So, tell me, what is on your mind at the moment?

I had a dream that Wattpad had a website that was basically Instagram and Cara for poets and short fiction writers and people who wanted to share webtoons as well in 2016.

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Did you get my reply in our DM? It doesnā€™t seem to be posting for meeee! When I hit the send button, nothing happens. And it wonā€™t let me press Enter and send it that way either, so Iā€™m wondering if you can see it. Argh. But I replied to your question with this:

Iā€™m fine, but full! Ate too much dessert today for Thanksgiving. But it was pecan pie, and I truly canā€™t resist. (Ė˜į“—Ė˜įƒ¦) :heart:

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I didnā€™t get it :frowning: try resend it.

Oh nice. I want some pecan pie.

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I have a persistent cough from a cold Iā€™m mostly over, and when I googled ā€œpersistent cough after coldā€, the generative AI told me itā€™s normal for the most part, and it made me somewhat jokingly think this was the first time someone looked up their symptoms online and actually felt relieved by what they read.

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This guy is going to hate Vaatu and Raava more than I doā€¦

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Iā€™ve had a couple of colds that left me coughing for weeks afterward, so youā€™re not the only one. Man, I hated thatā€¦your chest and stomach start to hurt after awhile from too much coughing. Unfortunately, cough syrup and cough drops donā€™t work for me, and Iā€™ve never found anything that does. Maybe if you have insurance you could get something by prescriptionā€¦? Or try good old tea & honey. Good luck! ( -.-)\(^ā—”^ )

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I want to be published before the age 68.
I am 33 years old now. Is that a weird deadline to set for myself?

Genuinely curious to know.

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I have a weakness for colorful & bizarre animation, it seems
(Great movie btw! I also watched the original series before it came out and itā€™s equally stunning with the visuals)

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I forgot what is that anime called.

Update: I was right, itā€™s Mononoke. :sweat_smile:

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Yes, Wattpad I will enjoy these stories from random fandoms Iā€™ve never even touched, or heard of before. Thank you :roll_eyes: with a sprinkling of random hood and vampire books for good measure.

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AI translation sucks. Iā€™d rather have done it myself, professorā€¦but oh well

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It is!

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Shouldnā€™t take you that long! Every day I discover yet another writer I love has autism and/or ADHD. Today I found out TJ Klune has ADHD and is asexual, which I suppose explains why his romances arenā€™t very romantic. But I love his books, the three Iā€™ve read, and I have another one on my wish list.

I bet youā€™ll publish long before 68, but of course it doesnā€™t matter when you publish. There are no deadlines, really. (=^ļ½Ŗ^=)

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He wrote the novel The House in the Cerulean Sea?

I know, I just want to give myself a deadline to get my life into motion. If nothing happens, then I turn that age, then I DONā€™T want to pursue it after that.

Sorry, I know people will say donā€™t let old age stop you from obtaining a dream. If I donā€™t do it before that age, the dream of publishing and becoming an author just dies. If I couldnā€™t obtain it before that, then I never will.

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Go for it!

I personally donā€™t think I wanna get published lol. Not in trade fiction anyway. I spoke to a publisher the other day and it sounds like hell. They told me about the product analysis, economics and marketing stuff that happens behind the scenesā€¦ and Iā€™ve gotten really jaded by it all. I donā€™t want my work ripped up and weighed against feasibility models. Itā€™s all about the ā€œproductā€ and not really about the quality/ creativity of the work.

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Not that quality doesnā€™t matter. They use the MAYA principle to determine whatā€™s publishable. I guess Iā€™m too bohemian to sell out to the capitalist machine or whatever. Besides, only like 8% of books published find actual success. And if you happen to be a bestseller smash-hit, then youā€™re under deadlines and franchising and a huge responsibility to keep the publisher afloat. Like Richard Osman, Sarah J Maas and Sally Rooney are literally keeping people fed these days.

Getting published is fun and all, but I donā€™t wanna know what happens next. But hey one thing at a time.

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Iā€™m going to rewrite Electric Tacos and do Igor and Spider and Pucho. Iā€™ve decided so I hope people actually read it. Please :slight_smile:

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Yup! I also read Under the Whispering Door and In the Lives of Puppets, which is sort of a Pinocchio retelling with robots. I love all his books so far.

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Ah, okay.

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I was thinking about if there would ever be a happy medium in publishing.

I am torn about it and I am not even there yet.

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