Right now, an author is making their first payment to an editor, and their goal of publishing their book is well on its way to being achieved. I love that!

Book coaching sessions are exciting for me because it's always a blast to talk to people who are newly entering the publishing world.

THEM: Neurodivergent people benefit from clear, direct communication. ME: *wonders what population of people would somehow not benefit from clear and direct communication*

Gentle reminder - pitch events are a great way to build writing community, even more than to interest an agent or publisher! #questpit

#agentsguide to How to Be the Girl Who Stays! HBGWS is about a grieving teen working through her best friend's posthumous list of dares the summer after HS graduation. 🏔️Set in Western NC 🌷Lesbian MC ☀️Summer-y 🌌Complex Friendships/Relationships #questpit #Q#YA

What would it be like to wake up autistic? In this allegory, 5th grader Sophia is stranded in an alt reality where ppl don't say what they mean & like boring things. She wants to go home, but when she learns it's not possible, she must adapt to a new life before it crushes her. #QuestPit #Q #MG #SF

May not be getting agent likes, but I’m getting a lot of author friends and I think that makes a successful #questpit

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A SONG OF SILVER & SCARLET 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast 💜 Gay panic 👀 Plot twists for days ❤️ Just kiss already! 👑 Queendoms & goddesses 💥 Smash the patriarchy 🥀 Romeo & Juliet retelling 🦊 Czech folklore inspo #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #LGBTQ

The Faith would SACRIFICE her, the zealots would WORSHIP her, the apostates would WEAPONIZE her, and the Darkness would REMAKE her in his own image. #A #DF #F #Q #Questpit #QueryingSoon

HOUSE OF THE DRAGON x Adult ATLA 🩸 A high priestess... or blood witch. Depends on who you ask. ❤️‍🔥 A disabled rebel king w/ many bones to pick. ♾️ Dubiously consenting soulmates. 🌠 Azula-meets-Jinx villain. And she rides a dragon. ⚫ This teaser is playful, but HEARTBINDER isn't. #A #F #questpit #W

Xmas Eve. Santa kidnapped. N Pole under alien occupation. All elves held hostage except timid, black nerd elf Elfin. He has less than 24 hours to free the elves & save Santa/Xmas before the aliens can use Santa’s magic & tech to take over the Earth. #WhoBetrayedSanta #QuestPit #MG #SF #OV #POC #Q🎅🏿👽

I'll take you on as a client without you having even 5% of my fee. You don't have to wait to save it up either. Custom payment plans are how I advocate for authors who (like so many of us!) are not independently wealthy or even financially stable.

When you see a post by an editor (or illustrator, cover designer, audiobook narrator, etc.) share these with your fellow scribes. Even if you aren't looking to hire right now, you never know who might be. Sharing helps authors and the professional whose post you're spreading. It's a win-win!

One reason it can be difficult to get the success you're looking for as an author is that things change, sometimes too fast for you to keep up.

I once heard a white person say that they read two bestselling novels with similar plots (they acknowledged the stories were about 90% identical) and "couldn't get into" the one written by a BIPOC female but "loved" the one written by a white man.

"When you talk to the boy, try not to let your pride speak louder than your heart." Airborne (Sinful Nights & Neon Lights, Book 1) by Quinn Cameron ( @cquinnwrite.bsky.social ), amzn.to/4sLThdA

When you ask me to help you outline your next project, understand that outlines are merely plans, not ultimatums, so they may (and likely will!) change as your manuscript develops.

Writers, remember that trad pub and indie pub are two different animals. I see the publication timeline frustrate people the most. They see their indie friends knock out multiple books per year and want to do the same thing as a trad author.

She is named Daal. He is named Larry. He knows how Rohta is creating diverse chimeras. Daal has rohypnol®. A night together changes everything for the chimeras. It turns their dreams into plans. gen-O-pod(™) Wars. The sexiest, most violent Armageddon you’ve ever seen. Fall 2026 on AzothKhem.com

Need an editor? As you're putting requests in with the Editorial Freelancers Association or other professional organizations, one way to help you choose between two strong candidates is to look at their reading history.

I'd love to see trolls who criticize & ridicule poor authors for using free and/or cheaper strategies to get their art out into the world step up and offer to foot the bill instead of whining from the sidelines about somebody else's product quality.

Join us! sistersincrime-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

There are many differences between hiring seasoned editors for your book and letting your critique group read samples from it. One of these is the difference between reading experiences.

Last I checked, "supportive" and "sycophantic" are not synonyms.

Went to bed at 8:30 p.m., woke up this morning at 11:00 a.m. This is what conferences do to me! 😃 #ASPC26

How do you get to "The End" by the end of the year? @writersworkout.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfyB...

A student in one of my classes once asked how they get other people in their household to take their writing time seriously. I believe this sort of change starts with YOU taking it seriously.

Writers like me know that coming up with ideas is the easy part. Herding those creative cats is the struggle! 😺

When I'm working with an author during developmental edits, it's always clear to me when they have not done any character development planning because their MC does whatever the author wants them to in a given scene instead of what a 4-D entity would do based on who they are at their core.

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Listening to the 17th chapter of Mississippi Gothic while deep-cleaning my keyboard = marvelous multitasking! :D @authoreanoble.bsky.social

Hot or cold, no better way to make a buck than war. — #Cyberpunk2077 ( #PhantomLiberty ) by @cdprojektred.com | amzn.to/4qGZpTl

Are you joining me? atlantaselfpublishingconference.com getbookhelp.com/contests conference.awpwriter.org @awpwriter.org @atlantawritersclub.bsky.social #WritingEvents #AuthorLife #AWPConference #ASPC26 #FirstThousandWordsContest

It's February. Have you made a month's worth of progress so far this year? Why (not)? What are you changing / continuing this month?

Almost every time I see a writer has been scammed, it's after they've encountered one of these red flags & proceeded anyway. If people just heeded the first one on the list, 90% of scams would vanish from their lives! Read the #ASPC26 digital event program at wecanpub.com/aspc

As I'm deep into my self-revisions, coming across this made me giggle! :D #RomanceBooks “You don’t look very masterly like this.” “You mean like a victim of abduction?” “I mean…laid out like a buffet.”

Coming in hot! 😁 After going an entire year without publishing a single book (of my own), I'm ridiculously excited to get back in the saddle. ♥♥♥ teneshalcurtis.com/outfic26 The self-help version is right behind this one!

Looking for a new fantasy series to start? #FoundFamily #MagicWithin #Espionage medium.com/kaonyx/book-... @brandonsanderson.com

“I don’t feel forced. I feel obligated.” “What’s the difference?” “Respect.” —On Midnight Shores by @julieolivia.bsky.social amzn.to/45e2DFM #RomanceBooks

Hard to live in a dream if you keep trying to wake everybody up. —The Fabled Earth by @kimberlybrock.bsky.social amzn.to/45dIjoc #BookRecs #HistoricalFiction #WomensFiction

“How dare I embrace what I was and wasn't, and build myself? I am my own Allah.” Noor by Nnedi Okorafor, amzn.to/49xZPVs #SciFiBooks

A meet-cute 10 years in the making. A love that grew through ink and admiration. A story that sizzles and satisfies. amzn.to/4jDHHhB #RomanceBooks #LoveStory

What's your first move if your celebrity author crush starts flirting with you? amzn.to/3wFMhHO #RomanceBook #FaceAsChair #BookishCouple

The compliment is the fact that you think I have the bandwidth to give a shit. 🥰#Flattered

You already are everything that you need to be. —The Retiree’s Guide to Demon Hunting by Aaron S. Bentzel, amzn.to/48YnkqB

What's also hilarious about the "pay us to come present at our conference" scammers is that I am not only an introvert, but a die-hard homebody. My default is, "Nah, I'll just say home."