Dear white people: Please teach your kids that saying someone has "chinky eyes" is just as racist as calling them a "chink". Regards, an Asian Dad

Thoughts on this format for pitch events? Or just sharing about my WIP and Querying projects? #writesky #amquerying #amwriting

Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Croft wants everyone to leave her alone—especially the dead. But when Will, her golden-boy lab partner, goes missing and then returns as a ghost, this prickly medium has to figure out what happened—if only to get him to go away. #FiFrevpit #mockpit

Wordle 1,602 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Been a minute since I played.

#WIPSnips #writersky

Oooh, instead of working on Book 2 WIP, I went back and tweaked some on IN BETWEEN. #amquerying #amwriting #WIPsnippets

This sounds fantastic and heart-wrenching!

Spooky pastel sapphic Florida you have my whole heart!! 💖👻

Exsanguine Cryptids She must face danger, folkloric monsters, and the government agents responsible for releasing them in order to reunite with her younger brother before the country collapses- or one of them dies. 🥰sapphic romance Stranger>Friends>❤️‍🔥 💕slow burn 🚗 road trip #questpit #W #YA #PR #SF

Experience a vision of transformation through the ruins of the former US. Using the power of meditation, archaic tech, and ancient survival skills, an empath-scholar's quest to save her people is a narrative guide on how to thrive in civilization’s aftermath. 🌱 #A #Q #S #SFF #questpit #clifi

🔥 WHAT will GROW from the ASHES of our fallen civilization? 🕸️ a post collapse adventure of psychic powers and nurturing community 🔮 journey through the tarot across the former US, with unexpected twists 🌱 Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built #A #Q #S #SFF #questpit #hopepunk #clifi

THE SLOW BURN is an 82k word contemporary romcom featuring: 🔥 Slow burn 🤷 "Keep it casual, and no one gets hurt" 🏘️ Small town 🚒 MMC in uniform 💜 Found family 🎄 Holiday vibes #questpit #q #a #r #amquerying

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED x BELLADONNA Hawk’s Mill looks like a normal New England town… but it’s actually a deathtrap with a body count & a ticking clock ⏳ Annabelle’s gift might save the town… or destroy the boy she loves 💔 Check out my pinned post! #QuestPit #YA #PR #Q #thisisfine

THE SLOW BURN (82k words) She’s an event planner up for a promotion. He’s a firefighter and her dad is his chief. They’re planning the fire dept’s holiday gala and agree to a no-strings fling. Small town Holiday romance Found family MMC in uniform Slow burn #amquerying #questpit #a #r #q

THE DARK CURSE Middle Grade Fantasy 84k words If you could wake up in your favourite video game, would you want to? More to the point, would you ever want to leave? #questpit #MG #F #LGBT #Q

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X LIBRARY OF SHADOWS A missing golden boy returns as a ghost 👻 and the only way to save him is to stop the resurrection of a Puritan warlock hungry for souls 🩸 #QuestPit #YA #PR #Q

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #M

When Jude returns to her hometown after a decade away, she thinks the worst things she'll face are the people she left behind. But when she accidentally sets loose a reality-twisting monster, she must rally her former friends to stop their town from being erased from existence. #QuestPit #A #F #W

SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted. #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist

CRIMSON PEAK x BRIDGERTON x HGTV 💐 a flower-seller turned debutante who just wants a home 💀 a disgraced celebrity necromancer trying to revive his reputation 🏚️ a crumbling gothic manor crawling with ghosts 🐶 73 dogs #questpit #A #F #Q

#QuestPit, #A, #Q, #T YOU x Dexter Quiet teacher, Ella, is not a psychopath – she’s just very committed to her anti-bullying policies. The kind that involve zip ties, knives and plastic sheeting. And if you stay cruel and remorseless as an adult, she’ll teach you one final, bloody lesson. 🔪

An #agentsguide to my Middle Grade Fantasy THE DARK CURSE Featuring: 🛡️ epic adventure 🎮 virtual reality becomes his reality 🏳️‍🌈 bisexual awakening 💔 struggling with loss ⚔️ fantastical monsters #questpit #MG #F #LGBT #Q

Dowry of Blood x The Death of Jane Lawrence x Saltburn 🩸1975 small English town 🩸cursed vampiric witches 🩸queer obsession 🩸everyone's guilty (Original artwork by yours truly) #QuestPit #F #A #Q #LGBTQIA #WritingCommunity

1st page snippet for ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE 👻 #QuestPit #Q #PR Reluctant medium Alice moves to the coast for some peace and quiet. Instead, she accidentally lands a job cleaning houses and exorcising restless spirits. 🏡 cleaning haunted houses 🌊 ghosts by the coast 🔪 serial killer plot

First love feels different when one of you is dead. grumpy x sunshine slow-burn yearning sweet... but soul-crushing ghost-boy romance #QuestPit #YA #PR #Q

On an island quietly haunted by ghosts of grieving women, a depressed chocolatier teams up with five strangers—with scars of their own—to find their killer. Of the six, only five are really alive. Spirited Away x Shutter Island #QuestPit #W #A #F #T #PR

MARK OF A MAGPIE is #OnSubmission! 🐦‍⬛📖 When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #QuestPit #YA #A #F #RF #OS #AG #EditorsGuide #Editors

Here's a moodboard for GUMIHO: 🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore & mythology 🖤Told from the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho 🌧Set in modern-day PNW 🥀Dark, intimate atmosphere 🌀Psychological unraveling & physical transformation ❤️Slow-burn romance ✨️Currently revising w/ SmoochPit✨️ #QuestPit #A #F #H #R

THE LIGHTHOUSE + BLOOD IN THE BAYOU Callum Point, a queer transman moves to a dead-end fishing town only to find it full of semi-mad townsfolk, monstrous fish, and an ever-present fog that whispers to him. #QuestPit #Q #A #H

An agent’s guide to THE SLOW BURN 🚒🎄 She’s an event planner with her promotion on the line. He’s a firefighter, and her dad is his chief. Together, they have to pull off the fire department’s holiday gala 👀 #questpit #r #q #amquerying

THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END x FREAKY FRIDAY x PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER In a world in which young people uncontrollably and frequently swap bodies, Sam’s journey to find his missing boyfriend teaches him to accept himself, no matter what he looks like. #questpit #YA #S #LGBT #Q

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA 👻🔮 Reluctant Medium ❤️‍🔥🕰️ Slowburn Sweet Romance 🤝🏡 Found Family 💀💞 Ghost Boyfriend 🕯️✨ Séances #QuestPit #YA #Q #PF #agentsguide

Scott Galloway talks about designing the future we want with data and intent. This is mine: I’m manifesting emotionally fluent male characters because I want readers to assume that’s normal. Not rare. Not a surprise. Normal. (1/4) #amwriting #boymom #amquerying

I CNR'd two queries this evening. Three months is plenty of time. I nudged another that I'd nudged before with my significant revision, asking them to kindly pass if my story isn't a good fit. Bold? (1/5) #amquerying #WritingCommunity

Ignoring rejections and working on Book 2 the old fashioned way. #amwriting #amquerying

The Irresistible Urge to Fall for your Enemy x Full Speed to a Crash Landing 🔥Venetian-inspired Mr & Mrs Smith 🔥Enemies-to-lovers 🔥Magical heists 🔥Spicy slow burn 🔥Everyone is morally grey 🔥Dark magic #GhostPit #A #F #R #Heist

When a young girl stumbles upon an old, dusty bookcase, who fears he has nothing left to offer . . . adventure awaits in WHAT A BOOK CAN DO. #GhostPit #PB #C #Q #OS #BookLover

Lydia is dead, and Charlie knows who killed her 🔪 Her prime suspect? Markus, enigmatic bachelor and Lydia’s ex- boyfriend. Determined to prove his guilt, Charlie launches her own investigation: seduce Markus & uncover the web of lies lurking in Gildervale’s supernatural shadows #PitDark #H #DR #NA

K!LL ME MAYBE 🔪💕 previously described as ‘gay & cringe’ by an online troll (if that doesn’t convince you to read it, what will?) #GhostPit #R #T #NA #WIP POV you hire someone to kill you and they just won't leave you alone... 🌶️ dark rom-com 🎭 dual pov 👁️ stalking/obsession 💀 serial killers

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #GhostPit #F #Con #E #LGBT

A pitch anyone can like! 😉 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣 A disciplined French student falls for post-Cold War Berlin—and for her reluctant host, a single dad grappling with his future. The devastating catch? She can’t stay.

THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH X THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN Time and Time Again. Vampire Ishmael longs for peace but after being exiled by a corrupt magical council he vows to end their cruel reign. To his delighted horror—his newest ally is the reincarnation of a past love. #GhostPit #A #F #PN #LGBT

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Has their dormant love story reawakened or are they just yearning for nostalgia? #ghostpit #a #q #wf #r

Annabelle didn’t mean to fall. She only meant to help. IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA For readers who like: 👻🔮 Reluctant Medium ❤️‍🔥🕰️ Slowburn Sweet Romance 🤝🏡 Found Family 💀💞 Ghost Boyfriend 🕯️✨ Séances #GhostPit #YA #PN #PR #Q

Sixteen-year-old Annabelle sees ghosts but doesn't know why. Their dead energy clings to her, repelling the living. When her lab partner, Will, vanishes and returns as a ghost, Annabelle and Will race to unravel what happened to him before it’s too late: #GhostPit #YA #PN #PR #Q

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA 👻 Sixteen-year-old Annabelle sees ghosts but doesn't know why. Their dead energy clings to her, repelling the living. #GhostPit #YA #Q #PF #agentsguide

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I’m confused. We do this in my husbands Chinese family. His mom’s cousin has the rank of his mom’s sister. This is a cultural thing. I don’t think they’re the only ones who do this. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Pretty sure this one’s mine. @nicolefrailedits.bsky.social , is page 20ish too late for an inciting incident?

My daughter made Mortimer from The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead for her pumpkin book project. #booksky #bookpumpkins #kidlit #ssrya