Cindy Cinders is an aspiring Ewetuber seeking to get big online. While her channel isn't exactly doing well, she has a master plan to get big. For years, she's been growing out her hair and it now reaches the floor, and as luck would have it, female streamers shaving all their hair off has become a popular trend. However, upon getting in on the trend and uploading the vod, a creepy man from another world suddenly appears before her. No, this is NOT clickbait! She really shaves her head and a creepy guy from another world appears before her. Seriously, #Notclickbait.
This started out as a low effort entry to the challenge, but as time went on, this novel quickly grew into something more. I think it's due to all the references to some of my other series in both the story, and on the cover.
I'm actually really proud of the cover and consider it some of my best art to date. See if you can spot all the references to my other series. I had a lot of fun making it.
As for the story itself, I feel it will serve as a prologue for a big cross-over novel I have planned. As for what I mean by that, I won't spoil anything, so if you want to get an idea on what I mean, reading this novel is the only way. Is it clickbait, or is it not? Only one way to find out.
This started out as a low effort entry to the challenge, but as time went on, this novel quickly grew into something more. I think it's due to all the references to some of my other series in both the story, and on the cover.
I'm actually really proud of the cover...
I saw this months writing prompt and was like "Mario is definitely going to like this one." 😆
There was one point in the chapter that sent my sleep deprived mind into a deep thought. If she'd been growing that hair since she was 5, which puts her at 19, the very tips of her hair have been with her for an extremely long time, even before she became a teen. I don't really know where my point is going lol, but hair is like one of the few parts of our body that sticks around for a while.
Also I would have been disappointed if there wasnt an Astrid and Leona reference.
I feel the shorter works tend to be weirder. I usually tend not to try too much for the monthly writing challenges, but ironically, this work ended up linking all three works I wrote for monthly writing challenges together.
As such, this could be considered more of a crossover work, as I actually intend for this novel to play a part in my literary universe, which I dub, the Jouzu-verse. Though the two works that were heavily referenced, Boone's bizarre banana bazaar and Iron Wiedergänger are more on the bizarre side, especially Bbbb since that was more of a shitpost. Ironic that it ended up actually being the catalysis for a major event in the Jouzu-verse.
Some of my other stuff is third-person though. I do think the 1st-person works tend to be more unique, but I often find myself preferring to write in third-person, especially for some of the longer works. In terms of style, those do tend to have a similar vein of witty humor found in this novel, though it tends to be more prevalent in my more comedic novels.
Anyway, thanks for reading this novel all the way to the end. I hope you enjoyed it. 😁
Okay, yeah, I did not expect any of that.
Except the dude spoilered by the synopsis.
Truely bizarre.
Is your other stuff in the same vein?
Thanks for checking this out. To be honest, sometimes I don't know how I can create so much. I guess it all comes down to when the creative juices are flowing and I'm in the mood to write. Though for some series, I create a backlog so I don't need to worry about much besides minor edits and simply uploading the chapter.
Since this series was short, it ended up getting done quickly. I think I actually spent more time on the cover art than writing this story, though funnily enough, the cover was actually what helped keep me motivated to write this, and even gave me an idea for future works.
Speaking of my works, a majority of them take place in the same universe. The crazy thing about this novel is that it started out as just a joke, but quickly evolved into an integral novel in my literary universe, which I dub, the Jouzu-verse. I won't spoil how it does, but I will say that the cover art is full of references to some of my other novels. I honestly think that's the reason I enjoyed making it so much.
Wow, I didn't realize how much novels you created. How do you manage to pump out these much chapters? That's really cool
I tend to write a lot of detail in my works. Not sure if it's a flaw for strength, probably a mix of both. As for the first person view point, I tend to like doing stories like that as I feel it really adds personality to the characters.
Here, it's obvious that Cindy is seeking to gain fame and fortune and has decided that sacrificing her hair is the way to go. She didn't half-ass things though and meticulously researched how to garner the most views and put her findings to the test. Whether that all pays off though remains to be seen.
Man this is so weird. Reads like some first person meta critique of the modern online attention economy. But man, the details. Those details.
I'll give it a read as long as it stays somewhat within the monthly challenge parameters. I know you have quite the output with your other stories, but I currently mainly read through some shorter stuff and prepare for JNC.
Thanks for checking this out. This originally started off as more of a low effort shitpost, but quickly evolved into something bigger. This series will be a bit longer than some of my other short stories, but I think the twist I have planned for this story will be quite shocking.
Your character definitely has a unique voice, same for the story.
Curious where this is going... I mean the title hints, but given your writing style I don't exactly know what to expect. Anyway, keep up the good work.
Thanks for checking this out. When I first thought of the idea for the story, I was initially set on just making it a shitpost, but as I thought about it more, I decided to turn it into something bigger. As such, there's references to my other series, both on the cover and within the story. The Life stream reference on the cover is naturally referencing the epic gaming gauntlet between Leona and Astrid which resulted in Astrid going bald after she lost. I think I honestly had more fun creating the cover than the actual story, now that I think about it. 😆