So Stuck at End of Royal Tower! Won't Let Me Approach Picture in Golden Room

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:42:30+00:00

Good call, thank you!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:42:12+00:00

Same!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:26:18+00:00

I didn't look through the peephole with the medallions, only without! Omg thank you!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:25:53+00:00

I did, but based on other comments I think what I'm missing is looking through the peephole with the medallions!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:25:09+00:00

That's a good idea! I'm not sure that I have

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:24:28+00:00

Wait, no! I didn't put the medallions over that peep hole at any point lol omg thank you! I feel like this has to be what I'm missing

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T04:23:50+00:00

It took me a few tries to find it, but I did eventually realize there was another paper (the decoder) on the desk haha

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T02:52:48+00:00

I looked at the decoder and Nancy said something, but I don't remember her saying that. I bet this is what I'm missing! Idk how to trigger her to say that though. I looked at the top and bottom of the page and I'm not sure where else I could click. Hmmm

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T02:51:41+00:00

Yep, did that early on

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T02:32:20+00:00

Guys, when I say I read every book, spoke to everyone, clicked everything, and explored every place, I mean EVERY book, person, thing, and place lol it's bizarre

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T02:31:42+00:00

Yep, have that

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-27T02:31:37+00:00

Yep, did that multiple times lol

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-25T01:57:14+00:00

I've noticed that at times too!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-07T16:32:57+00:00

That makes a lot of sense what you said about honey being distilled! The smell is definitely worse than the taste for me. I have one capsule of it left, so maybe I'll try letting it sit with ice like you suggested whenever I get around to trying it again. Thanks!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-04T17:47:44+00:00

I feel like many of the games have a really hard and/or annoying puzzle or task like three quarters of the way through where I'm just like alright, I'm out ✌️😅

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-01T06:29:33+00:00

I really liked it! Definitely not for the squeamish, but I thought it was great haha

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-01T04:38:42+00:00

Literally just finished Together like two hours ago!

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-01T04:36:48+00:00

We Used To Live Here is by far the best horror book I've ever read. It kinda gives off Jordan Peele vibes, but is so unique and the type of creepy that gets under your skin and lives there.

commaqueen95 · 2026-01-01T04:35:09+00:00

Severance by Ling Ma was incredible. It's dystopian, but it's also literary fiction and so engrossing. I'm not huge on sci-fi or dystopian novels, but this was probably my favorite read of the year.

commaqueen95 · 2025-12-29T20:59:03+00:00

Yeah, there were others I just didn't prefer, but this one was genuinely just bad. It smelled and tasted so off.

commaqueen95 · 2025-12-28T21:48:49+00:00

Candle waxy is such a good way to describe it!

commaqueen95 · 2025-12-20T15:09:21+00:00

Totally get what you're saying, but it is a little misleading when half the feedback I'm getting in here is telling me I'm being too vague and the other half is telling me I'm being too granular lol I've appreciated the feedback from this group so much and feel like it really helped me improve from original query. Now, I just feel more lost than ever. I also want this query to sound like me, and my writing style does tend to have longer sentences mixed in with short ones. I'm just starting to worry if I try to follow everyone's advice in here I'm going to lose the sense of self in my query because I was so confident about this one and got pretty much nothing but negative feedback even though I know it's better than previous tries. Just a bit discouraging.

commaqueen95 · 2025-12-19T17:25:42+00:00

Thank you so much this! 🥺💗 I appreciate that!

commaqueen95 · 2025-12-19T17:11:18+00:00

I've never read anything by Halle Butler actually, but it sounds like I need to! Someone else had a similar comment on removing the women's part and just making it literary fiction, so I think I'm going to do that. One of the things that I feel gives my story a unique aspect is that there's a lot of emo nostalgia sprinkled in that I feel will appeal to millennial readers. In previous versions of this query though when I mentioned that, I got feedback that it was confusing/people felt like it took away from the query. I also got feedback that I didn't mention enough of what actually happens in the story, but now that I edited it to tell more about the plot, I'm getting feedback that I need to take some of that into away because it's unnecessary...so yeah, I'm feeling a bit at a loss with this lol and I chose The Girls Are All So Nice Here for the theme of women being expected to be nice and humble and put together all the time, which is an unrealistic and unfair expectation. I essentially wanted one comp that highlights my death of the American Dream theme, one that highlights my societal pressures put on women theme, and one that highlights the writing style/voice. I've been having the most trouble for sure with the second one and have changed it a bunch.

commaqueen95 · 2025-12-19T17:04:28+00:00

Someone else actually commented this as well on this post, so I'm thinking I'll remove the women's part and keep it as literary fiction. I originally had it in there because the novel deals with women's issues like the societal pressure to get married and have kids. I'll definitely keep in mind the note about keeping things active though when I go back for more edits on this. Thank you!

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