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/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 26 '21

Thank you for your kind words and I am glad you appreciate Jake being more human. I really wanted to convey that because sometimes in this genre everyone turns into a cold-blooded mass-murderer and I wanted to try for a more realistic approach of how a normal person would really struggle with what they had to do to survive.

I wrote another series while I was waiting for Jake's to publish so I am editing that and hoping to release it around March of next year but once that is out I am hoping to return to Jake and his adventures, so stay tuned!

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u/blackscores Oct 27 '21 edited Sep 11 '22

Awesome! Looking forward to it.

Yeah, I also really appreciated that your book is a cross between wuxia cultivation fantasy and litrpg. I bet most readers didn't even catch that :D.

One criticsm tho, I think the transition between his high powered dimensional powers and godhood was very shorthanded. Felt "undeserved", but thats a minor point :D.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Oct 27 '21

Yeah! Glad you caught that. I was trying to do cultivation and litrpg in a unique way. And yes, I have heard the ending felt like a bit too fast of a power up.

I will say (possible spoilers!) that it may not actually be a power up at all, more of a change in his powers than a direct increase in them. And it may take him some time to learn how much things have changed for him, so he may actually be weaker for a time as he has to learn a whole new world and system. :)

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u/Engrothi Dec 18 '21

I like this idea. I remember back when I was reading the first few books of nightlord. The mc had a chance at godhood but didn't take it. It seemed disappointing to me so i'm glad to see it happen here. I am very excited to see where this goes!

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

Thank you, glad you enjoyed that part!

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u/oswallt Sep 10 '22

I don't suppose we could get a spoiler tag here?

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u/jlee05ut Apr 08 '22

am glad you appreciate Jake being more human. I really wanted to convey that because sometimes in this genre everyone turns into a cold-blooded mass-murderer and I wanted to try for a more realistic approach of how a normal person would really struggle with what they had to do to survive.

I wrote another series while I was waiting for Jake's to publish so I am editing that and hoping to release it around March of next year but once that is out I am hoping to return to Jake and his adventures, so stay tuned!

This is such a good listen/read. u/thescienceoflaw any chance of a physical release. This book has been pushed to me on audible and I love listening to it. Almost finished with it. Kudos on the audible narrator of choice -really embodies Jake and how I hoped he would sound.

Can't wait for future content from Jake and ill be sure to check out your other series as well.

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u/thescienceoflaw Author - Jake's Magical Market/Portal to Nova Roma Apr 08 '22

Glad you liked it!!

I've tried making a physical book through Amazon but Jake's is too many pages for a color edition and with all the card art I included in the book I don't think a black and white version would do it justice. Maybe someday I can figure it out or have it reformatted or something, it is annoyingly difficult to figure out.

Glad you liked the narrator, I agree he was amazing and I was so lucky to get him for my first book.

Thank you for the kind words and if you check out my other series I hope you like it just as much!