Writing – Marked Up

Redemption Interrupted

This is an interesting story arc: The usual redemption arc continues until redemption. Getting halfway there and going off the rails back to the original personality is probably far more common in real life, but it’s very unusual in fiction. I haven’t gotten to the “Ends badly” step, yet, but I’ve read the April seriesContinue reading “Redemption Interrupted”

The Fenris Effect

Not the self-fulfilling prophecy part. I’m not sure if my universe will have prophecy/divination or not, yet, but I really don’t like it. Dune did a good job with it, so it is possible. I just don’t like the idea of it. It makes the future and free will weird. I’m talking about the “I’mContinue reading “The Fenris Effect”

Specific and Particular 2

Yet another “two”. They may not be AI indicators. The most recent book I read used “particular” a lot. Perhaps it’s regional? British maybe? There were also a few “sorted” as in “resolved/straightened out”. Americans don’t say that. There were enough Archmage Reborn that they caught my attention, but I didn’t make explicit note ofContinue reading “Specific and Particular 2”

Intra-Chapter Breaks 2

See! There’s always a second one. This is an example of what I’m doing: Using a small image as the intra-chapter break. The question is: Do I have the same background problem? That’s from the PC Kindle Reader (which gets worse with every release). I have the theme set to Sepia. It’s obvious the backgroundContinue reading “Intra-Chapter Breaks 2”

Drawing a Line

But where? The problem with non-standard fonts is that the data must be put somewhere. What’s the data? Who knows? That could be a rendered bitmap or the entire font. Where is somewhere? Who knows? That could be embedded in the book itself or it could be a reference to AWS data, which makes theContinue reading “Drawing a Line”

Magic is Hard

Marcy has already noticed this. The specific problem now is momentum. I’ve made the decision that magic manifests wherever the caster wants it to (and can “reach”). This is dandy if you want to fry someone with plasma. It’s less dandy with things that need momentum. For Marcy, that would be something such as anContinue reading “Magic is Hard”

My Competition 3

I wouldn’t write this: The wind, a fickle and capricious force, whispered through the leaves, carrying with it the scent of pine, damp earth, and something else… something wild and untamed. The branches of the ancient trees groaned and creaked under the wind’s unseen hand, a chorus of mournful sounds that echoed through the silentContinue reading “My Competition 3”

Cover Style – 3

This might be four, not three. Anyway, a quick post (I’m waiting for a work meeting to start) about a cover style thing I just noticed on Amazon: The main character is facing away. About the featured image: I like the hat and the tail-as-pony-tail. Not happening, but it’s not awful. These are just screenContinue reading “Cover Style – 3”

Lunchtime Cover Disappointment 2

See, always a “two”. All 1,200 of them fail. Until they run out, I’ll use some of the vaguely acceptable ones as featured images for the LitRPG Werewolves category. That one has too much dick bulge, which is very common in this set, and lacks color and/or glowy things. The plastic look doesn’t really showContinue reading “Lunchtime Cover Disappointment 2”

Lunchtime Cover Disappointment

I forgot to write something down about the stable diffusion settings. This round is different. Not necessarily horrible, but, well, mostly horrible. I’m getting ridiculously bulging cartoons. For example: Something kind-of like that would actually work. It meets all the criteria (except having room for the text). It’s more abstract than I have in mind,Continue reading “Lunchtime Cover Disappointment”