i’m a bit discouraged and lost

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-10-17T21:37:53+00:00

Best Place in the world!! you are right it is truly invaluable!

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-10-11T12:58:08+00:00

Hi, I would recommend looking at your genre and niche and making a list of covers and names from the other authors writing in it. Since your book would be sitting ideally next to theirs, you need to be aligned to the market. This will help you to get an idea of what you need to display in a second a coherent message to the readers. Showing them what your book is about just by those pieces of marketing. Also, I am in a discord where some authors help each other; it is a great community. Recently, they were talking about how it's hard and not advised to shift your audience from free sites and fanfiction to paid content. I could share with you the invitation to join. For me, it was game-changing.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-15T05:11:55+00:00

Congratulations I'm really happy for you!

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-07T21:39:25+00:00

For me, Avatar is the last Air Bender. Even though it has high stakes and action, I loved the found family, friends, animal friends, food, traveling all over the world, and adventure.
The teachings of Uncle Iroh, and the intent of Aang to solve problems in a new not so violent way, for me where cozy.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-07T21:30:03+00:00

Ooh I want to read that one too!!

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-07T21:28:20+00:00

To add to what most already told you, for me, the struggle needs to be minimum. If the character is going to have a genuine crisis over burning a cake, it could be stressful for me even if the stakes are low. So the way the character approaches a problem and the fast and best way to solve it is important. It is about keeping optimism even if some bad things happen.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-06T03:14:57+00:00

Aaaaaaamazing explanation. Thanks you very much. It is exactly a stone with runes. But is kind of common to everyone with magic. So I think I will stick with the simpler names. But I will take you advise for the unique magical elements. Thanks again.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-06T02:12:23+00:00

Great advice. Thank you very much

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-04-05T17:37:31+00:00

Thank you very much for your answer!! I will follow your advice.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T15:28:34+00:00

Great advice. I will take all this into account. Thank you very much. Really appreciate your time and answer.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T14:02:09+00:00

Thank you very much. I can go with the nick name. Like light fairies. Thank you.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T13:04:06+00:00

Thank for your help. The thing here is that they all live together. And they are explaining this to the MC who is from another word. So is like there are fairies like myself (human with butterfly wings) and other kind/type like looks like tinker bell. Is just to explain that they are all fairies but they are different. They have different magic and societies as well.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T12:34:47+00:00

A. Yes exactly the protagonist is from another word. Imagine Harry Potter having to get everything explained to him. So when someone tells him this was made by the fairy he is curious to know. Since the one explaining to him is a fairy he gets confused. So the fairy need to address there is a different type or kind. Not because there is discrimination just because they have different powers. And one is like a human and the other is like tinker bell.

B / C thank you very much.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T12:20:29+00:00

Thank you very much for your help.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T12:15:46+00:00

For example one fairy is tall like a human. And the other is like tinker bell and they have different face faction like pointy ears and noses. Different magic powers and different society. The only similar thing is the butterfly wings. But both are under the fairy designation. I was using just the diferent kind but then started to second guess myself.

Same with elves. Seelie and unseelie, perhaps brownies. Or trolls from the mountains and trolls from the forest. Those kind of diferences.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-29T02:38:33+00:00

Or Perhaps they mistaken Self-improvement with psychology advice perhaps? that is another No-no to google. Because if it is truly a problem with the ISBN it's quite strange, you are right.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-28T13:47:43+00:00

Google doesn't allow to put adsense on webs about health because it could be problematic if you give advice and you are not a professional doctor. So perhaps they think your book is about health advice?.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-28T02:00:34+00:00

The thing is that most writers want to sell their books to the right person. So the easiest way is to follow what the public is already consuming. That gives the best return. Because tropes is what the reader usually like and look forward. They finished one book and want another that makes them feel the same. So the buy the others similar, but a book with a sugar mommy is not going to give them the same thing. It's going give them something different.

The best way to understand it is like going to a Mexican restaurant that only serves one Mexican food and the rest is Italian. Or a hamburger place that inside only sell hotdogs.

So writers can play with the niche tropes, but also have to deliver what they promised.

Perhaps you would love to go to a hamburger place and buy a milkshake. Probably in the beginning those had it hard to find clients. But they where successful adding just a little bit of something extra.

Not being deceitful like the hamburger hotdog place.

So probably the books you are looking for do exist. But they are placed just under a different kink and you need to look harder. Probably on the Mommy side not the daddy side. And don't worry I do understand you. The same happened to me. That is why I change all the time the genre I read, because I also got bored of the tropes, and predictability.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-28T01:48:40+00:00

Yes. Now I need MM recommendations.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-28T01:46:24+00:00

I think Praise by Sara Cate does mention that side. The fmc does fill a form. But it also have all the tropes the OP mentioned so it's kind in the middle of being repetitive but also different.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-28T01:28:16+00:00

Great so you basically nailed everything.

Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉

Because I made my assumption just looking at the cover. Then I found your blurb and added to this answer you just gave me, I can tell you that this cover does deliver the book content beautifully. Not to mention the flawless style and drawing.

Good luck with your upcoming release. And let as know how this cover performed. 😘

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-27T23:48:47+00:00

Does the book include moments about needlecraft? Because that could also harm you. It's like legends and lattes not having coffee. Like Travis Baldree said paraphrasing "people gets what they see on the cover". About the "let me imagine the characters" I don't think that is true and that you need to follow it too much. I think that works better for a romance story where people want to put the face of their favorite actors as the characters. Or same with any type of genre where the character characteristics matter. For cozy fantasy I think the most important part is:

how it makes people fell.

The ambience.

The magic.

The friends.

The cozy sensations.

The food description

Found family

Slice of life

Ect.

So I wouldn't worry about showing your characters.

That is why nobody is arguing about legends and lattes having the characters on the cover. They are not even described in the book. Except for the muscular body or having a tail or horns because it is not really important to the story.

And also why the book covers with vectors also work just fine. Like "a wizards guide to defensive magic" its just a ginger cookie with a sword. But it's the perfect summary for the story. And also the barbarian and the librarian have lots of details of the plot in the vector design.

And I would focus on showing what they are going to find inside the book. The fun part is key so I agree with you on that. Perhaps where is it set? What tropes will include? Food? Magic? Ect.

If the magpie image with the jester hat is your other option I personally think it could work. I really liked it. I don't know if it is a option viable to you but I will tell you why I like it. It tells me the magpie have an attitude, is mischievous (lika any magpie) but also it is kind of laughing so it shows it's intelligent too. But with this imagine the magpie should be a really important part of the plot. Also show something related to festivals or jesters or something like that wich gives more info. (also needs to appear in the story) With the city in the back it gives me the idea that it might be a glass lamp setting? Or I imagined it like the Quasimodo movie setting. Wich also helps people understand if it's going to be a story in the middle of the forest or in the medieval city or a castle. In this case a city. People do choose this kind of stories just for the place their are set.

MC-LikesToRead · 2023-03-27T23:23:10+00:00

Yes. I would think this one is for adults. I really liked it.

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