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    Goodreads giveaways

    Good luck! Let me know how Book Barbarian works out... My giveaway has not generated anymore reviews as of yet. It says 4 people are reading, but when you check them they are also apparently reading anything between 50 and 800 other books at a time. Not quite sure how that works. Anyway, good...
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    Goodreads giveaways

    Thanks Demesnedenoir, good to hear your opinion. Yeah, I guess the only way to tell is see how it plays out in the long run. Unfortunately my 1 star review did go from GR to Amazon (and so far is the only review, so it looks terrible) on the plus side the reviewer openly states she shouldn't...
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    Goodreads giveaways

    Hi all, I've recently run a giveaway on Goodreads to help promote my novella Toybox. I'd done some research and saw it as a good opportunity to create exposure and maybe generate a few reviews. However, I hadn't considered the negative aspects. You see, giveaways selects random winners...
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    The Linguist - C.F. Welburn

    Hi all, In anticipation of my 5 part series (The Ashen Levels) to be released throughout 2018 starting in July, I've decided to promote a novella I wrote a couple of years ago. The Linguist will be $0.99 all week. If you have a couple of hours spare and need a break from your writing, take a...
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    How much do you market?

    Marketing is a necessary evil and in general the cringeworthy pushy side that I find myself struggling with most. It's all well and good letting the work speak for itself, but if it's never discovered in the first place then we are stuck at square one. Unfortunately, it's a fact that many...
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    What is your favorite antagonist?

    Whilst I see the appeal of the embodiment of 'pure evil' from a fairytale / gaming perspective, I find a multifaceted, believable villain with motives and flaws to be much more satisfying and often more memorable than the 'hero' protagonist themselves. I read the Gormenghast trilogy a few years...
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    Synonym's for common words

    shrug and nod are difficult ones for me...
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    My self-published book hit the 100 sales mark

    Congrats man. Surely a milestone. Keep them coming!
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    MAPS. Yay (Mountains!) or nay (Where does this path go?)

    I love a good map. Close my eyes and I can still see Tolkien's lonely mountain flanked by Smaug, and Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea deserves to be framed on a wall... (Interestingly enough I read somewhere that the whole concept of Le Guin's Earthsea started by drawing the map, and then creating the...
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    Fantasy writers in Madrid?

    Just throwing this out there without much expectation... Whilst living in London there were many opportunities to meet up with fellow writers (normally in a pub:D)... I admit to not taking advantage of the situation. Now I'm in Madrid and wondering if there are any English (fantasy)...
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    What is your work space like?

    I'm a bit of a vagabond writer, moving between London and Madrid, it's really a case of 'where I lay my laptop is home...' For a long while I wrote mostly in A4 pads with a trusty bic. The beauty was you could go for a walk, sit with your back against an old oak... get all Bombadil. I...
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    Real vs surreal

    Hi all, apologies if this has already been covered (no pun intended). Upon entering any bookshop my eye is instantly drawn to the fantasy section and the level of detail in its artwork. From exquisite, sweeping landscapes, imposing cityscapes, intricate buildings, flawless character rendition...
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    How do you choose your characters' names?

    Too true. I went to school with two girls called Atheeny Sweeny and Iona Pile... Neither of which would be out of place in a fantasy novel. That being said, the F in my name stands for Farndale, so I should hardly cast aspersions... I pretty much choose my names on the basis of if I like the...
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    Fantasy novels that open like this

    River of Stars is fantastic! Just finished it. You've probably read Under Heaven, if not I'd recommend doing so first. It's not essential, but it does add a certain weight and poignancy to River. ... oh and the extract, yes hooks galore and I love me a bit of prose... Some may find it flowery...
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    How did you discover Mythic Scribes?

    Followed on twitter, if memory serves...
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