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Mars Dorian
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Creating your world and getting paid for it.
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The Crystal Crusade
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Vanguard Galaxy
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Fear the Liberator
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2015
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Frontier Effects 1: Twisted Encounter
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Syndicate Slayer (The Crystal Crusade #2)
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Attack Planet
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Machine Gods
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Blogbuster
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Ally or Alien: A Sci-Fi Novel
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3 commercial storytelling lessons that helped me sell more fiction books
I’ve started self-publishing 3 years (so 12 years ago in internet years) and failed abysmally. My goal was selling enough books so I could comfortably take home 1-2 grand each month by the end of the year.
Mission: failed.
I wrote stories no one was interested with covers no one clicked. Needless to say, I was frustrated but eager to learn. I had consumed tons of other indie authors shooting up the
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What a disappointment. While the first one isn't quite my humor, I did enjoy the whacky storyline about Fungirl, her f*cked up relationships and the funeral service storyline. While the drawing style is the same, the storyline is so random and feels r ...more |
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grrreat continuation of one my favorite series where characters from famous Fairy Tales are reimagined in their struggle with today's world. The drawings feel rushed; they almost have that sketch-like looseness with a lack of detail, but they still f ...more |
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One of my favorite fairy tales now put into an atmospheric graphic novel. Drawing style feels European--the colors are simply but moody. Everything is tinged with brown, gray and blueish color tones that make for a dark fairy tale. Character designs ...more |
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Atmosphere of the Chinese town is incredible--even though it's a cartoon style, I get the feeling, mentality and ambience of Chengdu incredibly. BUT, and this is a big BUT, story and characters are...meaningless. The characters all wear masks which ma ...more |
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Great premise of two different people from different earth ares (vaguely: the past and the far future) who accidentally (or not?) bump into each other through a mysterious temple that may or may not be connected to a native blue alien race. Confused ...more |
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Creepy and disturbing post-apoc story about a young boy and girl seemingly traumatised by the war they barely survived. They meet a spaced out man who seems lost. What makes this story eery is the nothingness--the kids are wandering around an enormou ...more |
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Creative use of paneling and unique image composition drawn with a minimalist, cartoonish style. Designs remind me of iconography and have surreal/nonsensical ideas and texts--I believe I didn't understand a single (mini)story but as I said, the imag ...more |
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5 stars for the creepy and deliciously disturbing atmosphere Only 1-2 stars for the surreal story i didn't understand. With SPA, I'm getting European Junji Ito vibes with the gradient-based black and white drawings, inspired by indie Euro comics with ...more |
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This a fish-out-of-water story about a pilot crashing into a seemingly native tribal society only discovering they're living on the ruins of a far older society. It's ookkayy, and I wish I had more positive things to say. I like the mix between fairy ...more |
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Surprisingly (or not) cli-fi novel about folks living in a drought-ridden scorched Europe. Almost feels like a stage play with few but focused characters, a realistic setting nearing sci-fi towards the last act. The believable and suspenseful base ide ...more |
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“I'm just an individual who doesn't feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I'm working for me.”
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“But I can't erase the past, only learn from it. It's ok. Applying what I know makes the present and the future a beautiful place to be.”
― Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It
― Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It
“The only kingdom that makes any man a king is the kingdom of his own soul. The only power that has any real meaning is the power to better the world.”
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