《Meet the authors showcase edition volume #2 Est. 6/5/2020》A showcase with @Keri8794, author of It all started with a theory
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I was inspired by an advert I saw years ago for a new comedy show. The ad showed a young man walking into random stores proposing to different women until one said yes. It was advertising a prank show but I remember thinking how bizarre and unusual that was and it got me thinking, what if someone did that, just proposed to someone until they found a person to agree. And so... an idea formed and the book was created.
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In the beginning I really struggled with relatability of my story and the concept in general. My first draft had many readers saying they enjoyed it but couldn't understand why the characters (mostly Nick) got into their situation. It took me almost 3 years to finally go back to it and fix it so the stakes made more sense. I'm now working on fixing the others in the series too.
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My readers seem to love the book and it's been my best performing book at over 1M reads
I loved exploring a new style of writing with this novel. Before writing it, I'd always written in first person narrative but with this one, I changed to third person. I find I now love it.
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Its the first in a series but each book in the series is a stand alone
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I'd like readers to take away that beauty standards aren't determined or established by media but rather by our own value in what we see (ourselves or others). The Marrying You Series is about challenging beauty norms and the idea that we pretend to match what society wants from us because of fear when really we should embrace our own beauty which is real beauty.
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My advice to other writers would be to stick to your truth. The worst thing you can do is write just to get votes. Write what makes you happy and you'll see that it'll be the best thing you would ever write. Also, never stop. Keep at it. Your time for success will come!
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Some traits. Some of my views towards marriage and love are reflected in Both main characters.
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I believe new readers will be drawn the twist on a cliche that is in my story. It's got the pretense of being your typical romance where a rich guy convinces a poor woman to marry him just for his reputation but really... It's so much more than that! The characters aren't who you assume they are and their intentions armed what you originally assume either.
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i have 7 books on my profile, only 1 is currently a work in progress. My latest finished novel is Flirting with disaster and is more light hearted compared to my other novels. I'm working on fixing and polishing the Marrying You Series before I love onto future stories.
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LYNN ELLA WORLD
Armed with only his wits and a few new abilities, Jack889 accepts a quest to rescue a gnome from a hog-goblin slave network inside the prison world he’s locked up in. During this journey, he learns the real reason the Prison Conglomerate took the prison industry virtual—plus the means of escape if only he can get past the shadowy death cult that stands in the way. ~Flesh gardens ~Space balls ~Pocket dimension outhouses ~A naked, rampaging cyclops ~Time loop bubbles ~Thumb candles ~A waterfall induced, pressure washer weapon ~Secret back door encryption codes ~A technology worshiping death cult ~A brutally sarcastic A.I. ~Aaaaaand a lot more weird stuff ... [This is an ongoing LitRPG story that doesn't take itself too seriously. If you're not in the mood for some dumb, dark, and aggressive fun that borders on the absurd, it might not be for you. Just saying.]
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Mana Soul
Like many others across the multiverse, Markus was chosen as this world's hero to fight against the steadily approaching cataclysm. Only, something went horribly wrong. Left with only a handful of memories, Markus has spent years clawing his way up from poverty and officially registered as an adventurer to try and make his fortune. Unfortunately, Artificers are the least combat-capable class of the four classes, and Markus has no connections to join an established party. With the fate of countless worlds hanging in the balance, a chance meeting will determine the course of a war nearly as old as reality itself. Warning: Markus has trauma induced amnesia and will occasionally 'act out of character' or make 'poorly thought out' decisions. These events are rather obvously telegraphed abd represent conflicts between his current personality and the one repressed alongside his trauma. Just something to bear in mind.The story will bounce predominantly back and forth between the primary protagonists every couple of chapters. The time stream is linear, so events are not revisted/rehashed/retold through the narrative format. Characters may comment on something that has occurred, but that's different. Just giving a heads up.Chapters will be around 7-9k and updated 1/week on the same schedule as my other story Ogre Tyrant over the weekend.[participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]
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Undying Soul
What can a hero do when he is the only one that can save humanity? What can he do when he was born blessed by darkness but must try to hide it? What can he do if his loved ones are taken away from him? He fights until he is the last one standing…And occasionally eat some souls.
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The Final Draft
This is basically the story of a farmer turning cats loose to wipe out mice that are stealing food. Except the farmer is an intergalactic empire, the mice are rebels and space pirates, and the cats are randomly chosen humans from present-day Earth. Margaret was one of the fortunate few to be selected, drafted to fight on an alien planet for overlords she never knew existed. Dropped onto a fantasy world where things like toilets are nonexistent, how does an architect/engineer fight back? By building, of course.
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Long Lost Traveler (Dropped)
A soldier thrust into a new world. A world of majestic creatures, strong magic, different races and gods. A fantasy world, the nature of his arriving in this world were not fantastical in nature however. Plucked from his imminent death by humans far from the future. How will the solider navigate through the power struggles, war, and divine plans. With the power of science and something a bit more fantastical in nature at his back. To rise or fall in the new universe he finds himself in. De Oppresso Liber
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Face Your Fears
Archer Morales's life is finally perfect. He's married to the girl of his dreams and finally has a job he enjoys. But when something completely unexpected happens, Archer discovers that his wife, Hadley, has been keeping secrets, and that his past isn't going to be staying in the past for much longer.
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