Successfully pitched my m manuscript to an acquiring editor, who told me to get an agent and had great things to say. Then pitched an agent who loved my query letter!!!!! #booksky #ampitching #amquerying
Truth <3
Yes. A million times yes
She's stunning 😍
That I can't stop tweaking the manuscript doesn't mean it isn't done. It's done enough. It better be because it went to the editor last night.
#booksky #amediting
If you've "finished" your manuscript but you don't still somehow have more editing to do, are you really even a writer?
#booksky #amediting
This makes my stomach hurt.
But also. Sometimes when we are not actively writing, our brains are doing work that is necessary for us to be able to write. The only real thing that matters in any way is that you ARE writing now!
Ozymandius. Ozzy. Ozpaws. Boz. Tippy Tap. Tippy. Tiptip. Trippy. Uh uh. Asshole. Chonks. Sir. He knows,and ignores, every single one.
Enjoying Grebenhain Germany
There is a term for this: latent learning. Brains are weird and fascinating.
💯 this. I was careful to distinguish between stuff that my kid was just going to have to live with ( rules he just didn't like) and things that were a huge NOPE. But I know his admin did not like it when I showed up. And there were multiple issues with multiple classes. Not just 1 thing.
A friend who is Beta reading my novel just made a comment that she wishes she had 'thing x, just like Character' and it took me a minute to realize she was referencing my book. It's a first for me and I am FLOORED. #amwriting #booksky
I guess ha CAN sweat after all.
Congrats!
A black and white image of the famous Pikes Marketplace sigh, with accents of red.
I thought this might be the ultimate Florida Man story but there's no mention of Publix. So maybe just a runner up.
Relatable.
SOME people cannot afford a passport. Or dont have the transportation to get to an office to apply for one because not all towns have offices. Most people In the US live within 25 miles of of an acceptance facility but without a car that can be a huge burden. Some can't afford to switch to a Real ID
You can sue for hostile workplace. Why not hostile living place? Alienation of affection for families who have been split by MAGA lies. None of that should be considered part of his job.
For this pass, absolutely. I got the plot done in about 6 weeks but it was clearly at the expense of some mechanics. In starting the polish pass I noticed it. So I highlighted them all plus a few other fun things (like repeating basic character traits 8 times). Knocking them out one by one.
Looking to trade beta reads with 2 people each for 2 separate novels. 1) 77k word Comedic fantasy/workplace satire 2) 65k offbeat mystery. Strong female MCs. Not romance. I will read anything tho I'm least good at hard scifi. #booksky #betareads
Read. But also don't compare your writing to others just to find yours lacking. If you want to improve, sure. But your writing also presents your unique viewpoint. Don't 'improve' so much that you lose your voice.
Yup. Followed.
A good good man.
An orange cat snug under a black hoodie. All you can see is one ear, an eye, a nose, and a paw.
Well I guess Ozzy owns my hoodie now. #catsky
But. Latest.
And I guess given our history, the history as a Nation of brutally policing black and brown citizens and non citizens alike, maybe LATEST has always been the right word. And at least 5 people have been yelled in shooting incidents with ICE in the last few months.
MS Now is doing the same. Use of LATEST shifts this to the expectation that this is one of many and we expect there to be more. Chilling that this is the 2nd only in Minneapolis.
The specific ways we use language flavor understanding and interpretation. "Latest" in this screen cap of a CNN story is indicating we have accepted and normalized the idea of ICE et al killing citizens.