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[thesettingsun]

My first novel, A Relative Weight, is now in stores!

Consider picking up a copy from your local bookstore~ (You would be able to order it off Amazon except there are unreality shenanigans. Someday.)

If you were promised a signed copy, you should already have gotten one on your doorstep. Let me know if I missed anyone.

Thanks again to Chiyo Matsuoka for the cover art and to everyone who provided support during this process! I couldn't have reached here without you ♥

[A Relative Weight is indeed for sale! And getting pretty good reviews, at that.]

Comments

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[admiringly]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SHUJI I'M SO HAPPY AND PROUD OF YOU!!! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
YOU DESERVE EVERY SUCCESS!!!

[admiringly]

you didn't have to mention me
but thank you!
it was an honor!!

[thesettingsun]

Your cover's perfect! Of course I'm going to thank you.

How do people celebrate getting their first novel published, usually?

[admiringly]

you've already thanked me! you didn't need to mention me on retrospec...

that's a good question! they can celebrate it however you want to celebrate it!
with something big like a party or something small with the people you care about
or we can stalk the bookstore together to watch people buy it?

[thesettingsun]

Let's not stalk the bookstore. I'd say go get ice cream or something, but I don't think ice cream has taste back yet. I feel like I'd see a big announcement the second someone found out it was back.

[admiringly]

from me!
you'd see it from me
jk i don't eat ice cream THAT often but hmmmm
meat's back right? what about kbbq?

[thesettingsun]

Sounds good to me. It'll be the first thing I buy with my royalty money.

[admiringly]

$$$
a delicious first purchase!!!

[thesettingsun]

An excellent commemoration. And all my friends are invited.

[admiringly]

a generous new author!!
alert the presses!!

[thesettingsun]

I'm always here for good things being reported in the media. New author treats friends to dinner, cover artist adopts a kitten.

[admiringly]

shuuuujiiii
i want to adopt a kittennnnnnnnn (｡•́︿•̀｡) (｡•́︿•̀｡) (｡•́︿•̀｡)

[thesettingsun]

Same. Hard same. But I'm not responsible enough for a pet. And if I got trapped in another world for a month, who'd look after it while Mista was at work?

[admiringly]

sldfwafsdf
those are all really good points
but we're good people!!
i want to think i'm a responsible enough for a pet (｡•́︿•̀｡)

[ she has no counter argument for his what if they get whisked away for a month because august sure did happen to people. ]

[thesettingsun]

[Only August kids remember.]

You're way more responsible than I am. Maybe you should get a kitten.

[admiringly]

i really want one but i don't want to bother my mom too much
i'd need to ask li-na if she's okay with cats too....
and you're right
who knows when something like august will happen again?

[thesettingsun]

So how about, when we finally get all of this Retrospec stuff taken care of for good, you celebrate by getting a kitten?

[admiringly]

that's great idea! i'll for sure have the time and i'll be even more responsible by then!!
mom won't have to worry about a thing!!

[thesettingsun]

You'll have an adorable cat, the cat will have an adorable owner, everyone wins!

[admiringly]

win win!!
you'll have to help me choose a name when that happens!

[thesettingsun]

You can count on me. There's no one better than an author to name things.

[admiringly]

points at
it's a promise!!

[thesettingsun]

Cross my heart and hope to get followed by more mistlebats.

[admiringly]

ooh that's how i know you're serious!
no one wants that

[thesettingsun]

Death is temporary (I guess?), but the awkwardness of kissing someone you aren't involved with is forever.