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That would be an awkward thing to change there 😂 but it still looks fantastic! Oh man I’ve never touched Photoshop before but it’s a really popular graphic design program and I’ve heard it in almost anything graphic design-related.

Alright! She’ll be very excited to read it, I’ll ask her if she can fill out the questions she’ll probably catch a…[Read more]

@this-is-not-an-alien I appreciate the advice, but unfortunately this is a premade cover and I can’t change anything more with paying a big fee. It does the job of saying “scifi” well enough, and I think that’s what I need it to do. I could adjust the typography by adding to it in Photoshop, but can’t replace it with different typography.

I got…[Read more]

I love the overall design, looks like a 3D software over a basic cube with randomized extruding and sophisticated modeling design for the ship imported to a black negative space with white dotting on a hazy brush layered over with a large semi-transparent haze-brush to blend the colors and a photographic stone framing at the bottom. So toggled…[Read more]

I’ve got a cover now!

YES I HAVE IT!!!!!!! Thanks!!!

I’ll try to sent mine tonight *once I’ve gone through your beta questions and decided which ones to steal 😈* I already have a slot of time to devote to reading it so I can’t wait!!!

@this-is-not-an-alien All right, I’ve send out an email. Thanks again!

Thanks so much I can’t wait to read it!!!

I’m absolutely certain I sent it to that address 🥺 Maybe it’s my email having issues again, can you send anything to fantasywriter2018@outlook.com? If not I have two other emails I can try!

@this-is-not-an-alien Thanks for all that voice explanation, and for your own example!

I don’t know what email address you were sending to, but my main address is itaylorclogston at gmail. I’ve not received anything from you at that address. Sorry for the confusion! I’ll send you a PDF since that sounds like it’ll work best.

ehhhh idk what it did it came up with

Your message wasn’t delivered because the recipient’s mailbox is undergoing maintenance and can’t accept messages now. Please try resending the message later.

So I clicked the thingy that had your email as a link and then resent it I hope I didn’t just sent you four emails now XDDDDD

I just kinda…*cough cough* made up that term coz it sounded descriptive 😂…But it’s just this thing I keep seeing that’s cool and I don’t know the actually word for it but you shift your style or voice three times in the summary:
“He has created a dark and twisted strand in the cable of human existence, one that cannot withstand my caress with…[Read more]

it has an energetic three-part voice-shift

I’ve never heard of that before! Can you explain what that is?

*I looked you up to see (also YES IT’S THAT ONE I READ THE FIRST PAGE BEFORE MY INTERNET DIED AND I GOTTA KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!!!! I wanna know more about that convict’s past and how he got into that situation and his internal conflict with his…

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*a couple google searches and skimming over three sci-fi backs late*
The more I read over it the more I like it; it’s briefer than the backs I read in sci-fi but fits with the more dramatic/mysterious summaries that are getting pretty trendy especially in thriller and mystery styles in any genre and it has an energetic three-part voice-shift w…[Read more]

After some brainstorming with a friend, I think I have a blurb now!

He has created a dark and twisted strand in the cable of human existence, one that cannot withstand my caress without breaking and becoming no longer a man. You saw it just now. It saddens me.

Two men, condemned.

The pilot, betrayed by his AI god.

The convict,…[Read more]

Sounds good!

@winter_rose That’s really good. Yea I almost forgot about this XD

she has human ears like Kanan, so she doesn’t necessarily need the coverings over them… besides that, I think she’s good.
thank you so much!

@emma-walker
Ok sorry I’m taking so long, just been busy and distracted. Here’s an outfit I came up with for your character’s older version, let me know what you want to change so I can put that in the final illustration.

Is it ok if her younger outfit does not include the armor?

Alright!!! Thanks, lol my siblings love to be harassed about scientific stuff! I’ll take some time to think up some good beta questions and send my WIP as soon as that’s done!! I can’t wait to read your book!!!

@this-is-not-an-alien Hi Cathy, thank you for the interest! I’d be grateful for your siblings’ insight as well as your own, if you could harass them a little on my behalf =P

I’ll definitely take you up on that offer. I’d be happy to beta for your project in return. You can send that along with whatever beta questions you have to itaylorclogston…[Read more]

I have some experience beta reading and I specialize in character development, theme integration and nuances of foreshadowing, increasing tension and keeping flow in a scene. Working big-picture is one of my better skills especially in speed-reading and while I don’t have very much experience in hard SciFi I have two siblings who are huge on S…[Read more]