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    How to add cover art to a portfolio?

    Hi, I've just written a new portfolio item (a book chapter) and it needs a cover image, but I can't see how to upload one. Any advice please?
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    The Walls of Westguard

    Chapter 1 The Wall Raskelf was a dozen miles away along the winding curves of the valley but half that distance the way that Harad had walked, taking the straight route over the hills with his long, gangling limbs carrying him swiftly on the narrow paths. The high ridgeline ended in a treeless...
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    • adventure fantasy fiction sword and sorcery
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    The Elemental Powers Trilogy, Book 1: The Walls of Westguard

    Chapter 1 The Wall Raskelf was a dozen miles away along the winding curves of the valley but half that distance the way that Harad had walked, taking the straight route over the hills with his long, gangling limbs carrying him swiftly on the narrow paths. The high ridgeline ended in a treeless...
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    Prettiest map out there and map design

    I had a world view of the major powers and how magic fitted in, then my two main characters and the places they lived in. After that the places came as the story grew and I didn't put it together as a map until much later. This did create some problems as I had to do a fair bit of re-writing to...
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    Prettiest map out there and map design

    So your map developed from your story? I think I do it this way round as well, but the thread above suggests that for many writers the map helps drive the story.
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    Prettiest map out there and map design

    I think we'd all agree that the writer has to have to have a map, if only to avoid continuity errors and ensure journey times are sensible, but does the reader need to have one? If your characters start off in a tight, restricted world that opens up to them as the story progresses, should the...
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    Can't help but write myself as a character

    My main characters start out as young adult/teenagers and it's helped me that my kids were around the same ages as the characters I was writing. Sadly, there's no swords or sorcery around here, but people are the same.
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    Ban's art extravaganza bonanza!

    I like it! Feels like it should go on the cover of a Lanark novel.
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