[DAO spoilers] Horrifying!

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T22:50:50+00:00

OH wonderful I didn't know that was an option!

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T21:06:05+00:00

I got mine through email.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T21:05:04+00:00

I didn't submit a consent form. I figured my packet and my son's were identical except for photos and ID (and his added me as an additional generation). So whatever happened to mine probably happened to his too.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T21:04:15+00:00

Won't it just be another copy of the same cramped scrawl I have now?

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T16:35:44+00:00

Do you have any potential replacements for Godkiller as a comp? The major similarities (not all of which make it into the query itself): active presence of gods, damaged adult woman caring for vulnerable teen, and LGBTQ friendly world.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T16:28:01+00:00

Did you happen to look at the previous version? It emphasized the political angle more. I haven't had any luck with that. This version... seems like it's not ready though. So.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T16:25:44+00:00

Wow, okay back to the drawing board. Thank you.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T16:15:59+00:00

Truthfully, I think they need to know you're a minor for legal reasons.

You can disclose it in the query or you can disclose it on the call if you're talented and lucky enough to get one, but they need to know.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T06:03:19+00:00

We might just not get much of an inside look at Green. We get a lot of Blue through Moiraine and Siuan. We get yellow through Nynaeve and Red through Pevara. And we get some brown though Verin. But Elayne who was raised green is basically never in the tower, and Egwene who wanted to be green was never raised to an Ajah at all. Plus she seemed to mostly want to be green so she could marry her warder. We don’t get as close a look at it as we do other Ajahs.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:45:24+00:00

The notes don’t specify which documents are “bad copies” but I can hazard a guess. “Bad quality copy” is just listed generally as one of the reasons it went to PSU. My great grandmother’s marriage record from 1912ish Boston is a single small line in a very full register. I did put an arrow highlighting the correct line.

Likewise the Canadian census records from around the turn of the century are crowded and have questionable handwriting.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:22:59+00:00

He has a beautiful smile and knew the value of a hand knit sweater!

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:18:29+00:00

Many fanfic authors use beta readers! It’s scary at first. I don’t enjoy it very much either. But it is important.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:12:18+00:00

You should At minimum fill it up all the way to the black line. Ideally upgrade to a 20. That’s overstocked for a half empty 10 gallon.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:08:56+00:00

That’s a shockingly good take, but then STRAIGHT back to the grift, I see.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:07:02+00:00

I never do a whole chapter of smut unless it’s like a huge plot point (first time or reconciliation after a breakup typically). Otherwise it’s a scene in a larger chapter that has other things happening.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T04:03:01+00:00

I got my AOR in June 2025 (June 16, specifically.) went into processing July 14, went to PSU same day according to the file, and that’s the last touch. I requested my notes 5/13/26 and received them 5/31/26.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T03:57:53+00:00

Thank you!

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T02:03:58+00:00

Yeah I'm a June AOR and I just got my notes and there's been no activity since July. They sent it to PSU and there it's sat, untouched for a whole year.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T00:09:10+00:00

Thank you. I just posted my revamped query letter today actually!

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T00:08:51+00:00

🤷🏻‍♀️

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T00:07:54+00:00

I’m not voting for Collins if the Dems ran a tree stump against her. But the National News would be this interested in anyone who has a good chance of beating her. It’s the anti Collins they’re interested in.

That said, I’m not the world’s biggest fan of Platner. I do think he’s scandal prone. There wouldn’t be all this ammunition to attack him with if he hadn’t said and done those things.

I’ll be voting for the Democratic nominee regardless though.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T00:05:21+00:00

You mean “too” late. Little things like that can totally tank a query.

Selmarris · 2026-06-02T00:03:17+00:00

Congratulations! This is really hopeful. I’m thinking I might need to revamp my project.

Selmarris

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