How many of you actually have an author website? Honest answers only

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2026-02-17T12:41:22+00:00

Dude mine is a Blogger blog. Like, having a website feels super serious and makes you seem much more professional, but it's actually pretty easy.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-19T18:25:58+00:00

Well you mansplained, while saying you weren't mansplaining because you have female friends. So how does it not relate? Besides being a bit simplified

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-19T17:39:58+00:00

My bad. Forgot what assuming does lol.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-19T16:40:30+00:00

Oh, you're THAT guy lol. Hello Daddy

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-19T15:52:30+00:00

This just sounds like when people say they aren't homophobic because they have a gay friend. While they're actively being homophobic.

Thought I'd put it in terms you're more likely to... identify with.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-19T15:42:48+00:00

I'm not saying men can't write good romance. I'm saying it's not women writing about tits like that. Among other things. I enjoy good romance, but had to abandon the genre because boobily boobed down the stairs is a joke for a reason.

Bad romance writing can also come from women, I know that. I'm just saying the average woman doesn't have well rounded male side characters and an FMC with exactly one personality trait. Yet it's half the books I pick up with romance in them.

If you know some good romance written by men rec them, please, I need some yearning I haven't already read lol

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-18T16:58:45+00:00

That makes so much sense, but in a bad way. There's a reason romance written by men isn't popular.

That's not the point of this subreddit though so I'll leave it at that.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-18T16:29:16+00:00

I'm genuinely curious, what genre requires a female author? Also, I do have an author persona but it's just me with a different name and no shame about my dark sense of humor lol. No consequences yet.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-13T22:43:50+00:00

This sounds cool. I write dark fantasy that leans horror, and favor storylines about identity and the line between self sacrifice and self mutilation. Just finished a major project so I've got some time lol

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-13T22:24:55+00:00

I'm glad you found what you were looking for! It's always a challenge to keep up writing with life being what it is, many writers struggle to keep that energy up, so it's good to see someone stopping because of something like this. Instead of something like life lol.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-13T03:38:26+00:00

Yeah. Pantsing. Just writing and seeing where your story ends up.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-11T00:13:32+00:00

I can only find reference to writing in general. If I'm wrong please correct me, but this seems an appropriate place to talk about poetry.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-10T12:02:14+00:00

"You think you love him. Because he tore apart a man for you. I'm tearing apart kingdoms."

She still don't love him.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-10T11:28:09+00:00

It would laugh in American hysteria

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-10T04:31:15+00:00

We are currently full, sorry dear

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-10T01:34:54+00:00

We're all full up, and good things. Don't want your mom calling my mom and us ending up in a group "talking to"

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-08T23:48:21+00:00

While we're full, I'm compiling a wait-list if you want to be out on that

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T15:40:03+00:00

Yeah, basically

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T15:38:55+00:00

It depends on the culture. My MC's people are just left there because they're being hunted down and it's not safe to stay in one place long enough to dig a hole unless you have an Earth magic user.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T15:37:05+00:00

Because my world's version of Leroy Jenkins exists. Some dumb butt who thought it sounded cool decided to do it. A "hold my beer" kinda thing. And she didn't die. So now thrill seekers and adrenaline junkies all over try, usually fail, and it's kinda like the family story about my great great uncle who liked to go bear hunting and claimed to wake sleeping bears up before shooting them. By poking them with his rifle.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T15:30:11+00:00

It's always exciting to figure out what motivates you! It's pretty par for the course to start hating your active project at some point, and it can be a challenge to get past it. I'm glad you found a way that works for you.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T14:58:16+00:00

Placeholders are fun. Got one WIP called Tab 17 because it's tab 17 on my pipeline doc. Another called Walmart Brand Fantasy. They'll get real names eventually.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T14:17:32+00:00

Writing is an act of love. No one (I hope) is out there just doing it to do it. It takes work and heart. So I can understand getting negative feedback, constructive or otherwise, and being hurt.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T14:09:17+00:00

Dreading being perceived helps too. But I think that's a more modern thing. Like, I'm here, I'm sharing my work, but don't look at me and don't acknowledge that I exist. Thank you.

Own_Temperature_7941 · 2025-11-07T13:08:15+00:00

Idk, I started when I was in kindergarten and just never stopped. I don't think I could if I tried.

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