🌊 An Incan girl sacrificed to the sun in 1452 A.D.
🌊 A modern teenage boy from South Philly with a secret.
🌊 An immortal woman on the run from the gods for 3,000 years.
When the end of an Age threatens, these three will discover that only love is BOUNDLESS.
#amquerying
Wow! 10 followers to 2,000! I’ve been having such a blast talking writing, editing, querying, and publishing with all you fine folks! You guys are saving all my real life relationships with everyone who doesn’t want to hear me go on and on about the book! 😂
#writerscommunity
I’m not participating in
#JoyPit
(my WIP involves things like human sacrifices, wandering spirits in love with immortals, and gods seeking vengeance for millennia old murders…to start. 😅) but retweeting and commenting when I see them! Good luck everyone!
#writingcommunity
One of my Beta readers is significantly younger than I am, and pulled a line that he called bars, then another for back to back bars. I had to look this up, because I am an old, but it was highly complimentary, AND I learned a new term that I don’t want to admit is new to me. 😂
I really love this community. Had some kind words from an agent who has no reason to encourage anyone not on their list, but so many of them do. There’s a level of such genuine love for the craft and for stories that goes beyond who’s querying or repping who, which is so cool. ❤️
My
#unhingedpit
:
If fans of PERCY JACKSON grew up and wanted a series where all gods are real, & they spend their time hooking up, or plotting revenge ala GAME OF THRONES, I’ve got 2 books so far. MC is an Incan ghost, comp THE LITTLE MERMAID, in love with her living BFF.
#NA
#Q
I hit 1500 followers today, and have already learned so much about best practices, processes, editing, querying, and the publishing industry from everyone here. Every story is one more in the river of the human story, and they’re all important. Let’s go, team!
#writing
❤️
Another vicious, unforgiving editing pass through has landed me at 120,606 words! Was trying to get under 120K, but this is better than 129K. Next to be ripped to shreds? Query letter and synopsis. Let’s goooooo. 😅❤️
An Incan girl sacrificed to the sun in 1452 A.D.
A modern teenage boy from South Philly with a secret.
An immortal woman on the run from the gods for 3,000 years.
When the end of an Age threatens, these three will discover that only love is Boundless.
#KidLitPitch
#YA
That moment when you just wake up and start playing on X, follow another writer who seems interesting, and wonder why their posts are filling your feed, but keep liking cool ones. Because you accidentally went to their profile. 😂
This poor girl is going to be like:
@kg4mxv
@HeidiBriones
This is lovely. Change will come when everyone agrees that relationship masculinity is healthiest couched in kindness and partnership, not domination or cruelty. Thirty five years of partnership and growth is sexy. Not the 35 year old stack of red flags with feet in the op. 😬
Hi
#WritingCommmunity
! I’m Brenna. I’m a second-generation part Filipina with an invisible disability, & I live near Philly! I’m writing an upper YA/NA crossover speculative romance series that integrates multiple world mythologies with actual historical events & mysteries. ❤️
@kalliasdemarco
My grandmother was Filipino, and I’m 3 quarters white, so I look white, and I wondered if this was a case of someone else with blue eyes who grew up with an Asian side of the family. Nope, that profile pic is deliberately misleading. 😕
Looking forward to
#questpit
! I’m working that day, so I’ll probably just do what I did for
#kidlit
and add support for all my friends in the trenches I see, and add support to new writers I see with interesting ideas. Good luck to all! ❤️
I always feel like I’m annoying when I talk writing in my “real” life because I’ve been at it for years, but more for pleasure than profit. I don’t get paid to sing in the shower, either. It’s just fun.
I love talking about it with people here.
#writersliftingwriters
#WIP
I’ve somehow offended the gods of X, and had a content label placed on my account. The only thing I can think of is actively seeking out authors, agents and publishers to follow, and…talking about writing. A lot. 😅
I’m sorry for talking too much! 😂
#amquerying
#amwriting
I planned to write 20K on my current WIP in the month of June, but spent time with some editing posts & blogs on here, & peeled almost 9K off by going line by line 3 times. Reworked my query letter (again, reading blogs & guides), & in July, I
#amquerying
!
#WritingCommmunity
@keiths_pencil
@BeauDemayo
I disagree. I’m a cishet woman, but I loved the unique conflict of a shapeshifter’s unrequited love. Giving Logan what he wanted to hear most to help him keep fighting, while knowing it wasn’t them? Wrenching…and it tells us more about who Morph is as a person beyond the snark.
@BeauDemayo
One of the standout heart-wrenching scenes in a show full of beautifully emotive scenes. Anyone who’s ever had an unrequited love—and to see him hurt so badly—knows you would do anything for them, even break your own heart to keep them alive. Gorgeous story telling. ❤️❤️❤️
A beautiful Sunday morning with a cup of coffee & a slice of berry pie, & then off to the WIP. I try for at least a 1,000 words every day, & as many as I can get on days off. I worked 6 days last week, so this month has been on the low end for me. *cracks knuckles*
#writing
I may never be published. My books may be too weird, too long, and not trendy. But I know that every word will be mine. I HATE AI.
#writercommunity
#writers
🤨❤️
My practice getting my Tweets to fit is coming in handy as I'm trying another editing pass without cutting any store beats. This is the hardest on yet, and every cut is one or two words at a time. Tiny chips and polish, but I WILL get this thing under 115K if it kills me. 😅
Everyone keeps talking about losing followers, but I’ve gained a few overnight. Maybe it’s bots being purged? Anytime I find one, or I get a form dm (always the same!), I get rid of them. 🤨
They’re like Twitter fleas, and no one’s got time for it!
I’m spending a lot more time on here again, and I’m finding the key to building my platform seems to be just being kind. Life is short, and art is long, but kindness is what builds the belief needed for creation. I believe in you guys. Let’s all write. ❤️
#writing
A thought…there are so many agents looking for work outside the neurotypical, but what if your disease has caused so much harm, it’s so hard to celebrate it. But then, its tangential connections can be a gift. I hate it, and hate the idea that it could be an advantage.
#bipolar
A few rejections this week, but still a solid number open. Just one yes (well, one until the next round of submissions and rejections), but I’m ready to roll! 😂
Each rejection is a log on the fire, right?
#writerscommunity
#amquerying
#writerslift
❤️
#TrumpPressConference
What the unadulterated and unabridged fuck is this man rambling NOW? He has his own dementia porn soundtrack playing 24 hours a damn day, rattling the coke shredded Swiss cheese he calls a brain. Answer the damn question!
The bonus of all this querying is reading agent
#MSWL
posts, and seeing the same books over and over that I haven’t read. YOINK! As soon as I finish THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY, I’m heading into CEMETERY BOYS. 🥰❤️
@C_H_Armstrong
I understand why agents can’t always give feedback because of insane workload, but why would any writer BADMOUTH a gift like that? We’re all feeling around in the dark, & for a pro to shed a little free light is fantastic. People whining about this ruin it for the rest of us. 😕
@ckinginator
I just started poking around again not too long ago, and I’ve already seen a lot of useful editing and querying tips. There’s a glut of weird AI bots, but the real people are still giving good and interesting info.
Editing, editing, editing...I remember at one point the word count on this thing was close to 170K.
I'm happy for every little chip I can knock off at this point. 😅
“So long as the sea shall sound, so shall you walk this world,” Poseidon intoned, pressing two fiery fingers to my heart. “So long as waters change, so shall you. As the sea is unchanging, so shall you be. Your fate will be my fate, until the end of all things.”
#snippet
#YA
#unhingedpit
was so much fun! Between work, laziness, and bar trivia (we won!), I didn’t make any mood board, but this might be my favorite pitch event yet! Congrats, everyone!
@Iris_Clouds
Keep writing. Write something new. Edit something old. Querying feels like the lottery, but the crafting is its own appeal. I’d love to make money at it, but I don’t need to to keep it up. I have a job. Writing is me time. 😅
@Das_Not_Gooddd
Hire a financial planner, and get it somewhere with high interest/dividends to start making it work for me, and then, once the engine is rolling, start creating trusts for friends’ children and philanthropic pursuits. Self publish with loads of marketing. 😂
@questpit
It’s an amalgam of multiple ideas: the 2 main ones were: What if a Greek mythological monster couldn’t die, but could change her shape…what would she be doing now? And, if an ancient ghost woke up in the modern world because of an archaeological dig, what would she think? /1
No agent likes so far from today’s
#KidLitPit
, but a lot of great support, great feedback from peers, and almost 100 new followers to network with! Plus, I read a ton of great pitches. Really loving the
#writing
family on here! ❤️
Great job, everyone!!
@sandywaterfalls
The idea that, "Medusa did nothing wrong," except, the gods created a monster even they can't kill or imprison, and she fought back. 3500 years later, she's still on the run and drinking martinis on Friday nights in the modern world.
@mermaidwrites
Anytime I read a horrific situation that happened to real people, and I get that “nobody thinks things like this can happen, and then it does” feeling. Nora Okja Keller’s “Comfort Woman,” or Tananarive Due’s “The Reformatory” both scared the hell out of me.
I had a new hire tell me yesterday that she loves my hair because, and I quote, “There’s just a lot going on.”
Probably the best description of it I’ve ever heard. 😂😂😂
As for my Immortal title character/object of the quest—
THE BOUNDLESS:
🌊 Loves Friday night martinis w/ friends
🌊 Tries French fusion cooking w/ mixed results
🌊 Understands you can’t use just a touch of infinite power
🌊 Will make you question what makes a monster
#amquerying
@Adri_Writer
Querying first book in a series, 75K into a sequel. Historical speculative with a tandem narrative between Ancient Mycenae and modern America.
I have a good friend who is a voracious reader, and I asked him beta read for me, and every message he’s sent me since is all caps. 😂
Feel like that’s a good sign! ❤️
#amediting
#amwriting
#amquerying
Listening to Madeline Miller’s THE SONG OF ACHILLES in audio, laying in the sun on a perfect day (80 degrees and sunny with a breeze) and feeling my blood pressure calm and my heart break for two boys in love at the walls of Troy. 😭
@AlyssaMatesic
I think of it as armor. Each one wraps me a little tighter and makes me stronger. From what I read, getting an agent is only the beginning. 😅
I’m loving everything I learn here, and am inspired by all the stories and hopes here! I’m also realizing my books are HELLA complicated comparatively. *draws more Venn diagrams connecting Greco-Roman, Incan and Vaudun pantheons across more than 3000 years for fun*
#amquerying
@MemoirJoyGirl
I’ve been having so much fun connecting with people in the
#writingcommunity
. Hello! We’re all out here, slinging words into the void together. Not everyone’s a porn bot! 😅
Been following more
#Bridgerton
fans, and interested to see how things go with the next season. I feel like Benedict is due to have Sophie rock his world soon. 😅❤️
I’m loving how interconnected the writing world seems to be on here. No matter how competitive, there seem to be so many people out there supporting each other. It’s really heartening.
#amwriting
#amquerying
@hallejwrites
I’ve had that happen. I get so many ideas, and just bop from WIP to WIP like a coffee-fueled butterfly with a corporate day job.
I’m never blocked. More often, I have writer’s fire hose and no damn time. 😂
@Maria_Tureaud
My mind immediately goes to: “What if the Grey Lady is super excited to finally have tenants, and only starts really haunting if she doesn’t agree with their design choices? Shades of blue, grey, white and black mysteriously are untouched, but anything in warm tones is broken.”
When the ghost of an ancient Incan girl and the modern surfer boy whose house she haunts realize her soul is fading, they must seek a powerful immortal known as the Boundless to save one soul from oblivion, and two hearts from losing a love beyond time or death.
#LCSLITPITCH24
@BeauDemayo
Adam Kubert pencils, Larry Hama writing. Illyana was my favorite character in NM, and she’s just died of the Legacy Virus. That point where she’s an angel and pushes Logan back toward life.
#IYKYK
.
@roninmercllc
@LZats
This has been my concern with comps! I understand the need to be on trend, but at the same time, stories and tropes almost always have a timelessness if you distill it down. We’re all talking about a stranger coming to town, or a quest—stories are old, and voices are new. ❤️
@em_templin1
There’s only so far you can get in conversation w/non-writers about things like your favorite verbs. Or favorite subversive tropes. Or how best to pace a denouement. We all have the same consuming love, & this is a great place to sneak out & talk gerunds. 😂
#writerproblems
@CasieBazay
Anyone watching me drive my 45 minute commute probably thinks I’m insane. I talk myself through plot problems or test out dialogue for an hour and a half every day. 😅
🇵🇷Irene's Summer Plan:
🧓🏾Visit Abuelo, but guess what he's evil
🌀Stumble into a new world via a portal
🏝️Learn Taíno gods are real
🌟Unlock star magic
🦜Wake Slumbering Parents
👻Purify a spirit
💎Destroy a medallion
🕷️Stop a power hungry chieftain
#UnhingedPit
#MG
#F
#Own
@DaisneyWrites
But it happens 10 years before all the other action, which all takes place in a few days after an inciting event, so it doesn’t feel like it should a chapter. 🤔
Definitely rethinking a lot of things (not in a giving up sort of way) in a “my comps are way too old, and all of them are adult” way. I knew I was blending upper YA with New Adult, but wondering if I shouldn’t just lean fully NA, and let them all be as sexy as they want to be.
@demimschwartz
had a fantastic editing thread that has me back at my manuscript, scrubbing away at filters and redundancies. Since I’m already uneasy about my word count (126K), I think I’m moving away from querying and back to editing. The
#WritingCommmunity
is a huge help! ❤️
@faultyharb
Querying 120K, writing its sequel at 75K so far, and I’m only about halfway through. 😅
This rough thing is going to need some editing by the time I’m through, methinks. ❤️
@faewriting
I feel like how there were Math people vs. English class people in school, there are Character writers (good at interiority, dialogue and relationships) vs. Structure writers (Good at concepts, pacing and scenes), and we’re all just trying to balance out the two.
As for my Immortal title character/object of the quest—
THE BOUNDLESS:
🌊 Loves Friday night martinis w/ friends
🌊 Tries French fusion cooking w/ mixed results
🌊 Understands you can’t use just a touch of infinite power
🌊 Will make you question what makes a monster
#amquerying