You can’t take my favourite tropes even out of my cold dead hands. They are a part of me and I’m a part of them

Some people missed out on reading growing up and if they want to catch up on kids/YA books and love them in the end, then let them

Book snobs have such disdain for kids lit/YA Kids and YA lit are not “lesser” literature. So many of them are gems, some are even more impressive, engaging and well-written than adult Adult lit doesn’t mean it’s “smart” or make you smart. It’s certainly not superior

I think it’s embarrassing or loser behaviour when you lie about your favourite books to appear intelligent to your peers/teachers

Opened up an email response from an agent that I’ve been ignoring for a month and it wasn’t good news, but they left words of encouragement ❤️‍🩹 We querying writers would be just starving out here, searching for some love no matter how bittersweet 🥲

It might be small and I might be feeding on crumbs but getting a rejection with some encouraging words (minus feedback) really does help 😭

Feeling like I'm falling far behind and my stories aren't going to see the light of day. That no one would ever "connect" to them or need them I don't know what to do

Some days it's a struggle to believe that my stories would find a home

My characters sigh, eye-roll, mutter, brood, raise eyebrows, shrug, flex their sword/magical skills every 5 pages. And grin, smile, smirk, laugh every 50 pages And gaze longingly every 2 pages

I’ve lost count on how many “I love the concept but I couldn’t connect” rejections I received 🙃