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Syl Book 1 Launch!
🕑 Added 2024-11-08 14:56:15 +0000 UTC
So yeah... I have my own published book now? Absolutely crazy! If you had told me when I started writing this story in December last year that it would be picked up and published, I would have laughed in your face. Never in my wildest imagination did I ever think this would have happened.
For some background, I picked up writing while I was between jobs because I had to wait for my "non-compete clause" in my old contract to expire after I quit an extremely toxic company. I just kept chugging along and thought I'd probably stop when I returned to work at my new job.
I'm a huge fan of non-human stories, and Kumoko is probably one of my favorites. I nearly didn't write Syl because when I was looking up non-human stories, quite a few people said, "It doesn't do well, people don't like it, rather do a human protagonist," and so forth.
Seeing this coming from other monster/non-human authors was certainly disheartening, and I nearly swapped it for a Human Golemancer story idea I had in the back of my head. I literally opened my document, was about to start, and then said, "No, I don't care. I want to write a slime story, and I'm doing this for fun, so who cares?" So, the Golemancer was relegated to an NPC, and Syl the Slime became the protagonist.
Surprisingly, people seemed to like my word scribbles. Even though I had started at my new job, the work was quiet enough at the time to just keep going, so I kept writing whenever I could and kept on posting.
When Selkie from Mango first contacted me with a publishing offer, I thought it was a joke or a mistake. But it turns out it was entirely real!
Fast-forward to today, and suddenly, I have an entire first book released! Book 2 is currently being edited while I'm in the process of writing Book 3.
Even if you don't want to grab the book, a Review, Rating, or checking the book in KU on Amazon would greatly help me. It tells Amazon, 'Hey, people are interested in this book,' which leads to Amazon pushing the book, leading to more people picking it up, and creating a growing slimeball of goodness for me, letting me write more Syl for all of you.
~Lunadea
Links!
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Syl-Nucleus-Lunadea-ebook/dp/B0DJY8MXZW
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Syl-Nucleus-Audiobook/B0DK9WBXX5
Blurb:
Syl was given a choice by Gramps when they died. Reincarnate as a regular person or embark on a daring experiment. Driven by a desire to honor Gramps and a sense of adventure, Syl chose the latter... only to awaken as a lowly slime.
A farmed slime.
The life of a farmed slime was cruel. Syl was constantly at the mercy of humans, a slime whose only purpose was to eat and recycle garbage. The threat of lethal core-destroying knives wielded by innocent children was a constant shadow. This was not the life Syl had envisioned. So, they made a daring escape to the wilderness!
Along the way, Syl discovered the joy of eating everything they encountered. But the local monsters weren't too thrilled with another creature moving in. Humans, dwarves, and elves see monsters as nothing but experience. Goblins see Syl as an exploitable resource.
With the odds stacked against Syl, the question of their survival loomed large. Could they not just survive but thrive? Could they unlock new magic and integrate new slime cores? The future was a vast, uncharted territory, but Syl was unwavering in their determination to explore it, no matter the challenges that lay ahead.
And the biggest question of all—
Can Syl make any friends?
Also as a sneak peek, here's what book 2's cover is looking like!
Comments
Cpt Tardigrade
Oh that's lame. I was a little disappointed but it's silly to let that affect the rating.
Lunadea
Hey, thanks for the reply! Sorry about the extra chapters at the end, that decision was made by the audiobook company rather than myself. I only found out about it when someone left a rather nasty review on the audiobook.
Cpt Tardigrade
Just finished the audiobook. Nice to go back and see Syls adventure from the top. Wasn't crazy about the narration but it was good enough. Noticed a couple errors and at times it felt like the narrator made Syl's voice too sultry. I saw the bonus chapters at the end and thought you wrote a side story, was disappointed it was a preview for another book, lol. Overall really enjoyed the book. Congrats. I've gotten to recommend the story to a couple people now that it has an official release
Deirdre Mc Grath
Oh no I couldn’t find it at all when I searched! Sorry thats my bad 😥
Lunadea
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Syl-Nucleus-Lunadea-ebook/dp/B0DJY8MXZW
Deirdre Mc Grath
Please do the forget about us Amazon.co.uk folks ❤️ We do the don’t have access to the .com books
Daniel Mountain
I tried, I failed. Your success is something I can celebrate.
Lunadea
Yeah I secretly hope this influences more people to write non-human stories.
Lunadea
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Phrance
The audiobook was great I think the Narrators did a great job except for Simon the lich but his part was very short. The story really starts to shine when Syl joins the adventurer guild, the cast of characters and the dual voice actors really make that section shine!
Lionheart Copperhead
Makes sense to prevent spoilers, but I like your background choice.
Daniel Mountain
I'm glad you get to see this, because you honestly deserve it. And we need more stories with non-human protagonists, particularly of the sort that examine humanity from an outside perspective and find the species wanting.
TwistedToaster
Congrats!
Lunadea
I really wanted Trixie on the cover! But my publisher advised on keeping it to just Syl. I got a similar response when I mentioned adding a spider to book 3's cover....
crazybot
Yay! Also, the second book cover looks gorgeous!
dtape467
no Trixie hint on the cover? looks good otherwise. can't wait to start the audiobook after I finish my current one.
ReadingObsessed
Already bought the audio!! Love it, love it!! Keep up the great work!!
Sheffi Ben-David
Congrats! Personally I think it's not that monster litrpgs are disliked, but that it's hard to write a monster litrpg and keep up the quality past the first few arcs. You need to keep the monster aspect while also having interaction with other characters and actual character development, because the "run away from strong stuff, kill weaker stuff, evolve" cycle can only stay interesting for so long and it's easy when transitioning away from that to just turn it into a run of the mill adventurer's guild litrpg that could have had a human MC.
Roombot
Congrats!!!!
Simon Hoerder
Congratulations!
joshiboi
Congratulations
Hector Gregorio
goooood work i love this
Aclys
Congarats on the book release :D
Wensber
Congrats! I absolutely love monster litrpgs and when I stumbled upon this on RR I thought I struck gold from the description alone. Then your execution was phenomenal. Looking forward to where we go from here!
CataFlan
Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Marquess
Congrats! I hope Vee also gets some cover action too in the future. I'd imagine she looks sorta like a mix between a tarantula and a orb-weaver :)
JAndy
That image at the start, so freaking cute and happy looking 🥰
Jason Hardman
There, it's got its 5 stars now too.
Jason Hardman
I'm glad we got you and your lovely story in our lives, even if it was for a sad reason. Their loss is our gain. ❤️ Already bought my copy!
Abishek Kumar
congrats on the official book launch, and loving the book 2 cover
Dagoon320
Just grabed the audiobook
Chrystal 1776
Whooohoooo!
KhaosEnd
Congrats!
