Does this ever happen to you? It happens to me at least once a week... Today I'm editing a chapter with this passage in it... **** As a kid, my grandfather never asked about academics or talent. Work ethic was his measure of success. My father shared those values, and with each birthday, he found a new way to measure them. “Okay, Marty, you’re ten now,” he said on my birthday. “If you want a toy, you go buy it. Okay?” For 10-year-old me, that was a bummer. Now, I credit my ability to suffer in silence to those Gnoble men—your grandfather and great-grandfather. Truth is, I’ve always enjoyed a hard day’s work. **** This is fiction, but also inspired by my own experience. I wrote this over a year ago and happen to be editing it today. Then today, I looked at my Facebook memories and saw a post I made 13 years ago, the day after my grandfather passed away. [see attached] Crazy right? This happens to me once a week. Like the exact thing I'm working on (no matter when I wrote it) comes up quite specifically. Just wondering if this happens to anyone in your writing? Is it because our work is so all-encompassing? Either way, it's so fun!

Hello fellow authors, creatives, and support network. I recently made the very bold (and scary) decision to spend the time and resources on a deep, line by line edit of my manuscript. My goal is to unpublish from Amazon as an exclusive title and re-launch on IngramSpark for greater visibility, reach and distribution options. It will go back up on Amazon as well, just not as an exclusive. With all that being said, I also commissioned a new cover from an artist on Fiverr. They were wonderful. The process was smooth and seamless. And the artist delivered more quickly than the deadline. What I'm asking of you all is to help me narrow it down to one or two options from five. I already weeded out 18-19 other options they sent that just don't vibe with my story. I'm adding a poll so everyone who wants to can vote for their favorite. I'm also going to add the blurb so you all can get a feel for the story to aid in your choosing. 3,757 years of peace are ending. A Bandit King rises on stolen lands, an Empress is murdered, and the Scales of Amat’ Aga begin to tip. In the Empire of Glythuss, the Raven Princess survives a shattered soul—left broken by a loss she cannot escape. As whispers of rebellion spread across Lodronus, distant lives are drawn together: The Consort of Glythuss must answer to a King… or the Deities.A Royal Guard seeks redemption in the wake of tragedy.An advisor without a homeland struggles to find purpose in a quickly changing world.And a forgotten boy, raised through cruelty and neglect, must choose who he will become. The fate of Lodronus hangs upon the Scales. Something ancient is moving in the shadows. And Chaos is waking.

As founding members, I'd love to get your ideas on how to best approach critique. Exposure Therapy is my cheeky name for it, but it's sort of accurate too. It's a place to put a vulnerability out there. Let me know in the comments if you have any ideas on how best to approach it. Here's my current vision... One thing I want to avoid is the barrage of passages that get ignored because there are so many spamming the feed. I want critique to be a bit more focused and clean so no one feels they're being ignored, if that makes sense? On the other end, if someone keeps getting feedback over three weeks, that's not helpful either because most likely they've already addressed the changes they want to make. I also want to open it up to not just chapter critiques, but concepts, pitch lines, full outlines, marketing/covers, and the parts we really need focused, human help with. What I imagine is that each week – or biweekly – there are one or two new submissions for critique, and then when the time expires, I will remove the those posts and add the new ones in the Critique tab. Down the line, I imagine live critique sessions where, as a group, we present something, others can give their immediate feedback, and it becomes a useful discussion. I imagine this could be super helpful for fleshing out ideas or even full book concepts. Whattaya think? Let me know in the comments!

Hey all, let's give a warm welcome to some of our newest members: @M.c. Terriche , @Rae Merritt @Amy Ruley , and @Courtney Schawl . New members, tell us a bit about yourselves and how the Writer Therapy community can serve you as a writer! (everyone else tell us too!) Welcome!

@Timothy Colomba thank you for creating space where we can write. I got 525 words written that would not have been written tonight if I wasn't trying to make it to this live. This is my personal challenge to the other writers out there to join when you can - I was late but decided 30ish minutes was better than no minutes!