how my fantasy book is going 🌷 a cozy spring writing vlog

in this vlog, i talk about the act one midpoint of my adult fantasy novel and my shifting writing process for this first draft. i am also babysitting a cat.
✨current projects:
↠ "THE FLOATING HOUSE" (WIP draft one): adult fantasy pitched as Jade City x The Witcher x Babel set in a 1900s manila-inspired city.
↠ LOCAL HEAVENS (complete): adult literary sci-fi pitched as a queer cyberpunk reimagining of The Great Gatsby.
📬 for professional inquiries about my books, please reach out to my agent. for other business inquiries, you can email me directly. (info is in the About section of my channel page)
0:00 intro
0:50 book updates
2:56 not an outliner anymore??
7:19 relearning how to write and goal setting
9:29 reading update and rachel gift haul!!
13:17 cat auntie activities
14:31 act 1 is moving
16:50 magic systems...
17:54 sharing the pitch and (real) title w my agent
18:50 exposition and ensemble cast concerns
20:51 hitting 20k ft. shio the cat
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☀️ i'm kris (she/her), a speculative fiction writer documenting my writing process, ongoing projects and chatting about craft.
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Blue Sirens - Coffeezilla - thmatc.co/?l=DBD24E47
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[@era_by_era5771]

You, ana, and lynn all uploading wothin hours if eachother? Todays a good day

[@adalanti4346]

Ana Neu and Lynn Jung?? Cuz if so, I agree with this statement.

[@rachelwritesbooks]

The way I gasped when I saw the thumbnail - YOU LOOK STUNNING!! Also loved hearing how your process is sort of changing for TFH, I love hearing how our approach can shift from project to project. 💜💜 AHHH I just got to the gift haul omg I feel so loved haha it was an honour to make things for u!! we gotta meet up again!

[@KrisMF]

thank u rachel!!!!! 😭💛💛💛

[@jasminv8653]

I honestly wouldn't worry about the category, I love how much youre analysing it but people call literally anything dark academia 😂❤ the book recs you shared were very interesting!

[@KrisMF]

LOL i'm just not the biggest fan of how dark academia is used for anything school related 😭

[@luise_marianne]

Love to hear more about your writing journey as I try to navigate through my own novel project. I found documenting it here on youtube so helpful to stay motivated. Also the cat content is the best bonus 😻 all the best from Vienna!

[@jasminv8653]

And im so glad im not the only one who lets their cat pick the food! 😭💕🙏🏻

[@briellewrites]

I loved this sm. The typing asmr! The cat shots! Priceless. Also loved hearing about how your process has been with this latest project!

[@starklingspars8956]

I find I get into my WIP when I just go with it. I have a rough outline but if something more interesting grabs me while drafting I go with it abd it always pays off.

[@Lara_Ameen]

SHIO!! HI, PRECIOUS FLOOF! I love your purrs! 😻 Wow! You’re making amazing progress with TFH! It sounds like such a cool novel! I love fantasy! Also, DARKER BY FOUR sounds amazing! I love contemporary fantasy and I’ve never heard of that one! I will have to check it out! 🥰

[@erzsieke]

OMGGGG this vlog is so aesthetic!!!!!! ARRGHHH why do writers always have the funniest and most aesthetic vlogs?!? (also you are literally so pretty like arghhhh!!!)

[@sorshaporsha]

This was so inspiring and motivating ❤ thank you for sharing!!

[@everythingexploration707]

I was JUST binge watching your old videos! YAY!! ❤

[@rachehester]

missed ur writing vlogs and so happy to hear tfh updates!!!

[@kelleyiswriting]

OH MY BABYYY SHIOOO I scream everytime I see her what a pretty and gentle and floofy princess

[@KrisMF]

AHAHA nooo i love bramble and crowbb!! the living writing processes is so true 🥺💛

[@AdamFishkin]

Shio is such a delightful fluff. Glad to hear you're progressing.

[@MinMinns]

While my current words per week is about 3,000 (I'm hoping when my semester ends I can write more) these vids motivate me to write as much as I can. Love your videos, thx for the motivation!

[@KrisMF]

3k is great!! good luck with your semester and your writing!

[@Ebony.B]

Going strong! ❤

[@trilingual3631]

Shio is sooooo cute. You both totally are besties!

[@gretarosevans]

Love these writing vlogs, and I need that keyboard!

[@goodmornindreamer]

What a cute kitty!! 🥰

[@mhjmakes3631]

I really felt you on the struggle to come up with titles. I'm always jealous of people who come up with really cool titles for their projects, because for me, it feels like something that I just do to get out of the way. Sometimes they land, and many times they don't. I will say, though, that all of the titles that I've heard from you (whether placeholder or not) have been really cool.

[@KrisMF]

thank you !!!! titles are truly so stressful. I usually wait for one to come to me or i word-cloud ideas until something sticks lol

[@morgan_baileyy]

Video idea: it would be awesome if you made a video on advice for writing pressure and how to enjoy when you fall out of love with it. I love watching your videos they're so inspiring as a beginning writer.

[@KrisMF]

thank you for watching!! my short advice for how to keep enjoying writing is to always have "fun" projects -- stories that you work on just for yourself and not because you necessarily want to publish them. if you grow out of love with one project, you can always shelve it, move on and/or come back to it later. some other videos i've made related to this topic: writer pep talk for when you're in a slump: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJvWiHh6pt6ZntEsi=paC2NYluAaXpCq_o on self-doubt & attrition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXWafIB9dtiUjassi=fIzqbPG6My6afiBS dealing with loneliness as a writer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp6yh2ljpcp9itEsi=7UIhr-A6iFxsePOj on shelving manuscripts & when to let go of a story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onvUgYloic2Ff9Esi=XrV6mVW2D3OXiuu-

[@morgan_baileyy]

@@KrisMF Thank you so much!

[@Ebony.B]

We missed you Kris! 💕 also, I relate to you with your process.. I started out as a big pantser but always got stuck at 13k words. I’m somewhere in between now. I do a bit of brainstorming before I start, but I also plan as I draft? Apparently it’s been working for me because I’m now at 28k words 😂 it’s very individualistic. Also; please tell us how you feel about ninth house! I’ve been wondering about it

[@KrisMF]

i'm not finished Ninth House yet but i really like it!! a very strong and well conceptualized adult contemporary fantasy with a flawed, compelling main character ✨

[@Ebony.B]

@@KrisMF Oo it definitely sounds compelling. Might add it to my tbr 👀 thanks! 🤍

[@Barjavelle131]

I'm sorry but I LOVE when outliners get to discover the joy of discovery writing! As you can tell I'm pretty much a pantser lol, but I'm also a very clean, perfectionistic drafter, imagine the pain lmao, though it's interesting because it translates as me having to rewrite the begininning of each of my books lol, but at least the middle and the end are very enjoyable because I get to experience, to "read", the story as I write and I love every bit of it though sometimes I wish I could outline to save my life LOL

[@KrisMF]

it's good to change up the process!! :) i'm still an outliner at heart, i just don't follow/update it as meticulously as i have before

[@vdavi12]

I like the thumbnail

[@morgan_baileyy]

Second comment ✨

[@ellieblackwell9754]

Do you have a P.O. Box by chance?

[@KrisMF]

i do not but would love to at some point :)