Lee Riley
@authorleeriley.bsky.social
Author and love writing so much.
Currently Reading - Murtagh
Currently writing - Upcoming/On a Break
Currently Querying - The Names Dragons Give Adult dragon rider found family novel.
Currently Reading - Murtagh
Currently writing - Upcoming/On a Break
Currently Querying - The Names Dragons Give Adult dragon rider found family novel.
Haven't logged in for a while. Sorry if anyone missed me. Did a few rounds of editing on several books. Looking for betas for a book about a thief going to destroy dragon eggs.
September 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Haven't logged in for a while. Sorry if anyone missed me. Did a few rounds of editing on several books. Looking for betas for a book about a thief going to destroy dragon eggs.
Can't finish any of my other projects... Some of my books never end up with a plot or ending. I've been wanting to write a magical college. This is my third attempt. I'm hoping for the best.
May 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can't finish any of my other projects... Some of my books never end up with a plot or ending. I've been wanting to write a magical college. This is my third attempt. I'm hoping for the best.
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So, in a writing exercise, I rewrote every word of a novel. It went from 79k down to 69k. I think it's tighter.
#amwriting
#amwriting
April 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So, in a writing exercise, I rewrote every word of a novel. It went from 79k down to 69k. I think it's tighter.
#amwriting
#amwriting
So, in a writing exercise, I rewrote every word of a novel. It went from 79k down to 69k. I think it's tighter.
#amwriting
#amwriting
April 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So, in a writing exercise, I rewrote every word of a novel. It went from 79k down to 69k. I think it's tighter.
#amwriting
#amwriting
I used to work where wild foxes were seen in the parking lot. Best thing about at that call center.
April 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I used to work where wild foxes were seen in the parking lot. Best thing about at that call center.
And THEN my jaw hits the floor because it's so early in the series. Just... I don't know. Am I the only one who gets lucky like this? Is it a hidden superpower?
April 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And THEN my jaw hits the floor because it's so early in the series. Just... I don't know. Am I the only one who gets lucky like this? Is it a hidden superpower?
Alright alright alright.
My brain foreshadows and plans things out I don't even know.
I'm rewriting, like every word on page which isn't a part of my normal process. Then I come across a line that foreshadows three book later. I had forgotten about the line. It's a throwaway line. #amwriting
My brain foreshadows and plans things out I don't even know.
I'm rewriting, like every word on page which isn't a part of my normal process. Then I come across a line that foreshadows three book later. I had forgotten about the line. It's a throwaway line. #amwriting
April 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Alright alright alright.
My brain foreshadows and plans things out I don't even know.
I'm rewriting, like every word on page which isn't a part of my normal process. Then I come across a line that foreshadows three book later. I had forgotten about the line. It's a throwaway line. #amwriting
My brain foreshadows and plans things out I don't even know.
I'm rewriting, like every word on page which isn't a part of my normal process. Then I come across a line that foreshadows three book later. I had forgotten about the line. It's a throwaway line. #amwriting
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Someone suggested rewriting, like whole clothe rewritting a book. I couldn't do that but I am rewritting a novel about a camp that trains dragon riders, kinda of like Camp Half-Blood for Eragon. #amwriting
April 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Someone suggested rewriting, like whole clothe rewritting a book. I couldn't do that but I am rewritting a novel about a camp that trains dragon riders, kinda of like Camp Half-Blood for Eragon. #amwriting
Someone suggested rewriting, like whole clothe rewritting a book. I couldn't do that but I am rewritting a novel about a camp that trains dragon riders, kinda of like Camp Half-Blood for Eragon. #amwriting
April 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Someone suggested rewriting, like whole clothe rewritting a book. I couldn't do that but I am rewritting a novel about a camp that trains dragon riders, kinda of like Camp Half-Blood for Eragon. #amwriting
Last chapter of my book always gets me crying. Helps with clearing my nose.
April 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Last chapter of my book always gets me crying. Helps with clearing my nose.
For me, it's normally just number 3, but in a broader sense. What is the goal of the scene? Even spicy scenes should have a goal beyond the spice itself. What does the scene demonstrate? What new is added? Is there a change to the dynamics of the characters?
March 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For me, it's normally just number 3, but in a broader sense. What is the goal of the scene? Even spicy scenes should have a goal beyond the spice itself. What does the scene demonstrate? What new is added? Is there a change to the dynamics of the characters?
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I have read that your character should go into each scene asking these four questions:
1. What does she go into the scene be believing?
2. Why does she believe it?
3. What's her goal in the scene?
4. What does she expect will happen in this scene?
Thoughts?
#WritingCommunity
1. What does she go into the scene be believing?
2. Why does she believe it?
3. What's her goal in the scene?
4. What does she expect will happen in this scene?
Thoughts?
#WritingCommunity
March 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I have read that your character should go into each scene asking these four questions:
1. What does she go into the scene be believing?
2. Why does she believe it?
3. What's her goal in the scene?
4. What does she expect will happen in this scene?
Thoughts?
#WritingCommunity
1. What does she go into the scene be believing?
2. Why does she believe it?
3. What's her goal in the scene?
4. What does she expect will happen in this scene?
Thoughts?
#WritingCommunity
Love finding moments that I make me excited in my own books.
...."and I'm not a goddess."
"For an afternoon, you are."
#amwriting #amediting
...."and I'm not a goddess."
"For an afternoon, you are."
#amwriting #amediting
March 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Love finding moments that I make me excited in my own books.
...."and I'm not a goddess."
"For an afternoon, you are."
#amwriting #amediting
...."and I'm not a goddess."
"For an afternoon, you are."
#amwriting #amediting
That moment when you're editing and you read a passage. Then you read it out loud. Use read along function in Word. Then it all sounds right, but wrong at the same time.
#amwriting #amediting
#amwriting #amediting
March 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
That moment when you're editing and you read a passage. Then you read it out loud. Use read along function in Word. Then it all sounds right, but wrong at the same time.
#amwriting #amediting
#amwriting #amediting
I #amediting and I came across a moment I forgot was in the book. It's a character telling the truth after a month earlier lying about her past. Forgot that it was there. I might be bias, but I love my writing.
March 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I #amediting and I came across a moment I forgot was in the book. It's a character telling the truth after a month earlier lying about her past. Forgot that it was there. I might be bias, but I love my writing.
I did. I wrote a few other things.
March 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I did. I wrote a few other things.
I tell her everything about my books. She's just tired of hearing about people riding dragons. It was meant to get me to write something different altogether. But I'm good at subverting expectations.
March 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I tell her everything about my books. She's just tired of hearing about people riding dragons. It was meant to get me to write something different altogether. But I'm good at subverting expectations.
Contemporary dragon rider. I like dragon riders as a genre. Wife told me to stop writing fantasy dragon riders.
March 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Contemporary dragon rider. I like dragon riders as a genre. Wife told me to stop writing fantasy dragon riders.
I'm back in the groove. Wrote 4k words yesterday, and over 1k after work. And I'm not stopping.
#amwriting
#amwriting
March 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I'm back in the groove. Wrote 4k words yesterday, and over 1k after work. And I'm not stopping.
#amwriting
#amwriting
Yesterday was super productive, 3500 words.
March 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Yesterday was super productive, 3500 words.
Last couple of days hitting my word count goal is tough, but hopefully I get to my 3k-5k days again.
#amwriting
#amwriting
March 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Last couple of days hitting my word count goal is tough, but hopefully I get to my 3k-5k days again.
#amwriting
#amwriting
Off when reading, on when I'm not. Plus some of that artwork is amazing and I'd hate to ruin it by acident.
March 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Off when reading, on when I'm not. Plus some of that artwork is amazing and I'd hate to ruin it by acident.
1000 a day, but I'm on a first draft.
March 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
1000 a day, but I'm on a first draft.
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I got an interesting piece of feedback from a beta reader. It got me thinking, why is it someone in a teaching role turning down a student ( Not his student, but still a student) weirder than them sleeping together?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
March 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I got an interesting piece of feedback from a beta reader. It got me thinking, why is it someone in a teaching role turning down a student ( Not his student, but still a student) weirder than them sleeping together?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity