Last year I self published my debut novel. Right now I am querying novel 2 whilst finishing the first draft of novel 3 and gently plotting novel 4. Ugh Iโm tired
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Last year I self published my debut novel. Right now I am querying novel 2 whilst finishing the first draft of novel 3 and gently plotting novel 4. Ugh Iโm tired
04.02.2026 22:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Over on my tiktok Iโm doing a month long challenge called Finish some Fiction in Feb. Day 1 is up and live. 28 daily bitesize tips to help you create, write, FINISH and edit a short story.
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Why would any show (looking at you Loot) create an in-show advert with a website and NOT get the website?
For my novel I created a whole tiktok account just to tie in
2 agent noes came through today. Along with 2 deadlines hit, with silence.
Along with my other No, that leaves 6 agents left to hear from.
Will my duel timeline, queer crime mystery find an agent in this batch?
God I cannot put myself through self publishing again
Haha. He must have. Some of those leaps took weeks. Maybe between leaps, he got to sleep in the ether
16.10.2025 09:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Everything being pistachio flavour really is the last fucking straw to this timeline tbh
05.10.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0โTikTok is just stupid videos that will rot your brainโ
Oh really? Well maybe after reading about the state of the world, and everyoneโs opinion on it, on Twitter and Bluesky every day, maybe I need stupid videos to soothe my anxiety! Ever thought of that you daft twunt?
Why anyone looks up to any celeb at this point is beyond me. You just donโt know when theyโre gonna fail you. This is why I donโt do parasocial
13.09.2025 19:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0When I watched it I immediately thought of you.
13.09.2025 15:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Did you like the Spirk scene?
13.09.2025 14:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@ryanthomasriddle.com did you see the SNW finale?
13.09.2025 14:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I think The Paper is ok but the reality of the camera crew does not hold up at all. Why do they have multiple shots but are not in the background of any shot? Itโs โreal lifeโ theyโre not doing the scene twice. Where were they in the car scene? Nothing makes sense
13.09.2025 12:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My issue with shows that are fake documentaries, is they have multiple camera positions but clearly only 1 single camera for the in-show crew. We never see the other camera and if it is only 1 camera, why are they doing multiple takes when itโs real life?
This canโt just be me?
Ok. Thatโs my first wave of 11 agents submitted to.
All agents Iโd love to sign with including one in particularly who I may have gushed too much to in my query letter. Ooops.
I will never understand dog (and cat) owners who lose their aged pet and get a new dog or cat within weeks.
03.09.2025 14:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Awww. Iโve not seen Leonard for years. Literally years when he was always on twittter.
03.09.2025 14:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Okay, wish me luck! Here I go again. Back in the agent query trenches.
I forgot how long this takes. Every single agent wants a different file format, file title, different things for the query letter. And if you donโt get these little things right, theyโre not even gonna read my chapters.
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31.08.2025 14:23 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Another excellent Strange New Worlds. Particularly laugh out loud this week. I fall in love with show more and more every episode
28.08.2025 19:51 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Pride night 1 DONE!
Now to rest before the bigger night 2 happens.
Writing a pitch for a novel is not the easiest thing, but needs must and itโs almost query time.
Iโm actually pretty happy with it, and it wasnโt as hard as last time.
Oooh I canโt wait now. Because I think thereโs been loads of amazing episodes so if youโre all saying this is particularly good, thenโฆ
17.08.2025 19:40 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0So Iโm off to a space rave tomorrow and I needed to make an old pair of shoes fit the theme
15.08.2025 22:42 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Just got to the ep where enterprise gets sent back in time and they tell the current crew. They really did make it even more nohomo with pairing everyone up to opposite genders.
14.08.2025 18:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@ryanthomasriddle.com tell me these two finally get together or at least shag it out of their system?!
Haha I know the answer is NOHOMO but you thought it too, right? Not just me ๐
To soothe my soul, and perhaps my adhd, I have ordered a large amount of American and Mexican sodas to enjoy this week, including Mexican Coke, real sugar Dr Pepper, orange cream Coke and Barqโs cream soda and red too (amongst many others)
11.08.2025 18:36 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If Beto doesnโt name his documentary โStar Trekโ in SNW I will be disappointed ๐
07.08.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A few things I treated myself to, today.
02.08.2025 18:37 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I bloody love Strange New Worlds. The core of every single tv show ever made, is that it should be entertaining. And SNW does not fail to entertain. Every week. I hope they manage to sneak in another musical episode before the series finale.
31.07.2025 20:10 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0