MOST INNOVATIVE DESIGN 1st Place: @emilyshete.bsky.social 2nd Place: @aislinspurgeon.bsky.social 3rd Place: @kaylaherrera.bsky.social

✨ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART x EDWARD SCISSORHANDS✨ 16yo princess Zella is sick of oiling her iron joints & hiding her woodgrain scars. W/ weeks until her curse turns her to petrified wood, a wish on a rare Starlune moth is her only hope—but it may cost her the boy she loves #YA #F #FT #PosterPit #Q

A YA romantasy retelling of Pinocchio where the vanity-driven dystopia of UGLIES meets the fairy tale whimsy of CARAVAL ✨ #YA #Romantasy #agentsguide #writingcommunity #amquerying #marginalizedvoices

Manifesting something magical in my inbox this week ✨

9 agents have my manuscript and every day I wake up and open my inbox like 🫣😬🤞 #writingcommunity #amquerying

Two agent likes for #UnhingedPit ⁉️

My first ever #UnhingedPit post: If MARIONETTE were a tarot card spread. Interpret as you wish ☺️ #YA #Romantasy #Fantasy #AmQuerying

How it's going 👀

A YA romantasy retelling of Pinocchio where the vanity-driven dystopia of UGLIES meets the fairy tale whimsy of CARAVAL ✨ #YA #Romantasy #agentsguide #writingcommunity #amquerying #marginalizedvoices

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF In a kingdom obsessed with vanity magic, 16yo Princess Zella longs to escape her woodgrain scars and iron joints. With only weeks before the curse turns her to petrified wood, a wish on a rare Starlune moth may be her last hope—but it could also cost her the boy she loves.

A priestess must break her vows to stop her eldest sister from powering the throne with the blood of street serpents from the slums. To save her youngest sister, she ensnares a war-hardened prince, and triggers a bloodline war. #QuestPit #Q #A #F #EF #MorallyGrey #SisterRivalry

Calling all agents! 🥀Pinocchio retelling 🥀PENELOPE w/ EVER AFTER vibes 🥀vanity magic system 🥀disability rep 🥀star-crossed friends-to-lovers 🥀morally-gray rebel vs. loyal best friend 🥀masquerade balls & fantasy couture 👗✨ 🥀otherness & belonging #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF #agentsguide | Now querying!

So excited to share with the #WritingCommunity that I'll be working with Celeste Dador this summer as a @write-mentor.bsky.social Summer Programme mentee! I cannot wait to see what this summer brings as I work with Celeste to polish my YA romantasy reimagining of Pinocchio for the Agent Showcase ⭐️✨

Someone seriously needs to talk about the stages of emotions someone goes through after getting a developmental edit back on their manuscript because it is SO real #WritingCommunity

Yet another fake literary agency: New Life Creatives Media. Website is more convincing than most, but withers quickly under scrutiny: agent photos and book covers are stolen from Trident Media Group newlifecreativesmediaproduction.com

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Something uplifting I saw today: Every first draft is perfect because a first draft's only job is to exist ❤️ #WritingCommunity

Upon entering 2025, I vow to leave behind self-doubt when it comes to my writing 💪 #WritingCommunity

All I want for Christmas is for my novel to edit itself 🎄 #WritingCommunity

This is an utter tragedy. Go disrupt something else and leave the book publishing industry alone! #WritingCommunity

This is me. This is how I choose to live. #WritingCommunity #BookSky

Something I have struggled with since I began writing is having confidence in my own writing. Acknowledging that I am a good writer. Accepting that I am more talented than I realize without feeling icky for admitting that. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt 🥺 #WritingCommunity

Can anyone recommend character artists whose style could match a gothic romantasy? I'd really love to find an artist to work with next year to bring the characters from my novel to life! 🖤 #WritingCommunity #BookSky

I’m trying to make my first Starter Pack! Where are all my @write-mentor.bsky.social friends? Hub members/writers/anyone involved in any way. I’d love to find everyone on Bluesky. Please give me a wave if you want to be added go.bsky.app/4xu4cAe

Good morning #WritingCommunity! If you're following our Substack, a new #AgentAntics newsletter has dropped! Enjoy! For those who don't know what this is, @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I do a weekly newsletter for authors w/"inside secrets" of the lives of agents. open.substack.com/pub/agentant...

Helpful tools I've used as an author, a 🧵 📖 Trello for plotting + planning (yes I take time to add pics) 📖 Reedsy for plotting, planning, finding editors, + drafting 📖 Microsoft Word + Scrivener for drafting #WritingCommunity

If you find yourself wondering if a new book will solve all your problems today, the answer is yes

AN AGENT/EDITOR'S GUIDE TO: ✨️DAGGER OF THE TSAR✨️ my adult fantasy Anastasia Romanov retelling 🗡 In this lush and immersive Anastasia retelling, Feared assassin Alya has two choices: spill blood or the prince spills her buried secrets. ➡️publishing ppl interact if you'd like to see this in ur inbox!

The NE Teen Book Award longlist is here! Some of the top YA titles published in the last year. Follow @nebookawards.bsky.social for updates

Things to remember if you're a first-time author: ✨ One sentence at a time is still progress ✨ Plotter or panster, every first draft is messy ✨ Progress doesn't always mean word count ✨ You do NOT have to write chronologically ✨ Always remember what drove you to write your story #WritingCommunity

🚨THIS🚨

Wrote something I really like this morning. God, what a feeling.

100k words later, I’ve finally finished drafting my YA romantasy Pinocchio retelling! Celebrating now, crying over revisions later 🖤🥳

Every author has a Spotify playlist dedicated to their WIP amiright?

Michigan 🤷‍♀️

Bringing back this article I wrote about how to fight book bans. Unfortunately, it's still relevant two years later. reactormag.com/book-bans-af...

Writing YA fantasy today: 10% world-building, 10% character soul-searching, and 80% trying to name things that sound magical but not ridiculous #WriterStruggles

Finally made it to Bluesky👋 Now I have another place to agonize over word choice and scream into the void about plot holes. #WritersLife #WritingCommunity