Riah Black

@devastate-lasting

Yes, I feel like I’m in a constant flux of being super motivated to write, and wanting to do anything but write.XD I was recently feeling unmotivated with the story I’m currently writing because all of the ideas where going in circles. But after throwing a crazy wrench into the story my motivation is now back on a high.

Oooh,…[Read more]

@gracie-j It’s been literal years since I last wrote poetry. I like this a lot! Though might I add a few suggestions?

-Line 4 could use another syllable

– “Slowly lifted up her head” I feel like you could add a ‘she’ before this

And other than that, nothing much. Good job!

@gracie-j Ahaha good for you! I’m hoping this bout of unmotivation will pass soon; I remember two years ago when I finished NaNo I didn’t write anything for four months straight because I was exhausted. But hopefully this will be short.

@kathleenramm The last scene I finished? Or the last scene I worked on?

Well, they both were pretty similar, so…

Last I wrote was about fifteen minutes ago, but I’ll go with the one before that. Mainly a couple of characters are trying to go around the area putting up seals so that they can trap the villain…mainly just traveling around and…[Read more]

@jbb I suppose I am knowledgeable about Asian culture, specifically Chinese culture. If you need help on names or something do tag me, because one thing that annoys me extremely is when I read a book and the names are unreadable.

I guess you could also tag me for music and math. Don’t ask me about too advanced math, though.

Oh, and I also have a…[Read more]

(It’s bugging me that these quotes aren’t displaying right. ;P)

@gracie-j

Ooh, Tor does unsolicited queries? That’s cool.

That sounds like a good plan. ;D

I’d suggest waiting until you’ve finished editing, because your page count (and thus spine width) might change as you edit. You won’t have a finalized page count until you do all the formatting. But I understand the antsiness. XP

Yeah. XD That’s…[Read more]

Agreed. I’ve published two short story collections and a standalone short that way, and I plan for the majority of my books to be done that way. 🙂

Ooh, a list would be cool. (Even if I don’t use it for this book, it could be handy for the future.)

Yeah. XD I often stink at marketing, and I haven’t gotten very excited about it with my…[Read more]

@seekjustice Thanks! 🙂

@gracie-j Probably indie, through KDP. I’ve considered doing this one traditional, since that’s something I want to do someday, this is a standalone so I feel like it would work well as an “experiment,” and I would love for it to get the reach that traditional novels get. But I also don’t want to wait to hook an agent…[Read more]

This sounds amazing. XD

Yes! I’m actually super, super, super excited to publish it; I absolutely adore it and I can’t wait to share it. XD But I have to get through editing first… Which hasn’t actually been miserable–I enjoy editing, particularly when I love the project–it just takes too long. XD But I’m already daydreaming about…[Read more]

@lewilliams Your second one sounds fantastic. If it ever comes out tell me. I’ll gladly read it.

@jenwriter17

Wow! The designs look really good! Did you design them yourself?

Hhmmm… funny writer quotes… I’m going to have to think about that, but I’ll let you know as soon as I think of anything that could be a possibility!

@jenwriter17 Thank you! That’s good to know!

You’re designs all look really good! If I think of anything funny writing-related, I’ll definitely tell you.

@emberlynn Ah, I see. Well, I’m not exactly sure what kind of content you would be sensitive to, haha, because Ghibli is essentially the Disney of Japan. I myself tend to lean towards seinen anime (for older males) because of the plot and stuff, but I also enjoy shoujo anime (for younger girls). In the latter category I would recommend Your lie in…[Read more]

@jenwriter17 Kinda unrelated but I just want to know what platform you’re using for your blog? It looks so cool!

@seekjustice I don’t remember if I’ve ever talked with you about my WIPs, but I’ve got two going for now:

1) My way-too-long thing about Magic Users and different worlds and stuff like that. Don’t really want to sum it up right now, but the arc I’m about to go into is about one summer by the ocean, including a strange cafe, mysterious…[Read more]

@seekjustice All of those sound super cool! I especially like the idea of the first one, but that might be influenced by some of my recent reads that fall along similar lines, lol. Very cool!

I have two primary projects at the moment:

1) My editing project, which I’ll be setting aside shortly, is about a group of calligraphers whose…[Read more]