I was today year’s old when I discovered that there is, in fact, a delightful subgenre on spotify called “castlecore” and now you do, too.

I dunno, it just feels appropriate that LOTR soundtrack started playing on Spotify while I prepped these… #taters

nothing like submitting to a competition to get you to see a *glaringly obvious* missing word in the opening… #writingcommunity #why

the good news: all 3 children have mastered the art of tuneless whistling. the bad news: all 3 children have mastered the art of tuneless whistling. #mumlife #sendhelp

am finally typing up a scene I wrote out a couple of weeks ago and rediscovered this note (which I’ve no memory of):“THIS IS HUGE -KEY TO WHOLE BOOK”…so yeah, no pressure as I type and edit the next couple pages. 🤦🏻‍♀️ #amwriting #amediting #amconfused

Dearest, darlingest WIP, you know I love you, but is there a reason why you refuse to be written except with pencil and paper… and only in the morning’s pitch-black darkness? I am literally losing sleep over you. (and pencils. so many pencils.) #writingwoes #wip #coffeetotherescue

I know there are many situations much more awkward than making eye contact with a stranger while both of you are mid-cavernous-bite, but right now I can’t think of a single one.

When a troubled girl falls in love with a gargoyle, and a technicolor hellscape spills into the school, a dark power must be unlocked to stop warring monsters from destroying both worlds. "Wednesday Addams goes to Oz" Don't Let the Forest In x Daughter of Smoke and Bone #2025Pit #Q #YA #F

When struggling artist Charlotte discovers she can control minds, she turns her ability on the woman whose tough love tactics are holding her back: her grandmother. But Grandma Philly has her own gifts and a dark secret she's kept for more than forty years. #2025pit #A #SPEC #H

⚔️Fate chose wrong, and Alys won't free her enemies from the queen's compulsion magic⚔️ 🌙Night witches vs Day witches ⛓️Captured FMC ❤️Enemies to forbidden lovers 🫱🏼‍🫲🏼The weak many vs the powerful few 🌿Nature based symbolism 📚Effects of book bans and history erasure #2025pit #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC

SHADOW AND BONE x ACOTAR When Keira's sister is captured by a shape-shifting immortal, her fate intertwines with the God of Light to rescue her; but an ancient darkness grows within Keira, and she must choose between stopping those who seek to harness it or saving those she loves #2025Pit #RM #A #F

#2025pit #A #F *Loose Alice in Wonderland Retelling* When Brooklyn native Katya's pursuit of her missing twin leads to a dangerous and fantastical city- she enlists a guarded Detective for help, as they both struggle with the only truth they can agree on: loving people is a losing game.

When Larkin discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child. #2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace

California Fish & Wildlife K-9 Warden Kat Grant is run off the road at night, stalked at her home, and threatened at gunpoint before she faces the ultimate danger—an assassin hired by businessmen who want to capitalize on California’s new oil … water. #2025Pit #A #S #T

Candy has hidden her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can’t hide, her skin color. As she dodges the labs, she’s starting to wonder if humanity’s future is more important than her own. #2025pit #YA #Q #SF #D

THE POPPY WAR X EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES Can a young woman -aided by her house goblin friend and Chinese guardian amulet- rescue her seven brothers trapped under a spell before her arranged marriage to a complete stranger? #2025pit #A #NA #F #retelling #groundedfantasy #cosyfantasy

HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE x THORN Olivet hates her ability to “hear” stories to life almost as much as arrogant Trevethyn, but when his mistold tale wakes wildmagic and toadifies him & her sister, Olivet must use her curse to break theirs before nature itself unravels. #2025pit #A #F #retelling

sometimes the words come easily, and sometimes you have to coax them out with treats just like you do when potty training a feral two year old. #obligatoryfoodpic #amwriting #whateverittakes

I woke up on New Years to my first query rejection of 2025 (“exciting premise/not quite the right fit/etc”) which means the only way to go is up! #thinkpositive #justkeepswimming #WritingCommunity

3 kids powered up on matcha and milk tea, 2 parents with none… what could possibly go wrong? #mistakesweremade #holidaymishaps

#queryingreflections 2024: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step out onto the road & if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you’ll be swept off to.” (I’m not yet where I hope to be, but I’m not where I was, & that is an exciting thought.)

me: burbling with excitement as I start on the suggestions for the opening pages trickling in from beta readers. my characters further on in the WIP, dumped mid-argument

I’m prepping my 1st chapters of my new WIP for some amazing beta reader friends (not all heroes wear capes) so OF COURSE I’m completely rewriting the opening page at the very last minute before hitting send. #amwriting #amediting #amquestioningmylifechoices

today is moving day, so of course I’ve woken up with tons of plot points that I’m itching to get started on. Who cares if the fridge and wash machine are moved over successfully or whether my children have beds tonight? My WIP need me! #amwriting #writingcommunity

obligatory first post here months after joining… so, so far overdue that the vibes give “walk of shame” than “woohoo, let’s go!!” all of which to say, hi everyone, old friends and new. 💞