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I write because its fun.
In a weird sorta way.
Its like I’m putting symbols together and those symbols enable communication to other minds. Other intelligences with different perspectives and different thoughts.
Its frightening and exhilarating. These sigils of mine are communing with others that I may never get to met and if I’m lucky will do so long after I’m gone.
So I guess in a sense. When I write I’m praying.
I mean hell Grand Inquistion started on here and somehow became a blend of sci-fi and high fantasy with a male couple. The world maybe isn’t ready for such a thing. But ya know what? I’m going to try anyway.
 

Yep, that’s why I still do it, I enjoy it.  It took me dabbling in fanfiction to realize that I do love it, because I had believed my mother’s discouraging words before that (don’t confuse intent with effect here, she still thinks I don’t like writing, because, I’m definitely not showing her what I’ve been writing here!).
Of course, now that I’ve got the halloween story into the hands of my beta, I’m starting to work up another story
 

I fell in love with words when I was small. My parents told me I loved to use big words, and I actually can’t remember learning to read. It just happened, I think. The symbols made sense.
So, because I love words, I decided to try writing, and I was gods-awful. I mean, really, truly dreadful. But I loved it. Real life kicked into gear, there was work and being an adult, and then… I played a CRPG, and I hated the plot holes. I’d played earlier games in the same ‘verse, loved them, but this one? Craters in the plot. So I started to read fan fiction which tried to fix those holes, and fill in the blanks, and one day, I decided to write a fan fiction of my own. It was dreadful, really, but one reader asked, “What happened next?” and that was it.
I still love fan fiction. I do. I always will. I write original works now, but there are those fandoms that will always feel like home for me, and I will never be ashamed of writing fan fiction. There is a distinct art, a skill in taking someone else’s world and asking “What if…?”

I write because its fun.
In a weird sorta way.
Its like I’m putting symbols together and those symbols enable communication to other minds. Other intelligences with different perspectives and different thoughts.
Its frightening and exhilarating. These sigils of mine are communing with others that I may never get to met and if I’m lucky will do so long after I’m gone.
So I guess in a sense. When I write I’m praying.
I mean hell Grand Inquistion started on here and somehow became a blend of sci-fi and high fantasy with a male couple. The world maybe isn’t ready for such a thing. But ya know what? I’m going to try anyway.
 

I write because its fun.
In a weird sorta way.
Its like I’m putting symbols together and those symbols enable communication to other minds. Other intelligences with different perspectives and different thoughts.
Its frightening and exhilarating. These sigils of mine are communing with others that I may never get to met and if I’m lucky will do so long after I’m gone.
So I guess in a sense. When I write I’m praying.
I mean hell Grand Inquistion started on here and somehow became a blend of sci-fi and high fantasy with a male couple. The world maybe isn’t ready for such a thing. But ya know what? I’m going to try anyway.
 

I write because its fun.
In a weird sorta way.
Its like I’m putting symbols together and those symbols enable communication to other minds. Other intelligences with different perspectives and different thoughts.
Its frightening and exhilarating. These sigils of mine are communing with others that I may never get to met and if I’m lucky will do so long after I’m gone.
So I guess in a sense. When I write I’m praying.
I mean hell Grand Inquistion started on here and somehow became a blend of sci-fi and high fantasy with a male couple. The world maybe isn’t ready for such a thing. But ya know what? I’m going to try anyway.
 

Only one or two?  I thought this place was filled with nutjobs!  Myself included.

Yes. Truly a test of skill to see which Bob is capable of Bobbing for apples the best. Usually around Boboween. Or All Bob’s eve.Many casualties can result as many Bobs try to out bob one another. Same for Bobmas.
Santa Bob typically unleashes Krampus Bob on foolish Bobs bobsledding around this time. Survivors get gifts. -Other Bob

Yes. Truly a test of skill to see which Bob is capable of Bobbing for apples the best. Usually around Boboween. Or All Bob’s eve.Many casualties can result as many Bobs try to out bob one another. Same for Bobmas.
Santa Bob typically unleashes Krampus Bob on foolish Bobs bobsledding around this time. Survivors get gifts. -Other Bob

This is my Achille's heel. I’m not alone <3

Yes. Truly a test of skill to see which Bob is capable of Bobbing for apples the best. Usually around Boboween. Or All Bob’s eve.Many casualties can result as many Bobs try to out bob one another. Same for Bobmas.
Santa Bob typically unleashes Krampus Bob on foolish Bobs bobsledding around this time. Survivors get gifts. -Other Bob

“Stop scrolling! Are you ready to read the best story you’ve ever read? Great! You can read this piece of shit until you find it. Rape, snuff, MAGA”.

Yeah, summaries are tricky things. Ideally, you’d know the audience well where you’re posting or publishing. Or at least have an idea of the general demographic you want reading your story so you can play to them. Like, posting on an erotica site, you probably want to stress the erotica side of your story. 
But in general, as @Tcr (and @BronxWench?) said, make sure the summary describes something you want to read. Don’t focus on telling the passersby everything you think is important about the plot or the characters. They don’t need to know everything. They just need to know whether they wanna bother clicking on it. Pick out the most interesting points to draw them in. Touch on the romance (If there is any) and the main character’s conflict. I say the main character’s conflict rather than the main conflict of the plot because I tend to be attracted to summaries that are more personal. More character focused. What the elven warrior is struggling with will draw me in quicker than a world in peril, if that makes any sense. 
That’s how I try to think about it, but it’s by no means a one-size-fits-all thing. 

Well, I have the same problem with regards to my own, so I do understand.  Not going to lie, even with the advice from the thread I started a while back, it’s still a hard thing for me to do.  But, some of the advice has helped.
I’ve been working on trying to pick out important parts from the actual story and develop them into a workable summary.
For example, if your story is about intergalactic space pirates who raid the wrong colony and are consequently hunted because of it, it could, for example, read something like:

One wrong decision.  A raid on the wrong colony leads to the crew of the Fortune in possession of a weapon of mass destruction.  Capable of destroying any planet in the known universe, Captain Shey Charlton must resist the urge to play God while the Fortune has to outrun the entire might of a galaxy united, hunting them to the ends of the universe and back to reclaim it.  But each side of the allied forces have their own dark plans.  And the only ones in their paths are the unscrupulous raiders.
(...Damn, now I have another plot in my head that won’t go away… lol)
 I believe it was BW who said that the summary should interest you and make you want to read it as you, yourself, are the one you need to sell it first (paraphrasing of course...  And if I messed up the paraphrasing, that’s on me).

Bobbing for apples is a favourite autumn pastime in the realm of Bob.  During winter, it's more commonly the bob sled.

Just my humble opinion, but having the characters put on hats, gloves and scarves to begin leads the reader to expect play that’s a little rougher than your scene needs if the erotic content is going to work… that’s where you’re going to run into trouble. Ditch the accessories. By using them, you create a peculiar mental image, and call attention to the parts of the characters that aren’t covered up, and that makes the reader feel the cold. You want the play to be very light. You want the snow to be extremely light. You want the the Oh, but that’s cold! to be a perfect counterpoint to Oh, but you’re warm! That’s how this scene would work. I’ve written it before, more than once. And I’ll write it again, because…
Ahhh… they’re going to end up in the snow. Poor buggers. Even the wildling is going to hate it by the end. I am so evil. *shakes head at self*

Word choice as in are you disguising things. Are events transpiring openly or is there more going on that what’s readily being presented on the surface. Context can paint a very different picture of whats going on. A single well placed clue can do more than a ton of less subtle hints. How are you disgusing things if things are not as they appear.
Ex: It seemed as though a trick of light but the ruby seemed to have an inner fire all its own for an instant. (A set up that the ruby isn't normal) 
Ex: Is it really the ticking of a clock or is it a timer steadily ticking down? What kind of tick is it? Is it a tick tock. or is it a steady tick tick tick… BOOM
Ex: Molly felt uneasy being locked in this room. The grand father clock’s ominous ticking didn’t seem quite right it was as if the ticking wasn’t perfectly synched.
The obviousness of the sudden lack of sound brought attention to its sudden absence.
“Oh shi-” Molly didn’t have time to finish as the room upended in a sudden conflagration. 
Bringing attention to certain details or lack of details. Etc..

Never change :3

I can tell you are delightfully twisted in all the right places.
But I think they’re going for more that innocentish teenage exploration of themselves and others.

Never change :3

Writer Beware sounds ominous.
Is there a difference between e-book publishing and regular?

references I feel should be sparingly used. As popular culture changes so fast as things pop in and out of popular consciousness at a rapid pace. You can inadvertently date your writing.

I do want to publish someday and I don’t want to go into this half-cocked.
Any thoughts? Tips? Advice? Any site or resource I should avoid?
Hints on where to start?

I do want to publish someday and I don’t want to go into this half-cocked.
Any thoughts? Tips? Advice? Any site or resource I should avoid?
Hints on where to start?

The last Non-Bob can’t leave that vault no matter how much he tries.He’s already lost a hand the moment it passed the threshold.- Other Bob