setting Sun. Basically all the WWB novellas in a similar time period. Needs full dust jacket art, and likely internal art.
Book 7 – Acts of Love, w/ Coda. Needs back cover and internal art.
Book 8 – Acts of Love's unwritten sequel
Book 9 – The final story in Phase One of WWB
Rabbit Tracks – An anthology of all my shorter non-WWB stories (Great and Powerful, Darling!, Just Like Old Times, Each Small Step, etc.)
Noodleverse Book 1 – Collecting the first three of my planned Noodleverse fics, focusing on Rainbow, Applejack, and Rarity
Noodleverse Book 2 – Collecting the second three of my six story Noodleverse series, focusing on Pinkie, Rarity, and Twilight
So all in all twelve stories, and my goal is to get them all in print before starting Phase Two of the series (which will have its own print editions). I may very well be the only one who ever collects the full set, but it's something I want on my shelves, and I figure others might pick up their favorite stories as well
Eyy, guess I am going to have a whole bookshelf of Krickis one day!
>mfw when I inspire stuff like this
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>mfw Ice is looking to spend like a grand on these stories if he buys them all in color like he once said he'd do
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but how do I get rid of all this money? 🤔
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Send it to me directlyart commissions maybe?lol in all seriousness, I am immensely flattered that you'd buy this whole series, especially if you do wind up getting it all in color. It's unlikely that I'll be pushing out books rapidly, so breaking it up into payments here and there could work. Still though, absolutely only go that hard if you wanna! As a record collector, I can't begrudge someone for wanting pricey things, but don't buy anything out of some misplaced obligation (I don't make money off these books, so it's not supporting me in any way other than boosting my ego)
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I actually do get commissions here and there, but yeah, I definitely plan on getting WWB stuff. I generally expect there to be one or two particularly pricey pony books each year I get. WWB also has incredibly complex illustrated scenes that just look better in color and they're still cheaper some of than my textbooks/about the price of them. It's just like buying one extra.
Honestly, it's better to not think about the amount of money I spend on books in general.
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Lol that's fair yeah, that's about how I feel about my record collection
Congrats on having Acts of Love on trending! :3
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Thank you, I'm very happy with how well received it is