Denna Hunter

THE NARCISSIST: When a killer turns murder into performance, two detectives must unravel a powerful narcissist’s empire before his younger brother either exposes him or becomes him. #questpit #T #Q

@LexiHeathermoor Me too.

@SweetNovember48 I would perish if tried to do that job

JK Rowling got 12 rejections. Stephen King got 30. Twelve? Thirty? I would genuinely throw a party for those numbers. Invite friends. Cater it. Make speeches 😂

@danceauthor 😊

@SweetNovember48 Right?!?

This didn’t have to be this accurate 😅

@LexiHeathermoor They really are. Thing has definitely changed. I can't even imagine how many queries agents get and go through. It must be overwhelming.

@SweetNovember48 I guess we do have to account for the changes in the querying process where we have online systems that expedite the process but still, those numbers are SO low comparatively.

@lucendacier 😂 How are we not on lists somewhere?

@SweetNovember48 The curse of a writer: a search history that will raise eyebrows. One of my searches was "how do I take over a military base."

My search history while writing a thriller is just: “can someone survive that” “how long does it take to ___” “what does ___ actually look like in real life” “how long does DNA last” “what do forensic teams look for at a murder scene” Anyway, I’m definitely on a list somewhere.

@lucendacier Good point. She really is 😊

@SweetNovember48 Not just that, but to have your first book be an earth-shaking hit. Rowling was absolutely the one in a billion who got impossibly lucky.

@DrGenevieve73 That's a great goal. I can recommend an alpha beta reader on Feverr if you need one.

@SweetNovember48 My goal is to finish to get a beta to look at it. Then from there work on a second draft.

Good morning, #writingcommunity ☀️ Today’s goal: write something good. Today’s reality: argue with a comma. Reminder: you are talented, your story matters, and yes… that sentence probably needs fixing 😂

@DanaGricken Yes, we do, Dana. You've got this!

@SweetNovember48 I’m at 500 rejections myself. 😬 Way more no than yes. But we keep going!

@GasparHAuthor Ha! That would actually be a great title!

@SweetNovember48 My next book, "The Relentless Comma" (I'm joking of course)

@artvenske @JohnWGant I love Stephen King

@JohnWGant @SweetNovember48 That’s true! One of my favorite King facts

@SDDonovan I fight with Grammarly often 😂

Okay, honestly, how in the world does anyone understand when and where to put a comma? It seems you can put it anywhere, at any time, and it, always, works! Okay, maybe not. But this is so confusing. 😅

@JohnWGant Oh, that's great! I'm going to order it. Thank you for sharing.

@SweetNovember48 Happy reading.

@GloverPetr61747 Making mistakes when querying causes me an existential crisis 😅

Yesterday was one of those days. I went to research an agent, discovered she wasn't right, checked out her colleagues and found a better fit. Then, I was so tired I wrote the whole query and sent it off to the original agent! So, apologies! #amquerying #mglit #writingcommunity

@JohnWGant Wow. I did not know that. Stubbornness, determination, and the innate pull to keep going do pay off sometimes.

@SweetNovember48 ... to expand on this, King received so many rejections for his early work that he popped a nail on the wall and stuck them there. It grew so dense, he replaced the nail with a railroad spike, and filled it. Then, in the days of sase queries, he sent Carrie 30 times before a yes.

@GasparHAuthor So true. I, Love, Commas 😅

@SweetNovember48 Somehow, 🤔 commas seem to replicate themselves.

@JDaltonAuthor I love this. I use Speechify. It helps so much.

@SweetNovember48 I have found, if you let your computer read your work back to you and really listen, you will find where you do, and where you don't need that comma. Put it in, or take it out and listen again to see if it sounds better.

@TiagoRResende Gotcha. Yeah, "so, how's the writing doing?" is much harder to discuss. I get it. That is tougher.

@SweetNovember48 Ah, with people who read it, it's fine. It's people who didn't, but go "so, how's the writing doing?" These folks open a can of worms they wish they hadn't. 😅 As you can imagine, after 3 entries in my series and working on a fourth, I have plenty to talk about.

@TiagoRResende Interesting. I've actually loved speaking with people who have read my book. They speak with excitement and ask so many questions with glee. I've enjoyed that part.

@SweetNovember48 I can, but I see folks' eyes glazing over. Curse of the writer. Readers can love your books and feel very strong emotions with them, but in conversation, this stuff dies in the vine. Most prefer you'd talk platitudes socially than bring up stuff like the courage to confront loss.

@SamKhalefa Lol... Isn't it wonderful?

@SweetNovember48 Today's goal: write something good. Today's reality: just new scenes and contexts that stretch the plot 😄

Based on current sales, I only need to sell 6,874,989 more books to buy a ridiculous luxury yacht. Almost embarrassing how close I am, honestly. 😂😂🙄

@EllieYellu 🤣😂 That's awesome! I love it.

@SweetNovember48 Oscar Wilde has been paraphrased as saying, when asked how his writing was going, something along the lines of "I spent all morning removing a comma and in the afternoon I put it back in again"