#wipsnips “His fate is to bring the end of all things. To slay you, the great Odin,” Gry gestured to the god. “In turn, to accept his path is to be tortured for eternity. Who among you, among any of us, would accept such a fate?” Child of Snow And Spear #querying #booksky #amwriting #books

My mother and I, aged 74 and 42 respectively, are having a “love you to infinity” war. I am currently in the lead with double triple infinity infinity. It is wonderful. My cheeks hurt from smiling. #Moms #MothersDay #worldsbestmom

@wipsnips.bsky.social Later that night, while Moira Jean slept, the North Wind came down from the mountains with a song on her lips. So rare were her songs, that the East and West wind traveled from afar to share her story and add their voices to her evening song. The Selkie’s Return #querying

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@wipsnips.bsky.social Seffa closed her eyes, pain washing over her. Oh gods, she thought. Inya. Her brother. The young prince of Shopur, ten years her junior and the light of the Empire of a Thousand Sands was gone. Inya was dead. The Assassin Queen WIP, adult fantasy #amwriting #writing

If you like: 🔮Elemental magic 🔥Slow burn romance ❤️‍🔥Strangers➡️lovers➡️enemies ⚔️Fierce female protagonists 💖LGBTQIA rep on the page 🤪All the banter Then this one’s for you! COVENANT OF THE DAMNED is a 119k rom. fantasy querying now #Q #RF #A #F #QuestPit

Morgan has 8 fingers, 5 scars, a sword she won't draw, and an army at her back. Six weeks ago she was starving in a ditch. Did I mention her dragon? She didn't get here by being polite. Sapphic Arthurian quest. Literary fantasy. WITCHER X BEAR AND THE NIGHTENGALE. #QuestPit #Q #A #DF #sapphic

Half-Valkyrie. Half-Viking. All badass. When Gry betrays a cursed prince, they must risk their safety, voice, body, and soul to find redemption. Battling an emo Loki throughout the realms of Yggdrasil, they transform to become warrior, bard, smith, thief, and legend. #questpit #A #F #querying

#wipsnips “I smile at him. The shoot goes well. The photographer takes some of the best photos of my childhood that day. Maybe it was because the smiles are real. For the first time in a decade, I genuinely smiled in pictures.” Girl Dragon, #querying #memoir #amwriting #writer

Happy Independent Bookstore Day! #books

Writing a book is a MASSIVE achievement. Even if it's not perfect. Even if no one has read it. Even if it never gets published. No matter what happens next, appreciate everything you have done so far. The simple act of finishing a first draft is worth celebrating. You did that. 🎉

One of the biggest surprises of having a hysterectomy has been the surge in creative energy. It’s been less than a month and I’m over a hundred pages into one project with four more projects circulating in pieces. It will be interesting to see how things continue to change in the next year!

When my horse rolls he does a big, full-bodied shake on one side, but only one side. The second side is only a half-shake, as if he wants to carry a little bit of mud or dust on him to remember the roll by. Then he looks at his reflection just to make sure he’s still beautiful. And he is.

A paper in JAMA Psychiatry says mental health providers should ask if patients are using artificial intelligence chatbots, just as they would ask patients about sleep habits and substance use.

I should be writing. I have scenes upon scenes blooming in my head. My antagonist is false. My heroes are lovely, asexual mates. There are themes of different types of love, the toll of trauma, and individualism v collectivism in healing. It’s a thing. Oh, and dragons. But…the dog… #amwriting #books

Clurichauns, leprechauns, and pucas, oh my! Come visit Bilcraigh, where the village is haunted, the inn is magical, and if you piss of the spirits, they’ll throw shoes at you. And ectoplasm. Stay if you dare, fall in love, and resolve a curse, if you can. “The Selkie’s Return” #chaospit #querying

Conversion abuse is not about speech. It uses behavioral modification and emotional and physical abuse to suppress and oppress. If affirming care is illegal for LGTBQIA+ minors, how are they legally justifying abuse? Let’s not pretend it’s anything but officially sanctioned violence.

The beautiful, beloved tufted puffins are expected back at Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach, where the 2026 Welcome the Puffins Celebration will take place April 18. Read more at www.oregonlive.com/environment/...

Elmhyth walked behind the throne room to a small alcove in the back of the chambers. Calling on the blood seal of the royal house, Elmhyth’s hand burst into life, forcing the stone door to bend and disappear into mist. #wipsnips #amwriting #wip “Prelude to Revolution,” epic fantasy

#wipsnips We used to fight about boundaries. Or more, I would state my boundaries and she would cross them. When I inevitably got angry, she would dismiss my concerns or tell me to “get over it.” From Girl Dragon, A Memoir #querying #amwriting #booksky #writing

Saturday writing mornings at the tea shop are the highlight of my week. Minimal distractions, good energy, and yummy macarons. Just added 5,000 words to the latest project. A writing day is a good day! #amwriting #booksky #wip

Anyone who knows me knows I love dinosaurs. I will watch anything with dinosaurs. “Jurassic Park” is one of my favorite books. If there was a movie called Texnado where T-rexes fell from the sky and created a F5 disaster, I’d watch it. That said, “Jurassic World: Rebirth” was really, really boring.

“The first thing she learned about death was the warmth of blood. The second was the tremendous distance arterial spray could travel.” #wipsnips #writing #wip From, “The Assassin Queen”

Buckle up, y’all. Mercury goes into Gatorade tomorrow until March 20.

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #5amWritersClub Join me 3/1 for #NaNoMyWay. Did this on Twitter but never here #NaNoMyWay — a take on NaNoWriMo where you write as much or as little as you want daily & share! I'll post daily starting 3/1. Prep now so you'll be ready. Please repost to spread the word! 🥰

@wipsnips.bsky.social She remembered the face she sold into slavery, the startling quality of the baby’s eyes, the funny lilt she had when she laughed. She remembered the number They called that day. What happened to the stolen reject of science? What became of 32411? #wip #writing #amwriting

All of the hubbub and criticism of “Wuthering Heights,” which, tbh, really should have been subtitled “A Fan-fiction,” demonstrates why it is so important to interrogate internalized oppression and call out writers who perpetuate harmful hegemonies. I say it about certain books and I say it again:

“Something big bumped me.” I floated down again, my feet settling in the sand. My father gazed out over the water, his eyes narrowing. “That was a shark.” “Ha ha, funny funny,” I said, going back to floating around. “No, I’m serious. That was a shark.” #wipsnips #amwriting #shark #truestory

@wipsnips.bsky.social I didn’t know then, in the way that I didn’t know anything related to social norms, that approaching your advisor with the faux confidence of an ingenue was odd. From Girl Dragon, An Autistic Memoir #amwriting #amquerying #memoir #writing #autism

I found a speculative non-fiction essay from years ago that, if I didn’t know myself better, I would have assumed I wrote while high on acid. It disturbs me, which I think means I should do something with it. When I get the courage to read it again.

MY SISTER THE SERIAL KILLER X SUCH A FUN AGE 🔪💪🏾 Who’d ever think that motherhood would awaken your homicidal tendencies? Milly is loving. Rational. A new mom doing her best. She’s also planning to murder her ex-boss in his Chelsea mansion. Nothing could go wrong, right? #QuestPit #W #A #T

THE UNMAKING — 95k Upmarket Speculative Fiction The Memory Police x Chain-Gang All-Stars 🧠 A memory technician that makes people forget. 📺 A glitching stranger who remembers. 🧪 A system that calls emotion error. Some things cannot be erased. #QuestPit #A #Q #LF #S

The Memory Police x Chain-Gang All-Stars Nova makes people forget what pains or impassions them, but her own grief unleashes a glitching stranger who remembers everything she’s erased. And he won’t let her forget. This is THE UNMAKING #QuestPit #Q #A #LF #S

A book for those who ask what makes the prince so great? In CHILD OF SNOW AND SPEAR Gry starts strong and ends stronger. A queer, empowered heroine born of betrayal who risks her body and soul to fulfill a broken promise, save the worthless prince, and find redemption. #questpit #Q #A #F #ND #LGBT

After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Like a good patient, the red shoes sat quietly, hardly twitching, as she began removing the bones and dried sinew from the leather. She wrinkled her nose as she pulled up a desiccated metatarsal. “Definitely a dancer,” Sin said. #wipsnips #amwriting #shortstory From “Second Chance Dance”

@wipsnips.bsky.social “I’m a biologist.” Moira Jean laughed a little, remembered that biologist was what Becky had wanted to be before she became a hospitality manager. The first tears trickled down her face. “I’m so sorry to have disturbed you,” Moira said. “My mistake.” The Selkie’s Heart ❤️

A romantic portal fantasy about best friends trapped in a world that forced them to decide what they'd give up to save their family, and a prince destined to kill the only woman he's ever loved to save the universe from death herself. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #F #W #OV #POC #LGBT #ND

JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F

SHE WHO HOLDS THE SEA PRINCESS MONOKE X THE POPPY WAR When a cursed empire kidnaps an island heir, it doesn’t realise she’s the vessel of two warring goddesses—or that she plans to burn and drown the throne that chained them. Inspired by pre colonial Jamaican mythology #bluepit #F #YA #A

#wipsnips Perhaps it is because I try so hard to be different, and generally enjoy it so much, that I don’t read the undercurrent of malice percolating amongst my peers. I should pay closer attention. Girl Dragon, A Memoir #querying #writing #booksky #amquerying #memoir

18-year-old Vreta isn’t sure where she belongs in the world. But when she sets out to restore the stolen memories of her beloved’s sister, she must learn to accept, value and trust herself—or risk losing her own identity to a ruthless duchess. #BluePit #Q #YA #F #ND

✨Magical Academia! 💜Disaster Sapphics! 🔥 Arson! 😭Misbegotten Curses struggling to do "the Right Thing™️" Lion Girl and the Ember Maiden is about being wrong, loving others, and fighting for your truth amidst the laws of a magic library! #BluePit #BluePit📖 #MG #YA #F #SP #W #OV #LGBT #POC #TR

Kinda Charming 👑✨ 70K | Fantasy Adventure Meet Neil Charming. He's clumsy, overlooked, and somehow always in the wrong place at the right time. Help this quest find its next chapter with the right literary agent or publisher! #Q #AmQuerying #BluePit #WriteSky #Fantasy #Authors #WritingCommunity