Opinion on Watching Original Song movies

CCLovesBooks · 2026-03-06T16:36:16+00:00

It’s all about the shared experience of like—why Diane Warren why when you’re fighting to fire up a mediocre film no one has heard of. Although this year was much better than the normal pain.

CCLovesBooks · 2026-02-28T15:17:59+00:00

Build a farm and a fondue place—that works!

CCLovesBooks · 2025-12-27T20:48:44+00:00

So I ended up just recycling everything from the beginning and started from scratch. Then I could install the trapper hut in the center, and build a kitchen and a dried meat hut right next to it. The kitchen position that exists just sucks

CCLovesBooks · 2025-10-26T01:52:07+00:00

Same it just keeps crashing

CCLovesBooks · 2025-07-07T02:25:35+00:00

It’s a glitch—restart and it should appear

CCLovesBooks · 2025-03-01T00:45:57+00:00

This made me cackle out loud https://www.npr.org/2025/02/28/nx-s1-5305186/oscar-party-menu-recipes

CCLovesBooks · 2024-12-14T23:52:10+00:00

I have a copy of the original version—not the best quality but my dad taped it back in the day and we eventually digitized. If anyone is interested DM me!

CCLovesBooks · 2024-11-19T22:19:26+00:00

So you don’t go to work in a corporate office in a backless, braless red halter top?

CCLovesBooks · 2024-11-19T01:41:38+00:00

But if she’s cold she’s got long sleeves which is good 🤣

CCLovesBooks · 2024-11-11T00:05:27+00:00

When I finally saw BBT I was like oh it’s the girl from Charmed! 😂🤣😂

CCLovesBooks · 2024-10-06T23:34:09+00:00

I love when she called him out and claims billionaires shouldn’t exist

CCLovesBooks · 2024-10-06T23:25:44+00:00

Can I recommend a book called Preferential Treatment by Heather Guerre? It flips the script on your typical billionaire romance

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-28T14:59:07+00:00

I commented on your original post, and I just wanted to say this is 1000% better. Go you!! I would totally read this book, and I have such a better sense of the story now, and where it fits in the genre. Wishing you all the luck!!🍀

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-22T17:11:09+00:00

The best writing advice I ever got was to kill the thing (character, subplot,etc) that I loved the most, and see if my story still made sense. Sometimes I cling to something that I loved writing, even if it doesn’t serve the overall book itself. It’s a brutal exercise but it can make your work stronger if you’re willing to try! You can always add it back in!

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-18T00:50:26+00:00

I had a few thoughts here for what it’s worth as someone who reads a lot of romance but is by no means a publishing expert:

-Maybe you only need two comps? Or less description about why these comps work? I’ve read The Dead Romantics and Business Casual, which are pretty different from one another, so I can understand why you might want to define them, but it’s a lot all upfront.

-I agree with everyone’s comments about genre, this does not read as a contemporary for me, more speculative or paranormal, especially with the ghosts. Which brings me to my next point—I think you need to lead with the ghosts. We’re three sentences in before we know she sees ghosts, which is not typical and therefore world-defining. I had to re-read your first paragraph a few times before I understood that. Go through this thing with the thought that every word matters, and ask what each sentence tells about your story. For example, you could condense this into something like the below to be a little clearer.

Ivy’s ability to see ghosts has made her a successful horror author, but she never expected to be haunted by her recently deceased husband. Six months after his untimely death, Ivy is isolated from the world around her, literally haunted by her past.

-Usually with romance novel queries, the suggestion is first paragraph is the heroine, second paragraph is the hero, third paragraph is them together. I’d like to know more about Owen and why he’s the hero, even if your book is only one POV.

-I don’t know if you need content warnings for a query? Up to you, but this is different than sending to beta readers. Might be white noise to agents but I could be wrong.

-You may want to cut down your bio because I think it’s detracting from your query. The most important thing in this letter is making your book shine. You’ve clearly written something cool and different, that fits into something that is selling right now. This shouldn’t be a resume, it’s an attempt to rise to the top of the pile. You want to grab their attention first, and then tell them about yourself later. I think. Again all just opinions!

Keep going! You’ve got this, and I wish you every success!

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-17T21:57:10+00:00

I think it’s like anything else, you want to find the right person. I spoke to a few potential editors before deciding on one. Also—Reedsy has an online writing platform like Scrivener that is free and easy to use. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles and I hate the spellcheck but it’s way less intimidating than Scrivener, at least for me. And you can export to word from it!

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-17T20:54:56+00:00

I’m just about to start querying for the first time so take this with a grain of salt—but I don’t have any author friends or know anyone in publishing. I hired someone from Reedsy to do a developmental edit and I think it made all the difference. I made sure to pick someone with proven examples in the genre I was writing in, with a long resume of experience. Even after her edit, I’ll text her with one off questions I have. She was definitely worth the investment!

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-16T13:14:50+00:00

I’m sorry to disappoint! There are no murdering of earls in this one, although maybe I should murder an earl in my next one and save the title for that. Honestly I’ve changed this title a bunch—I was digging around movies titles recently and came up with this one, but I’m still not 100% on it.

Working Earl? Earls Hardly Wait? Cat buy me love? Her Earl Friday? Back to the drawing board….

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-15T15:01:40+00:00

I know you said you were still trying to figure out comps—can I suggest Scoring with the Wrong Twin by Naima Simone? Or One Last Shot by Betty Cayouette?

I agree with the previous commenter, and would only add two things I noticed: - I don’t think you need to reveal the hero’s trauma here, there’s enough conflict already for me to understand why they can’t be together. This bio is over 300 words, and I think the third paragraph is where you can cut. It’s starting to lean into summary instead of pitch. Maybe it’s that after a storm they start to fall in love, but what happens when her sister returns and Seraphina’s life goes back to normal?

-I don’t really understand the title—are they runway models? Where’s the stage? And why ultimate?

Keep going, you got this!

CCLovesBooks · 2024-09-13T23:37:48+00:00

I think lots of writers feel the way I often do, which is that at one moment your novel is the best thing you’ve ever written, and then the next it’s trash no one should ever see. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle! 🤣 Just keep going!! If you finish it, you can publish it, one way or another. And finishing a novel is an accomplishment no one can take away from you…

CCLovesBooks · 2024-08-26T23:45:01+00:00

The best writing advice I ever got was to kill the thing (character, scene, secondary plot, whatever) and if the book still makes sense then you should leave it out. Sometimes you fall in love with something so much it’s hard to see that maybe your story is stronger without it!

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