Alia White (Laxia)

Due to nearing the end of my YA book, I'm reminding everyone about my main series! It might not be the best cover or the one I wish I had (maybe I'll try again when I have more time), but at least I drew it as AI has no place in *anything* I ever do. royalroad.com/fiction/96987/…

8 out of 13 chapters completed for my second draft. It's going a lot quicker than I thought, which means I should probably start focusing more on drawing up a cover.

@TiffeDraft Fantasy.

@Laxia16 Second draft progress is amazing 👏 Honestly where stories start getting powerful. What genre is your YA?

Bought more books today! Also finished two more chapters of my YA book's second draft! Thank you, sunlight, for making me feel awake enough to do so!

The first chapter of the second draft of my YA novel is complete. Didn't get the chance to do any more, but at least the job's begun.

Been reading a lot, so how do I treat myself for (an early) Mother's Day? Why, a trip to the bookstore of course! Picked up some more books in the series I've recently started and also trying out some new ones to see if they're worth investing in.

I didn't write today. I did try, but couldn't get anywhere. Instead, I finished reading a book, cooked meals for my family, read to my son, ate chips while watching Bluey with him, and then played games with friends. And you know what? It felt really nice.

As if they haven't beaten Star Fox 64 to death already, now they've gone and killed the characters too. Those redesigns are absolutely atrocious. Like...wow they're bad.

@lhallwriter I think a TV show would suit my Elequan Legacy series best. And no live action. Animated only. As for my upcoming YA series...honestly, it was dreamed up as a game, so an action platformer would suit it perfectly. Though, an animated TV series for its books would be nice too.

Writers, would you prefer to see you book adapted into a TV show or film?

Two weeks. Two weeks and FINALLY my depression broke. I've been productive in that time, sure, but it feels nice to finally get back to writing.

Ugh...I've been hoping to get some writing done, but on top of days of bad sleep, the weather has also been nice and so I thought continuing my chore of cleaning out the basement would be a good idea. So much for writing...I'm completely wiped...

Two series that I heard of but never read: The Spiderwick Chronicles and A Series of Unfortunate Events. I have now read the first book of both and I do believe that I will keep going.

Been wanting to give myself some time away from my YA book so that I can do the second draft with fresh eyes. That means I want to do two things: write my next Legacy chapter and beat a game. Today I completed the beat a game part. Now, back to writing!

Going to a used book store and seeing a lot of titles you've always thought about giving a shot but never did and then buying them all is a good feeling.

Chronic neck pain. What I wouldn't give to be rid of this blight on my life.

@lhallwriter Circus acrobat turned assassin. royalroad.com/fiction/96987/…

Authors, in 4 four words describe your book below 👇 Be sure to include links also and I will happily repost some :)

@lhallwriter Thinking in the shower is my main go to (since it's about the only quiet time I get). Talking about my ideas out loud works too. If those two fail though, sleeping and hoping to dream up a solution has honestly gotten me through several problems.

Writers, how do you flesh out your ideas? I tend to stare at a blank screen until I decide going for a walk will help...

I finished writing my book. I should be happy. But I'm not and I don't know why.

Been trying out a couple of new animes the last couple of days and, man, modern-day English voice actors suuuuuck. They attempt to emulate character tropes but can't act at all, and so every character comes off as shallow if not just plain hollow. Subs from here on out I guess.

So after doing the edits, my final chapter is now two. Didn't have to write anymore, just split it. Honestly thought that would wind up being the case before I even handed it over. But this means that my final chapter count for my YA book is 13.

It's done! I still need to have my husband look over it for edits, but the last chapter of my YA book is done! I'll be moving on to draft 2 next in order to alter and add anything I missed. But compared to writing a book from scratch, it won't take that long!