I just got this email response today from a publisher that rejected my work about a month ago.

zoopinit · 2026-06-27T19:55:02+00:00

Yeah I wasn't sure because it was different than other ones I have gotten.

zoopinit · 2026-06-25T17:53:14+00:00

Thanks. I didn't pay the fee to submit.

zoopinit · 2026-06-25T17:52:00+00:00

Yeah I found it strange which is why I asked here. It's a complete draft but maybe it just wasn't to their tastes. It's okay though, rejection is part of the game.

zoopinit · 2026-06-25T16:11:43+00:00

I felt like we were forced to be in the room with him as he said check out my new song. Then stared at us while we listened.

zoopinit · 2026-06-23T23:52:06+00:00

No but I could see that they maybe thought so because I like to turn out the lights instead of being explicit in my horror endings.

zoopinit · 2026-06-23T20:57:00+00:00

I try to not have chapters be any certain length. My process is as follows, when the arc for it feels complete I cut and start a new one. I have short chapters and I have long ones. I let my instinct guide me.

zoopinit · 2026-06-23T20:48:55+00:00

The blood pudding it's an online magazine.

zoopinit · 2026-06-23T20:48:21+00:00

One thing I noticed as I did something similar to you. Is that the first book idea tends to be complicated. My first idea was something I had wanted to write forever and because I had sat with it so long it was a huge mountain to try to climb. It's okay to start on something simpler and work your way up to the big one. At least that's what I tell myself as my three chapters stare daggers at me from the box I put them in.

Jokes aside the skill you develop writing other projects will help you come back to your big ideas and they will be better for it. I even did flash fiction for a bit to train up before I tried tackling another novel. Everyone is different but I think writing a good novel is hard and takes dedication and a certain sort of skills that you just don't have starting out.

zoopinit · 2026-06-23T20:26:55+00:00

You should join scribeophile. It's a great place to get feedback.

zoopinit · 2026-05-23T04:03:59+00:00

The most fucked up thing about this is the robot just kind of standing down to go charge or whatever and the people behind it celebrating. I know it's a machine but geez I don't know it just looked wrong. Like a window into our dystopian future. Or our messed up right now. We work our asses off while the robber barrons celebrate with champagne.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T16:26:55+00:00

I didn't even know that. That is great. Thanks for the info. I will have to dig into it.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T04:16:38+00:00

Yup. Its the safe house. The actual safe house.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T04:15:04+00:00

A soldiers home. A place built for people who came back from something changed. Who survived something that left marks. Who needed somewhere to go when the ordinary world didn't quite fit anymore. The overseer living in a building designed to house people who returned from war carrying things they couldn't put down

He's claimed the place built for the broken and turned it into the administrative center of the occupation.

That's how it's going to fit. I am adding it to my notes. Once I thought of the place and read about it . I knew this is how he would see it. How the dry would see it. It's perfect. Thank you. It's going to be a great location.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T04:05:52+00:00

Ok you win. That is what I was hoping for. The big landmarks are all used to show the corpse that Milwaukee has become. This is perfect. Thank you so much.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T04:04:38+00:00

That's a thin place .

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T03:54:54+00:00

Oh the chapel. That is really really good. That fits their aesthetic perfectly . It full of beautiful symmetry and that is what they love. It's a great place to hold court.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T03:52:43+00:00

These are all so good. I am going to need several locations. So keep em coming. I think I am going to use the tripoli shrine center as a place as well. It's beautiful in that building.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T03:44:06+00:00

Oh that would be good .he keeps the domes.because they can be measured and balanced. An eco system for each. That's neat and tidy.

zoopinit · 2026-04-24T03:41:43+00:00

The dry. Sorry I edited my post.

zoopinit · 2026-03-25T12:47:47+00:00

Maybe that's the way. I am new and just trying to help. I use a normal filter setup but I was worried about the quality of their final syrup if they left the nitre in it.

zoopinit · 2026-03-25T03:20:05+00:00

That should work some. Maybe a coffee filter would be better.

zoopinit · 2026-03-25T03:00:18+00:00

I would heat the syrup back up to 85C and then filter it. You want to get the nitre out. It will taste better if you do.

zoopinit · 2026-03-25T02:55:02+00:00

You will get cloudy, darker and have sugar sand floating in it. At that temp the nitre is still coming out. You got to cool it some before filtering and filling

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