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My favorite Scribblehub book of normal novel length was Magical Girl Crystal Genocide, by Ravensdagger, before the author stubbed it to publish on Amazon / Kindle Unlimited. Fair enough, I guess; Ravensdagger writes at a professional level. My favorite complete Scribblehub book of marathon...

I do not want the first chapter to be "fancy", as you put it. I do want it to show that the author can write clearly, coherently and with feeling. Good grammar in the first chapter is a must. I want it as a sign that the story is worth the candle (or modern equivalent). In the end, the first...

Pineapple really helps balance the saltiness of the anchovies. Assuming anchovies. My usual 6 topping order is anchovies, pineapple, hot peppers, backed up by a porcine trio of ham, bacon and sausage. (Same for my wife, but extra tomato sauce and no cheese.)

I hope you like pineapple.

Logical Also logical. I will test this by adding your story directly to my "Dropped" list without even looking at it. Just as a test; no insult intended,

I think the number of readers is just the number of people who have your story in one of their reading lists. List types include "Reading", "Plan to read", "Completed", "Paused", and "Dropped". So, you would see that statistic if somebody put your story in a "Dropped" list, possibly after...

When I find a story I really like, I usually check to see what else the author has published. It can be hard to find good writing any other way, so this is a tool that I have often used. In some cases I have read a lot of their other work, but in some cases they have nothing else.

For reference, monthly Fantasy & Science Fiction magazines used to serialize novels over three issues, which would be about 15,000 to 30,000 words per issue. So, there is a precedent for publishing 1,000 words per day. I checked the statistics for some stories I read on SH, and I am fine with...

Absolutely true. Bad grammar in the summary probably means the story is not well-written, and I turn away. If an author struggles with grammar, they should get whatever help it takes to make sure that the summary is interesting and well-written.

I imagine a side character who is an experienced seaman-but-not-a-pirate, and always speaks in a stream and amusing stream of obscure nautical jargon and even-more-obscure cursing. Meanwhile, the main character has to interpret what they say and maybe confirm with a buddy, so that reader learns...

"Races" can freely cross breed with healthy offspring. If half-elves are a thing and healthy, humans and elves might be two races of one species, but may be "sub-species". Because yes that's a thing, and the labels of species and sub-species may be controversial. On the other hand, "race"...

Well, sure, but what would a generic archdemon care about the moral issues of theft anyway? Are there any angels among us here? Hello? Calling all angels??

A little OCD here. No ADHD, but I could not find a list of AND symptoms. So, can't rule it out.

Okay, this is basically my least-favorite kind of ending... the baddest ending of all... The tall man dropped his empty gun, backing away from the broken glass of the bar's front door. "I think this is the end," he said to the half-naked dancer who had, once again, led him into trouble...

I like reading isekai, and each version seems to struggle hard to be unique. 1. Seen it. 2. That's kind of all over the place, isn't it? It would be hard to build a viable plot line through all that. It sounds like the kind of webnovel that goes on hiatus after chapter 30. 3. Most of those...