SL: I Still Don't Like That The Year After Is Going To Be Longer Than The Murder After. If The First
SL: I still don't like that The Year After is going to be longer than The Murder After. If the first book were fifty two pages, I'd be fine with it.
I know there's more to say this time, but I worry readers won't see it the same way. What if they don't like that the first story is a chapbook while the second is a novella?
Or maybe, a potential reader will find The Year After on Amazon and want to know what happened first. Maybe they won't care that the first book is short.
Maybe I should worry once we gain readership.
More Posts from Mx-field and Others
New Project
Reanna: We're preparing a new project to work on once SL finishes The Year After. It's about a girl in charge of describing short silent films to make a dark ride accessible to the blind. All films we plan to use are in the United States' Public Domain.
We don't have a name for this story yet, so we're calling it Whatever Terrance is Doing. (It was his idea. We came up with the working title when he started bookmarking videos of old films with no idea what to do with them.)
F.M.: I told Reanna our midterm for recreation class was due on the 15th, which is the 14th at 11:59 PM in Arizona. (We live in Colorado.) It was actually due on the 13th. Now, it's my job to finish the assignment. At least we weren't kicked out.
Update: We did it! Now, we can feel stupid for thinking it was due today!
Introduction
Hello! We're Mint Phalanx. Mint Phalanx is a group of people sharing a brain since 2019. Tumblr is where we're going to promote our books, self-published under the name Reanna Field.
First, the phalanx.
Originator: Reanna
Tulpas: Rebecca, Jackie, Chaz, Brian, Ames Semi-tulpa: Mary Elsefa: F.M. Headmates: Chibz, SL, M, E.A. Muse: Terrance
Collective pronouns: she/her/hers/herself
He: Brian, Chaz, F.M., SL, Terrance
She: Reanna, Ames, Jackie, Mary, Rebecca, M, E.A., Chibz
Link to our Dreamwidth journal Link to our DeviantArt page (made pre-phalanx) Link to our Author Page on Amazon
Second, the project we call Interest Piqued.
profile: this is the story’s profile. It has the story’s title, genre, blurb, format, content rating, and link to its page on Amazon. (We’re self-published through Kindle Direct Publishing.)
excerpt: a sneak peek to pique your interest.
reasons to buy: self explanatory.
not promoting: posts not related to book promotion.
Link to the book master post
Enjoy! And we hope you take interest in our books. If you have a question about them, send it in the ask box. We appreciate reblogs.
Reanna: There is nothing more wholesome than introducing headmates to things.
I introduced SL to Friends two years ago. When he heard Phoebe say for the first time "I can't believe you're gonna ask Monica to marry you," he gasped. And it wasn't in the headspace; it was external.
I can't wait to go to New Mexico with my grandparents again. Jackie, SL, E.A., Terrance, Maria, and Chibz have never been there before. (F.M. vanished the last time we went in 2019 and only remembers the ride back. We went twice, so he doesn't know if he was actually there or not.) I think they would enjoy the trip, especially Jackie. She likes adventures.
This is our cat Mia. Mia wants chicken. He might be part Maine Coon. That's all.
SL: Wouldn't it be funny if The Year After were 88 pages, double the first volume's page count? I'm already making it fourteen chapters, double the first volume's chapter count.
Reanna: I wish my headmates had the luxury of thinking about their stories without possibly annoying others like I did. But they get to have collaboration and make suggestions. I didn't have that before the phalanx.
Reanna: I made three posts about my anxiety, but I decided to delete them. This should be more private. Sharing in detail was probably making it worse. I thought it would help, but it didn't.
I am feeling better now. Have a good day!
F.M.: The Birthday Massacre released a new single and will release a new album on April 11. I'M SO HAPPY!
From Our DeviantArt Post
Title: The Murder After Byline: Reanna Field (It's actually by SL.)
This is the front cover for The Murder After. It has a white pillow with the yellow rose and knife lying on top of each other in an "x" shape. The rose's stem has blood on it, and so does the knife's blade.
F.M. and SL worked on it during Labor Day [2023.] SL took the picture, and F.M. did the rest. He traced and colored. To add texture, he put the photo on top and made it more transparent. It was better than filling in texture by coloring.
Not from Our Post
SL: I wanted to share the meaning behind the picture. The yellow rose represents friendship. (Jacqueline was Terrance's friend.) The blood on the stem represents the cut on Jacqueline's neck. The pink paring knife represents nothing. We chose it because our mom doesn't like it, just in case we were still taking pictures when she got back.
I'm proud of this cover. It's my favourite.
The Murder After is out now, so you can buy it on Amazon. (Link to its page.)
