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Well yeah but with the caveat that it needs more work. Only so much I could do on the bus

I suppose if you're going traditional, the cover is irrelevant as they'll have a department to handle that

bzzt!

(That's the sound of a cattle prod)

First draft is about 60K words... novella length. I'm generally 75% more wordy on a 2nd draft, so I expect to hit about 90K. I don't like to pass the mid 80's, so at 90, I'll be looking to kill even more characters off.

I agree sometimes the hero needs to win. My original story line called for [K i m] to lose in Book 4, Lorraine to Lose in Book 6, and Books 8 and 10 to be losses as well -- such that even-numbered volumes would be downers followed by comeback volumes. Not all has gone according to plan with characters often refusing to die et al, but I'm working on it.

This is why I think letting Anver know about how Alina killed his friend before he commits to the duel is a mistake.  It's too much outer reason and not enough Anver

... Egads! I'm in agreement with njc. Note if Amy will agree the universe could cease to exist

what are Anver's flaws?
Anver had no standout flaws that I recall

Meh. Anver doesn't need flaws to keep himself interesting because he's surrounded on all sides by enemies & strife. Basic Rocky / K1mberly formula - Keep the MC's back to the wall. Make sure he's fighting desperately against overwhelming odds with zero chance of success and knows at best he might pick up his own broken pieces from the field. He wins by thinking outside the box - or by daring what little he has left... or by sheer determination. This kind of hero need no extra rendering.

Samurai for me because of "to smack". But I'm able to puzzle it out to Apollo with no difficulties

AKA Solsol iirc

Hosted off Kwan's website... I think I just link them in HTML... eg <img src="http://www.mysite.com/my pic" />

You have tons of antagonists - what you need is a villain

You should make one up because you're not stuck in hard sci-fi. I suggest it not be a mineral or an element (because it's likely that we've discovered all the stable elements).

As a complex molecule, you could make up the conditions that cause it to exist. Then, you can tailor the conditions to suit the worlds where you want it to exist in abundance.

The "Spice" of my series has been given the condition it only forms in heavy rocks exposed to minimal heat or sunlight during its formation. This causes my character to chase down objects in the Kuiper Belt to get it - a place no one would want to be, otherwise.