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Originally Posted by AndrewMowere
That seems to be the running theme -the too plain, I mean. That's been the feedback regarding the font as well. I think next time I should put up my covers a good while before I launch, so as to leave time for bigger feedback than "A versus B"
This could be a problem, since my turnaround between idea and finished manuscript is generally a month or two to begin with. Still, I think delayed launch for the sake of a better cover/editing from professionals should be a logical next step. I've simply been waiting to make sure that my writing is worth investing in. Not a lot of money to invest here.
About runes... There's a word that defines them well, but I'll go ahead and say they are inscribed characters that often carry meaning by themselves, regardless of syntax or grammer. Imagine that T meant Tree.
The idea is used in fantasy for ancient magical symbols more often than not, where the writing itself has power. So imagine that inscribing T on a tree could make the tree grow healthier.
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What I've always heard is it takes 3 things.
1)Good cover
2)Good blurb
3)Good story
And at least initially pretty much in that order. The cover draws them in so they read the blurb, then they read a few pages to see if they like the story.
You work so hard to write the novel the temptation is to say 'I'm done' and whip through the blurb and cover (and I'm not saying you rushed your cover I'm talking in generalities here), whereas those things are so important.
Same thing with query letters. I heard someone say you should work on your query letter as long as you worked on your novel.
Sure, it's not literally the case, but it makes a point in that those 400 pages of your novel are judged by a one page query letter.
Thanks for the explanation about runes.