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so after getting over my wattpad promo stress I decided to do the one thing I am there to do. I decided to write and I accomplished a whole chapter, edited, and posted! (click here to check out Chapter 8 - Good Morning). I feel better now. I think I need to cool it from the promo stuff for awhile and let the word get out via others for now. It will give me times to refocus, and be on my way to finish this story. I am not even half way done yet, but I am excited for the possibilities.

Ended up confessing to my mom earlier today about my writing and divulged my whole story in an embarrassingly passionate manner (silly me) and she was...surprisingly impressed. Go figure. She even said she was proud of me. --Is that all it took mom? Ha. Regardless, she thinks I have an amazing idea on my hands. Now if I can just transfer those brain waves to paper...uhh, I mean Microsoft word.

Update on manuscript:
Page Count: 106
Word Count: 21,993

Not bad.

Its 1:33AM I should be dreaming.

Now Good night, I leave you with the wonderful words of my (secret) (ok, maybe not so secret) (predictable) idol Jane Austen:

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”

—	Jane Austen, in a letter to her sister, Cassandra

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sometimes posting on Wattpad and blows. I mean, I love it when i get honest (adult) readers but most of the time I think they run a little young. Its tough getting/gaining an audience. I want more reads and more feedback so I can become a better writer. When you read people's stories and comment its hard to have them return the favor. Sometimes that "dog-eat-dog-world" mentality is even relevant in the online writing world. Everyone wants their stuff read; everyone wants to be noticed. I know I am not alone in that one. I just want consistency, thats all. haha.

ALSO...My first chapter is 7 pages, and the readers think that its too long. Don't we read real books anymore? To be honest, in the finished product the first chapter will be a combination of the first two that are posted on wattpad. Its weird to have a fear of editing your first chapter by breaking up paragraphs because you are worried it will add page length. Woe is the life of a wattpad writer. ugh.

Ok, I am done ranting.

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