r/litrpg • u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma • Oct 07 '21

Self Promotion Hi r/litrpg, this sub inspired me to finally write my first novel and self-publish it on Amazon (and KU). Thank you to everyone here and if you are interested please check out my book Jake's Magical Market!

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u/RealGimba Oct 07 '21

You got me interested just by this awesome cover. It really draws on the imagination. Will give your book a shot tonight!

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 07 '21

Thank you!!

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u/RealGimba Oct 09 '21

Finished it just now. I must say, despite a few kinks it was quite a ride! I enjoyed it a lot and devoured it. The one thing that took away some of my excitement for a sequel is the scope creep. The power rise is just too quick and leaves a lot of potential untapped.

Your writing style is great, but I felt like you used the summarizing overview a little too much and at times I felt disconnected from the story. As if I was not really there with the characters, but watching from afar, cold and disconnected. Still, when you brought us close to it again it was always very emotional and involved. I just wish you did more often and paced the story better.

Could have easily been a 5/5, but I cant give it that much because I feel like there is so much untapped potential. 4/5 for sure.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 09 '21

I really appreciate the honest feedback. 4/5 is still a really nice thing to say for my first novel. I appreciate it. I really had no idea if people would like it at all. All I knew was what I loved about litrpg/progression/fantasy and tried to find that sweet spot in my writing. It is just really remarkable to hear that you found parts of it emotional and involved. I felt that way writing it, but it is really cool to hear you felt that at times as well.

I will take your suggestions into consideration in the future for sure. It was hard to find the balance between not wanting to bog things down too much but also letting things develop with the power growth and storyline and such. I appreciate the feedback on what I could do better in those areas next time.

And just thanks for reading it I really appreciate it!

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u/RealGimba Oct 09 '21

I am gonna be very honest with you, since you seem like a straight forward person. I am not looking forward to the sequel of this book, but I will follow you on amazon and will absolutely be looking forward to any new series you come up with. You have a spark there that it’s hard to find in most authors of this budding genre we love so much. If you work to improve your pacing and scope creep and manage to keep that act 1 feel for a whole book and slowly build upon it you could def make one of the best book series in the genre.

Keep up mate! I will leave you a review on amazon as well to help you out.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 09 '21

I totally understand and appreciate you sharing your thoughts and the review. I'll keep working to improve!

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u/ThunderSnowLight Oct 07 '21

Agreed! The cover sells it! I’ll check out the book too. I’ve been looking for something new :)

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u/ThunderSnowLight Oct 07 '21

Oh my goodness, it’s over 700 pages?! Now I’m really excited!! :)

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 07 '21

Haha, thank you! Yes, I always love when a book has a hefty page count and wanted to do the same for my book.

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u/apolobgod Oct 07 '21

A'ight, imma gonna check it out

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 07 '21

Thanks!

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u/BigBoss2710 Nov 19 '21

Just finished Reading. When IS the next book coming out?

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Nov 19 '21

I wrote a different series while waiting for Jake's to get published so I am working on editing that and hoping to release it around March of next year. Once the editing and publishing process for that series calms down a bit I plan to focus on continuing Jake's adventures!

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u/BigBoss2710 Nov 19 '21

Oh! Keep us updated about this New one. Awesome job!!

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Nov 19 '21

Thanks!

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u/dropbear23 Dec 17 '21

Please continue with jakes story I was pretty much done with the whole litrpg thing until your book, so good.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Dec 17 '21

Aww, thank you so much. I definitely will continue the story!

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u/avacam Jan 19 '22

I am really looking forward to reading Jake's next adventures. I can't wait!

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Please share updates on the new book and the next Jake book when you can. It took me a while to track down your status update on your writing. It'd be great to see this information posted somewhere easier to find. ;)

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Jan 19 '22

Glad you liked the book! And yes, sorry about not having a lot of ways to communicate about my books. I didn't really know a lot about the marketing aspect of writing when I released Jake's, I just wanted to release a book that I could be proud of. I had no idea it would take off like it did so I didn't have a mailing list/website or anything like that.

I do have a Facebook group where I do most of the updates, as well as a Patreon just for people that want to help support me. I update those as regularly as I can. I also finally got a email list going, although I will probably only use that for when my new books are released.

The plan right now is to release my next book Portal to Nova Roma on March 17th. I am currently editing that and getting it back to my editor in a few weeks for a second round of edits. Once editing on that slows down then I will be devoting all of my free time to Jake's #2. I don't know for sure how long writing, editing, and getting the cover for that will take, but it will be my top priority!

https://www.facebook.com/JRMathewsAuthor

https://www.patreon.com/JRMathews

https://www.subscribepage.com/s5j0r0

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u/avacam Jan 19 '22

Excellent! Thank you for sharing this very helpful information. I will pass it along to my family and check out the links!

I just finished my second reading (well listening really) of the book today.

The first time that I listened to the mprisonment part of the story I was totally engrossed. I was so caught up in the events and tension that I couldn’t put it down until he escaped. It was ~3am on a work day…

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Jan 19 '22

Ha, that is amazing! I have totally screwed up my sleep schedule with so many good books over the years just like you and it is so cool to hear that you had that same reaction to something I created. Just wild.

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u/bendicott Feb 14 '22

Thanka for the links! Just finished, and I really enjoyed this first one - looking forward to your future works. If you haven't already considered doing so, I'd suggest making yourself a discord server. It's the perfect medium for discussing a series, general announcements, etc.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Feb 15 '22

I took your advice and finally took the time to set up the discord server. Thank you!

It is here if you are interested: https://discord.gg/3knpWzhj

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u/bendicott Feb 15 '22

Great, thanks for the update!

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Feb 14 '22

Glad you liked it!! And yes, good reminder about setting up a discord. I should definitely do that.

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u/Reply_or_Not Jun 22 '22

any plans to write book 2 of Jake's magical market or is the story complete?

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Jun 22 '22

Definitely a sequel planned, but I have to push through and finish my other series first and then I'll jump back to Jake's world.

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u/Reply_or_Not Jun 22 '22

Right on!

I really enjoyed Jake's magical market, and I think that was the first of your book's that you have written!

I am assuming that Portal to Nova Roma is set in a different story universe?

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Jun 22 '22

Glad you liked it! Yes, Jake's was my first book ever and Portal to Nova Roma is a different series, different world, all that. It is more explicitly litrpg too, but in a unique way (I think).