At this moment at worked I realized what I need to do for plotting…. I need a whiteboard the size of Texas and alllll the markers

The life of a writing pantser... your notes app starts to look like you might be suffering a stroke.

Here are four excellent non-swoony girl reads for the holiday! 1. Wuthering Heights. Love-beyond-death, unredeemable characters, gripping classic. 2. Fourth Wing. Dragon War College with spice. 3. Mara. Egyptian spy, YA love. 4. Rebecca. Gothic. Haunted romance. Happy Reading! #books

Help! We need a book recommendation! This is Molly and we haven't found a new love since we finished The Wild Robot. She's seven. What do you recommend??

"Sieren and Fallstaff walked in silence as she worked through the worst of the flash of fury that was muddying her senses. When Fallstaff finally spoke again, his voice was gentle, but his tone was firmer than before. .... #WIP #author #storytime

"I stilled, staring at his face in the low red glow. He lowered his hand from my mouth but kept me pinned in a protective wall. I heard it then. Scraping. Something like nails on a chalkboard, but deeper. And there was movement. Whatever made the noise was still a ways off, but it was definitely get

I got a full manuscript ask!!!! YESSSS!!!

"It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap and stumble backward"

I've got new followers here, so welcome! I am Raven Youngblood, I currently #amquearying my first novel and have a dystopian pirate #WIP . Nice to meet you!

The lights are down and Eva knows she only has six minutes to get past the door. They've nearly reached it when Doc pulls her up short. They aren't alone and the worst danger is headed their way. #shortstory #aaoc #author https://ravenyoungblood.com/2026/02/06/an-abundance-of-caution-part-10/

I'm a recovering pantser on my way to being a novice plotter. It helps if I put visuals into play. This is my comic relief side character's earliest imagining. #writertips #characterdevelopment

Is there anything more satisfying than writing a novel with a clicky keyboard? This one sounds like a typewriter and I love it #typewriter #writer #wip

Give me the first line of your WIP! “I am too big a man to be scared of a woman in pink fuzzy socks,” she heard Fallstaff mutter from somewhere behind her. #WIP #dystopian #pirates #neurospicy #books

Eva knows she's headed into a trap and the worst memories of her life all wrapped in one neat little package. There is only one way to get past the number locked industrial doors.... https://ravenyoungblood.com/2026/01/30/an-abundance-of-caution-part-9/ #shortstories #author #serial #onemorechapter

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” ― Neil Gaiman Or they can be ridden into battle to defeat armies and your own demons. 😘 #books #dragons #fourthwing

The King of Horror (see what I did there?) gave me some of the most helpful writing advice I've had yet. "She wrote quickly, her hand scribbing furiously against the parchment." doesn't sing the same as "Ink splattered in her haste, each word fueled by passion and anguish." #badverbs #stephenking

I'm playing with pirates and tropical islands in the novel I am writing, but the cold got me thinking of great dialogue for my lovable side character if he were put in a frozen situation. Might have to flex that muscle later. #wip #dystopian #pirates #authorbrain

Something isn't right in the house, and a man is missing. New layers of intensity begin to build as Eva and Doc unravel the scene and decide what to do next. https://ravenyoungblood.com/2026/01/23/an-abundance-of-caution-part-8/ #shortstory #writing #serialstories #anabundanceofcaution

A couple days behind but part 7: With the gag order lifted, Doc tells a chilling story that leaves Eva with a grisly job. Things get worse when her sister shuts down, and a new problem arises. https://ravenyoungblood.com/2026/01/17/an-abundance-of-caution-part-7/

There is poetry in everything if you watch long enough.

Eva is drowning in the chaos and blood, lost to shock and the grief of the past. The only thing that can pull her back is the secret The Major has been holding since they met... and the danger it set in motion. https://ravenyoungblood.com/2026/01/08/an-abundance-of-caution-part-6/

A short one this week with the holidays- There’s trouble in town that puts the Mayor and the Major in grave danger. ravenyoungblood.com/2026/01/01/a...

The Major gets more than he bargained for in his investigation at the scene. ravenyoungblood.com/2025/12/25/a... #serialnovel #shortstory #writers

When Major Harrison and the plant liaison arrive on the bloodied riverbank, it becomes clear that Mr. Thomas's gruesome end has attracted attention from the wrong side of the line. ravenyoungblood.com/2025/12/19/a...

No signs of a struggle…until the lights go up in a cellar that is more than what it seems. Check out An Abundance of Caution: Part 2: The Marks in the Cellar (And subscribe for updates!) #storytime #author #serial ravenyoungblood.com/2025/12/11/a...

I’ve started fleshing out my Author site and I’m starting with some serial style stories. Check it out and subscribe! ravenyoungblood.com/2025/12/04/a...

I’m backkkkkk! #amquerying #writer #booksky

#bluepit #a #hs #q #amquerying GRAVEWATER In a forgotten desk in a dusty attic, Narcie Fulton discovers something bigger than pests and permit problems hiding in the renovation of Gatewood Manor.

#bluepit #a #hs #q #bluepit📖 GRAVEWATER 84,000-word historical suspense novel with a gothic undercurrent. GRAVEWATER is Erin Brockovich by lamplight: the atmospheric tension of Rebecca meets the character-driven mystery and dual timelines of The Secrets of Rose Briar Hall.

Fifteen years after a deadly power plant explosion, odd things are happening in the isolated town of Charon. When quiet disappearances escalate into a gruesome crime scene, Hollis Werner discovers that her sister may be next and time is running out. An Abundance of Caution #bluepit #a #w #sp #h

#bluepit #a #w #sp The Catalyst: Helm of the Awakening Pirates of the Caribbean X Hunger Games ⛵️Enemies to lovers 🌶️Neurospicy representation 🏴‍☠️High-stakes pirate crew 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ positive representation 🏋️‍♀️Revolution and a powerful woman (And my first ever boat art 😉)

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #hs #a #q #amquerying GRAVEWATER She can’t rest until the sins of a small town reach the light of day. He must climb out of the depths of grief and madness to save a man accused of murder before it’s too late. There is a haunting secret buried at the bottom of The Hill.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #hs #a #q Rebecca x The Secrets of Rose Briar Hall 💀 Mysterious Illness 🪦 Love Beyond the Grave ⏳ Dual Timeline 🪶 Haunted Letters Elle goes searching for funding for a children's library and instead finds a sinister secret so dark even the dead refuse to rest.

I just spent three hours setting up my dystopian pirate adventure book series in Scrivener! I love a good parallel but my goal is to be done with the zero draft by October 1 when I leave for my cruise. I have 8700 words in and aiming for 78000. Let’s do this! #amwriting #wip

#amwriting #pantser #writer #pirates

The magical thing about writing books is that there can never be too many of them. The supply and demand is always balanced. So watch what everyone is doing, genuinely cheer them on and be inspired on how you can improve. You’ll get better every time #bluepithype

I missed #unhingedpit yesterday but I did it anyway cause it was way too much fun to pass up a historic gothic Erin Brockovich story in SpongeBob Memes 😂😂 #q

#bluepithype #gravewater #amquerying Character Interview with Elle McIntyre.

#bookreview #classiclit

#bluepithype #amquerying It’s a [dark and mysterious]mood 😉🪦💀 In a forgotten desk in a dusty attic, Narcie Fulton discovers something bigger than pests and permit problems hiding in the renovation of Gatewood Manor.

#bluepithype I find magic in the little things. My first novel is a historical gothic work. I am a marketing executive and my writing started there, but my passion lies in creating captivating characters and stories that sink into the soul. I am an ADHD mom, marketer, artist and writer.

A moms gotta do what a moms gotta do when the enemy is invading, magic is afoot and the kids are hungry 😉🤣

Misery Pit inspired me to rewrite my query and I sent out my first batch last night…. Look what I got this morning!!! #amquerying

#MiseryPit #A #HM #Q Forty Elephants-meets-Sherlock Holmes in Victorian Scotland with a complex murder mystery set around a set of theatricals.

Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone. Paranormal Romance + Fast-paced Thrills. #MiseryPit #PRT #Q 💙📚📖

#a #q #miserypit #hm GRAVEWATER In the spring of 1919, something sinister is lurking in Loire Valley and Elle McIntyre is pretty sure it has a name and a seat on the city council. Her search for the truth turns deadly and will haunt Gatewood Manor for decades to come.