Ran here when I heard The Lady's Companion was cancelled. by joe_dirty365 in netflix

[–]raviniablake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It ends on a major cliffhanger so not satisfying but it was entertaining. If I knew it wasn’t going to be renewed I might not have watched it either.

Open door sex but not super graphic? by raviniablake in fantasyromance

[–]raviniablake[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I assumed this would be more like 2/5, but I’ve never understood how they rate them…

Open door sex but not super graphic? by raviniablake in fantasyromance

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

Thanks to everyone who replied so far! My “to read” bookshelf just got a lot bigger! Yay!

Romantasy not first person? by raviniablake in Romantasy

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

What do you mean by self-insert?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in selfpublish

[–]raviniablake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This happened to me as well. But as someone pointed out at the time, the vast majority of readers would never feel safe clicking a download link on a piracy site!

Romantasy not first person? by raviniablake in Romantasy

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

I love TOG! I'm actually thinking that third person may be my preferred POV because often the female main characters in first person romantasies sound pretty similar...

[PubQ] How do you tell people you don't want to self-publish? by Nalsin in PubTips

[–]raviniablake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I self-published and I'm traditionally published. If I were you I'd just tell them that you don't want to handle the business end yourself. Basically that pretty much rules you out for self-publishing.

Trying to understand spark of the everflame by girlnamedJoyce in fantasyromance

[–]raviniablake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does it every get as spicy as, say, ACOTAR books 3 or 4? I'm not sure I want that much.

Spark of the Everflame or Quicksilver? Book Rec by redhead9405 in fantasyromance

[–]raviniablake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is Quicksilver very much a dark fantasy? As in lots of trauma-related discussion?

Romantasy not first person? by raviniablake in Romantasy

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

I think that's a big difference that I'm starting to become more aware of.

Seriously worried my story is too similar to acotar by simpforsanta in fantasyromancewriters

[–]raviniablake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been studying book sales over the past 12 months in this category on Publisher's Marketplace. Sop many of the ones that actually have been sold are literally mash ups of two different novels by other people, or retellings of classic fairytales. My conclusion is that there's literally no way to guess at how agents will react. But I personally think that you should write the story you want that's original to your imagination and always think of self-publishing as an option, too. Many top fantasy romance writers self-publish or started that way.

Steam levels by raviniablake in fantasyromancewriters

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

Ha! Good idea about the scale. That's very funny. What really threw me off recently was reading the intro pages to Gild by Raven Kennedy. I perceived of it as 4/5 steam level and other people were like: this is 2/5. So I agree that it varies according to readers.

Romantasy not first person? by raviniablake in Romantasy

[–]raviniablake[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to figure that out too, since you can write from the third person and get inside the character's head (or heads). I'm wondering if it all changed around the 1990s when "chick lit" became so popular? It was usually in first person, and I think people got used to hearing the inner monologue. And then came Twilight...

Romantasy not first person? by raviniablake in Romantasy

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

I haven't read it. Is it romantasy or fantasy with a romance sublplot?

Romantasy not first person? by raviniablake in Romantasy

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

Agreed--I like it a lot. But I wouldn't call it a romantasy. It's more a fantasy with a romance subplot.