What makes writing cinematic? The answer is a bit subjective, but to me, it’s writing where I can feel the movement of the camera in my mind. Let’s take a look at an example from Ship of Spells. #writing #booktok www.tiktok.com/t/ZThdyQcxs/

Do you want a vibey opening line that immerses the reader in the story, or do you want a teasing opening line that invites the reader to keep going? Let’s look at examples from The Tainted Cup and Ship of Spells. #writing #booktok www.tiktok.com/t/ZThe9xj8N/

Mirrors, horror, and speculative elements can help you describe your main character in first person perspective. See an example with An Academy for Liars. www.tiktok.com/t/ZThehCQdU/

A novel that spends an entire page describing the first accidental touch of its main characters is not less literary than a novel that spends an entire page describing the main characters’ weapons and armor. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrRgHRwS/

MAIDEN AND THE MECH 🤖Adult Romantic Space Opera 🌹Sci-Fi Beauty and the Beast Retelling 🇯🇵 #ownvoices Japanese-Inspired Futuristic Setting 🌶️"Why Choose?" Love Triangle #SciFiPit #A #Sub #SO #romance

@dvpit.bsky.social Hey can we pitch if we have an agent?

I don’t know what data people think they have when they try to argue that White men are discriminated against in traditional SFF publishing. #writingcommunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6YRfmkU/

I recently DNF’ed a book because insta-lust saved a girl from assassination. www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6J724XA/

Pantsing vs plotting is a false dichotomy. What matters is confidence, excitement, and the tools you use to get yourself there. #WritingCommunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZT61qVeY5/

The only legitimate use of AI in writing and publishing. #WritingCommunity #AI www.tiktok.com/t/ZT61Fry7g/

The harsh reality of writing contemporary fantasy versus historical fantasy. #WritingCommunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjvH5oeD/

#editors THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE is on submission! ☑️ Grounded YA martial arts fantasy ☑️ Japanese American WW2 setting ☑️ Family grudges become epic stakes ☑️ Perennial fight against racism ☑️ Young love as a light in the dark #writingcommunity

One day until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. Come for the grounded martial arts fantasy and the Japanese American coming-of-age story, stay for the childhood friends to lovers arc and the cross-dressing infiltration scene. #writingcommunity

Two days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. I listened to a lot of JRPG soundtracks to get me through the manuscript. Nothing makes the fingers fly quite like this. youtu.be/a925dm5smWU?si… #WritingCommunityt#onsubub

Three days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. When I was a kid, martial arts was the most magical thing in the world. The book is as much for me at 10 as it is for me at 40. And maybe it will be for other people, too :) #writingcommunity

Four days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. For me, the best part of writing older YA is that you can have characters confront adult stakes with the optimism and humor of youth, making every success feel like an inspiring dream come true. You also get road trips :)

#editors This manuscript is so relevant and important given our current political climate. DM me if you want this incredible #ownvoices YA speculative with magical martial arts set in a historical alternate LA where teens fight to free their loved ones in Japanese internment camps, in your inbox. 👀

Five days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. The characters // The first paragraphs // The writer #writingcommunity

Six days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. I’ve always been a big fan of chapter titles, but I doubled down this time and wrote the twenty seven chapter titles as nine haikus. #writingcommunity

Seven days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. It’s not horror, but all the horrible things in it already happened in real life. 120,000 people interned, and we’re still fighting racism. #writingcommunity

Eight days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. There aren’t nearly enough stories about the heroism of finding your identity as a mixed-race person. Now there’s one more. #writingcommunity

Novel writing is the only art I can think of where we pretend we’ll do it well the first time. Check out Author A.B. Koga 🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjpkr4sm/

Nine days until THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE goes on submission. I’m so proud to be able to bring a genuine Japanese American fantasy to life, and to create a story with truly unique and underrepresented stakes. #WritingCommunity

Maybe writers aren’t traumatized enough. #WritingCommunity Check out Author A.B. Koga 🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjqQmd2M/

The best querying advice ever. #amquerying #writingcommunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjQ5JNbD/

My tried and true method for overcoming writer’s block. #WritingCommunity Check out Author A.B. Koga 🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjxkXdc3/

It’s important to learn your own writing style. It’s also important to recognize when your own writing style sucks. #WritingCommunity Check out Author A.B. Koga 🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj9XJP6r/

To what are you inviting your readers? #WritingCommunity Check out Author A.B. Koga 🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj9MLmFp/

My top three tips for surviving the query trenches. Consume responsibly. #WritingCommunity #booktok Check out Author A.B. Koga 🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjHeYCuT/

You learn so much by finishing a manuscript. #WritingCommunity Check out A.B. Koga 📖🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjueRr31/

New writing mantra just dropped. #writingcommunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjmQUqxs/

Quick writing tip about adverbs inspired by Five Broken Blades. #fantasy #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOfTwitter Check out A.B. Koga 📖🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjaWaMpc/

Is this a book about blacksmithing? #WritingCommunity Check out A.B. Koga 📖🤖🗡️❤️'s video! #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj54yNPD/

Why traditional publishing? www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj5LwnBp/

How do we fix imposter syndrome? Easy. #WritingCommunity #WIP #amquerying #TikTok www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjPpG7q1/

Hey #editors, My Japanese American grandparents were interned during WW2. Growing up as a kid with a big imagination, I wished there was a book that creatively wrestled with their experience. There wasn’t. Now there is. #questpit #OS #AG #YA #HF Rep’d by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social

✅ A road trip to assemble a team ✅ A villain so like the hero ✅ A romance that teaches the hero who he is ✅✅✅ Reactors, super soldiers, life force magic, martial arts, the fate of the world settled by a grudge match. #questpit #OS #AG #YA #HF Rep’d by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social

While researching for THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE, which takes place in an alternate 1942 Los Angeles, I saw a lot of racist cartoons. #editors Do you want to see Japanese American teenagers fight racism with magic karate? #questpit #OS #AG #YA #HF Rep’d by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social

#editors 👀 Interested in an underrepresented, Japanese American WW2 story? Coming of age? Martial arts? A touch of romance? #questpit is a great opportunity to debut the editor’s guide for THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE, on submission soon! #OS #AG #YA #HF Rep’d by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social

Re: editors Legendborn + Jade City = THE FIGHT WE CHOOSE ➡️ #ownvoices ➡️ Authentic and underrepresented WW2 setting ➡️ Grounded martial arts fantasy action ➡️ YA/adult crossover appeal #WIP. Rep'd @bookfairyangus.bsky.social #questpit #W #YA #F #HF

Re: editors Iron Widow + The Blighted Stars = MAIDEN AND THE MECH ➡️ Beauty and the Beast meets spicy space opera ➡️ Lovers to enemies to lovers ➡️ Why not both? love triangle ➡️ Mecha action On sub. Rep'd @bookfairyangus.bsky.social #questpit #OS #AG #A #SF #R

Here’s my hot take query letter advice: write your query letter before you write your book. It’s a hell of a lot easier to expand a blurb into a book than to condense a book into a blurb. #writingcommunity #WIP #amquerrying

The single most important piece of advice I’d offer to someone seeking traditional publication today. #writingcommunity #wip #amquerying #onsub www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2NXtVHG/

“I don’t know if anyone’s still alive. I wasn’t there. I was hiding. I — I’m so sorry.”

Proper semicolon usage > proper colon usage.

Lynn Buchanan was writing her 7th book when her 6th got picked up for publication. If you’re having no luck querying your 1st - 5th book, you’re not bad, that’s normal. Set expectations wisely to help cope with rejection. youtu.be/ZAQFvNlpj1U?...

Beauty and the Beast + Iron Widow = MAIDEN AND THE MECH To save her civilization from an alien threat, a mech pilot on the run must find a way to bring together the warrior she loves and the prince she’s falling for. On sub next week. #P2Ppit #S #A #SF #R

Grateful to Pacific Rim for giving us the Mako Mori test.

Halfway through my current historical fantasy WIP.

I haven’t heard this brainstorming tip for novel writing before, and I’m happy to share it. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYoEYA6V/