Danielle Polara

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Thoughts on the ProWritingAid Novel Beginnings contest?

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@205Lianne It is wild to hold it in my hands! It’s real!

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@205Lianne I am so thrilled for you!

[Lianne, author of Messiah Project-now available! @205Lianne]

Hi friends! I have been conspicuously absent around here for quite a while. (Editing two books for publication will do that.) I’m thrilled to announce that my debut novel has been released! Messiah Project is now available on Amazon. https://t.co/QAPz1cWwBm

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@205Lianne Yay! Congrats!

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See now I have to publish so someone can read my book to Taylor!

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Updating my general query letter details and, wow, it just hit me that I cut 15,000 words (from my manuscript, not my query letter).

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I’ve been MIA here for quite awhile. What have I missed writer twitter?

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My writing updates:

I finished my rewrite of She Saw Him First to drastically reduce a side POV’s chapters and start the story closer to the action. Some spice and many little darlings were sacrificed in the process.

A query I CNRd in November was eventually rejected in March.

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@205Lianne Congratulations! So excited for you. I haven’t been on in a while so I’m sorry for the delay.

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I made a 🦋 account

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@BernaEWriter Cuz you’re gonna see my heartbreaking!

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@AnthonyLaFauci It’s the worst!

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CNRd my last 3 open queries for She Saw Him First. I’ve been working on a rewrite to improve pacing, but I’m stuck on whether to completely cutout a side character’s POV or to keep two or three scenes where the main characters aren’t present. All this to say: no questpit today.

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How old are you?

I’m throw my back out brushing pet hair off the back of my long sweater old.

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I neither wrote nor cut any words today. But I did the dishes and made dinner!

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@DelandJessica I went with a scratch off lottery ticket for my first 5, it was a bust.

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5 days from CNRing my last three open queries when they hit 120 days!

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It’s annoying how much better my book seems after removing 10000 words.