M. Kirin's Blog, page 190

Hi Max! Do you have any advice on how to get over the fear of getting bad reviews for your books?

Simply put: internalize that you actually have no control over this. It’s like wanting to control the weather. Will it rain tomorrow? Maybe. Will someone leave a crappy review on one of my books? I don’t know. I can’t do anything about it.

And that’s okay.

Things I *do* have control over:

How I spend my time. AKA: not spending my precious time on this earth seeking out bad reviews and instead choosing to do something fun, like writing, or like spending time with those I love.How I view my work. I’m...

maxkirin:👓✨ Art VS Artist, 2021 EditionI’m goin...

maxkirin:

👓✨ Art VS Artist, 2021 Edition

I’m going to re-draw the very first Hoshi I ever did to show how far I’ve come in one year, so please pray for me that I don’t explode in flames from having to stare at that /awful/ drawing for more than 0.2 seconds 🙏

Let’s Write a Novel ⭐️ Day 11 (46/70K)

me: alright this time for real. today’s chapter is going to be SHORT and simple just tell the readers what’s happened between part 1 and part 2. short and to the point come on you can do this

me, writing 5K words in one sitting: oh no the assignment, i misunderstood it… again

(( this is why I very much prefer focusing on chapters rather than word counts for my daily goal because this book has been a delight to write—even if the chapters have been a bit on the long side! 😅 ))

From a random doodle in my notebook to a finished piece~ ...

From a random doodle in my notebook to a finished piece~ 🐰

👓✨ Art VS Artist, 2021 Edition

👓✨ Art VS Artist, 2021 Edition

maxkirin:🐶💬 Good morning, residents!...

maxkirin:

🐶💬 Good morning, residents!

🐶💬 Here are today’s announcements…

🐶💬 Hoshi (they/them) is visiting our island! They’re terrible at directions, and very likely to get lost, so please help our guest have a lovely time!

Let’s Write a Novel ⭐️ Day 10 (41,505/70K)

me: okay, today’s chapter is going to be a nice, short, transitory chapter, nothing big just show what everyone is up to at this moment, okay? now go

me, almost 5000 words and several hours later: i misunderstood the assignment

between the new animal crossing update and me trudging th...

between the new animal crossing update and me trudging through this terrible, terrible book in my TBR pile, I *only* managed to read six books in all of november. im sorry i let you all down but i pledge to you i’ll do better this month

maxkirin:The average word is 4.7 letters long, which mea...

maxkirin:

The average word is 4.7 letters long, which means that if you’re typing and you want to delete a word, you’d have to press backspace what, 5 times? Who’s got time for that?

Here’s a writing tip, the shortcuts below will actually delete a whole word at once! You’re welcome~ 🤓

🐶💬 Good morning, residents!🐶...

🐶💬 Good morning, residents!

🐶💬 Here are today’s announcements…

🐶💬 Hoshi (they/them) is visiting our island! They’re terrible at directions, and very likely to get lost, so please help our guest have a lovely time!