When you've reached the Que Sera, Sera portion of the querying process. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

*record scratch, freeze frame* You're probably wondering how I got here. I wrote a book with a "strong premise" that, so far, "isn't a fit" for anyone's list. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Waffling on whether to do another pitch event this week. I'm tired. Moreover, evidence suggests I'm terrible at them. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Happy Halloween, my friends! 🎃 May you only find the good kind of jump scares in your inbox today.

Who's to blame when you waste years of your life waiting on the wrong man? I blamed dead people. #A #R #Q #GhostPit 👻

When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before a malevolent creeper destroys his last chance at love. 👻 #GhostPit #A #G #T #Q

🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹 Clueless x Practical Magic When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a ruthless plan to steal it back—though it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic. 👻 🧙‍♀️ ❤️ 🏄‍♀️ 🌲 🎃 #ghostpit #YA #F #Q #WriteSky

Here is my list for #GhostPit 1. Which Witch 2. Rutello: Arealia and the Last Flame 3. Ghosts of Our Past 4. The Doll Murders 5. Rutello: The Dark Veil 6. Arterin Academy Feedback/critiques are welcome.

THE HONEY WITCH X LATE BLOOMER A disabled witch hires a butch werewolf grocer to work in her failing apothecary. But when she and the grocer fall in love, a ghost torments the shop! The witch must solve the haunting to save the town and her new hot gf. #ghostpit #A #FR

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Has their dormant love story reawakened or are they just yearning for nostalgia? #ghostpit #a #q #wf #r

ALCHEMY OF A BLOOD MOON 81k Contemporary Paranormal Romance 🌙 PTSD Rep 🌙 Occult Rep 🌙 Hard earned HEA 🌙 Voicy & character-driven 🌙 All the yearn and spice #ghostpit #A #Q #C #Amquerying #litagents #WriteSky

WhereTheDarkStandsStillxPowerless A knight enters a perilous forest to find her godfather, but instead, she finds a shadow beast immune to her blade and a cursed sorcerer whose magic can slay the monster if she can convince him to leave his manor ✨Big 5 editor interest x2✨ #GhostPit #YA #RF #WIP

When a freak storm wrecks his island’s passenger steamer, sparing only a strange girl believed to be one of the monstrous Finfolk, a grieving musician must uncover who she really is before more of his people die. 👻 #GhostPit #A #His #M #H #Q

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. #GhostPit #A #DS #SF #W

7 steps to solving your best friend’s murder 🔪 #PitDark #NA #DR #H 1. Move home 2. Discover magic, witches & a cannibal curse 3. Find a dead body 4. Drug the mayor, crash a seance, slowly go insane 5. Seduce the man who killed your best friend 6. Survive a full moon blood ritual 7. Eat someone

Supposed soul mate? 😝 Fated fake date? 🥰 What's a girl with suspect spirit guides and meddling dead relatives to do? #A #R #Q #GhostPit 👻

Charlie knows who killed Lydia. Now she just has to prove it… #GhostPit #Q #H #RF #NA Top of her suspect list? Lydia’s ex-boyfriend, Markus. But when Charlie launches her own investigation (& covert seduction) she unwittingly unearths supernatural horrors lurking in the lakeside town of Gildervale.

Asher thinks the paranormal is malarkey. That is, until his new school seems to be haunted and he's fake dating a psychic. #A #R #Q #GhostPit 👻

ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN ⭐ two exiled men (+ their secrets) 🌙 one lunar prison (+ its horrors) ⭐ a government that wants their data 🌙 a cosmic entity that wants them dead 💫 the love they’ll lose if they don’t make it out alive #ghostpit #SF #H #R #LGBT #WIP

Who's to blame when you waste years of your life waiting on the wrong man? I blamed dead people. #A #R #Q #GhostPit 👻

So thrilled for my friend Jade! 🤗

Nobody told me pitching my book would require so much graphic design. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Me, languishing in maybe piles: Release me! *receives form rejection* Me: Not like that - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

After so long in the trenches, I'm mostly impervious to rejections. But the ones that feel close? They still sting. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

It's FRIDAY in the query trenches! Instead of a short story, let's have some music. Give me your hype songs, your heartrending ballads, your perseverance anthems. Sing me a querying song! #queryingshortstory

Until I can celebrate my own good news, I will be feting everyone else's. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

A whodunnit except it's the mystery of a rejection so complimentary you're wondering why they passed. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Lit agents, seeing me in their inboxes for the third time. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

I refuse to yield to despair. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

I eat overnight rejections for breakfast. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Ever longed for invisibility? Querying may be for you. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Researching time travel after the bittersweet "too similar to something a client is working on" rejection. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

There's life after addressing a query to Dear (agent). - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Inevitably, there's a moment when I think about giving up. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, and I'm grateful for all the writer friends in my phone who commiserate, encourage, and cheer me on every day.

Querying is like baseball: lots of waiting around and striking out before you get a home run. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

My manifestations aren't manifesting. 🕯 🚒 🚒 🚒 🚒 🚒 - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Querying self-care is important; get the good snacks. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Local folklore mentions a mythical creature called Full Request Friday. Am hoping for a glimpse. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Pressing send on a query to a no response agent like I'm the one who will change them. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Ghosting: not exclusive to spooky season. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Some of the above... 👀

Even if it doesn't happen, I'll be OK. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Is that a form? - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Maybe I'm not good enough. Yet. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

What the hell? - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

An #AgentsGuide to FATED FAKES, my contemporary paranormal romance. 📖 complete at 81K words 🔮 a terrible psychic FMC 🙅‍♂️ a skeptic MMC 🧲 opposites attract 📅 fake dating for the ex 💪 coming into her power

Stuff to do! Lemme just check Query Tracker real quick. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory

Them: So you say your book is perfect for spooky season? Me: Yes! It has GHOSTS! Them: And they're scary? Me: ... Them: ... Me: They're actually lovely. (See my 📌 agent guide for more info!)

To nudge or not to nudge, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler to suffer the unknown, or face a sea of rejection perchance to succeed. - a querying short story #queryingshortstory