Consider (Chris)Bas (currently querying)

@author_laurenk @DNicholsAuthor Congrats, Lauren!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Somebody, pinch me. I did it. I signed something ✨vague✨ ! I can’t share the details quite yet, but what I can say, is I am beyond thrilled! Hard work and perseverance DOES pay off, friends! #writingcommunity #kidlit #author

@ChineduOnoyima Thank you, Chinedu, I'm deeply honoured.

@ChrisBas82 I just followed you because of this!

Be as solid as a rock.

@AuthorTRobare Everyone has his own writing rituals. I like hearing music that sets the mood for what I'm writing...

Am I the only author that doesn't like music while I write?

@hwjohnston7 When someone hasn't put the effort required, Andrew, he can't feel you. I just don't listen and continue.

I have grown to dislike the word hobby. My writing has been referred to as a hobby because it doesn't pull in hundreds of dollars. I am writing books because it is my purpose. I want it to be a career. I am willing to spend months on a single manuscript. TV has been replaced by books. Writing isn't a hobby. It's my life.

@stephenRB4 Vinsanto from Santorini Island!

What’s your favourite wine? 🍷

So I’m sitting in my car at my son’s baseball practice yesterday - windows down, enjoying the sun, computer in my lap while I edit. I realize when this lady walks by eyeing me, that I’ve been acting out dialogue for several characters way too loud as I edit. Pretty sure the entire team thinks I’m bananas. 🤣

Al “writers” are an insult: I was writing for a decade before my writing paid one bill. To write I stole time away from other jobs, time from my family, bleary eyed and full of love for the work. The stories *are* the effort. Without the squeeze your juice isn’t even juice.

@HJamesWrites Super unpredictable! 😝

Book lovers, do you like predictable or surprising endings? 📚🤓

@AlissaLindemann Sorry to hear that, Alissa. I totally feel you, because I'm in a similar position. Hope your dream comes true swiftly!

This is how long I’ve been querying, actually. Real footage of me receiving the millionth rejection this morning:

@matilda_hansson Congrats! Fingers crossed for you!!!

Full requests like this just make me 🥹🫶 #querying

@tyler_stasi I totally agree! Also, when I delete entire sections during edits, I place them on another file. You never know when something will become useful again!

so glad i never gave up on writing because im having ideas on how to improve my previous stories!!! there is light in the darkness!!!!!

@ElementasSeries Hahaha. Cut him some slack. I don't think that's the case...😅

Romance novels teach us that the love interest is obsessed with the MC's eye color. But after 11 years, my husband still has no idea what color my eyes are.

@stephenRB4 How about Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens by Murnau (1922). I know it's silent movie, but it's haunting...

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is the greatest vampire movie ever made, and I will die on this hill.

@ElizabethKaida How warm is it?

Too warm. No write.

@lnmbeck Great! Then, you will be in for a treat. Editing, editing and... you guessed it, more editing! 😝

I only have 3 chapters left to edit and I’m so ready to be done with this draft 😭🎉

@authorrcclark Congrats on 40K! What's your endstate word count target? Currently I'm writing my second manuscript and I would like to think that I'm halfway through 😅. Around 45K at the moment.

#WritingCommunity 40k words into my third novel! How’s everyone else doing today with their writing?

@sirbenjaminjr I'm doing Ok. Not much writing progress, because my work currently has been a little bit hectic...

@ChrisBas82 Yay! Me too, Chris! How have you been?

My feed has wandered off the beaten path from my #writingcommunity friends. If you can see this say hi so I know you’re there and I’m there too 😂

@TheBeeMorris @MelJRey Wow that's what I would call a unicorn! 😅 Congrats! Anxiously waiting for the great reveal!

Final querying stats for KILL ME MAYBE 🔪💞 The past month has been absolutely wild and I can't wait to share some more news soon!! 🤞 Thanks for bearing with me! 🫶 *This is my 3rd time in the trenches in the last 3 years and I have almost 200 rejections for my first 2 projects!*