The Thing That Helped Me Go From "no Motivation To Write" To Being On Track To Have Written 200K Words

The thing that helped me go from "no motivation to write" to being on track to have written 200K words of fiction in one year was unlocking

the power of spite

by reminding myself that writing cozy stories of successful queer romance where nobody dies and everyone gets a happy ending will really piss off the fascists.

Co editor now markedly unhelpful

Genuinely, there is no worse part of the writing process for me than revising the first draft. (I always print my first drafts because it helps me see what's there rather than what I think should be there.)

And getting into writing novels has made it SO MUCH WORSE. This fucker is 258 pages, God help me.

Here’s an invaluable writing resource for you.

The only time I feel anything close to euphoria is when people are confused. I would like them to also be alarmed.

my gender is literally just a weird guy like i want people to look at me like "that might be a guy ?? probably ??? but something incredibly queer is definitely going on here"

Snippet from Book 2: Since his mom was out, Corey sent her a text saying that he was heading to Yulia's, then messaged Yulia to say he wasn't feeling well and was staying home that evening. With any luck, he'd be back before they found out he'd lied to both of them.