Man, it’s hard being a college student home for a holiday when NOTHING is open. Son is trying to use Black Friday as an excuse to run around a dead town at 1AM, but everything’s closed. I don’t micromanage his coming & going when he’s home, but 1AM when literally nothing is open is not smart. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Helping my son study for the written test for commercial air and…oof! Something like 980 questions, and more than half offer trick answers that are so subtly wrong that you’d miss it if you’re not completely on your toes. Dang! How for these pilots pass these tests??

Holy buckets! If you like darker romance (mafia-esque) get this book! I think Kage may be the hottest MMC to ever hit the printed page! Phew! I’m sweating and all he’s done is talk! #booksky

GAME ON!!! 😂😂😂 Join us December 2nd at 8:30 PM Central on TikTok (@c_h_armstrong) and find out the REAL story!! #WritingCommunity www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UhTcDD/

A new Agent Antics w/Cathie & Vicky has dropped! Share with your friends and enoy! #WritingCommunity open.substack.com/pub/agentant...

Mark your calendars for December 2nd at 8:30 PM Central!! #writingcommunity www.instagram.com/reel/DRa9OyQ...

I love that my kids (at 9yrs apart) are very close. But right now, I’m INSANELY jealous. I haven’t seen either of them in weeks, they both live equidistant of me and each other, but I just got a photo of them having brunch together. They have time for each other but not me! 😂😂😂

Hello #BookSky!! Today is RELEASE DAY for CHASING STARDUST Check out this article for CHASING STARDUST, and pick up your copy today!! thenerddaily.com/erica-lucke-...

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-...

So excited!!! My client’s book is on the Amazon billboard on FREAKIN’ NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!! #Booksofbluesky www.instagram.com/reel/DQUurkp...

S12E12 of GREY’S ANATOMY…I’ve never related to Bailey more than watching her try to treat the COVID denier in the wake of her own mother’s death by the virus. It hit way too close to home since losing my own mom in 4/2020, also from COVID.

A new Agent Antics with Cathie and Vicky has dropped! Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/agentant... #writingcommunity

If you’re hoping to be published, read this. I’ll answer from an agent’s POV this week!

How's my day going? #Reading open.substack.com/pub/charmstr...

#MSWL I would love to read a fictional version of this! www.facebook.com/share/r/15ZR...

So excited to announce that CHASING STARDUST is an Amazon First Reads selection! This is one of the very first books I ever signed, and was on submission for *3 YEARS* before Lake Union offered a pre-empt! Download free for Amazon Prime Members: a.co/d/2pj0Yqp #writingcommunity #Reading

Taking time while I have a few mins at a conference to read a manuscript from my slush pile, & I’m completely OBSESSED in a way I never have been before. I love everything I take on, but this one??? I’m OBSESSED. It has every part of me. One of the best things I’ve read this year, published or not.

My daughter’s video absolutely broke my heart this morning. Rest in Peace, Sweet Jet-Jet. I think losing her hurts more than all of my dogs combined.

Well…yesterday sucked. It was my birthday, but we spent the whole day grieving, myself included. My adult daughter’s beloved dog, Jet, passed away suddenly. She was only 11. She was such a good dog & was my daughter’s rock through some really bad years. Gonna miss that sweet girl!

TeamCathie Retreat 2026!!!

Reading a client’s manuscript, and I think it’s one of the most beautiful works of fiction I’ve ever read. I love ALL of my clients’ projects, but THIS ONE is special, and I’m humbled that I get to rep it.

Can I just say a huge THANK YOU to the authors for whom I still have submissions? Your patience & kindness right now are deeply appreciated. YOU are the kind of people I want to work with! I appreciate your kind notes after my last email…

That moment when I *FINALLY* get a chance to relax and fully focus on a client’s manuscript and wish to hell I could’ve started it so much earlier…WOW! @emilycolinbooks.bsky.social has something truly special about to go on submission!! #WritingCommunity #AuthorsOnSubmission

Lookee here! An unhinged author on the wild! I love me some Kelly Beck!! @kellylbeck.bsky.social

I'm headed to #KillerNashville this weekend & just realized Sara Paretsky & J.A. Jance will be there. My mother-in-law is a HUGE fan of both. She's going to lose her damned mind when I tell her! Should I play fangirl & get autographed copies for her? Who else is going? If you're going, find me!

This is so random, but if you are the author of A WOMAN NOBLE, please find your QM submission to me and send me a message? I'm trying to read manuscripts that have offers on them and I cannot find this on in my queue ANYWHERE, yet I added a reminder that a decision is due soon. I feel so stupid!

My client, Kelly Beck, FREAKIN' NAILED IT in this post! If you're hoping to be trad published, you must see this! Also, you look beautiful, Kels! @kellylbeck.bsky.social www.tiktok.com/@kellylbeck/...

A new AGENT ANTICS WITH VICKY AND CATHIE has dropped! Give it a read and feel free to share with your friends! open.substack.com/pub/agentant...

I'm taking one-on-one pitches at the 2025 (Online) Chesapeake Writing Workshop on August 15-16. Join me! Anyone from anywhere can attend. Learn more about the virtual writers conference here: chesapeakewritingworkshops.com

Facts: Agents experience the same anxiety when waiting for an author decision as authors do when waiting for an agent decision. Offered on a project & just “know” I’m not going to get it. Still, I’m checking email every 15 seconds & crossing my fingers. I hate this. Cross your fingers for me?

A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie! She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape. What could go wrong? (a pet possum) #questpit #editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social

👧She's just a girl ((who robbed a bank)) 👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble)) ♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal)) #questpit #editors @charmstrong.bsky.social

Step 1: rob a bank Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex. Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay Step 4: run STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom. #editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social #booksky

#WritingCommunity: A no response from me is NEVER a pass. Never. If I have not responded to you within the timeframe I specify on QM, please don’t hesitate to check in. Once in a while they get lost, as happened to one author today and I’m so glad they checked in. Never hesitate to nudge me.

Our Ozzy is getting so big!!

Remember this post? The author signed with me yesterday. More soon. I’ll let the author announce first!

Reading a submission that has been an unexpected delight. I think I’m in love. With the book, with the characters. Maybe even with the author. 💙💙💙

I’ll be taking live pitches at the New England Online Conference on 7/26. I’m currently closed to queries except through conferences, so this is your chance to get your pitch/query in before I open this fall. thenewenglandwritingworkshop.com

FWIW, I’ve finally read every query in my inbox. Now onto submissions. If you’ve sent a query and have not received a response, let me know because it’s lost. The only thing left is first 50 pages and full submissions.

Looking for an amazing conference this summer? Join me at WriterCon in Oklahoma City! I met one two of my favorite people in the world at WriterCon last year, and I can't wait to return! @neelusarkar.bsky.social writercon.com

True story…and this book is going to be so much fun!

So proud of my client for being a finalist!! This book is soooo good. Now to find the right editor to take it on!!

My amazing client, @shameezwrites.bsky.social moderated a panel at Rom Con & is featured in this article! So proud of her! Check her out! Her fantasy romance series is under Shameez Patel Papathanasiou, & PLAYING FLIRTY is under Shameez Patel. atlanticsun.co.za/news/2025-06...

So bizarre to see my hometown make a huge newspaper.

Hey #WritingCommunity! Just a heads up that will be closing to queries on Sunday night, June 15th, and I'm not sure when I'll be opening again. I have a large pile of queries and subs to get through, and I think I'll get through my backlog before reopening.

#WritingCommunity! A new #AgentAntics has dropped! agentantics.substack.com/p/lets-talk-...

Hey #WritingCommunity! I'll be taking one-on-one pitches at the 2025 (Online) California Writing Workshop on June 13-14. Join me! Anyone from anywhere can attend. Learn more about the virtual writers conference here: californiawritingworkshop.com

#Romancelandia It's release day for TELL ME YOU LOVE ME by one of my favorite authors, @emiliafinn.bsky.social! It's free on KU. Check it out...I promise you won't be sorry! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYHBWW8...

SEASON 2 of the @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social is HERE! I'm SO excited to start the season w/ the wonderful @charmstrong.bsky.social on "The Importance of & Well-Being Benefits of Agent/Author Communication." Find the Apple Podcast link in the comments👇or listen on Spotify, Amazon, etc.! #writingcommunity