Tuesday Check-In: What’s On Your Writing Desk?
Indie authors, readers, and book lovers — tell us what you’re working on this week!
Designing a new cover?
Launching a book?
Fighting with your characters because they refuse to behave?
Drop your updates below! Let’s celebrate the wins, troubleshoot the struggles, and cheer each other on.
Hey bookworms, this will be a weekly thread devoted entirely to promoting new releases you've published, as well as discussing new books that you all found and enjoyed. Feel free to share what you've published recently!
Happy Sunday, writers!
Whether you wrote 10 words or 10,000, every word is progress. This is your space to celebrate wins, stay accountable, and cheer on fellow authors.
Drop your stats below:
Current project:
Words written this week:
Total manuscript word count:
Goal for next week:
Biggest victory (or biggest struggle):
Remember: first drafts aren’t meant to be perfect, they’re meant to exist.
Support another writer before you leave. A little encouragement can be the difference between someone giving up and someone finishing their book.
When I created this subreddit at the beginning of summer, I figured I'd get 100 people max to join. We are now at 1,100+ members. That's an incredible amount of growth for a community I made in the middle of the night because I couldn't sleep.
That said, I'm looking to get a mod or two to join our team and pick up my slack. Work and grad school, raising toddlers, and other things means I can't catch all of the things the community needs. I also want to build the place by offering engaging posts and challenges, maybe some monthly contests or whatever.
So, if you have a knack for marketing, love indie authors, and want to help us grow the community past the next thousand members, let me know in the comments why I should pick you to be my protege.
First Line Challenge
Authors: Drop the first line of your book. No context. No blurb. Just the opening sentence.
Everyone else: Reply with whether you’d keep reading.
Being an indie author is hard work. This thread is dedicated to celebrating the victories that keep us going!
Did you: Publish your first book? Receive a great review? Make your first sale? Hit a new sales milestone? Appear on a podcast? Finish your cover design? Reach your writing goal for the week? Successfully run a promotion?
No win is too small. Success is measured in progress.
Share your accomplishments below and let's celebrate together! Don't forget to cheer on your fellow authors as well. Building each other up is part of what makes this community great.
What victory are you celebrating this week?
Are you running a weekend sale on your book, or just feeling generous? Looking to boost the algorithm by doling out sweet literature at a discounted rate? This weekly thread is designed to let users promote their sales to keep everyone aware of when to buy and sell, and share what you all learned from the process.
Welcome to this week’s community challenge!
Imagine we’ve just met in a bookstore. You have 30 seconds to convince me to read your book.
Your comment should include:
Title
Genre
A pitch in 50 words or fewer
One reason readers will love it
Bonus challenge: Don’t mention the plot twist. Make us need to find out.
Readers:
Browse the comments and reply to any book that catches your attention. Tell the author what hooked you or ask a question!
Authors:
Don’t just drop your pitch and disappear. Read a few others and leave some encouragement. The best communities are built through conversation.
Happy reading—and happy writing!
Drop a problem you’re stuck on in your writing or worldbuilding, and let’s brainstorm fixes together.
This thread is designed to help writers tackle issues like:
Worldbuilding questions (How do you design governments in fantasy?)
Writing problem-solving threads
Short critique exchanges (blurbs, openings, characters)
“Fix this trope” discussions
Prompt challenges
Let's brainstorm together and help each other tighten up the gaps in our world building!
Tuesday Check-In: What’s On Your Writing Desk?
Indie authors, readers, and book lovers — tell us what you’re working on this week!
Designing a new cover?
Launching a book?
Fighting with your characters because they refuse to behave?
Drop your updates below! Let’s celebrate the wins, troubleshoot the struggles, and cheer each other on.
Hey bookworms, this will be a weekly thread devoted entirely to promoting new releases you've published, as well as discussing new books that you all found and enjoyed. Feel free to share what you've published recently!
Thanks to all of you for joining us!
First Line Challenge
Authors: Drop the first line of your book. No context. No blurb. Just the opening sentence.
Everyone else: Reply with whether you’d keep reading.
Being an indie author is hard work. This thread is dedicated to celebrating the victories that keep us going!
Did you: Publish your first book? Receive a great review? Make your first sale? Hit a new sales milestone? Appear on a podcast? Finish your cover design? Reach your writing goal for the week? Successfully run a promotion?
No win is too small. Success is measured in progress.
Share your accomplishments below and let's celebrate together! Don't forget to cheer on your fellow authors as well. Building each other up is part of what makes this community great.
What victory are you celebrating this week?
Welcome to this week’s community challenge!
Imagine we’ve just met in a bookstore. You have 30 seconds to convince me to read your book.
Your comment should include:
Title
Genre
A pitch in 50 words or fewer
One reason readers will love it
Bonus challenge: Don’t mention the plot twist. Make us need to find out.
Readers:
Browse the comments and reply to any book that catches your attention. Tell the author what hooked you or ask a question!
Authors:
Don’t just drop your pitch and disappear. Read a few others and leave some encouragement. The best communities are built through conversation.
Happy reading—and happy writing!
Drop a problem you’re stuck on in your writing or worldbuilding, and let’s brainstorm fixes together.
This thread is designed to help writers tackle issues like:
Worldbuilding questions (How do you design governments in fantasy?)
Writing problem-solving threads
Short critique exchanges (blurbs, openings, characters)
“Fix this trope” discussions
Prompt challenges
Let's brainstorm together and help each other tighten up the gaps in our world building!
Are you really stoked about your cover art? Are you looking for inspiration from your fellow authors? This weekly thread is designed with cover art in mind. Feel free to share what you've got designed with the community here!
Tuesday Check-In: What’s On Your Writing Desk?
Indie authors, readers, and book lovers — tell us what you’re working on this week!
Designing a new cover?
Launching a book?
Fighting with your characters because they refuse to behave?
Drop your updates below! Let’s celebrate the wins, troubleshoot the struggles, and cheer each other on.
What tool, app, or trick actually improved your writing process?
This thread is designed to help writers share what helps get the story written down on paper.
What it includes:
Writing tools (Scrivener, ProWritingAid, notebooks, dictation tools)
Craft tips (dialogue, pacing, worldbuilding hacks)
Software walkthroughs
“What I use to write my books” posts
Resource recommendations (books about writing, productivity tools)
Let us know what tools are helping you get your work written!