Honestly? Right now pretty much any feedback.
Paid betas during development were very positive and encouraging, but I tried not to take it too seriously on the understanding that no matter how strongly I stressed that I wasn't after puffery, ultimately they have a business to run and there's bound to be some inflation. Trying to remain grounded while warding off Imposter Syndrome, basically.
Life hasn't been great lately and, in a weirdly unexpected way, writing a protagonist who chooses kindness when she has every right to be bitter without resorting to toxic positivity has helped keep my own spirits up. I think what I came here looking for was not so much validation of my writing as it was validation of her as a character. I don't know if other writers get weirdly attached to their characters but here I am, I guess.
Unfortunately, it's been radio silence across a number of sites. Part of that is definitely my fault—I didn't serialize the first book and by the time I realized that error I didn't want to pull it back down in case anyone actually was reading it and just hadn't said anything. Anyway, still have hopes for SH and trying to keep it realistic. Still...I did get one 'kudos' on AO3 that wasn't followed up by an offer to make AI art for a fee so in the words of Bill Murray in Caddyshack...I got that going for me, which is nice.
Short version: Words at me. Good words, good. Bad words acceptable too.
