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I'm not surprised that shady people are trying to make a buck with this nonsense. There are tons of scammers around, and this is another scamming tool for them to use. A scam that's stealing our humanity more than anything. What baffles me is...

Wowsa. I'd better rewrite my query letter pretty fast. Whether what this article says is true or not, I was never a fan. I just accepted that this book was popular for reasons I didn't get. To be honest, I disliked her intensely after listening...

I haven't read her books, but I do love the covers. The artist, Angela Harding, is a fantastic lino print maker specialising in British flora and fauna. I hope she doesn't get any associated fall-out.

How do people imagine that if they put their story Out There, those who know it's not the 100% truth are going to keep quiet? All of them? For ever? When the back story is as grimy as that? I believe I saw that Raynor Winn has a second book...

Wowsa. I'd better rewrite my query letter pretty fast. Whether what this article says is true or not, I was never a fan. I just accepted that this book was popular for reasons I didn't get. To be honest, I disliked her intensely after listening...

This kind of thing has… happened surprisingly frequently in publishing. "Due diligence", guys! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14880299/couple-memoir-Salt-Path-film-Gillian-Anderson-Jason-Isaacs.html

Sorry, haven't seen them. And, as you see here, I haven't counted them! It will be interesting to see how the sales go, post-revelation. As a straw in the wind, I read that the author of the much-lauded (by some)Where The Crawdads Sing also has...

@Sedayne - thanks. I'm glad you have an escape from your real life where you can take risks without actual consequences, other than a bit of writerly temporary frustration. ha! TBH this whole book is one big risk. haha. I did the push on through...

Yeah, but you got other shit done. All that website malarkey can't be easy.

@Sedayne - thanks. I'm glad you have an escape from your real life where you can take risks without actual consequences, other than a bit of writerly temporary frustration. ha! TBH this whole book is one big risk. haha. I did the push on through...

Two more chapters Okay, i know I have a five chapter fight coming, but I think it's working well, the character arcs are working and I think the plot is working. See Lyse, this is the stage right before the collapse, of confidence, or the will to...

Two more chapters Okay, i know I have a five chapter fight coming, but I think it's working well, the character arcs are working and I think the plot is working. See Lyse, this is the stage right before the collapse, of confidence, or the will to...

I did a big fat zero yesterday :(

Let's see, annoyed, lethargic, bummed... I think you almost nailed my reaction trail, though you skipped the always helpful yelling at the words on the screen phase. In my experience, euphoria comes a while after publication, when you can read...

Tear up the chapter and start again with a different vibe, different setting, different weather, or different mood for one of all of the characters, as appropriate. Sometimes the troubled character is just hangry, so finding a way for them to...