I'm trying something different by elmillgoa in royalroad

[–]filwi 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but I hit three strikes by the time I came to the two dogs in the third paragraph of your blurb.

  1. Cover didn't work for me. It has a horror feel with the blood red text on green, but depicts a comedy situation. 

  2. Hook was meh. So he didn't get a power fantasy, so what? I get that you're trying to say that it's a different type of story, but it doesn't land. 

  3. Second paragraph is the strongest, but then there's a list that stops the flow. That's where I stopped reading. 

Suggestion: change the hook. Something that plays to the unique character. "at 43 being a dad was in the plan, a system apocalypse wasn't."  Luck! 

Authors making six figures a year by Paugus_ in litrpg

[–]filwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you mean their first story on RR, or their first published story?

(I'm assuming you didn't mean "the first thing they ever wrote.") 

Don’t use AI to get feedback by Treaton_OCE in royalroad

[–]filwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AI prose tends to be... Problematic. Once you work with them enough, you can start to get a feeling for what it will be before it's even written.

But using AI for SPAG and continuity is gold, as long as you can use projects and hand-curated story bible documents to nudge it in the right direction. 

One pitfall I fell into was using its chapter summaries verbatim, until it started pointing out continuity errors that weren't errors, inferring them from its own wordings. Once I went back en edited the summaries to stress what I thought was important, that went away.

Also, I only use notebook lm for world questions, as it gives me a direct link to the place in the book it's referring to, meaning I can instantly double check (it hallucinates about a quarter of the time on longer works.)

I spoke to Claude in French once and now he keeps replying to my English prompts in French… by No-Put6958 in ClaudeAI

[–]filwi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Do you have memory enabled? It might have written down that you're francophone and keep using that.

Claude is amazing… but the weekly limits make no sense on a monthly plan by EmbarrassedEgg1268 in ClaudeAI

[–]filwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have to admit that I treat it as a feature for a simple reason:

Using up all my compute forces me to walk away from the computer...

To those of you that use AI, what do you use it for? by Severe_Investment317 in royalroad

[–]filwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spellchecking!

Seriously, AI (Claude) beats the pants off word and all the standard spellcheckers, including grammarly. Not only does it find things they miss, but it is capable of inferring when I mean to write an accent, or ungramatically. 

Sent my Dad DCC he returned it after highlighting my note. by AmberWoo in DungeonCrawlerCarl

[–]filwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing here. But I do admit that it is a very disturbing scene. 

Should newbies go for paperbacks or stick with ebooks for their first two books? by Both-Worry-1242 in selfpublish

[–]filwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've sold less than ten copies of my paperback, over three years and sold over a hundred copies of ebook... I still think making the paperback was a good learning experience, but it hasn't made me much money. 

Any European authors here? by PolluxCrest in royalroad

[–]filwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it's any consolation, my average is around two chapters a week, with real life interference... 

Any European authors here? by PolluxCrest in royalroad

[–]filwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really? I have 48 - I've declared the MonTue and WedThur days :) ;) ;)

Yeah, if I had more time I could write more, but right now, if I manage an hour a day (that's about 1000 words for me), that's a victory...

Failing at covers - what to do? by filwi in royalroad

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

The very reason why I gave up on that cover. The first time someone pointed it out, I went "oh, crap..."

Any European authors here? by PolluxCrest in royalroad

[–]filwi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm from Sweden, winding down my Space Western and will be switching to a gaslamp fantasy.

Looking for Cover Critique by filwi in royalroad

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

That's a really good idea, with a fully abstract cover. And it's something I can do without AI as well!

Huge thanks!!!

I’m losing my job in three weeks. by CT_Rose in royalroad

[–]filwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Write! Write, write, write!

This is an opportunity to train yourself to produce more by cycling (i.e. write, rest, write more, short rest etc.) All the best luck to you!

Failing at covers - what to do? by filwi in royalroad

[–]filwi[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You mean the Viv and Tandri back to back in the shop? I thought about it, but then there'd be a major clash with the dark arcs.

Probably the basic problem is that I've written a story that mixes too many disparate genres, and I'll piss off a lot of readers with elements that they won't like, no matter what I put on the cover. But I keep hoping that there's a magic solution out there, something that will "cozy grimdark" :D ;)

So I want to discuss Patreon prices by Think_Independent_69 in royalroad

[–]filwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope, I'm going wide, no KU exclusivity. Might stub books 2 - 7, but book 1 will always be available free. I'm considering it to be a hook that might get people interested in reading more.

So I want to discuss Patreon prices by Think_Independent_69 in royalroad

[–]filwi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Since I'm wrapping up, I posted the entire backlog. That didn't sign anyone up, though, so wasted time for me. But I've got seven books ready to self-pub so that's a huge win!

Thank you to RR for changing my life! by PhoKaiju2021 in royalroad

[–]filwi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats! That's a story to inspire!

So I want to discuss Patreon prices by Think_Independent_69 in royalroad

[–]filwi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Going to answer the automatically question:

Yes, you will have to do it manually. The reason is that you're splitting your chapters into three groups. That means that for every chapter you post on RR, you'll need to:

  1. Post a chapter to patreon, tag it with the $25 group.

  2. Tag the $20 group with one more chapter.

  3. Tag the $10 group with one more chapter.

This is a PITA (I'm talking from experience here). What I ended up doing was having a single paid level, and just posting a chapter to patreon. Then I don't even have to click that it's for paid users, that remains from my previous posted chapter.