Currently writing my first romance novel "For Rent":
Status: ✅ First draft
Word count: 64 594
After losing her husband of over twenty years, Lisa has spent the past year adrift, struggling to piece together a life that feels whole. Just when she begins to believe happiness is out of reach, her world shifts with the arrival of a young man who rents a room from her.
Maybe it's the hours at the laptop.
Maybe it's the hours at the laptop.
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Knowing myself, I knew that was going to be impossible, I'm too impatient.
However, I ... never got around to it? It just didn't happen. A week passed and I _forgot_ about the WIP. Surprising.
Knowing myself, I knew that was going to be impossible, I'm too impatient.
However, I ... never got around to it? It just didn't happen. A week passed and I _forgot_ about the WIP. Surprising.
Feels really, really good.
Feels really, really good.
Ow.
Ow.
After losing her husband of over twenty years, Lisa has spent the past year adrift, struggling to piece together a life that feels whole. Just when she begins to believe happiness is out of reach, her world shifts with the arrival of a young man who rents a room from her.
After losing her husband of over twenty years, Lisa has spent the past year adrift, struggling to piece together a life that feels whole. Just when she begins to believe happiness is out of reach, her world shifts with the arrival of a young man who rents a room from her.
I know there's no one easy answer, but what's an acceptable manuscript length for romance in the trad publishing world? I'd love to try that route, but my WIP is maybe coming a bit shorter than I expected, just shy of 65.000 words. How far off is this from being ok?
I know there's no one easy answer, but what's an acceptable manuscript length for romance in the trad publishing world? I'd love to try that route, but my WIP is maybe coming a bit shorter than I expected, just shy of 65.000 words. How far off is this from being ok?
Maybe this one won’t suck as much. At least I want to try and do everything in my power to make it better.
Maybe this one won’t suck as much. At least I want to try and do everything in my power to make it better.
1) I’m rushing to the end like there’s no tomorrow, causing me to just discard what I wrote in disgust.
2) My minds constantly jumping to ”what’s next?”
1) I’m rushing to the end like there’s no tomorrow, causing me to just discard what I wrote in disgust.
2) My minds constantly jumping to ”what’s next?”
I wonder if I should set these up somewhere so interested folks could read them. What do people use for stuff like that - setting up a website or things like Substack or similar services?
I wonder if I should set these up somewhere so interested folks could read them. What do people use for stuff like that - setting up a website or things like Substack or similar services?
I don't really have any socials, so instead of actually writing, decided to setup a Bluesky account for myself.
Who all should I be following here for writing-related chit-chat?
#writing #romance #procrastination
I don't really have any socials, so instead of actually writing, decided to setup a Bluesky account for myself.
Who all should I be following here for writing-related chit-chat?
#writing #romance #procrastination