Attention Horror Writers!! 👻 I'm so excited to host a Conversation with Jamie Nash, author of Save the Cat Writes Horror! It's the best craft book on horror I've read. Join us tomorrow, Nov 8th at 3pm ET on WritingMastery.com. DM me for details! 👻😱 #writingcommunity @writingmastery.bsky.social

Bee’s book is already awesome - but it’ll also have a super awesome narrator! 🥰😍

Romance friends, if you love a good audio book, here’s one!

With millions losing SNAP benefits tomorrow, I'm offering free books for donations to the Sacramento food bank. Donate $5, DM/email me the receipt, & get Love in the Liner Notes or Love at the Rock Show. Donate $10 & get both www.sacramentofoodbank.org 🧵 for list of other authors doing this 💙🌶️📚🌈✒️

My free query critiques officially open tomorrow at 9:00AM EST! As always, they're truly free, in-depth, and encouraging! In an effort to keep responses as timely as possible, I'll close it after my first 15 responses. sites.google.com/view/rowanbr...

Announcement! RevPit's Fall into Fiction is back and it will all take place here on Bluesky! We hope to provide support, accountability, and a welcoming, inclusive community for fiction writers who are drafting, editing, or querying a novel this fall (11/3-21) #RevPit #RevPitFiF

Reading “Fable for the End of the World” (alone), and “Care and Feeding of a Pet Black Hole,” “Last Chance Academy,” + “Stick Dog” with my kids while my MS is in the hands of the best CPs a writer could hope for. Still: scary to put yourself out there, right? #FallofWords #WritingSky #ReadingSky

Look at this cute audiobook announcement! Coming super soon!

Bee always has such helpful and kind posts. This one is amazing for “blurbs” and how to put yourself out there and ask for them - even if it feels scary. Bee’s got your back, as usual 🧡

booksirens.com/book/D6BCEZZ... 📖 Over Work by S.M. Levine Letting go has never been so fun … or so dangerous. ✨ Opposites attract ✨ Nerd (him) /jock (her) ✨ Friends to lovers ✨ Mental health rep ✨ Open door ✨ Chaos/spreadsheet

It’s still #FallofWords, maybe now more than ever as we’re getting closer to the month we all remember as THE writing month. How are you doing? Did you get any writing done? Editing? Reading? Querying? Submission rounds? Or even sales? Whatever you’re up to, I hope this month is treating you well.

Christie is an AMAZING CP and friend! She’ll make a great mentor for one lucky person out there! Yay for another year of #RoundTableMentor too!

Aaaaand: I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Join meeeee! Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages! This is purely a luck drawing too, and a fantastic chance to get some eyes on your materials. Good luck, everyone! 🍀

Who’s joining me in entering a chance to win a free query critique from the kind RevPit editors?

STARLING HOUSE x CAST AWAY x GRADY HENDRIX A woman left for dead on a deserted island finds an injured shipwreck survivor on a boat full of bodies and has to figure out who to trust as the sentient forest that has protected her starts attacking the newcomer. #DVPit #H #A #MH

Always a good opportunity:

I can’t wait for this one to be on my shelf one day. I just *know* it’s gonna be big. Just look at this guide

It’s October! Already. Will you be working on anything? I’ll need to finish a read-through of what I worked on in September (👀), then maybe dive into more writing, all while querying. Always keep swimming! But don’t forget to come up for air if you need to. #OctoberGoals #AmWriting #FallofWords

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#FallofWords update: September is in the books! Did you write? Edit? Read? Will you be doing any of those in October? I got words in. Way more than I thought I ever would again. So I’m calling this a win. Thanks for bearing with me as I put myself out there on socials. 🧡 #AmWriting

The month is almost over and you’ll soon be free of me posting every day for accountability 😅 #FallofWords #AmWriting #AmEditing

What kind of writer are you? #FallofWords #AmWriting Side note: I grew this little citrus tree from seed. A labor of love and dedication and perseverance, just like writing. (Actually a scary accurate comparison. lol. It takes years for trees to bear fruits …)

Does this ever happen to you? Especially in edits, I’ll put in a sentence that I think fits super well, only to then read almost the exact same one a couple paragraphs later. Whoops? #FallofWords September is almost over. Gearing up for October!

What’s some beta or critique partner feedback you’ve received that really stayed with you? Some of mine: “Your writing is sparse and dry.” “The names [all northern Frisian] sound too similar.” And in a good way: that Narcos waiting meme (iykyk) @christiecurry25.bsky.social #FallofWords

Querying friends! I had a revelation yesterday! If you look at your QT Dashboard, it will tell you right there that your queries and submissions are “outstanding!” See? You’re doing fantastic! #AmQuerying #AmWriting #QueryTracker #YouAreOutstanding (Double meanings are fun!)

How are your words doing? Putting up a fight? Or flowing out of you? It’s a mixed bag over here. #FallofWords #AmWriting

#FallofWords September is slowly coming to an end. Still so many words to write. I hope you’re also writing or gearing up for you own writing event. No matter what you’ll be doing (and taking a break from writing to rest your brain counts too), I’m rooting for you. #AmWriting

Sometimes it’s hard to keep going and remember to have fun when all you get is rejections. If you’re struggling, writing friends: I see you! I’ve been there. But writing IS fun when we do it for our audience of one (aka ourselves.) What was the last thing you enjoyed writing? #FallofWords

I read this one!! It’s just as epic as it sounds!

Has your writing journey been linear? Do you feel like every project is better than the last? I definitely don’t, but I still think we learn something with and from each and every one. Also, finishing a draft is always a win. #FallofWords #AmWriting

Do you check your word count while drafting? Or your page count? Do you celebrate small goals along the way? I’m writing my #FallofWords WIP “in the dark” and a tiny bit nervous to find out the word count once it’s done. (If it gets done …) #AmWriting

Gotta hit my self-imposed goal for this month and do a sprint for #FallofWords The day was just too busy for writing - but now my brain is tired. If you need a writing buddy, come join me. Twenty minutes starting … NOW. #AmWriting

Random school-free day and the kids have colds (‘tis the season), so there wasn’t as much time to write - but we finished our book and started the next one. Plus: extra cuddles! (Already the 19th? This month is moving fast!) What did you read today? Did you write? #FallofWords #AmWriting

Have you ever compared your journey with that of others? I’ve found it’s true what they say: comparison can be the thief of joy, and still I can’t always stop myself. But for now, I’m doing my best to enjoy writing my silly little story and keeping my eyes on my own paper. #FallofWords #AmWriting

Are you a fast or a slow drafter? How long does it take you to finish a first draft? I’m a little all over the place, and I’m not sure yet how fast I’ll be drafting this one. But I’m still going, so I count that as a win. All writing speeds are okay. Writing is not a race. #FallofWords

I had a good #FallofWords day today. Got more than one sprint in, which is always a good thing. I’ve had days where I did a lot of staring at words, too, though, and had to drag the sentences out into the open by sheer force. How is your writing going?

Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules! For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025! #writersky #booksky

Why did I start this daily posting for September? Maybe to hold myself accountable? Sometimes I have regrets coz I don’t know what to write. I guess that’s just “typical writer things” too, though. What are you working on? Do you know what it’s going to be when it grows up? #FallofWords

S.M. writes gorgeous romances - if any romance friends are looking for something new to read and a fantastic author to discover … she’s amazing.

What’s one of those words or expressions you use in each and every one of your stories? One of mine is “shoot a glance.” (I always have to cull about a gazillion.) #FallofWords #AmWriting

Have you ever had to delete a slew of words in order to keep going? Or because you realized you don’t understand the logic of your own “rules?” Just happened to me, so my sprint didn’t feel very productive. But knowing when to cut is an art, too. And tomorrow is another day. #FallofWords

Today was so busy I didn’t get to post - though I did manage to do my September-daily sprint. But sometimes, we miss a goal, and that’s fine. No need to drop the game only because we dropped the ball once. Have you dropped the ball on writing recently? Did you pick it back up? #FallofWords

I am currently “telling” myself a story. I don’t know where it’ll lead and where it’ll end—but I’m cautiously happy to be writing at all, because querying can steal the joy of creating stories. It’s okay to just write for ourselves sometimes, be our only readers. #FallofWords

What helps you to write? Knowing someone else is writing with me helps me focus better and get words done. I’ve been sprinting with one of my CPs lately: they edit, I draft. I get so much more than than when I try to do it by my lonesome. #FallofWords

Have you read anything you really loved lately? Anything intriguing you’re reading right now? I started Mary Robinette Kowal’s newest and am reading a cute MG with my kids: The Lumbering Giants of Windy Pines by Mo Netz. (With disability rep. Coz everyone can have adventures. 🥰) #FallofWords

Anyone else sprinting to get in words? (Not that long ago, I’d never heard of “sprinting” meaning anything other than running in short bursts. The things we learn along the way …) #FallofWords

Another few words added. #FallofWords day seven was a success. The best part? For the first time in months, I had some fun, maybe because I didn’t listen to the overly critical voice inside my head and just wrote. How about you?

Almost forgot to post. It’s harder to keep up with #FallofWords on the weekend. There was more soccer than words over here. But I managed to reach my little goal. I hope wherever you are, you had some success too, be it written words, or read words, or some time spent with loved ones. 🧡

I don’t know where this project for my #FallofWords journey wants to go. But that’s okay. I never really know where my stories will take me until I sit down and write them. I’m a true discovery writer. And you?

Feeling a tiny bit silly posting into the big ole void out there, but here we are: It’s #FallofWords after all. I hope those of you currently drafting or editing or reading are having a good time. Who’s counting their daily words? (I have decided not to count mine just yet.)