Seeing this while going through a crisis over if getting my English degree is worth it or not is cruel, cruel irony š
Saw this image in the reblogs of a post
And as a dishwasher and longtime restaurant worker I just needed to know what the original said so I reverse image searched it and immediately crumpled into the family guy death post on the floor right under my English degree
Isle of the Lost Novels:
The Isle of the Lost
Return to the Isle of the Lost
Rise of the Isle of the Lost
Escape from the Isle of the Lost
Beyond the Isle of Lost
Descendants School of Secrets:
CJās Treasure Chase
Freddieās Shadow Cards
Allyās Mad Mystery
Lonnieās Warrior Sword
Carlosās Scavenger Hunt
Graphic Novels and Manga:
Disney Manga: Descendants - Rotten to the Core, Book 1: The Rotten to the Core Trilogy
Disney Manga: Descendants The Rotten to the Core Trilogy, Volume 2
Disney Manga: Descendants The Rotten to the Core Trilogy, Volume 3
Disney Manga : Descendants - Evie's Wicked Runway, Book 1
Disney Manga : Descendants - Evie's Wicked Runway, Book 2
Disney Manga : Descendants - Dizzy's New Fortune: Volume 1
Disney Manga : Descendants - Mal's Royal Challenge
Isle of the Lost: The Graphic Novel
Return to the Isle of the Lost: The Graphic Novel
Spell books:
Descendants: Malās Spell Book
Descendants: Malās Spell Book 2
Guides:
Descendants 3: The Villain Kidsā Guide for New VKs
Descendants 2: Uma's Wicked Book: For Villain Kids
Descendants: Uma's Guide to Life on the Isle
Movie Novelizations:
Descendants 1
Descendants 2
Descendants 3
Descendants: The Rise of Red Junior Novel (Disney Rise of Red)
Miscellaneous:
Descendants: The World of Auradon: Royals and Villains
Disney Descendants Wicked World Wish Granted Cinestory Comic
World of Reading: Descendants The Rise of Red: Paint This Town Red
Descendants: Mal's Diary
Descendants: The Magic of Friendship
World of Reading, Level 2: Stronger Together
Welcome to Auradon: A Descendants 3 Sticker and Activity Book
Descendants 3: Audreyās Diary
Descendants 2: Evieās Fashion Book
World of Reading Descendants 3: Stronger Together Level 2
Secrets of Auradon Prep: Insider's Handbook
Disney Descendants Yearbook
I feel like Mark bc I too am obsessed with the fated soulmate shit Chensung have going on
u ever dig up your best friendās grave while listening to the playlist he made u, intending to harvest his dna to clone in a lab later
inspired by the beginning ofĀ Cloning (In Theory) by cherrycola94 (@bikoncon on tunglr) bg lyrics are from āwhere is my mindā by the pixies
I was not expecting cannibalism to happen TWICE in season of one of tottmnt but here we are
Iām back on my bs (yuzuru hanyu inspired Tim figure skater brain rot) he occupies my mind 24/7
Somehow danger force having the exact same ending as mighty med wasnāt something I ever expected
āsave young justice!ā ābring young justice back for season 5!ā NO. give me a comic accurate young justice show. i want punk conner kent. i want robin breaking into government facilities and coming up with ridiculous aliases. i want bart to adopt the super cycle and annoy red tornado into reactivating. where is the tiny clone of lobo or team leader wonder girl. let me see them play baseball for the fate of the planet and illegally invade a country full of supervillains and also kill santa.
I see a few people sayin that you definitely need an agent to get published traditionally. Guess what? That's not remotely true. While an agent can be a very useful tool in finding and negotiating with publishers, going without is not as large of a hurdle as people might make it out to be!
Below is a list of some of the traditional publishers that offer reading periods for agent-less manuscripts. There might be more! Try looking for yourself - I promise it's not that scary!
Albert Whitman & Company: for picture books, middle-grade, and young adult fiction
Hydra (Part of Random House): for mainly LitRPG
Kensington Publishing: for a range of fiction and nonfiction
NCM Publishing: for all genres of fiction (YA included) and nonfiction
Pants of Fire Press: for middle-grade, YA, and adult fiction
Tin House Books: very limited submission period, but a good avenue for fiction, literary fiction, and poetry written by underrepresented communities
Quirk Fiction: offers odd-genre rep for represented and unagented authors. Unsolicited submissions inbox is closed at the moment but this is the page that'll update when it's open, and they produced some pretty big books so I'd keep an eye on this
Persea Books: for lit fiction, creative nonfiction, YA novels, and books focusing on contemporary issues
Baen: considered one of the best known publishers of sci-fi and fantasy. They don't need a history of publication.
Chicago Review Press: only accepting nonfiction at the moment, but maybe someone here writes nonfiction
Acre: for poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Special interest in underrepresented authors. Submission period just passed but for next year!
Coffeehouse Press: for lit fiction, nonfiction, poetry and translation. Reading period closed at time of posting, but keep an eye out
Ig: for queries on literary fiction and political/cultural nonfiction
Schaffner Press: for lit fiction, historical/crime fiction, or short fiction collections (cool)
Feminist Press: for international lit, hybrid memoirs, sci-fi and fantasy fiction especially from BIPOC, queer and trans voices
Evernight Publishing: for erotica. Royalties seem good and their response time is solid
Felony & Mayhem: for literary mystery fiction. Not currently looking for new work, but check back later
This is all what I could find in an hour. And it's not even everything, because I sifted out the expired links, the repeat genres (there are a lot of options for YA and children's authors), and I didn't even include a majority of smaller indie pubs where you can really do that weird shit.
A lot of them want you to query, but that's easy stuff once you figure it out. Lots of guides, and some even say how they want you to do it for them.
Not submitting to a Big 5 Trad Pub House does not make you any less of a writer. If you choose to work with any publishing house it can take a fair bit of weight off your shoulders in terms of design and distribution. You don't have to do it - I'm not - but if that's the way you want to go it's very, very, very possible.
Have a weirder manuscript that you don't think fits? Here's a list of 50 Indie Publishers looking for more experimental works to showcase and sell!
If Random House won't take your work - guess what? Maybe you're too cool for Random House.
Thinking about how this was probably yj98ās member status at one point.
Robin/Red Robin: missing in action
Superboy: deceased
Impulse: deceased
Secret: retired (forced)
Arrowette: retired
Wonder Girl: missing in action
Empress: retired (forced)
Slobo: missing/presumed dead