derek
derekwritesbooks.bsky.social
derek
@derekwritesbooks.bsky.social
fantasy author in the query trenches — send snacks and good vibes
writing my way to a tradpub book deal 🤝🏻
sounds like you have some good coping strategies. i need to get on that, someday. someday, but not today, and not until the end of next year. heh. i do like to read what i wrote on kindle or by scrolling back a bit to get touchstones though, so we’re similar in that way. how’s the art coming along?
September 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
i appreciate you saying.
yeah i need to internalize this but it’s hard because i want to keep pushing forward to The End
what do you do on your off days or how do you walk yourself through lost days?
September 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
yeeee
i [need] consistent production to feel good about myself. so it’s tough when i don’t hit my dailies. i’ll try to internalize this tho 🫠🫡
September 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
i did not 🫡
undershot by ~300
you reminded me i should repost this today too 🫡🤣🫠
September 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
“If you need more practice, polish, craft, coffee, time, or a bigger team in your corner, don’t worry. Keep going and all those things will come. What you need before and beyond all that is faith.” ~ *The Emotional Craft of Fiction* by Donald Maass
September 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“You do. What you may not have is belief. So I’m here to tell you: believe. You don’t need more years, manuscripts, acceptance, likes, stars, movie deals, money, or anything else material to be a true novelist. You are that novelist already because you are human.” [Donald Maass]
September 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM