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Sugar's love spam *after a long time*
          Yes, I'm positive. Everything's gonna work out in my favour. Why won't it? Say it with a smile on your face. Everything I dream of is within the reach of my hand. Just a little push and I can achieve it all. Because one thing that will always stick with you through thick and thin is, the positive mindset, your belief, your hope. So keep it alive. Keep it breathing. You can do it!! :)

@a_purple_girl oh correct me if I'm wrong but the last time we talked you were in high school or something but now you are in college. You've grown!!!

Hey Everyone! Hope you all are happy and healthy. It has been ages since I last interacted here with anyone. 
          So exactly 10 months ago I left my job as an editor because honestly speaking the kind of manuscripts I was reviewing were cliche. Seeing the junk on my desk everyday with the same storylines was a nightmare. That's when I decided that if this shit is getting published somehow then I may as well have a fair shot at publishing if I give an honest attempt. Lol because no idea came to my mind for the first 2 months. Imagine the horror! Then something came up and I wrote a couple of thousand words. Nothing for the next 4 months. Painful? Yes. Then suddenly one day I realised that months have gone by. Panic? To the max!!! 
          After sleepless nights and multiple crying sessions, while trying to wrap my head around this creative journey which i undertook with no forceable result in my mind, I have finished the first draft. There's still a long way to go because now I have to edit the whole thing which in itself is a bigger task. But I'm proud of myself. I always wanted to finish a proper manuscript for an original story and I did it. Like wtf I actually did it...
          Just wanted to share this here because some of your feedbacks have always been so kind and motivating on my previous works ❤️ 
          

Next chapter is out!!! It is one thing being slow with updates and then another when you barely post a chapter in 6 months... But better late than never :)
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/353586574

Hey! Hope everyone is doing well. Recently I read a book by Joan Didion (Slouching Towards Bethlehem) and there was an essay On Self-Respect. The whole thing made me question that in a world where either people are too modest or it is deemed as "cool to crack self-deprecating jokes" about our insecurities, where does the line of self respect lies? 
          
          Excerpt from the essay - 
          "To do without self-respect, on the other hand, is to be an unwilling audience of one to an interminable documentary that details one's failings, both real and imagined, with fresh footage spliced in for every screening. (...) To live without self-respect is to lie awake some night, beyond the reach of warm milk, phenobarbital, and the sleeping hand on the coverlet, counting up the sins of commission and omission, the trusts betrayed, the promises subtly broken, the gifts irrevocably wasted through sloth or cowardice or carelessness. However long we postpone it, we eventually lie down alone in that notoriously uncomfortable bed, the one we make ourselves. Whether or not we sleep in it depends, of course, on whether or not we respect ourselves."
          
          It is important to take responsibility for one's actions and accept the consequences. This is what builds a character. In hindsight, the character of Detective Jeon (one of my books) is a true embodiment of preserving one's self respect at all times and I feel like this is why it's one such protagonist which no matter how hard I tried to recreate again I just couldn't. Maybe I should just make book 3 in the series lol (Just a thought!)

Read (kinda re-read) many literary/art moments today. Thought I'd share the list:
          
          1. Impressionism (1870s-80s)
          2. Imagism (1912 -)
          3. Futurism (1909 -)
          4. Dadaism (1916 -)
          5. Surrealism (1917 -)
          6. Absurdism (1940s-50s)
          7. Existentialism (1940s)
          
          Miscellaneous Content: 
          - War poetry (WW1 onwards)
          - Harlen Renaissance (1920s-30s)
          - Kitchen sink Drama (1950s-60s)
          

@kookie-eater awe, glad to hear that. Though don't get distracted by the name of this particular short stories collection. Carver is known for his dry blunt realism and he showed the more ugly/non-conventional side of love. Still important I feel because loving someone is not always hearts and flowers.

"There was this funny thing of anything could happen now that we realized everything had."
          
          ~ Raymond Carver, Gazebo (What we talk about when we talk about love, short stories collection)
          
          What a delight it is yo re-read one of my favourite authors! 

Hey everyone! Casually writing this for a while. In case you are free, please give it a try. I will appreciate some feedback so that I can improve. Thank you. Have a great day/night! ❤️
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/353586574

Your book is good author keep updating