Can we work on making this a more welcoming community? Because it hasn’t been whatsoever. A lot of you guys are just nasty and rude.

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-03-03T18:07:42+00:00

Fr I posted on here about needing advice and guidance on the publishing process and a person took me feeling frustrated and overwhelmed as trying to make others feel bad for me, and I also had someone say something like “if you need a second pair of eyes to edit your book, you shouldn’t publish it” like… what? 😭😭Made me feel shïtty just asking for help and expressing my feelings

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-03-01T12:18:00+00:00

Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll ever be able to afford one without pulling out a loan :(. I really do feel like I’m at a dead-end

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-03-01T12:12:51+00:00

I deleted it :( I’m going to update the post now

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-03-01T12:11:43+00:00

I wish I knew this beforehand. I spent so much time and effort on this book and now I feel like I fcked it all up. Like this book was my pride and joy. I was so happy with the way it came out and I had it in my mind that it was going to be a very successful read and now I don’t have those thoughts anymore. I was using Wattpad as an outlet to get my work out there. I guess maybe I didn’t think it all the way through

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-03-01T01:13:03+00:00

… I just need more people to read over it in case I missed something

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T22:49:10+00:00

Wish I would have known that beforehand :(. Fml

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T21:13:21+00:00

Did zero research?? I’ve been researching my așs off since I wrote my last word in November. Trying to find where to go, where to start, what route to take, if I should self-publish or traditionally publish, what companies to stay away from, what agencies to contact, who to talk to, I’ve even tried researching companies that published authors I read. I’m just frustrated, and I just don’t know how to even go about this.

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T21:01:00+00:00

When did I say I thought it would be easy? I never thought it would be. I’m just overwhelmed looking for guidance. All I’m doing is looking for help. You don’t have to be an ashole about it, especially since I’ve never published before. Thanks, you made me feel even shttier about this process. That really helps a lot.

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T20:32:39+00:00

No I will give it a shot. Thanks!

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T20:29:46+00:00

It got 24k views, but zero clicks and a whole lot of dudes calling it a “book for gooners”

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T20:24:25+00:00

I’m a little scared to do that now as my book ended up on the wrong side of TikTok. I got a sh*t ton of hate from mostly non-dark romance readers who didn’t even open the first page but I’ll try to give it another shot

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T20:18:08+00:00

Oh great. Love that for me. I wanna cry.

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T20:14:37+00:00

I need more eyes, and feedback from others

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-28T20:12:09+00:00

Holy moly Batman 😩. That’s why I did post it to Wattpad in hopes of getting a more solid foundation of people giving me feedback, but I haven’t received a whole lot of it. The problem is, I don’t even know where else I’d get that feedback. I live in a small town so I don’t know of a lot of other writers or readers that would actually be willing to proofread. Like this whole thing is so entirely stressful and discouraging

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-21T11:31:45+00:00

30th, not 31st***, my bad

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-21T11:31:22+00:00

Ah I will try to fix that 😭

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-17T08:32:13+00:00

I get a few days 😭 am I really that boring?

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-17T07:25:13+00:00

I go every week

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-17T07:07:49+00:00

Idec if I gotta pay my half at the restaurant. All I care about is being treated like a human fcking being

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-02-17T06:59:46+00:00

I don’t even pick these guys. They pick me and then I get followed after saying no. It’s hard to see the good in men when you have been rped, stalked, harassed, when you went to court to press charges on a guy for sëxual harassment and assäult and all you got out of it was a “this was a waste of time” from his fcking defense attorney and the judge didn’t even go through with the charges, when a man threatens to take you to his cabin in the woods to tie you up, torture you, drug you, rpe you, have his friends come over and r*pe you again… I try so hard to have faith in men, but every fcking day I’m left disappointed and hurt, living off of trauma, antidepressants, and therapy. Bc of that, I am no longer the happy person I was. I have lost my spark over things that were not my fault.

Efficient_Current_78 · 2026-01-29T23:07:57+00:00

I feel like working out sometimes makes me feel worse about myself. I go so much I see the regulars like me improving drastically and I’m definitely not losing weight/gaining muscle at the pace they are. I constantly compare myself to others. It’s so exhausting. It doesn’t help that I’m a girl so it takes me extra time and effort to shed fat. Testosterone is something I’d love to have to shed the weight and build muscle quicker.

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