PenelopetheSpider

  • Jan 25, 2021
  • Joined Oct 23, 2019
  • You gotta be kidding me! The books on this tab are as old as 2018, earlier 2019. There's nothing new there!

    Let's see:

    The President's Lover is a Fighter - 1rst chapter released on 01 August 2019
    Endless Pampering Only For You - 1rst chapter released on 11 February 2019
    Accidentally Married a Fox God | The Sovereign Lord Spoils His Wife - 1rst chapter released on 22 October 2018
    Tempest of the Stellar War - 1rst chapter released on 30 March 2018
    Abyss Domination - 1rst chapter released on 09 September 2019
    Ninth In the World - 1rst chapter released on 16 September 2019
    God Emperor - 1rst chapter released on 19 June 2018
    The Achievement Junkie - 1rst chapter released on 10 June 2019
    Godly Model Creator - 1rst chapter released on 24 August 2018

    Meaning, none of them are NEW! None of them were released in the last 3 months, something I could understand as relevantly being publicized as new arrivals.
    Once again, some authors and books are being privileged with undeserved publicity (since they aren't new) while other truly NEW works are relegated to obscurity.
    Bias and favoritism from WN team, not to mention it's really boring to see the same books over and over again when you look for something fresh.

    • Guys, it's been dragging for several weeks ( at least since I noticed it). LGBT+ filters are useless. You can't sort by rates, collections, anything. Picking a filter has no effect. Please fix it soon.

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        Kitty (yep, such a silly name) is a human guy with special blood that was adopted by a magic cat.
        The cat will take him wherever they are needed in the multiverse. Solve mysteries and save the day is always a problem for the young detective, but pure fun for the cat.
        This Halloween night it will be the same, except that Kitty will find someone that will put on stake his faithful love for K. waiting at home!

        Tags: fantasy, crossing words, transmigration, romance, horror, adventure, reincarnation, multi-worlds, boy love

        https://www.webnovel.com/book/15179626406415805/

        • MiniAce Hi. Nice! Thank you very much for your time.

          Bookmark it or the page for the contest disappears forever from the official website... Funny, but that's ok. Again, thanks for your patience in clarifying, I would never imagine such a thing.

          @BubbleBoom I can't see too, but it's not a problem for me. And thanks for the support boy!

          • Yes, it was team work! Thanks SrtaA MizA, I would take a lot longer to put up the chapters without you! É nĂłis!

            Now, does anyone knows the final SS count? Since the page where we could follow up the contest disappeared from inbox in the first week and WN never put it back, I was never able to discover who the other contestants were or to follow up the SS count. Does anyone knows?

            • But, you see, if those (numbers unsolicited novels in one's collection) matter for collection ranking, several novels have their numbers artificially inflated and it means that ranks worth nothing, in the end.

              • Hello, can someone explain me how rankings work?

                I mean, there is, power, collection, release, trending, activity

                POWER: I pretty much understand this one. It’s the amount of powerstones received weekly.
                COLLECTION: the amount of people adding a book in their libraries per week?
                TRENDING: How is it calculated?
                RELEASE: not sure what it means. Also, what means the UP by the side of the number? How is the number calculated?
                ACTIVITY: Perhaps it’s a sum of the comments in a week? But it doesn’t seem to be only it. How is it calculated?

                Would love if someone could explain.

              • Never Date a Man in Pink. I believe the main girl would punch the abusive CEO in the face. Actually her first appearance by chapter 8 is kicking in the butt the ML guy who yells at her in their first encounter.
                Of course it doesn't have the CEO's wives popularity.
                Writer is helping me with my own story, her style is great.

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                  Kitty (yep, such a silly name) is a human guy with special blood that was adopted by a magic cat.
                  The cat will take him wherever they are needed in the multiverse. Solve mysteries and save the day is always a problem for the young detective, but pure fun for the cat.
                  This Halloween night it will be the same, except that Kitty will find someone that will put on stake his faithful love for K. waiting at home!

                  Tags: fantasy, crossing words, transmigration, romance, horror, adventure, reincarnation, multi-worlds, boy love

                  https://www.webnovel.com/book/15179626406415805/

                  The novel was made for the Halloween contest, hence the title.

                  • Also, you know, the gender bender thing that is highly popular in "male novels" is LGBT+ too. Talk about a trans fetish hahaha. Well, I simply can't understand.

                    But thanks for your honest opinion, guys, I really will take into consideration since it reflects the majority, I guess.

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                    KITTY AND THE DETECTIVE: CROSS-UNIVERSE HALLOWEEN ADVENTURES

                    I quite didn't know how to pick a genre. The same old problem. The story is about adventures, fantastic creatures, fantasy, multiverses, and (BL) romance. It's funny that the focus must be to pick a gender.
                    I am under impression when I pick LGBT+ option it really doesn't make justice, but for the other side I was afraid of picking male lead. I really don't want homofobic people giving it low rates because they feel cheated about finding that two guys are kissing in the next chapter. In spite of tags.

                    It was originally written for the #89 Halloween contest. But I, as author see a lot of potential since the setting is vast and complex, and it is meant to go on for a long time.

                    LINK: https://www.webnovel.com/book/15179626406415805/40896798147014244

                  • No way I can see it my inbox |dapenggaofei Please help!
                    Several user compained about all messages that disappeared in our inboxes this week, and one of them was the link to the contest.
                    My inbox today:
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                    • Not to mention it was the only mean to get to the Halloween contest.

                      • My $5 cents:
                        1- Can you imagine real people really saying it? Which emotion the pure line of dialogue conveys?
                        2- Raw dialogues (like a ping-pong match of dialogue, with no description of feelings, no facial expressions, etc.) works better when the reader is completely inserted in the context. Sometimes it's better to elaborate by describing the reasons behind their speech (if your narrative person allow it, that is).
                        3- Do your characters talk all the same? Do you insert any mannerism? Are their origins, moods, level of education, vocabulary different and they show in their speech? How do you can tell them apart if you were only listening to their voices?
                        4- Intonation brings information about intention in real communication. You should mention or try to make pauses, use punctuation and other resources, to help your readers to get the intention hidden behind the words. Even the speed, length of sentences and length of the speech can tell whether a person is stressed, angry, happy or anxious.

                        I was told analyzing other’s works help creating your dialogue style, but mostly, make it true by imagining all intonations people are giving in their speech. Imagine every expression. Imprint their quirks and personalities by choice of words, speed of speech, length of sentences, and so on. This way the reader will them apart and easily “listen their voices”: a talker, a diplomat, a monosyllabic character, a pompous person, a gruffy one, whatever.

                        As for example I took away all descriptions accompanying the lines of the dialogue below. It’s a trivial scene with 3 characters. You can see the descriptions of their expressions and inner feelings in the novel “Never Date a Man in Pink” – Chapter 18. https://www.webnovel.com/book/14869790405897805

                        1- Tag the main feeling the line brings to your mind (joy, contempt, sarcasm, helplessness, surprise, etc.).
                        2- Check the full scene with feelings descriptions and body expressions and see if it matches.

                        1-Mr. Go! Dr. Kim!
                        2 -My dear Ye Rim-ssi! It’s been a long time since you’ve last sung this last song. Ms. Nam sings wonderfully, doesn’t she, Jun Hyeon?
                        3-Yes, wonderfully

                        1-The songs were not to your liking, Dr. Kim?
                        3-Did you received my flowers, Ms. Nam?
                        1-Yes, yes, what a good taste you have, Dr. Kim! Beautiful roses! I really didn’t expect it, I was very surprised! I am so glad!
                        3-Did you really like it?
                        1-Yes, I love the flowers. They’re not to blame, you know. They’re just come into the world to bring love and bliss.
                        3-But
 What a beautiful and intriguing way of thinking. Worthy of an artist! I hope it’s not just a beautiful thing just said by the sake of saying it.
                        2-You
 You

                        1-By the sake of saying it? By the sake of saying it?! Ha, how funny, coming from a doctor who tells someone else to write his apology cards!
                        3-Ahhhherm
!
                        3-So Ms. Nam, do you think my apology was lacking sincerity? It may sound clichĂ©, but I’m a pretty busy man.
                        1-I don’t know what you told your secretary, but you certainly didn’t tell I’m younger than you, Dr. Kim.
                        3-Ahnnn

                        1-But like I said, I really liked the roses. I admired them. I appreciated their aroma, the softness of their petals, and all their love. They had a difficult mission, when you gifted me with them and that insincere card of yours. So, I gave them another assignment: I gifted them to everyone who came to enjoy my performance this evening, and now they express my gratitude to these people.
                        3-Hey. Hey!!! Why are you like this?!

                        I hope it’s a good exercise. I'm not a master on it, but that's how I try to build dialogs.

                        • How can one see contests, ranks and novels now?
                          It was weird that any contest is only seem by a notification in both app and website, but now it's completely gone.
                          I hope it gets fixed soon.
                          BTW, a "Current contests" tab for it in 'Explore' session would be an elegant permanent solution.

                        • What are the criteria to have 1rst, 2nd and 3rd places as in the picture?

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                          P.S.: I know the picture just reflects a moment, but it got me curious to understand what makes a novel be in first, with the same amount of votes the third has.
                          P.P.S.:

                          An empty space where I can promote my wonderful HALLOWEEN NOVEL! YAY!
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                          Read and vote!
                          https://www.webnovel.com/book/15179626406415805

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