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Rowan Brighton Brown

11 days

I just finished major revisions on White Trash Witchcraft as we prepare to go #onsub to #editors , so here's a guide! WTW is queer Appalachian horror set against the backwoods backdrop of motorcycles, methadone, and Mothman.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

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5 days

I don't usually get personal here, but the hurricane took out part of my family's home, trapped my grandparents on their farm with no power or service, and completely wiped off the map the town where I *just* got married. Please don't forget Appalachia when talking about Helene.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

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Anyone got a good word for that little sniff laugh you do when something is only kind of funny? My characters really can't keep "snorting" this much.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

11 days

I just learned that a friend is writing a book in the exact same niche with the exact same twist as me and I literally just sent her all my research and resources. Similar books create readership and a rising tide. They are not your competition, they're your community!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

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I'm safe, my family is safe, but we're mourning.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

8 days

Just got diagnosed with ADHD, kind of out of nowhere! Writers with ADHD + other neurodiversities, what tricks have you found that help your process?

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

Y'all, I recently worked on a query with a writer who had received 27 rejections and no requests. He just emailed me that he already has 3 requests and an R&R!?! Literally could not be more excited for him! (This is not an ad, I only give free critiques + advice on principle!)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I checked this morning and realized finishing that draft meant I'd written 10 books!! Over the years my drafting has gotten so much cleaner and so much faster, so to celebrate I compiled my time-saving and sanity-saving tips for writing a book. (And please add your own too!) 🧵

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

25 days

Update: anyone can now use the form in my bio to request a free query critique! Tell your friends and consider sharing what you know for free! It's the best ways those of us who aren't publishing professionals can increase diversity and accessibility in our #WritingCommunity :)

Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

Y'all, I recently worked on a query with a writer who had received 27 rejections and no requests. He just emailed me that he already has 3 requests and an R&R!?! Literally could not be more excited for him! (This is not an ad, I only give free critiques + advice on principle!)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Reintroductions, I hear? Hey y'all, I'm Rowan! I'm working on some queer Appalachian horror and I'm about to go back home to the Appalachians to finish it at my writer's residency! I write MG + YA and I'm mentoring in a couple programs this year :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

6 days

Here’s how it happened—I was alone, again, crunching through the woods in my black gown while the rest of the graduates celebrated with strip mall hibachi and cash-stuffed cards at the Golden Corral. Dad didn’t show, again, so I set off to find him on my own. #H #YA #1stLinePit

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

A writer sent me an NDA to sign before beta reading something for them. Are we doing that now? (I signed it. No problem with that, just curious.)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I see so many new faces, so let me reintroduce myself! Hey y'all, I'm Rowan! I'm an NB Southern writer working hard on some queer Appalachian horror. (More about it in my bio!) I'm a mentor for SmoochPit and WTMP this year and I do lots of critique and giveaways. Welcome :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

title: White Trash Witchcraft genre: Queer Appalachian Horror setting: The Carolina hills and hollers theme song: I'll Fly Away, Johnny Cash

Debby is ✨ Agented ✨🕯️🌊👻🖤

@deborahyelle2

3 months

title: Ghosts of Evermore genre: gothic fantasy setting: fantasy - Castle Evermore by the Plutonian Sea in the country Nethermoore theme song: The Lighthouse by Halsey age range: young adult comps: House of Salt and Sorrows x A Study in Drowning x Bridgerton

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

Where are my busy writers at? What are you secrets for fitting creativity into your schedule?

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

White Trash Witchcraft Southern inheritances are always dark—whether its a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. Sierra spurns them all, but when her dad disappears, she must chose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PitLight #AmAgented

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

13 days

The secret to not worrying while waiting on agents, or editors, or readers, or whoever, really is just thinking your next book is better than your last and putting your whole heart into it. ❤️‍🔥

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I am not an enemies-to-lovers, rivals-to-lovers kind of guy. Give me friends-to-lovers. Roommates-to-lovers even. Obsessive-childhood-companions-to-lovers even better. There's something unbeatable about that strange transformation of one love to another <3

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

6 days

"I slipped on Mom’s fanciest dress and felt the silk smooth out the wrinkles of the day. Add a smudge of stolen makeup, and I didn’t look anything like myself. Which was perfect. I was going to a wedding, and I loved weddings. Too bad I was never invited." #OS #MG #1stLinePit

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

19 days

I've had some questions, so to clarify, there is truly no catch to the free critique. There is no way to pay me, nothing to subscribe to, and currently no books to buy. (I'm working on this one lol) This really is just old-fashioned community-building that I hope you'll pass on.

Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

25 days

Update: anyone can now use the form in my bio to request a free query critique! Tell your friends and consider sharing what you know for free! It's the best ways those of us who aren't publishing professionals can increase diversity and accessibility in our #WritingCommunity :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

6 months

Oh, and hi to all my new followers! 👋 I'm Rowan, a queer, nb writer from SC. I have a medical day job and a middle grade Shakespeare retelling on sub right now! I'm still learning this whole X thing and I'm always looking for new writer friends :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

23 days

Hey, I know sometimes it looks like everyone is getting requests and offers, but the vast majority of people who sent me queries haven't received any. If you're still waiting for good news, just know you're in good company. (And maybe send your query and I'll see what I can do!)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

5 days

@RoannaFlowers Thank you! They're incredibly self-sufficient and last I heard managed to clear a route big enough for a golf cart or ATV to get through in case of emergency. My grandma's a wiz with a chainsaw :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

What resources helped you level up your writing or publishing craft? Story Genius changed the way I outline, Alexa Donne's videos taught me to query, and Turning To Story is helping me build a writing life that's fulfilling and productive. I'm looking for the next one now...

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Would y'all be interested in a thread where I post a bunch of Twitter/X pitches that worked, explained their most successful elements, and showed how to implement them? (And would you let me use your pitches? 🥺)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

18 days

I wrote five books, finished two of them, then applied to a dozen mentorship programs and hundreds of agents with no luck for years. Then I wrote a book in a month, it immediately won a mentorship, and one month later I had multiple offers of rep! It's all about persistence.

Amalie/A. R. Frederiksen

@ARFrederiksen

18 days

Okay, I'm not done thinking about this, so... I really wish we’d talk less about authors finding success with their first books and more about authors finding success with later books. It’s honestly very common. The discourse around this can be so misleading and discouraging…

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Today's the day y'all. The book has been seen by thirty beta readers, edited by my agent, and rewritten about six times. I'm incredibly proud of how far it's come and confident in the craft. So why am I still so nervous about sending it to my wife? 🥺

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

14 days

The writer // a random line from the WIP

Taylor Epperson

@tay_epperson

14 days

the writer // a random line from the WIP ✨✨✨✨

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

What's that one weird thing that ends up in everything you write without meaning to? (Mine's an anti-chosen one arc where they reject the path for one reason or another🤷)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

New faces mean new intros! Hey, I'm Rowan! I write MG and YA and spend a lot of time on here giving free advice and critique (more on that soon!) I have a sweet MG Shakespeare retelling on sub now and I'm working to finish some queer Appalachian horror! Thanks for being here!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Yeah, writing a main character that shares an identity with you is cool, but writing a *love interest* that shares your identitiy is, quite frankly, lifechanging

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

Thank you for 3K!! It has been lovely to get to know so many of you and to hear about your writing! Hopefully I'll get to read even more with this and future giveaways! Even if you don't need critique today, feel free to introduce yourself and let me know what you're working on!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

What's your YA hot take? Mine is that saying "she swore" or "he made a rude gesture" puts too much distance between the reader and the narrator. Saying "flipped off" or "fuck" is better craft.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Yeah, it's about mothman. No, not that mothman. (She's gay and she's evil.) #unhingedpit #ya #h #wip #ag #lgbt

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Alright, we're doing it. Send me your favorite pitches, your friends pitches, and your own pitches that worked.* I'll pick some and explain why! I'm also toying with starting a little event just for writers to get their pitches critiqued. #PitLearn perhaps? What do you think?

Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Would y'all be interested in a thread where I post a bunch of Twitter/X pitches that worked, explained their most successful elements, and showed how to implement them? (And would you let me use your pitches? 🥺)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

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@belleofva My people are taken care of! I'm not sure how the community will rebuild just yet, but keep us in your thoughts.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

I made it, y'all. The draft is done.

Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

I'm telling myself if I finish my draft today I can hike to the fire tower to read and watch the sunset.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I'm having an all around negative writing day, so drop your pitch/moodboard/description/hook for your story and I'll point out its genuine strengths and tell you everything I love about the project. (And maybe you could return the favor for the other writers in the comments?)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

Convincing you to read my queer Appalachian Horror, White Trash Witchcraft, based solely on unhinged beta comments. #YA #OWN #LGBT #AG #UnhingedPit

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

That reply got bigger than I expected and I have folks coming in unsure, so I'll say it again--I'm happy to critique queries! No charge, just honest feedback and the belief that you shouldn't have to pay to publish but you should always pay it forward to your community.

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@RowanBrightonB

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Reminder that sorting by "latest" in events like #UnhingedPit is a great way to meet people and bring newer and lower-followed writers into our #WritingCommunity circles!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I know I literally just did a 1K giveaway, but I hit 2K (thank you!!) and I'm about to get busy with grad school, so I want to give back while I can! Retweet and drop your pitch for a chance to win a submission package or first three chapter critique! I'll choose 2 for 2K :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

30 days

I got my first ever offer of rep directly because of #PitchMe ! Krista's advice is fantastic and I made so many friends and critique partners from participating! All of you should submit!

Krista Van Dolzer

@KristaVanDolzer

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#PitchMe submission windows open TOMORROW at 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. EDT! Get all the information here: @TaraShiroff @melissa_trempe #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #mswl

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

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What does your WIP sound like? 🦷I'll Fly Away, Johnny Cash 🦷Strangers, Ethel Cain 🦷Poison, Stick and Poke 🦷Witches Wrath, Bridge City Sinners 🦷Painkillers, Rainbow Kitten Surprise

Lilly Lockwood is writing Broken Bells 🔥 🔔

@voicesofvalhoon

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What does your WIP sound like? 🔔 Broken Bells by Greta Van Fleet 🔥 Not Strong Enough by Boygenius 🔔 Boreas by The Oh Hellos 🔥 Eat Your Young by Hozier 🔔 Inkpot Gods by The Amazing Devils 🔥 Meet Me In The Woods by Lord Huron

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@RowanBrightonB

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White Trash Witchcraft, y'all. It's about motorcycles, methadone, and mothman. (No, not that Mothman. She's gay and she's evil.) #PitchLight #AmAgented

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

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Y'all, the main character going from struggling with the love interest's pronouns to angrily correcting the villain when they misgender them during the final showdown goes so hard.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Y'all, I spoke too soon! I will be a Write Team mentor AND a #SmoochPit mentor!!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Was this post inspired by the fact that my wife and I grew up around each other, got fake married with paper rings as kids, were voted both best gal pals and cutest couple as seniors, then got real married basically the second we could? No. So nobody tell her I wrote this.

Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I am not an enemies-to-lovers, rivals-to-lovers kind of guy. Give me friends-to-lovers. Roommates-to-lovers even. Obsessive-childhood-companions-to-lovers even better. There's something unbeatable about that strange transformation of one love to another <3

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

My book is out with 30(!!!) amazing beta readers who have already helped so much! I have been exchanging stories and participating in workshops for many years, and I have some extra time while they edit, so I wanted to make a guide on how I get the most from my readers!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

In Shakespeare, if a story doesn't end in a wedding, it's a tragedy. So what do those plays mean to queer theater kids in the days before the 🏳️‍🌈 Supreme Court decision? 🎭 MG Twelfth Night Retelling 🌈Even gayer this time 👀 💍Lots of wedding crashing! #PitLight #AmAgented

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

Yeah, it's about mothman. No, not that mothman. (She's gay and she's evil.) #YA #OWN #LGBT #AG #Editors

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

12 days

I came to commercial fiction from the more highbrow literary world, and I take such incredible joy in learning mass appeal, and commercialism, and guilty pleasures, and all those delicious things. There's real skill involved and I think it's so short-sighted to put them down.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

6 months

💉White Trash Witchcraft🦴 Southern inheritances are always dark—whether its a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. But when Sierra’s dad disappears, she must chose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PitLight #LookingForCPs #amagented

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@RowanBrightonB

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@CarrieMoonbeams That photo is Chimney Rock NC, and yeah, you can see by the mountains in the background that it's the same spot. Otherwise, it's just unrecognizable

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

One of my favorite things about staying in community with querying writers is the sheer number of celebratory posts on my feed! Y'all are killing it!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I feel like I've seen a lot of teen writer hate this week? As someone who was a Teen Writer™ until fairly recently, I want to say my page is always a safe and encouraging space for young folks looking to write, learn, or publish. Y'all deserve to be here <3

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

7 months

My Twelfth Night retelling about first crushes in the time of Obergafell v. Hodges, and Shakespeare plays being tragedies unless they end in marriage, and crashing weddings to feel closer to the untouchable idea of lasting queer love, is out in the world! Editors, hit us up ;)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

The Writer // The Writing

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Hey, lurking writer friends--I never thought I'd be one to share my work online, but I decided to push myself with this book and has it been worth it in so many strange and amazing ways! If you're looking for your sign to share your work here, this is it :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

I know some people were unhappy they missed it last time, so this is my pre-announcement that I will be doing another query, submission package, or first pages critique when I hit 3K! Tell your friends!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

@evakliiim I'm not an agent, but I spend a lot of time reviewing people's queries for precisely this kind of thing. Feel free to send your sub package my way. (No charge, no catch, just old fashioned community building.)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Y'all, I am sitting in a graveyard at sunset because the little white church had the best views, and this thing came running at me from the woods, so I said "hey puppy, come here!" and it did not because it was fully a red fox and I would be the first one killed in a horror movie

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

1 month

For #UnhingedPit , may I I submit my credentials for writing a book about gay theater kids dressing up to crash weddings? (Pictured below: Me, gay and dressed as a high-femme cowboy at one of the many weddings I attended without an invitation. Sorry Taylor and TJ. ) #MG #LGBT #AG

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

@gilliangracee Hey, make sure this gets shared through the proper whisper networks so that other authors know to avoid! Writer Beware and messaging Alanna or Alexa on r/PubTips is a great way to start. This sucks, I'm sorry it happened to you :(

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

A reminder for all my published, agented, and querying friends just in time for #SmallPitch --any one path to publishing isn't inherently better than the others and we all benefit when we lift up aspiring and current authors from paths that are different our own :)

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@RowanBrightonB

5 months

Sierra Branham loves her family and dreads becoming them. She's determined not to inherit their backwards ways, blood soaked farm, or ancient Appalachian magic. But when her father disappears, that determination turns deadly. #MeetMyMCs

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

6 months

After all the love for White Trash Witchcraft yesterday, I thought today might be a good day to announce I got a grant to finish it! I'm heading back to the mountains where I grew up to write, and research, and potentially metamorphosize into an anthropomorphic moth.

Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

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💉White Trash Witchcraft🦴 Southern inheritances are always dark—whether its a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. But when Sierra’s dad disappears, she must chose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PitLight #LookingForCPs #amagented

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

As promised, here is my wordcount spreadsheet! It calculates daily words and graphs them against multiple wordcount goals with the option to take daily notes and plot your book against two of my favorite beat sheets!

Word Count, Goals, and Beats from @RowanBrightonB .

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Whenever I mention my timeline in writing, be that a day, a phase of the moon, or a time of the month, I write "TIMING". This allows me to Ctrl F it during the revision stages when I inevitably change things around, and I don't have to stop the flow of writing to check accuracy.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

The time for White Trash Witchcraft is coming, y'all, I feel it. Yeah, it's got cold nights and dark woods, but it also has methadone clinics, and kudzu-covered trailer parks, and folk punk queers, and a magic just as dark as the systems of poverty and racism it was born of

Elizabeth Kilcoyne

@eakilcoyne

3 months

Appalachian gothic, yes, but there’s gotta be some good old fashioned redneck fun to it or it falls a little flat for me. Toss a couple of beers back while the little white church is burning, you know?

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Rowan Brighton Brown

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I know we aren't really a video app, but a lot of my storytelling from my rural Appalachian residency makes the most sense in this format. Even my "what I eat in a day" videos ended up being so complex and cultural! (Also drop your @ if you wanna be video friends somewhere else!)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Why did I write a book where my characters know gun things, and motorcycle things, and drug things that I know nothing about. Getting this language right is harder than trying to learn enough about horses to write that brand of fantasy, and I swore I'd never do that again!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

5 months

Does anyone else feel...bad after finishing a first draft? I had a rough time writing "the end" today and it was the same with my last book. I'm sure I'm supposed to feel proud or excited or something, but I guess that takes time?

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Hey, that's me! You can find my full MSWL on their website and I'll be putting up some more specifics on my socials in a few days!

Write Team Mentorship Program

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Rowan Brighton Brown

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What does your WIP sound like? (Soundtrack for gay girls crashing weddings in 2015!) 💘 December 1963 (Oh What A Night) 💘 I Kissed a Girl 💘 Take Me To Church 💘 I Know A Place 💘Girls Chase Boys

chloe | c.m. briary

@cmbriary

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what does your wip sound like? • blasphemous rumors by depeche mode • girls by the dare • government hooker by lady gaga • jigsaw falling into place by radiohead • me and your mama by childish gambino • teddy picker by the arctic monkeys

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

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If you're on the fence because you think your book isn't good enough, or you aren't a perfect fit, or your concept is too "out there," or any of the other million reasons to self reject, this is your sign to submit anyway! Us mentors are way less scary than the voice in your head

SmoochPit #lovepit

@smoochpit

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JUST IN💌: APPLICATIONS ARE NOW LIVE! 🎉🎉 Go through the mentee expectations page first before submitting your application: AND TO KICK OFF APPLICATION WEEK, we have a #SPPromptParty 😛 Tell us what you hope to learn from a mentor! 💗💗

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Hey, if you offered to beta read my book and then ghosted me, we're good! Life gets in the way and I completely understand! I've gotten plenty of feedback and have no hard feelings :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Hey, I'm looking for beta readers! If you're interested, shoot me a DM, let's talk! 🧵

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

I'm writing a book in *real* Southern vernacular that rejects that old charicature you've seen everywhere, and I've realized that the vocabulary that voice often leaves out is the unique, longer words. I've only ever heard "veritable," and "perspicacious," back home.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

4 months

No #QueerPit or #QuestPit for me this go around, but I'm always happy to workshop pitches and show support! Let me know what you're pitching and I'll keep an eye out!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

My editing software keeps trying to give my nonbinary character multiple heads and hearts. Grammarly, you'll rue the day you face the queer many-limbed and multi-faced creatures you created.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

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@HellnKiller They got some help and cleared a way that's big enough for a golf cart or ATV in case of emergency! They're both foresters and farmers and pretty self sufficient even in their eighties!

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

As far as Twitter/X pitches go, I've had agent likes across three books, editor and publisher likes across two, and an offer of rep on one! With #PitLight and the @writeteammentor deadline coming up, I figured it was time I did a how to pitch guide! (Including free resources!)🧵

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Oh my god, it feels like a book. Like, it's starting to feel like an actual book! I've literally done this ten times before, but this stage still makes me want to simultaneously scream and pass out.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

For every book I keep a "Darlings Doc" where I paste the darlings that I cut from the book. That way, I can get back some words I lost if I decide I needed them, and I can go dumpster diving for language and metaphors whenever I'm stumped.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

The fact that I've never seen most of the Southern vernacular I've included in my book written down is really making spell-checking tough. Curse our beautiful and bizarre oral tradition. (This post is brought to you specifically by jon boats and catbrier.)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

My beta readers' favorite character by a long shot seemed to be the love interest of my story. So here's a little introduction to Blight--they're the best.

Leta R. Patton 🥀👑

@ehsleeta

2 months

It's day two of #AllYouCanWriteAugust , which means it's time to talk about your MC(s)! Feel free to introduce them to us any way you'd like! Simple introductions, snippets, moodboards, etc. are all welcome.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

Y'all I was selected to be a mentor for @writeteammentor !! I'm so excited! I got my first ever offer from a program like this and I cannot wait to give back!! Y'all aren't ready for this team I'm about to build.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

There's something really invigorating about beta reader comments that say "I liked this element, but I wanted it to be better." Like, yeah, you're right. It is cool enough to deserve more! It does merit that extra little push of revision.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

I have a "Chapters" document where I keep a short summary of each chapter so that when I'm thinking, "damn, what chapter was it where they explore the abandoned mall?" I can refer to it quickly instead of endlessly scrolling.

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

🪦White Trash Witchcraft💉 Southern inheritances are always dark—whether its a penchant for pills, a blood-soaked family farm, or an ancient magic. But when Sierra’s dad disappears, she must chose which monsters to slay, and which to become. #PitLight #AmAgented

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

3 months

I know it's not much, but I'm so thankful for 1K I wanted to do a little giveaway! If you're interested in having your first three chapters or submission package (query + synopsis + opening pages) critiqued by me, check below for the rules 👇

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

4 months

Wrote something so gross it made me feel ill and I deleted it. It took me way too long to remember I'm writing horror and that's the whole point! (I put it back and made it worse.)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

Hey, the @writeteammentor application closes 8/11 and if you're on the fence, or feel like you don't have time, or worry that your book isn't ready, or think your story isn't worth it, I'm here to say SUBMIT ANYWAY! Those voices in your head are way scarier than us mentors :)

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Rowan Brighton Brown

@RowanBrightonB

2 months

My usual writing space is during lunch rush in a hospital cafeteria or on the train, if I'm being honest... But I did just come home from an absolutely gorgeous residency in the Appalachians where I had the desk of my dreams!

Write Team Mentorship Program

@writeteammentor

2 months

DAY 2 Let’s goooooooooo

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