Indie Scifi/Spec author. Writing has appeared in Aurealis Magazine and TL;DR press. Novel SUNWARD SKY is being released February 15 2025. AI is theft. He/him.
@sev_romero Can't even play dragon games anymore because of woke.
It looks so good, but I'm still in my Cyberpunk 2077 playthrough ๐ so far behind the times.
Less than 48 hours to go, if you're a fan of hard sci fi or space stories like THE EXPANSE or THE MARTIAN, SUNWARD SKY might be up your alley!
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Piggybacking off Corey's wonderful thread, let's have some fantasy cold takes instead.
I like fantasy because it allows me to yap about whatever thing I created that I love
@filmicshailar Christopher Nolan makes a three hour movie about how all the forces in the universe are powerless compared to the power of love.
This guy: "is this hard sci fi?"
Indie authors, what is 1 honest admission and/or change you'd make if you could do over?
I'll start:
For my adult fantasy, I'd go w/ a shorter, less sprawling (see complex) book. I feel like 600+ pages scares away the average reader. I'd also scrap alternating POV chapters.
@fade_colors I'm self-publishing one book at the moment and considering just continuing to do it. The demand from agents for kinda-literary dark sci-fi horror seems um... Slim.
I honestly do not care about world building systems not making sense if the part that doesn't make sense isn't in the story. Lots of stuff about the way the real world doesn't make sense either.
@Tom_Mock Introduced LOTR to my gf with the theatricals, she's since said she wants to see the extended because she wants to know more about the world, which I think proves your point