Just got my second short story acceptance in a month. Honestly, it's so much easier to get these stories published when I ACTUALLY SEND THEM OUT. #horror #writing #publishing #accepted #shortstories

This week's Chickenshit Newsletter is on IT FOLLOWS and it's alllllll about sex cuz I hear that sells. It's not...sexy...I mean...at all. But still. open.substack.com/pub/hellomyn...

Just got a short story published in a horror magazine.

A fitting film as we lead up to Halloween. Honestly, this is the kind of movie that still keeps me up at night. Just the willies everywhere. Chickenshits, beware. hellomynameischickenshit.substack.com/p/hello-my-n...

This week's Chickenshit Newsletter is about the villain of my Chickenshit origin story: The late, great Freddy Krueger. hellomynameischickenshit.substack.com/p/hello-my-n...

@thebuffwriter.bsky.social Great meeting you at Mystery to Me on Thursday! Started your book yesterday and really enjoying it so far.

substack.com/@hellomyname... First Chickenshit Newsletter, hopefully of many. I still lose sleep over scary movies, but I was shocked that The Exorcist was kind of...sweet?

Oh man this would be a dream come true.

Wife says I make laundry complicated but it's simple: 1. Wash 2. Dry 3. Put on trampoline 4. Use sheet to carry up three flights of stairs like Santa 5. Leave clothes in pile 6. Sift through clothes daily like they fell out of the world's worst pinata 7. Repeat...monthly #SAHD

Just got home from my 20-years high school reunion where I fell down the stairs during a tour of my old school.

Is it possible that someone just needs to reset the #publishing console? Maybe blow in the cartridge? See what happens after that? #WritingCommunity

Hey #WritingCommunity, I'll be in #Chicago for the afternoon. Anyone want to meet up for #coffee?

Okay, but like what happens after they get their picture taken? Is the gala...just over? #MetGala

This is my favorite weekend of the year. Really looking forward to connecting with anyone else who’ll be attending. #JustWrite2025

Last Chance to Register! Let’s Just Write! is less than a week away. Join us for one of the best #writersconference in the U.S. Learn more about #registration, hotel, and #conference program at www.chicagowrites.org/conference #JustWrite2025 #lastchance

Help I have an idea for a #musical I want to write, but I need someone who knows music well enough to help me. This is not a drill. #Musicals #WritingCommunity #Help #Oscars #Tonys #LinManuelMiranda #Cats #HughJackman

Hey #writingcommunity. I did some work revamping my website. Would love to hear any thoughts if you're willing to check it out! Thanks! www.kevinloughrin.com

I just finished reading Julia Fine's (@finejuli.bsky.social ) novel The Upstairs House. It's just stunning. Very powerful and unsettling in a way that is truly haunting. It's been days and I'm still thinking about it. If you haven't read it, please do. God, was it good. #booksky #HorrorLit

Slow Horses ➕️➕️➕️ Time travel's brutal for an MI5 agent on the run from his government. They almost blew up 1972; he got the blame. Now there's a temporal vortex to close, if the hunters don't kill him first, and a Russian spy from 1997 is running interference. #Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit #agentguide 🦋

The Ipcress File x Life on Mars 🔫 High-stakes thriller 🔫 Time travel twist 🔫 Stale beer espionage 🔫 Weird science 🔫 Cold War subterfuge 🔫 Working class hero 🔫 Hunter to hunted 🔫 Antagonist from the future 🔫 Enemy turned ally 🔫 Proles vs privilege #Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit #editors #litagents 🦋

I found my #agent at an event like #MiseryPit and would love to help others do the same. Let me know if you'd like some extra eyes on your pitch. I can't promise I can help, but I'd love to try. Good luck! #Writing #Querying

This sounds like a wild story.

This seems wonderfully creepy

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #2025Pit #Q #YA #SF #LGBTQ

KINSHIP, 84k, #A #H #T w/ #LGBTQ rep. Megan’s reunion with her long lost brother is complicated when he kills his lover. Luckily, Megan’s prepared for this. Subversion of gothic tropes + send up of true crime culture. #2025Pit

A magic that mortals can wield is discovered, a priestess influences the will of the deities, warriors uncover the evil that ended the first gods and the constellations shift. Vithmor’s history is written in the first part of the GREEN STAR SERIES. PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE + COSMERE #2025pit #A #F

Yes! I love this.

EVERY SUMMER AFTER + HAPPY PLACE Jasper's life in NYC is falling apart. Returning to the Quebec Laurentians for her sister's wedding, she is reunited with her favorite ex, Brett. She broke his heart. She wants him back. He doesn't trust her. Maybe she shouldn't trust him either. #2025Pit #A #CR

This sounds really interesting.

#2025pit #A #SPF #amquerying #writingcommunity #billionaires #resist In THEY COULD BE SAVIORS billionaires are held captive and subjected to psychedelic therapy to confront their egos—and save the planet. Think Nine Perfect Strangers meets The Paris Climate Agreement but with wealth-hoarders.

#2025pit When a great magician dies, Kess is left in charge of his old magic shop. Kess can't do real magic, but with help from the magician's vain prodigal son (and some rabbits, summoned accidentally,) she has to keep the shop open. Kate Leh's SNAPDRAGON + Alison McGhee's DEAR BROTHER #MG #GN

Oh man I have met so many writers by doing pitch events on the other platform and now I have an agent so I will be retweeting every writer who follows me on here. Good luck! #2025Pit

This seems like a "definitely judge a book by its cover" situation. Looks gorgeous. Can't wait to read it.

About seven years ago, I got laid off from a job that I kind of hated. Now I'm an agented horror author on sub and getting hits like this on my website. I know it means nothing, but also...Damn. #WritingCommmunity #horror #publishing

#Help I do not know how to start rebuilding on this platform. #WritingCommunity, someone come find me. I don't even have a single clue what else to say but #Hello. Also Help.

My #debut #horror #novel on #Submission is about a group of modern-day #LostBoys who bury women under a tree to suffer eternally so the boys can absorb her life-force and never have to grow up. Don't know if there is any modern-day application to this. #publishing #WritingCommunity

Hey everyone. I'm rebuilding on here while still on the other one. I write #horror #novels, and am currently #OnSubmission with my #debut novel, THE DEER. Would love to connect with other #Writers, #Readers, #Publishers, and also, just for fun, #gardeners. Look forward to meeting you!