i’m a couple chapters into The Perfect Fit by sadie kincaid and… I dont get the hype.
i’m sorry but all this woman does is salivate over some guys that don’t even sound like nice people?
her ovaries are on the verge of exploding so often i fear she needs a doctor??
also just because the book has a HEA doesn't excuse the f*cked up things the male character did. but some of y'all aren't ready for that conversation
daily reminder that dark romance between a minor and an adult is a crime, not a romance. thx
enemies to lovers but its between me and myself meme
Me, trying to explain why I voluntarily read books that stress me the f*ck out:
jump in, girly pops, we’re discussing the psycho-social ramifications of implying liking dark romance means you want it to happen to you in real life 🥰💛💫 youtu.be/LCPNhb3Juks
Tropes on Trial is back this week and the court case is *drum roll please*
Monster Reverse Harem!
The book club picked the lineup and i have never resented a group of strangers this much.
youtu.be/YFWSY-ToAMw?...
This week’s Substack post is basically my ode to the fics that devastated me.
Read it here: racheldoak.substack.com/p/found-fami...
The reason we love messy protagonists?
they remind us life isn’t chess.
Sometimes you flail, swallow seawater, hurt people. and keep going anyway.
#fictionbooks #indiauthor
My characters say awful things and make worse choices.
I let them because I do the same.
FLAWS MAKE BETTER STORIES
#indieauthor #amwriting
I’m not salty about other people using generative AI.
I genuinely believe there’s enough space in publishing for everyone. If someone writes an AI-generated book and finds an audience, good for them. That audience wasn’t mine anyway.
You are not cringe for writing what you love.
You don’t owe the internet perfection.
#writingmotivation
My taste in books? terrible
My life choices? questionable at best.
but at least I can say I became the disaster I always rooted for 👍
open.substack.com/pub/racheldo...
I don’t read book synopses. I don’t check reviews.
I run headfirst into disappointment because some girl on BookTok screamed about the one (1) good smut scene.
Am I the problem?
#BookTok #readerproblems
No editor. No agent. No budget.
Just me, Canva, and 8 re-uploads because I didn’t know how ISBNs worked.
And now I’ve published a whole 👏 damn 👏 trilogy👏
#selfpublishing #authors
booktok is burning its own house down.
Not with bad books, with clout-chasing cruelty disguised as critique.
When you build a following by mocking debut authors you don’t look smart. You just make publishing scarier for everyone.
#booktok #indiepublishing
Write one book with no pressure for it to be good.
Let it be messy and dramatic. Let it be yours.
Cringe isn’t the enemy. Fear is.
#Indieauthor #Beginnerwriters
making a 10-second video about the same bad paragraph that everyone else has already shared isn’t just “just jokes” It’s algorithm-approved bullying.
& the authors paying the price? 9/10 are women.
Funny, isn't it
#selfpublishing #colleenhoover #booktok
I didn’t write my first book to be impressive.
I wrote it for the girl who stopped reading because life got too hectic.
I needed to fall in love with stories again.
#romancewriters #indiebooks
Gen AI isn't going anywhere near my books.
I’d rather take five years writing a flawed book I own than publish something technically perfect but soulless
the book industry isn’t being destroyed by “bad books”
It’s being destroyed by cruelty in the name of critique.
It’s fun until someone decides your story is fair game. remember that
#indieauthors #selfpublishing
i’m still hooked a YEAR later on Beautiful Fiend by Lola King. it changed how I read, how I write, what I now expect from dark romance
full breakdown
💌 racheldoak.substack.com/p/the-dark-romance-that-will-ruin-you
#darkromance #bookrec #enemiestolovers #substack
Can we all just pause and realize we’re normalizing cruelty in online book review discourse? And overwhelmingly, it's not critique, it’s performance.
it’s sabotaging the next generation of writers
#indieauthor #booktok
I wrote my first novel in two weeks with no outline, no editor oh and a $20 canva cover.
It was dramatic. It was cringe.
It was mine.
that book changed my life.
#indieauthor #writingcommunity
Isn't it fascinating that authors can be on their 10th!! book and still face doubts?
meanwhile you're on your first or second think 'this doubt is crippling, i best not'
The fear isn't going anywhere. it's up to you to let it breathe and do what you were put on this earth to do: Write.
It's possible that Grammarly has lost it's damn freaking mind.
#writing #writingcommunity #booksky
I react to 1-star book reviews on YouTube for fun
but I won’t trash an author just to look smart.
Because books aren’t jokes or doodles
They’re blood, time, and often the biggest creative risk some people take
when did we start forgetting that?
#indiebooks #authors
this is your reminder:
Don’t stay silent because the internet rewards cruelty.
Your story matters.
Someone needs it.
Keep going
#Bookencouragement #Romancewriters
my first novel took a decade to even get drafted, let alone published
It's never too late <3
my first novel had no pacing structure, no “marketable hook,” no strategy
Just passion (and too little sleep)
And without a shred of doubt that creative freedom is what made me a writer.
#writingadvice #writersonbluesky
