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A cover entices the reader to take a closer look, but does not make the "sale" itself. Good covers are like good trailers. They are supposed to draw attention first and foremost, telling the reader "look how cool I am, imagine what's inside". Imagination alone was all well and good in the...

That's a very good cover. The composition, the monochrome tones, the title contrast. Kudos. Sadly, this genre/type of story is not my cup of tea. I'll need much more persuading to give it a go, and only if I know it'll be written to completion for sure (within a defined time period...

Basically you did the same amount of writing for the same period, just with a different rhythm. Nothing to fret about. It's a matter of intensiveness versus extensiveness - the first one is "do much in a short time, then recover", the second is "do little over a longer period, while keeping...

Eh, it's fine. Portal fantasy didn't use to be trash in the 20th century. Isekai is only bad because the overwhelming majority of authors don't put any effort into making compelling stories, characters, and worlds. Is Alice in Wonderland bad? Nah. And it's 100% isekai/portal fantasy. Same for...

Damn, how did I forget him! Arokh ftw! <3 (Shame Microsoft cancelled Scalebound... it was the closest thing to Drakan in modern gaming. The Drakengard series notwithstanding.) I'm waiting for Hierophant as well. Good thing Dreaming Door managed to (barely) dodge that cursed bullet called...

1. Temeraire from His Majesty's Dragon 2. Gadzooks from The Last Dragon Chronicles 3. Крилан from "Слънце недосегаемо" (yes, am cheating) 4. Amelia from Heartstrikers series 5. Dunkelzahn from Shadowrun (best fictional POTUS imo) 6. Darktooth from Golden Treasure: The Great Green (he's basically...

I'm actually willing to give a contemporary techno thriller with no-shill frills a go if it's published here on SH. Especially if it's able to channel some Micheal Crichton's vibes, or failing that, something in the vein of Matthew Reilly, Clive Cussler, or Dan Brown. That'll be a breath of...

Love reigned eternal - but then democracy came.

Quoting Hemingway is cheating.

If you're asking about traditional publishing and any open opportunities in that area, sorry to say but you're out of luck. The trad publishing business has become incredibly cutthroat in the last decade and a half, and your chances of getting published that way - especially without an agent -...

Thanks, I appreciate it! Also, let me know if any of the post 90s hard sci-fi authors are to your liking. It's rare to find people with any familiarity about them, and I'd love to chat with others about the ideas which they represent - and how much of those ideas are already a reality...

Damn. There goes my chance to elegantly self-plug. Oh well. (In defense of The Celestial Way, I've tried to make the magic within the story be a) believable, b) explainable via the scientific principle. It's based on years of actual real-world research into esoterics, spiritualism, and fine...

"Heavy foreshadowing" as it's defined here, is all but dead in traditional literature, just like the omniscient narrator POV. It's done nowadays only as a period piece, for comedic effect, or as a specific gimmick. "Soft foreshadowing", though, happens all the time and it's also called a hook...

My red flags have nothing to do with tags. I still live in the era where tags are just SEO. (early 2000s). For me, red flags are turned on by default. Rather, I look for "green flags" - stuff that catches my attention. In this day and age, time and attention are the two most precious resources...

I once entered the opposite bathroom by accident. It happened in an old university building, where the bathrooms for men and women were - for some reason - placed in different wings. I was running late for class. I wasn't familiar with the building layout, so I searched for a WC and saw one...

Based on this: My extrapolations about Gordon not being too fazed about city-wide crisis still stands, I think. If he perceives anyone as a direct and clear threat, he'll try to run first (he'll have no knowledge about how the upgraded Gravity Gun works). After he regroups, he'll think of a...

This scenario needs more context on the whole, imo. But I'll speculate wildly and say Gordon will act like in Freeman's Mind - ie mumble something about child geniuses running around without parental supervision (cause they're still children nonetheless!) and then will search for the nearest...

Spoilering cause wholesome thread and all, but yeah, bread is for starving homeless people, not birds.

Wholesome. I have no wholesome memes at hand, so have a nice solarpunk picture instead:

*HEV suit. Hazardous EnVironment suit. I'm getting the urge of replaying Black Mesa. Also, patiently biding my time when I get my own VR rig so I can finish Half-Life: Alyx. (I'm aware there's a non-VR mod for the game, but I don't want to play solely for the story; I want the curated...