Recent content by Alyssa

Depends on so many factors, size of the dagger, location of stab wound and how much twisting of knives goes on. Hitting the significant parts of the shoulder from the front and twisting the knife will probably kill your hero. There is a small sweet spot in the sort of shoulder area with very...

When you're working in a complex world with an unreliable narrator, I have found that prologues can be quite helpful (even short single page prologues) in setting the general scene and feel of the book as well as pointing out important things that might not have otherwise been noted by your...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUMYQEO_9g I should probably write something Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The price of magic could also be in its difficulty to either attain or execute. What if a spell book was literally that... a book. One planned world I have is where magic is an innate resource in every person in equal amounts... getting more of it can be a matter of waiting for or, for the...

She clung to the tree, cold-numbed fingers pressed tight against the bark. A stray gust threatened her perch, she gripped on tighter. Another breath of wind; the bark cracked and split beneath her grip, and still she couldn't feel her fingers. She couldn't feel her fingers! Sent from my...

Anyway, the site the OP might be interested in looking up is Diybookcovers.com (By the creativindie guy as well... he's a sneaky backlinker...) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yeah, he's great, I have him bookmarked with several other people who I look at. I mainly just watch his videos as he reiterates most things there, except more coherently, in depth, and concisely Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep, that's the guy I look at for this stuff.

I'm sorry, but this is going to hurt. I'm not doing this to be mean, for the sake of being mean. But the cover often sells the book as much as the contents inside. I would strongly recommend a cover designer. Here goes: The font is awful, difficult to read and unsuitable. Go for a Serif font...

It looks very nice and professional, the bottom is particularly eyecatching, but it does leave the top slightly in the lurch. I know very little about cover design, bar that which I've seen online. However, I'll add my 2 zimbabwe cents. With nothing to catch the eye on the top (the tan...

Oh my god, I am sorry to hear that. I hope he gets well soon. You can both do without the stress. Hang in there Chessie, I hope everything starts looking up for you both real soon. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

An image of your mc atop the ramparts of a distinctive castle would do. Or in a specific city. Or eating a fruit that only grows in a certain region. Backdrop of architecture. Species of tree, birds, etc. Types of armour. Skin colour of natives + clothes. Terrain. Phases of the moon could also...

If you don't want them to start out together, that's fine. But you have a prescient wizard able to see the future possible timelines. Why not give him visions of fire and destruction for any timeline in which he doesn't meet up with your Samu-rangerTM. That way your samu-ranger is oblivious to...

My jokes tend to be based on etymology and sneaky wordplay. Also, Rothfuss has a very good pun hidden in NotW, it's just below. "It's all a chase, and when the race is done, I think I pity women chaste who run."