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@NiapLuna

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I guess I’m a writer🔮 lovely poet, and a Virgo who can’t stop being a perfectionist// free 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩

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@NiapLuna
🍉🌻Nia P.
6 months
I graduated today 🥳 y’a girl officially has her masters in library and information science
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1 month
“While I find your work intriguing.” “While there is so much potential here.” “Unfortunately this project isn’t for me.” “I’m going to have to pass.” “After careful review.” “This doesn’t mean it won’t work for someone else.” “The industry is subjective.” “Good luck.”
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@NiapLuna
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3 years
@thekashka @chrstnweyeesee @camerouninema Finally!! Someone sad it, she was never salty, she really believed that everyone was equal...in my opinion 😭
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
I finally did it y’all. After many pitch events I got an agent like! It feels like I made it in life 😭
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🍉🌻Nia P.
1 month
So let me get this straight. Agents want BIPOC voices and stories, they want fresh takes, comp titles, but we have to use comp titles that don’t reflect us because there are no books that are out there on us like the one we’re writing, yet they say they can’t connect when we—
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2 months
Someone please explain this to me because my brain is mush. So a manuscript is meant to be polished “enough”, but an agent can ask for an R&R, but some agents will take you on and go through multiple revisions anyway. But then how do querying authors know what’s ready or not?
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@Chris_vee1 @noeyyyg He is the yogi community dog at this point!
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@3arth2m3 @keyon Oh man I couldn’t imagine the guilt and shame someone could feel. Like how do you get up and put one foot in front of the other after that…my heart
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1 month
I want y’all to know if I ever get an agent, I don’t know if I’ll write a blog post on how I did so, I wouldn’t know how to critique a query or the first few pages. Like I’ll be surprised as everyone else. Think of me as a pigeon, I just go here.
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES X PRACTICAL MAGIC 🌷Family of witches ✨Tea and dream magic 🌷Soulmates ✨Reincarnation 🌷A nail tech whose magic is connected to whatever she paints ✨African American Culture mixed with magic 🌷HEA #A #R #SPEC #Q #YouDeservepIt
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4 years
@therackhead @sarahlugor I refuse 😂 don’t speak that into existence
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🍉🌻Nia P.
11 months
I want to be a quiet author, I don’t want to make a website and send out newsletters or promote/market my own books where ppl perceive me. Like I’m gonna be judged??? I have social anxiety??? I will throw up
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🍉🌻Nia P.
4 years
@f8the @asiasilvis I feel this, I want more girl friends but I don’t have enough confidence in myself and I think they may not like me 🥲 but girls are amazing and so healing to be around
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
Why didn’t know no one tell me manifesting a full request is very different when you actually have to send it I’m going to throw up
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@dumhoex I be ready to off myself after I do that shit like whyyyyy
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
Update on my anxious writer thoughts as I query: •What if my book sucks •What if it’s “too Black” for trad •What if I have too many sex scenes or maybe I should have taken them out •What if *that* one person was right and it’s not good enough •What’s my plan B?
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1 month
I got a personalized rejection guys, and it was so sweet. There was no feedback, just telling me what they love, and….awww 🥺
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 years
@rosiesrambles Humanities and social sciences, and art careers should be paid just as much as STEM careers
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@hoefaceresting Y’all it’s not that she isn’t fun, y’all don’t realize that people are complex and multifaceted beings and if y’all see her as not “fun” then you’re the issue of this discussion
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2 months
Everytime I see someone announced they have an agent all I think is—other than congratulations & happiness— but it’s “Wow you really made it out of the apocalypse” because that’s how I see the query trenches 😭😂
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1 month
Do you think it’s possible to ask an author for an informational interview bc you find their work incredible especially since you finally found an author from your demographic, writing similar stories, & want to know about their querying process, and so much more?
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🍉🌻Nia P.
21 days
Also great news, I got an agent like the other day 🥹 there’s hope.
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🍉🌻Nia P.
4 years
@nottydesignss Because people be having opinions instead of facts 🤧🤧
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
Loves!! I got another!! 😭🤎
@NiapLuna
🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
I finally did it y’all. After many pitch events I got an agent like! It feels like I made it in life 😭
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🍉🌻Nia P.
21 days
So…is that first full request you get a fluke or should you still celebrate that one win. Asking for a friend 🌚🌝
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@DrChaeEd Everytime we visited my dad, my step siblings slept in bedrooms that were fully furnished while my other siblings and I slept on air mattresses and a couch.
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
I did it again, guess who I am 😗 #amquerying
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 months
#AllYouCanWriteAugust Just started this new fantasy wip. It has no name, but here’s the comp titles: The Magicians x Sailor Moon x Zodiac 🔮Magical College 🔮Houses/Dorms based off of planets 🔮Witches 🔮Dark Academia/Light Academia Really excited to write this
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14 days
The hubs ranted to me about my book because he didn’t like the ending only because it hurt his feelings. And then he said, “I can’t look at you right now.” Is this…power? 😂
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24 days
Me: *casually talking about how I changed my book bc some people told me to and how agents wouldn’t be okay with some parts* My therapist: “And where did that get you? You say you want this, but you’re not smiling, and you’re not happy.” OH—
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2 months
I’m not gonna lie besties I don’t think I’ll ever show my query stats ever. Like…that’s between me and the stars above us. Also I can’t live with the embarrassment like what if I say something on here one day, and someone hits me with “that’s why you didn’t get an agent.” SICK
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15 days
When everyone talked about how draft 1 can be atrocious I was always like “not really.” OKAY ACTUALLY! It’s the genre, I’m dabbling into fantasy now, and we got plot holes, developmental problems, and other bs. This draft is heinous, & should be jailed
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10 months
@shardai_smithh Seriously because libraries/librarians are already acting as social workers, laundromats, and more. I think it’s great libraries help communities, but to ask the same people to do more and they are underfunded, and workers are paid even lesss…crazy!
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3 years
@_ElFin_DeSemana @julianakilrose No he literally just made me want a baby so we can vibe like this. tragic get me off this app 😭❤️❤️
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8 months
Would anyone like to give a positivity read for the first few chapters of my witchy romance? 🤎comp title: Practical Magic 🤎Tea Magic 🤎Past lives 🤎soul mates 🤎found family 🤎FMC is a nail artist 🤎crystals, tarot, flowers, and plants galore
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
Guys 🥹🥹 some good news came in my inbox (nothing vague of course) but oh my god 🥹🥹 y’all were right to keep going
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
Idk I didn’t query even a good amount of agents yet or have been querying for a long time and I’m just thinking of not querying this book anymore. Like I’ll just let the next few rejections roll in or pull the queries. I’ll give them something else 🫥
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3 months
Real question…why do lit agencies have the “no from one is a no from all” like where does that stem from and why does it exist
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
THE MAGICIANS X THE ATLAS SIX X SAILOR MOON A girl who doesn’t know how to stay dead is admitted into a magical college, but soon finds out demons are after her heart, and the Gods have a mission for her. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #Romantasy
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2 months
Did y’all ever stop writing once you queried? Ever since I got certain emails the light kind of died, but not because I have writers block.🌚🌝 #amquerying
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 years
@InoshWrites Some smut authors need to re-learn how to write, it’s getting frustrating hearing reviews saying something is good, but because there is sex doesn’t mean there is a good plot, themes, interesting characters and dynamics…it’s corny at times
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7 months
Y’all I just sent in a query for this story and I’m screaming. Oh my god I’m back in the trenches. #amquerying
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@DaH00dHippie I have yet to meet a Virgo that did not dabble into many things, the list is endless
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🍉🌻Nia P.
4 years
@nottydesignss lol I mean virgos have the facts when they debate😂
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🍉🌻Nia P.
1 month
Remember to give compassion to the writer brains that aren’t wired to be persistent. Sometimes it’s hard to love life, so make sure to tell others to fall in love w/ all aspects of the world, not just writing, not just to query, not just anything. Tell them to find joy
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🍉🌻Nia P.
6 months
I Heard we were looking for black witches (black sirens come a little later in the series 😌)
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hayley ☼ ☽ buy THIS RAVENOUS FATE
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we know people want black vampires, black witches, black faeries, black sirens, black everything, so i’m gonna need publishing and hollywood to pay attention and keep up
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2 months
Got a rejection from a top agent, I’m going to lock myself up in a mental institution
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 months
My sister and I are both querying and every other day we send each other agents that would be a good fit for our separate novels. But we keep sending agents we have on our list already. We have the same brain for real
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1 month
I decided to query at 1 am, and just got a rejection by one of them this morning that had two comp titles they were looking for. I’m starting to feel like this is the Bad Place. Matter of fact I feel like that scene from the Good Place b/t Michael, Janet, & that dang cactus
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@hopeurgoIden And remember when Jules told Rue she was slept with that girl and how amazing it was….the way I would have cried so many times
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7 months
I’m about to be annoying, but everyday I feel terrible that I’ll turn 26 this year, without a agent, no publishing deal. But at the same time I know I’m young, but I also know there’s nothing wrong with getting older, and I have “my own time”. Yet, There’s still a ‘but’ though
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🍉🌻Nia P.
2 months
So wow I’m really supposed to send in a query now but like the self doubt is setting in. What if I’m good at moodboards and vibes, but not executing the story like???
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I deserve good things. I deserve to be happy, I deserve to create beautiful things, and I’m just as worthy as the next person. I deserve good things. I deserve to be happy, I deserve to create beautiful things, and I’m just as worthy as the next person. I deserve good things.
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🍉🌻Nia P.
4 years
@laff_or_whateva @geezlais Oh my goodness I need to find more on this!
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🍉🌻Nia P.
3 years
@gaialect And this is a great example why Don Miguel Ruiz said “never take anything personally” from the four agreements.
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10 days
I wrote six books this year and yeah sure it’s an accomplishment, but I’m sick and tired of it being on my laptop and not in stores where readers are mingling, saying which character they hate, what love interest is better, and which book is the sluttiest 😡
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12 days
I know as writers we ask this a lot, but can you requery an agent if you’ve changed your book entirely? The plot, the query, the whole package?
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1 month
I understand we’re supposed to continuously celebrate others. I agree, it’s a beautiful thing to do and we should do it, but I’ve noticed how others tell those who are sad to not do so here bc it’s soul sucking for others. I think we can do both, celebrate and give compassion.
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1 month
Just did a pitch event (off Twitter) and after I sent it in I decided to go look at the list of agents and 😭😭 bro, some of them already rejected me. This will be interesting
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1 month
Also guys I got a rejection today, and for the first time I realized this one didn’t hurt because I went back to the agency and was like “Um actually you’re not a good fit for me.” Felt like a bad bitch today.
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2 months
🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ Manifesting agent likes, Full requests, etc. 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
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7 months
Usually seeing others on here get agents and full requests makes me want to hide away, but lately it’s been really inspiring. I think I really want to start my querying journey, and see if I have it in me, and if it’s possible that my stories matter enough to make it
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3 years
@nottydesignss Even I want to stfu sometimes
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1 month
You guys are so chaotic with your posts and I just wanna be friends so badly bc why are you guys so funny???
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🍉🌻Nia P.
1 month
I emailed last night, and they got back to me this morning and said yes! ☺️💛
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1 month
Do you think it’s possible to ask an author for an informational interview bc you find their work incredible especially since you finally found an author from your demographic, writing similar stories, & want to know about their querying process, and so much more?
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11 days
Oh wait!! We’re all really leaving this site?! 😭 let me go make a 🦋 and an opposite IG page
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🍉🌻Nia P.
29 days
Honestly I keep thinking about how someone commented under one of my post about me being vulnerable about writing and they said, “maybe you shouldn’t do it anymore.” (Something like that) I ain’t gonna lie that had a little kick to it (in the worst way possible)
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3 years
@challxn Like especially invincible! Why they make amber so intolerable?? For what??
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2 months
Pitch Thread 🧵:
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2 months
THE VERY SECRET SOCIETY OF IRREGULAR WITCHES X PRACTICAL MAGIC 🌷Family of witches ✨Tea and dream magic 🌷Soulmates ✨Reincarnation 🌷A nail tech whose magic is connected to whatever she paints ✨African American Culture mixed with magic 🌷HEA #A #R #SPEC #Q #YouDeservepIt
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I keep seeing all these authors getting agents from querying novels on witches (happy for them) and I’m sitting here waiting if it’s going to be my turn or if my book sucks like:
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11 months
Seeing everyone’s accomplishments has made me realize perhaps I did not girl boss hard enough this year🧍🏽‍♀️
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3 years
@conandelray @AlyssaRenteri10 Same cause not only was I shy, but what do I look like asking for a rating
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2 months
Comp: MY BEST FRIENDS WEDDING X and think friend groups from John Hughes movies What’s wrong: 1. He’s in love with his childhood best friend. 2. She’s marrying Mr. Wrong. 3. He’s the Man of Honor 4. He has to help plan her perfect wedding. #YouDeservepIt #wip #A #Romcom
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6 months
This may sound crazy, but I refuse to believe no one would want my book. Not because I think I’m an amazing writer, and despite my doubts I just think it’s worth it. What I write about isn’t revolutionary, but it’s sweet, and fun. I think I’d like to share that too
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20 days
“Just write a really good book.” And what if I start screaming like Lydia Martin from Teen Wolf
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3 years
@sunsaintly @asiasilvis And y’all better be buying from African owned businesses
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Had a dream I self published and was very happy, and even got a five star rating on goodreads. Spiritual girlies, QUICKLY, what does this mean? What do I do with this?? Then again this is the exact reason I wrote dream magic, I always need to know the meaning behind them 😂
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3 months
I stopped querying cause of ✨mental illness✨ and it took me two hours to send in out today. Still wondering if I’m built for this
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Imagine PRACTICAL MAGIC, but the FMC doesn’t want to fall in love or “throw salt over her shoulder or plant lavender for luck”. However, she finds a soulmate and he is very, very interested in her. #SPEC #A #Q #UnhingedPit
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I saw this beautiful book & thought it sort of reminded me of my manuscript, so I went to go see who the agent was representing this author because I would love to query them thinking if they like one they’ll like another. Well…found out I already have, and they rejected me. Um
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7 months
Don’t ever discourage people and their publishing journey. Let’s keep it cute, or not at all. Because one thing about me, I’m choosing my peace this year. And matter of fact, it seems like I have to stop sharing with people I trusted on here.
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21 days
Me as a reader: “I hate when characters can’t accept love.” Me as a writer: *writes characters who can’t accept love, and thinks loneliness is the better option because they blame themselves for every little thing, believing they’re not worth fight for*
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Also an agent will ask for an R&R and still reject you, but others won’t and take you on as a client and still work with you on revisions?? But then some books are published and reviewers will still say things like “who was the editor?” So now…what’s considered ready?!
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No, I get it, I should write the book I want to write…but what’s going to get me through the door 🌚🌝 should I make a pact with the eldritch god?? Is that’s still on the table?
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18 days
One thing about me I’m going write scenes that do nothing for the plot. Is my character about to teleport to hell just to party? Yes. Is she going to do her job tomorrow with a hangover? Also yes. 🤨 and the best part is…no one can stop me
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I want to share my first chapter but the parasites in me don’t think that’s a good idea.
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Y’all not going to jump me when I say, I don’t mind when authors don’t hire multiple editors. I have a good time reading either way. “Where are the editors?”/ “Who was the editor?” Idc, I just love reading, I’m glad they published, & I’m having a good time. 😭😭
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2 months
You know what…I don’t mind being a romance author with a colorful cartoon cover. I want the weird smiling characters, the FMC/MMC on the front, with a whole bunch of flowers, and I want it glossy or matte. I ain’t too good for it no more and they’re cute 😭
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6 months
Brighter news, im 81,000 words into this rewrite. I have to fix up the first two chapters, epilogue, and some edit and then we’re on our way to query land. Mind you this used to be 96,000 words 😵‍💫
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🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ Manifesting 🕯️ Full requests 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️ 🕯️
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2 months
Since I’m having a hard time writing due to the query trenches, and imposter syndrome, my husband is helping me with accountability on writing each day and reading some of my work. Lately he’s the one that’s cheering me on and saying I’m worthy of it all.
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18 days
An agent liking your pitch, but having already rejected you from before is wild because it’s like “oh no,” but also like “heyyyy it’s nice to see you again”🥹
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6 months
When agents and publishers ask for a one page synopsis I start to slowly fade away. Like no please, take the two page
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🍉🌻Nia P.
7 months
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA & SEX AND VANITY 💕 Sunshine & Sunshine 💕Fashion design student in the summer, law school in the fall (will she ever be an Elle Woods? Find out next time) 💕Summer romance in Barcelona Spain 💕Mistakes were made 💕Found Family 💕First love #Pitlight
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🍉🌻Nia P.
4 years
@kimberlillyx @mspeacherino I want this to be a joke so bad 💀💀
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