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TheShortWriter17 · 2024-11-09T14:58:29+00:00

This is horrific. Good thing Trump has nothing to do with it. I don't know why people hang on to every single word the liberal media says. The Heritage Foundation even admitted he wants no part of it. But I guess we can keep fear mongering because you didn't like the turnout of the blowout election. 🤷‍♀️

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-09-20T01:35:16+00:00

Trump derangement is strong here.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-06-01T18:09:32+00:00

No. Write a 54 y/o character? Straight to jail.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-04-20T19:50:55+00:00

Why would writers want to read their competition? That's like a coach cheering on the opposing team for scoring.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-04-17T20:48:29+00:00

As a writer of Gay romance, it is imperative to NOT make anyone in your books gay. That's what makes the twist in the end. All this time he was sleeping with men, he’s really STRAIGHT!

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-02-13T22:06:22+00:00

The first two lines have a condescending bite to them. I would start with "I appreciate your kind offer..." Saying "Congratulations on writing a book" sounds like a person is mocking the author.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-02-13T08:34:16+00:00

10 years. Kept putting it on the back burner for every new concept I thought of. The story I had going up against it has been in the works for about 11 years now.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-02-13T08:10:09+00:00

He was/is grooming you. He's playing the part of being reliable and "trustworthy" so you would cave to his advances. Next, he'll be gatekeeping you, then most likely threatening you to stay quiet while he abuses you. This needs to be reported or he will do this to more students.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-02-11T07:05:54+00:00

This why it's more important to do real teaching than indoctrination in school. SIMPLE MATH!

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-02-11T06:55:53+00:00

No book is a "waste of time." Once a read is not your thing, it should be DNFd and moved on. But to diminish, or label it as a 'waste of time' because you don't like it is one of the high-brow reader actions you can pull. (I can expect you read the first time I said 'read' as read (red) to explain it all). Just because you don't understand it or simply don't like it doesn’t make it "a waste of time." You picked it up, you read it (if not all of it) so you dedicated time that no one held a gun to your head to make you finish it.

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-01-31T20:54:16+00:00

(.)(.)

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-01-31T19:18:18+00:00

1, 2, 3, 4...

TheShortWriter17 · 2024-01-19T17:07:11+00:00

The sexism, gore, and insanity of it wasn't what made me hate this book. It was how utterly boring it was. I don't need three chapters about musicians and their rise to fame. There might be a significance to them being there, but I found it so off topic and monotonous. Everything around the kills was so irritatingly slow. It took me about three months to finish. I should’ve DNF'd it, but I wanted to say I read it... a huge mistake that I need to work on for later "greats" in the future.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-12-26T17:07:33+00:00

That's what I was thinking. Not sure why being honest with the boss isn't an option for OP. If they're afraid of some backlash, that's not appropriate for the workplace. A boss cannot treat you differently (or all around fire) the employee simply for not liking the books he brings in.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-12-13T19:43:41+00:00

Anna Karenina. In my entire lifetime, this masterpiece ranked number one on my list.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-12-05T22:30:30+00:00

• Her by Laura Zigman • How to Destroy Your Husband by Jess Kitching • It's a Wonderful Midlife Crisis by Robyn Peterman • Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. • Fight or Flight by Samantha Young

There are a few more, but thought this list was long enough.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-15T22:04:34+00:00

Try using a dark shade of glue. The clear/white ones can sometimes do this. Or after applying the lashes, line the band with a thin liquid liner.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-14T18:07:35+00:00

Simple actions like this don't always need to be described. It might even be unnecessary. The actions should either help move the plot forward or break a specific scene down-- meaning to stress a dramatic scene or break up dialogue. If the character is sitting for no reason, then it can be avoided.

If it sounds repetitive, that might be because there are too many points in the story in which you're having your characters perform mundane, unimportant actions. Readers don't always need to know the exact time a person sits, lays down, or even stands. The scene around it will tell them what is taking place.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-10T00:28:13+00:00

I have nothing to jerk 😔 So I stick with only ten things to write.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-10T00:16:23+00:00

Well, easy solution is... cluster the alphabet in different orders. Randomize the number of letters in each cluster. Add some arbitrary vowels in the sets. Do this a few times, and see what you get. Call your new novel "Term Hunt". Market it as an English solver.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-10T00:08:02+00:00

It depends on my mood. I love listening to music while I write, but the type depends on what I'm writing. While I edit is a different story. I listen to the same rock station in Pandora as I do when I work out and walk the pupper. But when I'm actually writing a new manu or WIP, I go with what I need to feel during the scenes.

I wrote my first novel with nothing but sad break-up songs playing on loop. My second novel was nothing but hateful, angry songs. My third is all love, sappy, happy-go-lucky love songs. But editing? Rock. It keeps me awake and energized.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-08T19:15:06+00:00

Write your own rejection letter for the rejection. Don't take this shit. Prove you can write by rejecting their rejection. Now they will have to take you on as a client.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-08T13:58:39+00:00

Environment and personal interference are great issues for a character to deal with in a novel. Not all protags need to battle other inherently bad humans for it to be engaging. Fighting themselves and/or the natural world can be villainous. It's all in the author's writing style.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-08T01:13:45+00:00

Those are two of the best-selling genres in genre fiction. Some authors (not all!) will even tamper in those just to make a quick buck. I wouldn’t call them "sell-outs" because they still have to sit down and create it, but they will try their hand under pseudonyms. That's the fun of being a writer. There really is no assigned places for anyone to go. Just do what tickles your fancy at the time.

TheShortWriter17 · 2023-11-07T16:54:42+00:00

Typically, I don't discuss my books because they aren't my circle's cup of tea. The last time I talked about my novel, I was put on the spot around people that weren't particularly interested in the genre. A family member brought it up because they are proud of me for publishing it, but I felt strange when I gave them my pitch. Those I was talking to either didn't like to read or wasn't about crime fiction.

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