sometimes i think that my book is generally tame for a fantasy, but when i'm asked to list out all the trigger warnings, i realize that there's actually quite a bit of intense stuff in here 💀

Wrote a little artist statement/reflection on this piece as my first post on Substack! Have a read here, and please subscribe if you like what you see :) open.substack.com/pub/samantha...

FOR SHE IS WRATH x WILD REVERENCE ✨ D&D-inspired adventure 🗡️ A quest for revenge that becomes a quest to save the world 🪽 A morally grey angel with a sword 🐍 A tragic human who makes all the wrong decisions ❤️‍🔥 Angsty, conflicted yearning ⏳ Dual-timeline, dual-POV #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

She loved him. He betrayed her. Now, the angel Illeana searches human lands for the boy who took her eye. But she quickly learns that his betrayal was only the beginning of a plot to free a demon queen… one she must stop, unless she wants to watch the world burn. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF

Wrote a short story for my writing fellowship! It’s a bit different from the kind of thing I talk about writing here, but I’m pretty proud of it. Give it a read! inkspire.org/post/eulogy-...

This is a fun one! “Are you sure? You don’t even know who I am yet. Or what knowledge I have to offer.” #FiFRevPit

FOR SHE IS WRATH x WILD REVERENCE After her human lover gouges out her eye for its magic, an angel sets off on a quest to get her vengeance… only to learn he is part of a greater plot to bring about the reign of a demon queen. #GhostPit #Q #YA #F

my current WIP is also a YA fantasy but sooo different from TOEA that really shows how diverse the genre can be!! i love fantasy so muchhhh

She loved him. He betrayed her. But what the angel Illeana doesn’t know is that the boy who took her eye has become a key player in a plot to free a demon queen. It’s up to her to stop his plans… even if she can’t help but still yearn for him. #GhostPit #YA #F #Q #RF

reading all the #10Queries feedback trying to parse which one is for my project

now’s a perfect time to show off my moodboard for “The One-Eyed Angel”!!

i’m catching up on dan and phil videos because of recent news and tell me why they made an angel with an eyepatch and sword on dress to impress 😭😭 one-eyed angel fans fr

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!

Now that I’ve got more eyes on my profile, I want to share the absolutely INCREDIBLE character art my friend Vivian (@/vivianisdrawing on instagram) made for Illeana, my beautiful, fiery one-eyed angel. Want to meet her? Well, I #amquerying !! #writingcommunity #F #YA #SFF

It began with a promise, as so many betrayals often do. But now, with one less eye and an oath of vengeance empowering her magic, the angel Illeana hunts for the boy who once promised he’d keep her safe in the human lands… even though her heart still quietly yearns for him. #DVPit #F #YA #ASIAN

REVENGE OF THE SITH x the opening of MALEFICENT, but YA fantasy! An angel sets off on a quest for vengeance against her human ex-lover who took her eye for its magic, only to learn that he is part of greater plot to bring about the reign of a demon queen. #DVPit #F #YA #ASIAN

i’m gonna be the first author ever to be on dancing with the stars #manifesting

watching the paper… domnhall gleeson with an american accent is messing me UP

father figure by taylor swift.

woah, is this an #agentsguide to THE ONE-EYED ANGEL, my YA epic fantasy about an angel on a quest for vengeance against the human who took her eye? you bet! if you like: 🗡️ girls with swords 🖤 morally grey protagonists ❤️‍🔥 angsty, yearning romances then this is for you! #writercommunity #amquerying

my friend just made the most INCREDIBLE art of illeana from my novel, the one-eyed angel. i genuinely started choking up when i saw it holy CRAP!!! i will share it soon!!!

me writing any pair of love interests ever: ok but how do they CHALLENGE each other?

r/AmIOverreacting: My ex (18M, human) gouged out one of my (18F, angel) eyes a year ago, so I swore a sacred oath to get revenge and am now hunting him down. Am I overreacting? #UnhingedPit #YA #F #Q

my beta readers sending me live updates on their reactions to my book literally feels like this

is anyone else having trouble signing up on maisie peters’s website

i know a nonlinear storyline hates to see me coming

went to a ren faire dressed as the titular character of my novel “the one-eyed angel”! (there are lore reasons for the lack of wings. also i didn’t have the budget)

i’m sooooo barbara gordon coded (just read batgirl: year one)

GUESS WHO HAS TWO THUMBS, A MILD CONCUSSION, AND A PARTIAL MANISCRIPT REQUEST!!!

The sisters are finally all together, forever 🥹💚💛💜❤️🩵🖤🩷🩶🤎💙🤍

i just am SO HAPPY for her i can’t stop choking up like SHE OWNS ALL HER MASTERS NOW!!!!!

SHE OWNS ALL HER MUSIC ( INCLUDING THE OLD ALBUMS) IM SO PROUD AND HAPPY FOR HER 🤭🤍

listening to you belong with me og version and crying right now

the sun is shining, taylor swift owns all her masters, life is beautiful

can someone more talented than me make a robin by taylor swift edit about batman’s robins

BUT i started writing another book! not the sequel to TOEA but another fun fantasy romp :D

so much of this is just waiting and refreshing your email constantly

life pro tip: refreshing your email every 10 seconds doesn't make them come faster. also similarly doesn't work for querytracker

it's actually free to imagine that every romance novel character looks just like you and your partner and i, for one, think that's beautiful

got my first rejections today:( obviously i knew i wasn’t gonna get a request right off the bat, but dang is it an interesting feeling. but we keep going!

crazy to think that if i hadn’t said yes to playing d&d 3 and half years ago, i wouldn’t have written a novel

stranger by olivia rodrigo you have my heart

sent my first query today i feel like i’ve sent my child off to war

there’s no taylor swift song with a line about being 24… my one taylor-less year

why is writing a synopsis harder than writing the actual book

THE MANUSCRIPT IS QUERY READY I REPEAT THE MANUSCRIPT IS QUERY READY!!! EVERYBODY CHEER

me during this entire final pass edit: it's fine sam. it's fine. you don't have to edit anything if it reads well. you touching it might actually make it worse. stop overthinking.

epigraphs more like EPICgraphs amiright

do any other writers struggle with “problem chapters” that just seem to be sticky and not fun to edit/rewrite?? any tips??