despression means cracking open the Linkin Park Playlist

cooking be my happy place

there are a lot of way to success, but there are endless way to fail

The signs your new fandom is more trouble than it's worth open.substack.com/pub/nguynlin...

A wonderful opportunity for all! An editor is giving away critique for 10k words + synopsis! open.substack.com/pub/honested...

I love them still

I wrote. Parts of my substack draft. Tomorrow, maybe, more.

That awkward moment when you have been hating on Luna Snow since you started playing MR and now that you're trying her out... she is................... very fun to play 😳

Querying is basically speed dating, but instead of awkward silences, you send your book baby out and wait weeks to see if anyone swipes right. 💌📚 Here’s to polished pitches, patient inbox refreshing, and maybe a “yes”! #amquerying #WritingCommunity

Okay but Hammett's prose is 90% similar to mine... or am I going crazy 🫨🫨🫨

Cr: The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett) Sam Spade being described as a "blond devil" in the first chapter lmao

THE SHADOW DIVIDE - Querying Soon ❤️‍🔥POVs of the hero, the girl & the villain 📷Stylish action 📷Technology fear 👀Commercial fiction with upmarket voice

Fuck it I'm posting the agent guide to The Shadow Divide. Today I'm throwing caution to the wind etc etc etc

Listening to Queen just to feel sth after hours of job hunting

instead of tying a treat with some kind of 'win', I'm just gonna go and buy that shit for myself. It's tiring and I'm full of self-loathing when I fails due to circumstances I can't control

new round of beta-reader. i'm fucking scared

Reading a book with multiple POVs and damn. I care for like 2 people here, the rest doesn't do anything! Things happen and they were there :/

"transparency" is such a HR word

Transferring The Shadow Divide to kindle before I do 4th draft. It has been fun so far, I noticed a few places that can be revised. but also. this manuscript might be good y'all.

LA day out

#Pitblk 2025 has begun!!! Make sure to submit your pitches by Sept 24th at 8pm EST at the link below. We're excited you're participating and can't wait for agents and editors to see! www.pitchpitblk.com/pitblk-submi... #amquerying ##writersky #booksky

I'm just going to just write badly

YouTube has recommended tarot reading to me. I have officially hit rock bottom

damn it's hard to not compare yourself to other people. like can't help feeling I'm the worst one of the lot

The Pirates trilogy is a masterclass in balancing side plot and main story. Everyone wants something, everyone crosses paths, betrays each other, bargains, and joins forces. Character dynamics evolve on and off screen. The writing was just that good!

Post a female character you love Because I just watched Pirates movies again

that's a great opening sentence.

50% of editing is choosing stronger verb

Do you ever wish you were funnier so that your writing is funnier? Like damn I wanna write comedic stuff but I can't crack a joke

job hunting has been destroying my spirit. I long to write again. As soon as possible.

Shout out to @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social and her coaching sessions. Fun and informative! Love working with you Vicky :D

There's always a moment in a hot shower that wakes you up

guess who got out of a depressive episode to get the $5 Costco rotisserie chicken because she's out of food and everything mad expensive

When you are really sad but the tears don't come at all so you just lay there, heavy with it.

With trends and audience and writing style and everything I've learnt so far about publishing, I believe The Shadow Divide's chance to be pubbed is 30%, Space Scoundrels is 5%, and the Epistolary Monster Hunting YA project is 60%. Mark this skeet. Let's see if I'm wrong or right

Being unemployed on a deadline because of visa stuff is like. Technically, I'm very free. Spiritually, I'm imprisoned.

The DnD movie is so underrated it's criminal

I'm waiting to see if I get this job or not and I'm pre-emptively crashing out over a rejection

As I'm listening to a lot more audio book, having one made from my manuscript is now a new goal 😊🤘

It was cancelled without my knowledge. thanks for wasting my time ☺️

Just checked my interview time to be sure and google calendar said it's cancelled... so like. Is the calendar invite cancelled? or did the org cancel it w/o telling me? I guess I'll have to wait till the interview time to find out 😬🥴

James Joyce's short story "A Little Cloud" might be one of the best I've read. It cut so deeply inside a coward's dream.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn't a selfie

I should actually donate to Khan Academy. One of the best resources on the internet, if not, the best, to study science for FREE

Finished the third draft of The Shadow Divide. So much cutting, plenty of rewrite, and a middle-of-the-night revelation. 93.1k words. Now for another round of beta-readers🔥

Spies at work.

me in the job trenches. right. now.

Xenomorph at the libraryyyyyyy

Oh I haven't danced for so long 💃💃