My next WIP vibes af

For Oct 13-17, I will be opening query box to ONLY marginalized, indigenous, & POC writers. General subs will resume in Nov/Dec. So, for my mswl... #mswl #amagenting #amquerying #querytip

Being really into revising is great, but at the same time it's a huge problem because I literally want to do nothing else. No no TV shows or movies or games interest me. Every life responsibility feels ten times more difficult than it is. I ONLY want to work on my book.

Clarifying because of course I have to: obviously rejections and negative reviews are going to hurt. You don't have to be okay with them, but you have to learn to DEAL with them because it's part of the industry. You cannot be attacking people or expecting special treatment.

Sorry but if you're not ready for negative reviews or rejections or people to say things you don't agree with, you're not ready to be an author. Period.

If you want to make your book more suspenseful and intriguing, add dramatic irony. I'm so serious. Nothing hits quite like reading a book and knowing a ton of information that the characters themselves don't know. It's very, very rarely not a great time.

Just booked a trip to Ireland in December with my fiancé hehehe ✨️✨️ yet another win for deciding to elope instead of spending insane amounts of money on a traditional wedding.

I live in the Chicago area like HELLO????? I did not move from Atlanta to Chicago for it to be 90 degrees in October, stop ✋🏻✋🏻✋🏻

It's finally October (the best month obv), I finished a very long and stressful week at work, I'm curled up on the couch with Silent Hill f, and everything would be perfect if it WASN'T 90 DEGREES TODAY. WHY???????

Sometimes, having ADHD comes in handy. I haven't become tired of reading my book over and over yet because I keep forgetting what I wrote two seconds after I type it. ✨️ Life hack ✨️

Found this in our school's library and decided to read it over my last few lunch breaks. Very excited to report that it 100% still holds up. 💕💕

Gently: if your mental health cannot handle query passes on a weekend, you are not ready for the stress of sub, debut, etc. Trad publishing is not for the weak of heart. Consider query passes a warmup for the marathon of rejections to come.

One key to creating good romance that a lot of people forget is adding admiration!! The characters have to *admire* each other. And not just "wow, he/she/they are so hot haha" but what about them as a PERSON is admirable? Why did your character choose THIS person and no one else?

I am not struggling with this, btw. I have found my people and my outlets. I just always feel sad for newly agented writers who switch to being on sub and suddenly everything is different and no one has prepared them for the change.

There is nothing quite like the pain of being inspired and motivated to work on your book, but knowing you have a super busy day of other responsibilities ahead of you and won't have time to get any actual writing done.

I think the hardest thing about sub isn't even being on sub, it's the sudden night and day shift between the support authors get when querying and the agents actively trying to improve and the pitch contests and query tracker and the ability to openly discuss things to...nothing.

I find it interesting that there are so many considerations made for querying authors, so many discussions, so much support. Yet once you get an agent and go on sub, that *completely* changes, and everything disappears. It is what it is, but I just find it interesting.

It's always funny to me when I see things in books and movies like "we don't know where the magic comes from" or "she didnt know why the man agreed to the request" because I DO know for a fact the author didn't feel like trying to think of an actual explanation and that's so fair

My writing style has actually simplified *so much* compared to how I used to write four-five years ago, and I actually like my current style so much better. Purple prose definitely has its place, too, but it is *not* the be all end all indicator of good writing.

The longer I write and study craft, the more I realize it's actually way harder to make your writing simple and concise while still conveying the emotion you want than it is to write purple prose. And, most of the time, simple and concise is more effective.