I Write Books.

[McConnaughay]

Hi, I run a small independent company called Mishmashers Publishing, and I write books.

In this thread, I would like to spotlight some of the stories I have written over the years.

 

[McConnaughay]

The first novel I wrote was called Black & Yellow, originally released in 2016. The novel was envisioned as a superhero novel, blending black-comedy, action, and horror to create something unique. I have touched it up a couple times since I first wrote it (I originally wrote it back in 2012 when I was sixteen) and I have learned to love it despite it being one of my weaker books. (It's on Amazon for Kindle and Paperback.)

"Orion has spent his entire life in search of
something. The story of Black & Yellow is
what happens when he finds it.

A murderer to some and a superhero to
others. Orion dons a hood and ventures
into the night, targeting murderers and
whoever else he believes deserves
his unique form of justice.

Reader beware, however, as he soon finds
he is not alone. Whether they're his new
nemesis or his new best friends, join Orion
as he encounters the most violent fiends
his city has to offer."​

 

[Jordan]

A lot of your cover arts look really good. Are these AI, or you got a good designer?

 

[McConnaughay]

A lot of your cover arts look really good. Are these AI, or you got a good designer?

It varies. We'd prefer to have all our books made by original and authentic book designers, but, in the last few months, that has become difficult.

A.I. detection isn't perfect (I have tested, and had it come back with about fifty-fifty accuracy) and we have been screwed a few too many times (just recently I splurged $200 on book covers that I learned used blatant A.I. after the fact). Soon, A.I. will become so advanced it will be undetectable altogether, when that happens, all bets are off.

We do hope to remedy that though, but it will take some time (to build the funding for it). My idea is to have series' finished, and then, release a sort-of Omnibus-like package deal for them on Hardback (i.e. my novels The Red Flux & the Wunderkind Thief and The King's Crown being released both as one hardback The Red Flux Chronicles collection), where we commission a more high-quality, personalized cover artist (but this usually runs somewhere in the neighborhood of $500-1000).

Some, we were a little more particular about, like The Canes series. Every cover was commissioned by a specific artist, and we have the source files / sketch art to confirm it.

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Some of them, I made myself through Affinity, like The One-Two Punchline and Readers Digested, Vol. 2.