Steven R. Ford

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@AuthorStew Tacos could be... sketchy.

@8MonkeyTheorem Whatever you do, don't order the foot long sausage! 🫢😬

Civilization as I knew it has ended. I just passed a food truck for Botox & other procedures. 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

@sarabushway For my novel, I have a large document exhaustively detailing each character (with possible dialogue exchanges), world building notes, ideas for future chapters or stories, and outlines. I don't always remember even what I jotted down, so I regularly review & refer to the doc.

Do you guys also have copious amounts of notes for each project, or do you guys actually remember what's going on in your writing all the time?🤔 #AuthorLife

@LKHamilton Be safe.🤞🏼🙏🏼

Tornado warning here. Everyone in St.Louis, St. Charles, and the whole area be safe. We’re in basement with all the cats we could lure down. Magnus decided to okay stealth hide and seek.

Maybe it's just me, but #WritingCommunity do you have habitual typos, ones you know you type but for some reason keep typing? For me, it's "and" when I mean to type "an."🙄🤦🏻‍♂️ #writingcommunity #writers #writerslife #writing

@Foreverasheley The odds are substantially in your favor. Best of luck!

I have 300+ active submissions currently. at least one of these will become a yes right? (cries lol)

@karinbeery I do Audible and have too many finished books saved & eating up storage space. I need the courage to delete a few (or a lot).😬

I did it--I deleted dozens of books from my Kindle. Does anyone else remove books, or do you keep them forever?

@Charlie_Novels Writer here.🙋🏻‍♂️

If you are an author, writer, or romantasy enjoyer, then leave a comment! I want to connect with likeminded people ❤️‍🔥

@GizelleMoney Best of luck!🤞🏼

I'm diving back into the querying trenches. Wish me luck 🙏

@MadelynKnecht Yes! (Please.)

Curious... would it be helpful to write a blog post about how I go through queries/submissions? 🤔

@MetzgerKaty You got this, Katy!🤞🏼

Staring at the same words & hoping I'll suddenly see them in a new way...

@vickyweberbooks I have a story to tell, and I am a writer. But it's never easy.🤞🏼

What keeps you writing when it would be easier to stop?

@LiteraryLucille Also a valid strategy. But if you get to draft 3 & are still thinking her POV isn't needed, go with your instincts. You know your story. You know what it needs & doesn't. Good luck with the current draft! (On draft 8 myself, & completely flipped the POV from 3rd to 1st.)

@8MonkeyTheorem I guess I could always keep her in draft 2… and then reconsider and remove her if need be in draft 3 🤔

Help. #WritingCommunity I’m considering deleting a POV character from my book 😭 but I’m so attached. I just am not sure she is needed. She was just so fun to write. Anyone been there? What did you do???

@LKHamilton Derry Girls The Pitt Leverage Suits

Thanks for all well wishes and healing vibes. I am getting better but still horribly tired so needing to find shows to marathon or new movies. I can’t seem to settle on anything so your ideas would be welcome.

@NatalieO73314 Rest assured, it's good. (But maybe now is the time for a pair of fresh eyes.)😉

@8MonkeyTheorem 🤝

Hit that point in edits where I’ve no idea if it’s good anymore.

Any other writers hate it when you spontaneously come up with a great scene or scintillating dialogue while racing down the highway? Normally, I dictate something or wait until I'm off and stopped to jot down some notes. This time, I remembered most of it.😆

@vickyweberbooks What is the best resource or strategy for finding your comps?

POV: You have a publishing question and don’t know who to ask. I’m Vicky Weber—bestselling author, literary agent, and founder of At Home Author. Ask me anything! ❤️ Publishing is complicated. There are rules no one writes down, timelines no one explains, and a lot of advice

@LKHamilton @Thebiglade And a tremendously talented one at that.😉

@Thebiglade Yes, in fact neighbors were worried that I didn’t wander all day. They shamed my grandma that I stayed indoors reading all the time. She worried I read too much & didn’t socialize with other kids. Grew up to be a writer.

Be Honest.. Did parents really just let their kids wander the neighborhood all day with no phone and just say... be back before dark??