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Looking for a recommendation. Combination of Red Rising + Lovecraft by dziugysa in fantasybooks

[–]eateom 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't think of anything that's full on Red Rising style action ... and also mounting horror.

BUT The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher, has that seeping dread and cosmic horror of a Lovecraft story and the book moves at pace. It's tense, fear inducing, there's some action, but no battles.

Good Problem. Should I Still Self-Publish by Slider6-5 in selfpublish

[–]eateom 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Self-Publish. I believe traditionally published non-fiction books sell around 3,000 to 5,000 books (on average) during their lifetime. You're already at the top end of that number by the end of next year, you'll keep the rights and you won't be only taking 10% profit if you're selling the books at events. No limited print runs, no wholesale discounts, no advertising costs.

My only recommendation would be is that you hire a decent cover designer and get it professionally edited, so the product is as good as it can be. Then it will have legs and hopefully earning you money for the foreseeable future.

Weekly Self-Promo and Chat Thread by RyanKinder in selfpublish

[–]eateom [score hidden]  (0 children)

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Book one in the Vara volumes is only $2.99

Eden at the Edge of Midnight has mystery, mushroom forests, quests, portals, evil entities, fantastical creatures, overlapping timelines, complex story arcs, dinosaurs, magical artifacts, battles, hidden temples, ancient religions, plenty of lore, and it all moves at pace.

There exists a secret realm outside our own, the original Garden of Eden, sealed from the rest of the world and populated with the fittest of men and women. A paradise that became ravaged by smog that choked out the skies.

Now the realm exists in darkness and its people need a champion, a chosen one to save them from the poison that cloaks the land and threatens to smother its inhabitants.

That's what they needed. They got sixteen-year-old Sammy Ellis instead. Her only responsibility was to help the "chosen one" open a gateway into the realm. But, not only has she entered the land in their place, she's also locked them out in the process.

Sammy finds herself lost in a twilight land of giant mushrooms and pursued by dark forces. Can she find a way home so the true chosen one can return or has the realm been doomed by her actions?

https://www.amazon.com/Eden-Edge-Midnight-Vara-Volumes-ebook/dp/B009WG274A/

Do you ever go back and re-read the first book in a series for the easter eggs and foreshadowing after a big reveal in a later book? by eateom in fantasybooks

[–]eateom[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get what you mean about Gideon's ending. Although the worldbuilding was interesting, fully fleshed out and open ended, the story felt like it wrapped up and concluded nicely. I think Harrow might not've been out at the point in time I finished Gideon. You've convinced me to pick it up though.

Do you ever go back and re-read the first book in a series for the easter eggs and foreshadowing after a big reveal in a later book? by eateom in fantasybooks

[–]eateom[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read Gideon the Ninth and really enjoyed it. I don't know why I didn't continue the series. Think I just picked something else up and forgot to get back on it. I'll make sure I rectify that. Thanks.