Marley is a lil’ guy who loves to learn things. She’s a fantasy author with a love of art and animation, so she covers all her manuscripts in fun doodles. That kinda grew up into what you’re reading now!
Marley cannot be contained, and so she horks out all her thoughts into fantasy fiction, comics, videos, animation, and whatever else she can get her grubby little hands onto. She coded this website (with lots of help!), rigged her avatar (also with the help of generous friends), drew all the pictures, and wrote all the words you see before you. And yeah, she’s probably a lil’ bit crazy.
The Munikiniverse is currently Marley’s obsessive brain child. It’s a fictional world where she escaped for a long time. When she was seeking traditional publishing, Marley expanded the world, probably to her detriment, and now she doesn’t know what else to do with it but inflict it upon the world.
The Munikiniverse is an alternate history fantasy world that imagines what life could have been like for a group of non-human people who hid themselves from humanity throughout history.
However, secrets can’t stay secret in a modern world full of surveillance and AI, so the Munikiniverse also explores an alternate present AND future in addition to an alternate past.
It’s like Harry Potter, but what if the wizards and the muggles had to learn to cooperate and coexist, instead of fear and hate one another?
Wanna learn more about the munikin? Check out the fictional world guide!
Marley wanted to be an animator when she was a wee lass. But animation has changed a lot since then. Nobody knows what the future will look like for them! It’s very unstable and uncertain, especially in the shadow of corporations whose moral goals are “profit” over “purpose.”
But Marley still loves animation, so she wanted to include it in the Munikiverse.
Marley’s hope is to animate trailers and short stories set in the Munikiniverse, and while doing so, get to work with other artists and creative people to help make the stories come to life. From musicians to character designers to concept artists—Marley wants to have fun with all of them!
Right now, all of Marley’s animation adventures occur either on YouTube of through animated gifs that she posts to Cara.app and BlueSky.
Wanna try before you buy? Marley shares some of her stuff for free online, so you can get a taste of what she can do before you commit to paying for something you maybe don’t vibe with.
We understand that there’s a lot of distrust when it comes to indie published stories right now. How can you tell they are created by a human? Or that the stories are actually good?
Marley works through Studio Moonyn Press—her own DBA name—to polish her manuscripts following a process that mirrors what she knows of big-time publishers. She outlines all of her manuscripts to check for structural errors, and works with writing groups, beta readers, copyeditors, and developmental editors and make sure the stories are not just a product of her ego, but something better.
Wholesome, meaningful, and strong—this is Marley’s goal when she writes something.
She wants to make sure the stories she writes are good, and created in a spirit of cooperation. She writes for her readers, as well as for herself.
So hopefully you like what’s she’s got! If you don’t, that’s fine too. To each their own!
Marley’s a freak for animation, so she likes to make trailers for all of her books and stories. She tries to employ the help of other artists when she makes them, so that the trailers are as cool as she can make them. Feel like watching a few?
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Marley blogs in the form of a 2D nerdy anime girl on YouTube. She talks about all sorts of things—the Munikiniverse, art, gardening, and whatever else she has in mind. She shares her creative process as well—so people will understand how much work the creative stuff really is!
She also likes to share stuff she’s learned with others, because she thinks lots of things in the world are cool.
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Wanna follow Marley’s nerdy anime girl adventures, and catch the latest trailers when they are uploaded?
Wanna know about stuff BEFORE things get released? Or see some of Marley’s slower progress on things? That’s the kind of stuff she writes about in her newsletters. Check them out if you want ALL the behind-the-scenes!
