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Shout out to @cullerpictures.bsky.social for her camp counseling and fun activities! Sad my first #CampRevPit is nearly over. Camp never lasts long enough.

Always on the lookout for beta readers and critique partners for my #MG #F ! #ABCPit 🔥

Scavenger Hunt... 🤫 #CampRevPit #CRPFantasyFoxes

#MoodboardTwist was a tough one without spoilers! But here ya go. Thanks for the challenge, #CampRevPit! #CRPFantasyFoxes

IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES + VANYA & THE WILD HUNT + GREEKING OUT= THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY Courage isn't the absence of fear. My debut MG fantasy explores what it means to act while afraid through an anxious kid, a hidden conservatory, and the very last mythical creatures. #QuestPit #MG #F #Q

Meet some of the endangered residents and staff of THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY as drawn by 10yo Hudson (co-imaginer). A Middle Grade Fantasy that turns anxiety into a super power, eco-fiction into hopeful action for kids, and a sketchbook into a gateway to magic. #QuestPit #MG #F #Q

Three Sanctuaries. Creatures from folklore around the globe. A hidden Conservatory most people will never know exists. And a 5th grader trying trying not to barf so he can stop the ecosystem from crumbling. What could go wrong? Find out in THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY #QuestPit #MG #F #Q

Jack Allen has spent his whole life being told his anxiety makes him a wimp. Then he's recruited to protect the last mythical creatures alive. He's sure he'll fail. The poachers are counting on it. Welcome to THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY #QuestPit #MG #Q #F

One of the best parts of getting to write this was creating the world of the Conservatory. From elevator clouds, to rainbow ivy climbing up stone walls, to trees woven together like Celtic knots, my imagination was set free. It even smells like baking brownies & cookies. I would visit in a heartbeat

1. An aboriginal Rainbow Serpent sneeze sparks and lights the Conservatory on fire 2. A medieval Cockatrice has breath so bad that Jack nearly passes out 3. A Brazilian Encantado (which is like a pink dolphin) is saved by a puppet show Which one is the lie? #crpfantadyfoxes

Oh editing. But it gets better every time. #CRPFantasyFoxes

Hmm. RomCom. For kids. I'll try to put it into a middle school romance: Jack has his first crush, and it's on his best friend. Good thing they are both recruited as Keepers to save mythological creatures together. Can their bond withstand the adventure, or will their friendship go extinct instead?

Excerpt from Chapter 8 (I'm an August bebe!) for #CRPFantasyFoxes #DiscussionDen

Common tropes: Hidden World ✨🚪 Reluctant Hero 🙈🦸‍♂️ Found Family 👫👫🏾👾 Uncommon tropes (are they even tropes?): Knowledge🧠>Magic🔮 Ecological Interdependence 🌳+🐝 Institutional Injustice 👹⚖️🧒🏻 #CRPFantasyFoxes

Story: 🤢👫🏼🐉 🧚🏿‍♂️ 📖🐈🥚🐝👾🕊💐🛌 MC: 🤒🙅😱🐲😅🤯📚 👨‍🔬🦋🎢 ☮️🦸 #CRPCabinRaids #CRPFantasyFoxes

MC (Jack) Fancast: Roman Griffin Davis* I think he could play the anxiety-ridden, hopeful, kind kid with the depth and sweetness it requires. Plus, his middle name is Griffin! #CRPFantasyFoxes (*Roman Griffin Davis was nominated at age 11 for playing Jojo in JoJo Rabbit)

Jack's #CharacterFlaw is catastrophizing anxiety. And no one believes him. Why? 🧵1/5 #CRPFantasyFoxes

This scene always makes me laugh no matter how many times I read it. #CampRevPit #CRPFantasyFoxes

I love to crochet and making amigurumis is my favorite! I also love making crochet mandalas, including one that is 4 feet in diameter. 🧶 Jack's hobby is sketching. His hand always has pencil smudges on it from leaning on his sketchbook whenever he has free time. ✍️ #CRPFantasyFoxes

From the actual villain: "This story is about stupid kids who think that creatures are worth saving. They think that we not only caused the collapse of the ecosystem, but that we can actually DO something about it. They will believe anything science tells them!" #VillainVoices #CRPFantasyFoxes

Good morning, #CampRevPit! 🏕️ Today, we give your villains a moment in the spotlight. What would they say your story is about? Pitch it from your villain's perspective. #VillainVoices

Step right up, kids! Do you love: Multicultural myth mashups? Science geekery like symbiosis and pollinators? Kaleidoscope meadows? Neurotic anxiety cures? And sarcastic cats? Well then THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY may be just what you're craving. ✨ #CRPFantasyFoxes #DiscussionDen

"Jack Allen was pretty good at everything he tried—the problem was that he tried very few things." Opening line of the book tells you most of what you need to know about where he starts the story. And then the fun begins! #CRPFantasyFoxes

Discussion Den: I like it! I love creating something that didn't exist before. And writing my way out of problems I made for myself. The eureka moment when I figure it out is the best. #CRPFantasyFoxes

In my novel, the MC sketches as he learns about the Conservatory, and my son is actually making them, like this map of the Atrium. It well represents where I am: I have everything labeled, I know what direction everything is in, and I am oriented. But none of it is real yet. #CRPFantasyFoxes

My camp dreams: find more awesome people to share stories with (one of the bonus benefits of writing this story is connecting with other writers, who are curious and creative by their very nature), find more critique partners, and cheer each other on. Let's go #CRPFantasyFoxes !

Hello fellow campers! I am querying THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY, a MG fantasy mythology mash-up. What if mythological creatures ceased to exist when we stop telling their stories? A very anxious kid named Jack must prevent their extinction at a magical Conservatory. #CRPFantasyFoxes 🦊

Today was a big day! (Not an April Fool's joke 🙃) I sent FIVE requests to agents who requested to see more. 🤞🙏🤞#amquerying

My book title made it to the next round! Please cast your vote (today, March 31: voting is open for 24 hours) for The Mythical Creature Conservatory. Thank you so much for supporting our novel! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Moving on in the bracket from rounds 13–16: The Peculiar Love of Eccentric Creatures One Night at the Bottom of the Lake The Mythical Creature Conservatory The Tide Calls for Traitors #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026

"The Mythical Creature Conservatory" is a top 32 title in the #RevPit bracket challenge. Vote for the MCC! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

TMW you are giving one last skim of your full manuscript to submit to @revpit.bsky.social and you stumble on these three terrifying words. But I still made it by deadline! 😅 #RevPit ftw

#UnhingedPit finally allows me to comp the aspirational comps! Neurodivergent MC meets mythical creature mashup like PERCY JACKSON + empathy is the super power to save the creatures in HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON + your-closet-is-a-portal delight of THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE. #mg #f

Now for something totally #UnhingedPit, when I was reading Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, I thought about how much my elementary school aged child would love the story if not for all the sexy bits and jaw ticking. So I wrote The Mythical Creature Conservatory for him. #mg #f #querying

Happy #unhingedpit. Let's get a little unhinged, shall we? Here are the top three reasons you might not like my book: #mg #fantasy

Jack Allen was pretty great at everything he tried, the problem was that he tried very few things. He was trapped in an endless loop of one thought: "What if something terrible happens?"... But, what if something magical happened? Like saving mythical creatures from extinction. 🐉 #questpit #q #mg

THE MYTHICAL CREATURE CONSERVATORY is a #MG #F, co-imagined with my 10yo son. Like The Mysterious Benedict Society, it tests exceptional children for entry into a secret institution, set within an endangered magical world like Impossible Creatures, with nods to the Greeking Out podcast. #Q #questpit

Mythical creatures are going extinct, & the only one who can save them is known as the biggest wimp in 5th grade. 10yo Jack must outsmart poachers, unite segregated worlds, & stop a collapsing ecosystem. He learns courage is not fearlessness, it’s being scared & still doing it. #Q #MG #F #questpit

Gotta enter and spread the word about this free contest for writers of Middle Grade Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest4 — Judged by Agent Morgan Hughes of Fineprint Literary, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social. Winners get an agent critique of their work. 🤞

If you're here, let's meet! #scbwiNY26

Jack is based on my IRL son who was diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder. His favorite coping mechanisms are woven through the book. Readers go on a magical adventure with their favorite mythical creatures, while learning to trust themselves & their own courage. #BluePit 📖 #MG #F #Q #OV #DIS #ND

10yo Jack’s anxiety is so bad that he can’t even make it through gym class without puking. So when the very existence of mythological creatures depends on him, he has to learn that bravery is not about being fearless; it’s about being scared and doing it anyway. #BluePit 📖 #MG #F #Q #OV #DIS #ND

What happens when the survival of mythological creatures is in the hands of the most anxious kid in 5th grade? Can he stop poachers at the gates, unite segregated worlds, and save a collapsing ecosystem before multicultural legends are lost forever? #BluePit 📖 #MG #F #Q #OV #DIS #ND

#hopepit : if you like a story about a misfit kid with a huge heart, combined with magical worlds and mythical creatures, with hopeful environmental and science-as-the-solution themes, plus tools to help with anxiety, this will be the book for you. Join me on my journey to get it published! #q #mg 🤞