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That does help a bit, though I'm still hesitant to say whether you should/shouldn't scrap it when I haven't read the thing for myself. The one thing I will say ...

It's hard to say without knowing more about the wider context and the general tone of the novel. On its own, it sounds a bit cheesy, but it depends on ...

10/10 would read stop doing your summaries down Sachi

I remember reading and reviewing an extract of this a while back, so I'm looking forward to seeing more of it during LMS! Reading this thread, I'm curious to know ...

Thanks so much! Hildegarde was my great aunt's name and I've always loved it, so I had to gift it to a protagonist.

For me, naming books is a BIG part of my process. I feel physically incapable of writing novel unless I have a fitting name for it, though I couldn't tell ...

Ahhhh thank you! :D

So excited to hear you're going to be working on this! I've been wanting to read more of it ever since you posted the first chapter.

Thank you! I want to do some proper full-body sketches of Paris and Hildegarde next. I have to draw Dante and his terrible bowl cut at some point too.

Aww thank you Light!!

Some sketches of Daisy and Paris because reasons

Yes, I suppose. I'll see how I go. The mechanics of degas and posies strikes me as the kind of thing that I'll refine in a second draft anyway, so ...

"Black market for their vocal chords" - now I'm EVEN MORE excited to read this story

@BlueAfrica Most degas are able to go through with it precisely because they don't really feel guilt and shame with the strength that a person would, but yep, feeling betrayal ...

I can relate, except for me it's more about finishing something than publishing it. Whenever I plan a story, I get overwhelmed by thinking 'THIS is the novel I'm going ...