I wrote this poem 9 years ago. It's about trauma & dissociation. This was before my mind finally trauma-dumped everything I'd been through as a child & teen. Looking back, it must have scared the 💩 out of my abusers as they read this. That is a happy thought. #poetry #survivor

#WIPsnips I know the dialogue is long but this is one of my all time favourite exchanges in my #HistoricalFiction novel, The Hand Which Set the Heather Ablaze. PRIDE & PREJUDICE X THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY. Eleanor tait has SASS! #firstencounter #firstimpressions #historicalromance

"Oh mummy there's a movie about how elvis and priscilla presley fell in love can we watch it?" Me: "I hope you mean there's a movie about an adult man grooming a 15 year old girl & no you can't watch it". Teen: "She was 14" Me: 👀 Teen: 👀 "Yeah no I don't want to watch it."

Might be opening a can of worms here. I've been playing with the beta-reader function on AutoCrit & excuse me if I don't point out that no matter how many recommended changes you make (spare draft) it always drops the % & gives more edits. Perpetual edits = long-term subscriber.

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Mist & heather hide a secret in a rectory. An English woman treds on enemy ground. The country trembles with rumour of rebellion. The elite turn a blind eye to division. Catholics & Protestants unite against the Crown & love strikes Eleanor where it hurts. Ireland 1798. True story. #DVpit #HF #HR

The dragons were eradicated long ago. Their defeat is now a myth. Only a handful remember: an order of pacifists who warn about his return & a sect who want to bring it to pass. Tsafira must navigate myth & shadow to discover how her pre-mortal bond to King Julius will decide everything. #DVpit #F

Eleanor Tait arrives expecting boredom—but discovers a crisis & a love that changes everything. Her heart is torn between a stubborn shepherd & a scarlet-clad major whose truths could topple her world. She finds courage when danger knocks. Based on true events of the 1798 Irish Rebellion #DVpit #HF

They are united over his fathers death. She is grieved, but he is guilty. Power & a crown offer her everything she's wanted; peace, an end to poverty, an end to injustice. But an ancient shadow lurks beneath the throne threatening to corrupt everything she touches. #DVpit #F #A

PRIDE & PREJUDICE X THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY A scarlet coat could get a man killed. When Major Quinn returns to a rectory of secrets, his presence ignites the tense drama of the 1798 Rebellion. His truths could burn Eleanor’s family to the ground, forcing a dangerous choice. #DVpit #HF #R

The Priory of the Orange Tree X The Broken Earth Trilogy A broken King holds a fractured kingdom. The defeated dragon’s spirit lives on, a secret sect wants its return. Tsafira must learn how to kill that which is already dead by traversing the fabric of time and facing death herself. #DVpit #F #A

Here's another song from my novel. The Exile Song from my fantasy novel, A Solemn Silhouette. It's sung by my main character at a crucial moment of betrayal and hopelessness...a song of old written 1000 years before when her people were either slaves or in exile. #amquerying #fantasy

#preDV, a pitch practice event before #DVpit, is happening this MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29! If you're a Diverse Author/Artist looking to get agented & traditionally published, please join us! We're hoping to create a fun creative community here! #WriterSky #BookSky #writingcommunity

Hey you brilliant peeps - While you keep the #UnhingedPit posts rolling in, be sure to bookmark your fave pitch (not your own) so you can nominate the author on our awards post tomorrow!

What if my snarky, thieving MC and her love interest went on a Chicken Shop Date in their dystopian world together? #unhingedpit #Q #YA #DYS #T #SF

What could go wrong? THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH is a gothic horror about the black sheep of a powerful 14th century Irish family and his doomed love story with the banshee who's haunted his household for generations. #UnhingedPit #Q #H #R #A #Historical #Gothic

If a literary agent likes one of my #UnhingedPit posts I promise to write, sing & share another book song 🤣 📚🎶 In whatever genre they choose! #Fantasy #HistoricalFiction

Ok, ok, I still have one final #UnhingedPit up my sleeve. I present to you...the Prince of Egypt, but with DRAGONS! With little to no context given, feast your eyes upon: A Solemn Silhouette #F #amquerying 110,000 words.

James Quinn POV: Join the King's army ✅️ Secretly swear an oath to the rebels ✅️ Spy on the woman you fall in love with ✅️ Accidentally save the man she loves ✅️ Based on true events of the 1798 United Irish rebellion. The Hand Which Set the Heather Ablaze #UnhingedPit #HistoricalFiction #amquerying

Nathaniel Taylor POV Don't fall for the English minister's daughter ❎️ Don't rush into a war zone to save her life ❎️ Don't threaten to expose the man she's betrothed to as a rebel spy ❎️ Based on true events of the 1798 United Irish Rebellion #UnhingedPit #amquerying #HF

Eleanor POV: Arrive in Ireland ✅️ Fall in love with an Irish man ✅️ Get caught in a rebellion ✅️ Turn against the Crown ✅️ Based on true events of the 1798 United Irish Rebellion The Hand Which Set the Heather Ablaze #UnhingedPit #HistoricalFiction #amquerying

Disclaimer: A Solemn Silhouette is NOT inspired by current events & will NOT infuriate Christian Nationalists NOR inspire revolutionary spiritual thinking from the margins of power. It's a grounded fantasy, grounded in nothing like our world 👀 #UnhingedPit #amquerying Who put that there? ⬇️🫢

In a world where therapy has not been invented, AuDHD has never been treated, a hyperactive woman gets together with a King w/ daddy issues. I joked about using this song as a pitch but here I am!!! ....🥁 (drum roll please) A Solemn Silhouette. #UnhingedPit #F #amquerying

Looking back at when my bookcases were tidy 🤣📚 Now it's coming into cosy-up-with-a-book season, I'll have to get them tidied again. Only problem is, I usually start then find something I want to read!

So far two readers have said my fantasy novel prologue sounds like Galadriel is narrating and I'm just absolutely delighted 🥰

Something more terrifying than querying literary agents...my mother-in-law is reading my manuscript 😱🤣 #amquerying #historicalfiction

A poem I wrote, about why I write, poignant title, I Write. May resonate with other writers here! 🥰✨️ #writingcommunity #poetry

The #WIPSnips word for September 21st is "disagree" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts It is 1798 in Ireland. Three friends are accused of rebel activity. One lies dead, another is flogged & Nathaniel is waiting his turn. The village watches in horror. The English woman he loves is coming to help...but will she reach him on time?

*taps microphone... Hello...um, is this a safe place for aspiring authors?! Are there spammers and bots posing as best selling authors waiting to lure me into dubious book services?! 🙏 🥰📚 #WritingCommunity

A little bit about me! 🧵➡️