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It's from my previous publisher so feels like a good lead!!
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Got a full manuscript request today!
It's from my previous publisher so feels like a good lead!!
Keep your fingers crossed for me!!
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RULES: use this generator to generate three random words (or however many you'd like to do!) and share the lines where they show up in your wips!
No one asked me to do this but I'm going to do it anyway. All from my latest novel Wow & Flutter, that I'm currently editing as I prep to query. :)
Words: Mill, Wood, Mercy
Mill:
Once word of Jesse’s late-night studio adventure got out, the industry rumor mills got to work. Speculation on The Frames' future abounded. One blogger, some new-to-the-scene asshole with a hotel chain for a name, wrote an entire post on The Frames’s pending breakup. One industry magazine claimed to have insider info that there had been daily fights on the tour bus and that two band members had nearly come to blows. It was total bullshit, of course. The most dramatic moment on tour had been when Pete finally beat Ben at chess, something he’d been trying to do for years and had gloated for days—hardly the Montagues and the Capulets.
Wood:
They agreed to meet in the darkened curtains of the stage one day during study hall. It was nearly pitch-black backstage, and it smelled of wood shavings. Sean had peeled away layers of Kevin’s clothes along with his inhibitions to find a pale, beautifully defined body begging for Sean’s touch. Kevin had withered against Sean, nearly sobbing as he came. Kevin had kissed him afterward like Sean was the only air he’d ever need to breathe.
Mercy:
What he did remember with crystalline clarity as his car first skidded, then drifted, then spun was thinking, “I’m not going fast enough to die.” He remembers the way his headlights flashed against the embankment. The way the car in his rearview mirror was now in front of him and the unnatural, sideways view of the Charles River. There was nothing he could do as he spun a full 360 degrees. He was at the mercy of momentum and ice. And he’d watched it with a strange detachment, like this slow-motion wreck wasn’t happening to him at all. There had been something freeing about relinquishing all control.
Time to cut about 3k words from my manuscript!
Let's GOOOOO
Am I really looking at agents? Am I really going to through this querying process AGAIN?
AM I INSANE?
So thinking outloud...
More traditional publishing:
Pros -
Help with cover, eyes of another editor, possible marketing budget, the insane possibility of actually making money on this thing
Cons -
QUERYING PROCESS nearly killed me last time, publisher takes a cut
Self publishing:
Pros -
I am in control of everything, I keep the majority of the $
Cons -
Really hard to publicize with a pen name, no one reads it, I have to do all the work, pay someone to do cover, can do it on my timeline
I've no idea what to do
I'm still really not sure what I'm going to do with this new novel.
I polled folks in IG, but curious what you all think, too! I'm almost done with the last round of edits I can do on my own. I have some folks who have agreed to read it, but they haven't yet. I also don't want to rush them since they're just doing it as a favor.
I can't afford to use my editor from ATWO (even though she offered!) so I really don't know what to do. Maybe it doesn't even matter.
Anyway - thoughts!
How would you like to read Wow & Flutter?
Traditional Publication
Post as a Blog on my Website
Self Pub
SKAM (2015-2017) YOUNG ROYALS (2021-) HEARTSTOPPER (2022-) RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023)
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It's Ingrid. I realize it's been a while but I'm excited to announce that my 2nd book "Wow and Flutter" is now complete! BUT I'm looking for
y'all is there anything more MISERABLE than writing a book synopsis??
This is honestly why I just want to self pub this time. I realize I'm still going to need to do this but UGHHHH
Anyway. I'm looking for people to read this thang. HMU if you want to!
Back on my book writing bull shit. We'll see what happens this time around. But seriously. I need people to rip it apart.
Please and thank you.
It's Ingrid. I realize it's been a while but I'm excited to announce that my 2nd book "Wow and Flutter" is now complete! BUT I'm looking for
y'all is there anything more MISERABLE than writing a book synopsis??
This is honestly why I just want to self pub this time. I realize I'm still going to need to do this but UGHHHH
Anyway. I'm looking for people to read this thang. HMU if you want to!
Valentines day sale on ebook version of All the Way Out!! ❤❤
Hi All-
How does one find writing/critique partners?
I’m looking for a few. :)
I'm looking for beta readers!!
Ideally, I'd like between 5-10. Each reader will be provided a document to fill out with questions about character, pacing, over all arc etc.
I'm NOT looking for an editor, even though you will have "suggesting" ability in a Google doc.
I'd like to have the group selected by the end of August and have about a 6-8 week turn around.
Send me a DM if you're interested!!
It’s been two weeks since #allthewayout stopped being mine and started being yours.
There have been ups and downs - 5 star reviews and...well, NOT 5 star reviews! :)
Is ATWO a perfect book? No. Did I have the luck of being published by a major publisher with expert editors and a massive marketing budget? No. But I’m still very proud of what I’ve done.
If you’ve read #atwo and enjoyed it, I’d love a review on Goodreads or Amazon!
Meanwhile, I’m taking a small mental break from writing before I jump into book #2. I have to decide if I want to go with the same publisher or aim higher. That decision is still pending, but good reviews would help the possibility of something bigger next time.
Thank you as always for your support. This story was yours before it was anyone else’s. xo
OUT TODAY!
I know I’m going to have lots of feelings about it as the day goes by but right now I’m just going to celebrate the literal YEARS of work it took to get here.
I also have to offer some thanks:
1) to @694699 and @c-u-at-midnight you have been and continue to be my first line of support and my very dear friends.
2) to @adownunder thank you for all YOUR work, your edits, your suggestions, your tough love and your support! This seriously doesn’t happen without you.
3) To everyone who read this book when it was just going up on AO3. I really hope you’ll love this new iteration and fall for Zach and Liam as much as I did. xoxo
I said I wouldn't read reviews but...
Omg April 1st is so soon! The date I've been anticipating for literally YEARS is finally almost here. It's so emotional.
This week starts the beginning of my blog tour through @gaybookpromotions check it out here and if you can - give the tweets and posts a like!
BLOG TOUR Book Title: All the Way Out Author: Ingrid Sterling Publisher: Literary Wanderlust Release Date: April 1, 2021 Genre/s: Contempora