Not pictured: my kids testing the limits of their “inside voices.”

(🧵) According to google sheets, the spreadsheet I made for plotting You’re the One That I Haunt was created on April 1st last year, which means we’re coming up on the 1-year mark of me thinking, dreaming, and giggling about Trip and Libby. #writingcommunity

I’m excited to announce that I’m now represented by Ariele Fredman at UTA!! I couldn’t be more thrilled to work with Ariele. Her editorial vision completely aligns with the story I want to tell. Plus, I loved her energy from our very first call. #writingcommunity

👻👻 To save her best friend and lifelong crush from his family’s deadly curse, Libby must team up with (and try not to catch feelings for) a handsome ghost only she can see. 👻👻 I can’t wait for this to be featured in the SmoochPit showcase next month and to begin my #querying journey. ✨❤️

In case you’re in a position to do so, and are wondering how to help…

YES PLEEEEEASE 🙋‍♀️

wait the grinch soundtrack slaps why have you all been hiding this from me?

I’m glad I’m not the only person who agrees that leftover pie is the best post-Thanksgiving breakfast 🥧

Spending my Black Friday rewatching the cassandra x mad woman x idsb mashup on repeat. 🖤 take me back.

Tried to set my alarm an hour earlier this morning. Note to self: YOU ARE NOT A MORNING PERSON 🙈

The face of a girl who never expected to make it to the Eras Tour and ended up with floor seats last night. 😭😭 I could wax poetic about what Taylor means to me as an artist and a storyteller but I’ll spare you. If you’re a Swiftie, I’m sure you already know!! 🩷🩵 #erastour #taylorswift

"At my core, I’m still the same author sending her a manuscript one month after our contract hoping & begging it meets her approval." Pt. 2 to my HIGMA story: transforming my writing to meet my agent's @charmstrong.bsky.social standards #booksky #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...

When will I learn that the third mug of coffee is a bad idea? ☕️ #anxiety

10 shows to get to know me 1. Gilmore Girls 2. How I Met Your Mother 3. Survivor 4. Game of Thrones 5. American Dreams 6. Mare of Easttown 7. Normal People 8. Ginny & Georgia 9. Younger 10. Parks and Rec

I’ve spent most of today itching to get back to Red Rising. I love feeling this way about a book.

DEAD ROMANTICS x LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE To save her best friend and longtime crush from his family's deadly curse, Libby must team up with (and try not to catch feelings for) a handsome ghost only she can see. 👻🖤 #writingcommunity

🖤Bookish Checkpoint🖤 🍁last book you read: A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson 🍁current read: Red Rising by Pierce Brown 🍁last book added to tbr: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson 🍁next anticipated read: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q. Sutanto

I'm going crazy waiting for "approval" from Catherine, so, here's another guide for my second chance romance, WHO COULD STAY (Where the Crawdads Sing X Meet Me at the Lake) in which a tortured artist gets drug home to care for her her gran, and mend her burned bridges. #booksky #writingcommunity

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I've put off sharing my "HIGMA" because it's not sunshine and rainbows. if you're in the query trenches, making every mistake and fighting for your book---you're not alone, and if I found my person, you can too. 💙 @charmstrong.bsky.social #writingcommunity open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...

A #litagents guide to The Flower Growers! 🖤Genre-bending romantasy 🖤Murderous nightmare demons 🖤Shadow babies 🖤Light mommies 🖤Evil Rainbows New adult to adult crossover appeal akin to Fourth Wing or Throne of Glass #amquerying #WritingCommunity

In celebration of finishing this gem and sending it to my agent @charmstrong.bsky.social 👀 Forced back home to care for her ailing Gran, tortured artist Mel finds the key to surviving the summer might lie in rekindling ruined relationships with her ex-bf and bff--Gran's new caretakers. #editors

Easing back into work after the long weekend by listening to the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack 🎧🤍

Just sent back my first round of edits for SmoochPit! 🎉 This story has my heart and I love how it’s coming together. 😍 Can’t wait for the chance to share it more widely. 🤞🏻#writingcommunity

First post in this space!! Gotta dedicate it to my #Survivor inspired #wip RIVAL ISLE An adult romcom with… 💕 second chance romance 😉 fake dating 💛 mid-20s identity struggles 👯 twin switcheroo 🏝️ tropical reality TV setting 🔥 challenges, idols, eliminations Querying in early 2025 🤞🏼

My Best Friend's Wedding if Julia Roberts teamed up with a ghost. 👻 DEAD ROMANTICS x LOVE OF MY AFTERLIFE 🌆 NYC socialites 🖤 tattooed, black sheep MMC 👵🏻 feisty Polish grandma 💎 a mysterious lost diamond 🇬🇧 Spice Girls-themed bachelorette party ❤️‍🔥 slow burn with payoff #Querying in early 2025! ✨

Eeeee hello #writingcommunity! ⛅️ I’m Katie, I write contemporary/speculative romance and am currently revising my “ghostmance” as part of the 2024 SmoochPit mentorship! 👻🖤 Hoping to query in early 2025. 🤞🏻 I love meeting fellow writers and cheering each other on. Please say hi! 👋🏻