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1 like • Dec '25
First christmas full time writing, I've been consistent with getting something done each day. Normally a small chapter for a short story, or some other nonsense. So far, more writing!
Dec '25 •
What are people writing at the moment?
Sorry if not allowed to start a discussion, but as we approach Christmas, wondered what people write over the holidays?
1 like • Dec '25
@Michael Edgerly sounds great! be cool to read some
1 like • Dec '25
@Jonathan Mark Bayliss good luck! I read a good post on substack that said personalised can actually end up sometimes looking uniform to agents as everyone grabs the 'this is what Im looking for X and Y' from their list / site. I've had similar success and responses using an uniform one. Interested in how you get on!
Dec '25 •
First para (although I suppose I have two but one's a preface)
My sister and I are the only two surviving children of nine. (I think it was nine. It may have been one or two more. Or less.) Some of us died shortly after birth. Some lingered a little longer only to be felled by some ague or fever. One (the first Jack who lived before I was born) fell into the Thames from the attic window. Only Beth and I had lasted to an age where adulthood looked likely. I’d been apprenticed to my father. I was destined to become a master printer and inherit his shop on London Bridge. Beth remained unmarried.
1 like • Dec '25
This is great. Would read more. My only thing was the brackets. Could you just say, 'My sister and I are the only two surviving children of eight or nine, I've lost count.' Very cool though!
Dec '25 •
Do you work on multiple pieces at once?
I avoid it for the most part, although not for any strategic reason... Although I'm tempted on occasion. I would love to know the stance of others here, their reasons and (for those that work on multiple pieces) experiences.
1 like • Dec '25
Hi James - I've been writing full time for about a year, so this has been a big question for me as I figure out what works and what doesn't. When I'm writing a longer form project, I find I can't write anything else. So if I write that day (and I try to write every day when doing a book) then it will be about 2k words on that. I can't do short stories or anything else if in the middle of a proper draft. That said, I've found I can do some editing and revision of other books. The biggest issue I've found is that if I've got Book A in third person voice, then editing Book B that's first person in the same day causes me a big headache, takes a while to get my head back into shape. Right now, I'm letting a new book cool before revising, so I'm just attacking random short stories each day when I write. Hope that helps - what about you?
Dec '25 •
One Sentence Summaries
One of the hardest tasks, I know. Leave a one sentence summary of one of your pieces here for constructive feedback. And contribute your own assessments of the work of others.
1 like • Dec '25
@Issy McCann Yep agree. Slightly re-worked. Will keep on with it. When a cure for IBS mutates into a zombie apocalypse, sheltered Tom Nowak must fight through the terror he helped unleash and start living, even if it kills him.
0 likes • Dec '25
@Juno Baker Hey Juno! Thanks, I wrote it at a time that IBS was absolutely ruining my life! So he's a stay at home man-child who barely ever leaves his house/bubble, so thats the thought behind it being there. Do you think it should go?
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@louis-urbanowski-4252
I write fiction novels and short stories!
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Joined Dec 12, 2025
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