Lindsay Fox

There's a new short story up on my website. You can read Cozy Things and see the illustrations that inspired it, including the adorable Cozy Boy!

@DancingFoxCrea1 Start with figuring out if you're writing a contiguous story (Lord of the Rings) or something more episodic with an overarching story tying them together (Harry Potter). The plotting for each is different, so it's important to have that baseline set.

Hey, #WritingCommunity, what's your advice for planning a series? How does it differ from planning a stand-alone?

@king_reinhardt Then I wouldn't worry about it. Readers need those sweet soft moments to relax, so that later tension has more impact. 😊

@writingdemons I think it does!

There's one single spicy scene is Saltwater, mostly because of the relentless "is there spice?" people, and I worry it adds nothing to the plot, but none of my beta readers have said it feels out of place or anything, so it's okay to leave it in, right?

I'm probably going to be posting less here. Partly because of politics, but mostly because my reach is still pretty much nothing, even after a year of concentrated effort. You can find me elsewhere on the interwebs as either writingdemons or authorlindsayfox.😊

my blog's yearly fee is due tomorrow and alas, i can't afford it this year. so if you like my blog and want to help me keep it live without interruptions, consider donating! it's less than 100, which isn't much until it comes at the exact wrong time 😂 ko-fi.com/rjcrunden

"So fucking hot for each other and irritated about it" is one of my favorite relationship dynamics. 😂

@indiosyncbooks What do you call a fountain without an angel statue? A sans-seraph font.

I bloody love puns. Send me your favourite puns, I'm deficient.

Just a reminder: When I hit 2k followers on here, I’ll be doing a giveaway of indie books!!

So, @torbooks is running a 2.99 sale for Legends & Lattes in eBook through 2/9 across online retailers - which is I guess approximately the price of 2 eggs. 🥚💲

TFW you're skimming through the draft you just finished to double check you hit all the plot points, and come across a particularly neat turn of phrase. I'm having one of those "Wow, I wrote that? How? That's so good!" moments. It'll last until I come across a horrific typo.😂

Generative Ai is a COWARD's tool. Too afraid to go out and film something, too afraid to learn how to draw, too afraid to learn to make music, too afraid to actually get out and live a life. Steal our shit, and live like a coward

So closeeeee!! Any reposts to help me reach my goal would ✨ be fabulous ✨

Not finished mind you, since I still have that subplot to write, but the main story is done!

Hmmmm. To write a epilogue, or not to write a epilogue. I was originally planning on one, but I kind of covered everything I wanted to in the last chapter. So...I think that means Jacky Book 5 is drafted!

@Azshure13 That lush upper lip is *chef's kiss*

Just a little taste of my most recent piece. Might save the rest for the release of ARCs, ya know as a "gift" ARC sign ups end 1/31/25 with delivery on 2/14, just in time for Valentine's Day. He's not a Shadow Daddy, hes a Crystal King.

I'm so close to finishing the draft of the main plot line! So close! Still have now idea what I'm doing with the subplot, but still! I want to be able to say "I'm done," so very badly. 😩

@timmckay52 For me, I need to pick up my writing pace, because even if I publish 3 books a year for the next 10 years, I won't get all my ideas done and out into the world, and those damn ideas breed like bunnies. 😅

I really need to pick up my writing pace because *checks notes* ... wait. What's the rush? Take your time. Do it right. Enjoy the process.

@king_reinhardt I'm nearing forty and I feel like I'm just starting to really hit my stride. This obsession with making it while young is ridiculous, and puts so much pressure on young dumb kids who deserve to be young dumb kids, not highly successful peak adults. 🤷‍♀️

People who act like hitting your thirties is the beginning of the end are so ridiculous. Like, sorry you peaked as a teenager, but some of us are still growing and learning 💙

50% off! Surviving in a future ice age is hard. Especially when all sorts of new predators keep finding you…. The humans and star beings thought the biggest problem they faced was each other. They thought wrong. 🔗⬇️

@austinjbooks Nope. I say that all the time. I may have one or two books in the WIP queue that are because of this. 😅

Am I doing this whole writer thing wrong if I read a book with a good premise, and horrible execution, and go "I can do better"?