Works outside of Tapas?

[DWaM22]

I'm wondering how many people here have (or had) other creative works going on besides their Tapas novels/comics, or if they've done other stuff not necessarily related to serialized fiction. To be clear, I'm not talking about just using another platform similar to Tapas like Webtoon or Wattpad, but rather a whole different medium/type of story.

For example, I've written several mystery novellas and some interactive fiction. (They're free, but I don't know if putting links to any of them would count against the rules.) I think working on those over the years helped me understand things about story structure, pacing and overall shaped the way I write dialogue, so the transition into my current novel felt pretty smooth.

Do you think those other experiences (if any) have improved or influenced your works here?

[WillowTree]

I self-published a short story on Amazon. My friend really pushed me into and helped me find things like ARC reviews and a person to make my cover. I sold a couple copies, but nothing crazy.

It helped me a lot! I got a couple good reviews and if I hadn't published it first, I probably never would have come here to post my works. It was a good stepping stone into having more people read my work.

[DWaM22]

That's interesting. I do think that a lot of people need some kind of stepping stone and some kind of good feedback to really push themselves into pumping out works. Yours was a bit more risky than most people would take, but it's good to see it paid off.

I considered publishing my stuff on Amazon, but after seeing that I couldn't make everything free without some annoying workaround like price-matching, I gave up. (...So I instead published it all on itch.io, a site dedicated for games. Because, y'know. The next logical choice.)

[WillowTree]

Haha well I also post on AO3, but I don't really count that... since I'm just playing with characters and environments other people created, it never felt as scary/intimidating to post on there as it was to share characters of my own creation

[jcmraz]

I mean, I post my tapas work everywhere pretty much

[myumyudapao]

I sold a copies of my comic at convention once this year and it gained me confidence to publish my comic online
I sold around 5 copies it was amazing I feel so famous, laughs but really, because of that I decided to upload my comic here and WT

[scribesunlimited]

We do have another webcomic away from Tapas because it's of an adult nature (not "mature" adult, but "so adult you'll melt" sort of adult) It's something we wanted to do for kicks, and it gained a heavy following, so now we're stuck with it. Our plan is to create and sell graphic novels with them eventually.

[GesuGesu]

Made a few visual novel games, do cover videos on youtube... that's about it.

[Kelheor]

We only ever make comics, so it's all about them
Last year participated in the Over a Coffee anthology that was put together by awesome @faeriesandents! This short story really put me on improving the lineart route, haha ^^

This year we participated in Webtoons short story contest, and it was our first comic made right in the scroll format, which we haven't done before This was a hard one, but it was a great experience

[Shanny8]

I work on a "print only" comic besides my Tapas webcomic that I sell at conventions...once I put my site together I'll be selling copies of it and print editions of my webcomic; also planning to make a comic story for my patrons on my Patreon.

[ninjashira]

Oh yeah, I have lots of stuff going on outside of Tapas. I do a lot of work-for-hire comics that have been in newspapers and anthologies, I've done a few zines this summer, and I just got hired to do a short comic with Comics Experience. I've done book covers, trading cards, colorist work, a coloring/activity book, a children's alphabet book, and tons of handmade mini comics because mini comics are wonderful and fun and you can do so many things with tiny experimental comics.

[joannekwan]

I been trying to run a store with designs for small things like pins and stickers (and I sell prints and original art too on my gumroad). Normally I'd try and do a couple new designs each year but this year's been crazy with da covid.

Gumroad
Storenvy

[WillowTree]

I LOVE that 'monster lover' pin!

[MidoriCrush]

aside from the comic, a facebook page and recent youtube channel where I make some art tutorials. Some commissions. Fanarts. With all that I learn more and more and I think I've improve way a lot if I compare to a year ago.

[KRWright]

I've produced a 6-episode documentary podcast. It releases in mid-October and I'm really excited about it. It's been a labour of love over the last six months but it's finally coming together and I honestly can't wait to see what the response will be.

[scribesunlimited]

That's our plan, to start a podcast in the fall months. We just need to figure out what we're going to discuss. Maybe talk to comic creators.

Good luck with yours though!

[KRWright]

Good luck! The podcast has been such a great project, but I will say however long you think something will take with it, double or triple the expected time! Don't give yourself too much work to do upfront because even the smallest things can set back a podcast by weeks!

[scribesunlimited]

Good luck! The podcast has been such a great project, but I will say however long you think something will take with it, double or triple the expected time! Don't give yourself too much work to do upfront because even the smallest things can set back a podcast by weeks!

Well, this is all very new to us. Our idea was to just use Zoom Video probably, record the "show" and then YouTube it and see if it turns heads.

[KRWright]

Zoom works to start! Once you've settled into a routine with it, I really recommend Squadcast though just to up your audio quality!

[irene_addler]

Oh oh oh! I've had poetry published!!

And I do embroidery when I can!! I've even had some embroidery exhibited before! :DDD