“Wearing that same smile / Man, it’s been a while / But I knew it, I knew you.” 🎶✍️ #writers #swifties #iknewitiknewyou #nostalgia #writerscommunity #authors #authorscommunity #childhood #childhoodphotos #toystory #taylorswift

You helped me pick out a name for my female main character in my next book. Now, I need help with the male main character! Which name fits his vibe best? Clayton, Lukas, Erik, or Branden? Thank you! #writingcommunity #characterdevelopment #namethischaracter #writers #authorscommunity #authors

Hello! I’m working on a new story and I’m torn on the female character’s name. Do you like Stacey, Corrine (Corey), Kristy, or Courtney? Scroll through to learn more about her and help me decide on her name! #WritingCommunity #writers #writing #characterdev #amwriting #bookwriting #authors

Thank you for the love and support today during #WIPPIT! Especially towards this project, which I’m happily working on at the moment. I’ve wanted to write a story with a USO dancer for a long time! You’re awesome and I appreciate you. ❤️ #WIP #WritingCommunity #writers

UNDERWORLD x WEST SIDE STORY x TAYLOR SWIFT'S GUILTY AS SIN? Hunted for her heart that could destroy the magical Veil dividing their lands, a ferromancer teams up with a shifter she hates to stay alive. #WIPPit #NA #RF

The Expanse X The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet X Mass Effect CULLING A Sci-Fi horror Space-opera follows a group of outcasts scrambling to stop an dimensions-splitting enemy set on annihilating their galaxy. 🚀ALIENS 🔪Misfits and Outcats 🪐Political Fall out 💥Found Family #WIPPIT #E #A #SF

WOLF WORM x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN THE TREES HAVE TEETH - An Appalachian Folkhorror (currently drafting) 🌲 💀 🐇 Olive is eight the first time Death comes for her. She’s nineteen the second time. And Olive knows Death always comes in threes. #WIPPit #W #H #A

CORPSE BRIDE × 50 FIRST DATES × THE DEAD ROMANTICS A bored immortal mortician resurrects the woman of his dreams—again and again. But love becomes obsession, and she's decaying faster than he can let go. #WIPPIT #A #H #R

TREASURE PLANET × FIREFLY × COWBOY BEBOP After finding an old wrist computer on a desiccated corpse, a bookish scavenger teams up with a prodigal engineer to discover its contents while going toe to toe with a ruthless pirate captain on a lawless space station colony. #WIPPIT #A #SF

ADVENTURELAND x FLIPPED Childhood friends work at an amusement park in southern Indiana. They're “just friends”...until one summer when everything changes. He falls first, she falls harder! ☀️ Summer love 🎢 Amusement park 🥰 Friends to lovers #WIPPIT #WIP #R #YA #Con

PROJECT CLOUDCORE After accidentally crashing into the floating city's arcane engine, a hotshot racer teams up with a disgraced skyship captain to harvest a new engine core from a rare cloud before their city falls from the sky. #WIPPit #A #F #SF #SFF #LGBT

RECURSION x THE OTHER VALLEY Her anxiety consumes her, until those anxious thoughts sharpen to real possible futures of the next 5 minutes. 🐰 Anxiety Rep 🧪 STEM FMC 🌳 Branching Futures 🔪 Prevent a Murder 🏃 Save the Nerd 🌎 Save the World #WipPit #A #Spec #SF #T #SFF #Up #AgentsGuide #literaryAgent

YESTERYEAR x MEXICAN GOTHIC She loved her dark romance book boyfriends, until they came to claim her. 📖 Dark Romance BookTok-er 🏰 Mansion Turned Lab Day-Job ⚗️ Accidental Portal ⚔️ Seven Unleashed Dark MMC’s 🩸 A bloody obsession 🥮 Cinnamon Roll Coworker #WipPit #A #Spec #SF #F #SFF #H #G #Up

YOU’VE GOT MAIL x THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Annie thinks no one cares about her Instagram poetry until a new follower reads every word. Could he be the one? Or he is the same man threatening her beloved library? 📚 #WIPPIT #WIP #R #Con #A #poetry #WritingCommunity

CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE + THE ROSE BARGAIN = THE ESSENCE THEY STOLE, my dual-POV YA romantasy, which features a (one-sided enemies to lovers) BIPOC romance between a seamstress and a knight in a royal courting competition. 🌺🩵 #WIPPit #YA #RF #F

Wrong Move, Right Lie - A Romcom💞 When life gives you lemons…you enter a fake relationship 🤷‍♀️ 💘Meet-cute 💫Fake dating ❤️‍🔥Mutual pining 😻Adorable kitten ☀️Summer vibes ⏳Turning 30 and spiralling #WipPit #NA #F

🌙 BETWEEN YOU, ME, AND THE MOONLIT SEA 🌊 Bell is a gumiho who wants one thing: true love. Sadly, it seems out of reach-- until they meet Tae. The problem? They also want to hill him and devour his soul. 🏳️‍🌈 Genderfluid MC 💚 Aro-Pan Love Interest 💥 Complicated Bestie Feelings #WIPPit #A #F #R #LGBT

THE NOTEBOOK x ETERNITY ❤️ WWII historical romance 💃 USO dancer 💔 Widow’s grief After her husband went missing in the war, Lillian’s heart was shattered. He reappears years later, but she already remarried. Is he really back? What should she do? #WIPPIT #WIP #R #HF #WritingCommunity #writers

Writers! Who’s participating in #WIPPIT this weekend? I am! Let me know and I’ll support your pitches. Good luck! ✍️ #WipPit #WritingCommunity #writers #writerscommunity #WIP

I’m looking forward to reading Dana Levin’s poetry book “Now Do You Know Where You Are” for my RIS poetry book club (@katebbeall.bsky.social @dianalog.bsky.social @pounk.bsky.social). LOVE the cover! 😍 Where is this book going to take me? 🧭 #poetry #poetrybooks #poets #readers #currentlyreading

“Our Mother, Your Friend” by Kasy Long It is serious. It all begins with the first page of this book. 📚 #books #bookmarketing #indiebooks #indieauthors #authors #writers #bookstoread #tbr #reading #readers

I got a scam email this morning, pretending to be a publisher. But what if I actually delete an email from someone real and I thought it was a scam? Horrifying thought. 😂 #writers #authors #top5horrormovies #writerslife #authorslife #writerscommunity #writingcommunity #trends

The life of an author…restocking my book inventory! It never gets old. Being an author is a dream come true. 📚 #authors #authorscommunity #bookhaul #booksbooksbooks #writers #WritingCommunity #books #indieauthors #indiebooks #authorslife #writerslife

Want to read a book that feels like Noah Kahan’s new album? That’s what you’ll find in “Our Mother, Your Friend” by Kasy Long. My characters are willing and able to learn about their mom’s past. They find out something…shocking. What is it? 📚 #books #tbr #indiebooks #readers #readingcommunity

🧁 She's a jaded pastry chef 🍰 He's a charismatic baker ❤️‍🔥 When their rivalry reaches an all-time high & sweet lies rise to the surface, will they achieve their desires unscathed or will all they've worked for leave a bitter aftertaste? #indiepit #R #C #CO #NA #A #WIP #CS

REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC (w/ small press interest) Dear C.B, Thank you for sending me FINDING ECHINACEA. Unfortunately, I didn't quite connect with your transportive descriptions, attention to historical details or small town slow-burn romance. #IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP

The Navigator who Crossed the Ice Walls × The Anunnaki Connection x Mythology When Jenna comes across an injured giant man she finds out that the world she thought she knew was just the middle of a much larger one stuck in the middle of an ancient war. #W #A #T #SFF #IndiePit

Have you wondered what will happen when you write your final poem? Your final story? Your final line? I wrote a poem about it in my poetry book, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT. When the writing stops, who will finish for me? ✍️ #IndiePit #AN #PO #C #poetry #poems #poets #poetrybook

Take my heart, burn it to ashes, doom it for eternity for all I care❤️‍🔥 ⚔️NA Romantasy trilogy - Multiple POVs ⚔️ 💘Reluctant allies to lovers ⏳He falls harder 🏹She’ll risk anything for her 👑Masquerade ball 💌Heated love confessions LGBTQ+ characters & ships #IndiePit #AN #SSP #NA #F #RF

#IndiePit ? How about a contemporary asexual beauty and the beast (inspired) romance? Beauregard needs a job. She finds a listing from Felix’s cousin. Beauregard gets said job taking care of Felix, his cat, and house. Felix hates it. It’s gotta work out eventually right?

NA Portal Romantasy Trilogy ✨Fae, witches, kickass humans 💫Multiple POVs, ships 🔥Slow burn tension, some spice 🌪️Elemental magic +more 👑Twisted rulers, corrupt politics 😈Evil plot twists ⚔️Deadly quest 🏹A brewing rebellion ❤️‍🩹Self discovery #IndiePit #AN #SSP #NA #F #RF

🌊 Poetry fans, BOATS AGAINST THE CURRENT is a contemporary poetry collection with poems about the ocean, moon, childhood memories, nature, and more. There’s a poem for everyone! We need more poetry. Why not start with this poetry book? 🌊 #IndiePit #AN #PO #C #poets #poetry #poems #indiebooks

Fast cars + bad decisions = a love story built to crash. A burnt-out romance author dives into a gang-ruled street racing scene for inspiration, only to fall for a reckless driver with a death wish. FAST AND FURIOUS X ROMEO + JULIET (1996) #IndiePit #SSP #A #R

🌼FINDING ECHINACEA🌼 REBECCA x DR. QUINN x TITANIC (w/ small press interest) Typhus delivers a wealthy suitor to Florence’s door with an offer that would ensure her sister's safety. But warnings from a haunted medical student reveal cracks in her last hope for salvation. #IndiePit #A #HF #R #SSP

Here's my list for #IndiePit 1. The Rulers of Fawes #W #A #RF 2. Evening of Roses #W #A #R #Cozy 3. The War Around Us #W #A #T #SFF Feedback is welcome

How far would you go to learn about the mother you never knew? Follow twin siblings Jesse and Faye on a road trip to learn about their mom, who tragically died when they were babies. What will they find out? Hint: It isn’t what you think… Who *was* their mom? #IndiePit #AN #YA #NA #C #S #indiebook

Who doesn’t love a good road trip book? That’s what you find in OUR MOTHER, YOUR FRIEND. A trip to learn about a mom’s past leads to a SHOCKING plot twist. One road trip changes everything! 🚗 Road trip adventure 👫 Twins! 💔 Family drama 🤔 A surprise twist #IndiePit #AN #YA #NA #C #S #indiebooks

Hello, #WritingCommunity! Who’s participating in #IndiePit tomorrow? I am! Let me know if you are and I’ll support your pitches. Good luck! 💛 #indiepit #indieauthors #indiewriters #writers #writerscommunity #authorscommunity

30 Days of Poetry, Day 30: “When the Storms Are Gone“ ☀️ It’s the last day of #NationalPoetryMonth! Thank you for spending the month with me. It was a lot of fun to make these posts. You can read more in “Boats Against the Current.” Long live poetry! #poetry #poets #poems #poetrybook #writers

I noticed someone bookmarked one of my pitches from #QuestPit. Now, what does that mean? 😂 #WritingCommunity #writers #writerscommunity

Thank you for all the love and encouragement today during #QuestPit! It was an amazing day! Everyone is so talented. We should all be proud of ourselves! 👏❤️ #WritingCommunity #writers #writerscommunity #questpit #thankyou

HILL HOUSE x MISERY When a novelist with a deadline suffers a sentient house’s attack and an invasion orchestrated by his stalker, his badass sister and her disobedient dog race against a snowstorm to save him. But they must face both monsters to survive. #questpit #A #H #S #LGBTQ #Q BIG 5 interest

ADVENTURELAND x FLIPPED Callie and Aiden work at an amusement park in southern Indiana. They've always been friends...until one summer when everything changes. He falls first, she falls harder! ☀️ Summer love 🎢 Amusement park 🥰 Friends to lovers 👫 Dual POVs #QuestPit #W #R #A #LF #romance

NA Dark Romantasy ✨️ 7 deadly sins x Fourth Wing 🕯 secret identity x deadly stakes 🌑 dark academia - It's kill or be killed to graduate 🔥 Female rage ❤️‍🔥 rivals-to-lovers ♥️ found family ⚔️ misfits with mental powers 🪦 morally grey characters #QuestPit #F #A #NA #RF #Q

Agent's Guide for MOLDED BY MALICE Druids go through the Inflection, where an element will bless them with power 🍃💨💧 Industrialists are subjected to the Test of Attunement, where crystals can enhance their speed, strength, or senses 🔮💪🏼😈 But what if you aren't chosen? #questpit #A #F #Q

The Third Love x The Names 2 full requests & editor interest! Join my MC as he navigates 🎭 the weight of family legacy 🧮 the pursuit of happiness in a restrictive society 🗺 East Asian diaspora identity issues ⌛️ the timeless pressure to succeed 🕯️ the corruption of privilege #QuestPit #Q #A #Lit #S

What if the rich Islamic folklore of Tahereh Mafi's THIS WOVEN KINGDOM met the comedic, swashbuckling adventure of OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH? #questpit #Q #YA #HF 🌙muslim pirates 🔥enemies to lovers 🐲mystical beasts ⚔️pirate x princess 🌊17th-century indian ocean ✨interest from 2 big 5 editors

Apple TV’s SEVERANCE meets SILO 🚫 Emotion as system error 👾 The haunting is digital 📋Corporate ritual menace 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #S #SFF #U

To escape her cursed town, Tayah must rewrite fate with a cursed carpenter and her sentient house or else become Ravensford’s next forgotten name 🏠Encanto + Crimson Peak vibes ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn Forbidden Romance 🏛️F*ck the Patriarchy 📜Religious Trauma #AgentsGuide #Q #FR #QuestPit

HEATED RIVALRY x NASCAR When rival drivers-turned-teammates Grayson and Corey are forced to road trip the season together, their biggest challenge becomes their secret romance and deciding what they want more: standing in the winner's circle alone or hand-in-hand. #questpit #q