Wondered why a bunch of my writing was missing in my Google Doc. I realized I have been editing my four books in the old.docx files I backed up to Google Drive after the Windows 11 forced update. For weeks. So that's cool and not at all defeating.

Registration is now open for WriteHive Lite - a free, virtual writing conference October 11-12! Attendees can join four editor-led classes and 40 applicants will be chosen by the editors to receive a personal 30-minute consultation.

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First query submission to a literary agent in the 'books'.

Haha. But no, really, I actually did. :D

Doing my part for the environment task of the day: carrying home my groceries sans car.

It's great they listened to the immediate backlash to this, but they are also being forgiven too easily. This wasn't just one person. The panel was agreed on, scheduled, with a graphic made, and shared on their website and socials and at no point was it flagged as a bad idea? This is backtracking.

If Eden Mills doesn't cancel this and apologize for entertaining it in the first place, the entire festival is going to collapse. And rightly so.

I will be slowly working on marketing myself as a #writer and #mywritingjourney. This will be done mainly on here and Twitch, where I will be launching a complete rebrand and streaming #co-workingstreams and #writingstreams. Your support would mean the world! ❤️

Twitch: www.twitch.tv/doitpoppy

First beta-reader swap done! Now, just to be brave and read the comments and make more edits. Always more work to be done!

You can hire a thousand editors for your manuscript, but it doesn't mean a goddamn thing if you refuse to take the simplest criticism.

#booksky