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Monsterotica: Now Recruiting Author Applicants!

Exciting news, everyone! Duck Prints Press is now accepting applications from authors interested in contributing to our next erotica anthology. Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling will feature 15 stories, each up to 7,500 words, focused on how monsters court and bed their bedmates! We want your beasts, your creatures, your cryptids, your part-humans; we want them to have genitalia unusual and exotic; and we want to see how they pursue a liaison, in the streets and in the sheets.

Who are we? We’re Duck Prints Press, the indie micro press founded by fancreators for fancreators! We focus on working with fanauthors and fanartists to publish their original work – the more LGBTQIA+ the better! To join one of our projects as an author, you must be 18 or over and have posted at least 3 separate works (minimum 10,000 words) of fanfiction on a publicly accessible site such as Archive of Our Own. If that describes you, and you saw “monsterf*cker” and your eyes lit up, you should consider applying! Learn more!

Rules and Guidelines

FAQ

Schedule

…and more!

Applications close January 20th, 2025.

This may be the only time we open author applications in 2025, so if you’re interested, seize this moment. Our schedule for the second half of the year isn’t finalized yet, so we may open them again in the fall or early winter, but no promises. We expect to recruit artists next sometime in the spring.

Authors new to Duck Prints Press can apply using this form!

Written with us before and want to do so again? Use this form instead!

Questions? Drop us an ask on Tumblr or e-mail us at info@duckprintspress.com.

Not interested in applying but love what we do? Support us on Patreon! Our backers chose this anthology theme.

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Recruitment for Our Second Erotica Anthology Opens on January 5th!

Duck Prints Press is thrilled to share that recruitment for our next anthology will be opening this Sunday, January 5th! Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling will feature 15 stories, each up to 7,500 words long, about monsters and their lovers – and what wooing behaviors get them from the streets to the sheets!

Who is writing for this anthology? Well, maybe you! We’ll be recruiting from among authors who have previously worked with Duck Prints Press and looking for new people interested in working with us. So check out the rules and schedule, send us any questions you may have, poke at your potential writing samples, craft the perfect pitch, and submit to us when we formally open!

Learn all the details on our webpage!

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My Favorite Books of 2024

Another year has come and gone! I need a few days to do my writing wrap up, but in the mean time, I have some recommendations from the books I read in 2024.

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BEST NEW RELEASE (2024)

"The New Couple in 5B" by Lisa Unger

This is about Rosie, an author who moves into the very apartment building she's researching for her next book, only to have the building's dark history rear its ugly head.

If you like Rosemary's Baby, you'll like this too. It's got a very eerie atmosphere from the start, with tight twists around every page turn. Highly entertaining and perfect for horror readers.

BEST "NEW TO ME" READS

"Falling" & "Drowning" by T.J. Newman

Both of these novels tell the stories of airplane-related disasters. In "Falling", a pilot's family is kidnapped, and the only way to save them is to crash the plane and kill everyone on board. In "Drowning", a plane crashes and sinks to the bottom of the ocean while several people remain alive on board.

Both of these books are truly cinematic in their storytelling, which is why it should be no surprise that film adaptations for both are on their way. They're relentless and heart-pounding, refusing to let readers take a breath until the final few pages. You may never want to board a plane ever again, but it'll be worth it.

BEST NONFICTION

"I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy

This is the memoir of Jennette McCurdy, detailing her life as a child star at the behest of her abusive mother and the journey she undertook to heal and reclaim her life after her mother's death.

As you can imagine, this is a *hard* read. McCurdy is a talented writer, and the way she depicts events throughout her life is as heartbreaking as it is well-written. It also underlines something that a lot of media misses with mental health and recovery - that healing is messy and filled with setbacks, not perfectly neat and linear. Well worth your time.

BEST CHILDREN'S FICTION

"No Place for Monsters" & "No Place for Monsters: School of Phantoms" by Kory Merritt

In "No Place for Monsters", children are going missing, but no one realizes it, because no one can remember the missing children...except for two children named Levi and Kat.

In "School of Phantoms", Levi, Kat, and several of their friends become trapped in their school during a blizzard as legions of evil creatures descend upon them.

Were you a child who grew up reading Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Then you'll love these books.

Both of them masterfully weave together incredibly creepy stories that will appeal to children and adult readers alike. The art is just as lovely as the text, reminding me a lot of Junji Ito's style (just dialed back for younger readers). And, no joke, School of Phantoms is the first book in about two decades to give me an actual jumpscare. Talk about remarkable!

HONORABLE MENTIONS

"Miracle in the Andes" by Nando Parrado - A memoir from a suvivor of the Uruguyan Flight 571 crash in the Andes mountains.

"Convenience Store Woman" by Sayaka Murata - A neurodivergent Japanese woman enjoys working at a convenience store despite the judgment from friends and family.

"First Lie Wins" by Ashley Elston - It's better if you go into this one blind. You'll just have to trust me on this.

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All right, y'all, your turn! What were your favorite reads in 2024?

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hi !!! i love your dividers and I use them all the time for roleplay sheets, would you be able to recolour this set in these colours?

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thank you if you do, and if you don't i hope you have a wonderful day regardless!!!! /g

hi! 💖 that is so cool (and thank you so much!), I can absolutely recolor this set for you! here you go, and I hope you have a great day as well!

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Me: I'm gonna take a few days off from writing to let my brain recharge.

My brain: *throws a toddler-level tantrum*

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approaching the wip carefully from the side like a skittish animal. speaking in a low, gentle voice so it doesn’t run away

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Do you ever write a sentence and then realize “Nah, that’s too self aware for you” and backspace a bunch of times.

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My favorite part of every morning is writing in bed on my laptop while my cat sleeps on my foot.

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I'm so fucking productive. I got so much shit done today.

ⓘ Fact check: This user did the bare minimum for the first time in 3 months.

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Soft OC Asks

🌹 Where in the world does your OC feel most at home? Is there any reason why? If it’s not the place they were born, where were they born? Is there a certain somebody that makes them feel at home where ever they may be? What does home mean to them?

🍄 What are your OCs favourite snacks? Their favourite comfort food which always cheers them up when they’re down? Favourite meal to make? Do they enjoy baking and cooking and are they any good in the kitchen?

🍁 Where does your OC go when they need to have some time to themself? Would they ever have their own “comfort corner” filled with all the things they like? Do they have a favourite spot outside that feels like its theirs and theirs alone?

🍂 Does your OC enjoy hugs? What do they do as a show of affection for: their friends, their family, their significant other(s) or for strangers? Over all what are they like with recieving affection from others?

🌻 What little things do they notice about people or the world around them that make them happy? What tiny little treasures do they find in the normal every day that makes the world seem a little brighter for them?

🌾 Describe your OC through the eyes of someone absolutely head-over-heels in love with them

💐 How does your OC handle being unwell or forced to rest in bed? Who cares for them and in what ways? Does your OC enjoy being doted on or are they a terrible patient? Reversed: is your OC good at taking care of others who are ill or in need?

🌿 What way does your OC show that they care without using words? What way do others show your OC that they’re cared about without using speech?

🌳 What is your OC’s favourite way to relax after a stressful day? Do they have a favourite book to curl up with? A hobby? Or do they have a nice bubble bath and have an early night to bed?

🌲 How deeply does your OC feel? Are they typically empathetic or do they have a hard time connecting with others in this way? What are they like when offering support and comfort to someone they care for?

🌺 What does your OC do to calm down when they’re scared or after a nightmare? Do they have any special comfort items or need to be reassured by a specific person? How do they handle this if they’re alone?

🌸 What are some of their favourite things and why? List as many as you can think of!

🥀 How would your OC decorate a notebook or journal? What kind of things are written in there? Could you give an example of a nice entry?

🌼 Who are this characters friends and found family? How did they meet, how long have they been friends for, could they ever be something more than just friends? What do they look for in a friend or a romantic partner?

Questions for You!

💫What is your favourite fact about this character and why?

☄️ Does this OC deserve better treatment from you? Do you make them suffer just a little bit too much? Be nice to them!

🌠 On a scale of 1 - 10 how Baby is your OC? BONUS when asking this question rate the OC yourself as see if the reply matches up!!

💦 If you as the writer could erase one traumatic event from this OC’s life what would it be and why?

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Microsoft Office, like many companies in recent months, has slyly turned on an “opt-out” feature that scrapes your Word and Excel documents to train its internal AI systems. This setting is turned on by default, and you have to manually uncheck a box in order to opt out.

If you are a writer who uses MS Word to write any proprietary content (blog posts, novels, or any work you intend to protect with copyright and/or sell), you’re going to want to turn this feature off immediately.How to Turn off Word’s AI Access To Your Content

I won’t beat around the bush. Microsoft Office doesn’t make it easy to opt out of this new AI privacy agreement, as the feature is hidden through a series of popup menus in your settings:On a Windows computer, follow these steps to turn off “Connected Experiences”:

File > Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings > Privacy Options > Privacy Settings > Optional Connected Experiences > Uncheck box: “Turn on optional connected experiences”

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I'm so sad.

I had a great idea for my Valentine's Day short story...only to look at last year's submissions and see someone do the exact same thing.

Back to the drawing board!

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Pros to writing a story out of order: It's much easier to keep writing. If I get stuck on one section, I can just switch to another.

Cons to writing a story out of order: It's very difficult to keep track of how much I've actually written and where each piece will fit into the story.

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fuck an "intended audience" how about we normalize engaging with new and unfamiliar art pieces on their own terms

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Normally, Adrianna washes her hair every day. At the beginning of Submerged though, she's going through a rough time and hasn't bathed in about four days.

how often does your oc wash their hair?