I DON’T WANNA

who cares if it's bad, have you seen some of the shit people are reading these days

well you see,

The second rule of self publishing is to fist fight the CEO of Spotify in the Denny’s parking lot with your keys sandwiched between the knuckles of your fists.

hello, yes, I'm seated. You have my attention.

He takes her home to recover before she starts a new life somewhere else, but then they’re snowed in! It’s about Devon learning to listen to her own wants and finding her power. There’s a cat. And the worst horse in the world. I just feel like we could use a story about somebody escaping patriarchy and getting happily railed in the woods.

You know what? Sold. I’d read that.

why not have the reader re-read a sentence now and then? it won't hurt him....

Fun fact, the main reason pressing post makes it easier to see your errors is that the format of your fic has suddenly changed (it's like mirror imaging your art to see the errors better - sudden different perspective = 'oh shit errors'). Editing in a different font size + different font can actually make it way easier to see errors, and is something to consider if you're someone that spots most of your mistakes after you press post.

I find this passage from the Mary Oliver essay "Staying Alive" very poignant and true.

Like bitch that’s what second person POV is. There’s a reason why it’s so rare

This comes one day after the archive changed their status to “Omega” for April Fools’ Day.

Spelling mistakes? I guarantee neither of us saw those at 3:00 AM Monday Morning.

What do you mean it’s not in beta anymore? Isn’t that it’s thing? Just to exist in a perpetual state of almost ready. Do I too need to grow and change and become an actualized product? I am not ready.