Eeeek I (officially) #amquerying !! Reposting my #agentsguide in celebration. 🖤

We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held. We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.

Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.

New Writer Beware blog post: A look at what the US Copyright Office has determined is copyrightable for creators who use generative AI in their work writerbeware.blog/2025/04/04/g...

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

So thrilled for you!!! Can't wait to see this on shelves! 💙

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Today's my birthday! This is a hard time to feel celebratory, but it would mean a lot if folks shared my books. You can request them at your library or place an order through your local indie bookstore. I write spicy cozydark fantasy books about magical Black lesbians! bookshop.org/contributors...

Having read early versions of The Spinners Y’ALL ARE IN FOR A TREAT

⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️ STARTING TOMORROW. Nevada. Arizona. Colorado. You, me, and Bernie. Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙 See you there 💪🏽🌞

Fresh from #SmoochPit! When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular reality dating show, he must decide between his original plans and the direction his heart is pulling him or he may ruin both in the process. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #R #LGBT

When it comes to superstitions, there’s only one hard and fast rule: it’s only weird if it doesn’t work. And Elliot’s got a lot of them that aren’t working. That is, until Maggie comes along. We don’t joke about the mojo in Swing for the Fences🍀 #LuckyPit #PopupPit #amquerying #Q

New (again 😅) #agentguide for my adult #romantasy In #agent inboxes now 🖤

I just re-read a million of these lists and by the end of my ten calls, I finally got it down to a science. Here's my strategy—

Excited to share that I’m now represented by the wonderful Bethany Weaver at @weaverliterary.bsky.social! 🥳😭🎻 I'm so thrilled for Bethany's vision for THE SPINNERS' GUILD and for the opportunity to work together. 🖤

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If you've been curious about my work, The Fall That Saved Us and A Wolf Steps in Blood are $2.99 each as part of the Smashwords sale! Authors earn higher royalties through Smashwords, and the files are DRM-free The Fall: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1... A Wolf: www.smashwords.com/books/view/1...

IN NIGHTFALL x SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS x BUFFY 💜 friends to lovers 💼 workplace romance 💀 bookstore / oddities shop 🌙 witches vs vampires 🔮 salem vibes 👫 short king mmc + tall fmc 📟 00s nostalgia 🩸 got blood? #WSPitQ #YA #P #R #agentsguide

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Here is my #agentguide for my SmoochPit story that has now hit the trenches. If any #litagents are interested in seeing this in their inbox let me know! #WSPitQ #YA #H #R #LGBT #BIOC #Own

THEY’RE HERE AND THEY HAVE GOLD FOIL 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

An #AgentGuide for my fantasy rom-com, Enchantments & Adversaries. This novel was selected for the 2024 #SmoochPit mentorship program and was revised with my mentor--now featuring more banter, more spice, and more pining! 💗 #amquerying #agentsguide #cozyfantasyromance

I'm excited to share my #agentsguide for my adult queer romance! After some intense revision work during #SmoochPit it's time to get back to the query trenches. #amquerying #writingcommunity #agentguide #querying #booksky #LGBT #romance

I'm thrilled to share this guide to my 90K rom-com, a retelling of Taylor Swift's "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" packed with heart, heat and a swoony country-pop soundtrack. 🎨: @legendsofaukera.bsky.social 
#agentsguide #amquerying #writingcommunity #swifties #booksky #romancebooks

If you want a spicy, fast-burn wolf shifter book that’s a lesbian BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE for adults with shifter lore grounded in Alabama’s Black history, my novella A WOLF STEPS IN BLOOD is here for you 🫀

Jennifer's Body x The River Has Teeth Boys start to disappear in Lyric's backwoods backwards town and her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate if something is monstrously wrong with her friend. #Cupit #HOR #YA #LGBT #INR

New post is up! As always, it's in two formats, so you can take your pick... Written version: briannaheath.substack.com/p/convince-m... Video version: youtu.be/IwJge9tXj98

The banter of EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF FAERIES x slow burn, high society romance of HALF A SOUL. 😒 Intellectually curious heiress 🤝 Accidental Faustian bargain 😈 Demon longing for a vacay ✨️ Edwardian aesthetics 🤌 Pining™️ #Cupit #A #RF #HR #Q

An agent's guide to MERGE CONFLICT THE HATING GAME meets SILICON VALLEY in this 82k contemporary romance where two newly graduated software engineers compete for one dream job. But as the deadline looms, they realize they may be a match in more than just technical skill. #Cupit #CR #A #agentsguide

Taking a break from pitching today but will be cheering for everyone else! You got this! ❤️

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot It's going to be a killer summer. 😍 Sapphic Pining ❤️ Friends to Lovers 👀 Cannibalism as metaphor for love 💖 Monstrous romance 🎀 Bubblegum horror vibes 🌽 Cult town in Canadian Prairies 🎡 Ferris wheel confessions 💋 Querying after SmoochPit #Cupit #YA #HOR #INR #LGBT

✨ 30k GOODREADS ADDS ✨ How is this even possible?? We’re less than a month out from WHAT WAKES THE BELLS’ release and somehow, someway, thirty thousand of you want to read it 😭

You know those gauzy, romantic indie movie flashbacks of the dead wife? This book has those vibes, only the wife is alive and they're gay. 🌿 sapphic 🌿 autistic 🌿 set in Appalachia 🌿 Not Like Other Girls x Manic Pixie Dream Girl (but with examinations of both these tropes) #QuestPit #W #NA

ALL IN ON LOVE ♥️♣️♦️♠️ Becca has 3 weeks to raise $100k and save the job she loves-if she can survive a worktrip to Vegas with her ex’s best friend first ♥️ playing slots as flirting ♥️ only one seat at the blackjack table ♥️ millennial-themed nightclub party ♥️ “it’s always been you” #questpit #Q #A #R

There’s something in the water 🌊 When an island whispers different versions of unwritten local legends and turning into a creature of the deep as a result of heartbreak makes you want to drown your ex- no one is safe Especially not the ex boyfriends #QuestPit #Q #A #F #R

Ever wonder what happened to Arya Stark after she set sail? When a diver joins a crew of outcasts, she delves into forgotten temples, cursed waters, and discovers that some secrets were meant to stay buried. 🏜️ Ancient Mesopotamia 💨 Avatar the Last Airbender magic 💕 Queer mc’s #questpit #W #F

THE SCARLET VEIL X KING OF BATTLE AND BLOOD X UNDERWORLD Wren is given one final task by the church she loathes: take down a viscous killer in exchange for freedom. But when she finds the alluring vampire king, she's in over her head & knows the only way out is through death #questpit #W #PR #R

An agent's guide to THE CORRUPTION OF ASTORIA ROSE. Fully revised and coming to the SmoochPit Showcase this Friday! - 109k Romantasy - Queernorm World - Unrepentant Villainous FMC - ✨Everyone✨ Kisses - Single, Close Third Person POV #questpit #Q #RF #A #agentguide #smoochpit #litagents

When Edwardian heiress Celia accidentally makes a deal with a charming demon, she must break the contract before his presence threatens her advantageous betrothal—and her heart. EMILY WILDE x HALF A SOUL Slow burn, reluctant allies-to-lovers, forbidden romance #QuestPit #Q #A #HR #PR #RF

Sixteen years ago a woman traded a child for information that would save a kingdom. Now that daughter, who the world thinks is dead, has to find her soulmate and convince him to help break the curse on her--if the vine growing from her body doesn't kill her first. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Erif has heard voices all his life. Now it's time to meet the people they belong to. 🔥 7 POV 🔥 takes place partially at a magic college 🔥 he can hear them but they can't hear him 🔥 The Magicians but make it brown and more queer 🔥 critique of capitalism and fascism #QuestPit #W #NA #F

OUABH X CASTLEVANIA NOCTURNE X READY OR NOT ♠️An Alice in Wonderlandesque débutante competition 👑in a Versailles palace ✨with whimsical balls, 🦇deadly vampires 🩸& something even more sinister brewing in the basement #questpit #w

“I will always be destined to love you, in every life.” 🕊️Feminist reimagining of Cowherd + Weaver myth ❤️Past lives 🌹Mortal-immortal love ⛓️Social expectations of women 🧧Epic/historical Asian-insp. fantasy 🧵Red threads of fate 👹Diyu/spirit world #YouDeservepIt #Q (after SmoochPit) #A #RF #OwnVoices

Agent’s Guide to “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛ When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #R #RF #agentsguide #amquerying

LAKESEDGE X HILL HOUSE Trapped in a haunted house, Chloe has three weeks to break the marriage bond with the Underworld prince, or she'll be forced to live an eternity without sunlight. #QuestPit #OS #A #RF #gothic #OWN #Dis

The Greatest Showman x The Invisible life of Addie La Rue A gymnast is forced to perform in a magical circus alongside a man she doesn’t recognize, but he knows her… and he’s watched her die dozens of times. 💕”Who did this to you?” 💫Grounded fantasy 🖤Dark whimsy 🎪Atmospheric #Questpit #F #Q #A

LOVE ON THE BRAIN X A WITCH’S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING A DEMON 💖 rivals team up on a research project 🧪 STEM-based magic 👀 rivals (with benefits) to lovers 👄 plus sized FMC ✨ magical ball 📱grounded fantasy 💚 "it was always you" 🎵 "The Alchemy" - T Swift #QuestPit #A #F #R #Q

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Lyric's best friend/crush Eleanor swears she isn't in a cult but as the boys Eleanor was chasing start to disappear from their backwoods town, Lyric must investigate the cultish town and if there is something monstrously with her friend. #Questpit #Q #YA #H #R

When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular dating show instead of its female lead he must decide between his original plans and where his heart is pulling him while facing what it means to be famous in a franchise whose audience can turn on a dime. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #LGBT