New Links and Other Fun Stuff

Okay, so Bookshop.org finally has my e-books listed in one handy page: over yonder, please, for the main page. Use the filter to get to the format of your choice. 

Again, these pages will take you to the online store fronts of small, indie bookstores, which I hope more and more people will support. 

I've hit my stride with The Shadow Groom and am back to the same mental place where I lost myself when I was working on The Twilight Lover, but rather than turn to Blackadder for my inspiration this time around, we're looking at -- of all things -- KPop Demon Hunters (a Netflix film). At its core, it has a real bonkers premise that's also bolstered by a crap ton of ridiculous moments, and I'm here for it. But it also does a terrific job exploring issues of shame and self-loathing without (from what I can see from scattered clips online, that is) undermining those issues with all the color and frenetic movement of a lot of scenes.

And the songs don't help (I mean that in a good way, of course). 

Ironically, I no longer have a Netflix subscription, but I might just re-up for a month if only to watch this movie as well as a couple more that's in their catalogue. I only know about this film through Youtube's algorithms because I've been watching reaction videos to Oscar nominated films, and YT decided to dump a bunch of reaction videos to different clips and songs from KPDH. 

I clicked on one. Then another. Then another. 

Now I can safely say I will be referencing this movie a lot in the future gallery page for The Shadow Groom. Why? Because I'm eating up all the absurdity and the color and the fun vibes of KPDH and using them for inspiration to keep my energy levels up as I power through the chapters. I'm currently hitting the 10K-word mark, and it's been such a fun ride so far. 

And if fans of the film and its soundtrack were to ask, I'm putting the two most subversive songs performed by the the antagonists at the top of my favorites. I mean, come on -- these are great villain songs, one couched in pure bubblegum pop packed with double entendres, the other pretty much being all out on sucking up people's souls. 

I mean...

Damn, "Soda Pop" is so catchy though "Your Idol" is No. 1 with its creepy visuals and its haunting melody (or haunting EVERYTHING about it -- just *chef's kiss*). At any rate, I'm posting these two here so I can go back to them down the line when the time comes.

As an addendum, I'm going to be offering a sale in March, and by that I mean it's in tandem with the release of Doppelgänger, so do watch this space.