Tell the Wolves I’m Home is about June Elbus, a fourteen-year-old-girl in the late 80s whose uncle—and best friend, confidante, and first love—dies of AIDS. It rocks June to her core, but his slow death also triggers other fractures in her family. elicitingesperance.substack.com/p/tell-the-w...

The God of the Woods x How to Read a Book Meet the characters…Harriett and Sawyer. bsky.app/profile/sara... #QuestPit #Q #A #T #WF #U #AgentGuide

HEART PRINCIPLE + KENNEDY RYAN Daisy and James both sell fantasies for a living. Sex worker, actor; their jobs aren't that different. They’re supposed to have a business arrangement—the illusion of love in exchange for money—but it turns out a heart costs nothing at all. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #U

A 29-year-old woman begins a prestigious nutrition internship at the hospital where her birth mother died, determined to prove she belongs—until she discovers there’s no record her mother was ever there, unraveling the story she’s built her life around. #Q #Querying #U #upmarket #A #Questpit

He says he made her. She says she loves him. GOOD GIRL is a literary novel told as a chat log between a middle-aged author and a college freshman building a relationship that destroys them both. One of them may not be real. MY DARK VANESSA × ANNIE BOT #questpit #Q #A #LF #U

A barn owner who survives by enduring. A trauma surgeon who survives by controlling. A horse kick, an ER meet-cute, and the slow-burn kind of love that doesn’t fix grief, but gives it somewhere to rest. #questpit #Q #A #R #U #WF #litagentsguide

THIS WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING | Upmarket | 80K #QuestPit Closeted YouTuber Dani G is *this close* to being a real pop star, so she is willing to smile and sing while her life falls apart—until she meets a girl who shows her what the world looks like on the other side of performance. #Q #A #U #LGBTQ

When years of unearthed family secrets erupt into murder, two sisters with a decade long feud must rebuild their fractured relationship in order to cover it up, or risk a life behind bars and losing the one thing they were certain they didn’t need – each other. #questpit #q #u #wf #t

LILY KING X NOAH KAHAN She is using solitude as a coping mechanism & he relies on emotional unavailability and moral injury to survive. PICTURE US, FALLING is not about being saved, but about being seen, & the brutal, beautiful act of loving while breaking. #questpit #Q #A #U #LF #amquerying

Actively querying my debut novel SHE CAME BY IT HONESTLY, a multi-generational story of mothers and daughters and the corrosive power of family secrets. #questpit #Q #U #WF

When a designer drug that lets the rich edit memories sweeps through a coastal state split between luxury and neglect the poor become its testing ground. #questpit #t #u #d

YOU HAVE TO HANG ON 💪🏼 vigilante justice ⚖️ moral complexity 👫 cathartic end 🤣 hard topics with warmth and humor 🧠 ND MC ❤️ mental health 🌎 pro-immigrant 👧🏽 precocious preschooler 🤝 found family 💔 grief 🤫 past secrets 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit #QuestPit #Q #A #T #WF #U #AgentGuide bsky.app/profile/sara...

🎭DEAR WENDY x MY FAIR BRADY🎭 #QuestPit #Q #YA When Sofia is cast as the romantic lead of her senior musical with her toxic, cheating ex-boyfriend, she enlists the help of skeptical aroace sound tech, June, to help her "fall out of love" with him, move on for good and become the star of her own show

Bone HousesXHouse of Hollow A delicate bloom holds a secret & threatens peace when Luna’s father vanishes into The Orade. She & Treasure search for him, but cruel sectors & a magic-plague force her to face untamed powers & a hard choice: save him, save Treasure, or lose herself. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Just for the Summer x Things You Save in a Fire An overburdened, chronically ill daughter fights to keep her party girl mother in assisted living without losing her health and sanity in the process. 75k contemporary women’s fiction with romantic subplot Dual POV #Q #A #WF #QuestPit

The God of the Woods x How to Read a Book #QuestPit #Q #A #T #WF #U #AgentGuide An intimacy-averse private investigator and a paramedic who saves everyone but himself are the only people willing to help an undocumented mother protect her daughter from the girl’s wealthy American father. (1/3)

I’m pitching in #QuestPit tomorrow! I’d love a boost—like and repost tomorrow—to help my pitch reach agents, and I’m happy to return the favor! Drop your pitch below and I’ll look for it ❤️ Check out my pinned post for a preview of my own pitch 😉 #amquerying #writingcommunity

The God of the Woods x How to Read a Book *currently querying* An intimacy-averse private investigator and a paramedic who saves everyone but himself are the only people willing to help an undocumented mother protect her daughter from the girl’s wealthy American father. (1/3)

When my youngest daughter was about six months old, I started wanting a tattoo. check out my latest essay and consider subscribing (all my content is 100% free!) and sharing! elicitingesperance.substack.com/p/getting-yo... #personalessay #amwriting #writingcommunity #tattoo #intentionalliving

Fellow querying authors, another free writing contest! Deadline TODAY: For writers of Literary / Mainstream / Book Club Fiction -- tinyurl.com/wdwcon8 -- Judged by Agent Katie Monson of SBR Media, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social. Winners get an agent critique of their work. #amquerying

Fellow querying authors! @writingdaywksp.bsky.social is running a free writing contest: For writers of Thriller / Mystery / Crime / Suspense / Cozy — tinyurl.com/wdwcon11 — Judged by Agent Ritu Anand of D4E0 Literary. Winners get an agent critique of their work.

Voooootes please! I’m packing for a long weekend visiting beloved family and have actually run out of library books, so going tapping into my TBR shelf in my own library! We’re flying not driving so I can only take two…which to take!? #Booksky #TBR #ReadingLife

So lovely and generous of @jenna.satterthwaite.author to open up her massively popular newsletter to guest posts and interviews!! Thrilled to have had the opportunity to tell my story! Here’s the link if you want to check it out! open.substack.com/pub/jennasat... #amquerying

Favorite excerpt: “The work of raising and teaching kids is layered and demanding, but it’s also some of the most meaningful and impactful work we can undertake.” Read my full review here: open.substack.com/pub/elicitin... And follow me for more book recs! #BookSky #parenting #momlife

The novel is unsettling and chilling—there’s a sense that something is lurking, and everyone feels like a potential threat. Which, it turns out, they are. #bookreview #bookrecommendations Full review here: elicitingesperance.substack.com/p/the-mad-wife

This is a love story for us middle-aged moms. Passion + the daily realities of parenting elementary schoolers + the drag of emotional baggage + warmth and wit. Full review: substack.com/home/post/p-... #bookrecommendations #momswhoread

This essay is deeply personal—a raw reaction to Minneapolis. Full essay—including audio version—here: open.substack.com/pub/elicitin... If this resonates with you, please consider subscribing and sharing. #socialjustice #parenting #personalessay

Firefly Lane x Liane Moriarty Disabled GenX Ellie reconnects with her college crush, but her friends suspect him in the unsolved disappearance of one of their group on graduation day. Ellie must risk her safety to learn the truth about her missing friend. #QuestPit #Q #A #WF

A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother assaulted by her daughter’s American father. 💪🏼vigilante justice ❤️love story 🧊anti-ICE 🧠neurodiverseMC 🌈end=hope 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit ⌨️pgs www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide #questpit #Q #A #T #WF #U

A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother assaulted by her daughter’s American father. 💪🏼vigilante justice ❤️love story 🧊anti-ICE 🧠neurodiverseMC 🌈end=hope 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit ⌨️pgs www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide #questpit #Q #A #T #WF #U

A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother assaulted by her daughter’s American father. 💪🏼vigilante justice ❤️lovestory 🧊anti-ICE 🧠neurodiverse MC 🌈end=hope 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit ⌨️pgs www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide #questpit #Q #A #T #WF #U

A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother assaulted by her daughter’s American father. 💪🏼vigilante justice ❤️lovestory 🧊anti-ICE 🧠neurodiverse MC 🌈end=hope 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit ⌨️pgs www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide #questpit #Q #A #T #WF #U

A PI and a paramedic, each haunted by an inescapable past, break their own rules to help an undocumented mother who is assaulted by her daughter’s American father. 💪🏼justice ❤️love story 🧊anti-ICE 🧠neurodiverse MC 🌈end = hope 👩🏼‍💻prof dev edit ⌨️sample: www.SarahBerke.com/agent-guide #questpit#Q#A#T#WF#U

Had a blast designing this sassy, whimsical site for USA Today Bestselling author Lynne Marshall (1st book in the Cynthia Peabody series available for pre-order at www.lynnemarshallauthor.com!) I’d love to work with you, too! Send me a message at www.esperancecreative.com and let’s get started!

Franny is a character that will stay with me, but every character is beautifully rendered and complex. It’s an ode to the natural world while also being propulsively readable. Immersive, full of heart, and breathtakingly empathetic. Devastating and beautiful and deeply affecting. #books #tbr #read

I’ve written before about how my mental health tanked after I gave birth to my babies. But what it’s taken me years to realize is that anxiety can be reframed as a gift. For the rest check out my Substack, and while you’re there please subscribe ❤️ elicitingesperance.substack.com/p/the-upside...

Eddie is 90 and still waiting for his first kiss. Bella is 24 but has lost the love of her life. When they meet, Bella makes it her mission to help him find love. To read the full review, I’d love to have you check it out and subscribe here: elicitingesperance.substack.com

A bookstore in my community was recently damaged in a fire. Luckily the store didn’t burn, but they’ve had to close to remediate smoke and soot damage. Please buy from them! It’s a true gem, and I hope they make it through this crisis: www.bookmiser.net More here: open.substack.com/pub/elicitin...

Just interrupting your day with my work buddy. I’m doing an on-paper read through and markup of the manuscript I’ve been in the thick of revising this fall, and Hanna is taking a nap. The world is a lot right now, and maybe you need this cute dog pic as much as I did.

My 8 yo and I started watching The Great British Baking Show yesterday…so of course today she made a cake! She says she wants to be a baker because of the combination of two things she loves: science and creativity ❤️

Thrilled to share this gorgeous logo for my business created by @fireflystudiospottery, as well as this very cool feature Shout Out Atlanta just published on me: shoutoutatlanta.com/meet-sarah-b.... Thank you to my friend @jabaleyjennifer for the nomination!! Could not be more excited about both!!!

Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4

#RightToReadDay A 🧵 Y’all I’m showing up for #RightToReadDay. I LOVE books (obviously) and the public library and librarians, and they need some love.

How to stay hopeful when things feel hopeless… …Or how not to lose your shit when you’re overwhelmed. ☝🏻☝🏻☝🏻 my new essay, hitting inboxes now. If you subscribe, thank you! If not, you can read the rest (and I’d love it if you’d subscribe) here: www.sarahberke.com/essays

A 🧵 Part of my vision for my company, #EsperanceCreative, is someday to build a base of clients who create in LOTS of mediums, because there’s so much I believe that we can learn from each other outside of our own craft communities.

Grateful to my creative colleague @andreacneil @twobirdsediting for letting me guest post today! Full article here: open.substack.com/pub/twobirds... And I’d love to know what YOUR must haves are! I’d love to work with YOU, too!! www.esperancecreative.com

I truly loved working with @kristenfinello on a gorgeous website for her, the very first one for #EsperanceCreative to go live! Check it out at www.kristenfinello.com. I’m offering 10% off the project fee for anyone who signs up www.sarahberke.com/ec-website by the end of Feb!

Matriarch of gorgeous, messy, imperfectly beautiful family gets devastating diagnosis and she and her husband decide that instead of waiting for her to lose the ability to really live, they’re going to end their lives together in one year’s time. Full review: www.instagram.com/p/DFviZSVpyI...