I know, what a shock, eh? I’ve been quiet for aaaages, came back and was a tad less quiet, and now I’m getting distracted by writing. The shame!
I recently stumbled across a publisher that has an open submission window for horror novels/novellas of 30,000 words and up. Sadly, they don’t accept YA horror … which is what I have. So I took my laptop to a local cafΓ©, did the whole stereotypical writer thing, and came home an hour later with a fully-formed chapter. I’m five chapters deep and the enthusiasm hasn’t wavered yet.
It does mean my reading time has taken a bit of a hit (admittedly, mentally and physically draining days at work have hit it way more than the writing). I still have a few posts I need to write up and I plan on visiting/interacting with other blogs as often as possible. But I may be a bit (a bit more) sporadic due to this.
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Don’t worry, I’ll not be posting my literary efforts on here. So you don’t have to politely nod or pretend you didn’t see a post π
PPS
I just checked, and I actually have 6 reviews that need writing … so provided I don’t get too distracted (I almost certainly will), it will at least look like my reading hasn’t took a dip.
Best of luck with your writing efforts.
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Thank you π I’ve had some good feedback fro. The guinea pigs who’s read my opening chapter. So I’m optimistic
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Yeah man good luck, i still have six reviews to write aswell so dontfeel bad,
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I’m just happy I have those six to write as it’ll make me look productive π
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The review that went up today was of a book i read a month and a half agoπ
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I have from a couple months back that I keep forgetting to reviewπ
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Wohoooo, good luck & keep going π
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Thank you π I’ve had a few people offer to read the opening chapter and have heard good things from them fingers crossed I can keep it upπ€
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Thank you for keeping your reading life separate from your author life. I know some people want everything but I for one appreciate the compartmentalization…
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I’d hate to merge the two. It’s nice to keep my hobbies separate. The only time the two would ‘merge’ is if I got published. And it would be a post saying ‘hey, this happened’ and then back to business as usual π
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Sooo just take your YA horror and add some swearing and gore? Or are you going completely for scratch?
Either way good luck!!
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Yea, man. Completely from scratch. In the past 7 days I’ve managed 12,000 words. Just gotta keep that pace up
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Congratulations. Productive days are few and far between. You had a good one today.
Good luck with the book.
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That first chapter was last Sunday. Just been a bit slow writing this post haha. I’ve managed 12k words in the past days. Just need to stick to the paceπ
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You will do better to hunt for different places to write. I believe the creative energies flow differently in different places. You never know you could be hitting a 24k in a day. But even so, 12k is damn good progress.
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Good luck with your writing endeavor!!
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Thank you π
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Good luck with the writing. It would be wonderful if you can get something together in time to meet that window. Wishing you the best!
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Thank you π the website says they ‘aim to keep the window open’. But I’m pretending it could close any day so I have a fire lit under meπ
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Prioritizing you own writing over other pursuit is only right, and since you seem to have hit a great trend you must pursue it with due diligence ;-). Happy writing!
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Thank you π just hoping to ride this wave of productivity for as long as I can
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Thatβs great youβre enthusiastic about working on the story. Wishing you all the best with it.
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Thank you π
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Good luck, Aaron! π
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Thank you. Now I’ve got to about the halfway point I seem to have slowedππ
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Heh, not surprising π hold on tight, though, I’m sure you will pick up the pace closed to the finish! πͺ
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