Courtney!!!!

Hello hello, I'm Courtney! I super love to read and I've been dipping my toes in the writing pool. What will transpire? #WritingCommunity #amreading

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

#WritingCommunity, I'm putting my feelers out for #beta/#sensitivity #readers, with a preference for people with Multiple Sclerosis (although anyone is welcome)

Pitch is below if you or know anyone interested!

Quick info: YA contemporary sports MS

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

Had some #bookhauls this week! There was room on my shelf for about four #books so why not get more than that eh

#readingcommunity
#readingworld
#Reading

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@author_VV

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

when you're reading a book, do you say how many chapters are left or how many pages are left?

i used to do chapters, but now im leaning towards pages (but still reference how many chapters are left...)

#readingcommunity
#Reading
#Books

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

i like numbers first and foremost. if they have titles attached, okay, but like gimme numbers

[James Heberger @Jameswriter371]

Do you use chapter numbers or titles??
I Have opinions.

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

research is going sloooooow for my next #WIP. it's a historical fiction and i want things accurate! but also, it's helping create the story. will be interesting to get #writing on it!

#WritingCommunity

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@SMStokesBooks hahah that's what it felt like sometimes. like asking me what i've published despite me telling them im not, then asking who my agent is even though i told them my MS is still in draft mode. oi

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

how the hell are you guys so freaking good at knowing what's AI/bots and what isn't?!?

god i feel like an idiot about this stuff lol

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@SMStokesBooks Hahah I got some people in my DMs and one of them asked me a question and I didn't answer, and then they replied to their own question with their own answer lol
Like whaaatt

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

there's a comicon happening next month in my city and the Hobbits will be here!

lol at the photo ops price tag for the four of them. yeeeeeesh. i'd have to go without paying some bills that month if i wanted it.

maybe if i win the lottery

[Ronan Beckman 📖✍️📚 @ronanbeckman]

I've just seen a post with a slew of replies from authors stating how much they hate first-person present tense. The perspective that I have written all my novels in. 😳😬

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

ughhhh i got back my MS from one of my betas and im cringing at looking at the notes

i know a lot of work still needs to get done so im dreading about she hates about it lol

#WritingCommunity - are you eager to hear back from betas? scared?

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@LetiziaWrites @andyweirauthor such a great book!

i want to get on that Hail Mary. movie's coming out next year!

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

what do you do with your #books once they're read and leave your shelves?

give away? donate?

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@WildRiverMoss lol i was about to say "hard parts over!" only to remember that every part of the writing process is hard

congrats on getting over the first draft hump!

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

rigging up some 1920s research for my next #WIP, and i forgot how good The Poisoner's Handbook by Deborah Blum is!
can't wait to add this material in! lol we'll see how much i use, but what a time to be alive!

#WritingCommunity

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

I have a MS off with betas and I'm finding it hard to start a new project.

What keeps you going #WritingCommunity ?

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@SMStokesBooks Whatever gets the books read!!

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

Working on clearing off my shelves, get through those unread books. Going not too shabbily! The 2nd pic, that shelf was overflowing before!

Read about 30 books so far for the year. Making room on the shelves.

Lol just to get more books...

Endless cycle 🙄

#amreading
#books

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

@DanaTheActress thanks for answering! (lol at 1996 being historical fiction 😂😭 haha)

hmmm this is good to know! maybe i'll rig something up with "making it up"...

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

#WritingCommunity, got a #writingq for you!

what's your #writing experience with historical fiction?

how much research do you do? is it a huge factor in bringing your story to life, or do you write and then sprinkle in the history?

WHAT DO YOU DO?!?! lol

[Courtney!!!! @ctotheourtney04]

lol

[Kat Bentley is ❤️ Querying a Romance ❤️ @KIbentlee]

Post a gif to describe how your feeling about your current state of writing.
This is me rn ⬇️