TDTMS is complete (edits next!). It’s a cozy sci-fi rom-com about a Muslim heroine with social anxiety who’s rewarded an interstellar cruise for being too good at her job— and discovers that what she fears might be exactly what she needs. #amwriting #authors #SFF

Caelis is a failed sniper with broken augments. Serenya is a genetically engineered supersoldier who wants to bake cookies. Before they were enemies, now they're humanity's only hope to stop a signal erasing entire colonies. Unless they kill each other first. #DVpit #A #SF #MV

Caelis lost the war for his people by refusing to kill the woman in his scope. Now, she needs his help to stop a cosmic signal from overriding humanity. He wants to make amends, but she’ll kill him if she discovers the truth. #DVpit #A #SF #MV

Mass Effect x This Is How You Lose The Time War A found family space opera where a failed sniper joins his last target to save the galaxy, as long as she doesn’t discover his secret & kill him first. Grief, intimacy, & finding your people when the world falls apart #DVpit #A #SF #MV

For those waiting for the traditional update: Queries sent: 130 Rejections: 41 CNR: 7 Full Requests: 1 R&R's: 2 “In the realm of ideas, everything depends on enthusiasm. In the real world, all rests on perseverance.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe #amquerying

OK, I promised an update last night, here it is. Two partials turned into R&Rs, I've been busy working on getting those done. Queries sent: 130 Rejections: 35 CNR: 8 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 1 Full Requests: 1 R&R's: 2 We keep going! #amquerying

Some more positive movement today! Queries sent: 130 Rejections: 31 CNR: 5 Live pitches: 4 #PitchDis Requests: 2 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 Full Requests: 2 #amquerying

There was some good news today. Here's tonight's Query Trench update: Queries sent: 129 Rejections: 30 CNR: 5 Live pitches: 4 #PitchDis Requests: 2 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 Full Requests: 1 #amquerying

I'm just staying quiet tonight. Queries sent: 127 Rejections: 29 CNR: 5 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 Full Requests: 1 #amquerying

OK. I've about exhausted my list of agents to query until some open up so, if you're an agent looking for a character forward space opera that's the emotionally haunted cousin of Mass Effect, This Is How You Lose The Time War, and A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet...let me know! #amquerying

Need an Agent's Guide to Echo: Directive, the emotionally haunted cousin of Mass Effect and A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet? #amquerying

It's been a few days since my last update from the Query Trenches. Let me catch you up. Tonight's report from the trench: Queries sent: 115 Rejections: 28 CNR: 5 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 Full Requests: 1 #amquerying

Tonight's report from the trench: Queries sent: 113 Rejections: 23 CNR: 3 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 #amquerying Also, I want to know if you like seeing these, or would you rather not?

Today's trench report. Queries sent: 113 Rejections: 23 CNR: 3 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 #amquerying

Today brought a fresh rejection in the trenches. Let's see what tomorrow brings! Queries sent: 100 Rejections: 21 CNR: 2 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." - H.G. Wells #amquerying

Another quiet weekend in the trenches: Queries sent: 100 Rejections: 20 CNR: 2 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 “Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.” ― Ovid #amquerying

Today was a quiet friday in the query trenches, just some new queries sent: Queries sent: 100 Rejections: 20 CNR: 2 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 "Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin #amquerying

Today had 2 rejections, but several new queries sent. Here's the update: Queries sent: 94 Rejections: 20 CNR: 2 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." Confucius #amquerying

Let's do tonight's Query Trench update to end off Day 60. Queries sent: 84 Rejections: 18 CNR: 2 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill #amquerying

A friend of a friend's #debut is on pre-order! Plz support Alexandra & indie trade pub @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social & @alcovepress.bsky.social by sharing!🥰 "The search for King Arthur's Excalibur invites danger…and potentially love" #sapphic #HistoricalRomance #WritingCommunity #SapphicSeptember

Today marks day 60 in the query trenches. Two months in…and starting today off with a fresh rejection. Let’s hope it’s all uphill from here!

I hoped that the day after the long-weekend might be filled with movement in the query trenches. It wasn't, and that's ok. Remember: silence is not indifference. Queries sent: 82 Rejections: 18 Live pitches: 4 Partial Requests: 2 Queries forwarded to another agent: 1 #amquerying

Tonight’s query trench update is a little different. Let’s get real for a minute. My feed is full of writers getting double digit full requests and it feels like everyone is finding success except me.

A sniper who refused to kill. A commander who no longer believes. A dying medic. A pilot with secrets. A human who died to become an AI. A digital girl they're trying to raise. And the alien signal threatening to erase them all. #PosterpitQ #A #SF

What if Mass Effect and A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet had an emotionally haunted cousin? ECHO: DIRECTIVE #PosterPitQ #SF #A

Today’s update for those keeping track. Another two form rejections, bringing the total to: 26 queries sent 8 form rejections 18 pending responses #amquerying

Query update: 26 queries out 6 form rejections 20 pending responses Preparing for another quiet day. Do agents read queries on Sundays? Sending good vibes out to all in the trenches! #amquerying

Got some great feedback on my query letter today. Ready for the next batch to go out on 8/1. #amquerying

So today’s news: The query trenches remain silent, which is ok. The journey is still young. 19 out, 3 rejections, 16 pending responses. Today I did absolutely no writing, however I took 3 different naps today. I almost want to make that part of my query. #amwriting #amquerying

Echo: Directive is a space opera that’s more messy found family than pew pew. It focuses on the characters as they deal with first contact and a childlike AI that’s terrified of itself. Doesn’t help that one of them has a secret and it will tear them all apart.

Last few hours on vacation in Hawaii. It’s been great for rest and writing both. I had hoped the Hawaiian gods would smile their favor upon my query but alas, my inbox remains empty. No replies could still be good news, right?

Echo: Directive starts with the question What happens to our heroes after the war? First, a failed rescue mission. Then a derelict ship, raising its childlike AI, first contact… More than that, it’s a space opera about it’s about the characters and found family. #amquerying

Echo: Directive is a space opera with a broken sniper, a genetically perfect soldier, a medic that’s dying, an insecure pilot and a prototype ship run by a childlike AI. Messy emotions. Grief. Found family. It’s about what’s left after the war is over. #amquerying #EchoDirective

Well, I’m on vacation but still got one chapter edited (had to wait until everyone fell asleep though!)

How to Echo: Directive 1 broken augmented sniper 1 genetically perfect supersoldier 1 sardonic medic w/ 6lbs of sass 1 methanol-fueled pilot A generous dash of childlike AI Pour over a prototype starship Then save the universe from a signal that overwrites reality. #amquerying #EchoDirective

In the air flying to Hawaii, need some time to unplug. Is it strange that all I can think about is what I want to write? #wip #amquerying #amwriting

The query trenches remain silent today. Sending out positive vibes to all those in the trenches! #amquerying

First day on the new WIP: 4651 words. I’ll take that. #writingcommunity #amwritinf #WIP

Well, while my query is floundering in the abyss...I started working on a new project. It's pretty different compared to the MS thats out. 1,127 words in already... #amwriting #amquerying

He didn’t kill her. She doesn’t know who he really is. The Signal is getting closer, erasing human colonies. Now they’re running on a prototype ship with an AI who’s a child. Echo: Directive is for anyone who’s ever been afraid they weren’t enough, and still tried to love anyway.

I just sent Echo: Directive out to my first round of agents. It would be a dream to work with any of them! Fingers crossed! #EchoDirective #SciFi

What happens if we don’t program an AI, but raise it like a child? One of the central characters in Echo: Directive is exactly that, an AI not just created, but loved and grown. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP

Some nights, it’s not the war that keeps them up. It’s the silence after. The way the ship hums like something waiting. The way memory echoes in the wrong voice. Echo Directive is for anyone still learning how to sleep after survival. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP

If Mass Effect broke your heart… If This Is How You Lose the Time War made you ache… Echo Directive is for you. Found family after war. AI with too much soul. Love that survives indoctrination. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP #amwriting

In Echo Directive, no one knows where the Signal came from. But it knows them. It remembers what they did. And it whispers in the voice of someone they lost. This is not first contact. It’s something older. And watching. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP #SignalHorror

The Halcyon wasn’t built for war. But the war found her anyway. Echo Directive takes place aboard a forgotten ship carrying medics, weapons, and ghosts—all trying to become something human again. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP #amwriting

Echo Directive isn’t just about war. It’s about the people left behind when the war ends. A medic who never forgave herself. A spy with no one left to report to. An AI girl designed to love—and discarded for it. They’re not a crew. Not yet. But they’re trying. #EchoDirective #SciFi #FoundFamily

One of the best things about writing Echo Directive has been that at the end of it, I have a story that I love to read. #EchoDirective

Writing Echo Directive has taught me this: The hardest part isn’t surviving the war. It’s surviving the peace that comes after— when no one tells you who to be anymore. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP #AmWriting

What happens when the icons of war try to become human again? Echo Directive is about soldiers, ghosts, spies, and AI children trying to become a family aboard an abandoned ship—just in time to face a threat they barely understand. #EchoDirective #SciFi #WIP