Recent reads: Eyrie by K Vale Nagle
4⭐
Easily some of the most worldbuilding work I've seen in a long time, the world is rich and dense.
Speaking of dense, so is the story. The cast is endearing and expansive. I found myself wanting more time with some of them.
Good thing we have sequels!
HOT TAKE (not a hot take)
I finished book 1 of this series two days ago and it was GOOD
And I'm BUYING BOOK 2
See also Fallout
Location discovered: St Anselm's Children's Hospital
In the desk: 50 rounds of tommygun ammo 🇺🇸
Nah, I mostly self-edit until betas
We have a cat named Rye and were going to name the 2nd cat Whiskey but adopted a void... so she became Toast lol
It's a beautiful pairing
(in approximate order of quality)
Remus & Romulus
Whiskey & Rye
Ratchet & Clank
Dumb & Dumber
Beans & Toast
my black cat Toast laying on a bed, the sun coming through the window is making her fur appear reddish brown rather than pure black
Bonus: Toast glowing reddish brown in the sun
Happy Friday the 13th from Toast!
#catsky #cats
A blue sign on a clothes rack that reads "Active Bottoms"
"What are you like in bed?"
"Not to brag but I consider myself an
Now that this draft is done, I:
A. Don't know what to do with myself until I'm ready for edits
B. Finally have an accurate handle. Joe has written BOOKS instead of One Book and Three Half-Assed Starts
Tyvm!
And with a brief wrap-up chapter complete, that's draft 1 of my second book DONE
Here I wrote my first romantic subplot (is it good? time will tell), my first horror novel, all in a 55k manuscript that needs to be fleshed out a bit in edits
Very happy with the work I've done though
#writersky
The struggle of balancing
Sword on Back is Cool
vs
Sword on Back is Impractical
Thank you! I'm confident I will, but I'll report back 😅
It's satisfying and draining, but it's ok cause I got to refuel with mexican food
Tbh I have too many, I need to make a list in the 2nd draft to make sure I didn't forget any 😅
Literally just picked it up, but glad to hear good reviews!
Wrote the climax today, got about 3200 words in one sitting
I think I've fired every Chekov gun, there were at least 4 in this chapter. But inevitably there'll be one I forgot
That's what the edit is for 🫠
#amwriting #writingcommunity #horror #books
Oh I do this. I do this a lot.
Because their grammar doesn't hold a candle to my drama and V I B E S
It was a fun read! Looking forward to Eyrie cause it gives me "warrior cats but with gryphons" energy and what's cooler than that?
And agreed, connecting with indie writers has been the most fun I've had on social media. I even got a writer whose series I enjoyed to do beta swaps lol
Book checkpoint!
Last read: Dust and Lightning by Rebecca Crunden
Current: Eyrie by K. Vale Nagle
Next (and newest) on TBR: Mercy by Ian Haramaki
I scrolled bsky and snap bought a bunch of the stuff I saw so the TBR is all indie rn
#booksky #amreading #TBR
A... 3 way tie, somehow
www.idrlabs.com/dungeons-dra...
I appreciate all my writing friends here as well. Even if it's just cat pics and jokey jokes, having people with this common interest is nice. And actually talking craft every once in a while
#writingcommunity #amwriting #horror #writersky
I've really gotten into a groove, writing basically every day. 20k in 27 days is almost 750 per day, which is damn good considering my off/low creativity days.
I still don't have a name for this book, but I dare say it's pretty good. And writing it has helped keep me sane in a tough time.
The word count from my WIP reading "50000 words"
Mostly when I post about writing it's just little jokes, so here's half a second of me being serious.
I've been out of work since before Christmas. I've got good prospects but no offers yet. And in the time I haven't been working, I've been writing.
I've put down 20,000 words since the new year 🎉
Google Doc text reading "she and Millie had whiled the day away" with spellcheck trying to change it to "she and Millie had spent the day away"
I go to the effort to google this phrase and docs shows up and tells me I should say "spent the day away"
No, docs, that means something else entirely
Working on the ol WIP and realizing today I get to name the undertaker
And fighting the urge to name him Dampe
Decided to use my Sam's membership for once, walked out with a very nice 4-pack of these guys and the sides. Was sold as ribeyes but reddit tells me they're 100% not that
Tasted great either way lol
Can def relate to this
Told my dad he voted for a pedophile over Christmas and he got so mad he went to bed
