is it too soon to say i'm in love with her? yes? okay then...

I’m sure you’re all invested by now, so here’s PART 3 of Chicken Shop Date with my main characters. Anticipating a lovely happy ending for them because nothing bad ever happens in dystopian fiction, ever 🥰 #unhingedpit #Q #YA #DYS #T #SF

PART 2 of Chicken Shop Date with my snarky MC and her love interest. #unhingedpit #Q #YA #DYS #T #SF

What if my snarky, thieving MC and her love interest went on a Chicken Shop Date in their dystopian world together? #unhingedpit #Q #YA #DYS #T #SF

My #StarterPack of the day is #querying - the folks in the trenches . If you are querying and want to be included please reply to this post. go.bsky.app/DgvXt8z

One of the fulls for #ANWH has turned into an RnR and I’m over the moon about it! 😭 Ready to get to work 🔥

So thrilled to be part of @gwenythreitz.bsky.social’s cover reveal team for You're Dead to Me, Reed Walker! For fans of Beetlejuice and Disney’s Haunted Mansion 😱 Academic rivals ➡️ lovers Decrepit mansion Haunted hijinks Swoony romance He falls first There’s only one moth-eaten bed May 5, 2026 ❤️

FYI to my future agent, but I want my author photos done with this vibe in mind.

Lovely Novelist starter pack here. Very flattered to have been included 🥰

#CakeandWrite, live from Stamford. Working on: Building on ideas, tropes and plotting with post its for new WIP. Today’s cake: citrus and pistachio, same as last week because it’s yum 🍰 What are your writing goals this week?

*cries in full rejection* 😪 Another for #SnowWhiteWIP’s first querying round in the autumn ❤️

I came up with a fab twist for new WIP while I was drifting off last night… … and I still remembered it this morning. 🫢 I believe I have a new superpower.

Outlining like a real mama writer - in a soft play. New notepad with SPRAYED EDGES 😍 and stickers that make my heart happy.

You have no idea how much restraint it is taking for me not to do pitches for SnowWhiteWIP because I’m saving them for when it’s query ready.

Me: Hey, you awake? Husband: Oh no. Me: What if I did my #unhingedpit post like it’s set in a Fallout universe? Husband: It’s midnight. Me: *Opens Canva app while grinning maniacally.* #YA #Q #T #DYS #SF #ANWH

IT’S DONE! My final version of #SnowWhiteWIP is with #RevPit editor @carolinemtell.bsky.social 🍎 I’m so exhausted but beyond excited. I know I won’t sleep. Please send cake.

Gorgeous artwork by actual humans on the tag #KidLitArtPostcard. Beautiful way to spend a bit of time scrolling ❤️

Trying to explain the level of video game-style gore in SnowWhiteWIP to my critique group and ending with, “lighthearted melting of faces with bat acid, that sort of thing.” Think I’m selling it really well.

The rumours are true. I’ve started using a bookmark.

Found a massive error in my manuscript while editing. Three hours later, I’ve fixed it.

KPop Demon Hunters and its soundtrack 🔥😍🍿

Achievement unlocked: partial turning into a full request 🥹

Brilliant article on the difference between MG, YA and adult novels, with useful examples. A great read.

I have only two weeks until my book is due with my editor @carolinemtell.bsky.social (squeeeee!) and this is actual footage of me chopping extraneous words from #SnowWhiteWIP

Now this post is so much better to wake up to than the stuff on the news 😃🥰🍰🍰🍰 And is that pistachio because that’s top tier cakeage going on 👀

#WritingCommunity, what advice have you read/received that seems like it no longer applies to today's querying climate?

It’s Wednesday, which means #cakeandwrite from a very sunny Stamford! Today’s cake: mocha and walnut 🍰 Working on: Beta feedback for the first few chapters of #SnowWhiteWIP. What are you working on?

Can’t believe it’s that time already! A huge congratulations to all the #RevPit2025 winners and their editors 🎉

Sent my beta readers a special something last night... Let the anxious waiting commence! #SnowWhiteWIP

Le gasp 🫢

It’s #cakeandwrite, live from Stamford Write Club ❤️ Today’s cake: strawberry and pistachio 🍰 Working on: final-final edits for SnowWhiteWIP before sending to betas 🥰 What are you working on? Photos of cake very welcome!

Hear me out: Rejection Mermaids are far less brutal on the eye. #Querytracker #amquerying

Anyone else keep a little notepad of snippy little comments and clapbacks to use in future books?

Listen, OF COURSE rejections hurt. We all get impostor syndrome. But in the grand scheme of a writing career, one rejection is not an indicator of anything other than that one person didn’t feel they could best represent your story. #writingcommunity

I’ve settled on a new first line for #SnowWhiteWIP after sharing it with my IRL write club today. Setting the tone of the book, getting across my voice as a writer, hooking the reader and introducing the main character in one short sentence is pretty damn tricky, right?

I got married 16 years ago today 🥰

Have I settled on a phenomenal idea for a new WIP once I’ve finish edits on #SnowWhiteWIP? 😃 (Because I won’t lie, I was getting a little worried that I hadn’t decided on what to work on!)

Okay I know it’s late late and I really should be tucked up in bed right now, but I’ve just finalised my new first chapter in #SnowWhiteWIP. I’m proper chuffed with it!

Snow White but she’s a gamer trying to make it big. Shame her wicked stepmother has other plans. 🍎Snarky banter 🍎Enemies to lovers romance 🍎Forced proximity in an English country manor 🍎Peril in & out of a VR fantasy world #WIPPIT #YA #R #SF #SnowWhiteWIP Querying this autumn/fall

Joey and food but it’s me with pitch events. #WIPPIT

To everyone announcing fabulous vague news, massive congratulations! Here’s to your hard work, resilience and amazing books 🎉🥂🍾 To every other writer still in the trenches: please remember that good things come to those who wait, especially to those who keep on writing ❤️

I swear querying is going to be the reason I enter my villain era.

Amen to this! 💙

Did I just sign a contract for my RevPit dev edit with a July start date? 😃 I’m so incredibly excited to see what magic Caroline can work on my #SnowWhiteWIP manuscript ready for autumn querying! Sorry if I bang on about it, but being offered this is a dream come true 🥹

It’s #cakeandwrite time! Today’s cake: chocolate and beetroot 🍰 Working on: #SnowWhiteWIP edits and an update to one twist that fits so perfectly my fingers are itching to get started. Anyone writing today? What are your characters getting up to?

#CRPDamselflies and #CampRevPit have been great fun. Loved hearing about everyone’s stories and characters - the community here has always been fantastic. Thanks so much to @soulestories.bsky.social for running the group and providing fab daily prompts 🎉 Would love to stay in touch with everyone 🥰

And that’s it, folks! Let’s share those word counts for the final time. Anyone manage to get to the 1k mark? Thanks to everyone who sprinted with me tonight! Have a brilliant weekend 🥳🎉 #CRPSprint #CRPDamselflies #CampRevPit

For my final sprint of the night, let’s do something special, inspired by @maggiesbooks.bsky.social Let’s go for a 1k 30 minute sprint! Optional prompt: Dart See you at :05 ⏰ #CRPSprint #CRPDamselflies #CampRevPit

And time! Let’s share those word counts! Anyone use the prompt? Next sprint is at :35 for another 25 minutes. #CRPSprint #CRPDamselflies #CampRevPit