cally.bsky.social
Author of Contemporary Southern Gothic Fantasy
At least, that's what my book club telIs me I write.
Pretty sure that's not a real genre, but it sounds good to me!
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Because if it doesn't work for agents, it won't work for readers, either!
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I have heard AuthorTubers (including ones who are or were agents) say yes, count your prologue as the first chapter and then send Ch. 1 & 2. If you're afraid your prologue will turn agents off, or their interest won't be grabbed by end of Ch. 2, then you should permanently get rid of the prologue.
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I'm all for responsible gun ownership, so I don't fit into either camp, neither the ones who scream "get rid of 'em all!" nor the ones who say it's "unconstitutional!" to not allow psychopathic felons, blind little old ladies, and toddlers to run in the streets with assault rifles if they want to.
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Conservatives who think liberals don't have any guns just astound me. 🙄 But it's probably just as well that they believe we're all unarmed.
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My cat begs to differ. She says all creatures are equal, except for cats, which are far above all other creatures in the galaxy, and that she is far above all other cats, as well.
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You know what's even more dangerous than he is? All the millions of people who voted for him. Especially now that they know they can commit any crime they want to, scream "But I did it to save my country!" and be pardoned by their fuhrer.
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Hey, deluded seniors are already sending their life's savings to phishers and scam telemarketers. Never did need AI to do those jobs!
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If I wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse I'd send every CEO and every politician above the level of county commissioner to work in the mines on Mars. Talk about "the parasite class!"
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I actually kind of love editing, but, I'm a nerd. 😜
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I wouldn't say I've READ one. A few times, I've cracked one open, read the first couple of pages, and then put it in the "to donate" pile.
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Follow me for more cheerful, optimistic affirmations! 😝
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Bezos spoke about this years ago. How we would have "Trillions of humans!" The light in his eye when he said that was creepy! And how Earth would be a resort for the rich. But terraforming? No, the exoplanets will be turned into mines, and if we slaves complain, they'll just turn off the oxygen.
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Wait, what? SCOTUS isn't going to save us. Over half of SCOTUS is in his pocket. He doesn't have to defy them: they'll do whatever he tells them to do. No, what we need is a miracle, and I'm not holding my breath about that, either.
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True, but with the amount of orange-ass-kissing all our senators and congreswonks have been doing lately, I'll be surprised if governors and military officers have the nads to stand up to his whims, either. Whatever's going on up there in those ranks is so profoundly evil, it defies explanation.
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Oh, hey, I just found out we've been pronouncing "DOGE" wrong all along. Turns out, it's actually pronounced "doosh" - spread the word!
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Um. Don't blockade anything. That is illegal. Don't do anything to give the big orange douchebag the excuse it's looking for to declare martial law.
All the other stuff, though, yeah, keep doing that.
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...I mean, unless you literally are blocking a line of tanks because martial law has already been declared!
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Just remember: actually blocking a road during a protest is illegal, and will give Certain Idiots just the excuse they need to declare martial law. So maybe don't do it, unless you want to give Certain Idiots even more power.
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So glad they scrawled them on a slip - I was totally expecting you to say "scrawled in the margins"! 😂
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I remember when that was the ONLY way to approach publishers! And some of those "returned manuscripts" were too damaged to use again. Agents" were only for actors. And instead of QueryManager, we had The Writers Market, a four-inch-thick hardbound book you had to buy an updated copy of ever year.
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Glad you found something that works for you - sounds like a great combination!
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True! But our autocrats were elected by popular vote because humans are, by and large, morons. I swear, humans actually CRAVE kings and queens, even though they go around saying they don't. That's why they worship celebrities. Ugh. It's like watching a cat keep slamming its head into a window!
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people has turned out to be government of the asylum, by the inmates, for ...oh, look, a hallucination!
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Sadly, it appears to have turned out that way.
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I always thought Democracy was such a great thing! Now I realize it's really just a way of letting the inmates run the asylum.
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#1 should include "and stop plastering his face all over Social Media!" Narcissists feed on notoriety, whether it's positive or negative. Also seeing that face everywhere I look is making me physically ill. (Still working on #6, myself, though.)
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Now THAT is hitting them where it hurts! 😜
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That's just the thing. The answer seems to be that nothing works. Certainly nothing has, so far, despite all our Positivespeak to the contrary. All I can see that we can do is love our loved ones while we can, and help others while we can, until the lights go out.
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The fact that nobody has ever bothered to try to find out what's REALLY in Ivanka's coffin is proof to me that neither party is actually on our side.
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"Do Something" is kind of like "pray for god's mercy." Equally useless.
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Any organization formed and managed and peopled by humans will have the rot set in five minutes after it has been created. Because humans.
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I like to call him Elonia (or Elania) because he is Trump's new favorite wife.
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But that would be cruel to the bees!
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But how would we know what the word "crepuscular" even means if it hadn't been for Stephen R. Donaldson? 😆 (Personally, I make it a point to slip the word "pareidolia" once into every book I write!)
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She arrived here as a product of human trafficking. She has no choice but to do what Bratva tells her to do, for the rest of her life. Previously, they had her parents in the crosshairs (which is how they usually control their human trafficking victims.) Now, they have her son in the crosshairs.
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TBW: 3 (if WIPs count. Otherwise: just one)
TBE: Nope nope nope. I've learned my lesson. If I start editing before I finish drafting, I will never finish writing the story. Never making that mistake again!
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The thought just suddenly struck me: "I wonder how he turned out as an adult?" So I did a Google search for him... and found his obituary!
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Hope can go and love itself. I've learned that I can keep on working to make this world a better place for all, completely without it. Defiance and rage work just fine in its place.
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I was thinking the coward using a human being for a shield didn't deserve to be finished!
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I once wrote a villain based on someone who had tormented me all through school, and made him die horribly in the end. Then, just before I published, I found out he HAD recently died. His family had never done anything to hurt me, so I re-wrote the whole book for their sakes.
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I'm just wondering about the man hiding behind him, that the artist never finished tiling in. Not that I am drawing ANY metaphors here, nope, not me.
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And not very "writing community" -ish!
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...but the fact is, they have apps for that now. As soon as you unfollow someone, it automatically unfollows you back. So maybe don't listen to "Marketing Experts" so much anymore, eh? It's not as great a tactic as it seems.
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I can't wait 'til he invades Canada - because Canada will kick US butt, and then we'll ALL get to be Canadians!
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Make more! I want one!