Fanart + Community Post (Patreon)

First, we have a truly massive work of fanart commissioned by Argo the Ratfolk! This is one of the craziest pieces of fanart I've ever received as an author, so I hope people enjoy. It has given us Flower Girl Krikree, which is a blessed image. Non-dream Krikree would eat the flowers to determine whether or not they were food.

FYI, I am trying to plan a "free weekend" where I make all seven TWC books available free to prepare for the release of Deathseed. This has been successful for other authors, so I've been meaning to try it, but I want to do it right to have a shot at finding new readers. More on this later.

In an ideal world this wouldn't be necessary, but you can't make a career by just writing books and throwing them out there. So while this is one of the factors slowing down my work, I think it's necessary for my career.

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Getting fanart has inspired me to focus on the community of readers for a bit. This Patreon itself is an option, but also consider Reddit or Discord if you use those:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBrightestShadow/

https://discord.gg/gdUsJpAEAt

We have a community-run wiki that, while not the biggest, has some surprisingly in-depth pages:

https://thebrightestshadow.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Brightest_Shadow_Wiki

Finally, please follow me on Goodreads if you use that:

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18628196.Sarah_Lin

It's not particularly important, but it makes me look like a real author.

Cover reveal next week, I promise!