_riarua

Hi All. 
          	I’m changing my profile pic because some creepy users have started following me. These accounts have no activity, and only follow women with a real photo. I’ve muted the accounts, but I don’t want it happening again. Sorry. 

TrevarSpooner

@_riarua understandable, those guys are creepy and you did the right thing by muting them
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_riarua

Hi. I took a look at your book. It feels like you are still at the very beginning of your writing career. My advice is to read as much as you can, write as much as you can, and learn as much as you can. Here are a few links to get you going:
          
          https://www.eadeverell.com/one-page-novel/
          This tool is great for structuring the broad outline of the story. 
          
          https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/save-the-cat-beat-sheet/
          This one helps with making sure the story moves along, that you don’t get bogged down at any stage for too long. 
          
          https://litreactor.com/essays/chuck-palahniuk/nuts-and-bolts-“thought”-verbs
          This one is absolutely essential for making your prose pop. 

_riarua

Hi All. 
          I’m changing my profile pic because some creepy users have started following me. These accounts have no activity, and only follow women with a real photo. I’ve muted the accounts, but I don’t want it happening again. Sorry. 

TrevarSpooner

@_riarua understandable, those guys are creepy and you did the right thing by muting them
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_riarua

My Book of Short Stories is starting to get some love. When I started it, I had these noble ideas of having something polished to post each week. How naive of me. But I've enjoyed writing the stories, even if they aren't some of my best works. 
          I have finished draft 1 of the story I have lined up for next week, and it's been into the critique washing-machine. I have a fair few edits and changes to make, but I'm hoping to have it ready.
          I submitted "Hey Maya" with two hours to deadline. It would be nice to get longlisted, but I'm not getting my hopes up too much. 
          Happy Reading.

_riarua

Hi all,
          Having gotten Jesse out of my system, I'm back working on my fantasy trilogy. But I didn't want to leave ye all with nothing to read. So I'm going to do a weekly speed-write sort of a thing were I take a prompt and write a short story.
          The first part is already up, about a programmer who taps into a universal terminal and remakes the world by accident. Hope you enjoy it.
          Ria

_riarua

Hi Everyone,
          
          Heaven’s Assassin is now finished. So you can all enjoy bingeing it from start to end :) I had originally thought it would have 10 parts, but the last scene was only 400 words, so I threw it in with part 9. 
          Anyway. I’m happy enough. If I was grading it I’d give it a B-. I wanted more for Jesse, and I think it lulls a bit in the middle. But I’ll see if I get any critiques, and go from there. 
          Thanks again for your follows, votes and comments.
          
          Ria

_riarua

Hi Everyone.
          We're half way through our adventures with Jesse and Eldermincer. I'm quite happy with the way things are going so far. The most recent scene got some last minute changes, and we're heading into a part of the story I've not completely nailed down, plot-wise. But I'm confident I can keep to my updating schedule (every other day).
          Thanks for reading and following.