marsaumell

Has anyone read any of these books / series? 
          	· The Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams 
          	· Icebreaker and the rest of Hannah Grace's UCMH series 
          	
          	Curious to know whether they are books which fit nicely into the category "characters with emotional intelligence"? Anyone? 
          	
          	Recommendable to read? Thankssss! ;) <3

marsaumell

@littlephantomflower Oh damn! I guess I will need to keep looking and researching... Thanks! <3 :D
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littlephantomflower

@marsaumell I haven't personally read Icebreaker, but my friend did and she thought it was an awful book - also I've heard that it was written in a very wattpadish way, but idk that's just what I've heard °~° 
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marsaumell

Has anyone read any of these books / series? 
          · The Bromance Book Club series by Lyssa Kay Adams 
          · Icebreaker and the rest of Hannah Grace's UCMH series 
          
          Curious to know whether they are books which fit nicely into the category "characters with emotional intelligence"? Anyone? 
          
          Recommendable to read? Thankssss! ;) <3

marsaumell

@littlephantomflower Oh damn! I guess I will need to keep looking and researching... Thanks! <3 :D
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littlephantomflower

@marsaumell I haven't personally read Icebreaker, but my friend did and she thought it was an awful book - also I've heard that it was written in a very wattpadish way, but idk that's just what I've heard °~° 
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marsaumell

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I suck so much ass when editing... LOL Because I feel so SLOW. 
          Like every change I am trying to make isn't good enough for a gazillion reasons. So, it takes an eternity to finish. *sigh* 
          Like editing "Browser City", which is like 80K long, but it's taken me more than a year in terms of editing--and I still haven't finished! XD 
          Does anybody share this feeling?

XannaLurel

@marsaumell oh, same :( Editing took me longer than writing!
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marsaumell

Writer Warning! 
          Worried about people stealing your stories? 
          I accidentally found out a way for people to copy them. 
          I wanted to try out a reading-aloud software tool to help me with editing. I was recommended this tip to help with the fluency and readability of my stories. So, here I am, testing one of my texts on a free reading-aloud app... They ensure the privacy of my uploaded texts, sure, but here's the problem: they also allow you to copy-paste a web URL to read its text aloud. 
          So, I tried a random URL from a Wattpad story that's NOT mine. And it worked. The text of this story's chapter pops up on my screen, ready to read... but it also allows me to copy it, edit it, and paste it or download it as a local file. OMG! :S 
          How do you feel about it? 
          I'm... not thrilled about it. 
          (The tool I've been using is called Naturalreader)

marsaumell

@ChloeLeia561 Yeah, I remember that! I also decided to buy such certificates too. :S
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ChloeLeia561

@marsaumell Unfortunately I don’t think you can stop people from copying your work. It would be cool if there was something us authors can do, but if you are worried, you can buy the copyright to your book (I think you get a certificate), so if someone copies your work, I think then you have legal document to prove it’s yours. I hope this makes sense. I had my work stolen on here before and I paid to get my book copyrighted. 
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eleeyjs

@marsaumell seeeeriously. nothing is safe anymore?!
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marsaumell

Been reading the 1st chapters of different novels in the College Sports Romance genre & subgenre... only to find out that most of the time these 1st chapters are LONGER than 3K. 
          Huh. I find that weird. Usually, many readers prefer SHORTER stuff, like 1.5K-2K. But that's usually been in other genres, tbh.
          
          What do you think about it? 
          Does this difference make sense to you?

tonyatwraxall

@marsaumell That might be it. Maybe they start reading but don't finish. Those really long chapters sometimes take more than 30 minutes to read. For me personally, it's a lot.
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marsaumell

@tonyatwraxall Exactly. That's my frame of mind as well. That's why I find it soooo weird. These chapters show a huge number of reads, but I can't know the engagement ratio, sooo... (sigh) maybe readers click on those chapters but don't read them fully, maybe...
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tonyatwraxall

@marsaumell I don't usually read College Sports Romance books, but I admit that very long chapters get a bit tiring to read. In fact, my books tend to have short chapters for that reason. :)
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marsaumell

New story: "Pulse On The Rink" 
          I'll be entering this into the 30D challenge! Any feedback is welcome :)  #enemiestolovers #sportsromance #sassy 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/412255904-pulse-on-the-rink-kiss-ass-phobia-series

marsaumell

@Shannara2 Hey long time no see! Glad to see you around here!!! :D <3
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Shannara2

@marsaumell Hey Mar, been so long. Excited to get back to reading your books....
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marsaumell

I'm considering entering a new story I am working on into the 30D challenge. How about you? 
          In my case... I followed the advice of two people who are very close and dear to me to try a NEW GENRE. 
          More on that when I publish the first chapters... ;)

Olivia_Benedetti

Ooh that sounds amazing and I wish your well 
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