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- @authorsmojo.bsky.social lists 7 self-editing steps to hone your ms after that first draft is complete. (I’d recommend doing #3 after #6.) authorsmojo.com/self-editing... #amwriting #writer #writingresources #writingcommunity #writingtips #writertok #writingabook #publishing #writesky #amquerying
- Book Broker — An interview with literary agent Dana Newman "Be persistent yet polite, and don't get discouraged by rejection — it's an inherent part of the process" darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/b... #amquerying #mswl
- Just got a query manager update informing me an agent who requested a partial has forwarded my manuscript to their colleague. I'm choosing to think of this a positive redirection, not a rejection 😅 my mind loves to skew to the worst, though! #amquerying #writesky #writingcommunity
- Great nuggets of wisdom from @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social on querying and communicating with agents. Also what not to do as a writer! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... #amwriting #writer #writingresources #writingcommunity #writingtips #writertok #writingabook #publishing #writesky #amquerying
- Tarquin is just over two feet tall. He pilfers pens, lives in a gingerbread cottage and loves Steel Maiden concerts. When greedy humans catch him to use as bait, only a fearsome posse of his faerie-folk friends can hope to save him and their magical home. #QuestPit #Q #MG #AD humour #amquerying 💙📚
- After the king banishes Crown Princess Rowena because she's in love with a woman, a witch curses all misogynists, who spontaneously combust and leave the country of Matreolea without a king or government. #Questpit #F #A #LGBTQ #AmQuerying
- There are other ways to get noticed you know! Simply enter one of the TWELVE #IAmWriting #Competitions instead! Enter at iaminprint.co.uk/competitions... by 22 May 12pm BST #writingcompetition #writingcontest #writingaward #querying #amwriting #writingcommunity #amquerying
- RIPLEY x SONG OF ACHILLES Wheelchair-using assassin flees Lagos to London in pursuit of a football player … responsible for his paralysis 💔 friends turned foes ❤️🔥crime of passion 🤎 BIPOC queer ♿️ unlikely assassin 🌶️ steamy thriller #questpit #agentguide #Q #A #T #amquerying #ownvoices
- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting #reading #reader #readingcommunity #readers #read #booktalk #booktok
- I did a dumb. One of the agencies that requested a partial wasn’t on QueryTracker. I made a note. Then missed it during the notification round. So this morning, when they requested a full... Yeah. All I could do was apologize. Still feeling terrible, honestly. #AmQuerying #MistakesWereMade
- I present my #amquerying Adult Fantasy, THE BONDED. ✨Genre blends ✨Sinister secrets & suspense ✨Romantic tension ✨Ideology before blood ✨Brutal familiars #editors & #litagents, ❤️ or DM if interested! Art by the incredibly talented Kael #questpit #agentsguide
- GEORGIE, ALL ALONG x EASY A Lacey wants to forget high school—until Ethan calls in a favor. Now she’s planning their reunion, fake dating & facing truths she’d rather leave behind 🎬 Teen movie vibes for adults *set in the same universe as 📌 post that I #amquerying #questpit #w #WF w/ #R #litagents
- PIXAR’S ‘UP’ X NETTLE AND BONE Prophecies don’t have age limits... So what if the Chosen One was found 60 years late? THE UNLIKELY MALARKEY OF DORRIS AND BERYL has: 🫶 Found family 🧙🏻 Older MCs 🫖 Cosy vibes w. high stakes 🐉 A baby dragon 🌈 LGBTQIA+ rep 📚 Meta-humour #QuestPit #F #A #Q #AmQuerying
- A burnt-out middle school teacher seeks solace for the summer at her family's beach house, where she reconnects with her first love, taking a job at his family’s restaurant and reevaluating her career plans. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #AmQuerying
- PRIORY x ALDO LEOPOLD Vantis only wants to become the world’s first necromancer. Unfortunately, there are a lot of things getting in his way: 🧙🏾 his insurgent brother 💸 his lack of research funding ⚔️ an impending war 🌊 environmental crises #questpit #f #amquerying
- Here's a summary of my four #questpit pitches from today - two for my #amquerying novel and two for my WIP. #Q #W #A #T #S #DF #H bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm... bsky.app/profile/ramm...
- Lisa Jewell meets The Haunting of Hill House in a dual POV and Timeline. #QuestPit #T #H #A #Q #S #amquerying #AgentGuide #AgentsGuide
- I'm starting to agree with the writers who say that any adverb is evidence of a weak verb. Try searching your story for adverbs and changing each one to a stronger verb. #writing #writingcommunity #writer #writers #novel #shortfiction #amquerying #amwriting
- Anxious girls can save the world 😤 For fans of: 🦇 a ball scene in a CAVE 🔥 unapologetically unhinged women 🥀 slowest of burns romance 😉 stealing memories through kissing 🌿 nature-based magic ✨ #QuestPit #YA #F #amquerying
- Sending lots of 🍀 and good vibes for everyone participating in Quest Pit today!!! I can't wait to see all the beautiful mood boards and editor guides 🤩 #amquerying #questpit
- For #QuestPit I'm sharing part of the Agent's Guide for PAINTED FLOWERS NEVER DIE, plus an excerpt from @theblcklst.bsky.social's professional manuscript evaluation, which described the novel as having "strong commercial appeal." I #AmQuerying this book club-ready spec fic w/ romance. #Q #A #S #R
- EVERY SUMMER AFTER x BEG, BORROW, OR STEAL x GILMORE GIRLS A burnt-out middle school teacher flees to her family’s house at the Jersey Shore, where she reconnects with her first love, takes a job in his family’s restaurant, and re-evaluates her priorities. #QuestPit #Q #R #AmQuerying
- #amquerying authors I have received comparatively few YA romcom queries in the past few weeks and I'd love to receive more!
- IN NIGHTFALL x SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS x BUFFY When a vampire and a teen witch kill a high-ranking vamp in self defense, they team up to hide the murder from the slain foe’s vengeful clan—and bonding over the deadly secret just might kindle their offbeat romance. #QuestPit #Q #YA #PR #amquerying
- I'LL GIVE YOU THE SUN X ARRIVAL Five former friends. A meteor crash. Bizarre symptoms. The champion swimmer almost drowns. If they don’t find the meteor and what it wants, someone will be next. And the first proof of life beyond earth might just die here #questpit #Q #YA #S #amquerying
- 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 #NA #F #R #RF #agentsguide #amquerying
- Ex friends Lorena and Oliver end up on the same reality dating show. The plan? Compete in games, share a bed, and fall in love with other people. But it’s harder than they imagined, especially with old feelings simmering below the surface. #questpit #amquerying #Q #A #R
- 🧵 #AmQuerying my fantasy action/adventure!
- Desperate for work, bantering sibling airship couriers stumble into a plot to exterminate non-magics like the FMC, but their usual swashbuckling and quirky schemes won’t be enough. Outwitting their client could cost them everything they care about—even each other #QuestPit #Q #A #F #AgentGuide
- Extraordinary x Vicious (Vicious if it was a slacker comedy) Three university students summoned a demon. Now they gotta take turns being possesed while they figure out how to banish it... Assuming that Kirsten doesn't betray the other two to go full monster psycho. #Q #questpit #YA #H #amquerying
- I love the theme of fantasy creatures living "normal" lives (I even wrote a whole book about it; #amquerying), but I *adore* this guy's absolutely baffled expression:
