I beta-read the first few chapters of @thehksmith.bsky.social’s book and can confirm it’ll hook you with its claws! Those comps and breaking generational magic cycles are ✨☄️

I don’t want to even count how many messages hit our group chat today as we reviewed each other’s microfiction drafts 😆

SIX OF CROWS X ARCANE How to fight a Chaos storm caused by the overuse of magic? Sanjiin’s fists won’t help. Neither will Rayna’s Chaos. But together, Prof. Tinley believes science can be the glue to bind enemies and magical forces to save the last Haven city from itself. #A #F #LuckyPit #PopUpPit

#QuestPit ACOMAF x ODW Tamlin vs Rhysand🥵, except one is the playful scientist helping Ocelia hunt the magic poison spreading a deadly disease🏜️ and the other is an enigmatic immortal who bends magic to his will & knows more than he should💫 Who is truly helping her heal her brother?⏳ #Q #F #RF #YA

#QuestPit ONE DARK WINDOW x SHADOW & BONE As a mysterious disease feeds on her brother’s empathy 🧠, Ocelia must hunt down its poisonous magic source ☣️🏜️alongside an immortal she thinks she can trust 👀, before it kills them all ⏳ #Q #F #RF

Final pitch for #2025pit ⚔️Witches with swords and compulsion magic⚔️ Fate chose wrong. Alys Sathos has no desire to free an enemy realm from their queen’s mind twisting magic. Especially not after the prince captures her when her broom crashes behind enemy lines. #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC

After an eclipse triggers an ancient, apocalyptic ritual & lots of problems for Lyla, she brokers a deal with the enemy in exchange for answers. But will she give into the undeniable chemistry with Axel or risk finding out just how closely her fate is tied to the end of the world #2025pit #RM #NA

#2025Pit ACOMAF x ONE DARK WINDOW Tamlin vs Rhysand, except one is the playful lead scientist of the desert magic drought 🏜️ & the other is the sharp-eyed immortal who bends magic to his will 💫 Who is truly helping Ocelia heal her brother from a magic fever...and who is obstructing her? #RM #F #YA

#2025Pit Ocelia’s brother is the only human with a degenerative fever that leaches color—and empathy🧠. But she soon learns his illness isn’t human at all, and neither is she. Ocelia travels to the magic realm for answers🏜️, where the fever is spreading…and someone is targeting her⏳ #RM #F #YA

Ariadne X LNatTC Aia is dutiful to gods and family (even when they’re cruel) ✨ but her loyalty to the Temple is tested when her death is demanded to appease the desert deities💧☀️ she escapes to bargain her life with the gods ☁️ and decides if her life is worth another’s 🏜️ #P2Ppit #YA #W #F

📖 Ocelia’s brother is the only human with a degenerative fever that leaches color—and empathy🧠. But she soon learns his illness isn’t human at all, and neither is she. Ocelia travels to the immortal realm for answers🏜️, where the fever is spreading…and someone is targeting her⏳ #P2Ppit #Q #RF #F #YA

Contest 1 judged by agent Eric Smith! Thanks for this free opportunity! @writingdaywksp.bsky.social

ACOMAF x ONE DARK WINDOW Tamlin versus Rhysand, except one is the playful lead scientist of the desert magic drought 🏜️ and the other is the enigmatic, sharp-eyed immortal who bends magic to his will 💫 Who is truly helping Ocelia heal her brother...and who is obstructing her? #P2Ppit #Q #RF #F #YA

ONE DARK WINDOW x SHADOW & BONE Ocelia must free her brother from a magical degenerative disease, even as his cruelty threatens her own mental health. To stop the illness from spreading, she tracks down the help of a magic-manipulating immortal who might just be behind it 🥵 #Q #RF #F #YA #P2Ppit

When you promised not to let your book word count go above five digits while editing, but now, after starting at 76k, you have to hand-write an extra block #writerproblems #authorlife #fantasywriters

TIP: before you start writing a new book, write the plot pitch paragraph first! Whether or not you submit a query letter for traditional publishing, it forces you to get to the *marrow* of the plot in a way that hooks the reader and to clearly set up the stakes, inciting incident, and character arc