critique partner: what's this mean?
me, pretending i've not just yeeted my whole manuscript, packed a suitcase, changed my name, joined nasa, and relocated to a new solar system entirely: oh whoops 😃

we are also making mood boards 😃

a win's a win 😌

do you guys ever worry that your twitter content will scare publishers/editors/agents off if it's too opinionated or frank? because i absolutely worry about that 😩 do i want to be an artist who speaks up? or a product who must become smaller? fuck if i know 😭

🫠 good morning

fun fact: i do not understand the 'unreliable narrator' approach because i, an anxiety-ridden overthinker, find ✨every✨ narrator unreliable 😌💕

so pleased to introduce my book husband, Kyen of Avanna, from my current fave series😩🤌 he's just a lost little cinnamon roll (OR IS HE) with heavy secrets who has to constantly fight to stay alive... while also sometimes wanting to die 🥺

see this is why almost all advice is dumb 😭they demonstrate how not to use 'felt' but use 'seemed' in their correction??? yet another word we're supposed to avoid??? by the power of greyskull 😭

heyyyyy so you know how fantasy needs a better word for pants? we also need a better word for boots because i will NEVER mean floppy suede renfest boots and will only EVER mean sexy muddy combat boots 😩🤌

something that still makes me mad is the advice to not mention eyes in our writing. EYES. 'RandomWhiteMan Famous Writer only said 'eyes' twice' like fuck you have you ever even seen an eye? the gorgeousness? the expressiveness? fuck you 😤

love wins 🥹

if it happens every time, is it even accidental 🫠

writing heists and smart characters is so hard because you gotta plan the heist and make your character sound smart, yes, but have we even addressed the sheer horror and pressure of trying to make a character funny 😭 i'm a plotter w anxiety where will all his funny come from????

went thru my big list of book ideas and every single idea boils down to 'unlikely allies must find out truth before bad thing happens' and i