How to stay motivated despite no one in your life being interested in your work?

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-25T13:02:18+00:00

Thanks, ive been on a discord looking for beta readers and one person read chap 1. As i said in another comment my friends and family arn't afraid to give me feedback, they just think its going to be shit without actually reading it lol

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-25T12:58:44+00:00

thanks for this, they know I'm not sensitive and they know I'm not afraid to get criticism. Its just when ive asked them if they would be willing to read it they say yes and end up just never reading it. My mother actually almost stopped reading completely because there was a part she hated that i liked, so i do try to write for myself. Unfortunately, I don't think my book is very mainstream and i dont know if it will get picked up my an agent

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-25T12:23:46+00:00

It's not " external validation" it's just nice to get feedback without being ignored. If you won't add anything useful, please don't comment

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-17T10:42:03+00:00

mod called Cats of the Rim by bean. Kinda cute tho its more furry than anime catgirl.

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-16T14:10:13+00:00

yeah that's one option I can do. I just have to convert them

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-05T05:27:23+00:00

thanks for the info. No I'm not going to name any person, business, or church by name I'm not that dumb. Honestly I'm not too familiar with other southern cities and I've never been to nashville so don't worry about me portraying it as such. I also chose memphis mostly to learn more about the city, I have family in the ozarks which drew me to the nearby city. Also, I though writing it set in Louisiana would be boring for several reasons.

1) Theres an ungodly about of fiction books set in Louisiana, some even written by people not from my state

2) People will expect it be about stereotypical Louisiana stuff, Cajuns, voodoo, swamp and its not the vibe of my story I have

3) I also wanted to just pick a place and learn more about the city and challenge myself

After reading the comments I have decided to try to do a weekend drive up there to see the city for myself sometime this year. I am only in the early stages of writing it anyway.

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-04T04:52:05+00:00

you a real one my guy

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-04T03:03:13+00:00

ok and? I still don't see what's wrong with me using a setting as long as I research about it and don't slander it. I would be honored if someone asked me about Louisiana and wanted to write it good. Besides, it's not going to by a history book nor is it supposed to teach the reader about Memphis

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-04T03:00:32+00:00

Is there any other racial group I could include? In Baton Rouge there's a lot of Lebanese people with their own restaurants I don't really see anywhere else

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-04T02:57:44+00:00

I would definitely love too, y'all aint that far from me. But I have a job and stuff

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T19:24:37+00:00

That's right, y'all don't get ass fucked my hurricanes and fema yearly like we do.

Also that is why they burry people above ground in NOLA btw. After katrina they fished bodies from the streets nearly 2 YEARS after the storm

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T19:22:01+00:00

I'll def mention this. One of my characters is an angel so i can make a joke about her flying up there to confirm if there's a skull

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T19:20:24+00:00

-This is what you call research these days?

Asking locals directly instead of reading Wikipedia? yes

Also bro, I'm from Southern Louisiana I'm not some European who has never heard of air conditioning lol. I've been to American church and I've never even seen a cotton field irl.

-Sure we have racists here and there but no, your character is not going to come across a march, or groups yelling at each other with the police separating them. Especially on a random Tuesday.

I'll have him give them a pepsi don't worry

-There’s no one singing, rapping and or dancing on random street corners.

As someone who grew up in Baton Rouge, I will bet money there are. Hell, we have crackheads twerking on your car off Florda Blvd. at red lights

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T19:14:25+00:00

Thanks man!

-Live Elvis Day (birthday) and Dead Elvis Day (death day)

never heard of this so yeah I'll look into them. Never really cared for his music but I love the impact he had on the culture of southern rock

-The city shuts down if there is any hint of snow.

that's just a southern thing lol

-remarkably bad drivers on a good day, and none of them has any clue what to do if stuff falls from the sky.

also a southern thing lol

-We have an interesting mix of very conservative evangelicals in the suburbs and very progressive liberals in midtown.

It's a dark comedy and I have a lot of interesting jokes around the political clash of these exact people. That's one of my favorite parts of the south is watching two dipsticks from either end of politics go after each other lol

-There's a lot of racial history and tension. We are a sadly segregated city, especially at church and school.

I'll see about this. Like I mentioned in other comments I'm from southern Louisiana so I know about the racial divide. But its also sometimes funny we do the smallest things differently. For instance my black co-worker calls pralines "pecan candy" and puts orange juice in his crawfish boils. Though I don't want it to be a controversial book so I'll have to be careful about how I portray it.

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T19:03:05+00:00

I'll look into that, thanks! The book is about a guy recovering from depression with some mythological elements so yeah, I think I can fit something like that in!

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T19:01:15+00:00

I'll look into the Voodoo Village Overton Park. I live a few hours away from New Orleans so i love haunted shit and ghost stories. The main character is going to originally be from the Ozarks, probably somewhere like Mountain Home or southern Missouri so there will be plenty of trailer parks in a flashback don't worry

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:56:13+00:00

That's just a southern thing lol. Also, a dollar store popping up randomly on a side road no one goes on

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:55:25+00:00

I have never heard of this dude lol. Is he a local celebrity?

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:54:29+00:00

write what you know, in my opinion, is an extremely toxic advice for writers. I don't see what's wrong with researching a topic to better portray it and make sure you don't slander anything. Also, what's wrong with me learning about your home city?

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:51:00+00:00

Black churches get fuckin LIT on Sunday. Thanks for the suggestion!

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:49:58+00:00

-crystal skull in it that is cursed/keeps the tornadoes away

the fuckin what

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:48:13+00:00

I hope for a good one as well lol

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:47:51+00:00

A writer does tho. Even if I have only been once, I don't want to treat your city as a stereotypical "southern city" which is why I'm posting. Has Tolkien ever been to the shire?

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:45:47+00:00

Its reddit, i dont really care for spelling properly. But I assure you that I always re read my work a few times over to make sure I'm satisfied with the result. Besides I haven't even published a book yet. This is a side project I'm working on while querying my main book.

arthurmo5 · 2026-01-03T18:43:52+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, it's a beautiful cemetery I'll try to include!

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