@paleverse
15k on Reap The Whirlwind! All while TBR, an almost year older and much more straightforward-marketable book, still didn't cross 10k. I don't understand it, but I like it a lot :) Thanks, readers!
PS. It's one of Marvin's terminals on the cover, isn't it?
https://www.wattpad.com/story/399969576-reap-the-whirlwind-18%2B
Awards for stories in progress from a reputable host,
https://www.wattpad.com/1638276782-the-creative-cauldron-awards-categories
Okay, I put Reap The Whirlwind into Watty's, too, after minimal edits, because I am not yet sure where I want to take it. So that's two of my books that I am not allowed to touch for months. Of course, I already found editing errors in both :)
Let's get back to work, then. I believe I have some reviews still pending <wink>
Announcements don't work anymore, but hey, why not scream into the void like one of my characters?
I've put The Bright Room into Wattys. I don't have time for a proper edit of Reap The Whirlwind, so I'll just fix grammar and dialogue tags in early chapters and put it in, too.
Given what they are explicitly looking for, neither stands a chance, but you miss 100% of shots you don't take, so...
@LemonyFrank :) Good luck! I need to do something in the real world/under a real name, eventually, too. But it'd have to be sane, then, and I am not ready for sane. :D
@paleverse Fingers crossed! I entered an offline world writing competition this week having the same thoughts. But I notice that I have much more fun on Wattpad, probably because of the good company. That and anonymity. :) I love your writing style and I think it stands out. I have no doubt that there's an audience for it.
Nocturne Awards by @EmOswellWrites (thank you for organizing this!) have concluded, and Reap The Whirlwind has placed second in the Dissonance (psychological intensity) category for the Punctuated Equilibrium Chapter and first in the Moonlight Melody (prose & atmosphere) category for the Fixation Point chapter. Also known as the 6k-word-long smut chapter and the poetic torture chapter. So happy that some people share my speshul outlook on life and writing :D Namely, the respective judges -- @JMComicss and @TwistedTales_o7 , whom I'd like to thank for this recognition.
@paleverse You are so welcome! Thank you for taking part in the Nocturne Awards! And massive congratulations for your incredible results!✨️
Sorry for spam, but I am not seeing any announcements since yesterday, and I am wondering if this is a bug or if people just stopped making them? :) Anyone, let me know if you've seen this.
@paleverse Yeah, I'm not sure what they were thinking. I like the newsfeed myself, but things get drowned out so quickly. I don't want to miss the announcements of the people I follow. I want to support them.
@shadowstander Ah, to give people a reason not to ignore the newsfeed, I guess, just like I was doing :D Thanks!
Thank you for the follow!
38C in my town right now (100F), and it is literally the hottest it's ever been here in recorded history (I am closer to the pole than the equator). The wind feels like a blow dryer. It would be kind of fun (free sauna!) if it weren't scary.
I think I'm gonna write some winter scenes to cool myself off. Now which of my WIPs could have one...
@LemonyFrank Ouch :) Yeah, I can imagine the bill. I hope the weather gets bearable before you need to leave, so you can do some non-suicidal sightseeing. Heat is funny, and there is something about enclosed spaces too. Like I don't mind 35C outdoors, but 28 inside, and I am suffering. Today it should be 33 max... let's see.
@paleverse I spent the last three days working in a small hotel in sweltering Switzerland. The hotel hosted a laymen literature festival. First thing I did after night one in a 10 square meter bedroom with no real air circulation was to buy an electric fan. Of course only a Dyson was available on a Saturday and I had to have it delivered it by taxi. So much for keeping the expenses low. But honestly, it was just too hot. You might think I'd be used to it, but the sea usually keeps temperatures relativly steady (at around 30 degrees in summer) where I live and there is aircondition to cool the bedroom before you go to sleep. I was really suffering. And I'm appreciative of sunshine and 30 degrees unlike almost everybody I know!
@QuinceArchFortes Thanks! There should be a storm coming soon, and the worst will pass. But this is all crazy...
Hi, thanks for adding my book to your list ♥️♥️♥️
.... And that's all. All chapters of The Bright Room are republished. It did not blow up, if I am counting correctly, I have maybe two new readers ✌️ Love you both.
I'm gonna try fixing the blurb one more time, but apart from that, I'm done with the book. A month after finishing edits, I feel that they did not solve my main problems at all (genres and narration pace shifting smoothly like a first time driver learning manual transmission, muddy second act, weak conflict, passive mmc), and upping the romance register just made it all feel less honest. But let's see what the Wattys crew would say - I'm still putting it in.
Oh well, for a first novel in English it's OK. I just need to keep writing.
Now on a brighter note, Marvin, move your robotic ass from the pedestal, for today I have written my new weirdest smut scene. It's also very dark and disturbing. Meltdown is shaping up nicely.
@LemonyFrank Yeah, it is funny because I realized there is almost always some kind of heat play in my books (and I actually expanded on that one in TBR). Probably leftover from one of the (many) James Bond scenes that fried my brain as a kid, the one in Thunderball with ice cubes and a cigar. Funny because there is nothing less sexy than being air-fried IRL.
@paleverse Give it some time! Also: Can't wait for Meltdown! The temperatures must be really inspiring. I'm melting, while others are conceiving trophy worthy smut scenes. *throws hands in the air*