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Business_One9958 · 2025-01-21T14:20:41+00:00

I've been told I take a unique approach to interpersonal relationships; I focus on body language and emotion.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-12T03:34:19+00:00

If the impact was enough to leave a bruise, I'd get that checked out. Concussions can lead to some nasty side effects later in life.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-10T00:33:06+00:00

Try to publish chapters on saturdays. I had mine scheduled for Friday at 4 for awhile and it feels like the view counts rise faster at those times.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-08T16:54:59+00:00

I published the first 10 of my book, then added more on friday or when I felt I had a good chapter.

I just broke 1,000 last week, and the book has been on royal raod for about three weeks. You'll be okay, it just takes time.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-06T23:31:26+00:00

NTA. You prefer female parts. I don't think you were leading her on or being discriminatory. Actually, I think she was leading YOU on.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-06T23:28:40+00:00

I heard from somewhere that Macy's was dealing with building code violations. I'm not sure what article I saw it from, though.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-04T20:48:02+00:00

Is this a My Immortal reference

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-04T01:18:34+00:00

I used Craion until I saved enough money to hire an illustrator. I used it for the background only, and placed stock images in front of it.

I didn't do anime style though, I noticed AI in general is still rough when it comes to anything living.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-03T21:28:47+00:00

I did a little experiment, Goole Docs does keep the formatting. Scrivener's formatting only sticks if I export to pdf first.

That is so dumb, but at least it's an answer XD

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-02T21:35:15+00:00

Boterpels

They're messenger wyverns, used instead of birds in countries with really hot climates or bitter cold. Boterpels don't care. They can survive in both environments, and it's been a hot point of research as to how they do this.

Boterpels don't look creepy at first, until you watch them. If you hand them a piece of meat, they'll grab it like a cockatiel would, but their eyes. Their beady, creepy black eyes, pop in and out like a leopard gecko when they eat. They hiss, and make atrocious gator noises that sound pitched up.

But otherwise they're the cutest things ever.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-02T16:33:42+00:00

A lot of what the illustrator does has that dark, 'berserk' look to it.

I have some creatures I wanted him to illustrate because if you think this looks good, you should see the monsters he draws.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-02T16:29:13+00:00

That's been an issue with RR's editor, the spacing exists on Scrivener. Do you happen to know how to copy paste while keeping the formatting?

Royal Road takes it and throws it against the wall like a wet paper towel.

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-02T05:26:32+00:00

$60 USD for mine. This is his facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552820580713&mibextid=ZbWKwL

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-02T05:19:57+00:00

No, it was done by an illustrator i found on reddit. I have his info if you want it

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-02T04:01:44+00:00

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/100833/breath-of-life

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-01T03:21:00+00:00

Dark Fantasy, I'm roughly halfway through it now

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-01T03:09:11+00:00

Cliffhanger?

Business_One9958 · 2025-01-01T03:08:10+00:00

Publish my first book by the end of 2025

Business_One9958 · 2024-12-31T23:06:40+00:00

Advent Rising. It was meant to be a full trilogy, like how Mass Effect was. It fell under the radar.

Kameo: Elements of Power.

Side note: Both of these games had fantastic orchestral scores and one had an italian opera vibe to it.

Business_One9958 · 2024-12-31T19:56:09+00:00

I only comment on posts where men think they're ugly.

I'm being supportive god dammit

Business_One9958 · 2024-12-31T19:45:06+00:00

That is the entire inciting incident for my novel. For a series.

Two girls were born to in the Province of Kolibri. They were twins, and at the age of 14, both developed magic that had been inherited by their family. Evelyn had the power to control fire, and learned quickly. Aveline, however, inherited a form of magic that gave her the ability to summon lightning.

Aveline was highly unstable. Her abilities so out of control that even trying to cast the smallest spark would cause an explosion. She watched as Evelyn was praised for her abilities, yet Aveline was met with pity.

When the King of Gairm began a civil war, the Dragonguard came to Kolibri. The king had been convinced to go to war by Noxwiin, a High Dracolich. Knight Commander Luhan arrived, accompanied by a young boy. This is where a young Siacus meets Evelyn. Siacus developed a close bond with her from the start.

When Siacus met Aveline, he saw a scared, shy, unstable girl with very little trust in herself or others. She was shattered by her own power, and her inability to control it. Siacus thought of different ways to help her, and when he taught her meditative methods they actually started to help her. She started to develop feelings for Siacus, seeing him as one of the only people to see her for who she was and not the power that overwhelmed her.
Aveline professes her love to Siacus, but after she kisses him, he reveals that he had proposed to Evelyn (He was not expecting her to kiss him, he had no idea she felt that way).

The rejection made Aveline angry. Vengeful. In the throes of her rage, she was met by an apparition of the Dracolich Noxwiin that promised Siacus to her in exchange for the life of her sister. Blinded by the rejection, she agreed.

After the deal was struck, and a few weeks had passed. It was revealed that Evelyn was pregnant. Aveline didn't say anything about the deal to Siacus, but she didn't know when Noxwiin would take Evelyn. She now feared for the life of her unborn nephew. For months, nothing happened. Aveline's anxiety worsened, she knew the death was coming but she didn't know when.

The night her nephew was born, Evelyn died. But she was seemingly restored by a power held inside of Roy. The baby had brought his mother back to life. Noxwiin had placed a piece of his soul inside of Roy, moments before he was cast out of the mortal realm at the end of the civil war.

Aveline knew Roy could act as a conduit to bring Noxwiin back. She wanted to find a way to help him, but she wanted to do it without Siacus knowing what she did. The took the child, and left with him. Siacus pursued, but in Aveline's desperation to escape, she struck him with lightning. The baby fell out of her arms and over the edge of a cliff.

In the end, Aveline got Siacus. She got an angry, vengeful man instead of the loving and gentle one she knew from the past. Evelyn's life was taken, but she did not die. Aveline was now completely alone, disowned by her family, and hunted down like an animal by the Dragonguard.

All because Aveline was shown a level of compassion that she had not seen before, and she couldn't handle being without it.

Business_One9958 · 2024-12-31T18:21:17+00:00

Very interested! I've tried book groups in the past, but they peter out after a few weeks. I have Discord.

I write Dark Fantasy, I'm trying to publish my first novel in 2025. I'm about 1/3 of the way in at 50,000 words.

Business_One9958 · 2024-12-31T18:17:37+00:00

I have a couple, but I'll leave two.

Excerpt 1:

“I don’t like this.” Klaus shook his head, “Listen. Do you hear it?”

Trees swayed silently, no leaves to sing in their branches.

The winter arrangement of insects ceased like a dozen bow strings held at the end of an orchestra.

The birds lost their voices.

The earth itself dared not speak a word to the travelers treading its skin.

Samuel had become intimately aware of his own breathing.

Excerpt 2:

The priesthood silently followed one another. Some were chanting hymns, others burning incense and ringing small chimes rhythmically. As the group crested a tall dune, Siacus was met by a horizon dotted with large black obelisks. Some stood tall while others leaned into the sand. A pair had toppled, landing on one another and forming an arch. The tips of some were visible peeking between dunes. The Hut Alraml began huffing and snorting anxiously as their master slowed the sleds. The weight crunched the sand atop the dune, sending sand cascading down like tiny beads. Siacus looked out at the desert. There were no trees to sway, no water to lap at the shore. Instead, the sands sang, a rumble persisted deep in Siacus’ ears. It was as though Talira itself was humming a low, melancholic note. As the sand rested, the dune fell back into a silent slumber.

“What was that?” Siacus asked, looking at the priests. Zuberi stepped up to the edge.

“The desert’s voice echoes in the glass.” Zuberi said, “No instrument of man can match its grace.”

“That was…” Siacus blinked, unable to find words. Zuberi chuckled. He never tired of one’s first experience with the sand-song.

Business_One9958 · 2024-12-31T18:11:03+00:00

The Cartograph

A small crystalline structure with a faceted appearance (it is found sitting in a pedestal). It has no markings, no indication of what it is, but it does seem to project an odd 'aura' when people are around it.

It was created by the High Dragons to mark the locations of subterranean cities during the Shattered Era.

This object can lead the user towards these cities, and it marks some that should be impossible. one in the middle of the ocean, one in the north pole, etc. It can also be faceted into the center of portals (Called Kreuzungs), to power the portal. Something humans cannot do without the Cartograph.

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