Syl Book 1 Launch!

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!