People: “How’s your writing going? Which draft are you on?” Me: current_dont_touch final_i_changed_one_word_and_panicked final_i_fixed_it_but_at_what_cost final_emotional_damage_version final_send_help

If you’re feeling discouraged about revising your work over and over, don’t be. Ernest Hemingway rewrote the ending of A Farewell to Arms 39 times. James Patterson has said he goes through 30+ drafts of a novel. Revision isn’t failure—it’s the process.

#writingcommunity ☀️ Keep going—even when it feels messy, slow, or uncertain. Every word you write is progress, even the ones you change later. Every time you show up to the page, you’re moving your story forward. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be written.

Got another rejection. Agent: Interesting story to tell, and there’s a lot to like about your approach. But.... Me: So, you're saying there's a chance 😂

JK Rowling got 12 rejections. Stephen King got 30. Twelve? Thirty? I would genuinely throw a party for those numbers. Invite friends. Cater it. Make speeches 😂

This didn’t have to be this accurate 😅

Every word you write today is something that didn’t exist yesterday. That matters more than you think.

Good morning, #writingcommunity ☀️ Today’s goal: write something good. Today’s reality: argue with a comma. Reminder: you are talented, your story matters, and yes… that sentence probably needs fixing 😂

I don’t need motivation. I need someone to sit next to me and silently judge me until I write 😂

Good morning, #writingcommunity Wishing you minimal plot confusion, maximum caffeine, and at least one sentence today that doesn’t make you question your entire existence. May your characters cooperate, your edits be kind, and your word count show up like it owes you money 😊

Mary Ann Bernal @BritonandDane Book Spotlight: Infidel: The Daughters of Aragon (Six Tudor Queens) by Nicola Harris. Why not visit my blog and have a look? maryannbernal.blogspot.com/2026/04/book... @maryanneyarde

I love writing. I hate writing. I will never stop writing. Send help 😂

Sadly, this is true in my case... And I'm kind of okay with it. LOL

This is so true in my case 😂 Writers will spend hours finding the perfect word and then name a character “Jake.”

I wrote 1,000 words today. Deleted 1,200. Growth ☺️

Do you prefer fast-paced books or slow-burn tension?

Margaret Knight (1838 – 1914) was the American inventor of a machine to produce flat-bottomed paper bags. A man, Charles Annan, stole her design and patented it, claiming that "she could not possibly understand the mechanical complexities of the machine", but she sued him and won. #CelebratingWomen

THE NARCISSIST: When a killer turns murder into performance, two detectives must unravel a powerful narcissist’s empire before his younger brother either exposes him or becomes him. #questpit #T #Q

Beta reader report comes in today. After two editors and countless revisions, I asked for brutal honesty. Anyway, it’s been nice knowing all of you 😂

Big thank you to everyone who liked, shared, and supported my pitch during #QuestPit! I met so many amazing writers I’m excited to follow, and wow, the talent, pitches, and agent guides I saw yesterday were incredible. Such a fun, inspiring event! 💫

Hi everyone! I made a Bluesky account for this event. 🥰📚🎉 COFFEE BY THE COFFIN. A 122k word adult gothic romantic fantasy with cozy elements. A love story of a necromancer who works in a morgue and revives the man who may save the human race… as a vampire. 😏 #questpit #Q #A #F #RF #PR #DR

What if the rich Islamic folklore of Tahereh Mafi's THIS WOVEN KINGDOM met the comedic, swashbuckling adventure of OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH? #questpit #Q #YA #HF 🌙muslim pirates 🔥enemies to lovers 🐲mystical beasts ⚔️pirate x princess 🌊17th-century indian ocean ✨interest from 2 big 5 editors

THE SHAPES WE TAKE IN THE FIRE 🔥 ✌️dual pov/dual timeline 🌶️ open door slow burn 🎶 moody and lyrical ❤️ he falls first 🌎 immigrant experience 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ MCs ✊🏼 BIPOC & minority voices #questpit #Q #LF #U #R

ECHOES OF REPOSE. A self-sabotaging true-crime podcaster drives through a one-way tunnel into a remote BC town, home to an abandoned TB sanatorium with a sinister history. There she must face the ghosts she carries, and those that stalk her, to escape before one of them kills her. #Questpit #Q #T #S

An autistic heroine who isn't a sidekick, a lesson, or comic relief. She reads spirits the way she can't read people. Hides her power in a kingdom where magic means death. And the two realms? Mortal vs. Immortal, both are collapsing because she exists. The Mist Between Us #W #QuestPit #A #RF #ND

Dear #litagents, I'm happy to present an #agentsguide for a revised version of MAEVE MONROE AND THE SUNKEN PLACE! Complete at approximately 55k words, MMTSP is a middle-grade contemporary fantasy. This will hit the query trenches this month and be pitched for #DVpit! #amquerying #MG #F

Now querying my upmarket suspense, BLOOD OF THE LAMB (93K words.) Check out the agent’s guide below! 🎬cinematic, propulsive plot 🪾atmospheric, gothic vibes ⛪️ religious trauma, mental health, family secrets 🌿Like THE GOD OF THE WOODS but set in a cult. #questpit #a #u #q #amquerying

DEXTER X YELLOWJACKETS A desperate mother joins an all-female cannibal cult that only feasts on 'bad men', but when she discovers the darkness within the community, she resolves to save her son from their clutches and forge an escape, or die trying. #QuestPit #W #H #lgbtq #Sapphic

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH X THE ADDAMS FAMILY Wicked sorceress Cora must ruin someone’s life before her eighteenth birthday or lose her magic forever, a task made tricky when she falls for her chosen victim. #questpit #YA #PR #Q

Here’s the blurb and an excerpt from BLOOD OF THE LAMB (93K words) the upmarket suspense I’m querying. 🩸🐑 🎬cinematic, propulsive, suspenseful 🪾atmospheric, gothic, folk horror ⛪️ cult escape/coming-of-age story 👊🏽 smash the patriarchy #questpit #a #u #q #nowquerying

🌊An indentured servant w/ forbidden magic on the run after murdering her master ⚔️An exiled, magicless bounty hunter bound by debt to chase her United by vengeance and a plot that stretches across colonized islands, they must learn to fight together or let the world drown again. #QuestPit #A #W #F

Fiona, a Fate tasked with scheduling the lives & deaths of mortals to maintain the balance of light & dark, must track down a killer when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on her best friend's doorstep & the worlds begin to break. #questpit #F #Q #MY

What do you get when you cross an award-winning cidermaker with zero business sense and a finance bro with a toddler's palate? CIDER SEASON | A 75K word upmarket contemporary rom-com | 2026 #revpit winner #questpit #q #a #u #r #writingcommunity #amquerying

THE KING OF THE WOOD 🌙Fated soulmates ✨️Millennial eldest daughters 🌳Old school, Celtic fae 🗡Touch her and 💀 💕He falls first, she falls harder 🩵Slow burn yearning #questpit #Q #A #F

🥀 LURKING IN THE DARKNESS 🥀 Rain’s world shatters when a kidnapping reveals her hidden legacy as a witch/vampire hunter. Thrust into a supernatural war, Rain must choose between her love, her family, and her destiny to stop her life from plunging into darkness. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #PR

🕯️ AETHERBORN 🕯️ To save her people, a refugee princess and the soldier ordered to contain her magic have sixty days to transform her power into the perfect weapon—navigating a corrupt empire while denying the desire that could cost them more than their lives. #Questpit #F #Q #A #R

🔥 The battle of the book covers! 🔥 Pick your fave 💙 All feedback appreciated! 🌱 ✨️ Which elements call to you most? 🌬️ 🌱 An empath leads a tarot-themed odyssey across the former US to bring home a 🗝️ to peace, using psychic powers and earth-based survival skills #questpit #A #SFF #W #A #S #D #CliFi

#QuestPit #A #F #Q A TCHAO IN ILIMAK #AStoryOfDainu Abducted and sold to a foreign army, Tro must adapt in order to survive this strange land full of magic and violence. War is hell, but maybe he doesn’t have to endure it alone.

THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO X HUNGER GAMES In a post-post-apocalyptic U.S., December was famously the first person born after a widespread fertility crisis. Now, to encourage the next generation to procreate, her government says it’s time for her to find love. Publicly. #questpit #W #A #D #R

Rival haunted New Orleans tour guides compete for a once in a lifetime opportunity and fall in love in YOU’RE MY KIND OF GUIDE #questpit #A #R #querying

"As she stepped inside the house, she was met by the smell of dust and rosemary and petrichor—and the almost spicy back-of-the-throat tingle of layers and layers of magic." CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR FAKE BOYFRIEND IS EVIL 🎉Signing with an agent on Friday! #QuestPit Almost #AG #A #PN #R

GOTHIC BRIDGERTON x ANNABEL LEE 🏰 a crumbling castle 🌊 at the edge of a sea cliff 👗 a weeklong ball 👻 ghostly suitors ✨ a family curse 🕯️ doomed bargains with gods A MOST DECADENT CURSE 🌊👻 US cover reveal May 13! Coming Jan 2027! #questpit #ag #f #ya

Beauty & the Beast × Dracula: A Love Tale introducing THE LAST KISS OF WINTER 🖤🥀🌨️ ∗ 85k word gothic tragedy ∗ star-crossed lovers ∗ vampire aristocracy ∗ winter isolation ∗ regency era ∗ forbidden romance ∗ found family querying this fall ₊°｡❆ #questpit #W #A

YOU’VE GOT MAIL x THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT Annie thinks no one cares about her poetry on Instagram. Until she meets “@/jaa97” who reads every word. But is he the same man threatening her job at the library? 📚 #QuestPit #W #R #PT #LF #A #WF #WritingCommunity #writers

The Cold War X Time Travel When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #QuestPit #A #Q #SF #T

I’m excited to share my #agentsguide for THE MOUNTAIN’S TOLL which I #amquerying! INTO THIN AIR X THEY NEVER LEARN ⛰️adult psychological thriller ⛰️morally grey FMC ⛰️plotting revenge ⛰️female rage ⛰️isolated setting ⛰️buried secrets ⛰️survival #thriller #suspense

FAST AND FURIOUS X ROMEO + JULIET (1996) A burnt-out romance author travels to a gang-ruled street racing city for inspiration, but when she falls for the reckless racer guiding her through it, she risks her career, her heart, and her life. #QuestPit #Q #R #A

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

Introducing 🍃A RAVEN SONG 🍃 For eldest daughters and platonic soulmates. ⛩️portal fantasy 💫star crossed friendships 🍂nostalgia will kill her ❤️‍🔥touch her and you die, but they're best friends 🗡️reckless bargains and a tattooed elven soldier Querying today!! #QuestPit #Q #A #F

☕️ THE THINGS WE RUN FOR #Editors Emma Bridge has done everything to make this plan work. She’s got the new name, the new town, the new life . . . She’s also got a nosy boy next door who’s stopping at nothing to get to know her. #QuestPit #YA #C #MY #R #AG #OS #LGBTQ #OV