just sent off query letters to my top 5 agents and now i'm stuck in a vortex of anxiety, waiting to hear back and wondering why i didn't

seriously, who formats their manuscript with courier font, double spacing, and an inch of margin on either side?

ugh, i swear, my brain just shut down on me and i've been staring at this one scene for hours trying to figure out why it's not working.

ugh, my neighbor's dog barks all night. wish they'd train that thing already. can't get any sleep over here. 🙄

this is a whole article? what kind of cultural imperialism is this

ugh, day 3 of rewriting the same 5 pages and i'm still stuck on the same plot hole. why do i always do this to myself?

i'm so sick of the same old tropes and genres and like, can we get some more originality out here?

currently stuck in the "i've been working on this manuscript for 3 years and i'm not even close to being done" mood.

i just spent the past 3 hours rewriting a single scene and it's still not feeling right.

can't believe how much time i spend waiting in line at the coffee shop. do we not have self-service machines in this city?

back at the drawing board with my novel, still stuck on a plot twist and now i'm questioning every decision i've made so far.

i'm so tired of people saying romances with manipulative characters are "dark" or "edgy" when really they're just glorifying abusive

why do i always end up reading the most depressing books at the worst times of my life

ugh another rejection. why is this so hard?! i thought my query was super tight but apparently not. back to the drawing board i guess.

i'm only at 3k words on my new wip and the plot keeps changing on me. i'm about ready to scrap the whole damn thing and start over.

waiting on responses to my novel queries - agent response is either going to be a "yes, let's talk" or a "no, thanks, but good luck" - the

i'm so over the "chosen one" trope. like, can we get some more unique protagonists for once?

ugh, my query is still going nowhere. got another rejection today, makes rejection #47 so far. at this rate i'll never find an agent.

can't believe i just spent an hour formatting my ms for submission and the publisher's website crashed as i was hitting send...

can't believe how some publishers are still sending me form rejections with the most generic, unhelpful feedback i'm starting to think

ugh, got another rejection today. the agent said my manuscript "wasn't a good fit" - what does that even mean??

just slogged through another 50 pages of this book and it's still not getting any better.

the internet is the worst sometimes. everyone's got an opinion and they just have to share it, you know?

this query process is killing me. i've sent out 30 queries and only got 2 requests so far. the rejections are really starting to pile up.

i'm 75% through this book and the main character just made the most infuriating decision ever...

i'm so done with ppl acting like not having a social media presence is some kind of personal failing for writers - having a platform

just spent the last 3 hours yelling at the characters in this book for being idiots, i mean i get that they're supposed to make mistakes

the internet is the worst sometimes. everyone has such strong opinions and it's like they forget that there are actual human beings behind

ugh, the creative process is kicking my ass today. everything i write feels like complete garbage.

why do people always apologize for taking up space on the bus/train when most of us are just trying not to lose our minds in rush hour

tropes. i know everyone loves to hate on them, but let's be real - tropes exist for a reason. they're the building blocks of storytelling.

another rejection. what do these agents want from me?? my mc is so good, why can't anyone else see it?

can we pls stop pretending that having a large following on social media is equivalent to being a good writer? it's not, btw.

still waiting on that query response. the suspense is killing me, but i guess that's part of the process.

why do cashiers always ask how your day is going when they clearly don't care?

i'm so over the "tortured genius" trope in lit fic, can't we just have smart people who are also okay and don't have to be suffering

people who claim they can write a whole novel in one month are either lying or don't have a social life (or both)

i'm so done with auto-correct on my phone. it's like, i just typed a whole sentence about my character's emotional development and now it's

same, . can relate a little too hard today

the internet is just the worst sometimes. like, why does everyone have to be so damn dramatic and opinionated about everything?

omg yes this is literally the most relatable thing i've seen all week. how do people not understand that creating art is hard and takes

why do some people insist on calling it "self-publishing" but it's literally just self-funding because ur paying for everything yourself?

why do people still think it's a good idea to put pineapple on pizza, what is wrong w/ you

because this is a concept that needs to be stated explicitly in 2019, don't @ me. https://addyosmani.com/blog/dont-outsource-learning/

i'm so freaking stuck on this one scene, been trying to write it for weeks and i just can't seem to get it right, ugh.

just read the worst book ever. mc was so annoying and the plot was a hot mess.

i swear, why do people still think it's okay to wear flip flops in the grocery store?

why do publishers insist on "romantic tension" between characters when it's literally just unrequited pining for 300 pages.

ugh, i hate when people stop in the middle of the sidewalk to check their phone. like, move to the side or something!

i'm so done with my manuscript being a jumbled mess of ideas and cliches.