William R Earl

@rosieperez574 Oddly enough, I was trying to figure out what the next step from hyper-capitalism might be. My conclusion was that you would need some sort of system that encouraged the wealthy to voluntarily give up their money. Therefore...

Here's one out of left field: do you think a #scifi novel painting Christianity in a positive light would have a prayer in today's market? #WritingCommunity

@NoInsaneRants Oh absolutely!

@WREAuthor your wife helps, you have allies who help, henchmen who help solo / team

I got contacted that on of my short stories that has JUST missed the cut several times is now on the long list at a pro-rate mag. Wish me luck 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

@Matrix12001 Thanks!

@WREAuthor Good luck! And congrats, you've got this, I believe in you!

@NoInsaneRants I'm not sure what you mean by 'team sport' 🤔 If ur referring to AI, that would be a no...

@WREAuthor do you fly solo on those or is it a team sport for you?

I might be in the minority here, but part of me loves moving body parts. I know it's against conventional wisdom, but there's something about writing "he threw a dismissive hand over his shoulder" that makes me smile. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

@NoInsaneRants Aye

@WREAuthor need is a strong word

Anyone else in the #writingcommunity feel like they live with a pendulum of motivation that wrenches back and forth between two genres at the most inconvenient times? I need to be writing fantasy, but the sci-fi devil on my shoulder is very convincing...

@jon_cronshaw My nostalgic answer is Gandalf freeing Theoden.

What’s the most satisfying revenge arc you’ve seen in a fantasy story? #fantasyreaders

@ciarasmithwrite I'm always surprised (and often surprised that I'm surprised) with what kinda stuff comes across the agent desk. Also, the first thing in the replies I saw was an add, and for a split second I was confused why someone was saying "are you ready for the ultimate comfort!" 😂

I am down to 392 queries and saw a common theme today. Please note I don't represent short stories or novellas. And please research work count expectations for your genre. I don't mind a bit of editing if you're a little outside.

Do you ever have someone introduce a new genre of music to you and have the sudden desire to flush two years of writing down the drain and start over?

I wrote a book! Now the real work starts I got an agent! Now the real work starts I'm on sub! Now the real work starts It's getting published! Now the real work starts The book is out! Now the real work starts If u write, ur a writer. Don't self-reject #WritingCommunity

@purely_sophia Clearly they've got the right idea, but that really needs to get down to one.

Please learn how to write a query. Please learn how to write a synopsis. Please follow agents’ submission guidelines. I just read a two sentence query letter. If you’re gonna query your novel, there are so many free resources to help you do it properly. Use them😅🫶 #querying

@NoInsaneRants Totally respect that!

@WREAuthor I wrote a fantasy scifi last year, that is now self published, that in final form, weighs around 18-19k words perhaps we play different games

Guys, fantasy is hard. I'm at almost 110,000 words and still have plenty of story to go. The final push is lowkey killing me 😂 So much respect for the pros!

@MJG_Write Also, good to see another educator out there! Keep it up man!

@WREAuthor Exactly!

I love being an author. But I dislike many comments I receive. "Can you get me an audition?" "Will you give me feedback on my book for free?" "How much money do you make?" "Don't forget us when you get big " "I wish I had time to write." "Why aren't you as popular as __?"

@NoInsaneRants Hence my use of 'usually,' but do you have recommendations?

@WREAuthor this may sound stupid or insulting, but there are some books that just take off and fly, and sell hugely well maybe read those :)

As a writer, it is usually better to entertain and then offer a thread of art rather than to be artistic with only a thread of entertainment. People won't be transformed by a story that hasn't first transported them. #WritingCommunity