Haley Long

@salome01w4g @seekjustice Hey!

So ‘http’ and ‘https’ are names of two protocols (computer rules) that govern how an internet document gets transmitted to your screen.

‘https’ means the web pages are secured against hackers.

So if Google is requiring sites to use ‘https’ I’m guessing they’re trying to protect sites from hackers. But I haven’t…[Read more]

@kate-flournoy @emma-flournoy @clairec @emily @josiahdeboer @northerner @graciegirl @catwing @winter-rose @dragon-snapper

I came up with three more ideas

1. Fools in the darkness
2. The Time Traveler’s Dilemma
3. Key to the future

For 1 and 3, I would probably have the subtitle “a time travel novel”.

Most YA novels are around 100k.

Playing the Numbers: Basic Word Counts

@clairec A lot of wordcount depends on genre. For a first time author, generally 60-90k is the way to go but some genres like fantasy/sci-fi are more like 90k-110k because of all the additional worldbuilding. My gut is that 80-100k would be fine for “historical fiction” since, like fantasy/sci-fi, there’s a fair bit of background information you…[Read more]

@Jane-Maree No, he mine, I tell you. If any of you want him to be happy, then let him be.

A few more collages:

This one is of a popup character in my novel, Fidelyon. His name is Cadoc and @kate-flournoy keeps trying to steal him from me.

This one is one of my side-kick characters, also from Fidelyon

And this is from another project completely.

@salome01w4g yay!! 😀 😀 😀

@salome01w4g I feel ya. 😛 Honestly I stopped deliberately looking… if I see one that looks good I’ll grab it, but it’s rare that they’re ever perfect. XD

@salome01w4g mm. Yeah. Well, I don’t think you’re ever going to find a place that doesn’t have that risk, but I’ve found that Pinterest is generally a safer bet than just plain old google. I’d definitely recommend not extensively searching most stock photo sites (as a cover designer I learned that pretty quick *winces*) because just about anyone…[Read more]

@salome01w4g safely? As in, staying away from sites that might have harmful pictures and such?

@Daeus that’s my favorite too. 😉

@kate-flournoy I especially like Dunstan’s.

@GracieGirl gorgeous! I love them!
@Dragon-Snapper my apologies, fellow Chosen One. *elvish bow* I do not know the specific answer to that question, but I don’t see why not. So long as you’re not using them to make money or in any project that will make money (like a book cover) you should be good.

And… lessee. I’ve done a few more collages…[Read more]

@jane-maree Hey–who said this party ever had to have a closing time? 😉 Glad you’re enjoying it!

All KPs can be parliment members.

@josiahdeboer We’re borrowing from the classical tradition of jester that writers like Shakespeare popularized, where the fool is also ironically one of the wisest people in the room (see: the Fool in King Lear). 😉 Sanderson draws on this tradition as well w/Hoid in the Stormlight Archive if you’ve read those.

@salome01w4g Yes–the tags may be…[Read more]

Definitely Scrivener, Evernote, and Spotify!

THIS IS…I…ah…well…yes.
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THIS IS AWESOME!!!! 🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰🍰 Cake’s on me, everyone.
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