Hello and welcome to my bisexual pirate ( #birates ) book: Sculptor of the Winds It’s not a love triangle but it’s definitely a *vague mumbling* triangle. #unhingedpit #F #R #FR #AG #OS

Attention, writers of every level: We want your bad beta stories! @zillawrites.bsky.social, @ivytwoods.bsky.social and I are hunting for cautionary tales to feature on an upcoming episode of our podcast, With Series Potential (@withseriespotential on IG). DM one of us if you want to share!

Second book has been sent to my agent, so it’s time to catch up on media and marinate on book 3 🎉

The real millennial song is JG WENTWORTH 877 CASH NOW

The post-beta edits are COOKING #amwriting #amediting

New episode of WITH SERIES POTENTIAL is out today! Planning on querying after RevPit? Make sure you vet your list! withseriespotential.substack.com/p/s1e4-vetti...

When my beta readers and CPs are appropriately traumatized by the book #amwriting #amediting

**COUGH COUGH** withseriespotential.substack.com/p/creating-m...

AHHH! SHE'S LIVE!! S1E3 Creating Marketable Concepts #WithSeriesPotential

SCREECHING NOISES

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

Pitch events with the experts!!! Not me, but Zilla and @annahirsch.bsky.social definitely qualify

@zillawrites.bsky.social never pulls her punches. This is a bit of tough love of what it takes to be a writer. To break in. To succeed. And her last line? "It’s whether you’re willing to keep going after you find out how much further there is to go." 🔥 #booksky #writingcommunity #querying

I just finished my first year as a First Reader for #RevPit! Two years ago I was on the other side. Entering, not getting shortlisted, not getting in. And again in 2025. Two times a "loser". Here's what I want every writer who didn't get in to know: 🧵

NASA women save stars. 🫶🏻💫

First article from my series, The Life That Didn’t Happen, is live!!! It’s all true, all authentically me, and may include some cringe and humor in it depending on the reader. #writingcommunity #writers #writesky open.substack.com/pub/jademaso...

@annahirsch.bsky.social @zillawrites.bsky.social and I started a podcast! Join us for Episode 1 on Substack, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube! #writing #tradpub #querying #amquerying

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

'According to an October study by the BBC, even the most advanced AI chatbots gave wrong answers a whopping 45 percent of the time.' USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN USE YOUR BRAIN

Live footage of me sending my new book off to CPs #amwriting

That’s our girl!!!

Pre beta line edits has me feeling like: #amwriting #amediting

Three chapters left in the big edit. Then a line edit. Then this book can be my CPs problem for a while 😂

Happy #SmoochPit Showcase week!! #mentorship #writingcommunity

We’re getting close…

While we're all waiting for results of the contest, let's play! Fill out this form for your novel's title to potentially throw down! The form will be open till end of day Tuesday. (This is just for fun. Winner gets bragging rights.) forms.gle/QcoBAePTgXLJ... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

The #revpit sub window closes at NOON ET today (Sunday)! Upcoming schedule: March 15-23: First Reader Round March 16-23: #AskEditor sessions March 24-April 10: #10Queries sessions April 13: Editor picks announced June 8: Showcase goes live! And #RevPitWaiting starts tomorrow!

CHOOSE JENI, SHE (and #RevPit) ARE THE BEST

Doing a summoning ritual for update emails in my inbox

Strongly encourage all academics, novelists, reporters, bloggers, whatever to just email this account and state that you want to opt out of this idiocy. Overload them with emails and make them regret they ever tried this shit. [email protected]

Me, coming back to the math over and over again to figure out moon cycles and tides for this stupid planet made-up planet I HAVE A MUSIC DEGREE, WHY AM I DOING MATH

The Seasonal Affective Disorder leaving my body as soon as the sun comes out and it’s above 5° C

Thrilled to share today that I’ve signed with Natalie Sun at HG Literary to represent me and HANNAH MCCOY TAKES A STAND!

I'm going to say this with a bit of frustration, but fuck all the way off, Oliver.

#amediting vibe of the day (it’s been four weeks and I’m like halfway done the big edit so it’s actually pretty fast, I’m just impatient)

When you log on to BlueSky and see yet another pitch event

So incredibly happy for my friend and also ECSTATIC that this book is a step closer to being on my shelf!

It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.) Spread the word #booksky! www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021

I don’t know how to use chatgpt etc but I imagine it’s going to a website and typing “oh no what groceries do I buy please tell me false god for I am so weak I cannot go on” as your brain atrophies and leaks out of your ears from disuse and the machine is like “buy eggs milk bread and a horse”

I’ve gotta go write a murder or something now, holy fucking shit nuts

Oh boy, this hockey game hasn’t even started and it’s already bad for my blood pressure

Great intro thread for all things RevPit! Highly recommend participating for unagented authors pursuing trad pub with a manuscript ready to go! Even without winning, I learned so much, got great advice, and made so many connections, all of which definitely helped me get #agented #revpit

Just a reminder that if you hate NBC’s coverage of the Olympics, that gem.cbc.ca has coverage of •every• event intelligent, researched commentary. (Plus Schitt’s Creek, North of North, etc) If you need a postal code to register: Santa’s: H0H0H0 A Delta warehouse: V4G1NA (Letter/Number/L/N/L/N)

This is the only correct response.

Me, when I’m not able to implement every single #editing note I have in one pass

My husband and I established that the only thing that makes us feel more patriotic than Crosby in a Team Canada jersey is Terry Fox

It's Mandatory Monday and AI is clearly the future. mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8081046...

We've lost an amazing editor and friend. We'll miss Megan deeply. Thank you for all you've brought to this world. www.gofundme.com/f/support-me...

Age verification? I have a chicken pox scar because they hadn't come out with the vaccine yet.