Working my way through my first (official) round of draft edits at the lake! 🛶 Grathasmere is going through some exciting changes! #romantasy #debutauthor #writingcommunity

I brought Quicksilver to the lake! I am about halfway through and LOVING it so far! 📖 What book are you currently reading!? #bookish #booksbooksbooks #booklife #reading #romantasy #booktok #booksofinstagram #writingcommunity

What is everyone else doing on this lovely Saturday morning?! I went to the farmer’s market before starting on today’s edits for my WIP! #writingcommunity #writerslife #firstdraftedits #romantasy

Dear Writer, Today’s affirmation is: I am in tune with what I need to feed my creative mind. While I added a few examples of ways to boost creativity, the options are truly endless! 📣 What are some of your favorite ways to take care of your creative mind!?

📍 Carmichael’s Bookstore / Louisville, KY It has been so much fun spending the weekend in Louisville! I worked on editing “Grathasmere” on my best friend’s front porch this morning. Before our little thrifting tour yesterday, we stopped at a bookstore!

THE END. The first draft is finished. I’m not crying (okay maybe a little bit). 😩🫶🏼 Now it’s time for a cover to cover read-through and continue on with revisions. I will be handing the entire manuscript over to my developmental editor very soon! #writingcommmunity

A Writer’s Affirmation ~feat. Benji~ ✨ I will achieve my writing goals. ✨ What are your goals? Take some time to write them down if you haven’t already (short-term + long-term)! Feel free to let me know in the comments! #WritingCommunity

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I had the best time attending the Chicago Writing Workshop! I met so many incredible people and left with a ton of great writing strategies. I also had the opportunity to have my first 10 pages critiqued and got fantastic feedback! #WritingCommmunity #writer #writerscommunity

A new city means new writing spots! 📍Dark Matter Coffee the morning of the conference 📍Watched the boats float by @ the Waterfront (was truly transcendental) 📍Found a quiet bench in Grant Park Other recommendations on good places to write / read!? 🎡 #WritingCommunity

Today’s Writer’s Affirmation: I write for me and that is always enough. Today’s affirmation is focused on our “why”. I’ve touched on this before in previous posts, but I find myself coming back to my own “why” this week. Why do you love writing? #writingcommunity

I’ve been in 4 states within the past week. Feeling so incredibly grateful and so very tired! 😩😂✍🏼 #writingcommunity #wip #drafting

I am SO excited to share more about my most recent trip to Chicago for an INCREDIBLE writing workshop, but first - here are some pics! ☀️ #writingcommunity #writinginspo #writingconference #WIP #romantasy

I found so many fun places to write in Charleston! ✍🏼 📍The Black Door Cafe 📍Sullivan’s Island Beach 📍Waterfront Park Until next time! 🫶🏼 Current WIP Word Count: 117,641 #writingcommunity #charleston #writinginspiration #romantasy

We are ALWAYS doing it for the plot! It’s no surprise the romantic fiction bookstore was my favorite stop. We definitely saved the best stop for last! 📖 📍Sweeter Than Fiction 📖 Left with Hunting Adeline by H.D. Carlton #bookish #writer #romantasy #bookstore

Another incredible bookstore stop in Charleston! 📍Blue Bicycle Books 🚲 ✍🏼 Today’s Writer’s Affirmation: I replenish my creative energy by reading! #bookish #bookstore #writinglife #writer #writingcommunity #affirmations #reading #reader

Surrounded by words for lunch - it was a reader/writer’s dream! 🖊️ 📍Church and Union Fun Fact: It took the artist 3 months to paint the entire text of the “Art of War” on the ceiling. And the check came in the book which was so fun! 📖 #writingcommunity #lunchspot #charleston

Writing & reading my way through Charleston! 📍 LOVED visiting Buxton Books 📖 Current read: Quicksilver by Callie Hart ✍🏼 WIP word count: 109603 #staytuned #bookish #romantasy #romancereader #fantasybooks #writingcommunity #writer #writinginspiration #writingabook #bookstore #drafting #wip

Dear Writer, This week’s affirmation is: I will dedicate time to my writing this week. ✍🏼 10 minutes? 30? An hour? Do what feels right for you! ✍🏼Want someone to hold you accountable? Meet up with a bookish or writer friend! Try a new writing setting like a library or cafe! #writingcommunity

Another trip around the sun! 🌞 In true Gemini nature, I’ve spent a lot of time leaning into my curiosities this year! Falling in love with reading and writing again has truly changed my life. The first draft is ALMOST done. 🥳 #writingcommunity #writing #birthdayvibes

Pictured: My sounding board schnauzer listening to me read aloud and revise my first 10 pages. 😂 Not pictured: SEVERAL Sleep Token sing-alongs, the sweet chocolatey treat that kept me going, and my peony & cherry blossom candle. 🫡 #writingcommunity #editing #writinginspo

Happy Tuesday! Today’s Affirmation: An overflow of confidence radiates from me and pours like ink onto each page. ✍🏼 You are spectacular. No, I mean it. You’re doing the thing! What incredible courage it takes to spill your heart out each and every day. #wip #writinginspiration #writingcommunity

🎉 Grathasmere (WIP) just hit 100k! 🎉 Grathasmere is a stand-alone new adult romantic fiction novel with series potential! ✨Banished mages exploring a new world ✨Slow-burn romance ✨”The Marked One” ✨Challenging good v. evil ideology ✨Forbidden love ✨Reclaiming autonomy of choice #wip #drafting

I got to try out a new writing prompt book! Hoping it will serve as a nice “warm up” before my writing sessions. 🫶🏼📚

I usually write every single night, BUT I took a little break last night to have some fun with friends! Feeling energized and ready to get back on the grind today! 🎶 WIP Update: 98,657 ✍🏼 #wip #workinprogress #writingcommunity #debutauthor

Dear Writer, This week’s affirmation is… My writing voice is unique and entirely mine! ✨ It has been such a beautiful thing to re-discover my voice while working on my current novel! 🫶🏼 May you explore your voice this week & remember the power it holds. ✍🏼📚 #writingcommunity #wip #writer

New Book: Home Body by Rupi Kaur! 🪴 I really appreciate the mental health themes that are coming through in this collection of poetry so far! I have found writing about mental health / incorporating trials + healing into my own work to be so incredibly meaningful. #writingcommunity #bookish

WIP Update ✍🏼 Total Word Count: 94,945 🎉 Things are about to get very real, very fast in these last ~100 pages. To my (beloved) MC: Buckle up, babe. 🚘 #writingcommunity #wip #workinprogress #writer

Dear Writer, This week’s affirmation is: I can create relatable and emotionally charged scenes/lines with my words. Creating emotional depth is imperative in all writing forms! If we are feeling the emotion as a writer, we want our readers to feel it too! 🖤 #WritingCommunity

Hi, friends! 🫶🏼 I am currently working on a stand alone new adult romantic fiction novel, with the potential to become a series! I would love to chat with you wonderful people in the comments - tell me a little about yourself! 👋🏼❤️ #bookish #writingcommunity #writerlife #hello

Writers - what ~necessities~ or fun ~knick knacks~ do you keep on your writing desk!? ✍🏼 I like to find unique places in the community to write, but I spend most of my time writing at home! Gotta keep all the essentials at my desk! 😂🏠 #writingcommunity #writerlife #wip #writing #writer

I am SO excited to dive into Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson! I thoroughly enjoyed book 2 in the Mistborn trilogy / The Well of Ascension. I won’t post any spoilers - but I will say the ending was WILD! 📚 Book 3: ready for some answers! 🧐 #bookish #booksbooksbooks #fantasy #fantasyreads

Dear Writer, It’s Tuesday - you know what that means! Today’s Writer’s Affirmation: I am becoming the best version of my ~writer~ self! Remember to take care of yourself this week - whatever that might look like for you! 🫶🏼✍🏼 #affirmations #WritingCommunity #drafting #wip

The Fork in the Road: "I've lost Bette’s scent. I close my eyes to focus and adapt. My nose itches as it flattens, tan fur growing over the skin and scratching my browbone. It’s dark and the street’s quiet; no one will see the change. " #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #UF #writingcommunity

Thank you so much to everyone who gave Grathasmere some love for #questpit! I am celebrating my first agent like (it’s a dream agency too)!! 🥳 I will be handing off my manuscript to my alpha reader + developmental editor soon! ❤️ Sending all of the supportive vibes to those who are querying 🤞🏼✨

When a former ghosthunter is thrust back into the orbit of her controlling sister, she must unearth the secrets left behind by their notorious forebears or repeat their family’s vicious past HILL HOUSE x THE GROWNUP x A HEAD FULL OF GHOSTS #OS #AG #A #H

~ Grathasmere ~ A slow burn romantic fantasy that will keep you up at night! 🌙 Let’s talk tropes + themes! 🌹Forbidden love 🌹”The Marked One” 🌹Challenging good vs. evil ideology 🌹Navigating self-trust & new magic 🌹Reclaiming autonomy of choice #QuestPit #W #RF

OF SONGS AND PHANTOMS is a darkly lush retelling of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, where the ingenue discovers her voice has forbidden magic, and the only way to save herself from being executed for witchcraft is to place her trust in a mysterious phantom. #Questpit #Q #A #RF

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

MONSTERS INC X NOSFERATU YA Horror Romance When a horror fan’s exorcism fails, she finds that the monsters aren’t just on the page—they’re real, and she must blend in their world while finding a way back to the world of the living before the monsters discover she isn’t one of them #questpit #YA

Twenty-five years ago, men made history. But HER story will change everything… 🌊 Multi-POV 🌊 Feminine rage / ‘Good For Her’ 🌊 Horror elements 🌊 Orcadian folklore 🌊 Atmospheric setting 🌊 Twisty plot 🌊 Editor interest #questpit #Q #A #HF #agentsguide

Barely a week into his first adventure with his mage best friend(/crush), luckless Mick finds himself stuck in the body of a dragon with a god in his head. Now he and mage Eleanor must navigate what it means to be the dragons' chosen—before his existence triggers a divine war. #QuestPit #W #NA #RF

~ Grathasmere ~ Can Jove give up her late night writing and tea-making bouts to fulfill her covenant with the Mage Ruler? ☕️✍🏼 ✨WIP: heading to an alpha reader + developmental editor soon #QuestPit #W #RF

Anyone else participating in #questpit stay up past their bedtime last night? 🙋🏻‍♀️ It’s going to be a coffee kind of day! ☕️ I love to see all of these incredible writers supporting each other! 💜 More to come on my new adult romantic fantasy novel! ✨

Pirates of the Caribbean—if Jack Sparrow were a vengeful sapphic ghost possessing a sapphic princess Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner went on a gender journey, and the curse could only be broken when two hearts meet the light—through love or bloodshed 🫀🗡️ #QuestPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT

BONE SHARD DAUGHTER x GODKILLER When an assassin nearly kills her mother, ruler of her people and living goddess, Niozene must chase redemption into a forbidden land to win back the throne...and her mother's love. 🏹 Strong FMC 🏹 Disgraced Heir 🏹 Cyclical Trauma #F #W #A #questpit

A glimpse into Grathasmere… ✨Banished mages ✨Ethereal library ✨Mysterious love interest ✨Tension-laced romance ✨Reclaiming autonomy of choice Can Jove give up her late night writing and tea making bouts to fulfill her covenant with the Mage Ruler? ☕️ #questpit #W #RF #drafting #writingcommunity

More on how to use mind-mapping as a writer! ✍🏼 It’s a great tool to begin with, as you conceptualize your story / start thinking about an outline. It’s also a great way to help organize your thoughts/ideas as you progress in the writing process! #writingtips writingandwellness.com/2023/06/21/h...

Today’s affirmation is: Magnificent thoughts exist within me. Having difficulty putting your thoughts to words? Maybe this week you can spend a little more time exploring and formulating your magnificent thoughts/ideas! ✍🏼Try Mind-Mapping! #WritingCommunity #affirmations

WIP UPDATE ✍🏼 Total Word Count: 82,036 All I’m going to say is I feel like I owe a few characters an apology. 😂🫶🏼 #wip #workinprogress #writingcommunity #romantasy #drafting #fiction #fictionwriter #romanticfiction