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yeahwriters:A cool tool, but of course you have to read through and decide on your own what...

yeahwriters:

A cool tool, but of course you have to read through and decide on your own what edits are necessary.

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And this is why I write. Because I can do both.

And this is why I write. Because I can do both.

The Reader

The Reader:

I won’t even lie. I got teary eyed.

The Fitting End Of Borders

pbh3:

"If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part..."

“If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means ‘flunk’.”

amandaonwriting:Nine Wonderful Words About Words from 25...

amandaonwriting:

Nine Wonderful Words About Words from 25 things you had no idea there were words for

theartofnotwriting:divergentofficial:divergentmovie:These...

theartofnotwriting:

divergentofficial:

divergentmovie:

These 15 seconds will wake you up. TONIGHT, Jimmy Kimmel has a longer tease of the final Divergent trailer on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

New trailer! New trailer! New trailer!

…there are times I wish I had television so I could watch things in real time.

Hope you like it, guys!

Why I chose the excerpt I did

…to pitch Sonata at the end of Prelude.

To clarify:
it’s not chapter one. It’s not even in chapter one.
There’s also a prologue to the second book, but I didn’t post that either. The section that was posted is in chapter 3, near the end of that chapter.

So why not just use the prologue?

Because, honestly? I felt like it was too spoilery.

So why not use the first chapter?

The first chapter was a lot of the obligatory “let’s review” that wouldn’t have been interesting for people who just finished Prelude. Also, despite having some real purpose and interactions, it’s not hinting at the overall conflict of Sonata.

So I’m left with a strange balance to strike. When I pitched ideas to my line-editor and my mother (who is unfortunately saddled as my consultant on a lot of my story), they both agreed that it was a solid choice that didn’t give away too many details.

It couldn’t be too far into the story, however, because then there would be a major lapse in information. So that narrows it down.

It’s hard to be calculating and guess what people will assume or not assume based on a blurb, so it’s all fumbling and guesswork. In the end, I think it was a solid choice, though.

Doubt

I can’t imagine this would be any better if I chose a different path. In the end, I really only want one thing, and I just haven’t gotten far enough in this process to really know what I’m doing.

I hate being at the mercy of the masses, though. All I can do is put out the best book I possibly can and hope against all odds it will succeed and somehow get noticed.

So far, I feel like it’s been buried. The realization makes me want to vomit.

So what can I do? A whole lot of nothing. I can attempt more self-promotion, of I can focus on Sonata. So that’s exactly what I’m doing.

This week, celebrating my birthday stood in the way a bit from getting any real editing done. So now I’m even more anxious. The only thing I can control— the absolute, only thing— is working on book 2.

This is absolutely the hardest thing I’ve ever done. And it’s long-haul. And that is screwing with my mind and emotions more than anything else.