Recent content by Coldblue

I've been trying to get feedback from readers for my novel but it's been hard. I either get a simple "oh wow everything you did was great" or "I have this feedback... but I only read like 10 pages". I know all feedback is valid, but sometimes its hard to pull out what is going to make your...

Honestly when it comes to pushing through or holding off there is no tried and true answer, only the one that is right for you at the time. The more important thing is recognizing that when you don't love what you're writing, chances are your readers aren't going to love reading it either. In...

Mine is one of the characters in my story who doesn't come in until much later but is mentioned earlier on. I had the name and character design separately, and once I put them together his character became this great thing I just couldn't control. He's by far my favorite character to do draw...

I often find that use both method's you employ, though typically town/city names I tend to make "plain" and I only give descriptive names to regions/locales. Honestly, it usually comes down to which I have first: the location or the backstory, and one usually feeds the other. If I have a...

Hi everyone, Just joined the forum today and am looking forward to interacting with fellow fantasy writers! I am currently querying agents for the first time, which has been an eye-opening if not somewhat discouraging experience, for my novel which I have been working for a long time. I've...