Geek_Aflame

I love making mood boards in Canva. I used to use Pinterest but to many of the pictures link to scammy websites. Here are a few I've made for my current projects: Vampire Political Drama: [image][image] Australian Gothic Paranormal Mystery: [image][image]

Mar 20, '21

What is a song that fits the relationship(s) in your story?

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Dexter/Eli/Cory:

Mar 14, '21

[🌈LGBTQ+, BL, GL] Show your couple (◕‿↼) and promote your comic/novel🌈💕

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I'm writing a New Adult/Adult Australian paranormal fantasy-mystery series about a necromancer/medium fighting to be able to use his magic freely. It has a polyamorous romantic subplot involving the three male leads. Dexter "Dex" (MC/POV Charcter): [image] Elijah "Eli": [image] Cory: [image…

Mar 5, '21

Heard this enough that its wormed its way into my brain and now I can't get enough of it... Before Harry Styles clawed his way back into my brain?

Mar 5, '21

What MOVIE are You Watching Right Now?

Nothing right now but I plan on finally watching Booksmart on the weekend.

Jan 23, '21

The band Crimson Apple

Jan 16, '21

Expanding Tapastry

Events | Challenges

I almost exclusively use Twitter. https://twitter.com/Geek_Aflame

Dec 14, '20

Liquor Store On Mars - Kelsy Karter

Dec 13, '20

What are your romantic conflicts?

Cory is kind of pissed Dexter won't sit quietly in the corner while he cleans up the political/legal mess Dexter made. Dexter's attempts at cleaning up the mess himself are only making it worse. If the mess Dexter made isn't cleaned up correctly Cory can't be with him. Cory has sacrificed too much f…

Dec 13, '20

The different thumbnail idea is a good one. I'm also planning to list the name of the book/story arc on each chapter related to it, that's how I've seen people do it on other sites. The reason I’m deciding now is because I need to commission new cover art, no matter my decision.

Dec 13, '20

All my books have their own rounded contained story to give the reader a nice, rounded experience while contributing to the whole series story arc. The A Story in each book is exclusive to each book while the B Story is the one connected to the series' overreaching story. Even the B Story in each bo…

Dec 13, '20

This is why I'm leaning towards placing each trilogy into separate books rather than each story. I'd prefer separate books, but I've seen too many writers mention readers struggling to read long series' in the right order. The idea of a series is to have an overreaching story arc. I'm worried peop…

Dec 13, '20

This is one of my main worries. I've been looking at how all the sequel novels I own re-introduce characters in case someone does start reading at the second part. While I've tried to make sure the book could be understood as a stand-alone novel, not reading the first story arc leaves the reader w…

Dec 12, '20

Has an author's personality turned you off from continuing reading a story?

I think having an update at the end of a post or making an update post with extra content like character bios or a Q & A is okay. It's only an issue when a creator has more than a couple of updates that are just author notes.

Dec 11, '20

I'm getting to the point where I'm going to have to decide if I split one of my series into multiple books as I'm getting closer to a new story arc. While some websites like Wattpad favour complete books others are more favourable to long-form web novels. I’ve gotten mixed feedback from Tapas just b…

Dec 2, '20

Has an author's personality turned you off from continuing reading a story?

People actually put this in the body of their stories? Stuff like that is the reason the creator wall and description exist.

Nov 27, '20

Ko-Fi or Patreon

With Patreon you can just set up one tier and use it for general support. That's all I have officially set up on mine right now, as I don't have enough of a back log to offer anything else. You can offer as little or as much as you want with each tier and 'general support' is an option. I recommend …

Nov 27, '20

Do you hate one of the characters that you've created (good or evil)and regret creating them?

Reading through my ideas from my teenage years is excruciating. When I was a teenager, I was a different person and created perfect, ‘pick me', not like other girls’ characters. The same stuff that made me almost completely stop reading the YA genre in the first place when I realised how toxic it is…

Nov 27, '20

Maniac - Conan Gray

Nov 25, '20

How do comics get picked?

There's this forum post from earlier this year that discusses this topic: Although it's not explicitly stated I personally think there is also an unspoken view threshold that a work has to cross to be even noticed by the staff.

Nov 25, '20

NOVELS: Guidelines for pitching to Premium

Writing | Novels

Is it worth pitching a story if I already have the 2nd and 3rd parts of the series written? Could I publish the sequels myself if only the first novel is picked up for premium?

Nov 22, '20

I will read/like/comment the First 10 chapters of your Story if you Read/Like/Comment on the first 7 of mine (5/5)

Your story sounds really interesting and I'd love to read it. My new year's resolution is to comment on more stories so this will be good practice. Using Twitter over the last couple of months has helped me become less self-conscious about sharing my thoughts on the internet. Here's mine:

Nov 19, '20

Anyone wanna start networking on Twitter?

I write Paranormal/Urban/Dark Fantasy, Horror and Mystery. Twitter is great for networking I wish I'd started using it seriously sooner. I started to use it regularly around August. My account had been catching dust since I stopped posting on my you tube channel six years ago. It's a great way to ne…

Nov 19, '20

What is your character's Daemon?

In his "best" form Dexter would get Serpent (File Snake). Can't elaborate what "best" means without spoilers though. [image] Cory: Insect (Ant) [image] Eli: Caprine (Domestic goat) I laughed out loud when reading Eli's, yes that description is exactly what I'm going for with his character. [ima…

Nov 15, '20

Share your Poly-Romance Comics and Novels

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Yes, I have a story with a poly-romance an LGBT+ Paranormal Fantasy/Mystery. I'm pretty sure you've already seen it, but I thought I'd share it for anyone else who might be interested. It's just a few chapters from the poly becoming canon. I’m sending the ‘get together’ chapters to my editor in a co…

Nov 14, '20

Drop your Twitter!

I write and read Paranormal/Urban/Dark Fantasy, Horror and Mystery. I mainly like and tweet/retweet about writing, books, songs, LGBT+ topics and art/aesthetics I love. https://twitter.com/Geek_Aflame

Nov 5, '20

Let's have a BL Novel Showcase! (I want to find BL novels to read!)

Writing | Novels

I hope mine is okay. I'm writing a paranormal fantasy/mystery set in rural Australia. Although the mystery is the major focus, romance (MxMxM) is the main subplot. The two main characters are married but their third isn’t introduced until Chapter 14. Title: The Small Town Horror (The Southern Ma…

Nov 4, '20

How do people get custom covers for their novels?

I commissioned my covers from @joannekwan. I was looking for someone to commission for character portraits and saw someone on these forums mention that she did commissions. I knew who she was because I really enjoyed her comics especially Demon House so I commissioned her for several character portr…

Nov 4, '20

What’s your creative goal for today?