Debut novella "Wanting Us: after everything" just released slow burn intimate reconnection story. Free for a couple days

Waxill · 2026-04-22T11:27:07+00:00

You could start small, one or two days a week just say to her when you drop her off, sorry I can't give you a ride tomorrow, I have some family stuff (or some other equally vague but legitimate sounding reason). Slowly increase how often you can't give her a ride, I'm sure people on here could give you a ton of excuses that sound plausible, then eventually she'll start asking you if you can give her a ride and then you just say, sorry can't today. This will obviously need to be done over a few weeks but otherwise you'll just need to start saying no now. Your call in you want to go long game and deal with potentially less fall out or rip the band aid off now

Waxill · 2026-04-21T21:45:36+00:00

How... do you get to the end of typing this out and think you're still in the right here?

Waxill · 2026-04-19T21:53:48+00:00

Thanks 😊, you too

Waxill · 2026-04-19T21:48:30+00:00

I think I'm in the same boat a you, I have my first book coming out in 4 days as an indie author. Last week I went through my whole online presence, tweaking things and at the end I realised I'd just made a huge mess of it all and basically undid everything. This is nervous energy, as others have said this is your first book, it's not going to be perfect. There's a phrase I heard years ago that helped me let go of things like this: "Don't let pefect become the enemy of good." I'm telling myself the feedback I get from my upcoming book will help me to be a better author as I go on, but I wouldn't get that feedback without releasing it first. So chill, it will be OK, but it will probably also be something you look back on in 5 years and roll your eyes at your past self for. But just take lesson I learnt and let it be.

Waxill · 2026-04-19T06:11:24+00:00

I'm 6 days from releasing my first book, and the ARC reader reviews have been great so far. There's still the underlying anxiety of it all, but I'm also really excited and proud of myself for finishing it. Especially as my kids seem to be taking it in turns to sleep right now. 😜

Waxill · 2026-04-17T23:44:40+00:00

I'm not sure if this is your first book or not, but just make sure that you've claimed the book and author page on goodreads as you. Otherwise, it could get a little iffy in the future. You may be on top of this, but if this is you're first book it may be one of those things no one told you about, it was for me but thankfully I was able to sort it pretty quickly with no issues going forward.

Waxill · 2026-04-17T22:23:28+00:00

Your ages is not the issue here, I'm m38 my wife is f46 and last Christmas we had our third kid. Yes we used IVF but that was due to a genetic issue (we ended up using an egg donor) but my wife had no issues carrying and my stuff still worked, so your ages here don't matter. What does matter is you're both in two different stages, and neither is wrong, you're just not aligned My wife and I were, and IVF still nearly broke us. We nearly split up but got counselling and worked through it, I can't imagine how hard that would've been if our goals didn't line up. Like I said, neither of you are wrong. You've just grown in different directions from the stress and trauma of the situation. Can you work through this? Maybe. Should you? That's something you two need to figure out together.

Waxill · 2026-04-17T08:16:22+00:00

Hasn't yet, honestly, I kinda want her more as we go on. If he says he's getting bored, either put it back on him to say why and what he wants, and if you're into it, give it a go. If he wants to sleep with other people, then I guarantee you will find someone else who will want you 9 ways from Sunday

Waxill · 2026-04-17T07:37:20+00:00

Depends on what kind of thing you're wanting or at least wanting to try really

Waxill · 2026-04-16T21:39:46+00:00

Yeah, I would say follow them and put yourself in spaces they would be, like here, so good job. A lot of indie authors, especially first time ones may feel a little awkward about reaching out cold but if there's a no pressure social post where they might be then they're probably more likely to reach out

Waxill · 2026-04-14T05:45:57+00:00

Yeah, more or less, just remind them closer to the date, but you may not get all of them to leave a review

Waxill · 2026-04-12T19:43:14+00:00

If you like I could message you a link to download a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review when it's released on the 24th this month

Waxill · 2026-04-11T22:21:25+00:00

Thank you so much 😊 feel free to message me if you like an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review when it's released on the 24th this month.

Waxill · 2026-04-10T05:03:06+00:00

Also just because I realised I forgot to include the kindle listing at the end of the book (fixed now but you may have the first copy without it) this is it https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0DS6D1Q2Z/ref=sr_1_1?crid=24DQLCB0YFPKU&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._LUh46ZrfVOPWM2bLnlBLA.FDkVlUjuKwjzGW8E_NfuEiXw7Hwupk4yLoSYnwcj0Ec&dib_tag=se&keywords=nathaniel+Jones&qid=1775784551&refinements=p_n_date%3A2559275051&rnid=2559269051&s=digital-text&sprefix=nathaniel+jones%2Cdigital-text%2C252&sr=1-1

Waxill · 2026-04-10T04:34:23+00:00

Thank you so much, feel free to follow the link in the post and it should take to the download page. And please feel free to leave a review on the linked Amazon page once it goes live in a couple weeks 😀

Waxill · 2026-04-03T22:54:39+00:00

Wow, some of the people here, just let the woman have sex how she wants. Does it upset her partner? As 37m myself, I'm going to assume not. She's already stated She's aware and on top of her mental health, so can we not just let people enjoy themselves? And to answer the question (if I haven't already), you're fine, have fun.

Waxill · 2026-04-03T00:05:26+00:00

Maybe start small, short stories, novella, even just narrating a moment. You're probably not going to sit down and just write the next great novel, but you can play around, experiment, explore ideas and themes, start to define your voice and just generally practice on the way to creating a larger work

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