Fire-Redhead

Question for my readers of The Lights that Guide My Hearts: how much drama do you guys want regarding Janara's crush on Kendrick? Should I make her pursuit of him aggressive or just subtle? I could write it either way but I don't want to "stir the drama pot" if no one is interested in that.

Fire-Redhead

@Rob91oo agreed. I initially was going to make her more of an antagonist but as the story progressed I feel that's not really in her personality. And I certainly don't want the "obsessed psycho woman" trope to be foisted on her. But I think I know what I want to do now thanks to you and my other readers' input
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Fire-Redhead

@PrpleLily thanks! I was wanting something to happen but I didn't want to destroy Janara's character. She's not bad and she's definitely not the obsessive BUT she is attracted to him and typically a female Jotunn is very assertive with her wants.
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Rob91oo

@Fire-Redhead The only thing I need is for Janara not to become obsessive and to be more friendly as she has shown until now and probably being flirtatious or even making dirty jokes like that, and for Kendrick and her to become friends, and with this see what dilemmas this generates in Twillow, jealous of how close Janara is to Kendrick, nervous thinking that Janara can take Kendrick away from her, although I doubt that Twillow can think that Kendrick will leave her and more with everything he did for her, although there is the magic, that irrational fear that Twillow will have of, what would happen if...
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Nicky-chan0021

I just read the ending of A Human Friend, and it was so tragic and bittersweet at the same time. But i guess we understand why you did it, when it comes to war their relationship was already at risk, especially with the warp traitor knowing. And it also made TC realize that caring its not a weakness but what defies a friend from a fake and it gave him a purpose that isn't as senseless as the war, I'm not sure what is that purpose he made to Lana's grave but maybe is to protect the home of his friend and find a more fulfilling life and maybe , since Lana wouldn't want him to be sad and alone, he will find the 'passenger' he yearns for and even if they can't replace Lana they will allow him to heal, like Buster the dog TC got in a comic.
          And maybe he also made the Autobots question whether ALL deceptions are bad or a lost cause, and there is more to them than meets the eye. For us as well as TC was the first deception that i read about that wasn't a complete bad guy.

Nicky-chan0021

@Fire-Redhead Also i forgot, i actually first learned/heard of TC through your story when I was still new to TF. 
            Maybe one day TC will meet someone, either bot or human (or maybe a certain dog) that will help him heal and give him a more meaningful purpose and the desired to be cared for
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Fire-Redhead

@Nicky-chan0021 Thank you! It was an ending that I felt was the only way TC would ever see a way or see a reason to change for the better since he wasn't fully devoted to the cause. Though it was tragic. TC was one of those I felt would change sides or defect
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Fire-Redhead

Question for my readers of The Lights that Guide My Hearts: how much drama do you guys want regarding Janara's crush on Kendrick? Should I make her pursuit of him aggressive or just subtle? I could write it either way but I don't want to "stir the drama pot" if no one is interested in that.

Fire-Redhead

@Rob91oo agreed. I initially was going to make her more of an antagonist but as the story progressed I feel that's not really in her personality. And I certainly don't want the "obsessed psycho woman" trope to be foisted on her. But I think I know what I want to do now thanks to you and my other readers' input
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Fire-Redhead

@PrpleLily thanks! I was wanting something to happen but I didn't want to destroy Janara's character. She's not bad and she's definitely not the obsessive BUT she is attracted to him and typically a female Jotunn is very assertive with her wants.
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Rob91oo

@Fire-Redhead The only thing I need is for Janara not to become obsessive and to be more friendly as she has shown until now and probably being flirtatious or even making dirty jokes like that, and for Kendrick and her to become friends, and with this see what dilemmas this generates in Twillow, jealous of how close Janara is to Kendrick, nervous thinking that Janara can take Kendrick away from her, although I doubt that Twillow can think that Kendrick will leave her and more with everything he did for her, although there is the magic, that irrational fear that Twillow will have of, what would happen if...
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Jamal6724

When is the next chapter I just want to know because I love all three of the books and it was getting to the good parts I’m not trying to rush u I just wanted to know

Fire-Redhead

@Jamal6724 aww! I'm so glad you liked them :) Well I'm currently working on the next chapter...maybe half done? I'm trying to plan out the current conversations between Kendrick and the new Jotunn he's met and of course between Alec and them. BUT I might post a little extra chapter on my "Ideas and Rejects" for funsies.
            Thank you so much for your support!
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brookyoung1229

Hello!
          Big fan of your works!
          I know it's a bit of a stretch, but I've been rereading Tinman (one of my favourites by you! No joke, I've read that farrr too many times haha) and I was just curious if you were ever thinking of making a sequel?
          Of course it's completely up to you! I've just always wondered what happened after it finished that's all.

Fire-Redhead

Lol. I’m glad you liked it so much! Well it’s been 20 years since I’ve written Tinman. The only “sequel” I wrote for it is “Boys Meet My Truck” which deals with Annabel dating and Ironhide reactions to that. It’s on fanfiction.net.
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Rob91oo

You've been missing for more than 1 month, are you okay? I just would like to know how one of my favorite Wattpad authors is doing.

Fire-Redhead

@Rob91oo thank you so much! I appreciate your patience and support!
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Rob91oo

Thanks for responding, and I hope it goes well for you with editing the story and stuff.
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Fire-Redhead

I know! I’ve actually been editing Shadow of Beauty, cutting it down and at the same time trying to figure out how the next chapter should go. I’ve been a bit under motivated (at least more than usual to write). But hopefully I’ll be able to update soon
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Fire-Redhead

Just got off my zoom call with my critiquer...she liked the first 10 pages of Stranded on a Tiny Planet! I've been looking forward to hearing her thoughts on it and thankfully there weren't many glaring problems she had with it. She liked Merco and felt invested in him as a character. So, now I'm off to edit my query letter and tweak some things on my first three chapters.

Fire-Redhead

@TPG_Iron_Warrior oh believe me I won’t stay quiet if that happens ☺️ I’ve set off Stranded to an agent…but it’s probably going to be a wait before I know if its been accepted or rejected.
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TPG_Iron_Warrior

@Fire-Redhead AHHHHHHH! THATS SO AWESOME OH MY GOD?! I’m only just now catching up on all my Wattpad notifications and saw the last three messages you posted! Girl congratulations for taking these steps toward publishing!!!! Oh man, you need to tell us if these stories of yours make it as books on the shelves because I would like to buy hard copies of all of them please!
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Rob91oo

@ Fire-Redhead  LETS GOOOOO, I told you that I trusted your abilities as a great writer, keep up the good work, I'm sure you'll make a lot of progress as a writer of this.
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Fire-Redhead

I did my story pitches to agents this weekend. I think they went good? Hard to tell. 
          I learned a lot of stuff. But I am getting a critique on Friday for the first 10 pages of Stranded on a Tiny Planet. After that I can do any edits/rewrites before sending off the first 3 chapters of both Stranded and Shadow of Beauty to the two agents I met with. 
          
          Shadow of Beauty is going to get its first chapter rewritten. I learned that you’ve got to start in on the action or compelling dialogue in the first page or you lose their interest fast.
          
          They did a “America’s Got Talent” where the writers attending could submit the first page of their story to be read aloud. If three agents put up their hand they stopped and basically would hack it to pieces. Mine (Stranded)got chopped just before the last sentence…apparently my paragraph breaks are odd and a grammar error got me. But learned a lot.
          
          So my plan is to try to go through traditional publishing venues first and if those don’t pan out I will self publish. 
          (Btw if there are any Beta readers out there I’ll probably need one!))

Fire-Redhead

@MdchenderNacht ☺️ thank you so much! It’s definitely going to be a journey
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MdchenderNacht

@Fire-Redhead I am so excited for the news and I believe that you will go on a nice journey, to become a great author, as I am sure, you will do great! ^^
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Fire-Redhead

@Rob91oo Thank you so very much :) Your support always means the world to me and keeps me going for sure.
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