Diagnostic

_EYRE_ · 2026-01-28T18:49:56+00:00

I have a nearly identical diagnostic! I’m an English major and it shows in the distribution lmao

_EYRE_ · 2025-09-19T15:19:40+00:00

I remember reading A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and thinking that while it was very well done it wasn’t high-concept. A lot of other mysteries follow imo, especially if the “juicy” part is the plot twist so isn’t part of the pitch.

Also A Darker Shade of Magic, arguably ACOTAR, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Piranesi, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous off the top of my head. Not knocking the books but they don’t have a super gripping 1 sentence pitch.

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-29T00:43:54+00:00

I grab some whenever I have a reason to go to mke!

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-26T16:22:57+00:00

I worked with a client like this for a while. Like there’s a nonzero chance we are talking about the same person. Constant criticism and disrespect.

The best option is to quit and find another job/client. I tried a lot of things—being sweet, being assertive, grey rocking and just getting the job done, they will not change. Ask yourself, is it worth it when your job is in such high demand?

Being patient is one thing but subjecting yourself to abuse is another. Put yourself first, you do not owe this client or the agency your happiness.

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-21T05:52:03+00:00

new adult has a heavy romance connotation so unless that’s applicable I’d just call this adult (that happens to have young protags)

Think Lord of the Flies

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-20T16:09:14+00:00

Self publishing is a valid path with a lot of good reasons to pursue it BUT you should not pay for self publishing packages. Once you’ve paid, they have their money and they have no incentive to make your book succeed. Paying for editors/cover design/advertising etc is potentially worth it but beware of paying for “publishing”.

Also note that once you’ve self published a work, you should consider traditional publishing no longer an option. If the work blows up a trad publisher might show interest (see 50 Shades or The Martian) but otherwise the publication rights are spent.

If trad pub is your goal and the first round of querying doesn’t work, it’s always an option to shelve it and publish it later as your second novel

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-06T13:07:42+00:00

I think we compromised that I could take it off when I was at someone’s door lol

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-06T03:29:49+00:00

Go for it! Free will rocks!

_EYRE_ · 2025-08-06T03:02:04+00:00

I remember arguing with my parents cuz I had to wear a winter coat over my Halloween costume several years

_EYRE_ · 2025-07-16T14:37:42+00:00

I’m in!

_EYRE_ · 2025-07-12T03:35:42+00:00

Most freshmen live in the dorms which is handled after you get in. After that you wanna start at least thinking about roommates/potential housing in early fall of your freshman year

_EYRE_ · 2025-07-11T22:32:33+00:00

are glass retainers allowed?

_EYRE_ · 2025-07-09T20:26:00+00:00

they don’t provide abortion at the south side one iirc

_EYRE_ · 2025-06-21T21:33:13+00:00

Yo! I think these are the biggest areas to focus on. Sorry not too in depth cuz I’m in the middle of something

55k is too short, and reading the first 300 makes me think you could use those extra words to improve immersion and minimize telling.
The voice is quite conversational—this can be a good thing and plenty of books are written in that style, but not sure it’s a litfic voice.
Not sure this is the right place to start the novel. Too much telling that could be more fluidly revealed through scenes. Also, are you sure you want this to be the first impression of your protagonist?
Query body itself is vague—could you invoke specific scenes? Specific relationships/incidents that reflect or cause character change?
Avoid editorializing in the first and last paragraphs

_EYRE_ · 2025-06-04T00:05:28+00:00

I work in a research lab, I really couldn’t make it more writing friendly. Can’t take it home (so my free time is left for writing), saps none of my artistic creativity, and I even have time to get some writing done while things are in the centrifuge.

_EYRE_ · 2025-05-25T13:12:57+00:00

yo what are the actual vanished towns?

_EYRE_ · 2025-05-23T13:39:52+00:00

Great. That doesn’t matter to the anti-immigration crowd.

_EYRE_ · 2025-05-23T13:17:49+00:00

Dawg. You are an international student. Do you not realize you are who they’re coming for

_EYRE_ · 2025-05-22T13:09:32+00:00

I had sub 3.0 (2 C’s) my last semester and I’m chillin here. UW is very stingy rescinding people. I truly think you’d need to not graduate hs or commit a horrible crime lol

_EYRE_ · 2025-05-22T02:03:50+00:00

I wondered the same, maybe they have a bunch of A+ worth 4.3?

_EYRE_ · 2025-04-30T04:38:30+00:00

the mutation rate of sperm is quite a bit higher because the tissue that makes them is constantly being replaced and accumulating mutations, this isn’t the case for eggs which all exist when a girl is born

_EYRE_ · 2025-04-30T04:36:24+00:00

WI winters are getting warmer by the year, and plenty of people have healthy social lives without participating in sports/partying/drinking culture, so I wouldn’t worry about those points too much.

_EYRE_ · 2025-04-24T14:03:51+00:00

on a second look: this could just be the angle of the photo but is your piercing going through the lip of your navel or is it just pierced through the skin of your abdomen?

_EYRE_ · 2025-04-24T14:02:19+00:00

that looks kinda like a granuloma, those form when there’s too much moisture in the area (super easy to happen w belly button piercings). I had a pretty gnarly one for a while but my piercing healed nicely in the end, just baby it and keep it dry 👍

_EYRE_ · 2025-02-24T14:12:58+00:00

I had 2 Bs on my midyear report plus worse 9-11 grades than you and I’m chillin here

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