Currently, I'm assembling the missing pieces of my "ready to query" puzzle. 🧩 The edges are complete, and the image is getting clearer, but I'm still filling in gaps to (hopefully) build my best chance to land an agent.🤞 #CampRevPit #CampMap #CRPSugarGliders

Good morning! Late #CampRevPIt arrival here (thanks to an overactive week of work/life 😅), but I'm excited to catch up on all the fun. I'm Alex, a lover of stories in all forms. My novel, THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩, is a #MG #Fantasy with actual puzzles for readers to solve! #CRPSugarGliders

Congrats to all the #RevPit winners and runnners-up! 🎉 And a huge thank you to every editor and author who made #RevPitWaiting such a phenomenal experience. I'm so happy I took the leap! In other good news, I just signed up for #CampRevPit and can't wait to continue connecting with you all there! ✨

As much as I aspire to reach the level of organization I admire in a Plotter, I am a Pantser through and through! 😅 I do outline my premise in as much detail as possible before diving into a draft, but I have found the best plotlines emerge when I let my characters take the wheel. #RevPitWaiting

Best read: The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (coworker recommended). The voice & worldbuilding in this book! I'm in awe 🤩 Most anticipated: As a superfan of The Midnight Library by the inspiring @matthaig.bsky.social, I'm counting down the days until I get to read The Midnight Train. #RevPitWaiting

With two kids, 7 and 5, whose favorite word to say is “Mommy,” I’ve found that my most focused writing space is out of the house. 🥰 That means I’m often hauling my MacBook to one of three happy places: Starbucks, Foxtail Coffee, or Barnes & Noble. Chai accompaniment: mandatory! #RevPitWaiting

Using my wildcard to shout out my comps & their amazing authors who inspired me to dream of a place for my book too 🧩 ✨Amari and the Night Brothers- @bbalston.bsky.social ✨The Mystery of Locked Rooms- @lindsayncurrie.bsky.social ✨Strangeworlds Travel Agency- @ldlapinski.bsky.social #RevPitWaiting

THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩 centers around 12-year-old Layne, but she's not the only one bringing the main character energy. Her 10-year-old brother, Bash, is another critical piece of this #MG #Fantasy puzzle, and his fiery confidence was so much fun to write! #RevPitWaiting

Anyone who knows me knows I live for punny wordplay and a good “dad joke,” so I couldn’t resist this chance to craft my own version of the iconic Abbott and Costello “Who’s on First?” skit. 😅 In THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩, Mr. Y Naught is a Muppet-like letter Y with a face. #RevPitWaiting

I am incredibly fortunate to have 3 Alpha reader heroes in my corner (my husband, brother & longtime friend @cjhannas.bsky.social) who’ve carried me through countless eras, evolutions & edits of this story. Without them, THE PUZZLER would still be a wish unfulfilled & unfinished. 🧩✨ #RevPitWaiting

I do have PB manuscripts I dream of seeing in book form: CLUCKY THE UNLUCKY🐣: Born silent, a chick sets out to reverse his “bad” luck & find his voice. THE SEA ELVES 🌊 AND THE TREE ELVES 🌳: Polar opposite Elf kinds separate to keep the peace until an orphaned baby crosses the wall. #RevPitWaiting

So tough! 🫠 But since we're talking inspiration, here are the authors of some of the first "big kid books" I got lost within: ✨ Gertrude Chandler Warner (THE BOXCAR CHILDREN) ✨ Mary Norton (THE BORROWERS) ✨ E.B. White (CHARLOTTE'S WEB, STUART LITTLE) ✨ Beverly Cleary (RAMONA series) #RevPitWaiting

Meet Gucci! 🐾 Our forever fur baby (turned guardian angel) joined the family when I was 18. This explains her bling-forward collar and her name, which of course I chose 🥰 Now, Gucci’s spunky Chihuahua-ness lives on in my novel, and she’ll always live in my heart! ❤️ #RevPitWaiting

My song for THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩 is “Contra La Corriente” (“Against the Current”) by Marc Anthony ❤️ ‘90s salsa vibes & lyrics relevant to multiple characters, even my villain 😬 “There is not a day that passes that I don’t remember you…“ 🎵 #RevPitWaiting youtu.be/421JK0r1KKk?...

Impossible to pick a favorite, so here’s a list of classic & current titles I love! 📚 ✨PB: Strega Nona, Being Frank ✨MG: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman ✨YA: The Fault in Our Stars ✨A: The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern, The Midnight Library #RevPitWaiting

I adore uber-specific similes and metaphors, and this #snippet has two of my favorites from THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩 I’ve also always enjoyed a little atmospheric spookiness in #MG (Thank you, R.L. Stine!), and these lines show how I worked to (hopefully) capture that vibe. #RevPitWaiting

Anyone else get irrationally overjoyed when you see something out in the world that suggests maybe, just maybe you wrote a book people will actually want to read? My path-affirming sighting today? This library event poster 🧩 And this is why my camera roll is full of puzzle pics 🤣 #RevPitWaiting

All the flowers for the creative genius who started this #Moodboard trend. 💐 I had so much fun with this! THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩 🔹MG Fantasy 🔹Interactive puzzles 🔹Whimsical world-hopping 🔹Puzzles = Portals 🔹Sibling adventure 🔹Family rescue/reunion quest 🔹90s nostalgia #RevPitWaiting

Single! Close 3rd. In THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩, Layne is a risk-averse 12-yr-old who likes keeping life boring because boring feels safe. But what happens when the safe choice isn’t the right choice? Will Layne step out of her comfort zone to step up for her family? #RevPitWaiting #MG #Fantasy

#RevPitWaiting #OriginStory: The idea of jigsaw puzzles as portals to other worlds came to me in 3rd grade. From the moment I handwrote the short story in my friend's basement, this project has lived in my mind and heart in many forms through many seasons, and I am thrilled to finally share it! 🧩

When two siblings stumble into the creepiest house in town, they unlock a life-altering secret forcing them into a race through enchanted puzzle worlds to save their family. THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩 invites readers to solve along with every puzzle, riddle, & clue! #MG #Fantasy #RevPitWaiting

Hi, #RevPitWaiting fam! 👋🏼 I’m a nonprofit comms director & former TV anchor/reporter who loves written & video storytelling! 🎥 Early AM vampire hours are my most creative. I call it my “MomME time” when my kids & hubby are asleep 🥰 I’ve dabbled in adult short stories, but my heart is in #kidlit! ❤️

Felt inspired by the beautiful #RevPitWaiting moodboards I’ve been seeing, so I dove into the deep end and created my own! THE PUZZLER: PEACE BY PIECE 🧩 🔹MG Fantasy 🔹Interactive puzzles 🔹Whimsical world-hopping 🔹Puzzles = Portals 🔹Sibling adventure 🔹Family rescue/reunion quest 🔹90s nostalgia

Cut it thisclose to the deadline thanks to a too-large manuscript file size (11:58 AM submission anyone?), so I am elated to report that my first-ever #RevPit entry is IN! 😅🎉 Congrats to all who slayed this monster of a task and turned this dream into reality. Let the #RevPitWaiting games begin!