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    Please help me not !@#$ my novel up

    I quite honestly feel safe saying you don't need to know any gay people in your vicinity to write a believable gay relationship. Because there's no difference in the relationship itself. Two people are fond of each other, and that's that. The tricky part is dealing with the stigma and problems...
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    I'm really bad at coming up with names.

    Character names are only as difficult to come up with as you let them be. Firstly, consider language. Do the people in your world all speak "common tongue", or do they use different languages? There's absolutely nothing wrong with having the people in your books who mostly speak common tongue...
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    I need city names.

    Before I add my two cents, I just felt the need to address the quote above. Personal differences are common, most welcome, and the very base for discussion in all things, but you should definitely refrain from thinly veiled stabs like this. A good reply should never be met with being called an...
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    Cover for The Messenger's Quest

    Some suggestions: You're using three pictures here right? When it comes to composition I'm not entirely sold on the far right picture's placement (tree's fitted way low compared to the perspective given by the far left and center images, and there's something about the birds) Regarding the...
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    Bitter Brew Book Cover

    While the imagery is good, but not great (100% subjectively speaking. Objectively it's a sound looking image), what really makes me keep looking at the cover is a very well chosen font in conjunction with the image. Nearly spot on, very nice :) I'd flip it over to read the blurb on the back :)...
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    Writing podcasts?

    Thanks for all the tips! Got hours and days on my playlist now :)
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    Writing podcasts?

    My beloved PC flatlined on me a few days ago following electric surges, and I find myself knocked back to the stone age with pen and paper. While it makes do for a few hours, I've come to the point where I feel like writing the actual storyline is too tedious, and I'm currently in a...
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    Geography and Architecture

    As a uni student of architecture I can chime in a bit. There are many things that affect the style and materials of local architecture. Style is usually directly bound to the financial state of owners. There are reasons antique, renaissance and baroque (just a few examples) styled...
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    Another Cover Just for Fun

    I much prefer the typography as it is now compared to before. Big improvement. Not entirely sold on the "Mark of the Thief" part, but the rest looks good. Bold, easy to read, easy on the eyes, and still lets the artwork do "all" the talking really.
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    Another Cover Just for Fun

    I just felt like chiming in with a piece of advice, which I pressume is welcome! I would suggest revising the typography a bit. Not necessarily the typeface, but the negative space and margins, or padding. It feels cramped, and while there are different schools on how to handle your...
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    Raven Publicity

    I don't know. I can empathize with money being tight and looking at budget options, but I don't think I'd even bother getting in touch with them. It might sound picky, but I can't take a publicity/advertisement "firm" seriously if their website is that incomplete, and looks like it has gotten a...
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    Series Art

    DISCLAIMER: No effort was put into the second image, it's just for reference with the rest of the bits with base and text :P I played around a bit with what you sent me Devor, and worked a while on getting the right transparency and shine on the sphere. Something like this makes for a more...
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    Series Art

    .PSD works just fine, I use the Adobe Suite alot along with the 3D programs I mentioned :)
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    Series Art

    I've done lots of work and editing in 3D programs over the past years. If you want you can send me the BG and text that you did yourself, and I can have a go at the ball piece and see if I can come up with something great looking :) Send the stuff to [email protected] if you wanna let me fiddle...
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    Just wanted to share some personal good news, sorry

    Thank you! Job slumps pre and post studies sure are scary. Been stuck doing 10h days for $4,50/h at times, so it's nice to catch a big break :) :D
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