Recent content by marcmizz

Hi all, hope you're all having a fantastic start to the new year! Check out my debut fantasy book, A Phantom's Vengeance, on Amazon (e-book and paperback): It's the first entry of a planned trilogy called War of the Unborn. A Phantom's Vengeance is a tale of revenge set in a medieval...

Another factor to keep in mind is the book's format. For e-books, you only have the front cover, but when it comes to a physical book, you can put the series name on the spine if you're uncertain about including it on the front cover.

Not something that I do often, but when I do plug my ear-phones, I always throw some uplifting trance—Andy Blueman, Simon O'Shine, or Aly & Fila. Reading this thread, I just realised I should do it more frequently...

y Never heard of Inkarnate, but I'll make sure to look it up. What is its learning curve, when compared to Photoshop for example? Regarding map/layout-sketching, we're in the same boat — I tend to draw up lots of scene environments, be it a castle, a small village, a town, or an underground...

Hi all, I was just wondering how many of you kick off the world-building process by drawing a map (if your book has one, that is). I'm almost finished with having my first novel proofread, and before I had written a single sentence (back in 2017!), I created a world map. I find that the rest of...

Hi everyone, my name is Marco, an avid reader of fantasy, particularly Grimdark. Some of my favourite writers include George RR Martin, Steven Erikson, Mark Lawrence, Joe Abercrombie, and Jeff Salyards. After almost three years, I'm on the verge of releasing my first fantasy novel (exciting...