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I am very blue. How are you all doing.

I've moved house Two weeks ago. I'm exhausted. Not only am I disabled, I've had to ride herd on damn' near all the "professionals" involved to make sure they do their jobs properly.

Also my beta has made it plain she's not interested in reading my novel, more than three months after eagerly asking to do so. And the editor has thrown out so many suggestions as to where I should take the plot, without saying why or which one she prefers, that I've finally given up on the whole thing.

>:(((

As a fellow writer I sympathize about the novel. Finding good betas and editors is difficult. From my understanding, a really good editor is supposed to help you take the story the direction you want it to go. They can offer suggestions, but the ones you decide to take should be the ones that go with your ultimate vision for the novel.

This is why I don't use editors outside of grammar. A) I can't afford one outside my friend with a master's degree that is willing to barter services (I help her with querying and summarizing.) B) I see a lot of stories from writers that end up getting confused by all the different feedback so they end up with 15 drafts and their original vision is swamped in a sea of mired emotions.

Maybe step away for a month or so and go back then and see if you can pick up your vision for the story and if any of the editor's suggestions can help in that direction. They're only suggestions and you don't have to take them if they don't suit you or your writing style.

Most importantly, please take care of yourself. Moving is stressful! Rest. Your health is more important than your novel.

Thinking good thoughts at you!

Anon, thank-you so much. That's calm, steady advice in the middle of a bumpy period. My editor's a good friend and we've helped each other out with plot points so many times in the past - but this time I'm trying to be professional by writing to the market. My friend has made a dozen or so suggestions, many of them contradictory, and they include everything but alien landings. (It's an Age of Sail story.) I can't write all her suggestions and just wanted her to pick one!

I'll forget about it for a bit, though I've already said "I can't do this!" Maybe another publisher will take it, if I can sort out something internally consistent.

As for the beta, I don't know what to make of her behaviour - I've done about 50k words of beta-reading for her in the time she's been sitting on mine and got very little back except "lol I keep taking on so many projects." It's disappointing - I really thought she wasn't like that. But I'm done beta-reading for her, for sure.

Good thoughts gratefully received.

nayrt - It's not really your editor's job to decide which direction your plot takes. Throwing out suggestions is good, and it's what a good editor should do. I totally sympathize with wanting to abdicate responsibility and have someone else make big decisions about your plot, but it's not really fair to expect your editor to do that for you. You're the writer, that's your role. Maybe worry less about "writing to the market" and just write a good story. There's always a market for a good novel.

Good luck finding another beta, because it sounds like your current one isn't very good at all. :(

op - Well, it's my first attempt at a professional novel, so I'm not familiar with the process or the different relationship from the one we had as fanfic writers. I've written the story but I'm kind of fazed because the editor seems to be saying "anything but what you've written" (except for the alien invasion, to be fair.)
Not worrying about writing to the market seems to be a good approach, though - I think I got the professional approach slightly wrong - so I'll try and make the thing as internally consistent and as exciting as possible and let the dice fall where they may.
:/

Thinking about suicide, but too tired/apathetic to follow through.

A hug if you don't mind it. I've been there.

Seconding the hug if wanted, anon. I've been there. It does get better, if you can just keep on keeping on.

{{{}}}

<3 <3 <3

Hope you pull through

I'm sorry, anon. I hope things get better for you.

Watchin the Justice League cartoon with my boyfriend, he just fell asleep. I'm a little disappointed

In the cartoon or your boyfriend?

Tired. Wishing the weekend were longer, because it never feels like I got enough rest.

I feel that

(although I also want to mention the very small chance that you're a USian who gets the day off and forgot about it and now you have a very pleasant surprise in store for you)

Hope you feel better anon *hug*

as for me, I'm finishing up comic lining, dreading toning it. Perhaps I should put this comic for next Wednesday. =.=

on a high from the EQG Forgotten Friendship special. Everything I've wanted for sooo long. And the SunLight hinting. Beautiful.

The person I'm sort of seeing hasn't texted me since our last date 2 weeks ago, except for one short text last Sunday. I texted them tonight asking how their week was but I haven't gotten a reply and it's been a few hours so I doubt I'm going to now. I know they're extremely busy (so am I tbh which is why I haven't really thought about the fact we haven't talked in 2 weeks till tonight) but I'm feeling kind of down about this.

That suuuuuuucks, anon. Major bummer.

Annoyed/amused with myself because I always leave a bunch of chores until the last minute on Sunday, namely cooking something for lunch for the week and the breakfast cookies I wanted to make so I have the option of grabbing breakfast fast in the mornings. My kitchen was perfectly clean as of Sunday morning, and now it looks like something out of tv with a huge pile of dirty dishes and something dripping off the counter.

Everything turned out good, though!

Not great. I feel like I'm being ignored and avoided by the last friend I have left. And it's difficult to make new friends after a certain age when most of them are more attractive than you so they're all hooked up and you're the fuckin' third wheel that they may try to set up with someone you're not interested in the first place.

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