Let the Saturday morning edits begin 🔥

Some personal news…

Publishing for Minnesota auction is now open!! There’s so may amazing items and you can even bid on a query and first 5 pages critique from me! www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

The Publishing for Minnesota Auction goes live at midnight on Wednesday. The number of items for auction has doubled since I first heard about it this evening and they're still adding more: www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

For anyone feeling uncertain where to donate because of decision paralysis, you can easily Venmo @CANMN any amount to support mutual aid in Minneapolis -getting essentials like food and diapers to people who feel afraid to leave their homes right now. Call your reps. Be a good neighbor. FUCK ICE.

Spotted a charming mural earlier today. So cute it might just inspire a scene in my current WIP ✍️🐉🦋

I’M AGENTED! So exciting to be repped by @maraalyse.bsky.social at Azantian Literary Agency 💚 #amagented #agentedauthor #writingcommunity Photo Credit: @hello_meagain on Instagram

So Discord just released a survey about how people feel about implementing AI features! If you feel so inclined to politely (or not so politely) tell them how you truly feel...here is your chance. 🚨🚨🚨 #Writesky #AntiAI #Booksky #Discord #Writingcommunity discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I'M OFFICIALLY AGENTED! Please consider subscribing to my newsletter to be the first to know which agent I signed with and follow along with my author journey👀 irisandersi.substack.com Official social media post coming soon! Newsletter announcement drops tomorrow 💙

Forgot to share this lovely coffee shop shot on BSKY from earlier this week ☕ I usually try to hit up coffee shops on Saturday mornings for focused writing/editing time, but I'm avoiding public spaces in case of post-Christmas virus surges. I hope everyone stays healthy and safe this December 💙

The bookstore + coffee shop combo might be my favorite. Excited to work on some edits today! #amwriting #editingmodeactivated #morningfuel

I just had the most fun at a creative author photo shoot this morning! The goal was to keep my identity lightly obscured, and the photographer totally nailed my vision! I can’t wait to share photos. . . along with some exciting news 👀 #writesky #writingcommunity

This has been a year where I learned how to tell myself, “I’m proud of myself,” something that took over 30 years to get to and a lesson I didn’t know had been missing. So here is my Wrapped 2025 ❤️📚 #writingcommunity #writers #writesky #wrapped

Just messaged some really amazing artists to help design a custom author portrait / illustration. Fingers crossed one of my top picks has time to take on a commission 🤞🎨

Excited to announce that Our Elsewhere has won the general fiction category for the 2025 Book Pipeline Unpublished contest! bookpipeline.com/winners Honored they recognized Our Elsewhere--a speculative fiction where a widow journeys across worlds via death to find and save her husband.

MOREL SUPPORT 50% Sapphic Rom-Com. 50% Fantasy. Featuring: 🍄 A sentient mushroom with chaotic advice ❤️ Chronic illness rep 🫀 Literal and figurative heartache 💰 Sexy bandits ❤️‍🔥 Sapphic romance 🔥 Let's burn down the government vibes 95% drafted 📝 #WipPit #A #F #RC #RF #W #LGBT #WIP

I debated wether to post this one or not but, I thought it would bring someone fighting imposter syndrome a bit of comfort to know they aren't alone. We're not going to let it win people, I REFUSE ✨💕 youtu.be/QQbSbDEAVMA?... #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Authortube #BookSky

New candle to help manifest my author dreams 🕯️🍄‍🟫🌲⛰️🕯️

I’m very lucky to live in a place with so much writing inspiration! For example, watching salmon spawn is perfect for every genre: 🐟Romance: salmon literally die for love (shortly after spawning) 🐟Horror: salmon go through a zombification phase 🐟Thriller: fish vs fisherman #writingcommunity

How many times can I refresh my query inbox in one day? 🕯️🕯️🕯️

Let the Saturday morning writing begin ☕️✍️

For everyone🕯️manifesting🕯️their author dream, what do we think an invitation for THE CALL smells like?🕯️✨ 🌲The Deep Woods 🌊Sea & Salt 🥐Freshly Baked Goods 🍂A Fall Day ❓Something else? (Suggestions in comments welcome!) My candles are lit! 🤞 #writingcommunity

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. 😈 ❤️🔥 #QuestPit #PR #RF #A

Excited to share my WIP novel: MOREL SUPPORT 50% Sapphic rom-com. 50% fantasy. Featuring: 🍄 A sentient mushroom with chaotic advice ❤️ Chronic illness rep 🫀 Literal and figurative heartache 💰 Sexy bandits ❤️‍🔥 Sapphic romance 🔥 Let's burn down the government vibes #QuestPit #A #F #RC #RF #W

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP 💜 Chronic Illness Rep 🌱 Plant Magic 💚 Bisexual Witches 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance ☕ Cozy Vibes #QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

Getting closer to finishing my first draft of Morel Support! Featuring: 🍄 A sentient mushroom with chaotic advice ❤️ Chronic illness rep 🫀 Literal and figurative heartache 💰 Sexy bandits ❤️‍🔥 Sapphic romance 🔥 Let's burn down the government vibes #WIP #writingcommunity

Please check your kid’s Halloween candy tonight. Apparently requests for a synopsis are being hidden in candy bars.

I can’t hype this book up enough! Agents are going to fight for this one. Keep an eye out for the day Nadine finally takes it to the query trenches! 👀

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

🕯️Manifesting good news in my querying inbox for the next seven days🕯️ The work has been put in. Please let an agent feel the same way I do about my book 💚

Over the moon for my writing friend! 🎉 Proof that patience and persistence can lead to the dream coming true. I can't wait to buy your book💚 Good luck on sub!! 🍀

Time to make some progress on my whimsical romantic fantasy novel 🍄❤️ Step 1: acquire Saturday morning writing fuel ✅

A witch struggles to manage her chronic illness flare ups thanks to her demanding job as a potion maker. It’ll take working with a cheerful thief (a very attractive, softly-masculine witch) to stand up to Potions Inc.—a greedy pharmaceutical potion company. #DVpit #Cozy #A #R #F #CI #DIS #LGBT

Themes of POTIONS UNINCORPORATED, a cozy romantic fantasy with chronic illness rep! 💚 You don't have to go through life alone 😴 It's okay (and normal!) to rest/take breaks 💙 Friendship and love are what matters most 😈 Big Pharma/Capitalism = the real enemy #DVpit #Cozy #A #R #F #CI #DIS #LGBT

THE DEVIL LOVES A CEO 😈 ❤️🔥 A fast-fashion CEO finds herself falling for the actual she-Devil, but the CEO will have to make some major lifestyle changes if she doesn't want to end up as a damned soul ❤️‍🔥 ✨ A Sapphic Paranormal Rom-Com ✨ #DVpit #LGBT #CI #DIS #RomCom #PR #R #A

A greedy pharmaceutical potion company manipulates a chronically ill witch into taking on a large potion order, despite causing chronic illness flares. A cheerful thief might help her break a contract and prove that love and justice are worth the toil and trouble 💚 #DVpit #Cozy #A #R #F #CI #DIS

Linatta Mosset: curmudgeon, witch, plant-enthusiast, and a secret harborer of a sense of humor 🌱 Her best friend is Toad, a cat-shaped familiar with a snarky (but loveable) attitude 🐈‍⬛ Chronic illness makes life challenging, but her journey is full of heart 💚 #DVpit #Cozy #A #R #F #CI #DIS #LGBT

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 ❤️🔥 #DVpit #LGBT #CI #DIS #RomCom #PR #R

A chronically ill witch VS Big Pharma/Big Potions Featuring: 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 🌿 Plant Magic 💰 Anti-Capitalist Themes 💜 Bisexual Witches 💕 Softly-Masculine Love Interest 💚 Chronic Illness/Disability Rep ☕ Cozy Vibes For fans of TJ KLUNE and TRAVIS BALDREE #DVpit #Cozy #A #R #F #CI #DIS #LGBT

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company🌱🐈‍⬛ 💚 💜 Bisexual Romance 💙 Chronic Illness Rep 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X THE SPELLSHOP #DVpit #Cozy #A #R #F #CI #DIS #LGBTQIA

THIS FRIDAY!!! Are you excited, #RevPit?! If you're gearing up to enter RevPit #10Queries, here's everything you need: ⭐Complete query letter ⭐First 5 pages of manuscript The query and first 5 pages will need to be uploaded to the form in one document and should be a standard manuscript format

#DVparty #CozyFantasy My playlist for POTIONS UNINCORPORATED is mostly made up of lo-fi Studio Ghibli soundtracks 🎵🎹

Meet Linatta Mosset: curmudgeon, witch, plant-enthusiast, and a secret harborer of a sense of humor. Her best friend is Toad, a cat-shaped familiar with a snarky (but loveable) attitude. Her chronic illness makes life challenging, but her journey is full of heart and humor. #DVParty #CozyFantasy

One more mood/vibes post for day 1 of #DVParty THE DEVIL LOVES A CEO: A Sapphic Paranormal Rom-Com Looking forward to pitching projects for DVPit and seeing everyone else's amazing ideas! #writingcommunity

I'm excited to participate in DVPit next week! Here's my moodboard for my cozy romantic fantasy 💚 POTIONS UNINCORPORATED 💜 Chronic Illness Rep 🌱 Plant Magic 💚 Bisexual Witches 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company ☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance ☕ Cozy Vibes #DVParty #cozyfantasy

Testimonial from K.J. Harrowick, author of Bloodflower 🎉 #WritingCommunity #AuthorServices #AuthorCommunity #Editor #BookLightEditorial #BookCommunity #Testimonial

It's been a minute since I've posted about my mushroom-inspired romantic fantasy, so here's a little snip! 🍄🌲 #writingcommunity #amediting #amwriting #WIP

I'm having a rare moment of feeling totally calm about the query trenches. All I can think about is how proud I am of this manuscript💙 Time to dream about "what ifs" before I go back to being stressed ✨

I'm excited to share my 99-word story for the Augur Microfiction Contest! The Ocean's Bones 🌊💀 @augursociety.bsky.social #AugurMicros2025

Agents and editor emails have been sent!