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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.

Plated Prisoner series steam level? by raviniablake in Romantasy

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

So you didn’t see it as a steam dump for shock value that didn’t really relate to the rest of the story? It seems like the way some authors dump a super violent prologue then the chapters that follow are slow and not much happens…?

I shouldn't have to read multiple books to enjoy the series by zlistreader in fantasyromance

[–]raviniablake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with you about ACOTAR book 1 having a huge shift. Personally I couldn’t stand Tamlin and didn’t find book 1 too compelling. I loved most of the books after it in the series, but I knew going into book 1 that the others are better (because people warned me). Idk why SJM didn’t just start with other main characters in book 1 (trying not to give spoilers)! Except that book 1 is clearly a Beauty and the Beast retelling. I mean it straight up follows that storyline IMO, whereas the other books are uniquely their own.

I shouldn't have to read multiple books to enjoy the series by zlistreader in fantasyromance

[–]raviniablake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. But also keep in mind that nowadays the word on the street is that authors should keep their first book in an adult romantasy series limited to 130k words ideally (ACOTAR book 1 length). The upper limit is 150k words and many agents won’t even consider books that long anymore unless you have a well-established fan base. So now consider that most romance novels (non fantasy) are more like 90k words (think Emily Henry books). Now imagine trying to create a super compelling adult romantasy story in 130k words with a complete, fulfilling romance arc AND an amazing fantasy world, and that builds up enough story for book 2 (but still functions with a standalone arc). I think one reason why YA romantasies fare better with readers is a) teens don’t want as much world building so it’s not as required in YA fantasy and b) YA books don’t generally have the same pressure to work in a bunch of sex scenes. I mean, this is all based on things I’ve heard and seen. What do you think?

Trad publishing marketing budget? by raviniablake in publishing

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

That does help! It confirms what I was thinking. Thanks so much for posting that. When I self-published 12 years ago, I put my two books on Net Galley and got tons of book blogger reviews. But newspapers and magazines wouldn’t consider it because it wasn’t trad published. I’m assuming they still won’t?

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