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The words I needed to hear! Thank you so damn much! 😊

I just stumbled across your channel and I am so excited for this novel! Cant wait for this ! I'm also a writer and (hopefully) will be self-publishing my debut at the end of this year! It's weird fiction, so a lot of fantasy and science fiction elements! :D

Wishing you all the best, Kris! May you have a wonderful debut year.

I'm genuinely so excited to get my hands on this book. As soon as pre-orders are up, it'll be in my cart! And I'll prob devour it the first day I get it, I'm sure.

1925 interesting! I wonder if that’s why your book is getting out there a bit quicker than others. Very cool! Looking forward to reading it 👍

Cyberpunk writer to cyberpunk writer. Im super glad youre getting published

Thanks so much, I always feel like writing when I watch your vids

thanks for letting us in on your thoughts emotions and plans <3 Congrats on this big change / debut

for half this short I thought Gatsby was Ripley

Get it!

...I'm in.

Your journey with writing to now publishing Local Heavens is such an inspiration to me because I'm currently writing a pretty weird sci-fi story that I felt like might not be marketable but seeing stories like yours pushes me to keep writing it cause there's a chance it might get picked up regardless! ❤

First!

One of my favourite parts of both reading and writing is subtext, which is something a bot just can't replicate.

I’m writing a duology. I hope that’s not going to be a concern for agents but see how it could be. I’m not a boy love kind of girl but I can’t wait to read your writing style and cyberpunk elements. I think you’ve said it will be soft sci-fi I’m guessing less than cyberpunk 2077 or Detroit becomes human games have but the things you’ve shared I’m excited to read.

I love the b roll with Rachel and Celine! So sweet! 🥹 I will definitely be preordering LH! I’m excited to hear about your process with TFH, too! I’d love to know more! Congratulations on your published short fiction story! I emailed it to myself so I can read it! 🥰 Clemmie is too precious. I love her! 😻 I was so excited to ask authors for blurbs (I’m traditionally published in an anthology). Kind of nerve-wracking, but also kind of fun. I was given a template, too, so maybe that made it easier.

My solution: Remember the specific lines in Tagalog my parents yelled at me growing up. Then check spelling online, keep it simple. If you have access to watching TFC, listening to dialogue (as melodramatic as the programming can be) is really helpful. Thanks for sharing your journey with us! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

i love seeing this process for local heavens and tfh and it's so exciting that this is your debut year! 🎉 i love how transparent you are about your debut journey, but oh my god i never thought about author blurbs and that seems so stressful!! lol

Thanks for being such an inspiration!

Honestly it’s so inspiring seeing you tackle this part of your journey. Can’t wait to read and support your debut 🎉🎉

hello kris, i would like to ask for your opinion on this. hope you'll reply 🫶🏼 my horror novel is written in third person limited - present tense. i plan on having several flashbacks for this book as it does deal with past trauma and grief. So for these particular chapters, I plan on using past tense. would this be too much/jarring for the readers? do i just stay consistent with present tense even with the flashbacks? or can i use past tense? thank you in advance ✨️✨️✨️✨️

If I ever get to sell a book I know I'd feel very similar to you, if not more anxious 😭 when people say "get a support system!" during querying and beyond they *really* mean it. And the blurb part- I would explode I think

I had no idea authors have to personally ask other authors for blurbs. The moment you said you had to draft emails internally I was like, “I’d rather die,” then you said how mortifying it is and I felt so seen lol

In case I haven't said so before, I'm proud of you and can hardly wait for Local Heavens. Having worked in theatre, I can make an educated prediction that your public presence will always be a tough balancing act. It's bound to take an inconvenient amount of time away from the work. The OCD part of me praises you for fact-checking the 2075 details. Suspension of disbelief is aided time and time again by specificity. Tis true that the lack of a cover (or in the case of films, a poster or trailer) makes people nervous on both sides. The publisher/distributor can sometimes get cold feet on their marketing strategy, and the readers/viewers who already anticipate your work will sometimes wig out on the potential of constant delays in the release. Wishing you the best of luck on Floating House. Until you reveal more context (which I advise you not to do yet for the sake of your privacy), my instinctual advice is that trying to make it work as a standalone is the best bet even if you end up with two books' worth of material.

Your journey has been so aspiring, and the fact that your novel is releasing within this year is honestly incredible! Can't wait for the day i get to finally read Local Heavens!!❤

Kris posts and I watch, that's just how it is.🤷‍♀

I intend this to be cheeky and not rude at all so please don't take it that way but I had to smile at your description of your novel being a queer reimagining of The Great Gatsby when TGG is like... Just so queer. And so queer baiting too! But to me at least - so queer haha. Subscribed and can't wait to read it! Love from NZ.

I love how you keep the original audio of the clips of you exploring diff places! makes it feel so soothing ✨✨

Hey weird question but do u and lynn kinda time ur videos to release together? I know ur good friends and u released videos hrs appart and im pretty sure this is the second time (i look forward to both of ur content so i take note lol). Anyway quite sweet if u do, just got curious lol

Oh, the bilingual thing! It's so much harder than a lot of people realize. Sometimes, I even have a hard time translating certain things to Spanish from English, even though Spanish is my first language. Not to mention that it's really easy to tell when an author never checked with a native speaker. I'm so excited for Local Heavens! It's been really cool to follow your journey so far, even if I haven't been here long. Your videos are so inspiring. Also, Clemmy is adorable ♥

it's always so lovely to see these pieces of your life + I appreciate how much you share about the publishing process!! blurbs are also something i had never thought about but they absolutely sound like a nightmare, like how do you not feel like you're being a bother??? 🥲 but on the flipside, if i were an established author i'd definitely feel honored to have someone reach out for a blurb!! congrats again on your new short fic publication <3

Omg I remember we did side quests all the time before 😭😭😭 also you are stunning in all of these shots 🥹 It’s so satisfying to watch all your LH writing vlogs from beginning to NEAR PUBLICATION !!! I’m so proud of you ❤

Your videos always inspire me to finally edit my novel and actually try and DO something with it. It's just been sitting for years. Thank you so much!

As an aspiring author about a couple years behind you in this whole process, I LOVE watching your videos. Excuse me while I go work on my draft... <3

You are so inspiring...I cannot express enough how much your videos have helped me open my computer and write. Thank you for sharing your journey and I cannot wait to read your debut

“they were sat” is definitely a british grammar thing, i always notice it in writing haha. also we would spell “vigor” without the u. great video!! i’ve really been enjoying watching your writing videos, it’s inspiring me to work on my own book. looking forward to reading when it’s published!!🥳

Another video said that, those who use AI to write lack the skills to actually see what's wrong/weak with what theyve written. They cant see trash as trash, cause they cant write.

Brazil🇧🇷

AI is a tool. Like it or not the tool is only as good as the user. So when you get these bland inputs it’s because you failed to wrote anything of substance for the AI to generate a scene. Even when you use AI for writing you still have to create the frames, outlines, themes, and emotions. It’s like you are the director on a set and the AI is an actor who just read the script once. Each time you readjust the script with them, they learn and can actually provide feedback real time.

Remember that it’s a business for everyone, not just for writers. Everyone wants to make money. Publishing is not about discovering great writers or finding unique books. It’s about finding books that they think they can make money. Remember that agents only earn 10-15% of author’s earnings. So if you get $5k, your agent only gets $500-$750. They can’t pay rent with that. So it’s tough, but it’s tough for all sides.