WIP Hack: Tower of Gates Book 1

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  1. Paul Bellow

    Paul Bellow Forum Game Master Staff Member LitRPG Author Shop Owner Citizen Aspiring Writer

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    Going over changes from the final editor. Then off to formatting. Should have ARCs out by this weekend.

    Hit me up if you want one. I might finally start an ARC thread here somewhere.

    Inching closer.
     
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  2. Paul Bellow

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    Sent back to get formatted.

    Waiting on covers.

    ARCs going out over the weekend.
     
  3. Paul Bellow

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    First formatting pass wasn't great (see below). With my short paragraph style an first-line indents, it got kinda messy. Also posting a shot from the second round formatting which switches to space between grafs instead of first line indents. Looks a lot cleaner to me. Any thoughts? TIA.

    hacksnap.JPG nolinks.JPG extralines2.JPG doublelines.JPG arc2.JPG

    OLD ^

    NEW

    hacksnap.JPG
     
  4. Paul Bellow

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    The game boxes are very minimal, but they still stand out...

    hacksnap3.JPG
     
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    I'm no specialist, but I like it. I don't see anything I would change on the prints, except the one with health damage (fourth from the left of the old) bugs me a little bit with the indentation. It feels nice to read in the new formatting.
     
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    I like them as well. Formatting looks nice.
     
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    Thanks. A couple people have said to use indents, but I don't think it works in my particular case.
     
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    Hey I just signed up for your ARC! I'm Wind Princess : P
     
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    Thanks!

    A couple dozen ARC readers so far. Fingers crossed.
     
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    Still tinkering with the formatting. Think I have it very close to where it needs to be.

    New cover coming soon.

    You would think after so many books published I wouldn't be as nervous. Heh.

    [​IMG]
     
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    ONE MORE LEVEL...

    Ever dream of being trapped in a virtual reality RPG?

    Craving one more quest?

    Read on, adventurer!

    Sarah, Eric and Josh secretly log onto the new Tower of Gates VRMMORPG and stumble on a world unlike any they have seen before. Swords, sorcery, and intrigue abound. While not planning on staying in the unreleased game long, life happens.

    They soon learn the stakes are even higher than they imagined. To survive, they will need all their strength, courage, and wisdom, not to mention help from friendly NPCs, magic items, and everything else as they delve deeper into the game.

    Hack is the first book of the Tower of Gates LitRPG Saga.
     
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    When will it come out? Any idea?

    Dewin the poll over on Goodreads for May and I can edit it in later if it comes out this month : )
     
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    Tomorrow or tuesday!
     
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    OH NO I just started reading the arc last night. Must read faster so I can review eeet for joo.
     
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    No rush. Take your time. Enjoy. :)
     
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    shouldn't it be "stumble upon" rather than "stumble on"?
     
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  19. Paul Bellow

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    Good point. I think it can be either - ie never mind / nevermind

    stumble on or upon. To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), light on (or upon), run across, run into, tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon). Idiom: meet up with.
     
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    But what do you THINK? haha
     




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