Daniel Thompson

@kate-flournoy You stole! I’m so happy. You’re catching on.

@his-instrument Ok, I’m back to give you my rant on self-publishing and marketing.

So, I love the self-publishing. Maybe I’ll change my mind when I’ve tried it, but I don’t think so. You have full control and full rights. Check. You get way more royalties. Check (publishers keep the vast majority of the profit, and in many cases, they don’t even…[Read more]

Though I will point out that sometimes we think there’s a certain degree of mystery to a verse, when there really isn’t. There are legit mystery verses, but not all the ones we identify as such. This probably is a real legitimate mystery verse, but I don’t want to say so right off the bat.

@kate-flournoy Sorry. Yes, I see what you meant. That type of thing just irks me enough that I flew into a tirade without reading what you said carefully, for which I again repent in sackcloth and ashes.

@his-instrument

I think that could work. I especially like how you’d get to see the ghost’s view of the spiritual realm. Could make for some nice subtlety and suspense. As far as the story idea goes, two elements jumped out to me: The Accusor and the blood. Both of these, I think, could be deepened through developing their background mythologies.…[Read more]

Alright, @kate-flournoy, we’ve got this thing down. So next time, you provide the full explanation and I’ll summarize it, and then we’ll switch back and forth.

@his-instrument It’s not really expensive. You basically just pay for a cover unless you can really design a good one yourself and then you can do a couple easy things yourself without paying for them and it doesn’t cost anything to list your books online. Print books don’t have to cost anything either with print on demand. Marketing is a broad…[Read more]

@hannah-r It’s not really expensive. You basically just pay for a cover unless you can really design a good one yourself and then you can do a couple easy things yourself without paying for them and it doesn’t cost anything to list your books online. Print books don’t have to cost anything either with print on demand. Marketing is a broad subject.…[Read more]

@his-instrument Well, I see what you mean. Of course, elves and ghosts are different, since elves are basically just a different looking human, whereas ghosts are spirits.

The basic principle here is that the truer something is, the better. Truth, though, isn’t always simple. There are levels of truth. For instance, if you wanted to show a…[Read more]

@his-instrument I am planning to self-publish soon. I’m hoping in about two weeks, but we’ll see if I can manage everything in that time.

I’m not actually doing my own cover design. I hired PerryElizabethDesigns, which is a company that advertised on KP before. I’d recommend them. They’re pretty affordable and I like what they’ve done.

Hey, anyone who’s up for writing, I’m doing some editing now.

Ok. Watcha think? @kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy

Matthew is sworn to avenge a murder. His dedication to his wronged family is powerful enough to bring him through any trial, but youth and inexperience hold him back. Setting out to find new strength, he plummets into a webs of tangled plots, tragedies, and a deep uncertainty surrounding his…[Read more]

@winter-rose Yeah, I do know what you mean. Hopefully I’ll have version two tomorrow.

@kate-flournoy I’ll tell you what words are! They’re letters that mean something. Go forth and conquer.

@kate-flournoy @anyone-else. I’m gonna write for an hour, then possibly some more.

@emma-flournoy *throws hands in the air* I changed it because your sister told me to. Go fight it out with her!

Seriously @kate-flournoy, what do you think?

Hey, y’all, this any better?

Matthew is sworn to avenge a murder. His dedication to his wronged family is powerful enough to bring him through any trial, but youth and inexperience hold him back. Setting out to find new strength, he encounters tangled plots, tragedies, bandits, and a deep uncertainty surrounding his destiny. Matthew returns years…[Read more]

@winter-rose. Hmm. I’m not sure if the gradation in the color is giving it that feel or if it’s just the color. One way or another though, I think I can get it fixed.

Were you thinking something more medieval like…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Aye aye. Will do, miss. Since you mentioned perspective…

@kate-flournoy Uh… well I was doing productive thinking, but all I could think of every moment was how to fix the cover and I was starting to feel a bit sick from it. That’s what happens when I can’t think of anything but one thing.