🎄✨shop high quality, affordable jewellery from Ana Luisa for you and your loved ones - discounts up to 35% off, now until dec 20: https://shop.analuisa.com/ih-krismf // in this vlog, i wrapped the third draft of my sci-fi book LOCAL HEAVENS (my adult cyberpunk novel going on submission in the new year), give an update on how I've been feeling about the Writing Diaries series after two years of vlogging + share the revision lessons I learned from draft three.
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🪐 watch the entire LOCAL HEAVENS playlist to follow the full writing journey of this book:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ0458nY6eZ-kuN9w7Wvytya8HocZjjOV
0:00 intro and revision recap
2:01 romance woes (again), writing a male mc, 3am update
5:17 a gift!! + tbr update, chaotic revision process
7:20 reflecting on why agents rejected this book
8:56 signing with an editorial agent
10:18 act one DONE
11:09 the midpoint of the book
12:27 reading kelley's beta reader feedback AHHH
14:54 wrapping revision + a mini crisis about my writing vlogs
16:46 documenting struggle
18:32 lessons learned from this revision round
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/ about /
i'm kris (she/her), a speculative fiction writer documenting my writing process, ongoing projects and chatting about craft ☀️
/ published work /
SWAY WITH ME UNTIL WE BLEED (sci-fi, cyberpunk):
https://www.augurmag.com/sway-with-me-until-we-bleed/
/ where to find me /
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🎧 music:
Dakkuma - Other day - https://thmatc.co/?l=1F8E7593
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