How about a little trope treat? #amquerying #writingcommunity #firetowerromcom #adhdauthor

Dearest Wonderful Literary Agents, I am begging you to stop using the words “NOT (A) PERFECT” in your rejection messages. Nothing is perfect, but that word conveys meaning you may not intend. We live in a world of words. Get creative! #litagents #literaryagents #wordchoice

Ever After Books 📚 is the only imprint of Perspective Publishing OPEN to submissions. It CLOSES to queries at midnight on NOV 30th! Full #MSWL @ www.perspective-publishing.com/submissions USE querytracker.net/query/Perspe... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying #IndieAuthors #HistoricalRomance

Clinging to hope, refreshing my email like it owes me money and sometimes forgetting I have queries out at all! Stress & anxiety are weird…and not like a ‘I wear a Kraft cheese slice as an eyepatch’ weird. More, like ‘why does it feel like I NEED to respond to this email now or I will die’ weird.

Happy ‘Ween! Blessed Samhain!

Describing my WIP BADLY: Rainbow Bright, but a traumatized Victorian warrior who uses a crutch, colorful magic that could kill you, and a dangerously attractive Duke she can’t stop thinking about. Oh, and an absurdly stubborn cat instead of a sarcastic horse. #writingcommunity #ADHDwriter

⚔️A Broken Soldier ⚙️A Reclusive Metallurgist ♥️An Arranged Marriage His secrets run as deep as her wounds. Is he truly trying to capture her heart Or the terrible power that she wields? Because he cannot have both. #WIP #writingcommunity

✨ Attention Fantasy & Romantasy Writers! ✨ We're seeking voices in fantasy and romantasy. If your manuscript weaves magic or cross-realm romance, we want to see it! [email protected] #OpenSubmissions #Romantasy #FantasyBooks #CallingWriters #WritingCommunity #FYP #MSWL

Have we forgotten that the MSWL hashtag is for agents, not writers and authors? Agents use it to post what they want to see in their inbox, not shop for projects. For the love of all that is wholly, please use AMQUERYING instead. It keeps MSWL clean. #writingcommunity #authorsky #amquerying

Still the moment, still the month, but WHY IS QUERYING SUCH A ROLLERCOASTER OF EMOTIONS?! I feel like I’m being logical and treating it like a business proposition, but also “why don’t you love me?” is what my heart is crying. 🤣 Such a funny little thing the human heart is. #amquerying #authorsky

Babysitting the nephew tonight. Yes, he is a cat. And yes, he’s been crying for his mommy in the kitchen for the last 10 minutes. Gojo! Go to SLEEP!

⚔️A Broken Soldier ⚙️A Reclusive Metallurgist ♥️An Arranged Marriage His secrets run as deep as her wounds. Is he truly trying to capture her heart Or the terrible power that she wields? Because he cannot have both. #WIP #writingcommunity

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages, details @reviseresub.bsky.social !

THIS IS THE MOMENT, THIS IS THE MONTH!

Sorry About Your Luck ART! Sam & James arguing while Charlie slides in there on the sly, just for those pets! I love it! Thank you to my artist, Nemmie! You can find them here: toyhou.se/millipedes

🥹 Surprises around every corner!

Dwight D. Eisenhower cries before an audience of veterans in 1952 as he recalls the sacrifices soldiers made on D-Day.

Ok, that rejection stung a bit! - Veteran agent (& #1 on my list) - 5 months with my full - Personalized but no feedback I will go find a sweet treat, pout about it for an hour or two, then it’s back to fighting for 4yo me’s dream. #Writingcommunity #amquerying #reportsfromthequerytrenches

"I'm looking for fantasy novels with shorter word counts and immersive worldbuilding. Ex: GODKILLER by Hannah Kaner, EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES by Heather Fawcett.” @mariavicente.com #MSWL psliterary.com/submissions/

It's a Booklist star for YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social 🌟 “YA author White’s adult debut is brutal... but encapsulates the best of the modern horror genre.” Read the full review here

Querying update: 5.5 months into the process for the lightly speculative romcom Queries Sent: 100 Rejections: 58 Referrals: 5 Requests: 14 (3 partial, 11 full) Romcom is hard to break into with a saturated market, but I’m still making a run at it! #amquerying #writingcommunity #booksky

Just giving this lil’ workshop a bump. Still have some space! 👇🏽

Chilling with 10 needles in my ears for the next 3 days is METAL AF. It’s also pain management aka Battlefield Acupuncture for the win. That is all.

Have I mentioned that the exercise of “describe your book badly” is what helped me figure out my blurb? It forces you to break your manuscript down into (hilarious) pieces but also shows you the themes and incidents that stand out the most! #unsolicitedwritingadvice #writingcommunity #writingtip

Who’s ready to send in their #PitchDis entry this week?! Here are a few things to remember after you hit submit.

Stop autocorrecting to add “that” into my perfectly adequate sentences, you weird grammar checking app! You can leave “that” out of 90% of a manuscript and still have it make sense! *bows, jumps off box of soap and exits stage left in unlaced combat boots* #writingcommunity #adhdwriter

Since my summer query one went so well, I’m doing another workshop in the winter. Come hang! The goal is to help get a nonfiction book proposal wrangled up and polished. These workshops will help fund my free events in the New Year. www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/9/...

As a first time querying author, this journey has been banana-pants! I’ve had some “this is unheard of” good moments and some crushing lows. Still waiting to see how it ends. 🤞 Now, back to my *other* manuscript, already in progress. 😉 #amquerying #writingcommunity

🤣 Poor James. So, determined to live he’ll fight off whatever cryptid that just came through his cabin door with a frying pan if he has to. Now Querying: Sorry About Your Luck, a lightly speculative romcom #amquerying #adhdauthor

When one agent refers you to 5 others after passing on your manuscript.

Working on a story this close to my heart leaves me with tears in my eyes every chapter. Emotional tears. That’s how much of me is in this manuscript. It’s excruciating and cathartic. This is storytelling and nothing makes me feel more myself: scars, trauma and all. #writingcommunity #authorsky

The #PitchDis practice form is now open! Remember - this is ONLY for practice purposes. forms.gle/jHQRPfbUXLqk...

Quietly kicking my feet alone in my dark living room because I’m having a gratitude moment. I finished writing a WHOLE book this year. Querying (while stressful) has gone better than I could have ever imagined (for a debut). I finally AM who kid/teen me always wanted to be when they grew up. 😉

I love visiting my friend’s books when at B&N or indie bookstores! Hi @danicanava.bsky.social !

I survived WorldCon 2025! And by survive, I mean I made it through 2 whole days before my body betrayed me and demanded rest. So unfair! Back home now after a lovely drive through the mountains. 🏔️ Queries to wait on, notes to decipher & plot holes to fill!

I’m at #WorldCon. I am taking pitches for novels. I expect to relaunch Flying Pen Press in late 2026 with about 8-12 titles. I’m headed to the Cantina on Floor 2 for lunch. Look for my sign. Might hit the filk dealer booth first. #WritingCommunity #MSWL #SciFi #Horror #QueryTip #AskEditor

Starting a new hashtag so I can track all the pitches and comments to Flying Pen Press. Behold, #PitchFPP! Use it, abuse it, tell me about your book! Feel free to ask questions. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AskPublisher #AskEditor #MSWL

When a bisexual witch and a wayward ranch-hand are accidentally hired as a married couple to man a remote lookout tower in the Oregon wilderness, their battle of pranks and hexes sparks an unexpected romance hot enough to ignite the forest themselves. #queerpit #A #RC

Selwyn rarely accepts help. The orphan knows people are undependable, but as soul-eating creatures advance on his town & time freezes, he must lean upon his ex & a fairytale girl who bleeds ink in order to save his home, his sister, & himself. #QueerPit #YA #DF #NA

DRACULA x THE SECRET HISTORY 1895. A young man falls headlong into the Greco-Roman drinking society of an infamous author, but when he witnesses the sacrificial killing of a boy, he must choose between morality and immortality - before his own blood is spilt. #QueerPit #HF #H

Editors 👀 EUPHORIA x THE BENT NECK LADY (from HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE) 🌲 An epic rave deep in the woods 🤐Unreliable ensemble cast (who need therapy ASAP) 🏳️‍🌈LGBTQIA+ yearning & romance 👀A haunting presence that follows 🩸Lies that bury & kill #QueerPit #A #S #agented #onsub soon!

WINTER'S ORBIT x LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS Solo-traveler Audrey Tully signs up for the first vacay to an alien planet expecting Mai Tais and R&R. Instead, she finds chaos: quirky aliens, perilous terrain, and a found family that will break her heart and put it back together. #QueerPit #A #SF #SPF

School Spirits X Cemetery Boys When Skyler made a deal with the reaper to catch ghosts in exchange for putting her cancer in remission, she did not have a ghost boy begging her to reunite him with his body on her bingo card. The clock is ticking & the reaper doesn’t like secrets. #queerpit #YA #SN

THE DEVIL LOVES A CEO: A Sapphic Paranormal Rom-Com She's a Fast-Fashion CEO and the worst person you've ever met. She's the literal devil and a total romantic. If they want love, the CEO will need to make some major changes to avoid eternal damnation. 😈 ❤️‍🔥 #QueerPit #R #RC #A

WALKING DEAD x LAST OF US🏳️‍🌈 Vivvi: locked alone in the library perfecting her headshots 🩸🔪 Stetson: running from far-right preppers turned zombies 🇺🇸 Dove: waking up after a medicated nap 🦷 The Dentist: roaming around town 🧟‍♀️ 🏳️‍🌈 They all want each other—but not in the same way. #queerpit #h #a

🏕️ CAMP WHISPER 🔥 YA Horror Campfire × Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Something’s haunting Camp Whisper—and it doesn’t like sinners, queers, or kids who ask too many questions. #QueerPit #YA #H #Horror #LGBTQIA #QueerMC #debutauthor #amquerying

They Hate Each Other x Ophelia After All 💘Bi MC and Bi LI 🛏️Forced proximity (they have to share a room) 🏀Basketball jocks ❤️‍🔥Rivals to lovers 😘He calls him pretty boy 💖Secretly yearning over several weeks #QueerPit #YA #CR

THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST❌UNDEAD FOLK Witch. Widow. Peaceful garden tamer. When Tilly Reinicke then finds herself forced into the role of Guardian of the Ancient Pacts by her unkenning new neighbours, will she manage to stop them before disaster—and old magic—strikes? #A #F #H #MYTH #N #QueerPit

BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST, 10 REQUESTS ✨ a trans, autistic, plant-killer garden witch works with a rival music witch to supply magic to an ancient flower for three months. after a meltdown turns the flower sentient, she must learn to regulate her emotions, fast. ✨ #QueerPit #YA #Q #F