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I'm new to the Harem / LitRPG thing (If I'd known more about LitRPG when I wrote Shadow, I might have incorporated more elements of that into it).
I have a FT job, so I work on this when I can. Hopefully the next one will be even better.
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On the book covers and most of the artwork I've seen, the Valen Legacy lycan ladies are always shown in their hybrid or animal forms. Do you know of any artwork that captures how they look as humans?

Jan Stryvant Roxy is shown in her human form on the cover of Vegas Rules, as well as the cover of Stand On It. Peg is usually shown in her human form, same for Est…moreRoxy is shown in her human form on the cover of Vegas Rules, as well as the cover of Stand On It. Peg is usually shown in her human form, same for Estrella.
No Regrets (the new book) has them all in Human form.
Firestarter's Cover, the Red Head is Peg
Trying Times - the woman with the black hair is Estrella
Simple Things - Also Estrella
When it Falls - the Red Head is Peg
I don't have any other artwork that shows Peg and Roxy in Human Form. Hadn't given much thought to commissioning it. Maybe that was a mistake?(less)

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how did you start on your first book? did you check with people if it was any good before publishing it? do you have any advice for someone just starting out or trying to write a book? PS love the valens legacy looking forward to the next audio bundle on audible :)

Jan Stryvant I had been trying to write a book for ages. It was something that I literally tried to do for several years and kept failing at. Mind you I never show…moreI had been trying to write a book for ages. It was something that I literally tried to do for several years and kept failing at. Mind you I never showed it to anyone else, because I knew it was bad.

Then I bought 'How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy' by Orson Scott Card. I had my 'a-ha' moment and I started my first novel. Which took me about a year to write. That one I showed to people and everyone liked it, though I did rewrite it a few times to make it better. I couldn't get it published (long story) and I never tried all that hard, because I had a good job and it took up a lot of my time. I did keep writing and eventually in 2011 I published that book on Amazon, then the others. I was surprised to find out that people liked them.

Between the time I wrote that and put it up on Amazon I wrote a lot of stuff, and some of it (short stories) I had put up in a 'fan fiction' 'zine. I learned a fair deal from doing that, as it was a pretty high level 'zine and they had editors.

So, after I put my stuff up on Amazon I continued to write (on the side) and learn from doing it what people liked. The Valens Legacy series is just the latest in a long series of novels and other stories I've written, some of which I'll never publish because they're not good enough.

The best advice I can give is to keep writing. The more you write, the better you get at it. If you can find people to read it and give you advice, that's great, but avoid people who do nothing but tear you down. My biggest problem was finding people to read my stuff before putting it out there. Now I have beta readers, but for many years I had no idea if people would like it or not until I put it up for sale. I did a lot of 'trial by fire' when I was starting out.

Good luck!(less)

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	When It Falls (The Valens Legacy, #5) 4.36 avg rating — 2,552 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stand On It (The Valens Legacy, #6) 4.36 avg rating — 2,413 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vegas Rules (The Valens Legacy, #7) 4.41 avg rating — 2,052 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desperate Measures (The Valens Legacy #8) 4.41 avg rating — 1,952 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Secret Treaties (The Valens Legacy, #9) 4.46 avg rating — 1,929 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Okay, a number of folks have been telling me that they want book 5 of Dan's Inferno written.
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