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TYM called me out. Because 5 minutes never stays 5 minutes. There's always one more enticing reel. But her blog has more useful tips. https://foxprinteditorial.com/2026/07/23/be-honest-with-yourself-auditing-your-writing-habits/

Even better: delete all social media permanently

I like her setting: looks comfy.

“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.” Carmen Maria Machado

TYM called me out. Because 5 minutes never stays 5 minutes. There's always one more enticing reel. But her blog has more useful tips. https://foxprinteditorial.com/2026/07/23/be-honest-with-yourself-auditing-your-writing-habits/

Welcome Juila! The people here are hidden gems :-)

Appreciate your kindness to our vowel dependent brains, Julia. There are several on here who are writing in English as a 2nd language and one of our stars who published in fantasy writes in Spanish and English. I think it actually gives you an...

Hello colonists, I am very happy I found this place, and you lot. I'd like to introduce myself, given I will most likely be around, as well as do some lurking. I'm sending my best regards from one of the Baltic states. I'd be pleased if you'd...

Appreciate your kindness to our vowel dependent brains, Julia. There are several on here who are writing in English as a 2nd language and one of our stars who published in fantasy writes in Spanish and English. I think it actually gives you an...

Well yeah... There is always that balance between world building and action that goes into pacing. Every fiction reader wants to enter a place so defined they feel they can escape there and be reluctant to leave.

Begging indulgence rom y'all I would be interested in reactions from the blurb I put up 2 weeks ago. My son did one and I did the other. And here is his latest feat. Should a blurb be more cinematic? Is that what young readers need?

Hello colonists, I am very happy I found this place, and you lot. I'd like to introduce myself, given I will most likely be around, as well as do some lurking. I'm sending my best regards from one of the Baltic states. I'd be pleased if you'd...

“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.” Carmen Maria Machado

The good part about getting older is you stop trying to prove anything to anyone, including yourself. All you are in the pursuit of is collecting experiences - beautiful, fragile little soap bubbles that you store in your heart, and every once in...

Welcome aboard, Julia :) You're English is excellent! I couldn't tell it wasn't your first language which deserves applause in itself. When I read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, there were a few instants where I could tell the author's first...