You know, in the years that I've been a member of this wonderful site, I've never really had a negative experience here. That just changed. Here's the deal, I'm currently trying to find an artist who might be interested in working on converting my novel into a graphic novel. I visited the artists group here and found someone whose work I legitimately like. So I messaged them asking about their work. Eventually they asked for a short synopsis to give them an idea about my story. I told them it was about a guy who dies and wasn't good enough to earn heaven or bad enough to deserve hell, so he goes to hell by default. He then meets a surprisingly ordinary looking demon named Bob who is going to take him to hell. They are later joined by a demon who was cursed into the form of a cat. This demon can occasionally return to his natural form. The story follows their journey through hell, which leads them to meet a variety of different brings from various cultures. That was all there was to the description. The response? I was accused of either having a gay agenda, or being a misogynist. They demanded to know why the were no strong female characters and basically attacked both me and my work. Now, there are women in the story, including a powerful demon of importance to the story. But I didn't bring them up because the story really focuses on the dead guy being taken into hell. It just pisses me off that it got such a strong, undeserved reaction that included some strong accusations about the min kind of person I am. I managed to keep my response civil and ended that conversation. I don't know where they got misogyny from that synopsis. But it really aggravated me.
Anyway, other than that bullshit, I'm trying to stay productive. I submitted two stories in a continued attempt to get something published. I'm not going to let all of the rejection stop me from trying. Even though getting those rejection letters is rough. I still need an artist of anyone knows any. Just hopefully not one like that.