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Thinking of ditching this site again. :(
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Released the prologue of Prelude to Retribution. It is what the first chapter uded to be.
The rest of the tale will be different.
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Update: God had other plans for me in regard to music. He led me to a great praise band for a local ministry. I am also better settled in Florida now compared to where I was earlier.
And I decided to give this site another go. Besides, I need something to do when I have days off from work, have yard and house work completed, and have nothing else scheduled.
Let's see how this goes.
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In conversation the question came up about Inkitt. Though I am new to Inkitt, I can offer the following advice if any of my followers are interested in the site.
It a good site for writers, however, you must be extremely active on their forums or you will not get any traction at all.
Due to the required forum frequency, it might not be advisable for any Wattpad users who participate in and/or run several contests and book clubs to try out Inkitt. It will prove difficult to be effective on both sites. It’s not impossible but it will require all of your free time to do so.
Please keep that in mind if you are considering writing on Inkitt.
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@MvonSchantz I agree. I don’t either and that’s why it’s the backdrop and not the forefront.
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@pattuck418 That's great, and very interesting! Your book has quickly risen to the top of my list! :) I should clarify, however, that when I say I write Christian sci-fi or fantasy, I don't mean that I write for a Christian audience. I just mean that I'm Christian and my stories are obviously written from that worldview. But my target audience is not Christian, although I do hope Christians will enjoy them, too. This is perhaps most obvious in my latest fantasy novel, "Echoes of Fallen Gods", which I hope will appeal to a non-Christian reader as a fantasy story set within a deep mythology. Someone with a passing knowledge of Christian themes might also enjoy it as an allegory. But to me, and hopefully to any Christian reader, it's more literal than that. It's a theological thought experiment: what if God (that is, the God of the Bible, not just some Jesus-like figure) created a second universe where magic is simply the fifth force of nature, and where, instead of the devil tempting man to fall, it was the other way around - man deliberately invited the fallen spirits into the world. So in this novel, God, known here as the Word, isn't just a stand-in for our God. He's literally the Word from John 1:1, even though this is an entirely different universe. But the book is still written with a non-Christian target audience in mind, so while this is something that will deepen the understanding of the story for a Christian reader, it is not necessary for a non-Christian audience to grasp in order to enjoy it.
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@MvonSchantz thank you! My writing has a Christian perspective as well. My characters are flawed and have their weaknesses. They do things they shouldn’t as we all do in our lives. In my universe, I have references to Christian theology. El Elyon: God the Father Jeshua Jiereh: Christ The Comforting Spirit: Holy Spirit The Ancient Scrips: The Bible
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Considering giving this site up or relegating it back up status only.
Good stories here get buried under the same worn cliches and nobody will expand there horizons beyond that.
It’s frustrating and draining to say the least. Same stuff over and over. And I know I am not the only one who feels this way.
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@Red_Leasia it’s good but you have be a frequent user of their forums or you won’t get much traction. I started getting followers and readers as soon as I posted on their Review forum. Read some good stories too.
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@Iread2much112 No, I'm not going to delete this account. I just wish it was easier to get reads on here. I want people to read my writing. I started writing on a website today called Inkitt. I went to the forums and hadn't been on the site for five minutes after promoting my work and started getting reads and feedback. Wattpad needs up its game on that because it is losing people in droves.
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Unfortunately, my current schedule will not allow time for a book club. But I do have time to enter Prelude to Retribution in a few contests.
I want to reach out to my followers and ask permission to use you as a tag for them. I’ll probably need 3 to 5 as a start. Please let me know if I may use you as a tag. In return, feel free to use me if you ever need a tag for a contest. Thank you in advance.
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Going to work with ChatGPT to create images for the beginning of each chapter to enhance the experience of reading Prelude to Retribution.
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First off, Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans.
Secondly, I am unpublishing chapters of Prelude to Retribution to make it a better tale overall.
Don’t fret. It isn’t going anywhere. It’s just being recrafted into a much better tale for you to enjoy. And that’s why I write. I do it for others to enjoy.
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Just uploaded the new cover for Prelude to Retribution. Please let me know your thoughts.
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I typed in my description of Captain Taleinia Marisala into ChatGPT, and it generated an impressive image of her. If I had a way, I would share it here.
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@OnceUponALily I am also working with ChatGPT to create images for the beginning of each chapter. I have posted images for six chapters so far.
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@OnceUponALily Thank you! ChatGPT put out some great images of my characters. You should see the one it made for Annalisa. Beautiful, tall blonde woman just reaching her fifties.