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Oh! Thank you. I really appreciate that!

If you're looking for something similar in terms of content (hell themed fantasy, with a bit of romance), then I'd suggest City of Bones by Cassandra Clare. But it's less dark and more YA.

If similar style is what you're after, then I can recommend my novella The King of Celeraan. It's shorter and leaning more toward high fantasy, but with the same dark undertones, intricate type of lore, and a slight touch of romance. (It will be on sale on Amazon in a few days if you care to wait).

Then there's always my subreddit, r/Lilwa_Dexel, where I have hundreds of stories available for free.

This sounds eerily similar to a story I wrote and published to Amazon in 2011. http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-With-Two-Eyes-ebook/dp/B00671LHZ8

This isn't really a plug, but more or less an interesting coincidence that this story sounds so similar to mine.

Here is the first bit:


In the not so distant future, in a time that is not your own, there lived a man. There was no one on earth like this man. However, at the time, only he knew of his existence.
There was also a child. The child was unlike the man in almost every way, but these two would cross paths and the child would be the first who knew of the existence of this man—the one he called “the man with two eyes.”
What an odd name, you might say to yourself, for all people have two eyes. Why would he be called the man with two eyes? This is not a bad question, indeed. But the answer is simple: the man with two eyes had twice as many eyes as any other human being on Earth. And remember, only the people who knew this were the man with two eyes, and soon to be the child, whom the man with two eyes would call “the one-eyed boy” since he had half the number of eyes as himself.
You may also be asking yourself: Where on earth could these two have encountered one another that no one else on earth had never shared a similar encounter? Another great question, I must say. But one requiring a much more complex answer.
You see, in this not so distant future, in a time that is not your own, what you do not know is that almost the entire planet is covered in water. Now you know. You may also like to know that the man with two eyes lived underneath the water, but he did not and cannot breathe underwater. That would be ludicrous. He instead lived in the containers. Containers of what? you might ask. And I really wish you would just shut up and let me tell the story. Thanks.
The containers held up the houses on the surface. You see, in a society where people like water, but not that much, the government will sometimes create an elaborately constructed scaffold of beams and shipping containers scavenged off the bottom of the ocean from “The Time Before.”

Children's Virtues by Melissa Jones, will teach your child the importance of 26 Virtues such as ethics, forgiveness, thankfulness, and so much more! Your child will love the characters, stories, and lessons taught in Children's Virtues. They also will be simultaneously learning the alphabet and important character building traits!

Available at http://www.amazon.com/Childrens-Virtues-The-Complete-Series/dp/1500925780

The best way to start, imo, is with graphic novels/collections.
Going into a store and buying individual issues is going to be overwhelming, as you experienced.

As a DC reader I can recommend some books for you:

Batman - Batman Vol.1: Court of Owls has the first few issues of New 52 Batman and it's fantastic.

Superman - All-Star Superman is a great book, and widely considered THE best Superman book.

Yes, this is a good precipitating event. However, I suggest starting the story even before this, so you can establish some backstory and characters. Show the relationship between the main character and her brother. Maybe hint at her father's abuse. Get the reader invested in the characters a bit before this event.

Also, I suggest you work on your grammar and punctuation. Make sure to break up your story into paragraphs. Every time a different character speaks, or there is a change in character perspective, start a new line.

I suggest the book, "The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing." It's a great guide on how to effectively create a story.

You've got a great creative mind, you just need to refine how you put it on paper.

Book here: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/0393337081/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_jHFvDb7GQPGQH

Woo, SatChat!

Personally, my New Years Resolution is to finish and publish two more novels. Because I hate myself or something.

The first of which would be Stolen Time Part 2. (Part 1 link for anyone who missed it)

And secondly, Librarian's Code is starting to get big and awesome, but I think that one is going to take even longer to finish and get out the door.

How was your holidays? Mine were pretty awesome, ended up with a bunch of new resources for writing that I'm excited to crack into.

Thanks! It was inspired by Icerigger, the first book in a terrific trilogy. Fantastic. By Alan Dean Foster.

I actually just googled them. You can buy them each for one cent! Please, please buy them and read them. At least the first one. http://www.amazon.com/Icerigger-Book-Alan-Dean-Foster/dp/0345333950
http://www.amazon.com/Mission-Moulokin-Icerigger-Trilogy-Book/dp/0345333225/ref=pd_sim_b_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=0E5MR7G93FSKS640C5PQ
http://www.amazon.com/Deluge-Drivers-Icerigger-Trilogy-Book/dp/0345333306/ref=pd_sim_b_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0E5MR7G93FSKS640C5PQ

Thanks! I have considered that his character may travel a dark road now since power has the tendency to corrupt, but we'll have to see how it goes.

And "murder-birds": I like that!

I would like to go pro, and I recently started self-publishing on Kindle. If you'd like to read another of my pieces, I'm having a few days of free downloads starting Sunday on my short story. Check it out!

> A 'tablet' as terminology in everyday parlance

This was my original reply:
"I agree that Apple invented the term PDA. But the product existed for years before Newton. And Newton was really a tablet."

In context, you don't see people walking by with smartphones the physical size of a Newton. Today we call devices of that physical size Tablets.

> Go look at the Crackberry site and see what they have to say about it.

Yes Look. You are obsessed with appearances and that doesn't look like any pager. If I said "Look in wonder at the first iPod with a Phone", that doesn't mean the iPhone was anything like an iPod.

> Nobody on earth could make anything that remotely looked like it in 1999.

I already linked a Nino from 1999 that looks more like an iPhone than the first Blackberry looks like a pager.

This is a pager from 1999: https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Advisor-Elite-Flex-Pager/dp/B0000512IG


> But they look nothing like a normal device for the time.

That is plainly false. They look like a Nino with less plastic.


I swear this debate will happen again in 20 years.

Redditor: "They'd be struck in awe that everyone was using powerful handheld computer Nubias that were also cameras"

Me: "What do you mean, people had iPhones in 2018?"

You:"No, Nubias are completely different because they're thinner and have screens on the front and back. People wouldn't know what they are."

Where do you live (State / Country)?
Indiana

Male, female, other?
Female

How long have you been writing?
If you count the really weird book my friend and I typed up on WordPad back in 1999, it's been 18 years.

What is your writing motivation?
I would love to one day find an agent who can get a book with my name on the cover in physical bookstores across the world.

What programs do you use to write?
Microsoft Word... and also a really battered journal.

How fast can you type?
77 WPM (4 errors, adjusted to 73)

Want to share a photo?
It's up, at the very bottome :D

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Check out Red Rising By Pierce Brown, who is a much better author than I will ever be. Martians, super soldiers, twist endings, pretty awesome stuff.

If anyone is interested in a book that would fit this prompt: Rebel Fleet by BV Larson has a similar premise. It is free on Prime Reading right now. I just finished it last night, and I thought it was a pretty fun, light read.

Yeah. His book Life Together inspired me to be much more proactive in listening to and empathizing with the struggles of my friends. And thanks :)

Slightly off topic, but there's a great book related to this question - "Monster" by A. Lee Martinez. The main character is a paranormal animal control worker. Definitely worth a read! Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/Monster-Lee-Martinez/dp/0316049913