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Wishing you the very best of luck x

Hope it all goes well! I remember watching Kim's channel way back! Still follow her on Instagram!

That has happened to me a couple of times. I didn't lose any of my files.

I used Manuscript Academy for my query and first 10 pages critique, they have a lot of different agents which is great because you can choose someone who rep's your genre. Just know that you can never query any agent who gives you a paid critique, which I wish I had known beforehand. Good luck in the trenches, I'm out here swimming (sinking) too, lol!

Good luck Meredith. I started to watch your video the moment I opened RUclips this morning. Hope you get your deal soon.

I appreciate your honesty!!

How long did it take for you to finish your 2nd draft start to finish? I've finished first drafts of manuscripts and one story story did a few drafts but never completed from start to finish. What advise do you have to finish from start to finish? I'm starting a new story I am determined to see to the end then query this fall.

Dramatic music 🎶 😂❤

I love how the ads I get during your vids is to create an entirely AI-generated book of my topic of choosing 😅 oh, the irony, when the rest of us here are just smashing our keyboards, trying to get out what's in our brains.

I'm very active on IG with the commenting and liking peoples' posts, but I hate posting about myself. My life just isn't interesting! And even though I'm writing a couple books, I've posted two things about one of them and they barely got any likes (which really doesn't matter, but if I want to attempt to get readers, it'd be nice to get a little more traction). Plus, now being in education and working at an elementary school, I feel like I have that pressure too

I wish I could actually work in the morning. I can get myself physically out of bed and to my desk but my brain just will not function.

Congratulations! If I am invested enough I will be reading the info dump like "give me ALL the tea!" My cat's foster parents lived next to Disneyland so she is completely unbothered by fireworks.

Youve discovered the reason i work so early in the morning, no one else to bug me 😅 But yeah I hope you're able to get some time to work!

Glad you weathered the hurricane okay!

I sent you the preferred desktop picture you said you'd lost in the upgrade, but you're still using the one that came with the new OS. Have you decided to just get used to it?

121 hour video. Could you imagine how long that took to upload? 😮

Great video as always! The bunnies are so cute! Those little faces. That hurricane did some damage. To be without power that long. Yikes! How long were you out with power?

If there's a way to break up all the info dumping, such as breaks in convo for action such as getting up and... I don't know... Making sure a campfire doesn't go out... Something like that. It's not so bad, and can be really cool.

I'm a BIG FAN of the act 3 info dump so you've got my vote

I don't care for an info dump if it repeats a lot of the info the reader already knows, especially when it's a monologue. Real people don't talk like that, usually. But I definitely support a conversation where the "dumping character" is filling in the spaces of what the MC and/or reader don't know and they're doing it in a creative way, i.e. not just sitting in the library. Having the conversation during a scene of action/movement is more likely to keep me interested. And as soon as a paragraph covers 1/2+ of a page without breaks, my interest wanes....Congrats on finishing draft 2!

It o okay I am doing same thing in my story....

Congrats on finishing! I think a late-stage info dump can be okay when given in dialogue, as long as it is a proper conversation and not one person monologuing for ages without interruption. I'm glad you didn't get hit too hard by the hurricane.

Congrats on finishing the draft! I always come away really inspired after watching your videos.

Yay congrats on finishing draft 2!! Glad you got through the hurricane even with the branches and such. So glad hurricanes are minimal here!

I sort of like the model where subplots get introduced ABCD, then resolved DCBA, with a coming at the climax.

Ahh so jealous that you finished draft 2. Congratulations

Love these vlogs! 1. I like the late story info dump/ reveal, would be preferable if is a conversation with dynamic. 2. This story is book 2 of a group of regency romances correct? Do you have a series title you’ll be willing to share with us? I keep forgetting the first book you wrote at nano is being presented to publishers and this is book two of the “…”series 😅 love your dedication and tenacity to finish!

Hooray!! Congrats on finishing the second draft!! And HOLY MOLY adding 30,000 words to the story is crazy! So proud of you, friend!

Congratulations on finishing your draft! 🎉 I feel you on having a busy weekend. I took a two extra days, and wrote like a mad woman. I barely managed to finish my first draft in time (had a July 9th deadline). June was a mess so I was so very far behind schedule. I had to write like 23k words in 5 days. My brain is now mush.

I don't mind info dumps once I'm into the story. If it's interesting, it'll be fine. I love your quiet openings with coffee and the dawn coming through the window shades. It's a great start to the vlog. Congrats on the doneness of Draft 2. What's the next book? Are you planning to write it during NaNo?

That must be amazing to be done with draft 2. Glad you didn’t have too major damage with the storm. That must have been one big tree to fall over two yards.

CONGRATULATIONS ON DRAFT 2!! I'M HAPPY FOR YOU :)

Hey Meredith. Really enjoy your channel and following along with your most recent project! You mentioned in this vid you "sell to the feds". I'm wondering if you're a fellow Proposal Manager. (I feel like the RFP to romance novel pipeline is real LOL.)

I'm someone who almost never comments under a video (I know, the algorithm is real) but now I have to say it. I really appreciate and enjoy your sense of humor. It's like a breath of fresh air to my own sarcastic soul and is one of the many reasons I like your videos so much 😉💟

I appreciate a longer vlog. I just play on 1.25-1.75x speed (depends on the creator) and listen while I do chores. It's like catching up with a writer friend in the best way. (One where I don't have to talk about MY projects in return, LOL)

I am sure that it has been asked a million times but... What brand are the little cheap headphones you use?

To answer your alcohol question: a few months of reduced drinking wouldn't do much if anything to a heavy drinker's tolerance level. It would have to be a longer period to take effect or they'd have to completely quit since the more you drink, the higher your tolerance. Not having a drop for 2-3 months would definitely be enough to lower someone's tolerance but there are other factors at play such as: the alcoholic content of the drink, how much food someone has in their stomach to soak it up, how fast they drink it and even their genetics. Also, some alcohols sit differently with different people. I don't know what you need narratively but there are lots of things to play with to get what you want. I don't write or even read in your genre but your vlogs are very cozy and relaxing, so thank you. Sending love to all your fur babies.

I was about to comment that the word for 'chips' you're looking for might be 'fish' but it seems that you found it in your research. I just learned that term today as I started my reread of Pride and Prejudice for Jane Austen July. Can't answer your alcohol question as I don't drink either. 😁

Hope your long weekend is going well, I actually slept 😮 so I feel like I'm running out of time! 😅

How many chapters are for the four act story structure?

OK, kid--here's your original desert pic. Just copy the link, save the image, and make it your desktop pic. You're welcome. Don't say I never did anything for you. wallpapercave.com/wp/wp3736909.jpg

I love your videos so much. You always inspire me to write, even when I'm in full on procrastination mode.

Love a long weekend!

Just found your channel and I am enjoying it :-) I write nonfiction am in the midst of one right now and I'm at 100,000 words so editing coming up soon. I really like the mechanism that holds up your computer monitor and I'm wondering if you could link to it. I didn't see in the links that you included, but I did Link to and I'm buying the touch desk lamp.

Have you ever tried to ask "weird" questions (like the champagne question) on Reddit?? I was surprised at the WEALTH of info on there, from folks who are very well versed in all kinds of history, about decidedly ARCANE subjects. I was able to ask a question about how the stairs were constructed in ancient Roman apartments, and I got serious, good-sounding replies that were helpful. Just a thought.

Great job on all your progress last week! I relate to the pet care side of your content so hard. I have 2 dogs and 4 cats, and 2 of said kitties are special needs. The most relatable lines in this video, "Oh, wait! What was that noise?" and "Go to sleep!" 😆

Do you like Happy Planners?

Bunnieeees! ^^

Scrivener tip! Highly recommend using the Snapshot function to save an earlier version of a scene or chapter. Apparently the shortcut on Mac is command-5 but I normally just use the little camera icon in the inspector tab where you can add notes. You can also compare versions, restore etc, it’s fantastic!

Those are some cute bunnies!