Very happy with this unplanned pov shift. Had gotten too stuck on the idea all switches need to have a kind of symmetry. Now this quite pivotal scene gets half each! #amediting

Into edits for the final scene of Part 1 of Not Technically Ghosts! Splitting POVs, bringing elements from later to now, more feelings, more details - onwards! #amediting #WritingCommunity

Edits getting good now! Had disliked underwritten this story felt in places. Done a lot of enriching work so far. Just hoping there’s some fat to trim in the middle and pull the wordcount back! #amediting #WritingCommunity

Had the chance to read CP’s high-tech Red Riding Hood story that’s part of this collection - and people are in for a TREAT! Better believe I’ll be buying my copy on day one!

Edits flowing well now on Not Technically Ghosts but damn if I can’t get this new fake/not-witch-school-wip out of my head! Might be one where I need to write the opening chapters to get it out of my system. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amediting

No no hush brain, I need to focus on editing and NOT my shiny new wip idea. But ughhhh the fresh worldbuilding and ending already planned 🤤 Working title: Mistress Quail’s Totally Legitimate Witching School Where Absolutely No One Gets Eaten #WritingCommunity #amediting

Alright I’ve got the full layout for every pseudo-chapter/ switch in Not Technically Ghosts. Much easier now to see where things can and NEED to shift for better flow ahead of the bigger edits. #WritingCommunity #amediting

Making ‘story cards’ to represent each switch/pseudo-chapter of Not Technically Ghosts to get a proper visual of how the story all hangs together. Already finding parts ripe for cutting / reworking! #WritingCommunity #amediting

Possibly approaching some big macro edits for Not Technically Ghosts, shifting story-beats etc. Currently a clear divide between happy fun times and then sudden plot, stakes, and peril. Need to redress the balance… #WritingCommunity #amediting

August 25 Wrap-up! (Do I do that now? Guess we'll see at end of September? What is this pose??) ✍️ Off to a good start with Not Technically Ghosts (part 1) edits 🏠Moved house (not writing, but big stuff) 🖼️Took part in a bunch of #pitch events #WritingCommunity #amediting

As nerdily fun as it was, I've spent FAR too many days wrangling the formulas in my Magnovalis Royal Family Tree spreadsheet -- now I need to get back to work on Not Technically Ghosts edits. You know, my supposed MAIN project *sigh* #WritingCommunity #amediting

Had to take a few days to move house - but feels great to get back to edits today! Feels like good ‘enriching’ work happening right now. Hope everyone else’s writing/edits are going well! #amediting #WritingCommunity

Early doors, but Not Technically Ghosts isn’t being TOO monstrous to edit yet. With all the pre-edit work and beta feedback, Part 1 of the story was always going to be easiest. But thinking of later parts… oof. That’s when we hit hard-mode. #amediting #WritingCommunity

Despite wanting to keep the wordcount down, I’ve gone into these edits knowing there were a lot of thin areas. Really liking some of added description and scene depth I can add now. Just need to get better at cutting too… #amediting #WritingCommunity

Had a great time participating in #QueerPit & #PosterPit ! As always found a bunch of new writers and projects I look forward to following! 😁 #WritingCommunity

WORLD WAR Z x DR WHO x SILO The Aurora's Pale Light Before his friend's time machine kickstarts the demon apocalypse, a deceased war hero must prepare the world in secret, knowing success is not an option. When he inevitably fails, it's up to him to lead humanity out of Hell. #PosterPit #W #A #SF

Imagine opening a book and finding your grandma’s 10th birthday. Or your classmate’s worst day. In The Last Blank Page, every book holds the last borrower’s memory… until the story starts to vanish. #PosterPitq #posterpit #MG

#posterpit #WIP #FantsayNoir X Files x Dark Souls Gelmir, a mage who can only dispel magic and a wayward graduate of the Cyan academy, Gina Spectre investigate a series of anomalies, outbreaks and mages gone bad, culminating in them trying to stop a plot to bring about the 3rd extinction of magic.

Ryan & Albert live 200 years apart - but once per day a time-slip lets them meet. Now they need to solve the mystery of Clarence Hall before they accidentally change history! Oh… and try not to fall for each other in the process! NOT TECHNICALLY GHOSTS #PosterPit #W #YA #F #R

When Chess becomes the Midwest's newest reaper, she must learn to control her power before the veil between the living & the dead disappears, taking with it the soul of the only person she's ever loved #PosterPit #YA #F ♿ Disability Rep 👻 Pet Ghost Dog 😍 Enemies to love interests 🏰 Small town

🌙 Previous Moons - A young druid is determined to prove his missing father is alive. To save him, he must travel to a dying world—one his powerful mentor will stop at nothing to control. #posterpit #PosterPitW #YA #F

When luckless Mick agrees to be his mage best friend Eleanor's adventuring partner, it's to keep her safe. But after a mishap turns him into a dragon and plants the ghost of a god in his head, Mick must go from sidekick to champion before his existence triggers a divine war. #PosterPit #W #NA #F #R

THE OFFICE x GOOD OMENS Virgil Mora has three months to turn around a vampire-ran Ohio gas station to restore Heaven’s faith in Hell and save his boss, Lucifer, the angel he’s fallen for. Before his past mistakes come back to haunt him. Literally. #PosterPit #W #A #C #F #LGBT

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen is thrilled about it. #PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA #YA

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE x PERCY JACKSON 12 y.o. Félix 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 #PosterPit #MG #OS

Mission Brief 13/01/1972 TOP SECRET 🕑 Infiltrate time travel seminar 🕵 Take out Soviet spies 🔫 Use a gun ❌️ Don't laugh at the agenda 📃 It’s all theoretical 😕 Apart from *that* demo ✅️ Full government endorsement 👍 Nothing can go wrong 🇷🇺 💣 💥 ⬛️ Redacted #A #T #SPF #PosterPit #PosterPitQ 🦋

The worst thing Sam ever had to deal with was telekinetic ducks. That’s until the Grim Reaper HERSELF appears in his living room. Now Sam & Grim must work together to solve a royal mystery, with reality itself at stake! SPIRIT RIDER: THE ROYAL PROBLEM #PosterPit #Q #F #MG / #YA

Welcome to my #AgentsGuide for SPIRIT RIDER: THE ROYAL PROBLEM 💁‍♂️Ace cinnamon-roll trying his best 💀Snarky Reaper turned mentor 👑A Royal Mystery 😵‍💫Demonic possession 🎩Charming psychopath antagonist 🦆Telekinetic ducks!! #QueerPit #Q #F #MG / #YA

#QueerPit "baram; baram" When a retired mage receives an unusual call through time and space, she ends up tumbling into a foreign, modern world, where she falls in with an equally doomed tactician and an otherwise modern man with modern sensibilities :)

The Library at Eventide #QueerPit #RF #A LEGENDS & LATTES x HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA ☁️Cozy fantasy 😷Chronic illness rep 📜Rebuilding a library 🌸Magical flowers 🌈M/M queernorm romance/HEA 🎶Slow-dancing in an ancient amphitheater 🫂Found family 🐈Cats 🧺Cottagecore 🌊Glowing lagoon 🏴‍☠️Nonbinary pirate

Miguel is the first elemental mage to attend an esteemed school of magic in New York and now he's struggling between following the dreams his mami set out for him and uncovering the mystery behind her death. #QueerPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT

in SHE IS KING you get: 👑 Reincarnated King Arthur ⚔️ Knights of the Round Table as Magic Weapons 🌩️ An Utterly Devoted, Godly Love Interest 🌈 Trans Boy Merlin? Trans Boy Merlin 🪶 The Morrigan's favorite host ❌ And a Mordred that gives you the Biggest Ick #QueerPit #F #NA

local sin-eater teams up with his ex-boyfriend to get revenge on the priest who raised him ⛪beef with your church? try burning it down 🏳️‍🌈bonus points if you get your ex AND your situationship to help 🌵haunted ethel cain vibes in the mojave desert Summer Sons x Evocation #QueerPit #H #A

#QueerPit Queer romance FOREWARNING ❤️ NB fashion icon prince 🧡 Hunky royal guard who crochets 💛 Forbidden romance but the internet ships it 💚 Psychic powers 💙 Royal murder mystery 💜 Best friends to lovers HEA 54k, on query #CR #F #R #RS #A #SPF 3 agent RQ's ODD THOMAS as an upbeat queer romance

Twenty-year-old Percy Freel grew up being told he is the chosen one, only to discover that he is, in fact, the chosen one's assistant. 🔪 one-sided enemies to lovers 🏰 epic high fantasy 🧚 subverted fairytales 💪 himbo love interest 🔥 slow burn #queerpit #FR #A

It's like E.T. (if E.T. was hot and gay). When an attractive alien named Caelum crash-lands in Bennett’s small town, Bennett must help the alien find his way home while dealing with his own developing feelings and the truth behind why Caelum ended up on Earth. #QueerPit #YA #SF #R

WEDNESDAY x IT (2017) Denny super messed up. In his quest to find his missing sister, he burned down some houses to kill some monsters, which released a serial killer ghost. To make things worse, the only medium who can help would rather play the cello than save strangers. #QueerPit #YA #M #H

When Leah (the pastor's daughter), goes missing, Brooke (her secret girlfriend), has to navigate their cult-like church to find her. One problem: no one remembers who Leah is. #QueerPit #lesbian #ya #thriller #querying

The worst thing Sam ever had to deal with was telekinetic ducks. That’s until the Grim Reaper HERSELF appears in his living room. Now Sam & Grim must work together to solve a royal mystery, with reality itself at stake! SPIRIT RIDER: THE ROYAL PROBLEM #QueerPit #Q #F #MG / #YA

Making a verrrrrry minor revision (less than 1000 words) to Spirit Rider: The Royal Problem. Was going to leave first mention of Sam’s ace-ness to a future book, but the more I thought on it, found a few spots where it’s not too out of place to hint #WritingCommunity

Genuinely surprised at what I’ve been able to wrangle together for #PosterPit - not saying it’s GOOD just that I was actually able to find relevant free-use images and colouring tools to make what I had envisioned #WritingCommunity

Yeahhhh typical me - planned to sit out of #PosterPit because I can't make graphics to save my life THEN have a vague idea and try to throw something not-terrible together a MATTER OF DAYS beforehand! Guess I'm doing this one? 😉 #WritingCommunity

As thankful as I am having had multiple beta-readers for the opening of Not Technically Ghosts - collating & debating the various comments into a coherent list has been a (pleasant) headache! Great stuff to begin edits though! #WritingCommunity #editing

We are go go go - for editing Not Technically Ghosts! The plan? Ehh, reread it and if there’s a bit I don’t like 100% then tweak/cut until I do? Also don’t notably increase the wordcount unless absolutely necessary. #editing #WritingCommunity

Had planned to crack on with Not Technically Ghosts first edits this month but had to FINALLY tidy up my website first! - Added x3 months writing updates - Tweaked Spirit Rider worldbuilding - Added a whole Not Technically Ghosts section! #WritingCommunity jamesfineganauthor.com

Gahhh felt very disingenuous getting on #QuestPit the other day — hyper busy day with irl stuff so didn’t get a chance to boost other people 😭. Found a bunch of new projects to follow in the aftermath, which is always great, but must do better next time James!!

Ryan & Albert live 200 years apart - but once per day a time-slip lets them meet. Now they need to solve the mystery of Clarence Hall before they accidentally change history! Oh… and try not to fall for each other in the process! NOT TECHNICALLY GHOSTS #QuestPit #W #YA #LGBT

Am I hopping back on socials after my break a smidge earlier than planned, just to throw my hat into the ring for #QuestPit ? Yes. Yes I am. #WritingCommunity

The worst thing Sam ever had to deal with was telekinetic ducks. That’s until the Grim Reaper HERSELF appears in his living room. Now Sam & Grim must work together to solve a royal mystery, with reality itself at stake! SPIRIT RIDER: THE ROYAL PROBLEM #QuestPit #Q #F #MG / #YA