Faith Kindred

Wow… um… wow.

Okay that was basically my existence in a nutshell… I think I’m going to be floored and absolutely useless for the rest of the day. 😛
Thank you so much for sharing, @Christi-Eaton. That was beyond encouraging.

@jessi-rae Neat; how far into the story are you?

@emma-flournoy Sold? Not very many. When it was free though, I got something like 2,000 downloads. I haven’t been promoting it really. That’s why I’m trying to revive this ad thing. I actually have time for it almost. 😉

@perfectfifths Ah; I see. Yeah, I would probably fit it into the positive arc then. Here’s a question to consider that you may find helpful: if you were going to go through and revise Sutcliffe’s book, how would you change the story/the protagonist’s character arc to make the story more enjoyable to you? I find that when I do this with books I…[Read more]

@Emerald-Flyer Welcome to the site! You’ll find a lot of fellow fantasy writers here. 🙂 who are your favorite authors?

@emerald-flyer Cool dragon. 🙂 May I assume you write fantasy?

@kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy Got it. I’ll try to come up with something better tomorrow.

A story of action, adventure, and justice, written in a classical style.

@Daeus @His-Instrument me no likey. There’s no emotional hook.

@Winter-Rose awesome! Survival is always a good thing… ;P

@graciegirl Thanks for sharing! I’m glad this thread has encouraged you. 😀 😀 I love those verses! In Bible Bee this summer Hebrews 3 and 4 were some of the chapters/passages we studied (btw I qualified!!!) and so I recognized some of them. 😀

@his-instrument I think attracting classical lovers is worth losing non classical lovers.

@daeus That sounds good. The only thing I would ask myself is, will “written in a classical style” possibly be a deterrent to anyone? If so, maybe you want to temper that statement with something about how it pertains to modern life somehow. Know what I’m saying? But if you’re not really targeting the whatever-percent if the population who is…[Read more]

@his-instrument Thank. Those are great suggestions.

I do, though, need to have that one liner right at the beginning. The idea is that people have a three-second attention span. They won’t read the whole synopsis unless their attention is instantly piqued. Let me see if I can make the wording work.

A story of action, adventure, and justice,…[Read more]

@daeus I agree with Kate. I really prefer the first synopsis. If you do go with the second one, though, make sure you change “His enemy has powerful” to “His enemy is powerful.” 🙂
I would recommend changing “Matthew is sworn to avenge…” to “Matthew has sworn to avenge…” I know that “is sworn” is a thing. That is, I know “sworn” can be used as…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy Yes, that’s certainly possible. When I read the new first line along with my old synopsis however, it didn’t seem to flow well. Perhaps that’s just me though. The reason I redid the general synopsis was because I wanted the first line of that paragraph to fit with the first line above it. Things kept changing from there.

@Daeus I actually really, really, really prefer the first synopsis… *rueful smile*
When you say ‘make it clearer who it’s for’ are you talking about the target audience? If that’s the case, a more explicit (but still subtle) ‘mission statement’ might be all that’s required. Not knowing precisely what the underlying issue is, I would say is it…[Read more]

@aislinn-mollisong Yay, you made it! I’m so excited you’re here!
As you can see, people here are super friendly and I know you’ll find lots of help for your trilogy. (which by the way, you never finished telling me about. I look forward to hearing all the little details next time I see you 😀 )