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Hello, I am Shawn Fluhr (SoaringMoon) an avid worldbuilder and aspiring fiction author. This is my first published book and is a non-fiction guide to worldbuilding for authors of fiction, screenwriters, game developers; and other creative industry employees.
Paracosmicon Currently there is an ongoing free deal for my book on Amazon. It is 100% free. Aug 26th 2022 (today) and Sep 1st 2022 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBBF73SS Normally priced at $6.99 USD. About the Book This book covers a large range of topics, including but not limited to: depth vs breadth worldbuilding style, the design of natural laws for universes, geographical features, flora and fauna, materials, settings and genres, in-universe art and architecture, relationships between characters and civilizations, cultural traditions, governmental systems, currency and trade, guides on naming various features of a world, constructed languages, and how to receive and handle feedback as a creator. The book contains judicious examples from all types of media, and a chapter showing the results of my worldbuilding in relation to the book's content. For authorship, explanations are given in the context of a creator looking to build a world of fiction for any medium. It explores how the environments they create can improve their ability to drive a narrative, write compelling plots, and characters that interact with that world. The book is written with an educational slant, and gives a lot of technical information about why things in our world are the way they are, and how best to apply the research you do to inspire new creations. Last edited by issybird; 08-27-2022 at 02:00 AM. Reason: Oversize image deleted. |
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Sorry for the oversize image.
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Interesting cover. I like it.
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But it's a Print Replica, so not a real ebook. Won't work on my Kindle, nor convert.
Needs a Fire (maybe?) or app on PC Mac or Tablet. |
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I'll work on getting a more compatible version made. Thank you for letting me know this was a problem. Kindle Fire HDX 8.9'' Kindle Fire HDX Kindle Fire HD (3rd Generation) Fire HDX 8.9 Tablet Fire HD 7 Tablet Fire HD 6 Tablet Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Kindle Fire HD(1st Generation) Kindle Fire(2nd Generation) Kindle Fire(1st Generation) Fire HD 10 Fire HD 8 Fire |
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Just upload it with a slightly different title and different metadata
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Easy mistake to make. Some of us read text as plain files before PDF was even developed. We make an epub first, proof it on a Kobo and final epub is uploaded to everyone/everywhere. Then the original wordprocessor file gets the page styles, headers, footers, index, footnotes, page numbers, paragraph styles all edited in a new version for the PDF uploads for each paper format. That's only done when we are 100% sure the WP file for epub conversion is OK. If there IS a revision, then it's epub WP source and if not too major the changed bits are copy/pasted over WP file version for PDF export (no conversion needed) as unformated text so PDF styles not messed up. But distributing computer generated documents since 1981. |
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