Moonlighting Novelist

@melancholicwriter

This is a rough topic to approach. It’s nothing to be taken lightly for sure. I like your plot line though.

How old are you? I’m only 14 so idk that I would necessarily write something like that because I don’t think I could. I don’t know that I could even if I was an adult.

I can talk to you more when I found out how old you are 😉

@melancholicwriter

That’s some pretty heavy stuff. For me (I’m 17), I try to stay away from all that stuff. Not because it doesn’t happen, and not because Christians shouldn’t address it, but because I’d rather write from an optimists point of view…encouraging good relationships, and leave the pessimist (dealing with hard relationships) to…[Read more]

@katie02

Yay, I’m so glad my suggestion helped! 🙂 And yes, I would definitely want to keep reading! (I’ve read a lot of books from that time period too, so I can totally relate with it becoming your style 😉 ) I saw that you mentioned The Hidden Hand in your introduction thread. It’s one of my favorites too! Your book so far reminds me a lot of…[Read more]

@Claire-h

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I do read a lot of books written in the 1800s and early 1900s, and that’s kind of become my style. 🙂 I don’t know if it’s annoying to most modern day readers, but I was hoping since the book was set in that historical era, that people’d be okay with it.

Thanks for your opinion @zee! I will definitely take it into consideration.

Well, @erynne, if your heroine dies, the romance certainly won’t go anywhere. While I can see how you could find some resolution to the other elements of your story, and still have her die at the end, but a romance aborted just before it gets off the ground would be even more disappointing (to me) than one that never really got started at all.

My…[Read more]

@claire-h WOW, thanks so much! This was super helpful.

I think one of my problems was that the Frys where so entertaining that I didn’t want to make light of the guy being shot and missing, and I overcompensated on the melodrama, whoops. I toned them both down a little now. I do want the story to be somewhat realistic, although I do have a fairly…[Read more]

@katie02

Thank you for sharing your work! I know it takes a lot of courage sometimes. 🙂 I really enjoyed this snippet! Great job with the characters …and the mysterious happenings. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fry are so entertaining. XD So here are the few thoughts I had:

First off, this story reads like it was written in the 1800s. Have you read a lot…[Read more]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>@zee</p>
Thanks for your opinion!

When I first came up with the idea for this story, I had no intensions for it to have any romance in it, then as I got more detailed with the plot the romance just kind of slipped in. If that makes sense.

I will definitely consider your suggestions, but I feel I were reading a book…[Read more]

@erynne, it sounds like you have the bones of a fascinating story here–however, if your heroine dies before she gets married, I wonder why there’s a strong romance element in the plot at all. It sounds like the main story is really more of a family drama-type story, where the heroine has to come to terms with what she (accidentally) did to her…[Read more]

@erynne

Thanks!  Hmmm, I thought I responded on your art thread…  probably me being scatter-brained… again. 😊  I LOVED it though!!  I thought you did an amazing job, especially with the ocean ❤

Oh yes, of course!!  I completely get it!!!

Ooo, I love that one too!!!  So sweet. 🥰

Yep.  That stuff gets super annoying.  And VERY cringy.…[Read more]

@erynne

You’re welcome for the tips. 🙂

I actually have several different romances going rn. LOL 😆

@emberynus-the-dragonslayer

Thank you for the tips!! They are very helpful 🙂

I’ve had to stop reading a few books over the romance in it, and it really upsets me that that is even necessary.

What is your romance story about?

@erynne

hey. Sorry I’m jumping in her late.

I echo a lot of what @writergirl said.

Clean romance is very very important to me, and as a writer of YA and adult Romance I know that sometimes that gets very difficult. Good ways to regulate your romance could be to have a family member read it for you. If that’s not an option for you, then maybe a…[Read more]