AceOfHorrors

Hello everyone,
          	
          	It's been a while since I've talked here. I might as well sent out some updates.
          	
          	- Alpha Reading process hasn't been doing well due to lack of feedback (in a community that reviews writing), and some one pointed it needed more polishing. I was using in a different medium, and my editing process was different, so it was poor. I'm reverting back my old ways of editing before trying again. There's also the fact it's a very dark book (I pushed my mind to the limits while writing the original version). 
          	
          	-Part of the reasons why I haven't asked anyone on here or Inkitt is because the community I'm in are adults, and some of them have experienced in writing and publishing. It feels like I'm an outlier due to I can get dark in my stories (and also horror). I don't know who is an adult on here and don't know a lot of you on here. It takes me a while to open up and trust you. 
          	
          	- My mental health has been bad for a couple months. There was a warning sign in December and got worse from there. Due to financial and insurance reasons, I can't get help again until August. I left a lot of groups on Discord, closed my DMs on my media, left a lot groups, concerned that I was going to stir up something that I wouldn't normally do, or someone worsening my mental health.
          	
          	Any questions or concerns, you're free to reply.

shiningstarsekhmet

@AceOfHorrors looking forward to every inch of progress you make
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AceOfHorrors

Hello everyone,
          
          It's been a while since I've talked here. I might as well sent out some updates.
          
          - Alpha Reading process hasn't been doing well due to lack of feedback (in a community that reviews writing), and some one pointed it needed more polishing. I was using in a different medium, and my editing process was different, so it was poor. I'm reverting back my old ways of editing before trying again. There's also the fact it's a very dark book (I pushed my mind to the limits while writing the original version). 
          
          -Part of the reasons why I haven't asked anyone on here or Inkitt is because the community I'm in are adults, and some of them have experienced in writing and publishing. It feels like I'm an outlier due to I can get dark in my stories (and also horror). I don't know who is an adult on here and don't know a lot of you on here. It takes me a while to open up and trust you. 
          
          - My mental health has been bad for a couple months. There was a warning sign in December and got worse from there. Due to financial and insurance reasons, I can't get help again until August. I left a lot of groups on Discord, closed my DMs on my media, left a lot groups, concerned that I was going to stir up something that I wouldn't normally do, or someone worsening my mental health.
          
          Any questions or concerns, you're free to reply.

shiningstarsekhmet

@AceOfHorrors looking forward to every inch of progress you make
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AceOfHorrors

BTII: FTE is now Bully Trials: Enemies. Yes, I remade the book cover. The last seems kind of low quality to me. I began this around midnight, and it's now three in the morning. Lol! 
          
          Wave 2 of editing for The Fireraze Eye is still ongoing. Peer Review and Beta Reading stages are next. 

AceOfHorrors

The draft manuscript for Book I in Entropy has been completed. Editing will begin soon next week. Markus's story is no longer going to "Reminiscence of the Dark Angel", but as "The Fireraze Eye". (Yes, I am bad at titles).  After editing, Beta Reading stage will begin.  RDA is not going to be taken down (undecided). The story will be modified, along with its length in TFE version. 
          
          Right now, I am taking a break because it triggered my nerve pain, numbness, and other jazz.

AceOfHorrors

Posting Fun Facts about the Bully Trials that I'm allowed to share:
          1. In the very, very first draft of OG BT, the council was going to be naked and vampiric. Jamie decided against it due to needing more variety (unlike the other characters she stole). Good thing because down the line, it will be very controversial and uncomfortable. Jaymie (Jamie in OG) was around 14-16 in the OG. Lewd was not the author's end goal. (We were minors at the time too.)
          
          2. OG BT never meant to get a sequel. It was also not outlined. 
          
          3. There are three attempts at the sequel. First attempt: Jacelyn had to do the trials again to get her body back, but she needed to face off against past winners. Second attempt: More info on the council while Jace teams up with Ash to get her body back.  The third attempt is for the remake. 
          
          4. Ramen was supposed to be an alcoholic artist creep. I believe he preyed upon Ash during the second attempt before Jamie stopped writing it. 
          
          5. Death Revenge was my former friend's OC that was added in. The reason why she was not added was that my friendship is behind us. 
          
          6. There is never going to be Jacelyn X Ash or Ash falling in love with Jacelyn. 
          
          7.  Lola was going to be much sweeter in the OG sequels, actually feeling sorrow for her actions. Haha. 
          
          8. The trial rounds in the Remake were based on a spinning wheel and how many are going to die. Yeah, that was fun and messy. 
          
          9. Ages were not revealed. Jace was (14-15), Natalie (16), Lola (16-17), Eliza (17), Madison [misspelled w/ Maddison] (16), Allie (15), Christina (15-16) and Brona (14-15) in the OG. Looks like Ash had more bullies, too. 
          
          10. Even though BT is a self-insert story, the OG feels is more of a self-insert than the current one does. 
          
          11. The OG trialists actually were bullies and were mainly girls (How that changed). 
          
          12. It's still called the 'Bully Trials' due to Lola's and Jacelyn's perspectives and what the council said.

AceOfHorrors

It's midnight where I live, and it's my birthday.