Discord
Publishing Heretics Server
The Publishing Heretics server is for both fans of my books and for self-publishing authors who fall in the following categories:
- You are some flavour of queer (LGBTQIA+), BIPOC, Trans/Non-binary, or some other minority and don't trust trad publishing with your work,
- You are neurodivergent and feel that the traditional way books are published is toxic to your mental health, or have a mental health diagnosis that makes trad publishing feel insurmountable.
- You think that traditional publishing has to many gatekeepers that keep good writers from actually writing.
- You think that the stigma of self-publishing is utter crap and want to change how people view self-published work.
and so on. This is not a complete list, but I think you get the idea.
I merged this server with my old fan server for practical, ease of use reasons. You can opt in to my book stuff through the roles channel.
Server Rules
While we don't take ourselves too seriously on this server, we do have rules:
1) The following will get you banned forever: transphobia, homophobia, acephobia, racism, proselytising (from any religion), religious discrimination, or overall being an asshole.
2) This server is 18+. We swear and are sarcastic. HOWEVER: harassment of any stripe is forbidden, and will also get you banned and reported to the authorities in your country. If someone from this server is harassing you, ping one of the mods.
3) Do not trash another person's writing! This includes writing posted in this server or when talking about writers of any media: books, TV, theater, film. This includes well-known writers as well. You don't have to like everything because not everything is everyone's cup of tea, but punching down other writers is Not OK.
4) FanFic is legit writing and is welcome here, full stop. If you publish on AO3, then you're published. (Although, please do label well. Not everyone wants to read sexy-times or kinks/sexytimes that don't appeal to them.)
You are welcome to write fanfic for my Survey series, unfortunately, like other authors out there, and for legal reasons, I have to ask you to NOT to post Survey fanfic here, nor post it anywhere I'd be able to see it immediately. (If you post it on AO3, I won't look it up.) You are welcome to post fanfic from other fandoms in the fanfic-links channel, though!
5) We won't knock you for deciding to trad publish if that's what you decide to do, but please don't talk about your trad publishing process here. This is not the server for it. We all know how it works and there's TONS of other places to talk about it. For some of us, it can also be triggering in the anxiety inducing way, so, best to talk about it elsewhere. Also, see the "no proselytising" rule.
6) Really, if you follow Wheaton's Law (Don't be a dick), you'll be fine. If there's problems, poke the mods.