Perusing emails: hey, maybe I DO need a writer coach, because writing *is* lonely and sure, I could use help implementing feedback after so many drafts--lemme go check out the site. ....Oh, only 12 payments of $950. 👀 Being lonely isn't so bad.

I have such cool giveaway promo ideas. Anyway, I should probably finish writing the book. #writingcommunity

Happy international women’s day & oooh women in horror month! Be the rage you wish to see in the world.

Squealing. I just received another big 5 editor request for my ms, after a pitch opportunity!! *Make that 4 editor requests* If you have a chance to shoot your shot—do it.

**Listen** to the First Page of my YA Feminist Horror novel, The Truth of Fear! A New Abridged Excerpt Narrated by Joanna Rosewood www.joannarosewood.com Thanks to Human Voices 4 Human Rights #TheEastRiverWraith

Horror Romance This curse doesn’t keep Simone from wanting to put her hands on Jadriel Good and cruel gods ALL she wants is to touch him, even if it burns her from the inside out But if she lets him kiss her, it'll kill him. *Unless her cousin’s vengeful spirit ends him first #cupit #YA #H #R

@stutitelidevara.bsky.social the horror seminar you did today for SCBWI was so amazing. Thanks for the insight! You’ve got me very excited about horror in kidlit.

Simone summoned her murdered cousin, but she wasn't Nina anymore. MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND— #TheEastRiverWraith A Good For Her Horror with Rage, Revenge, Reclaiming Power, oooh and a forbidden romance. 🎶🎙️Narrated by Courtney Fabrizio!!🎙️🎶 Art by @demonyong_nini #muppit #YA #Feminist #H #Spec

I took part in Human Voices 4 Human Rights and for my donation I received a professional audiobook narrator to record A PITCH for my YA Horror novel: THE TRUTH OF FEAR. Here’s the clip! YAY! Narrated by Courtney Fabrizio courtneyfabrizio.com @mycousincourtney drive.google.com/file/d/1epfd...

Donate, help, and get a professional audio snippet of your book! @thornsnrosesdotco.bsky.social Human Voices 4 Human Rights!

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

A gentle reminder that #MSWL is just for agents and editors to post their wishes. We’ve seen some agents blocking writers posting in the feed, and don’t want this to happen to you!

Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together. Repost and spread the word, please!

BENT NECK LADY VIBES 🖤Best Submission Award 🖤Big 5 Editor Requests Simone summoned her murdered cousin, but she wasn't Nina anymore. MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND— #TheEastRiverWraith A Good For Her Horror with Romance & Revenge & Reclaiming Power A Revised #AgentsGuide Upper #YA #NA #H #Q #Questpit

Yes please!!!! Love me a feminist horror!

The Bent Neck Lady x Don't Let The Forest In MEET THE NEW URBAN LEGEND #TheEastRiverWraith 🖤Big 5 Editor Requests 🖤Best Submission Award SCBWI MayFest 2025 🖤Write Hive 2025 Mentorship Winner A Good For Her Feminist Horror With Rage, Revenge, Romance & Reclaiming Power. #QuestPit #YA #NA #H #Q

DON'T LET THE FOREST IN x BENT NECK LADY Simone's risking Jadriel's Life & Nina's Afterlife 🖤AWARD Best Submission SCBWI MayFest 2025 🖤WINNER WriteHive Mentorship 2025 🖤Big 5 Editor Requests GRIEF-RAGE-POWER Romance & Revenge A NEW URBAN LEGEND #TheEastRiverWraith #YA #S Feminist #H #R #QuestPit

Haunted or hacked? 👻🎶 I’m writing a ghost story so make of this what you will Random songs started playing on my computer today. Two times. Different songs. I didn’t have the app up. 1st song: Fast Car by Tracy Chapman 2nd song: Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots What’s this ghost trying to tell me?

I *think* I’m going to do a new agents guide for my revised ms (it’s really horror leaning) for #questpit Looking forward to seeing everyone’s pitches & trading support !

This kicks off on Wednesday. So many amazing opportunities here, with plans to do some good. Let’s get to work. 💪🏽 www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

ICE out of our cities ICE out of our country ICE out of existence

An agent I am very excited about, who requested my full & said she'd wait for me to finish my rewrite--reached back out to me to say she's still very interested in my manuscript & was checking in. EeeEE. Working as fast as I can. *Editing vibes only*

Since the last one sold out and folks have been nudging, I’ve put a second query workshop up. Three Zoom hangs, notes on your first ten pages, a critique of your query… it’ll be fun. Also these help me fund my local events. Help me, help you! 🥰 www.ericsmithrocks.com/blog/2025/12...

This sounds delicious! 😍

DON'T LET THE FOREST IN x BENT NECK LADY Simone's risking Jadriel's Life & Nina's Afterlife 🖤AWARD Best Submission SCBWI MayFest 2025 🖤WINNER WriteHive Mentorship 2025 🖤Big 5 Editor Requests GRIEF-RAGE-POWER Romance & Revenge A NEW URBAN LEGEND #TheEastRiverWraith #YA #S Feminist #H #R #QuestPit

OMG, this is FIRE!!! 🔥😍

For Fans of the Lyrical & Creeping Angst of DON'T LET THE FOREST IN 🖤AWARD for Best Submission SCBWI MayFest 2025 🖤WINNER Write Hive Mentorship 2025 🖤3 Big 5 Editor Requests 🖤Simone is Haunted & Hexed in THE TRUTH OF FEAR #Spec Upper #YA Crossover #NA Feminist Horror + Romance #S #H #R #QuestPit

Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST! Share & Comment to Enter for one of 5 ten-page critiques if it hits NY Times or USA Today Bestselling List in Nov! If both, I’ll give away 10! Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST & pick up your copy today!! thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...

This curse doesn’t keep Simone from wanting to put her hands on Jadriel. Good and cruel gods *all* she wants is to touch him, even if it burns her from the inside out. But if she lets him kiss her, it'll kill him. Unless her cousin’s vengeful spirit ends him first. 👻 #GhostPit #YA #NA #SPEC #H #R

🖤Haunted & Hexed 🖤Touch Him & Burn 🖤Kiss Her & Die This curse doesn’t keep Simone from wanting to put her hands on Jadriel. Good and cruel gods *all* she wants is to touch him—even if it burns her from the inside out. But, if she lets him kiss her, it'll kill him. #PitDark #YA #NA #SPEC #H #R

You had me at Bent Neck Lady (that sounds sinister but I was obsessed with Haunting Of Hill House!!)

Like THE BENT NECK LADY: The Drowning Girl haunted Simone's dreams long before Nina was murdered She feared her cousin's spirit was stuck in a trauma loop, reliving her violent death—but one should never summon the dead Now they call her vengeful ghost #TheEastRiverWraith #GhostPit #YA #SPEC #H

When Simone dreamt of The Drowning Girl she didn’t know she was seeing her Cousin's murder. Now, They call her The East River Wraith. A vengeful ghost who drowns deserving boys—but Nina might take her rage out on the wrong boy. Bent Neck Lady X Don't Let The Forest In #PitDark #YA #Spec #H #LH

She’s beautiful in ALL her gore. Like Halloween past, dressed up as a little dead girl. Nina was cute & creepy & made me dress as something fiendish too—so we’d be scarier than all the ghouls Then maybe they wouldn’t notice us But they always do No matter what we’re wearing 👻 #GhostPit #YA #SPEC #H

Alma Katsu and Becky Spratford discuss the current popularity of horror. Loved the parts about diversity opening up the genre. The wider the range of voices, the more interesting and engaging horror becomes. ❤️ @almakatsu.bsky.social @raforall.bsky.social

Congratulations! 🎉 You are killing it!

✨Best Submission Award SCBWI MayFest✨ Simone is a seer Who is haunted and hexed If she touches Jadriel it burns But if he kisses her—Death will come for him *Unless her murdered cousin's spirit ends him before the curse can 🖤Feminist Horror with Romance & Revenge🖤 #YA #H #R #PosterPit #Q soon!

I Won an award!! ✨Best Submission at SCBWI MayFest 2025 for my manuscript excerpt The Truth of Fear ! ✨ Thank you @jolenehaley.bsky.social !!

The auction is LIVE! We have incredible items up for grabs—from signed copies of rare and fabulous books to agent critiques and more. Please check it out, boost, share, and participate if you can. Every bit helps! www.32auctions.com/HelpSoumiReb...

I had this form of lymes and it was horrific. I couldn’t breathe. Turns out my white blood cells (or red?) were being consumed by the parasite. Left unchecked=death. Luckily I went to the docs: who Told me I was just dehydrated, but I said oh I had a tick-only days ago. Other lymes shows up later.

That pitch card though . . . ! 👀 Talk about forbidden love!

Gorgeousssss Oh I know this is gonna be snatched up so soon, I can’t wait to see this one shelves 🤩🥰

🖤HAUNTED & HEXED 🖤TOUCH HIM & BURN 🖤KISS HER & DIE When the whispers of the spell become screams… Death Will Come ✔️2 Big 5 Editor Requests ✔️10 Literary Agent Full Requests *RN* ✔️Winner WriteHive Mentorship 2025 ✔️Revised & Soon to be #amquerying #AgentsGuide #EditorsGuide #QuestPit #YA #H #R #Q

May 7th! #questpit Who’s in!?

🖤HAUNTED & HEXED🖤 When Simone touches Jadriel it burns But if he kisses her—Death will come for him *Unless her murdered cousin's traumatized spirit ends him before the curse can. 🖤 Speculative Feminist Horror with Romance & Revenge🖤 👻A New Urban Legend👻 #YA #H #R #PosterPit #Q #posterpitq

Let’s swap support #posterpit

The creeping literary romantic woe of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x the rage of BAD WITCH BURNING This haunted & hexed Speculative Feminist Horror is being revised with my @writehive.bsky.social mentor Rebecca Angus at Howland Literary 2 Big Five Editor requests & 23 agent requests #bluepit

The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X SHE IS A HAUNTING 17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit. 🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤 #YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit

A grieving, pansexual teen girl comes back to her haunted home & steals a second chance with the bi boy she’s cursed to kill *if* she kisses him again💀 & is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻 #h #ya #YouDeservepIt

Harper Collins did not sign. So weird how being owned by Rupert Murdoch means they can't even advocate for their own survival. Libraries are a HUGE part of all publishers' bottom lines. If you can't speak out bc it's right, speak out bc otherwise this destroys your bottom line ffs