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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

[sharplydressed]

ok but realtalk
would you actually be surprised if a world like that existed out there somewhere
with a cult like that
because at this rate i don't think i would be

[thesettingsun]

I would not be surprised at all. It wouldn't even be in competition for weirdest thing I've heard of happening.

[sharplydressed]

honestly same
we should host a competition someday or something
"weirdest thing you've remembered"
i'm sure we would get some real grade A material

[thesettingsun]

Winner gets a free beer, to help deal with the memories.

[sharplydressed]

something like that would probably get a lot of takers tbh
free alcohol AND the chance to weird out other people with your freaky memories
sounds win/win to me

[thesettingsun]

What's our alternate prize for underage winners? I was thinking ice cream, maybe.

[sharplydressed]

sounds like a winning prize to me tbh
they can pick out a couple of scoops
or maybe even a whole sundae if we feel like being super generous

[thesettingsun]

A sundae sounds about right. The cliche is eating a bucket of ice cream to drown your sorrows, but I'm not going to encourage that.

[sharplydressed]

yeah nah same
that sounds like a 1 way ticket to being super sick
can anyone even eat that much ice cream at once??

[thesettingsun]

Probably only the people who train for eating contests, and even they wouldn't feel good about it afterward.

[sharplydressed]

you really have to wonder what kind of prize is worth it to people who do that to themselves tbh
like
i would have trouble looking at ice cream for a while and that seems like a terrible punishment??

[thesettingsun]

The thrill of victory? The satisfaction of knowing that other people did that to themselves and didn't get anything for it?

[sharplydressed]

wow
that just makes everyone who competes in food contests sound totally ruthless

[thesettingsun]

It's a tough field. Sympathy for your opponents will only slow you down.

[sharplydressed]

you're not training up to join them are you?
sounds like you know a lot about going in for the kill

[thesettingsun]

No, because I value my health and my ability to enjoy food. I'm just saying.

[sharplydressed]

true true
no gold medal is worth giving up being able to really dig into a good meal with 0 regrets

[thesettingsun]

I'm glad we had this reflection on what's really important in life.