u/TienSwitch

Hi, everyone!

I just wanted to announce the one year bookiversary of my YA novel, “SWITCH and Blue Eagle: A Superhero Sidekick Novel”. It’s my first published novel, second book, and a prequel to a longer series. If you like urban fantasy capes and masks stories that provide thoughtful introspection alongside classic superhero action, then this is perfect for you.

From TODAY, September 29, to October 5, this book will be available for only 99 cents! Be sure to snag a copy, and feel free to leave a review as well. It means so much to me. 😊

https://www.amazon.com/SWITCH-Blue-Eagle-Superhero-Challengers-ebook/dp/B0FK1TSRGM

What if saving the world was easier than winning your father’s approval?

Welcome to Herald City….where legends wear capes, villains never rest, and the fate of the world hangs on every battle.

Switch the Blue Eaglet is the son and teen sidekick of Blue Eagle, one of Herald City’s top superheroes. But being a sidekick isn’t all glory. Switch is tired of living in his father’s shadow, tired of his strict rules, and tired of being told he’ll never be strong enough to stand on his own.

Jasper Clemens is just another faceless villain henchman. All he wants is to get out of the criminal underworld. But his debts to the mob keep piling up, and he's stuck taking the riskiest jobs in order to protect his family.

When a dangerous supervillain launches her deadliest scheme yet, it’s up to Switch and Jasper to stop her. Can Switch prove to the world he’s more than just a sidekick? Does Jasper have what it takes to be a true hero?

Or is Herald City doomed?

Perfect for fans of coming-of-age superhero tales, this short novel delivers action, heart, and a fresh twist on what it really means to be a hero.

Note: If I get 100 purchases, I will promise never to use the word “bookiversary” again. 😛

Hi, folks!

I’m trying to do some research on the company BookReverb for my newsletter and blog. There are so many mixed opinions on them and I want to know if they are a scam, the best tool to unlock your sales, or something in between.

To that end, I’m asking for those who have used or currently use BookReverb to tell me what your experience has been like. Have you gotten lots of good reviews and increased sales? Have you gotten no Amazon reviews at all despite paying for reads? Have you gotten your KDP account banned for review manipulation? Either comment or DM me. Commenting below is preferable.

To reiterate, I am looking for responses from authors who have personally used BookReverb. While I respect the insight from those who have looked at the company and decided to stay away or have a friend who had a great experience, I am looking specifically to hear only from people who have firsthand experience.

Thanks, everybody!

Hi, folks!

I’m trying to do some research on the company BookReverb for my newsletter and blog. There are so many mixed opinions on them and I want to know if they are a scam, the best tool to unlock your sales, or something in between.

To that end, I’m asking for those who have used or currently use BookReverb to tell me what your experience has been like. Have you gotten lots of good reviews and increased sales? Have you gotten no Amazon reviews at all despite paying for reads? Have you gotten your KDP account banned for review manipulation? Either comment or DM me. Commenting below is preferable.

To reiterate, I am looking for responses from authors who have personally used BookReverb. While I respect the insight from those who have looked at the company and decided to stay away or have a friend who had a great experience, I am looking specifically to hear only from people who have firsthand experience.

Thanks, everybody!

Hi, folks!

I’m trying to do some research on the company BookReverb for my newsletter and blog. There are so many mixed opinions on them and I want to know if they are a scam, the best tool to unlock your sales, or something in between.

To that end, I’m asking for those who have used or currently use BookReverb to tell me what your experience has been like. Have you gotten lots of good reviews and increased sales? Have you gotten no Amazon reviews at all despite paying for reads? Have you gotten your KDP account banned for review manipulation? Either comment or DM me. Commenting below is preferable.

To reiterate, I am looking for responses from authors who have personally used BookReverb. While I respect the insight from those who have looked at the company and decided to stay away or have a friend who had a great experience, I am looking specifically to hear only from people who have firsthand experience.

Thanks, everybody!

Before anyone asks, yeah I based the title off the old videos from way back when.

This is a more broad examination of the Big Two rivalry. Outside things like having a favorite superhero or not liking the editorial decisions at one company, some fans just really enjoy one universe over the other even though both seem pretty similar. But the Marvel and DC Universes do have fundamental differences as well.

So here is a blog post I recently published. I hope you all like it! Tell me what you think in the comments. Comments on my blog itself help a lot!

If I have a book enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, am I able to provide review copies (not technically ARCs since it was published last year) privately? I am pretty sure I can’t use an ARC service like Booksprout, but am I able to go on social media or to my newsletter or what-have-you and offer XYZ number of free RCs or offer free RCs for XYZ amount of time, which I would provide privately via email? I’m trying to get some reviews, but I don’t wanna risk running afoul of KU exclusivity.

If I have a book enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, am I able to provide review copies (not technically ARCs since it was published last year) privately? I am pretty sure I can’t use an ARC service like Booksprout, but am I able to go on social media or to my newsletter or what-have-you and offer XYZ number of free RCs or offer free RCs for XYZ amount of time, which I would provide privately via email? I’m trying to get some reviews, but I don’t wanna risk running afoul of KU exclusivity.

Don’t get me wrong. Spider-Man is my favorite superhero. And I love his motivation to be a superhero, that with great power comes great responsibility. But I’m not sure he always lives up to that.

What do you think?

https://www.tienswitch.com/blog/spider-man-is-an-irresponsible-person

This is a blog post I wrote about it. I hope you enjoy it, and feel free to leave a comment!

I want to play a wad (not create my own. Just modifications) that has a medieval or fantasy character fighting the forces of Hell, but in biblical, ancient, or medieval times. I’m having a little bit of trouble finding what I want.

I was in elementary school when I last read The Phantom Tollbooth, so I might be misremembering a few things, but that book was my introduction to the sort of—I dunno how to really label it, but that sort of humor that The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is built on.

I feel like the sort of direct but misplaced logic, literal nature of things, and the personification or anthropomorphism of concepts we take for granted is a great introduction to absurdist humor (that was the word I was looking for!) to kids. Places like Dictionopolis and Digitopolis showing another side of words and numbers, for example.

When it comes to books, I feel like the “yeah, that makes sense, I guess” brand of absurdism is the most fun and the most thought-provoking. The Phantom Tollbooth having a co-protagonist like Tock whose clock only tocks and doesn’t tick, or the subtraction stew that only makes you hungrier make me think of the Babel Fish proving the non-existence of God or SEP (Somebody Else’s Problem) fields being the reason you think you see something out of the corner of your eye. Or the origin of Judo in Lamb: The Gospel of Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, where we learn that Jesus invented it as a means of peaceful self-defense, and that its name means “Way of the Jew”.

These are just my random book thoughts today. I was just thinking about it and remembering how much the Hitchhikers Guide made me think of The Phantom Tollbooth when I read it. Figured I’d share.

I’ve downloaded both Doom 1 and 2 WADs.

I’ve got the latest LitDoom version (0.595, I think).

I got UZDOOM.

I downloaded the Inferno map demo from Doomworld.

I still can’t get that map to load. Vanilla Doom 1 and 2 work. I can play LitDoom on the Doom 2 map, and the Knee Deep in the Dark maps work. But Inferno doesn’t.

The folder for Inferno only contained the WAD. Should there be more? What am I doing wrong?

Please help! And thanks in advance for it.

(Alternatively, if anyone can recommend other surreal, horror based Hell maps that look like HELL, I’d be grateful.)

I just downloaded GZDoom and the Doom 2 WAD. I downloaded the LitDoom 0.5 and the 0.95 with the Knee Deep in the Dark map pack (pk3 file).

Doom 2 vanilla works perfectly fine, but that’s about it. Both versions of LitDoom won’t let me fire or reload, and the later version with the nicer menu flat out doesn’t allow me to do anything at all upon picking up a weapon. I get an error message in the top right corner about an infinite weapon loop or something, but it disappears before I can finish reading. Trying to load the Knee Deep in the Dark map pack just gives me an execution error.

I am trying to play on a controller and am completely new to Doom mods. I didn’t think it would be this difficult. What am I doing wrong?

Hi folks! I need help naming a military special forces team with superpowers in a superhero world. They are an antagonistic force.

Basically, an alien race called the Dreamers that don’t tangibly exist is manipulating humanity into fighting an interstellar war for them. Under kinda-sorta mind control, a US intelligence agency creates a team of five special forces members that are granted superpowers by the Dreamers (they can transfer powers from superheroes to normal people).

While it is a superhero universe, this team isn’t a superhero team. They are a rapid assault team comparable to Navy SEALS, Green Berets, and stuff like that. They don’t wear tights and capes.

I was thinking the Sleepers, but that seems too on the nose. Twilight doesn’t roll off the tongue if I want to call them Twilight-1, Twilight-2, and so on. They are also an antagonistic force to my superhero protagonists.

What do you guys think?

Hi folks! I need help naming a military special forces team with superpowers in a superhero world. They are an antagonistic force.

Basically, an alien race called the Dreamers that don’t tangibly exist is manipulating humanity into fighting an interstellar war for them. Under kinda-sorta mind control, a US intelligence agency creates a team of five special forces members that are granted superpowers by the Dreamers (they can transfer powers from superheroes to normal people).

While it is a superhero universe, this team isn’t a superhero team. They are a rapid assault team comparable to Navy SEALS, Green Berets, and stuff like that. They don’t wear tights and capes.

I was thinking the Sleepers, but that seems too on the nose. Twilight doesn’t roll off the tongue if I want to call them Twilight-1, Twilight-2, and so on. They are also an antagonistic force to my superhero protagonists.

What do you guys think?