Cy Pruitt

Welcome to my site, where I’m organizing news and information on my novels and my writing in one place. Why now?

Well, because “Fuck-Up’s Guide to Falling in Love” is being published! Self-published, but it’s still something that I’ve been building up to since I first began writing Wei Qing and Yue Fei’s story back in 2020.

The publishing process is intimidating. What if I put in all this work to edit and format and sell, only for no one to buy it at all? As someone that still hasn’t held a housewarming party due to the fear that no one would show up, publishing takes that particular anxiety up to 11. But I still want to try. And to try means to do it correctly, which involves some adjustments:

• Pen Name:
  • A Nate by any other name- I hope I am still as sweet as I switch from Nate Nox to Cy Pruitt for writing. Why? Well, there’s already a Nathan Nox on Amazon, and Twitter, and so forth. I don’t want to fight him to the death, or have our identities merged.
    
    Instead of risking confusion, I decided to utilize a pen name in honor of my dad. It might sound strange, given my genres, but my dad is the reason I have stories to share at all. For years and years, I would start a story, get stuck, and then delete the whole manuscript in a fit of pique. I felt like nothing I wrote was original or worthy, so I just chucked it. It was his memory and his words that made me stick with Guide to Falling, my first work, and risk posting it despite all my fear.
    
    Why not do a play on his name now that I’m actually printing copies? Love you Dad.
    
• Online Presence:
  • While I might sink like a stone, I hope that people will find my work and want to find me. (In a non-doxxing way). If you’re reading this, I must have succeeded! I’ll succeed even more if you’re willing to comment, join the mailing list, or even purchase a book.
    
• Extras:
  • Webnovels, webnovels, oh how long we write you. Now that I’m up against the realities of binding limitations, I’m tightening up the story and completing additional proofreading. In doing so, I want to make sure that for any little fluff that gets removed, there’s an entire pile of it here for readers to enjoy. Early purchasers and early members may even have the chance to request some unique extras for everyone!
    
• Marketing
  • I don’t know how to market, at all. And I don’t have a Yue Fei to solve everything for me. So that’s lovely. I’ll be doing my best to learn as I go, and would love help from all you on what kind of outreach and extras you respond to when looking for new works.