My fear with this is that she will try to do developmental, copy, and line edits at the same time rather than doing a developmental edit HOLISTICALLY. You can't do that chapter by chapter and do it successfully.
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URK still boss babe-ing. "I'm an entrepreneur, writer, and naturalist." I watched a video by another Youtuber who has an environmental science background who talked about how badly Audra built her environments despite being a naturalist. She literally mixes up rain forest and deciduous forest 🙃
sep 1, 2025, 1:13 pm • 5 0 • view
The worst part is that if she wasn't 99% ego/hot gas, NO ONE WOULD CARE, but when you lead with "here are my credentials, aren't I brilliant?" people will happily tell you no.
sep 1, 2025, 1:14 pm • 8 0 • view
"We talked to the studio" NO NO NO NO
sep 1, 2025, 1:18 pm • 5 0 • view
It would probably make more sense for her make a web novel? I think that's the right word, like one of those games with chunks you read but are paired with artwork and animation. BUT her writing is objectively underbaked and bad. She needs to marinate for a while because her skills aren't there.
sep 1, 2025, 1:20 pm • 6 0 • view
I also love how she's like, "I ordered books directly from a printer -hair clip- like publishers do." Ma'am, that isn't special. That is how independent publishers did it for decades before KDP and Ingram Spark came along. You. Aren't. Special. Or clever.
sep 1, 2025, 1:21 pm • 3 0 • view
Is it just me or does the preorder number keep creeping up? It was 5,000, then 6,000. Now, she's saying 7,000 preorders.
sep 1, 2025, 1:22 pm • 3 0 • view
I still do NOT believe that she hired a developmental editor initially. If she did, she did not listen AT ALL or the person took her money and went "ah yes, perfect, good to go!" She is not taking any ownership of her bad writing at all. I hope we go through the editorial notes because it was BAD.
sep 1, 2025, 1:25 pm • 7 0 • view
As someone who does developmental editing, you cannot do it chapter by chapter. Developmental editing is BIG PICTURE issues. She is not going to improve at all.
sep 1, 2025, 1:26 pm • 11 0 • view
Omg. At the 13 minute mark, Audra writes a post patting herself on the back "being told I'm an inspiration," "my rise to fame," "being recognized for your skill by everyone you speak to." I beg your finest pardon. Ma'am, you family needs to be meaner to you or at least truthfully.
sep 1, 2025, 1:33 pm • 9 0 • view
I was an autistic raised with an ego. I thought I was brilliant because I got good grades and such, and yeah, I was smart, but I got swatted down when I needed to learn how to study. Being humbled, taking those lessons, and GETTING BETTER/growing is the important part Not being told you're brilliant
sep 1, 2025, 1:34 pm • 10 0 • view
THANK YOU! I finally have concrete evidence she’s lying about them, other than my own gut instinct/knowledge.
sep 1, 2025, 9:11 pm • 0 0 • view
Lmao right? Like okay girl if you want to manage inventory, shipping, and the tariffs (her printer is in Canada), you do you I guess? But hey look at me, I also use a Canadian printer for my books now. I’m so ~entrepreneur~ (except I actually live here lmao)
sep 2, 2025, 12:39 am • 1 0 • view
Having 5,000 copies of my book in my house I potentially can't get rid of is a nightmare/stress dream I have definitely had before. I can't imagine doing it willingly (unless they're like a preordered kickstarter thing)
sep 2, 2025, 12:54 am • 0 0 • view
Oh god. No. No, these are SEPARATE BIOMES with DIFFERENT CLIMATE REGIMES.
sep 1, 2025, 2:25 pm • 1 0 • view
The desert is directly next to the forest, and we don't know if it's a tropical rainforest or a temperate one because she alludes to both. It's very confusing.
sep 1, 2025, 2:26 pm • 1 0 • view
*cries in ecologist*
sep 1, 2025, 2:27 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah, those three stages *cannot* be done together. Developmental edits can mean ripping the book apart, moving chapters, creating or axing characters, changing events. It's more than just cleaning up the sentence structure. It's clear she knows nothing about the process.
sep 1, 2025, 1:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Yeah, this is what frustrates me the most. She wants to move quickly to get it back out and make money, but you cannot do that with a major overhaul. You just can't.
sep 1, 2025, 2:24 pm • 1 0 • view