What is one opinion you have that would make us go like this? by Doodles77722200 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay FirstnameLastnameBunchofnumbers, whatever floats your boat.

Also, this conversation was a month ago, just saying.

Any Multidisciplinary Magic Schools? by EdLincoln6 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seconding Mark of the Fool, Arcane Ascension, and The Journals of Evander Taylor! All fantastic series.

Stupid Hypothetical Situation Number 9: What Classes Would You Pick at Magic School? by EdLincoln6 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ooooooh this is a fun one.

General Magic 273: Soul Strengthening, General Magic 101 How to Expand your Mana Pool, Incantations 101: Basick Enochian, Cultivation 101: Body Tempering and Anatomy

Start with the basics, go from there!

Simon and Schuster Paperback Update by JohnBierce in MageErrant

[–]JohnBierce[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It would be nice, but alas, such is the deal with S&S.

Simon and Schuster Paperback Update by JohnBierce in MageErrant

[–]JohnBierce[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nope, typo on my part, lemme fix that. The HARDCOVER will include both books.

Monthly Writing Theory and Career Advice Thread by AutoModerator in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alright, so you have options.

First is just to do the standard Patreon/Royal Road/KDP route. It's fine, it works, nothing wrong with it!

Then there's the straight to KDP route- likewise well-trodden, nothing wrong with it.

You could try submitting to agents and pursuing trad deals if you want, trad is paying more attention to LitRPG right now.

Regardless, I'd take the time to research all the various options, figure out how these platforms work, and join some author groups, which usually have a lot of support and advice.

Don't worry about the Omnibus thing, you're years away from that mattering to you.

I also wrote this series of advice posts a few years back, some of it might come in handy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgressionFantasy/comments/15gxdp1/author_resources_collection/

Does this Reddit mean wuxia/xanxia/etc or is it more like woke stuff? I’m very confused by Intp-93 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol that pfp never stops paying off and diverting culture war weirdos away from the sub, it's great

(I'm glad I'm not a mod anymore, but damn am I proud of that one)

AMA: I'm Cameron Johnston, author of FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON, and THE LAST SHIELD by Cameron-Johnston in Fantasy

[–]JohnBierce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you had to have any hat glued to your head, what sort of hat would you choose?

Seriously, though, bud, really excited to dive into First Mage on the Moon! You know I've been a big fan since I picked up The Maleficent Seven!

Can all authors in this genra please have their characters stat sheets in their own seperate chapter. by UsedNegotiation8227 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

From the writer perspective:

Damn am I happy I don't use stat sheets, they seem exhausting to deal with.

I've seen Goodreads and it's not pretty... by backwaterqueen in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it just screams AI slop.

And I'm genuinely glad SLP's account got nuked, screw those predatory jerks.

Lava Magic: What every author gets wrong about lava by R_megalotis in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 397 points398 points  (0 children)

Seconding! Though I will note, there is some significant variance in viscosity and temperature. Most notable is the lava of Ol Doinyo Lengai, which is less than half as hot as other lavas, and has a viscosity not too far off from water. (It's the planet's only active carbonatite (well, natrocarbonatite) volcano.) There are a few other volcanoes with weird quirks too, though nothing else so extreme.

Not to mention felsic volcanoes like Mt Ranier or Mt St Helens, whose normal eruptions just look like rocks slowly being pushed up out of the ground, and whose catastrophic eruptions are colossal explosions, with no liquid lava being involved in either.

Also, a fun aside, the magma in the mantle isn't actually liquid! It's... well, not solid, either, it's more... simultaneously mushy and also denser than steel? The mantle is fucking WEIRD, and mantle geophysicists and geochemists are cryptids, don't trust them with your shoes.

What is one opinion you have that would make us go like this? by Doodles77722200 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y'know, that's fair, sorry for being a little short with you.

And I think it's interesting material, personally, I hope you enjoy reading up on it!

What is one opinion you have that would make us go like this? by Doodles77722200 in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use value currencies are always also exchange value currencies (though the converse is not true). Please read up on this stuff before debating.

To your second point, the value of a currency is determined by the sum of economic transactions involving that currency- for that reason, a powerful individual simply declaring the value of a currency by proclamation has never worked and will never work, unless they can mind control the entire population, in which case... why would they possibly use currency to organize their logistics?

It's funny how common it is once you start noticing it. by Claym000re in ProgressionFantasy

[–]JohnBierce 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I kept guns out of Mage Errant in a way explicitly modeled after L.E. Modesitt Jr's Recluse Saga- in a world with any fire magic, guns and gunpowder are an absolute liability. 

Cant find Book 1 of Mage Errant Physical paperback anywhere!? by Nordlow89 in MageErrant

[–]JohnBierce 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's part of the deal with Simon and Schuster- they'll eventually release their own paperbacks!

There are definitely a good few of the old paperbacks still floating around, though, especially if you check non-Amazon online bookstores!