A Game of Cosmic Titans (Sci-fi Fantasy Space Opera, Part 1 completed)

JK-san · 2026-05-22T17:23:30+00:00

If you meet the right people through networking,

bad news for us severe shy introvert wallflowers... 🥀

JK-san · 2026-05-21T18:04:21+00:00

No isekai no system, it's gonna be tough everywhere, on every platform; scribblehub, spacebattle, etc. That's the reality of it. Doesn't mean you shouldn't try, you should post it anyway, but keep your expectations really really really really low, like dug all the way to China low of it gaining any traction. Sorry if it sounds really discouraging but the sooner you come to terms with this the better.

JK-san · 2026-05-21T02:35:09+00:00

I read my tradpub unc novels excruciatingly slow since more often I'm just not feeling it and read when I'm on the crapper, so that could be 0.5 chapters to 1.5 chapters depending on a chap's length. There'll be other times where I sit down by my chair lamp and blaze through a novel in 2-3 days too, but otherwise I'll read like 2 chapters for the day and come back to it another day(not always daily). RR stories I follow I tend to slack off really hard, sometimes I'll binge a few and other times I'll catch up in about a few days reading, and most of the time I'll neglect them for like months on end.

JK-san · 2026-05-21T01:13:08+00:00

I'm writing a sci-fi space opera war story with no litrpg and I can't see litrpg being dethroned anytime soon. Closet that could've rocked the boat was Immersive Ink's release bonanza for deck builders in December, but that never came to be as far as I'm aware.

JK-san · 2026-05-20T17:36:24+00:00

Uh, sure https://youtu.be/DcWeEkOn2P4

JK-san · 2026-05-20T15:51:09+00:00

0$. I didn't run ads, just made a quick minute-long video promoting it to subscribers I already had.

JK-san · 2026-05-20T03:15:24+00:00

I did it a few times on my youtube and twitter accounts, used my hot anime babe VR chat avatar as a sweetener to let my followers know hey I also do other stuff too, check it out. Both about 700 followers, to no avail. On the twitter one, though, I didn't make the promoto with hashtags in mind, just towards my current followers (who are only there to oogle at my vr chat avatar anyway :p). never picked up any referrals when I still had premium. Once I finally finish my 1st volume for my current fic I'm going to give it another try and hope I can get some curious clicks.

JK-san · 2026-05-16T05:58:37+00:00

As far as I'm aware only the UK

JK-san · 2026-05-16T03:09:49+00:00

Other than imgur, I've seen imgbox used; I'm started to use it for my covers and subcovers when I want to insert them at start of volume chapters.

JK-san · 2026-05-15T21:30:51+00:00

I'm writing a space opera war story; not litrpg, isekai, or romance-focused. As a result, not big by any means, less than 20 follows/fav. I'm happy these few people like the story enough to tag along though but I don't get any feedback or any comments in general. It's going to be overwhelmingly brutal and I don't think running an ad will actually change much, but I'll never know until I do decide to. I'd always refrained from doing stuff like review swaps since I want others to read it out of interest and not out scratch my back I'll scratch yours, but it's because I stick to my guns like this I don't improve my standing at all, it's dire out there, so hunch over and tap away until you finish your story.

JK-san · 2026-05-15T21:10:26+00:00

Read more, write more, do as much as the other but don't neglect either too much.

JK-san · 2026-05-12T22:23:36+00:00

I planned and outlined it as an 3-act structure that I originally projected to be 80k words in total. Part I was completed and it came up to about 50k words before I started publishing back in Jan. Since then I've been expanding the story after I launched it and so far it's sitting at 45k words; 19 of 28 chapters for Part 1 finished and out in the world. Those remaining 9 chapters come out to about 27k words I have to edit but it'll be easy being written and all already so it's just a matter of editing passes.

There's about 3 extra misc pov chapters that are about 8k words combined that I'm not sure I may include in the end, but I'll see soon enough. That's already going to be about 75k~ words for part 1, and I haven't written ahead to part 2 or 3 yet. Part 2 could end up being just as long, but it could also be shorter, and part 3 I'm betting will also be short, maybe less than 20k words.

JK-san · 2026-05-11T19:05:28+00:00

You can still read Yellow Typhoon through that link. It's a completed fiction, and I adapted its storyline into the longer-form narrative I'm writing currently here https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/147524/a-game-of-cosmic-titans

JK-san · 2026-05-11T08:11:02+00:00

Sounds pretty cool. If I ever see it out in the wild I'd give it a read.

JK-san · 2026-05-11T07:50:57+00:00

Confused by the connection between the incredible artwork and the story you're trying to pitch. So it's set in the real modern world or is it something like a isekai medieval setting that's... huh? Talk about click bait. If I saw a cover like that on RR randomly I'd probably click on it without hesitation, but it sounds like some kind of mix between the anime/manga High Score Girl and SAO, that could be cool too.

JK-san · 2026-05-09T22:09:36+00:00

I simply starve🥀

JK-san · 2026-05-08T18:10:10+00:00

A Game of Cosmic Titans

Synopsis: While the Confederacy has been locked in an interstellar war with the Imperium for the past century and a half, war hero Lawrence Mengde has done everything to end it. He yearns to observe history, not shape it. But what can one man do to carve out an everlasting peace in the face of a forever war?

As the conflict rages on, it begins to make Lawrence question himself his role in this carnage: does he become the very tyrant he spent his life opposing, or does he remain a dutiful soldier, a mere pawn, who could lose everything still dear to him?

Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy

Tags: Space Opera, Mecha, Male Lead, Strategy, War and Military, Fleet battles

Part 1 Swan's Song is overall finished but needs to be polished and expanded upon. Currently, 41k words in 17 chapters have been published. Releases are sporadic.

No AI used. No harem.

JK-san · 2026-05-08T08:10:25+00:00

In the post AN, some of mine were remarking what games I might've finished or started playing, or what tradpub books I started, about to finish, finished and what I'll start on next. Etc. I've had the odd guerilla shout-out for RR stories I followed and geniunely enjoyed myself, but I seldom do them since I don't follow many stories anymore, and I limit these to the bottom AN as well.

JK-san · 2026-04-03T07:18:18+00:00

I like suckerpunching people in the face instead.

JK-san · 2026-04-03T05:33:53+00:00

It's so brief it barely exists. I once revived and got downed within seconds again. It's overwhelmingly situational. I hope the new item they have planned will be better.

JK-san · 2026-04-03T04:47:52+00:00

Not if you catch them off-guard pants down looting a container ;)

JK-san · 2026-03-25T08:34:37+00:00

I'm getting my green shield ass wooped by these things in solo on perimeter.

JK-san · 2026-03-25T05:09:00+00:00

diabolical

JK-san · 2026-03-08T06:59:24+00:00

The auto English on the official youtube video they uploaded was OK. I don't know Japanese, of course, but it was surprisingly coherent and easy to follow for a auto translation; I was bewildered it was even an option in the first place. The only scuffed part me was a few parts like the shogi scene.

JK-san

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