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November 8 #WIPsnips – “little” Sometimes it’s size, and sometimes it’s perspective. Jenny and Gregory are discussing Shelley’s “Mont Blanc,” but is that really all they’re talking about? As he likes to tell his students, “There’s no text without subtext.” A snip from my #WIP “Surface Tension.”

For we so care about our listeners, we put out TWO episodes this week. Don't ever say we don't love you. I mean, you could. We don't know where you live. Yet. Also we've entered our podcast series era, which can only mean the HelloFresh and Quince money is coming soon, right? RIGHT?????? #writesky

November 6 #WIPsnips – “penultimate” Hoo boy, reaching into the vaults for this synonym. Somewhere out there on the interwebs lurks the 500k fake blog of a character I created with my writing buddy @kirkrafferty.com for the purposes of forum mischief-making. This was part of her entry for 1/10/20.

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written supernatural campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #M

Them: Omg I wish there was a Dancing with the Stars romcom. Me: Hold my beer THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL ✨ 💜Showmance 🪩Sunshine female competitor x Grumpy male pro 💜Nanny x Single dad 🪩Ballroom, studio, and country dancing 💜Mutual Pining 🪩Dual POV #QuestPit #A #R #AG #W

Editors, The Bitch Pack was a group of brilliant dancers helmed by the charismatic patron Lovey. After the company collapsed, and her final muse's disappearance, Frankie is assigned to tell Lovey's story. But not all stories are as simple as tragedy. #QuestPit #A #HF #OS

My Sister The Serial Killer X Such A Fun Age X Yellowface 💷Sterile wealth 💭Inner cynical monologues 🇬🇧UK vibes 🤰🏾Post maternity 🪞Identity and race Murdering your ex-boss is hard. Murdering him in his Chelsea mansion? 75% harder🔪 #questpit #W #A #T

THE GOTH GIRL WHO SAVED THE WORLD Charlotte Sumner’s life is scary enough flunking math & dodging the high school bullies. But when she falls for a sweet guy in a Depeche Mode T-shirt, she becomes entwined in an evil cult's sinister spell. #questpit #Q #YA #F

"Word Processor of the Gods" by Stephen King × "Gothic" by Phillip Fracassi A teenager receives a 3D printer as a gift. Turns out the printer is possessed by a demon, making it a 3D printer from Hell. -NB protagonist -disabled representation -Giant wasps #questpit #Q #A #H #LGBT #amquerying

NANCY MEYERS AESTHETICS x ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Hollywood rivals for the title of Queen of Rom Coms find themselves serendipitously drawn into solving murders while fighting the patriarchy and enjoying gin martinis and witty banter. #questpit #A #M #WF

17yo Sophie never believed in ghosts until one starts whispering her name beneath the red maples of her family’s cursed Texas estate. The house breathes. The trees bleed. And the boy she can’t stop dreaming about has been dead a century. #QuestPit #YA #H #Gothic #Q

GREEN DOT x CLEOPATRA AND FRANKENSTEIN SURFACE TENSION: The problem with studying women who make bad choices? You start to see yourself all over the syllabus. Jenny’s entanglement with her English professor isn’t fiction, but she’s starting to wish it was. #A #UP #W #QuestPit

Dune 2 X The Unbroken In a city under constant threat, those gifted with psychic abilities are honed into warriors charged with defending their home. Sylin and Naraha, born with the gift, are conscripted into a brutal guild to be trained as killers against their wills. #QuestPit #AgentsGuide

PITCH x THROW LIKE A GIRL When a jeer-fearing quarterback is the first woman drafted to the NFL, she does everything she can to earn respect in the male-dominated sport she’s sacrificed everything for. #QuestPit #Q #A #R

A sneak peek at my new WIP for #QuestPit Rapunzel X Eastern European Folklore #TowerWIP #W #YA #H #R

When a disillusioned former actress seeking an authentic life in a small town shoots an intruder only to discover he’s a young man she’s been mentoring, her life again spirals into dramatics as the community unravels its secrets to understand what really happened. #QuestPit #UpMarket #Suspense

WAKE was inspired by HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE w/: ~A self-sacrificing girl cursed w/ unwanted magic ~Who ends up living w/ a defective group ~Where she's teased w/ a feathery secret ~They develop a found family ~& she falls for 1 of them Coming Spring 27 #QuestPit #P #YA #F #MY #R

✈️ Boarding now! Destination: Berlin A housing mix-up... and the host she shouldn't fall for. 👨‍👦Single dad & forced proximity 🔥Friends-to-lovers slow burn 🌇 ‘90s Berlin as character 🌶️Sex-positive spice 💬 Warm & witty 🛑 Love, career & the cost of duty #QuestPit #Q #A #R

BRIDGET JONES X 4 WEDDINGS Madi's sick of Montreal's dating ‘swamp.' If she doesn't find love this summer, she'll upend her life and move to London. When the two men she's dating meet each other at one of the many weddings she's a bridesmaid in the chaos makes her reconsider her desires. #QuestPit

PINEAPPLE STREET x SANDWICH THIS ENDS NOW: A serial marriage-jilter hits a swanky wellness retreat to learn why she keeps fleeing perfect husbands. But healing means facing her nastiest ghost: the manipulative, brilliant first love whose poison still runs in her veins. #A #UP #Q #QuestPit

GRIM PORTENTS HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of. #P #F #H #PR #Hu #OWN #questpit

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QuestPit #SF #A #Q #R #LGBT

🎸 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

WAKE embodies "Free" from KPOP DEMON HUNTERS w/: ~A FMC tormented by her past that's ruining her mental health ~A LI working for the villain w/ his own troubled past ~a supportive slow burn romance built on understanding inner pain Coming Spring 2027 #QuestPit #P #YA #F #MY #R

🔥 WHAT will GROW from the ASHES of our fallen civilization? 🕸️ a post collapse adventure of psychic powers and nurturing community 🔮 journey through the tarot across the former US, with unexpected twists 🌱 Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built #A #Q #S #SFF #questpit #hopepunk #clifi

SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky. Corado's about to break all three. 🤠 Vampire Cowboys 🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes 🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities Querying soon! #A #F #W #QuestPit

Wouldn’t be #QuestPit without a shiny new agent guide ✨🌙 ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, feat: 💫 two exiled men (+ their secrets) 💫 one lunar prison (+ its horrors) 💫 a cosmic entity that wants them dead 💫 the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive #SF #H #R #LGBT

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. #QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

MEN HAVE CALLED HER CRAZY x ALL TOO WELL: THE SHORT FILM How do you know what a healthy relationship looks like if you've never had one? AM I THE PROBLEM explores domestic abuse recovery, dating apps, biracial identity, Swiftie/K-pop fandom, and finding love in untraditional ways. #QuestPit #Q #M

An agent’s guide to THE SLOW BURN 🚒🎄 She’s an event planner with her promotion on the line. He’s a firefighter, and her dad is his chief. Together, they have to pull off the fire department’s holiday gala 👀 #questpit #r #q #amquerying

A Certain Hunger X Diavola Critical Position's first #Agentguide 🫀Why choose love triangle 🫀Misogyny in chess 🫀Eat the rich like that one Dutch minister 🫀Too many beds and using none of them #H #R #A #W #Questpit

BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT - A lyrical voyage through love and the relentless pull of memory. Think THE GREAT GATSBY with dreamy nostalgia. Each poem is a wave breaking against time. NOW AVAILABLE! #QuestPit #P #PT #A #YA #R #WritingCommunity #Writers #questpit

THE RACHEL INCIDENT × THE GUEST SURFACE TENSION: As Jenny analyzes literary heroines who trade freedom for security, her professor's seductive brilliance lures her into the same trap. Academic theory turns to nightmarish praxis as her thesis begins reading like her diary. #A #UP #W #QuestPit

ALL FOURS x THE WEDDING PEOPLE THIS ENDS NOW: 2 husbands, 3 hometowns, 1 wedding planner ready to stop staging messy exits from her own marriages. But there's no breaking the cycle until Lainey confronts her clever, cunning first love, who's still dying to put her in her place. #A #UP #Q #QuestPit

Fuck yeah to my fellow Californians in passing Prop 50 with a thorough thwap of a margin. <<insert Orff's "O Fortuna" playing on full blast here>> #prop50

November 4 #WIPsnips – “steel” Jenny’s desperately trying not to think about the various uses of neckties and what Gregory might do with them on this shopping trip. While her tie-picker is perfectly calibrated, her man-picker's thoroughly busted. A snip from my #WIP “Surface Tension.”

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We were late, so sue us.* We're going through some things! But this episode is a cracker, and if you hate revision like me (sane position) or think it's the most pleasurable part of writing like Kirk (sicko), you might get something out of it. Might. *Just remember I'm a lawyer.

Joan Aiken's "Wolves of Willoughby Chase" -- end of, full stop. Nothing like peril, satire, heaps of sensory detail, comic relief in the middle of the truly ghastly, the beauty of female friendship, and adults being absolute fucking monsters.

November 2 #WIPsnips – “cobweb” At a midrange women’s retreat (think: Paltrow-esque vibes on a middle-class budget), Lainey’s seeking enlightenment as to why she can’t stop bolting from seemingly perfect relationships. Pan flutes: not optional. A snip from “This Ends Now.”

Just a banger of an essay. The humanities are essential to our continued humanity. To mortgage or discard them for poor simulacra is to fold in favor of novelty and "vibes," and at what cost? #booksky

October 31 #WIPsnips – “monster” CW: implied SA. On first blush, you might not think Gregory’s a monster. After all, he's handsome, cultured, witty and attentive. So attentive. Too attentive. Sometimes the greatest monsters lurk behind the loveliest masks. A snip from "This Ends Now."

RAREST PERISH - an 80s paranormal romance for fans of The Lost Boys and Depeche Mode 👹 When Death meets the one soul he cannot snuff, his intrigue quickly turns to infatuation ❤️‍🔥 #ghostpit #A #DR #PR

HELLO BEAUTIFUL x SANDWICH THIS ENDS NOW: A serial marriage-jilter hits a swanky wellness retreat to learn why she keeps fleeing perfect husbands. But healing means facing her nastiest ghost: the manipulative, brilliant first love whose poison still runs in her veins. #UP #Q #A #GhostPit

Agent's guide for SELF/ISH, a genre-mashing YA magical realism novel now querying #GhostPit #T #LF #Con #Spec

#GhostPit, #A, #Q, #T YOU x Dexter Quiet teacher, Ella, is not a psychopath – she’s just very committed to her anti-bullying policies. The kind that involve zip ties, knives and plastic sheeting. And if you stay cruel and remorseless as an adult, she’ll teach you one final, bloody lesson. 👻🔪

Videl thinks she has a handle on her demonic life: 🔥Torture guilty souls ⚖️Tempt humans to sin 💔Resist falling in love with her mentor She *didn't* think she'd have to worry about her abuela, the wicked witch who made her a demon in the first place. #A #F #PN #Q #GhostPit

A smartphone can serve as a mirror for teens, in more ways than one. In SELF/ISH, beware what gazes back... Seeking new representation. Now querying, with Big 5 editor interest! #ghostpit #YA #con #spec

Norah just wants to write an obituary. Instead, her cursed gift returns, showing her ghostly visions that tie a garden socialite’s death to her mother’s unsolved murder. Some secrets refuse to stay buried. 👻 #GhostPit #paranormal #mystery #A #C #SouthernGothic

Bree assumes "joining the Dark Goddess" is a lesbian sex club hazing prank—until she kills an evil political candidate with a gush of menstrual blood. The Goddess has given Bree real power. Her intentions? Murky. Her appetite? Insatiable. Her contract? Binding. #ghostpit #A #Q #SPEC #H #OWN #LGBT