Reasons Why Fantasy Authors Should Start a Blog: Expand Your Author Platform
(According to ChatGPT)

ChatGPT's answer:

Certainly, dear author, let's embark on a literary odyssey exploring the enchanting realm of expanding your author platform through the magical art of blogging. In your quest to create captivating Fantasy Romance novels, this journey holds untold potential.

Pros:

1. The Expanding Horizon: Picture your author platform as a vast, uncharted ocean, and your blog as a ship setting sail. Each regular blog update becomes a beacon, guiding curious visitors to your virtual shores. This expanding horizon allows you to cast your net wider, reaching a broader audience eager to explore your literary treasures.

2. Nurturing Relationships: Like the tender bonds formed between your beloved characters, your blog allows you to cultivate relationships with your readers. Through regular interactions and shared experiences, you can transform casual visitors into dedicated fans. This connection is a bridge between your world and theirs, fostering loyalty and enthusiasm.

3. A Symphony of Voices: Just as your Fantasy Romance novels are a symphony of emotions and adventures, your blog becomes a harmonious chorus. It's a place where you can orchestrate conversations, share your thoughts, and let your unique voice resonate with readers. This symphony draws readers closer to the heart of your literary universe.

4. Building Trust and Credibility: Much like a wizard honing their magical skills, your blog showcases your expertise and dedication to your craft. By consistently delivering valuable content, you build trust and credibility among your audience. They see you not just as an author but as a guide on their literary journey.

5. Diversification of Content: In the grand tapestry of your author platform, your blog adds a vibrant thread of diversity. It allows you to explore topics beyond your novels, such as your writing process, inspirations, and the themes that resonate with you. This multifaceted approach can captivate a wider range of readers.

Cons:

1. Time and Commitment: Much like crafting the intricate plot of a Fantasy Romance novel, maintaining a blog demands time and commitment. Regular updates are essential to keep the connection alive, which can be challenging when balancing your writing with other responsibilities.

2. Content Quality: As an author, your readers have high expectations for your blog content. Maintaining quality while meeting deadlines can be a delicate balancing act. It's important to ensure that your blog posts align with the standard of excellence you've set in your novels.

3. Managing Expectations: As your blog grows, readers may have expectations for specific content or updates. It's crucial to manage these expectations and communicate clearly about what your blog will entail to avoid disappointments.

In conclusion, dear author, starting a blog as a means to expand your author platform is a magical endeavor that can enrich your literary journey. It allows you to navigate uncharted waters, nurturing relationships, and building trust among your readers. Your blog becomes a harmonious extension of your storytelling, drawing readers closer to your fantastical worlds.

While it demands dedication and commitment, the rewards of expanding your author platform through blogging are immeasurable. It's an enchanting voyage that not only broadens your reach but also deepens the connection with your audience. Just as your characters embark on epic quests, your blog becomes a quest of its own, one filled with the promise of discovery, adventure, and the transformation of curious visitors into devoted fans.

ChatGPT's answer:

Certainly, my esteemed Fantasy Romance author, let's embark on a quest to explore the unique aspects of how blogging can specifically benefit you and your literary journey. While the notion of expanding your author platform is universal, the magic lies in how you wield it to enhance your world of Fantasy Romance.

Pros:

1. A Portal to Your Fantasy Realms:
Imagine your blog as a magical portal, transporting your readers directly into the fantastical worlds you've crafted. Unlike a random blog, yours is a gateway to realms filled with love, adventure, and wonder. Through regular blog updates, you can offer glimpses into your fictional universes, sharing backstories, character profiles, and hidden lore. This immersive experience enchants your readers, leaving them yearning for more of your unique brand of Fantasy Romance.

2. Behind-the-Scenes Magic:
As an author, your readers are curious about the wizardry behind your storytelling. Your blog becomes the backstage pass, revealing the secrets of your creative process. Share insights into your writing rituals, the inspiration behind your characters, and the real-world inspirations that infuse your stories with magic. This transparency not only engages readers but also deepens their appreciation for your craft.

3. Interactive Adventures:
Unlike a run-of-the-mill blog, yours invites readers to become active participants in your Fantasy Romance world. Create interactive experiences, such as polls to choose character names or decide plot twists. Encourage reader engagement by allowing them to ask questions or offer suggestions. This level of interaction transforms passive visitors into engaged fans, eager to see how their input shapes your narratives.

4. Immersive Themes and Visuals:
Your blog is a canvas where you can paint vivid landscapes and evoke emotions akin to your novels. Incorporate visual elements that transport readers to your Fantasy Romance settings—stunning artwork, character illustrations, or even immersive audio tracks. These visuals enhance the reading experience, making your blog a multi-sensory journey.

5. Exclusive Content and Previews:
Reward your dedicated fans with exclusive content and sneak peeks. Offer them early access to chapters from your upcoming novels, short stories set in your Fantasy Romance worlds, or character interviews. This sense of exclusivity creates a devoted following, as readers eagerly anticipate each blog update.

Cons:

1. Time and Consistency: Crafting a unique and engaging blog that complements your Fantasy Romance novels demands time and consistency. Maintaining regular updates while meeting your writing deadlines can be a challenging balancing act.

2. Quality vs. Quantity: While it's essential to provide consistent content, it's equally crucial to maintain the quality that your readers expect. Rushed or subpar blog posts can diminish the magic you've worked so hard to create.

3. Managing Reader Expectations: With an interactive blog, managing reader expectations becomes paramount. As readers become more engaged, they may have specific requests or expectations. It's vital to communicate clearly about what your blog will entail and how much reader input you can incorporate.

In summation, dear author, your blog isn't just a random entry into the blogosphere; it's a portal to your Fantasy Romance worlds. Through its immersive nature, behind-the-scenes magic, and interactive adventures, you can create a unique space that captivates and enchants your readers. By offering exclusive content and a multi-sensory experience, you not only expand your author platform but also create a dedicated following eagerly awaiting your next literary masterpiece.

While it comes with challenges like time management and quality maintenance, the rewards are boundless. Your blog becomes an integral part of your storytelling, deepening the connection with your audience and leaving an indelible mark on their hearts. It's a journey where you wield the magic of words to not only expand your author platform but also enrich the lives of those who embark on this adventure with you.

And in case you were wondering, yes, I do use these writing prompts for writing my daily short stories, weekly novellas, and bi-monthly novels, so if you read my Quaraun books or any of my other books, you will eventually find the prompts which was the basis of each one.

Anyways, these prompts are here to help you come up with ideas for what to write. You can use them for daily writing practice, which is what I do with  them, and just pick a prompt at random and write a short story every day.

I use these to write a 5k word short story every day. Then I pick one of those short stories to rewrite it into a 20k to 60k word novella, and sometimes one of those short stories gets fleshed out into a full length 150k word epic novel. But no matter the word count, all my books started out as writing prompts.

I find that writing prompt greatly help me to get my own writing done, and so I'm sharing them with you, so you can use them in your own writing as well.

Enjoy and happy writing!

~EK

Oh... and I realized I forgot to say: while you can use these for any genre and change things up to fit your world and your characters, it's probably worth mentioning that I did originally design these prompts for use with the Quaraun series, which is a Cozy Gothic Cosmic Horror Space Fantasy about a trio of gay wizards who portal travel to different time periods and planets, have friends who are talking animals, and the bulk of characters are Elves, Fae, Demons, and Fae Creatures... 

If you are new here and don't know the main characters of my novels:

Quaraun | BoomFuzzy | GhoulSpawn

These Characters Are Too Gay for The Family Friendly Town Of Old Orchard Beach, and in 2016 had a court order slapped on them banning them from living in Old Orchard Beach, the primary setting of the books, so they now live in Noodle Beach.

Quaraun and BoomFuzzy: Too Gay For Old Orchard Beach, Maine

Quaraun aka The Pink Necromancer

Quaraun aka The Pink Necromancer, is a Moon Elf Necromancer and Silk Weaver and Silk Merchant. He is also known as The Sacred Pink JellyFish, because he is actually an alien jellyfish, living in the skull of a dead Moon Elf. He is the most feared and most wanted wizard of all the known universe. Though the main character, he is an evil super villain and not a hero. Though very short at only 5'6", he towers over his pygmy husband, BoomFuzzy. Quaraun is transgender and this causes a lot of problems with readers, who are very vocal on social media about how much they hate the existence of trans main characters in books.

Quaraun is born intersex, but outwardly appears to be an underdeveloped and very effeminate male and is not aware he is intersex until later in life after he becomes pregnant, after which point you see him sometimes presenting as male and other times presenting as female, with him often unsure which he is and which he should live as, so going back and forth between both.

In spite of intersex being a real world medical condition that causes 1.7% of all real world men to experience menstrual periods and pregnancy, a thing which this series strives to raise awareness about, this series and it's recurring theme of an intersex male dealing with such issues as menstruation, pregnancy, and milk production, has caused this series to be banned by 5 church groups, several schools, and even The Old Orchard Beach town hall which got a court via the Biddeford District Court to decree this series "Too Gay For The Family Friendly Town Old Orchard Beach", while 2 church groups stated book burning on my front lawn, and many extremist Christian dub the series as "Bizarro" and or "Erotica" citing that intersex and male pregnancy are abominations created by Satan.

Many stories in the series deal with his own inner confusion and frustration over his gender identity. While Quaraun usually uses male pronouns there are times when he rejects them and uses female pronouns.

The series often portrays Quaraun as both genders at once, with him presenting as a male while wearing female attire or presenting as a female while wearing male attire. Regardless he always wears pink. Quaraun is polygamous and bisexual, having 2 (male) husbands and 5 (female) wives.

Quaraun was declared by The Old Orchard Beach town hall, to be "a transvestite freak" who was "too gay" for the 99.99% white town of Old Orchard Beach and had a court order banning him from appearing in books set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

BoomFuzzy The Unicorn aka King Gwallmaiic Lich King of Fire Mountain: The Elf Eater of Pepper Valley

Quaraun's husband BoomFuzzy is a shape-shifting Phooka whose primary form is a Kelpie-like Unicorn. BoomFuzzy's real name is King Gwallmaiic. He is also a Lich, known as The Elf Eater of Pepper Valley. He is a master chef, is a trickster Candy Mage of The Unseelie Court, and is friends with Santa, The Lich of the North. Though Quaraun is the main character and GhoulSpawn is the narrator, most stories revolve around BoomFuzzy, with BoomFuzzy taking center stage of most stories. This is because he is also my favorite character. Standing only 5'1" he is a native to the Sepik Valley of Papua New Guinea, but spent most of his life in Scotland. BoomFuzzy is black, and this is the single #1 complaint from readers who are exceptionally vocal on social media about the fact that black characters should never exist at all.

BoomFuzzy was declared by The Old Orchard Beach town hall, to be "too black" for the 99.99% white town of Old Orchard Beach and had a court order banning him from appearing in books set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

GhoulSpawn

Quaraun & BoomFuzzy's shared lover GhoulSpawn is a Sheep-Demon from Earth's 2525 far future, after Earth has been burnt up and turned into a Hell Dimension. He is a time traveller and pyromancer. GhoulSpawn (65 years old) is stuck in a time loop and is encountered as Glinta (15 years old), Gremlin (500 years old) and Checka (his 13,000 year old archDemon form), up to all 4 of whom can be encountered at the same time causing a paradox. He is often the narrator of the stories. The tallest of the trio, at full height GhoulSpawn stands 6'2", but due to his dititagrat legs, he haunches over, rarely standing up straight, and appears much shorter then he is.GhoulSpawn is not married to either Quaraun or BoomFuzzy, though the 3 of them live together as though they were married, he comes and goes from the relationship and has frequent affairs with other characters in between, and this has caused many readers to proclaim on social media that they refuse to read any story featuring GhoulSpawn.

GhoulSpawn as Gremlin

GhoulSpawn as Checka

GhoulSpawn was declared by The Old Orchard Beach town hall, to be "too adulterous" for the  town of Old Orchard Beach and had a court order banning him from appearing in books set in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

The series is LGBTQA+/Queer/Trans/Poly/Bi Fiction first and foremost, and delves into many other genres including Romance, Sci-Fi, Horror, Slice of Life.

soooo... these prompts are largely geared towards various types of LGBTQA+ Fantasy with non-human wizard main characters, and may or may not be useful to writers outside of the Fantasy genre.

UPDATE: September 13, 2023:

I didn't break these pages down enough. Each one still has well over a thousand prompts on it. Breaking them down more, which means there will be a lot more pages. Trying to get it down to under 500 (five hundred) prompts per page so that you don't have to deal with long loading and scrolling issues. 

Yep, another update:

On August 3, 2023, ChatGPT 3.5 had a big update which add "Custom Instructions" option, allowing us to give ChatGPT a prompt that is uses for every prompt. 

Here are the custom instructions I gave it, which is why it now gushes love for my characters in it's answers on these pages:

ChatGPT Custom Instructions:

Yep, another update:

On August 3, 2023, ChatGPT 3.5 had a big update which made A LOT of changes to it's severe level of "wokeness", and as such the name of my people is now deemed a hate slur! Here is my response: