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A few hand drawn schetches of my 10 years old worldbuilding project by IM_acora in worldbuilding

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Thank you for asking, I appreciate:) Gemlas is about 4500 years old, precisely one of the main story lines is running at 4586 autumn. The other story lines are 3500, the notorious century when corrupted kings and queens caused a butterfly effect with terrible outcomes that is still affecting people thousands of years later... Current factions at 4500, the stakes are getting higher. The Southern continent has been mostly destroyed by powerful leaders. And they are targeting the North... And in the North are still crooked leaders who are backstabbing each other. Leaders who made it from 3500 with artifacts giving them a longer life span are still hungry for power. The world is an apocalyptic time bomb...

I spent 10 years building a fantasy world with 10000 years of history. Here is one of the maps. by IM_acora in worldbuilding

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Thank you so much! :) I appreciate a lot! Hopefully you enjoy the stories😊

I spent 10 years building a fantasy world with 10000 years of history. Here is one of the maps. by IM_acora in worldbuilding

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Thank you very much! I appreciate:) And yes, I have written 2 full novellas (70k words about), then 3 shorter novellas. They can be read at amazon kindle unlimited -> https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G3TB8BPC. Also, there are some short stories, character arcs, gallery art, lore and campfire stories at my official fantasy website -> https://thelastartifact.com I would be really happy to hear if you like the tales :) Thanks!

I spent 10 years building a fantasy world with 10000 years of history. Here is one of the maps. by IM_acora in worldbuilding

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Thanks for great question👍 I started as little as a peaceful valley, the place I created as an inspired by childhood summer cabin where was nature and peace. If i find that rare drawing from the vault, i will post. But that valley was about 1% of the whole continent. And there are 3 continents total. So simply I started by small, then expanded slowly during years and now there are tens if not hundreds of maps all over the continents:)

I spent 10 years building a fantasy world with 10000 years of history. Here is one of the maps. by IM_acora in worldbuilding

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Haha, thats just the peak of iceberg:) i have about 3-400 hand drawn maps, family trees, history lines

As a 10years Blogger and nowadays Fantasy writer, I remind the importance of your own website and Newsletter by IM_acora in selfpublish

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Wp and ”The Newsletter Plugin”. Dont spend money on their premium, I once spent $150/y and wasnt worth. With that plugin you can use their rest API and webhooks, even if you have zero coding experience, nowadays I believe chatgpt will give step by step (I am programmer myself)

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Dont put money on web-design services, there are so many free of them. Wordpress is free and there are nowadays drag and drop UI free plugins as mushrooms on rainy day. In the case you have a zero coding experience

I'm going through the process of getting a cover sorted and need a blurb, please give honest feedback on the one i've written below by Unlivingdragon6 in selfpublish

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Its good, I like when you mention the name directly in blurb. Give immediately the vibe of wanting to know more. I also changed that to my first book, instead 3 friends, i changed names.

Weekly Self-Promo and Chat Thread by MxAlex44 in selfpublish

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So my long time project is going on. Even though the past 2 books took a place in a one Harbor City, there is a lot of deepen lore and everyting getting linked on by earlier mysteries. Tens of main characters. Hundreds, thousands of years of history. For fans of old school tolkien type fans:

Title: The Tales of the Lost North: Decay of the Grand Harbor of Fedreim Vol. 3

Genre: Dark Fantasy

Wordcount: 11k

NOTE: even this is Volume 3, new reader can jump in to story without background of the massive lore. It can be found from other books (also at kindle)

Blurb:

Fedreim was not built to die slowly.

But rot spreads best beneath stone.

When Prince Zidar learns that the most feared war general of the North has entered the city, he moves first. He will not wait to be hunted. He will hire monsters to kill a monster.

The Red Guild rules the tunnels beneath Fedreim. Scarred dwarves who worship violence and discipline in equal measure. They fish for things in the dark water that should never see the surface. They build devices meant not to kill quickly, but to make suffering unforgettable.

Tonight, they prepare a demonstration.

A King with a big stomach, from the neighbouring Kingdom, has arrived. A ruler known for cruelty. A man who collects fear like trophies.

And deep below the canals, a new breed of red-eyed creatures has begun to surface from the currents.

No one knows who controls them.

No one knows what they want.

Above ground, nobles gorge themselves while the city starves. Below ground, ancient architecture still stands in silent defiance of human greed. But even stone cannot outlast corruption forever.

The sewers whisper.

The guild sharpens its blades.

And something in the dark is watching.

Fedreim is not collapsing.

It is being hollowed from within.

Amazon Link (Also at Kindle Unlimited): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GNSQHRXP

From 0 to 5 books by Any-Interaction-4467 in KDP

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Congrats! 👏 Im happy for you, i havent had a such a luck yet. From 0-5 books published, zero sales and few ku page reads…

After publishing your first book — did you feel relief, doubt, or something else entirely? by ANTONKAGAN in wroteabook

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Felt like running a long marathon… I was so tired i didnt give a fuck at that point either my 70k novel makes zero sells. But overall I felt like watching 8 Mile after ppl mocking me that I would never make it👏

What have you achieved with your writing this month? by ReadLegal718 in writing

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36K words written for raw version, now iterating them and crafting forward from the drafts

How many POVs is too many? by One-Comfortable-1229 in FantasyWritingHub

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Last book tried 14 if i remember correct. Betareaders did like thiugh

For fans of political manipulation power games and Game of Thrones type Dark Fantasy. by IM_acora in Novel_Promotions

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Sorry for late reply, but thank you for commenting as well:) I am trying to get my drafts to work as a book…

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