MarkMcGuire

@dragon-snapper Congratulationssssssssssssss! Unfortunately, I don’t have the time for beta reading. 🙁 Too much to do, too little time. But I wish you all the best and if you have questions about the publication process itself, I’d be happy to help. 🙂

@Aratrea The advantage of a follow button is that you’ll get followers that way who aren’t otherwise committed enough to actually sign up to a newsletter. Depending settings, they will automatically get an email when you post something and your post will show up in their reader feed. I know there are a number of blogs I follow because it just…[Read more]

@Dragon-Snapper dahhhh!!! CONGRATULATIONS AUGH I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU HOORAY FOR CADET SNAPPER AND THE VALIANT FIRST ASSAULT!

I… would love to do this for you, except I’ve promised myself not to take on any more projects until I get two or three of my others wrapped up. 🙁 If it’s still up for beta-reading once that happens, I might be able…[Read more]

@That_Writer_Girl_99 yup. Sad truth. XD

@Dragon-Snapper I really, really like both of them. They’d be better with the music, but as that’s not quite the point… 😛 I probably like the first one a tiny bit better, just because I’m an INFP and it’s more mysterious than the second, but they’re both good. The others gave great advice; I’ve got…[Read more]

@That_Writer_Girl_99 yup. Sad truth. XD

@Dragon-Snapper I really, really like both of them. They’d be better with the music, but as that’s not quite the point… 😛 I probably like the first one a tiny bit better, just because I’m an INFP and it’s more mysterious than the second, but they’re both good. The others gave great advice; I’ve got…[Read more]

@his-instrument What Daeus said. You’ll only ever have one blog page (though you can change which page your blog posts go it, be it blog or writing or something else). But each post you can add to one or more categories and then you can link categories in your menu so when you click on writing, all the blog posts that are categorized under writing…[Read more]

@his-instrument, @dragon-snapper *springs to attention* Did someone call? Beta reading and email exchanges, is it? I think you’ve already emailed Kingdom Pen with your email, @dragon-snapper. You can do the same thing, @his-instrument. Just email Kingdompenmag@gmail.com and give me your real name and forum name so I know who you are, then I can…[Read more]

Also, I’d recommend getting easy ‘follow’ buttons on your site. There’s the email follow, but I’m not sure if that is for the blog or newsletter. And a WordPress follow button would be very helpful to your readers.

@Aratrea I really like it! Everyone else has touched on things I would mention – mainly that it is very much a ‘story first’ blog rather an an ‘author first’ blog. Which is great, if you plan on just posting about your stories. If you plan on posting articles or stuff about yourself, you might want to change that aspect of it, even if it is just…[Read more]

@His-Instrument I like it! The first page looks very nice and professional. However, I was wondering about the solid green background headers for the other pages. For one thing the green is a little glaring, and two it’s not that engaging just to have a blank sheet of color. Could you put pictures there?

*snorts* @Dragon-Snapper no! Of course not. I just want to make sure I study them both properly before I say anything. 😛

*snorts* Dragon-Snapper no! Of course not. I just want to make sure I study them both properly before I say anything. 😛

@DaughteroftheKing Yeah. What he said. XD

@northerner Hmmm, no. But it could be. XD

@DaughteroftheKing *excessively evil chuckling*

This topic.

I likey.

Well, it sounds like you have a good thing going already— he seems a very detailed, duplicitous character just on the surface without people knowing he’s got an evil layer, and that’s brilliant. If the character seems complete as he is (with his own little contradictions…[Read more]

@Dragon-Snapper what they all said.

I will just add that it’s definitely not an uncommon problem to have. There were times in the past two years as I waded through two drafts of my WIP that I just felt like going and drowning any capability of conscious thought in a deluge of mindless articles— anything to save myself from having to open my…[Read more]

@Aratrea I really like it!

First thing I noticed— in your bio you said, when you were describing KP, ‘through proficiency and purpose.’ I thought it was ‘with proficiency and purpose.’

If it’s possible, it might also be better to have your page options in a little bit bigger font. It took me a second and a few confused glances to find them.…[Read more]

@That_Writer_Girl_99 sounds like a plan.

Ahhh… you can do it. 😉

@Cloudy just want to let you know I haven’t abandoned you; I’m going through the story bit by bit and formulating thoughts and such. 😉