My #StarterPack of the day is #querying - the folks in the trenches . If you are querying and want to be included please reply to this post. go.bsky.app/DgvXt8z

#comingsoon #writingprompts #newbook

Take a look #newbook

Checking in with my friends who identify as BIPOC, POC, bi-racial, mixed race and/or have immigrant status today. Hope you’re okay. 😔

Pitch event for Latinx/Latine authors coming up!

Pub day! THE IRON ROAD is out today in hardback and ebook, and the Tales of the Plains trilogy is complete. I happen to think this one is bloody good, and encourage you all to get stuck in 💪💥

R F Kuang is hands down one of the best writers alive at the moment. It’s insane that people are even suggesting AI is the reason. Why can’t people just let her be a best selling author without this veiled jealousy? If she was a white man, no one would be making these accusations.

I spy something blazing and cover shaped in my inbox 👀

#WriteCBC He exhaled, relieved to find the battered book still in the drawer. He rubbed a thumb over the dog-eared corners before turning the pages, hungrily scanning terms & meanings. He got lost, for a moment, in a paragraph, then snapped it closed. This was his ticket to a better life.

My dead plants are horrible but this collection edited by @manylittlewords.bsky.social is amazing. It’s terrifying, thought provoking, and intense, like a documentary in a cave at midnight Review to come soon, gross picture for now

My debut zombie horroromance is 1 year old today. 🥹 I want to say thank you to everyone that has purchased and read it. 🩷 As a thank you and to celebrate its release you can download it this weekend on the Zon for freeeee! (Check out last pic for new Z.E.R.O news🤭)

I was out w/my family all day so just getting back to this. Thank you so much! I hope that everyone enjoys my misfit filled book of monster hunters. 🥹 The sale continues until August 25th. Z.E.R.O will be free all weekend w/the indiebook.sale as well as many others!

I won 1st place in Best Comp Titles?!! 😱 Thanks so much again @meljrey.bsky.social for nominating me. And thank you @posterpitevent.bsky.social for hosting a fantastic, fun pitch event. It's my favourite one! 🥰 My comps are GLASS ONION x MISS CONGENIALITY so here's Gracie accepting with..er..grace?😅

du Maurier's REBECCA x Sky Atlantic's RIVIERA x Netflix's THE PERFECT COUPLE They're like family to her, but when a death begins to look like murder how far will she go to protect them? They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband. The man she's always loved. #PosterPit #Q #A #R #M

Ahh that’s me in 3rd place! 🙌🏽🥳 and they were all just so excellent! This has been such a fun community event. A huge thank you to the @posterpitevent.bsky.social Team 🥹 it’s been awesome!

MOST EYE-CATCHING: 1st: @inkdaydreams 2nd: Transcendragons 3rd: @MelJRey Runner-Up 1: Maggie Runner-Up 2: @ShermanArwyn

The #PosterPitAwards are here - and so are the WINNERS! Reminder of prizes: 1st Place: Custom Agent/Editor Guide 2nd Place: Custom Moodboard 3rd Place: First 5 Page Critique Runner-Up: Query Critique Agented Authors: Custom sketch commission Contact us over email to collect!

What a lovely post to see first thing today! 😃 Thank you so much @meljrey.bsky.social This has made my day! 💖💖💖

This was fun! I have cast my votes! I think I might nominate different ones on X but we will see 😉 #PosterPit

You can't quite go see the movie yet, but in just over 2 weeks you'll be able to read the book, as this meet cute between a naive mage and an awkward fantasy nerd will be hitting shelves! #PosterPit #P #YA #F #LGBTQ

Okay, #PosterPit, the #PosterPitAwards are now OPEN! In the 🧵 you'll find all the categories. Please nominate ONE poster for each category - or like existing nominations! If one book is already nominated, you don't need to post it again! End Date: August 18th at 8 AM EDT!

Clones are empty vessels, or so claims Mason, a grief-stricken neurobiologist desperate to resurrect his wife. But when his estranged son discovers clones can reject their memory grafts and threatens to blow the whistle, everything Mason has worked for is at risk. #PosterPit #AG

When two strangers accidentally swap their trauma ghosts during sensory deprivation therapy, they must use the other's distorted memories to find each other before the manifestations of their unresolved pain destroys them both. #PosterPit #WIP #AG #A #SPEC

While sitting shiva for her mom, Ava discovers her mother isn’t entirely gone yet… #PosterPit #YA #H #W

1952: Wild Child unwillingly drifts between two realities, but is it magic, madness, or something more sinister? Now she must uncover the truth before she ends up in an institution for disturbed girls. #YA #MagicalRealism #AG #PosterPit #Editors

Kai spent his whole life alone. After his last bounty leaves behind a cryo crate containing a strange creature he finds himself running with his former rival Samara as they try to outpace the Pirates on their tail and get the creature safely home. Cowboy bebop x outlaw star #Posterpit #Wip #YA #SFF

A teen outcast from a secret line of Irish plant magicians must harness newfound powers to protect herself from a poison-wielding ancestor who hunts her family across time. 🍄 Plant magic + elixirs + poisons 💌 Romance subplot 🎂 Magical baking 🚪 Portal to another realm #posterpit #PosterPitQ #ya

GUMIHO A 76k Adult Upmarket Horror Romance 🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore 🖤Told from the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho 🌧Set in modern-day PNW 🥀Dark, intimate atmosphere 🌀Psychological unraveling & physical transformation ❤️Slow-burn romance #PosterPit #Q #A #H #R

✨ THE REVENANT OF SUROLIFIA ✨ A soldier with chronic migraines will overthrow the empire. A thief who often dooms his partners will reclaim his throne. They aim to kill each other, but to liberate their silver-eyed kin, they must work together. 📅 07.07.26 #PosterPit #P #A #F

In a world plagued with monsters & machines mimicking loved ones, 2 sisters fight for survival as their bond reaches a breaking pt. When corruption threatens humanity, sacrifices must be made. Love & forgiveness isn’t easy, especially in the apocalypse.🧵 #PosterPit #YA #SF #AG ❤️ Subplot 👯‍♀️Dual POV

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #PosterPit #A #S #SF #W

THE SIRENS X THE BOOK OF WITCHING ✨ Editor interest ✨ 🌊 Feminine rage 🌊 Twisty plot 🌊 Atmospheric setting 🌊 Orcadian folklore 🌊 Multi POV 🌊 Chronic illness rep (own voices) #PosterPit #A #HF #Q

#PosterPit #Q ALICE & THE AFTERLIFE - 75K / NA / Paranormal Mystery 🕵️ 🧹 cleaning haunted houses 🔪 serial killer mystery 🌊 british coastal setting 👻 ghosts, ghosts & more ghosts 🧠 autistic protagonist

Slow Horses x Life on Mars When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #A #T #SPF #PosterPit #PosterPitQ

🗡️Murdered in cold blood &resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes a legendary assassin. 🥷When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. 💀Failure will cost more than just her life.🪶 #PosterPit #P #F 🪐📚 📚💙 🌈📚

#PosterPit #YA #F #C A transfemme plant-killer garden witch works with a rival music witch to supply magic to an ancient flower for three months. When MC’s autistic meltdown turns the flower sentient, she must learn to regulate her emotions to conceal the scandal.

NOSFERATU WITH A BANSHEE ⚰️ Only one grave 🖤 He’s human, she’s immortal 🥀 Tragic ending ☠️ Black plague in Ireland #PosterPit #W #A #H #R #HF #Gothic

The nursery rhyme The Farmer in the Dell haunts Emily—but the final verse, “the cheese stands alone,” is no rhyme. When her best friend’s illness turns terminal, Emily has days to uncover a truth that could destroy her marriage, child, & the life she’s built around saving Lacey. #posterpit #Q #A

📖🐦‍⬛Mark of a Magpie🐦‍⬛📖 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? #PosterPit #PosterPitOS #PosterPitA #AG #OS #A #F #R #DIS #onsub #editors

Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing. #posterpit #q #wf w/ #r #amquerying #filipinorep

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #PosterPit #YA #H #AG

Some very kind words about my little book. I'm delighted to share them with you. Link in case you are interested in having a look yourself. #bookreview #shortstories mybook.to/Sandcastles

Thread of #PosterPit pitches for my querying novel: bsky.app/profile/melj...

With their attempts at coming out repeatedly thwarted and the attempts on their life getting more and more serious, Andy realizes they’re being stalked by their pre-transition doppelganger—and she won’t stop until she’s taken the life they thought they’d left behind #PosterPit #YA #H #AG

JASAD HEIR/THE LAST VIGILANT If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #PosterPit #F #Q #A

COMING SOON 👀 One lunar prison. Two condemned men. Jack is a criminal with a blood-soaked past. Elias is an entomologist caught in a web of lies. In isolation, affection blooms. Beneath the surface, something ancient stirs. #PosterPit #SF #H #R #LGBT #WIP

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of quiet meals and cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a terrifying monster who wants to be friends. #PosterPit #Q #LGBT #R #A

MEXICAN GOTHIC meets CRIMSON PEAK in this dark reimagining of the Korean folktale of Heungbu and Nolbu that explores a biracial woman's confrontation with generational trauma and fractured identity, woven with the creeping dread of sentient gardens and haunted houses #A #H #W #PosterPit

THE OFFICE x GOOD OMENS Virgil Mora has three months to turn around a vampire-ran Ohio gas station to restore Heaven’s faith in Hell and save his boss, Lucifer, the angel he’s fallen for. Before his past mistakes come back to haunt him. Literally. #PosterPit #W #A #C #F #LGBT