der meister 3,236 Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 34 minutes ago, Daniel Janser said: yeah I have not looked at Shadowrun yet (which seems the most appealing to me). When I was younger I tried to establish a SR party but never found enough, reliable and nearby people to run it... I'd love to play the actual RPG with people. I find the video games really engaging in terms of the writing and plot, and I adore the soundtracks Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1014255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyIceman 1,229 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Have you tried Dead Cells? You'll rip your hair out one strand at a time Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1014265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 9 hours ago, mattyIceman said: Have you tried Dead Cells? You'll rip your hair out one strand at a time Hahaha no, I haven't. But ironically I 1) shave my head and 2) was looking on eBay for a cheap steam key for that this evening mattyIceman 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1014307 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted February 6 Author Share Posted February 6 Rejection 1 rolled in over the weekend. Still have 4 live queries out there. Would add to that list but I need to dig/prep/pour a concrete slab this week for a heat pump to replace our shitty propane furnace. BOOM 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1014863 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Rejection 2 in the books BOOM 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1014934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted February 9 Author Share Posted February 9 ...and here's number 3 this week BOOM 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1015040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrbitingDeath 3,228 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 harsh world out there, stay strong brother der meister 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1015041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 Decided that since my kid's book is designed for kids who loves the Magic Tree House series but have outgrown it, I would send a query to the agent who reps the author of that series. Rejected within 2 days, based solely on the pitch. Scurvy and Spartan 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1017546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scurvy 1,538 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 5 hours ago, der meister said: Rejected within 2 days, based solely on the pitch. Keep plugging away pal. It will happen der meister 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1017570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted March 3 Author Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, Scurvy said: Keep plugging away pal. It will happen The kid's book feels the most mainstream marketable. But if I don't have an agent by the end of the year, I'm self publishing a novel next year. I wish there was a way to add a poll topic to a post within a thread, so I can present the two main self pub options and see what the VHL community has more interest in. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1017648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 (edited) 17 hours ago, Scurvy said: Edited March 4 by der meister Sorry scurvy, can't delete the quote for some reason Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1017816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted March 4 Author Share Posted March 4 A few quick PROGRAMMING NOTES as we are reaching the end of multiple games simultaneously. So once the current round is wrapped, we're looking at: Sunday - Illusion of Gaia (SNES) Monday - Magic Arena Tuesday - 7 Days to Die Wednesday - Dead Island Thursday - 7 Days to Die Friday - Donkey Kong Country (SNES) Saturday - Random Showcase BOOM, Scurvy, Girts and 1 other 4 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1017817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted May 1 Author Share Posted May 1 Never heard back on my other queries. Publishing industry sucks. It doesn't help that the month of April was one of the hardest months for me in six and a half years of my current job. I'm absolutely exhausted from what I have to do and what I have to cover since we've been operating at 50% staffing and they moved me into management at the beginning of the year. That being said, a few days ago I had a brilliant and silly idea for a 7 Days to Die miniseries. Not sure if any of you here watch my 7 Days content, but either way I am really excited to do this at some point. Honestly, I'm just as excited to have something to look forward to with the way things have been going lately mattyIceman and Spartan 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1024148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 So the first episode of the aforementioned 7 Days miniseries dropped on Tuesday and is currently well over 500 views. My episodes of this game are usually closer to 20 views. I don't understand YouTube, but if the algorithm wants to promote my content, then I'm not gonna complain. Gained 9 subs from it, as well. Girts 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1026097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 I don't know if I'm going to do this or not, but hypothetically, would anyone be interested in being a beta reader on a novel at some point this year? Depending on the level of interest, it might be the whole thing or it might be a chunk (I'm curious how it reads if you read from, say, chapter 7 to 12). Obviously there's a huge element of trust involved with me sharing my stuff before it's published, which is part of the reason I'm undecided yet, but I would like to get a couple more sets of eyes on it before I try the traditional route again. I also haven't fully decided on this course of action, but at this point I'm thinking if I don't have representation for the book by next summer, I'm going to self publish it and hope for the best. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1036142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacobcarson877 2,559 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I would! der meister 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1036144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimee 1,148 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 I'd be up for it! I used to beta read for fanfic forever ago and my sister is self published and I've helped her with her books as well. der meister 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1036145 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 About 2 years ago I thought I had found a publisher for one of my novels, the first one I wrote, in fact. After some great conversations and back and forths, it was rejected. I took it hard. Like, hard hard. I've gone through rejections plenty of times, but this one felt different, maybe because they included a PDF that explained why they rejected it. A PDF I was too afraid to open. Being a professional writer has been my dream since I was 6 years old, and to have someone write up a document explaining why I was a failure was too daunting to consider. It's 6:45 in the morning on a Saturday. I've been up for over an hour due to work stress. It's been really bad. Started seeing a therapist specifically for work reasons, and I'm breaking down in tears in every session, and sometimes outside of sessions. I'm 15 years into an IT career that I sort of fell back-asswards into. I don't hate it, but it's not something I really care about. It pays the bills reasonably well, and I'm not financially wanting for anything [aside from things like moving to Ireland and starting my life over]. I opened the PDF this morning, friends. It...wasn't as bad as I had feared, and I actually agree with some of the critiques. Ultimately, the reason they rejected it was the genre, which they described as Supernatural Thriller, versus what they wanted, Urban Fantasy. Personally, I see a lot of overlap between the two, but that's neither here nor there. I'm not going to rewrite the entire manuscript; it's already gone through 9 full rounds of edits over the years. But if I'm ever going to make a shot at living my dream, of making the most of what I consider my strongest talent, it (re)starts today. See you on the other side. FrostBeard, jacobcarson877, Girts and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1037872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 Also, YouTube schedule update. Sunday - Shining Force 2 Monday - Magic: the Gathering Tuesday: Star Wars: KOTOR Wednesday: Shadowrun Hong Kong (some of the best music I've ever heard) Thursday: off day, at least for now Friday: Fallout: New Vegas Saturday: Random showcase game jacobcarson877 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1037903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted September 16 Author Share Posted September 16 (edited) 1) Revisions on my novel are going slowly, but today I finally made it into chapter 2. I actually surprised myself with some of my writing, in a very good way. 2) I have applied to multiple remote jobs. Making progress in this area should hopefully help me out of the mental hole my job has put me in recently. 3) I figured out today what my next 7 Days to Die series is going to be. Not sure when it will happen, but I'm gonna get a little outside the box and I can't wait for it. Edited September 18 by der meister Girts 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1038751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted September 18 Author Share Posted September 18 Posting this just as much to keep my ass in gear as anything else. Up to page 28 of 218 [equals out to just above 86,000 words] in my latest round of novel revision. Going to have to add a good chunk throughout to flesh out some stuff. I figure this will end up between 90 and 93k when this revision is finished. Then I'm pitching it, hard, for 3-6 months. No takers, I'm self-pubbing come July. If you like vivid supernatural thrillers, this one's for you. KaleebtheMighty and Aimee 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1038896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 (edited) Keeping myself honest. The goal for this weekend is to at least finish with chapter 3. I know a few people here expressed interest in beta reading, so if you're still interested, shoot me a DM and we'll chat. Also, gonna start celebrating spooky season early by playing Call of Cthulhu, starting Thursday. I will tell you right now there will be jump scares, and I will scream. Edited September 21 by der meister ace_five_ 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1039084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted September 27 Author Share Posted September 27 Cthulhu video 1: Partway through the chapter 4 edit. Thinking a lot about the additions I need to make a little later in the book. Feels like a worthy effort in any case. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1039612 Share on other sites More sharing options...
der meister 3,236 Posted Sunday at 06:52 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 06:52 PM Partway through what I'm considering an addendum to the novel. It's an inset scene to give a little more life to the relationship between the MC and a companion. Happy with how it's going so far. I'm also changing the channel formatting, so right now I've got Shining Force 2, Knights of the Old Republic, and Fallout New Vegs, each 2x a week. On Saturdays, I still do random stuff. Yesterday was Turtles in Time for SNES. Soon it will be a game of a VHLer's choosing based on the holiday auction. BOOM and qripll 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/18236-der-meisters-writing-and-youtube-thread-live-from-the-waiting-room/page/10/#findComment-1047027 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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