@EkemWrites
I’m on Wattpad’s Fanfiction Hall of Fame Page!
https://www.wattpad.com/1496777423?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading_part_end&wp_uname=EkemWrites
@EkemWrites Congratulations; you're one of the few on this platform deserving of such recognition.
If you have any time to spare, would you be able to check out my almost completed book Anastasius and tell me what you think?
TWBB QUERIES UPDATE: 58 SENT
Acceptances: 0/58
Rejections: 20/58
DNR: 2/58
Happiness Level: 40%
In short, it isn’t looking too good so far. I know it’s very early, but I haven’t had a personalized rejection yet, or a real reason as to what’s wrong. I’m making edits here and there to try and fill in some problems with my query and my written work (shortening prologue, revising query to get to the point, attaching my queries to more accepting agents), but it is proving challenging. I am still hopeful though that something pulls through.
It can’t be all for nothing.
@EkemWrites Romans 8:31 - "What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?"
In ripper an indoraptor story when did blue rip his rib out? I can’t find it anywhere
@DeathReaper170666 I can double check, maybe I forgot to input it into the story (that’s on me!)
HAPPY VETERANS DAY!
43 Queries Sent! I'm going to pause at that number and wait for what happens before I do anymore.
Already got 5 quick rejections, they aren't personalized so I have growing suspicions something's wrong with how I formatted my book or the query itself. I'll keep you all updated.
@EkemWrites Yeah! I'm barely on wattpad now, but I'm still writing the current iteration of Liberation (You remember Raptor of War? It's essentially the better version of that, some of the same characters but a vastly expanded story), though it's taking a while and I've hit some writer's block :') Don't give up! I didn't know that they were refusing longer books (I thought it made it harder to get published, not that it was an automatic rejection?). Do what you can to get traditionally published. Even if it doesn't work out, those five years weren't a waste, since you've written a story you love– maybe see it more as a stepping stone into future possibilities? Either way, I really want to see you succeed and get published!
@Epicness1000 OMG YOURE ALIVE!! I am sending out that 9/11 book to agents before I go off to my new school, as I will lose time to work on anything else. It is very difficult, and I am worried it isn’t going to hold up. I had to split my book up into parts because they won’t take anything over 120k words, so I am hoping and praying someone sees it. I don’t want 5 years of work to be all for nothing.
@EkemWrites Ooh, I'm only just seeing this! Are you sending out your book for publishing? I'm excited for when the time comes! Don't lose hope, I've done a lot of reading on this and apparently traditional publishing is nightmarishly difficult. You just need to send out as many copies as possible and endure the rejections.
BY THE STARS, THE DEED HAS BEEN DONE.
I HAVE SENT THY BOOK TO BE JUDGED BY 7 POWERFUL GODS. I PRAY THEY MERCY MY SOUL WITH THEIR ANSWERS o_O
XD
Ladies and Gents; I’m going to do the unthinkable. Next week, I will submit my book draft to the world of agents.
Im still all the more nervous. And doubtful. And afraid, for a lack of better terms. All of this because I have this gut feeling it won’t be good enough, that I wasted so much precious time working on something that won’t ever make it out of my computer. I’m afraid that those people who told me to self publish had a point, that I’ll run out of time before I get anywhere, and that, in one way or another, my writing will never match up to those who already made it. But i want to try anyway. I want to see how far I can go, and I want to reach what I’ve always been told is impossible. Because if it was possible, everyone would do it.
I will try keep you guys updated on what happens next. And, if you are interested on how I got to this point, and want to match it, I am more than willing to help. I want creative authors here to have the same opportunities that I had, and possibly become the next bestselling author. The last thing I want for anyone is for a hidden talent to go unnoticed and forgotten.
I really love you guys for being so awesome over the years, and supportive of my work, and I cannot wait for what comes next. Thank you for being amazing!!!!
I know I have been dead for what feels like centuries but I am happy to report my dragon story, KINGDOMS OF OHM, has won its very first award with @TheNanoWatt !! Thank you so, so much!! https://www.wattpad.com/1112906828?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=postToProfile&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=reading_part_end&wp_uname=EkemWrites
Is there a physical way to split a book you've written that's 100,000 words beyond the word limit a new author is supposed to have, without ruining the story's trajectory, while, at the same time, having that first cut stand up on its own two legs as its own story?
Is that even possible?
@EkemWrites Build it up and insert a cliffhanger roughly in the middle then spit the story there
@EkemWrites I believe anything is possible if you are patient! *Smiles * I think you might want to ask for help on that too because u might need someone to look after half of your other pages. As they say "Two heads are better than one!" LOL