Recent content by qWirtzy

It's been a long journey, but it's all led to this moment! My first fantasy novel (first novel ever, actually) is live and waiting for you. Synopsis: A war will come. The King will fall. Forever bound to the mysterious cycles of the Talent, the country of Marea is set to change. But that is...

Borrowing from the "Do you think about symbolism when you write?" thread, this is the sort of thing that if I notice, I might dig into and enhance further, but that I don't plan from the start. I think it's a good idea to have a cursory knowledge (at least) of a wide spectrum of the way we...

Wow, nothing like a unanimous opinion! Awesome, I'm so glad it's as eye-catching as it seems to me. My designer says the text should be no problem to fix. Probably I'll keep the font. I think it looks "serious" and it's used on the map and other places in my interior. Thanks for your feedback...

The covers for my trilogy make this gorgeous triptych. Collect all three, heh.

I asked my designer for something that was both beautiful and colorful, while hinting at my fantasy setting's involvement with space. I'm launching the book this week sometime (fingers crossed), but it's never too late for feedback, if only to apply to the sequel's cover design. Your thoughts...

The cover for The Wide and Burning World, the first book in my trilogy of novels, Soil, Ocean, Air.

No one society acted in just one way all the time, either. It's arguable that people are selfish, driven by instinct to self-preservation, but one can also argue that what makes us human is our ability to think and feel beyond mere instinct. The most hard-line feudal systems had benevolent and...

The longer the book, the longer the career behind it needs to be. Tragic! This will only change on the indie scene if we decide to change it IMHO. Make long--or short!--interesting stories, and people's perceptions may change. Bloat is a big concern, when someone hefts an untested author's tome...

Possibly the Oneida way of life, now mostly remembered for their silverware? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Community#Complex_marriage

This sounds like a good balance to me. The redemption of the ludicrous makes for a more interesting parody than poking fun at tropes. It'll come across as smarter and more satyrical in the framework you've landed on here, I think: You'll have more flexibility to choose what you want to make...

The Earth's revolution around the sun is what gives us seasons, so if your planet doesn't move, I don't think the season would ever change. Depending on which sun was closest, one side of planet would be warmer/colder than the other. Also, assuming it rotates on its axis, it would never quite be...

Hello, World! Nice to virtually meet all of you! I'm in the midst of a trilogy of novels in a genre I like to call progressive fantasy--think Earthsea Cycle rather than Game of Thrones. It's a near-Earth setting, with each book told from five first-person POVs, with all the fun of...