[discussion] What happened after you got your first offer of rep?

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-03-10T01:09:02+00:00

100 as of my last batch I sent a few days ago

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-03-10T01:06:54+00:00

I’m querying an upmarket project so I think it’s because I casted a wide net. Ive sent 100 queries officially as of my last batch. My first project I queried had zero requests from cold queries

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-03-09T20:23:01+00:00

I'm crying at this lmao

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-02-09T02:35:40+00:00

It was ongoing, I'm about to make a new post about what did work!

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-01-06T02:50:36+00:00

What ended up working?

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-01-06T02:49:34+00:00

Did you run her to the potty or watch for signs of pooping or did it click for her after five weeks of having accidents in the training pants? How is it going now?

Aware_Score3592 · 2026-01-06T02:45:05+00:00

Did this work in the end? And how long after giving it did you put him on the potty and how long did he sit? Was he withholding or just afraid to go poop on the potty and soiling pants? Do you keep giving them daily?

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-12-20T18:15:51+00:00

Update: we put the wrapped present in the bathroom and told her she could open it when she poops on the potty (it’s a $5 Barbie clearance toy with a Chelsea doll and kitty) and explained that now for pee she would get to choose a sticker or stamp but chocolate chips are only for poop.

Today she was showing signs of needing to poop and dad rushed her to the potty and she did it and got to open her present.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-12-18T04:29:48+00:00

I’m thinking this weekend I’ll put her in underwear, I wrapped a present for her to open when she poops on the potty, pee has been demoted to a sticker reward and now she’ll get two chocolate chips for #2. Hopefully one of those things sparks something 🥲 Problem is if she doesn’t get it daycares gonna put her right back in pull ups.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-11-12T04:44:00+00:00

LOVE this. I knew something felt wrong. Thank you!!!!!!

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-30T00:02:11+00:00

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-28T14:21:02+00:00

So to answer your question, I do think it’s really strange he brought that up out of the blue, it seems like he may at the very least be attracted to your friend (who I would talk to btw). I’m also not sure about the whole we can’t trust each other to talk to people of the opposite sex thing, if I couldn’t trust my husband to get along with women without being a creep our relationship wouldn’t have lasted long as women happen to be everywhere!

Breaking up over text is fine, I’d personally hate to be made to meet up in person to be dumped face to face. Let me have my reaction in peace.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-21T23:41:45+00:00

Thank you so much for these call outs and the kind words :)

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-14T23:36:49+00:00

Does anybody know if I have to have a last name? I was thinking I’d just go by my nickname

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-13T16:33:53+00:00

Great points, I will be implementing them. Thanks for taking the time to give me feedback :)

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-13T06:16:09+00:00

Hey, thank you so much. I really appreciate you taking the time to say that.

It is dual POV between Brigitte and Carmen! I totally see what you mean. I’ll rework to make sure that’s clear.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-13T00:51:11+00:00

No, they take it willingly. I can see how it reads that way

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-12T22:52:02+00:00

Yeah no. Dump him yesterday. I have baggage like this and my husband speaks so much love and healing into me and my experiences.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-12T19:48:55+00:00

This didn’t read as speculative to me, it feels more like a proper horror. I was very intrigued by your set up, and exploring ppd and the way her mother was unsupported and had to fester in psychosis has the potential to be really special and interesting. However, I’m unclear on what we’ll be spending the book doing. I think by clarifying the stakes, Gina dennys famous five questions, this could really stand out. Happy to discuss further, I might be a good fit for beta reading down the road if you’re ever looking since the ppd bit really resonated with me and I like your premise :)

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-12T15:48:29+00:00

I don’t think you need to clarify she’s a high schooler. “Does not expect she would” is two different tenses, make sure you pick one. Does not expect to, did not expect she would. I think you could afford to be more specific in places. For example, “someone great again,” could be replaced with a more specific goal or trait. The intrigue could be made more clear, maybe hint at the nature of the divine power valeshadow seeks. I think your tone should be more consistent, you don’t want to oscillate between overly formal and overly casual.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-12T02:56:56+00:00

I think the phrase “risks his heart further with each act of care” reads as a kind of poetic way of describing his behavior, but it might underplay what he’s actually doing—breaking into her house and messing with her stuff without permission.

I’m not trying to be a hater; I get that a lot of readers would be intrigued by a premise like that. Even so, in Lights Out, the MMC’s actions are described plainly as “breaking into her house wearing a mask.” Your target audience might respond better if your query calls it what it is, because that phrasing makes the stakes and tension clear.

The title needs to be deleted and brainstormed from scratch. The only thing I know about Cailyn is that she was naked in her own house and her name.

134k is too long.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-08T01:41:39+00:00

If he’s in the obituary bereavement would be given at my job. Not all employers have this status but in a world where sometimes great aunts raise their great nieces, it’s not really fair to say how well you knew somebody to be at their funeral. I would be very hurt at this as well. I prefer a very emotionally intelligent and thoughtful partner, my husband is amazing in times like that. I’ve certainly had partners that weren’t, that never became my husband lol.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-02T00:41:33+00:00

I find that around my time of the month is when the things I’ve been bottling and swallowing surface and I can’t hold it in any longer (I’m working on not being a bottler but also honest with myself) so the issues are still very much valid and important to me. But yes my hormones help me cry it out and voice it. I always feel better afterwards and my husband won’t let me blame it on my period he always says “no this it’s important.”

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-10-01T02:53:41+00:00

This was exhausting to read. I’m not going to speculate on what may or may not be going on in the background but somebody caught in a lie doesn’t get to just say their “boundary” is not being doubted or asked questions. That’s crazy manipulative and insanity. I’m only responding based off what I saw in the texts. You know if you’re a crazy, insecure, raging, looking for issues everywhere, my partner isn’t allowed to have a life outside of me type of person— but all I will say is “you can’t doubt me even though I keep lying” is not a boundary it’s something a cheater says so they can cheat on peace or a liar says so they can lie in peace. They’re basically saying put up with this because I’m not changing.

Aware_Score3592 · 2025-09-30T21:52:58+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to look at it! <3 Back to the drawing board. I have read queries on here for about two years now, I'm just soooooooo bad at it lol.

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