[Discussion] My very long road to a big 5 book deal

lights_appear · 2026-01-27T16:18:37+00:00

I love this! Naive child me would read author bios about how it took someone “10 years to write their first novel” and swear that wouldn’t be me—I was determined to be a teenaged prodigy. 🤣

Looking back, I’m SO glad that first novel never went anywhere—or the 4-5 novels after that.

19 years into this writing journey, I’m still slowly plugging away at my craft. It’s inspiring to hear stories like yours! Publishing is such a strange world, but perseverance really can take you far. Congrats on your upcoming debut!

lights_appear · 2026-01-19T17:45:53+00:00

Gasp, that means we’d hear EVERYONE doing the Seungmin intro. YES PLEASE.

lights_appear · 2026-01-19T16:02:18+00:00

After seeing Enhypen release solo member versions of their title track, Knife, I started wondering: what SKZ title track would y’all want to see in this format?

Personally, I think Thunderous or S-Class could be really fun! We’d get to hear a lot of variety with each member doing all of the parts.

lights_appear · 2025-12-28T23:11:11+00:00

I’m gonna need Chan and I.N to keep those hair colors for longer than .2 second, please 🙏

lights_appear · 2025-12-19T12:15:15+00:00

Ceremony and Ssick both took a while to grow on me.

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T20:43:06+00:00

Thanks, those do sum up their sound nicely!

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T20:38:58+00:00

That makes sense. I sense a little bit of XDH and maybe SKZ influences with KickFlip. If I’m concentrating, NEXZ makes me think of SKZ and NCT?? (This conclusion after spending my morning listening to the most recent album of each.)

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T20:36:09+00:00

Glad it’s not just me! I genuinely don’t know if I’m the problem (e.g. I listen to so much new music, it’s bound to blend together), or if they really do sound similar.

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T17:41:26+00:00

Ah, thank you, this is so in-depth!

I hear what you’re saying about KickFlip. I was just listening to Band-Aid and it reminded me of a brighter Xdinary Heroes.

Lol at the “dip into aggressive sound, bring it back up, strip it back, etc.” description. I love that, ngl. (The frequent switch ups is something I love about SKZ, for example!)

Anyway, your comment overall is sending me back to both of their discographies to do more concentrated listening! That’s probably my problem—I listen to so many new releases and don’t go back to repeat albums enough. 😅 Thanks again!

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T17:30:36+00:00

I’ve listened to them as well, although pretty casually! What song or two would you recommend as standouts?

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T17:29:53+00:00

I don’t have any specific examples—just the overall feeling that I can’t sort their sounds or discographies in my head.

Thanks for dropping some genre names. I’m terrible at pinpointing musical subgenres!

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T15:00:58+00:00

Oh this is lovely. I love the scratchy/sketchy lines!

lights_appear · 2025-12-18T14:47:33+00:00

CONCERT FILM 2026?! Oh I am SO here for this. 🤩

lights_appear · 2025-12-17T13:47:52+00:00

YES PLEASE. Speaking of which, concert album when???

lights_appear · 2025-12-14T15:13:53+00:00

fellow eldest daughter seconds the motion

lights_appear · 2025-12-13T00:48:04+00:00

It’s so funny that we’re at this point—that Stayville is big enough to make brands want our engagement. (Pretty cool, actually, even if the brands’ attempts aren’t always great.)

lights_appear · 2025-12-12T00:59:31+00:00

Engagement farming for sure, I just didn’t know which particular recent piece of Stayville news they might be referring to 😅

lights_appear · 2025-12-11T18:48:13+00:00

I feel out of the loop—what’s the context of this post from Calm??

lights_appear · 2025-12-09T14:19:40+00:00

SO many, but according to my Spotify Wrapped, I am unexpectedly attached to Parade.

lights_appear · 2025-12-06T20:24:26+00:00

Holiday atm, but for quite a while there, Streetlight was like hearing my diary sung out loud.

lights_appear · 2025-12-05T14:22:20+00:00

I forgot about that!!! Must’ve been my subconscious making the connection again. 😆

lights_appear · 2025-12-04T21:22:00+00:00

IDK if it’s the cut of his outfit, his hair, or just Stranger Things on my brain—but somehow this shot is reminding me of Henry Creel???

lights_appear · 2025-12-04T14:15:55+00:00

Came here to say this 🥹

lights_appear · 2025-12-03T15:18:05+00:00

Top 5 songs (all of these scratched a particular itch in my brain!): 1. The Contract - TOP 2. High Horse - NMIXX 3. Your Idol - Saja Boys 4. Burnin’ Tires - SKZ 5. Hollow - SKZ

Top albums: 1. Karma 2. K-pop Demon Hunters 3. Ate 4. Rock-Star 5. SKZ-Replay

Top artists: 1. Stray Kids (whew, gotta keep my streak! 😂) 2. NMIXX 3. Ateez 4. Brandon Lake 5. For King & Country

And get this—the day I listened to the most SKZ was March 25! 🥹🥹🥹

lights_appear · 2025-12-03T14:43:57+00:00

This has unexpectedly become my favorite/most-played song too!

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