Avi Llio

Writer, immigrant, low desert punk.

The Cursed and The Dead out now via @IxtabMedia

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Hey, do you like cowboys? Crytpids? Mysterious, spooky men? Arrogant colonizers getting what they deserve? Queer representation? Getting on the groundfloor of a new saga for the street cred? I have the book for you.

#writer #amwriting #spookycowboyshit

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@browning_pw One of my writer friends is alluding to something similar in a book they're set to release. I think. It's a surreal read.

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@SoCal_Chemistry Officer Dewey

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@writing_show @CJAggett @ChrisHooley2020 The one on the right isn't me.

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@SamOdiorne @Blink_Drive There's nothing sadder than spending your life talking about what you might do. Definitely one for taking your shot.

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@NatalyaJEdwards Definitely agree. Its hard to write what you know when all you know is sitting around the house talking to yourself.

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@NatalyaJEdwards I used to like to go out and listen to the community, or volunteer, just to get a sense of the world around me.

But now, maybe a good show or a game. Sadly, I think I've been writing too much as I pay more attention to structure than anything else.

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@EldritchLake Ouch.

And fair.

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It's technically next week Submissions are open. We're trying something different this time around.

https://t.co/6WykopgfLS

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@MerlinXVI I try to arrange chapters like Morse Code. Shorter when I'm building up to something.

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#writingcommunity This should be interesting. Just saying.

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Opening submissions again this week, a year after we released our first issue. Quite exciting, really.

Taking bets on how many hours it takes before someone sends an "I know your guidelines say you don't want this, but please read" email.

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@mwhitlock93 Speaking of taxes, maybe there wouldn't be these issues is the supposed leaders paid theirs.

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@jd_graham_ Agreed.

Not only will you say something about someone's mother, you'll also say it in three different tenses, and do you really want to be that person?

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@SoCal_Chemistry As a horror writer, I'd like to mess with the ghosts.

So

Mister Cross, a spooky trickster.
Milton, a big burly outdoorsman who is a snugglebug.
Hosanna What, a cursed medium sleuthe.

We'd have a fun time.

Or all die.

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@evwebsterwrites I'd just as rather not be on Twitter, but one of the downsides to working with an indie press is that I need to be actively marketing my stuff. Although, having said that, could probably expect the same results at a larger house but with less freedom and financial incentive.

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But seriously, though, writers, what the weirdest thing you've seen while you've been out in the wilderness?

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@Saioa_l It's all about the numbers now. I'd recommend Mister Men, Little Dracula, Doctor Seuss, and Jorge Borges. In that order.

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@NatalyaJEdwards I have done so well in my writing recently that I've decided to download and delete TikTok fifteen times a day. Feeling very productive.

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Speaking of drawings, thought it would be a good time to introduce you to some of The Cursed and The Dead's characters. Probably two a day.

This one is the sinister Mister Cross. His timing is sus and he lives by a warped moral code. Always showing up at massacres. And dancing.

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My publishing bosses are offering some free books and might be worth a look if you're into free books.

I'm also giving away a free book and mine will include a free sketch of an item of the winner's choice.

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