I’m a consummate planster. My process: 1: Have a high-level idea that’s as much vibes as substance 2: Come up with a vague start, middle and end 3: Word-vomit characters onto the page 4: Harvest emerging flavour nuggets 5: Re-plot 6: Repeat When it works, it works… #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

I’ll go cryptic my WIPs (I have a lot on the go). Sexy Top Gun in Space [100%] Tech-Dragon on Snowball Earth [70%] Raise You 5 Magic Systems [20%] Alt-History Edwardian Eldritch Romance Snow White and the One Angry Dwarf - In Space! Battle Trains Smash the Caste System #Revpit #Revpitwaiting

I’ve tried to break it into categories. All of these have in some way shaped my writing. Sci-fi: Iain M Banks Fantasy: Robin Hobb Historical: Patrick O’Brian Classics: Jane Austen Humour: Terry Pratchett Weirdness: Phillip K Dick Honourable Mention: Phillip Pullman #revpit #revpitwaiting

Here’s the ridiculous creature I live with. Be warned - this is a trap. Any attempt to rub his belly will not end well for you. #revpit #revpitwaiting #petsofrevpit

Music’s a huge inspiration for me when deciding on the ‘vibe’ for a story. Equivalence came about while listening to a lot of Nine Inch Nails, primarily the albums ‘The Fragile’ and ‘With Teeth’. The theme would be ‘The Day the World Went away’. youtu.be/TfKTgx15jag?... #revpit #revpitwaiting

Look to Windward by Iain M Banks It’s somber, melancholic, meandering and thought-provoking. There’s little action, and the plot’s secondary to the slice of life vignettes that make up the bulk of the scenes, but the end result is as imaginative as it is poignant. #revpit #revpitwaiting

I’m not sure if it’s my best, but it’s probably the one that best represents the MC and general theme: “When she was dead, that was it. No more Yip. No copies, facsimiles or approximations. She may not have been the first her, but she was determined to be the last.” #Revpit #Revpitwaiting

Mood board for Equivalence. For additional vibes, listen to The Day The World Went Away by Nine Inch Nails. #Revpit #Revpitwaiting

Yip isn’t the first person to wear her face; the first ‘her’ died nearly two-hundred years ago. Now she’s counting down the days to her scheduled death date, happy to draw a line under a life of loss and heartache. But the universe has other ideas. #Revpit #Revpitwaiting

A story about grief and surviving loss in a virtual paradise. EQUIVALENCE is a reality-bending romp across the galaxy that explores how having everything you could ever want, isn’t the same as getting what you really need. #Revpit #Revpitwaiting #SciFi #A #AdultFiction

Doesn’t quite match the vibe of my story, but I’ll take it!

Hi, I’m Nicki. I live with my two daughters and an angry cat. I like to write, read, cook and eat, as well as building Lego and listening to cassettes instead of streaming music for ‘the vibes’. This is my 2nd RevPit, and this year is a complete age-range and genre shift. #revpit #revpitwaiting

Whatever feedback I get, I aim to have it rejiggered for querying before the end of Summer. I also have a sci-fi romance (Romanscifi?) draft in edit, a Romantasy idea itching to be written and an 80% complete Space Opera, all vying for my attention. So I’ll not be bored 🤪 #revpit #revpitwaiting

As posting this didn’t require me to move (and it’s reasonably tidy for a change), here’s where I hide from the children… I mean write. Conspicuously absent is the wine glass and accompanying nibbles, but it’s a little early, even for me. #revpit #revpitwaiting

My GOATs are Iain M Banks for Sci-fi and Robin Hobb for fantasy (with a shout out for Phillip Pullman). Fitz’s tragic life makes him the fantasy equivalent of Tess of the d'Urbervilles, while the Culture stands as an idyll to strive for in a universe of awfulness. #revpit #revpitwaiting

Tilla’s Voltaic; a mutant who can draw power from the Grid, making her a criminal in a land where electricity is forbidden. Hunted by men, she must decide where her loyalties lie, as only the crystalline Stealers that invaded her world can prevent another world-ending calamity #P2Ppit #UW #Q #YA #F