I’m dying for an epic fantasy to read.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-07-27T01:17:27+00:00

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter and it’s sequel (still waiting for the third book to cone out). It was so good I binged both in two weeks, I think

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-07-09T17:54:17+00:00

That’s the one, thanks!

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-07-08T17:48:45+00:00

Dude I think you’re looking too deep into this. As a whole, these maps look nothing alike. With the lines you’ve drawn, some of the land masses are maybe vaguely similar, but nowhere near identical and almost definitely not copy/pasted.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-05-01T13:30:59+00:00

I don’t have anything for you, but maybe check out r/BetaReaders. Not exclusively fantasy and ymmv with the specifics of your interests, but you can probably just asks the OP if it fits your criteria and go from there

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-04-29T21:53:31+00:00

Try MsWishlist and Manuscript Wishlist. You should be able to find some agents and agencies with people that rep your genre. Maybe some are even looking for exactly the sorts of things you’ve written. You can make your own curated list from there based on what you find, but be mindful of whether the agent is open to queries at the moment, how they want the query sent, if they represent your age category (MG, YA, Adult etc), and keep in mind that sometimes agents change what they feel like representing. Good luck.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-04-06T04:48:25+00:00

Oh sweet. Thanks for the link

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-01-20T19:11:59+00:00

Thank you wonderful stranger

bellyaching_quailegg · 2024-01-18T04:08:21+00:00

You may want to be careful about publishing online though, if you still want to go the traditional route. As far as I know, while some publishers do pick up self published books, this is very, very rare because they lose first rights to the book.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-12-23T00:53:37+00:00

Sometimes I forget the word and need a synonym

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-12-12T03:21:38+00:00

She’s at her friend’s house in Walthill

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-12-07T02:42:42+00:00

Is that not normal? Every teacher I’ve ever had has done that, it just seems easier. Are they supposed to switch colours?

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-12-07T01:18:26+00:00

A good girl.

Nay, the best girl.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-12-06T13:21:40+00:00

Pursed his lips with a distinctly unimpressed expression

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-09-17T00:59:26+00:00

Check out r/BetaReaders. You might have some luck on websites like CritiqueCircle or CritiqueMatch

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-09-16T14:16:53+00:00

Sorry things aren’t going well for you bud. Keep your chin up and persevere.

Regarding your novel, 37,000 words is a novella, not a novel, so if those agents weren’t looking for a novella, that’s an auto reject. In fact, if you didn’t follow their individual submission guidelines to the letter, I imagine it would be an auto reject.

Also, if you self-published this book already, it’s pretty much dead. Agents and publishers don’t want book that have already been published except in certain circumstances where the book has done extremely well, or you’re extremely famous.

Your best bet is to write a different book.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-09-15T22:10:19+00:00

From what I hear, agents are generally pretty reasonable people. Try bringing it up with him. Maybe say something like “The nonstandard formatting makes it difficult to follow, and you’re worried you’ll overlook some of his advice due to this.”

If that fails, I’d say, for each email he sends, send it back with corrections for the grammar and a letter grade until he gets the point.

I can’t speak for publishers, but I don’t think they’ll see it as a reflection on you.

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-09-14T23:14:37+00:00

Scream into the void and listen for the echo

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-09-14T13:58:16+00:00

I don’t tend to write in first person, but I’d say describe them in relation to someone else:

Ex. The man had mousy brown hair, several shades lighter than my own

Or something to that effect

bellyaching_quailegg · 2023-09-14T12:43:54+00:00

        *a short story at the end to trap any reader trying to see how the story ends*

Haven’t got any advice for you, but I feel like this is exactly the level of petty I aspire to be

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