Recent content by Gwynndamere

If the idea has been with you that long, then write it down. Don't think about audience and publishing, just write for your own enjoyment, and it will work out. Use the advice in the other replies to make it better, but do it for yourself. I find when I try to write for publishing it almost...

So I start telling myself the story. I'll actually write down things like "how does he actually get from X to Y? By horse? Walking? No, walking is too slow." That sort of babbling. But it's there on the page (I do this sort of thing on paper, but that's a necessity only for me). This could...

Lots of good information here and maybe something I will try. I have lots of time these days, but not the motivation or inspiration/creativity for my current WIP. Feel like I am "forcing" the writing where it used to just come naturally and I had more ideas than time. Doing some tracking...

I love to read long books, or especially a series that is at least a Trilogy! I am a fast reader, so I don't want the story to end too quickly - at least not the overall story. I write the same way. My first book was under 200 pages. Book 2 became close to 600, Books 3, 4 & 5 are around...

I have mostly ended my books with the next book in mind, so picking up where the last book ended. Or if the book has ended on its own, then, as noted above, starting the new book with an interesting hook, or something that makes the reader wonder what the characters were up to since the end of...

I agree with Chasejxyz lots of great ways to build suspense and show the conflict & how it affects the family (and how they respond to it) without revealing the Monster. I read what you posted and it's good. The changing of the creature and the girl, keeps you in suspense. I can imagine the...

Thanks, that is helpful!

Agreed. Write the story that is trying to be told inside your head. Just get it down on paper and go from there! I never wrote with the intent of publishing. I started writing because the ideas would not stop coming and the characters wanted to be heard. I wrote for my own pleasure. It...

I have published solely on Amazon with my series and am looking for your input on expanding to other platforms like Kobo. What are your thoughts and experiences with "going wide"? Is it worth it? How much work is involved in re-formatting for other platforms? I saw an earlier post stating...

I used one in the beginning of my series to keep track of plot ideas, characteristics, names of places and characters, and a brief timeline, for reference purposes. I often refer to it in sequels to ensure I am not using mis information going forward, or reintroducing a dead character. Or to...

The timeframe of your story - will it be just one cycle of 15 years? How long does the monster stay awake for? If the children are born the day it awakens, they are too small and weak to play the game, so are the other 22 children that were born 15 years earlier playing the game when the...

How thick, and what is the placement of the bone mail they grow? Are there gaps in the joints etc? In addition to the arrow compositiion, you could play around with the arrowheads to make them able to penetrate the bone. Perhaps your MC is able to create a hybrid "bullet", by putting some...

Being an alien, can she communicate with the deer? Deer don't have territories, per se, they roam significant distances. And they can be alone, especially in the spring before they give birth. Young bucks that have been kicked out of their own herd can wander alone looking for a new herd, or a...

I too like satchel, or haversack.

What are your thoughts on Fan Fiction? Do you participate? If so, where do you find the right sites?