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Tapas got bought out by someone??
And you should! It’s never fun to write something just because it might get popular and hit the right subjects! I’ve gotten comments before mentioning their dislike of age gaps and that’s almost exclusively what I write so I just encourage them to find an author who better fits what they’re looking …
A lot of luck mostly and a good story! I just followed the general advice of posting daily to be in the fresh section and responded to all comments. I was also active in the forums but while my first readers may have come from here, most discovered my novel on the site itself. My novel also had s…
When I first joined I didn’t really have a goal but then after the first two weeks I had a big jump in subscribers and set a goal for 250 in my first month. I think my next goal was 400, but I don’t remember for sure Now for my new work I again don’t really have a goal in mind. I’m just enjoying s…
Ah, I guess I’ll check out the discord then. I tried getting into discord last year but wasn’t a big fan. That is cool about the community page!!
Hello all! I’ve been gone for like a year though it feels much longer! Has there been any changes or new updates I’ve missed? I really like the new dashboard page!
I used Canva for my book covers. I have horrible art skills lol so I used royalty free images and put the title over it and they've held up pretty well 
It's not too often I've seen criticism's given when they haven't been specifically requested here on the forums. You're a newer author, don't…
I gasped at the Legends trailer!! It looks so good!
Yep! This is why some 'overused tropes' are so overused - because people love them! I've mentioned it before I fell hard into a 'fake dating' reading binge. I'm not kidding when I say I read through PAGES of AO3's faking dating stories and it did not get old. And so many of them were in the same f…
Also as a former neopets lover, a big part of me wants to upload to neovel just because of the website name lmao
Pretty cool compilation! Thanks! There's a lot on here I haven't heard of
Haha I think the response on Tapas spoiled me for anything else! I'm doing all right on Inkitt too, but Tapas had been my best place to post so far
Kind of the vibe I was getting as well. Plus the forums there are basically dead. I'm going to do a month trial and see how it goes, but yeah my hopes aren't too high
Has anyone posted on Inkspired? (https://getinkspired.com/en/) I just found out about and decided to go ahead and start crossposting there too, but I thought I'd see if anyone here has any experience with the site?
This The people on this site are our peers, not our competition
I was wondering if it was something like this too. My husband gets a goofy grin anytime I say he's beautiful or say his eyes are a gorgeous color or anything like that and it's never crossed my mind that those compliments are just 'for women'
It's like you already said - there is no 100% original idea. I'm currently messing around with a novel where a man moves to a new town, buys a small coffeeshop, and falls in love with a slightly eccentric professor.... oh and the man can see ghosts. There are countless stories of people who can se…
This! Someone had briefly joined Tapas and asked for works to review for a tapas review they were wanting to do on the site so I went ahead and linked my work. This person 'reviewed' my work by saying they didn't like where it was going to go and they wouldn't keep reading it because of that....…
In terms or creating, I usually prefer for things to have been normalized, but I don't always stick to that. It depends on what my setting is. A fantasy novel, yeah for sure. If there can be werewolves then there can be a world that has zero cares about each other's sexuality. Set in USA in the 1950…
I'll start with the pay part - I wouldn't pay anything for a review. I would provide a free copy in exchange for a review, but to actually pay wouldn't feel right to me. Though since this is just Tapas and it's already available for free then I definitely wouldn't be paying anything. When I self-pub…
Ok I just wanted to offer! Good luck!
Let me know when/if you decide to go through and do some edits and I’ll skim through the second chapter as well to see if anything pops out
First thing I notice, before even clicking on the link is that you have a typo in your summary! It should be 'Whether.' I also feel like your summary should be fleshed out a little more? Based on that alone, I'm not likely to click on the story because the title doesn't explain much, the cover doesn…
If I'm stuck with original works, then sometimes I'll go back and write a fanfiction one shot. It's a fun and easy writing exercise where my characters and settings are already in place, I just get to make them do what I want and usually my one shot turns into a minimum of 20k words angsty drama fes…
With most things, unless it's otherwise stated, I wouldn't start to wonder about a response until 2 full weeks have passed by. At that point I would sent a polite follow up just to make sure they received the first email or if I needed to resend it. Then I expect to wait at least the same two weeks …
My editing is split into rounds. My rough draft is just to get the story out. I don't bother editing it until the entire story is done. I might make a note of something I want to change, but nothing gets changed in the draft until I have it complete. Second drat I make the changes I want to make a…
When my husband was working as an Emt, if he had any overnight 12s or any 24 shifts, I would usually spend the entire time writing with breaks for the dogs to go outside and to eat. I can not sleep alone anymore and it was especially bad in the place we were living at that time so I would just stay …
I’ve been sharing my completed novel there with daily uploads. At first it took a bit to gain views but now I’m sitting at a decent view count (I would call it decent at least lol) and have about 7 reviews I think. I figured since my novel was finished, might as well cross post it. I actually cop…
Not an artist, but I know skillshare has a lot of classes to help with illustration. Jazza on YouTube has a referral link fairly often so you can get a free trial to some of them
Mine is completed and a slow burn ️