I was looking in Alive At Crepusculum for what Marbas (subordinate demon) calls Charcoal (prince demon), and found this gem when Marbas is making a body do impossible contortions as he possesses it.
“It takes a while for a demon to get used to such a physical body and its limitations.” Charcoal explained. “It also takes time for the body to get used to a demon and his possibilities.”
Thought it was some interesting demon lore I came up with 
i’ve decided, 19 chapters, 53k words in, to start outlining my novel. jfc.
After taking a break from The Grackle, (a vacation and wisdom teeth removal later aka almost 2 months) I decided to keep the two chapters I previously felt were “slowing down the pace.” I still feel like it does that, but I’ve been having a hard time starting a new chapter without those two there so 
It doesn’t bother me as much now. Maybe because I’ve stepped away from it for so long, I just want to move on? 
Also, my fanfic that I should not be writing is now 6k and that’s not counting the dumps/dialogue I have in a separate document. 
Sometimes you do need to sloe down the pace when its going high strung too soon.
if the romance in my book is a B plot that doesn’t start really start until the 21st or 22nd chapter, should i update my blurb to include it? at the moment, i’m advertising that this book is straight up historical fiction of the FL’s journey. there’s no mention of a love interest. however, i don’t want to make the romance too important because as i said, it’s a B plot. BUT, when its established, it doesn’t go away and i want the FL and the ML to end up in a happily ever after. here’s the current blurb btw:
“After conning her way into the service of The Emperor’s newest concubine, Jiayi thinks her future is set. If she keeps her head down and her nose clean, her dream of living the simple life of a palace maid will be complete. Little did she know that the gilded pillars of The Forbidden City must often be cleaned of blood. Will Jiayi be able to rise to the occasion and claw her way out of the muddy waters of schemes, backstabbing and intrigue; or will she become one of many ghosts of The Forbidden City, silent and forgotten?”
In my opinion for what that’s worth, there’s no need to change your blurb. It’s perfect! Just add a romance tag to your book, and people will know there’s romance in it from that. ¯\_(ﭢ)_/¯
just need to finish this chapter, then arc done. horrible messy arc that needs so much editing.
but brain tired. body achy. am elderly.
Hi! I’m not sure if this is a good place to write this but I need help with my writing. I’m planning on publishing my book in english for the first time and I need someone to give me an honest (even brutal) opinion on my writing, story, characters etc. I really want to improve! 
I think you should set up a thread of looking for a critique partner
Thank you, I will do that
Does she have to go to Nuaka at all?
I had a thought now. Pinti going to the Human town of Nuaka was a “because plot” situation…or so I thought. I was watching a video on creating strong character voice, and was thinking about Pinti’s voice and how her upbringing would likely influence how she talks. Then I thought about how she would sound to others. The big conversation moment outside her home Ring is when she goes to Nuaka.
I thought, huh, why does she have to go there at all? Nope.
Decided to start work on another story to see if it helped get motivation for Sapphire Wings, looks like its doing its work 
On to the story climax & resolution then
It’s been a long while since I’ve written anything for my story. Summer classes have been killer, with midterms every other week for one of my classes, and taking a class that’s heavy in reading and writing (I have to write a 1,300 word essay every week on some pretty hefty books) has sucked up most of my motivation to write. It doesn’t help that I’m also planning on doing a semester abroad this upcoming fall in London and will be leaving to Europe in about 3 weeks, so I’ve spent a good chunk of summer sorting out logistics of travel and getting ready for my trip abroad. Also, it’s just been a massive struggle to write this chapter, especially since I’m not too sure about the direction about my story post-this chapter since I’m worried that introducing more characters on top of my current cast, who aren’t fully fleshed out, could lead to a bit of chaos. I have no clue when I’ll be able to finish this chapter, but it’s not going to be anytime soon.
On a side note, I submitted by story to the Wattys this morning. It’s technically incomplete (only at the half-way mark of the story), but my latest chapter was a good stopping point, and it’s the last year my work would be eligible, so I thought why not? Writing the 500 word summary for this book thankfully was not as painful as my submission in the years prior since my side characters are a lot less central to the plot, though fitting my book into the word limit led to some pretty funny oversimplifications.
ah, writing the start of a romance that isn’t insta-love is hard. i see why writers go straight to “she’s so beautiful i love her,” its so easy!!
And not very diverse.
Wrote the first 500 words of a new story last night! Definitely need to do some extra research given the setting, but I think we’re off to a good start
Went for it in 1st person POV, hopefully this will work well for the story
As for Sapphire Wings, I plan on continuing Chapter 33 today (sitting at about 1.2k words now)
started collecting feedback on Gallows Humour and apparently I did not make it clear enough at the start of the story that it’s set on Earth with humans 
one of my beta readers spent half the book making comments in relation to nonexistent fantasy elements. and someone just mistook Ragdoll for… a cat…?
When you’re trying to edit, and in your mind, you keep thinking about that complementary novel you want to write from the antagonist’s POV…and then a song comes up randomly.
Me: Focus on editing.
Brain: But what if Zar and Kra are walking down the hall, and they meet another Ilvagi, wait, you need to figure out the names of their other friends—
Me: We’re not doing that now.
Brain: Will they be three letters or two? What’s the naming system?
Me: Brain…editing…please…
Brain: And what will you name the underside if you give it a formal name? You need to now go to Wiktionary and look up— OH HEY remember that song in the movie, Charlotte’s Web? What do they actually say when they sing We’ve Got Lots in Common?
Me: 
about to write a scene where the mc is rude about food she has been given which is MY NIGHTMARE 
but it has to be done. the ed has to be addressed. i made it a vital part of her character development and now i have to deal with it. 
Ive just been ediing character pics. Transition back to school.