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Super interesting hearing about the perspective of the artist :) thanks for sharing & good luck with your book launch!

Exciting! I like the final cover design you went with :)

Also it's part of a series? Super cool. Do they stand alone or should I read murder in the tool library first?

Okay cool, i appriciate the recs :) its kind of fun knowing there's so much content to go through & such a huge base of fans

Lol okay that makes sense. Maybe I'll try jumping around a little more instead of powering through enterprise. Any recs on which to start with?

I did really like it :) the first 2 seasons were great, & i thought the 3rd was a bit overly serious but still enjoyable.

I had never watched startreck and i loved lower decks. I did know enough to get some of the basic references, but im sure some went over my head.

In all i think LD was a good starting point for me. I enjoyed the humor and how it didn't take itself too seriously.

I've since tried another series (enterprise since it's the first chronologically) and its fine though i do wish it was a bit more fun. I'm hoping I'll enjoy some of the other iterations a bit more, and am looking forward to rewatching lower decks once I get back to where it's at in the chronology.

Good find, thanks for sharing :)

I like your voice, but i also understand the appeal of having different modes of writing. It's a good way to grow as a writer and explore different ways of communicating. Itll be cool so potentially see you experiment with new voices in the future :))

Thanks so much for the detailed feedback! I see what you mean on having a hard time picturing things. I think that's what I meant by ungrounded. I often write in a poetic way, but it can leave my prose lacking in detail. Maybe I'll revisit that area and add in some more physical descriptors.

I'm hoping to share some of the first chapter next month, and it is much more grounded since it's starting the actual story and has more specific events going on.

And it would be cool to be able to leave comments and other things on people's stories (as long as they request it).

So glad to finally be able to share some of my writing with you :) also I'm glad you like the first line as well, it's a little pet of mine lol

This month, I've continued trying to make small times somewhat regularly to write. It's been fairly successful, though there were defiantly weeks I didn't write anything. I want to continue to keep up the momentum this month, though I know it will be hard since I'll be spending quite a bit of time with my family at the end of this month. My goal is to continue making time to write twice a week (both weekend and work week).

In the spirit of sharing, I also was to share the prolog for one of the books I've been working on. Some specific questions: how does the writing tense feel? Is it too strange, does it feel overly ungrounded? Does opening on a dream work, or does it feel a bit overdone? I hope that because its a description of inspiration is doesn't feel as over used as the wake up from a nightmare scenario. I am a big fan of my opening line, but am curious on how other people might feel about this opening.

Anyways. here's a link I hope will work :)

edit to add: I don't know why its highlighted in green. If you know how to change that, please let me know lol

I'm glad the sessions approach has been useful for you :)

And i liked the little snippet too. I dont think it feels overly verbose when reading, it more so feels like a stylistic choice. I think it works especially with the frame of being an internal monolog.

Also any tips for using etherpad (the app you used to share your writing)? It looks really cool & I've never used it before.

Thanks so much for the thorough and inspiring post. I'm hopeful things won't be as bad as I fear they will, but preparation is a key part of prevention.

I also look forward to donating what I can to the instance.