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We are now at 7 DAYS REMAINING and currently 208 sales towards our goal of 250 ~
As the final week looms over my head, I’ve decided to do something a little different. This week I will be uploading 2 new chapters, both of which develop the various nations that surround Yggdrassil. Alethia, the Bad-Lands, and Nin will all receive their fair share of exploration and more.
Within the lands of Alethia, necromancy and other forms of fel-sorcery have become the norm as the kingdom’s population continues to dwindle while its needs to defend its threatened borders persist.
But these locations and their respective cultures are not all there is within the lands of Dearean. To the East there are the Imartii - fierce and proud warriors, with each city its own nation - while to the South live the mysterious and nomadic Picts. A strange and little-understood culture, the Picts are elf-like in appearance, and attuned to the magical quantities of the world in a way few other races possess the capabilities to be.
Artwork rights belong to Blood Rage - will hopefully have official work done soon of these groups. In the meantime this offers a work-concept of what I’m considering for these two cultures.
As funding continues for "The Children of the Forest" I’m looking to have *2* backers receive a special reward. In two random drawings, I will select two different customers of my novel to be featured as characters hailing from either the Imartii or Picts. The winners will have the ability to pick their character’s sex, have input on their origin, and even help choose their name and appearance! More still, once official artwork is scheduled, your character will feature prominently and you will receive a free and highly detailed print!
For this reward I will only be selecting from the pool of backers who have achieved either Alethian or Wolf-Rider status - but there’s still time to get your name in the drawing. All you need to do is upgrade your purchase to the 2nd or 3rd level, and that’s it - you’re in!
This is a really awesome and unique prize that will offer two lucky individuals the chance to personalize their experience with the opening novel in the series. Winners will be selected only on the basis that the book reaches its goal of 250 sales, so act quickly, and make sure you recommend and push the book to everyone you can.
Title of the thread asks it pretty straightforward.
I’ve been jamming to the same ambient nature-noise, sci-fi space music, and weird sweeping orchestral whatever-stuff for the past month or more while writing every night, and I’m in need of something new!
I find these things on youtube - typically full albums or curated playlists. I literally just search for ’sci fi fantasy writing music’ or something and wind up listening to Stellardrone’s collection - all ambient tracks.
Thing is, the other day, I was ’in the zone’ one moment, writing out a pretty snappy line of dialogue, and then I just fell right out of the zone as I suddenly became aware that I’d heard the current track that was playing before, and then I got sidetracked by the thought of how I wished I could find something else, and then I spent a few minutes finding something else, and then ultimately to my dismay I discovered I’d completely forgotten whatever the heck that character was supposed to say... Frustrating!
So what do you listen to when you’re writing?
Also, if you’re going to respond and got some good stuff, please indicate the genre of your work? For my own part, I’m in need of something that gets the creative fantasy-sci-fi juices flowing.
(I’m assuming we’re keeping it in the realm of ambient, atmospheric, instrumental also.... Who can possibly concentrate on stringing words together when there are lyrics pumped into your head?)