Thank you! It’s literally been a roller coaster of a day, I’m still a little numb, and I think I will be until they send me the covers. Apparently there was a mix up with what my ex-English market manager gave them and what they read, so they thought I hadn’t been edited yet, and I think thats why they were going to get me out (still wholly unacceptable but yeah)
Luckily I sent the email getting them to check and they’re now doing it.
Just awful, awful. But silver lining is I’ve got my contract back sigh
Honestly, it’s making me think that way as well. Next time I’ll be going to a reputable English speaking (like from America and England etc) publisher as the French/English this is what this mess is all about
I will keep querying Harlequin and Avon Impulse, and if they don’t take me, I’ll operate on Radish/Wattpad for now. It’s easy and I hope that eventually one or another of my books will break out–or I will get a deal I can trust.
This sounds like a boundaries issue. It’s okay to set up boundaries so that you’re at your healthiest/happiest. If people are offended by those boundaries, their offense is not your responsibility. Granted, that’s easy to say I guess when that person is not your significant other/kids, because yeah, you don’t want to hurt them. At the same time, it’s healthy for family members to have time to themselves, and to have hobbies that they might not necessarily do with other people. It’s finding the balance that can be tricky. Yes, there will be times when you’ll have to say, hey, I love you guys, let’s plan to do X this weekend, but I’d like a few hours of uninterrupted time to write on this day. I don’t know how old the kiddos are (assuming you have kiddos), but if they’re older, they might be a little more understanding. Want mom to yank you away every time you’re playing Fort Night because she gets offended when you play a game instead of hanging out with her? I doubt that haha
As for the hubby, I struggle with that balance too. I try to make sure I have time where we spend together, and then times, like when I’m cooking and it’s pretty much my own time, I’ll write. Or if I do set aside time to write, he can’t complain bc if he does, then I’m like, but didn’t we just watch all our favorites shows/whatever we do to spend time together? Every couple is different, but for me, I can’t be attached by the hip to my SO at all times. Finding happiness in hobbies that aren’t shared shouldn’t feel like a threat to people. Unless you’re so into those hobbies that you completely neglect said people, then that’s different. But if you’re already splitting time up to spend with them, you’re entitled to time for yourself.
But I don’t know you or your circumstances. Take my “advice” with a grain of salt. I’ve had problems with boundary issues myself and over the years, it’s taken deliberate effort to learn how to say “no” to people without feeling “guilty” for feelings that I’m not responsible for. Used to be a big people pleaser. But then everyone else was happy, and not me. Don’t light yourself on fire to keep others warm. Balance. Everyone deserves to be happy.
Writing chapter 13 right now and I’m so nervous. I don’t know what to actually do with this chapter. It’s supposed to be the chapter where Tristen leaves his roommate/best friend after the ‘incident’ and moves to another apartment.
The readers are going to be pissed! Apparently, this kind of plot is unconventional on Wattpad. They wanted Tristen to forgive Wilder right away. That shit is so unrealistic!
Anyway, I’m trying to update the story regularly. This chapter is expected to be published on Friday.
My son is not a problem at all. He’s 14 and spends most of the time locked in his room. I usually grab a cat and visit him in his lair under the pretext that the cat is bored. Because he’ll pause his game to pet a cat…
(I don’t want to make him sound like he never does anything else, he plays sports and has a couple of friends, but aside from that, a total gamer).
Anyway, my husband is really the thing here. Sometimes the evening is the only time we see each other so it feels wrong to hide from him when he’s home (and I don’t have a space where to hide either). Evenings used to be my writing time so I gained one and lost another.
I’m not into the guy flicks he watches, besides, tv is such a waste of my precious time, I don’t bother, and when I do watch something, he’s not into that either so there’s that.
I need a new routine because the old one no longer exists.
Arriving to work early isn’t a good option because there are people here early so I would be expected to be available to work.
Waking up early to write before leaving for work is no good because I tend to just take really long to get ready when I have extra time. Mornings are not my friends.
Staying after work for a while might be a good option since most people leave and it’s quiet. I was planning on that yesterday, but then I was so fed up after the workday, I had no desire to stick around.
A good balance between writing integrity and fanservice is internal longing. Allow your character to longingly miss a cheater while still being angry. People are complex and capable of feeling a lot of emotions in an instant, and letting the audience in on that can get them to side more easily with the MC.
I resolved my doubts about giving female love interest a pov by doing a short expose in italics instead of a long dialogue sequence interrupted by the male main exclamations or observations.
After some deliberation, I am also moving them to the hotel, simply because I want her to emote freely as she tells the rest, and I can’t do it in public.
I also want the gathering dark in the sky as they walk along the water front and the smell of smoke in the air. Like, maximum drama.
Gosh, I am worried I will mess it up, but I will give it a shot.
Because he’ll pause his game to pet a cat…
