Knowing when to quit when you’ve given your all on a project you and others around you believed in, is hard. Focusing my energy now on my next project (13 chapters in). As long as the process still energizes me, I’ll persevere and continue growing. #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

This one stings. Catherine O’Hara was an absolute treasure from Beetlejuice to Home Alone and Best in Show (or any Christopher guest movie) to Schitt’s Creek, she was brilliant. “Whatever you do, Ms. O’Hara, rock onwards and upwards.”

Read the first chapter of my current speculative thriller WIP at a local writers group. Not the first time I’ve read, but was really nervous. Come away with great feedback and renewed motivation! #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

Ever read an author whose voice sings to you and you think “how do I write like that?” You don’t. Find your own voice and be proud of it. #WritersLife #WritingCommunity

DANCING WITH THE STARS X CARAVAL In a live performance reality game, an acrobat competes for a chance to free her soul from a manipulative entity. Featuring: ✨ Glitz, Glamour, and Social Games 🎭 Deities based on the performing arts 💔 Forced allies in proximity #BluePit📖 #BluePit #A #F #W

JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F

✨CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE X INDIANA JONES✨ This New Adult Fantasy features: 💀Multiple POVs 💀African Mythology 💀Dark Magic 💀A Deadly Quest 💀Complicated Relationships #BluePit #BluePit📖 #NA #F #OV #POC #W

TENEMENT House of Leaves x The Giver Inside, the Tenement is an infinite maze of halls. Outside, there is... Nothing. When Noah Walker's mom mysteriously goes missing, he vows to learn the secrets of his strange world. Even if it means tearing the whole thing down. #Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #YA #M #D

#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSub 2026!) Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe? #BluePit📖 #BluePit #YA #R #M #DIS #LGBT #OV #OS

An immortal guardian of god-magic comes out of hiding in modern London when immortal extremists exploit his daughter’s death to establish a new age of gods on earth. HIGHLANDER meets GOD OF WAR #BluePit📖 #A #F #Q

TFW you realize your main character needs to do something that will make your readers think they’re a dick and hope the payoff will be worth it! #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #Writing

Shout out to DreamForge magazine for one of the kindest rejection letters I’ve seen—encouraging and including a suggestion for another place to submit my piece and their deadline. Publishing is HARD, but a human touch make such a difference. #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #Publishing

Received a rejection on a short story I submitted to a lit mag, but it came with feedback! That alone was worth the price of admission (figuratively speaking, the submission was free) #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #Publishing #LiteraryJourney

I’ve come to the conclusion that query letters were invented by the devil to keep authors humble. Joke’s on him though, because I’ve already got imposter syndrome! 🤪 #WritersLife #Querying #AmQuerying #Publishing

Happy New Year! And to all those writers out there—whether drafting, querying, on sub, doing the self-pub hustle or just swimming in a dream yet to be committed to paper—May 2026 bring you whatever creative fulfillment you seek. #WritersLife #NewYearsMessage #WritingCommunity

For anyone looking for real, unvarnished insights into the publishing industry, check out the Publishing Rodeo podcast by @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com. Their “saying the quiet part out loud” ethos, is the best “insider” content I’ve seen by far. #WriterLife #BookIndustryInsights

Went for a burger…wiped out the Jedi Order. Oopsie 😬 #WriterHumor #NerdLife

I write dialog the way I have conversations in real life: rambling and hard to off-ramp. Just land the plane, dude! #WritingLife #WritingProblems

Writing over the holidays Expectation: Rest, reflection, and the creative space to advance that work in progress living rent free in your head… Reality: Chaos, drama, and the never ending quest to entertain the kids. #WritingWithKids #ParentingAndProse #WritersWithKids #HolidayWritingStruggles

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Good advice for the soul…

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (12/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (11/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (10/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books “Whooooah we’re half way there!”

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (9/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (8/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (7/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

I don’t always use AI, but when I do, I make sure to thank it, hoping that it will remember those who were good to it when it takes over as our supreme overlord. (Obligatory disclaimer: I do NOT use generative AI in any of my literary writing)

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (6/20) - non-fiction influence… #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (5/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (4/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books

I may not be posting pitches for #BluePit, but ‼️ #editors ‼️ I have 2 lyrical #PB going on sub this wk: 💜 1 w/ girl empowerment/girls can change the 🌎 vibes 🌈 1 colorfully queer story about being beautifully ourselves If you want to see more, please contact my agent @bookfairyangus.bsky.social !

Thea Riordan is an eidetos, born with the ability to recall all she sees and hears perfectly. Recruited by a secret guild of spies, Thea soon finds herself faced with an impossible choice; save the life of her dearest friend, or plunge the nation into civil war. #BluePit #W #YA #F #LGBT 📖

ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE X PERCY JACKSON 12 y.o. Felix Finch gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, Félix must fight to stop it before it destroys both dimensions #BluePit #MG #AG

LUCIFER x DRESDEN FILES A homicide detective and her necromancer ex team up to solve the murder of a magical celeb. They must wade through contradictory clues, their past, and memory magic to find the killer before the body count rises…to include them. #Q #A #F #M #BluePit 📖

LOST GODS: When she awakens to find herself abducted, Cora reckons her worst nightmares have come true. But what if her captor really is the Greek god he's claiming to be? And what if she really is one too? 📖 #BluePit #WIP #R #A #RF #UR #POC

Practical Magic x True Detective A witch returns home to Kentucky and discovers a darkness has taken root. As violent deaths begin to plague her small town, she’ll have to confront her past if she hopes to uncover who’s responsible before the darkness destroys her home. 📖 #BluePit #W #A #F

Set against the backdrop of modern London, THE RELIQUARIAN follows Callum Ross, an immortal agent of the Greek god Hephaestus, on a mission to thwart a rogue faction of immortals intent on ushering in a new age of gods. Think Highlander meets an adult Percy Jackson. #BluePit 📖 #F #A

After years of telling myself that non-fiction history was the lane I had no business leaving, my cousin inspired me to try my hand at fiction. It’s taken nearly 40 years of living to acknowledge the storyteller in me. Now I’ve never been so driven to do anything else (don’t tell my day job 😬).

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (3/20) #booksky #bookchallenge #books