Mama Jude's Pep Talk

kaitie

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Can it come with cake?
 

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Dear kaitie,

Your writing is awesome! Name of Main Character is nuanced and multi-layered! There is plenty of action, but also plenty of emotion! Go you!" :D

With highest regard,

M/T/S Book Validation Service
CC: heyjude (cause I shamelessly snitched that from you)

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Haha. Thanks guys. That totally made me smile.
 

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It's not silly. It's totally true. All that validation dries up when you're not getting those requests.

We should totally make up our own Writer Validation Service that sends out periodic emails saying "Your writing is awesome! Name of Main Character is nuanced and multi-layered! There is plenty of action, but also plenty of emotion! Go you!" :D

I love it! (Especially as it comes with cake.)

Anyone else need validation today?

Go on, validate me.:D
 

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Dear Author muse,

Your writing is outstanding superb and sometimes vicious. We like vicious. Not enough to publish it, but certainly to read. Please let us know when you get published so we can read it again.

Our favorite part was that guy with the thing when he said that thing about the other thing. Brilliantly done!

Regretfully,

The MTS Validation People

:Cake:
 

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I want to read a book now where the main character actually is called Main Character.

Wouldn't mind some validation myself, if only to stop me tearing up this damned first chapter again. Grrr. And cake. Wish I had cake.
 

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Wouldn't mind some validation myself, if only to stop me tearing up this damned first chapter again. Grrr. And cake. Wish I had cake.

Dearest Author, I mean, Zelenka,

You are a great writer with inspired settings and stirring prose, but your main character's name is too authentic. We suggest something more generic, like Protagonist, "Tag" for short. And of course, we can't publish it on the basis of Chapter One. You actually have to finish the darn book.

To help with that, we though we would send along our drug of choice, :Cake:.

With highest regard,

The M/T/S Validation Service
 

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Dear Author muse,

Your writing is outstanding superb and sometimes vicious. We like vicious. Not enough to publish it, but certainly to read. Please let us know when you get published so we can read it again.

Our favorite part was that guy with the thing when he said that thing about the other thing. Brilliantly done!

Regretfully,

The MTS Validation People

:Cake:

I love it, HJ! Makes me feel all warm and special.:D

Nice to start the week with a smile.
 

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I got the R from JJ today, but it's filled with very useful feedback. I'm so grateful for it. In two paragraphs, she's told me more about why she's passing and maybe how to fix the problem than either of my last two fulls. Overall, I'd call this a positive.
 

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Aw, I'm sorry it's an R (but glad for the useful feedback and that the wait is over!). :Hug2:
 

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Oo, lovely!

You don't happen to need a rejection from the MTS rejection crew, do you?
 

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Thanks, y'all. This "wait" was so short.

:Wha: Are you sure you're talking about publishing? There is no such thing as a "short" wait!

I'm not sure whether her suggestions will be better utilized by going back into the old book or applying them to the book I'm writing now.

Yes.

Signed,
Your Super Helpful MTS Committee*

*of one
 

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I got the R from JJ today, but it's filled with very useful feedback. I'm so grateful for it. In two paragraphs, she's told me more about why she's passing and maybe how to fix the problem than either of my last two fulls. Overall, I'd call this a positive.

Sorry about the R, Lucie.:Hug2:

But great news that you received some positive feedback.