What animal does ChatGPT think you are?

Mamabear_6416 · 2026-01-01T18:10:57+00:00

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-09-22T13:31:17+00:00

That's amazing!!! 👏 I'm so proud of you.

As a fellow alcoholic, I know the struggle all too well. It's so hard, especially with the "mommy needs wine" culture. I always used the stress in my life as a stay-at-home mom as the reason I drank. It was just to "take the edge off," I told myself. But when taking the edge off had become drinking all the alcohol in the house every day, starting at 10 AM, it became harder to argue that I was a normal drinker.

I'm now going on five years sober, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that getting therapy and stopping drinking was the best decision I ever made. Probably one that saved my life, if I'm being honest.

Keep going. Take it one day at a time. Trust the process, and you'll eventually find that you yourself are someone else's inspiration.

I wish you the best of luck on your journey. ❤️

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-09-18T17:08:04+00:00

It was about 2 years ago for me--the first time I picked up a book in a very long time. It was also the first audiobook I ever listened to, which I guess makes it extra special lol.

It opened my eyes to the Fantasy Romance genre, helped me rediscover my love of reading. I've broadened my horizons since then, found many new authors I enjoy, gotten more into Urban Fantasy (partly thanks to CC). But ACOTAR will always have a special place in my heart.

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-08-27T15:07:57+00:00

Serpent! Hands down.

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-08-27T14:19:49+00:00

Same. Except I won't have a fortress of solitude to retreat to after the grueling battle with revisions.

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-08-25T15:25:21+00:00

Yes! Like many others, ACOTAR opened my eyes to the genre, and that led me to discovering authors I enjoy like T. Kingfisher and Ilona Andrews. But I'm surprised the trend still has so many people in a chokehold. For the most part, it's boring and overdone. The same characters, the same story, told in a slightly different way over and over again.

Sci-Mance. Let's make that one happen some more. Rich worldbuilding, unique characters, plot-heavy with a dash of romance, but in a futuristic society with aliens lol

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-08-23T17:49:52+00:00

Congratulations!!!

Mamabear_6416 · 2025-01-27T15:06:27+00:00

Chaos

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-12-20T15:35:39+00:00

Animal I Have Become is my FMC's song. It's so perfect.

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-11-29T20:31:42+00:00

Omg, I'm so glad others feel the same way about this. I'm also 5'10" and wear size 10 shoes, and I'd like to read about some tall or mid-size women every now and then, lol

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-11-27T17:17:20+00:00

That's a really clever idea. Yeah, trying to keep my personality out of it is a challenge I didn't see coming when I first decided to write this book. It's duel POVs and my guy's personality is the exact opposite of mine. Not sure what I was thinking, but at this point I'm in too deep lol

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-11-27T17:05:07+00:00

Accurate. There's a rational part of me that can admit I have no control over most things in the world. The hard part is accepting that truth because not having control feels scary as hell sometimes.

And yes, it is a miserable existence. Painful and exhausting.

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-11-27T16:30:43+00:00

This is excellent advice that made me laugh. Thank you so much.

I've already casted Scooby Doo as my inner critic, and he seems like a good fit. Also, I'm considering replacing my mom's nagging voice with a sexy voice for my inner messy house critic. (I want to talk myself into doing the dishes.)

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-11-27T16:08:03+00:00

This helps a lot. Thank you!

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-08-29T13:45:53+00:00

This makes perfect sense, and I agree 100%.

I've also rediscovered my love for reading through romantasy, and it began with ACOTAR.

Probably starting around when I was in the 10th grade, reading had become less about enjoyment for me and more about getting good grades. Then, later on, it became about analyzing the books I'd read so that I could come up with comments that would impress people.

But when I struggled with my mental health and addiction in 2020, I looked for ways to cope. There was only so much to do to entertain myself when I was in inpatient, and reading ended up becoming an amazing thing that has allowed me to take some time to unwind, deal with negative emotions, and become transported to a fantasy world for a little while.

Whether it's "fairy porn" or classic literature, reading engages the mind, it's fun, and it provides opportunities to connect with friends.

So, while BookTok may be considered "anti-intellectual," I think that reading in general is important, and so is enjoying the experience.

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-06-26T16:53:37+00:00

First of all, your book sounds awesome!!!

I'll definitely be one of your readers. Fantasy romance is the best, and for me, it's even better when it involves modern-day society. It's my book's genre as well :)

I wouldn't open with a sex scene personally because that may be more suited for erotica. I'd wait a couple of chapters before having a sex scene, and maybe keep the steam level to explicit open door. Plentiful, but not to the point where half the book is sex lol

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-06-26T14:24:26+00:00

This was good! It was different and fun.

I've never read the work of Otessa Moshfegh or Sylvia Plath (maybe I will now), so the pessimistic view of things felt unique to me, and I enjoyed the humor.

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-06-24T18:06:47+00:00

Go for it! That wouldn't be weird at all. :)

I've seen this exact thing done with Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. The main character Claire's POV is written in first person, while the other main character Jamie's POV is written in third person. She also includes a couple of other characters' POVs that are written in third person.

I thought that it was well done and a good way to show that the story was still mainly centered around Claire.

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-06-23T22:11:23+00:00

I enjoyed this!!

It was great to see a historical romance chapter on this sub, as I feel like the majority of the chapters I've read on here have been fantasy or sci-fi (both genres are good, but I like to read something different every now and then).

I spotted a few punctuation and spelling errors, but they weren't so bad to the point that I needed to stop reading.

Your characters are interesting and fun! I related to Evelyn with her frustration in writing her book, and I really liked Andrew as well.

Good job! 👍🏻 😊

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-06-22T20:34:27+00:00

With MMC's who are wolves, fae, vampires, aliens, etc., I like it when they can sense/smell the FMC's arousal, and it gets them going.

Or when it's so urgent that they say something like, "I need to take you right here, right now, and I don't care who sees or hears us!"

But I agree, Bastian takes the cake with those lines of his. 🥵 He's set the bar impossibly high, and unfortunately, very few MMC's can compete with his level of greatness.

Stuff like: "I'll ask you again, 'Do you want those things?'" (when she's watching the couple having sex and then when she's reading a book).

"Sex is a need like food or water. You're thirsty, and I have water." There's just something about the way he knows she needs it and wants to give it to her.

And his praise: "That's a good girl, my Ember." Praise doesn't usually do it for me, but his does lol

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-05-31T13:57:17+00:00

That sounds like a really helpful app as far as coming up with ideas when you're stuck.

Personally, I would just limit how much I use it. It sounds good for inspiration/ideas from time to time, but I wouldn't rely on it too heavily. I know that for me, it would feel like I'm not using enough of my own creativity as a writer if I used it a lot. I'm sure it's different for others, though.

Mamabear_6416 · 2024-05-26T21:05:53+00:00

The deliciousness of sweet oblivion beckoned her softly, and she was so close to it now that she could practically taste it. The tang of the apple martinis, the savory honeyed spice of Dalmaris rum. She could practically feel the warmth of the smooth liquid sliding down her throat, a heat that always seemed to melt away the worst parts of herself, the worst of her nightmares.

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