Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
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I write dark stories where you donโt know who the real villains are. ๐งถ Crocheter. IBD warrior ๐ Dean Winchester and Piper Halliwell are my comfort characters.
Celebrating being so close to finishing my 4th novel, a psych thriller about a rich, spoilt, rotten family vs a stabby, angry, traumatised man ๐
The short story version is out in all formats tomorrow!!
The Secrets of Lilypond Lane.
4.9โญ๏ธ already on GR!
IMPORTANT TWITTER QUESTION:
What is your dominant hand, & what wrist do you wear your watch on?
I am right handed but wear it on my right hand because it feels freaking weird on my left. Like I have TRIED, many times, & need to take it off within a minute because I get an ick.
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What you should never say to a bigger girl as a grocery cashier:
*holds up two frozen meals and looks me up and down with a smirk
โSo having both of these for dinner are ya?โ
The quickest way for me to actually fantasise about ๐ you & seriously consider reporting you, except:
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My first agent like in like twenty pitch events ๐๐ & for my new manuscript, Iโm so grateful and excited!! I hope everyone got the interest they definitely deserved because I have seen some INCREDIBLE pitches out there! Love connecting with others!
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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You know when you have a dream for publishing, & youโre yet to reach that dream after years of heartache, & then others (very deservedly so) get that dream within days? ๐ซ can I be proud of others & also hate myself?
Time to buy more books to fill a dopamine cavern.
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Is there such thing as a healthy sweet treat that doesnโt involve greek yogurt or peanut butter?? I canโt stand either, but I havenโt eaten chocolate (apart from that one Easter egg over Easter) or lollies in weeks and slowly going insane. Need comfort food tonight ๐
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You know how everyone posts about how they have something โจgoodโจ happen when theyโve hit rock bottom & ready to quit?
Iโve been at rock bottom for weeks now, in my writing, at work, in life, & starting to think that theory is just a fantasy โจ๐ there are just rocks down here.
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The heading for the post was sarcasm too, I did not consider this an important topic in the slightest but this is making my day ๐๐ lying on the couch alone on Easter Sunday and I feel very much not alone ๐๐
Chuck this Aussie gal a follow and Iโll follow back other writers ๐
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As a white author, seeing all the ๐ฉ that's been happening, I want to follow more and boost marginalized authors, and show off their amazing work.
I don't have a big reach, but I want to be part of a real and kind author community.
#writingcommunity
#writerslift
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
I swear how do you keep up with all the drama on here? I feel Iโm constantly playing catch up & miss stuff I should know because everyoneโs in everyoneโs dms, and Iโm not.
Iโll probably end up on someoneโs hate list because Iโve followed the wrong bloody person.
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I will not query my new book too early.
I will not query my new book too early.
I will not query my new book too early.
I will not query my new book too early.
I will not query my new book too early.
But itโs so pretty &
#mswl
posts are starting ๐ฉ
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Samara must save her ill daughter during the apocalypse from beyond the grave, before she loses her memories & becomes a violent poltergeist.
๐งโโ๏ธmonsters
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฆณsassy grandma
โ๏ธsacrifice
"The grief will soften. The love will stay."
TJ Klune x T. Kingfisher
#QuestPit
#A
#H
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Me: goes to query an agent
*has to 1st read & accept a 3.5 page release form filled with legal wordy jargon
Me: quietly deletes query & moves on to other agents
Agents, my brain canโt process that language, make it easy for writers to submit without anxiety, please?
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Time to make my swap list!
Iโll be pitching 2 manuscripts this year:
-an apocalyptic ๐ฝ scifi where the humans arenโt always the good guys
-a ๐ป horror where a grandma refuses to leave her ill daughter alone, even if sheโll turn into a poltergeist
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
I think I got my first personalised rejection today. It was quick (overnight) but I didnโt mind because they said how I personalised my query letter was thoughtful. And just that my horror story was too speculative for them right now ๐
Think Iโm on the right track!
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Iโve gotten like 3 rejections for my ๐ป horror in the last day or two, but the fact Iโve sat in a few maybe piles before getting rejected is a good thing, yeah?
Had 2 major ๐ฉ things happen this week, so feeling rough & need something in my writing space to go right.
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Saw someone had done this & LOVED this idea. So sharing my new
#amquerying
baby with the
#WritingCommunity
!
Farewell, Samara Stone is a book so close to my heart.
So if any agents or editors are the slightest bit intrigued, I am always willing to answer questions or discuss ๐
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Query transparency update for:
๐ปFarewell, Samara Stone๐ป
Time spent: 10 weeks
Sent: 50 queries
Rejected: 18
Requests: 0
Pitch likes: 1 (ending in a rejection)
Waiting on: 32
Pitdark coming soon, and sent a new batch out this weekend so ๐ค๐ค๐ค
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
My
#amquerying
toxic trait is querying all the agents who havenโt responded to a single query in MONTHS, but are the only agents that I could query at those agencies, so why not? Zero hope but ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Add it to the list. Canโt be a unicorn if you donโt try ๐คทโโ๏ธ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
You can believe whatever you want. I put in a formal complaint and have received a response from the company.
Itโs really quite sad that not only people are rude enough to make comments on othersโ bodies, but that others believe it doesnโt happen.
Who else is planning on participating? Iโll have space to swap support and comment/rt as many as I can considering it happens overnight for me.
Recycling my pitches from the last event ๐
#questpit
officially begins tomorrow! we anxiously anticipating all your lovely and unique ideas!!
this is your reminder to schedule your pitches if youโd like, connect with community members, and ask any remaining questions you have!
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
I post a lot about my writing, & I try to get engagement & I comment/like/rt a lot of things, & I rarely get anything. Makes me feel invisible as a writer. And yet a random post about freaking watches goes viral?
Iโฆ I give up ๐๐
Woke up thinking I was being cancelled ๐
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
I still have some space on my
#pitdark
list!
Would love to swap support with the
#writingcommunity
. Iโm pitching 2 books:
-sci-fi with the bestest best friends youโll ever meet, fighting against monsters
-horror with a spunky grandma ghost who refuses to leave
#amquerying
both
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Nothing like mixed beta feedback to throw you off your game ๐ตโ๐ซ โtoo slowโ โperfect pacingโ โtoo passiveโ โvery activeโ
And then I get opposite feedback on the same day about the same piece & itโs like, what feedback will my dream agents agree with?
My head is ๐คฏ๐ตโ๐ซ๐ซ
#amediting
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@Najlathewriter
@SophieBauthor
Oh so exciting seeing new pitches!
6 dysfunctional college students are trapped within their campus when monsters invade. Each has a reason to fight back.
They must hold on to their humanity when the choice becomes to escape or save others from a brutal death.
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#ChaosPit
because it sounds hilarious!
A grandma dies, but comes back as a ghost, sees the zombie apocalypse start, so thinks โwhy notโ and possesses her own corpse. Because she still has s&$t to do. She ainโt letting a hole in the back of her head stop her.
#horror
#A
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Samara must save her ill daughter during the apocalypse from beyond the grave, before she loses her memories & becomes a violent poltergeist.ย
๐งโโ๏ธmonsters
๐ฉ๐ผโ๐คโ๐ฉ๐ฝLGBTQIA+
๐ฅdis rep
โ๏ธsacrifice
"The grief will soften. The love will stay."
TJ Klune x T. Kingfisher
#LCSLITPITCH24
#A
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Nightchaser X The 5th Wave
Amidst an alien invasion, a bullied college student fights to help her friends escape a prison. She'll either step up to be the hero she never thought she'd be, or surrender to the seduction of revengeโand become a villain.
#QuestPit
#SF
#A
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
How is it last night I was ready to hang up the pen so to speak, & tonight Iโve done my first draft of my psych thriller short story (albeit 1500 words over)
And itโs JUICY. I donโt even care if no one signs it when I make it a novel. I want to write it for ME.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
My grandmother is writing a book, would call it a historical fiction with romance, and itโs based on her great-grandmother. I love reading each new section, because I get to learn about my ancestors from Aberystwyth, and how she came to Australia from London and married a farmer.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Agents:
Iโve heard such conflicting advice regarding query blurbs, that my mind is spinning. What do agents actually want in that 1st sentence, the status quo, the hook/inciting incident, or does the hook end the 1st paragraph?
#WritingCommunity
#amquerying
#mswl
#literaryagents
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Isnโt she stunning!? Received my character art from
@Misty_gleam
๐๐
Meet Samara Stone.
Sheโs fierce, protective, loyal. Sheโs also a ghost.
I ๐ how Samaraโs spirit is captured in her pose, & the rotting patches on her skin from staying too long.
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
@EvelynRobichaud
lol my boxing instructor used to always call me southpaw because I did a lot of the moves on the โwrongโ side, but it just felt more natural
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#MeetMyMCs
Samara Stone was born to be important. Sheโs not gonna let death stop her.
Once, she was a traveller, a free spirit, a determined teenager.
Then, she was a mother, then a grandmother.
Now, sheโs a ghost, invisible.
Will she become a poltergeist?
Art by
@Misty_gleam
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#amquerying
question for agents: when QM forms say โsimilar booksโ how much detail do you want us to use?
A list of the titles and authors, or why each is similar? It gives us 500 characters but do I just list like ten books?
Feels short on character length ๐
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
So I got 2 pitdark likes, from the same agent! Iโm over the moon!!
But I queried their colleague 2 weeks ago, & looking at their QT timeline, it may be a while before I hear back.
Iโve commented on the agentโs post but if I donโt hear, what do I do??
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Hoping to query soon!
#questpit
#cozyhorror
When single mum Samara dies, she refuses to leave her ill daughter alone to face the apocalypse. But the longer Sam stays on earth as a ghost to protect her, the more she loses her memories, until sheโll become a violent poltergeist.
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Family first.
Single mother Samara dies but refuses to move on to peace. She canโt leave her ill child to face the zombie apocalypse alone.
But if Samara stays on earth as a ghostly protector, sheโll lose her memories & become a violent poltergeist.
#LuckyPit
#PopUpPitA
#Horror
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#askagent
: if I get a short story published in an anthology, gain some exposure, & turn it into a full-length novel with the same characters, expanding on the world-
Would you still rep it? Or is it now counted as 'previously published work?'
#writingcommunity
#writingquestion
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
@QueerPitContest
Ooh Iโd have to say Savโs greatest weakness is also her strength. Her traumatic past has resulted in chronic rage, that gets her in strife often but also means she will always fight for her friends and heaven help those who hurt her loved ones.
#PreQueerPit
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
@Sblahov
This ๐๐๐
When you go in with ongoing high blood pressure and skin blotches (to the level of worrying the pharmacist) and the gp says to โtry exercising moreโ while looking you up and down. Even though you exercise many times a week despite crohns related chronic fatigue+pain.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Reached the 9 week mark for my horror
#amquerying
journey. So far itโs looking like my 1st ms ๐
Will wait until I get under 15 outstanding before I send the next batch. In the meantime, Iโll keep writing โ๏ธ
Time: 9 weeks
Queries sent: 37
Rejected: 14
Fulls: 0
Waiting on: 23
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#PitDark
#A
#H
Sunyi Dean x T. Kingfisher
When single mum Samara Stone dies, she refuses to leave her ill daughter behind to face the apocalypse alone. But the longer Samara stays on earth as a ghost, the more she loses her memories, until she will become a violent poltergeist.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
I have tried to format word for the last HOUR and am giving up querying this potentially awesome agent because I CANโT FORMAT THE WAY THEY WANT. I canโt! Iโm ready to take a ๐จ to my ๐ป
I give up. Querying should not be this hard.
#amquerying
#WritingCommunity
#AuthorsOfTwitter
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Signing up for the premium query tracker in April when I start proper querying, so I can see where I am in the queue. The unknown waiting for months is slowly ๐ me & I canโt go through that with my new ms.
Are there any other perks to the premium?
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Five new queries sent off today, as is routine for my Saturday. One that is looking quite exciting because itโs a good match, even though that generally doesnโt mean anything ๐
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
I finished a snake last night, so tonight Iโm obviously doing a zebra head ๐
Because if Iโm not typing out a new draft Iโm hooking up something velvety and fuzzy.
Iโm a simple woman.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Iโm touched by the support in this community, I may get very little engagement usually but when itโs needed you all really come through. I have been in a very rough place, physically and mentally. I have given up on a lot of things, my self-esteem included. Iโm actively trying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
You know how everyone posts about how they have something โจgoodโจ happen when theyโve hit rock bottom & ready to quit?
Iโve been at rock bottom for weeks now, in my writing, at work, in life, & starting to think that theory is just a fantasy โจ๐ there are just rocks down here.
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When I get comments on my manuscript from betas saying how sad yet accurate my representation of someone experiencing dementia is, my heart aches.
Itโs such a bittersweet feeling with the positive feedback, considering who I got that insight from, and how nasty dementia can be.
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Sam: โWhen I died I got 2 choices: move on to peace with buttery popcorn and Christmas tinsel, or stay on earth to witness you, my unhinged bestie, attack a zombie with a walking cane.
Ellie: โAnd you chose to stay with me?โ
Sam: โWell, I donโt like popcorn.โ
#ChaosPit
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Samara Stone must save her ill daughter during the apocalypse from beyond the grave, before she loses her memories and becomes a violent poltergeist.
-ghosts
-zombies
-sassy grandmas
-sacrifice
-"The grief will soften. The love will stay."
TJ Klune x T. Kingfisher
#IWSGPit
#A
#H
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Someone bookmarked my
#luckypit
pitch and all I can think now is WAS IT AN AGENT OMG DID THEY LIKE MY BOOK AND MORE IMPORTANTLY CAN I QUERY THEM PLZ ๐คฏ
My emotions are frazzled enough lately I donโt need this kind of stress in my life.
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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#amquerying
update
Time spent: 14 weeks
Sent: 65
Passes: 31 (2 personalised)
Requests: 1 partial
Waiting on: 33
Iโm trying so hard to make each one personal, so Iโve been watching lots of cool podcasts/videos with agents. Tweaked my opening today as a result!
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@OurNewHomecoach
Iโm learning thereโs no such thing as weird haha because everyone has their own preference and yet not any one person is alone in their preference! Itโs so cool to watch all this unfold
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#amquerying
sneak peek:
My MCโs daughter has both Waardenburg Syndrome & Crohnโs Disease, but doesnโt let that stop her from having a job, raising a son, or being a big part of her family.
9 queries sent off today & another 4 planned for tomorrow due to timezone differences ๐ฏ๏ธ๐ค
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#PitDark
#A
#H
TJ Klune x T. Kingfisher
In the apocalypse, Samara must save her daughter, 7yo grandson & first love from beyond the grave, before she loses her memories & becomes a poltergeist.
If she fails, she may kill them all.
Rep:
-mental/chronic illness
-LGBTQ
-dementia
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Donโt be that person that tells someone repeatedly theyโre damaging their body by having 1 meal replacement shake a day to lose weight & theyโll just yo-yo back because of the ONE shake a day.
I have chronic illness, Iโve got a dietitian.
You werenโt asked. You will be blocked.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Saw a comment online today saying โyour eyes are art thatโs why theyโre framedโ and as a glasses wearer I-
๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Thatโs my new motto
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Nightchaser X The 5th Wave
Amidst a violent alien invasion, a bullied college student fights to help her friends escape a prison. She'll either step up to be the hero she never thought she'd be, or surrender to the seduction of revengeโand become a villain.
#LCSLITPITCH24
#SF
#A
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Excited because finished a 1st draft so made a pretty moodboard for my potentially new favourite MC. Nah, jokes, Savannah+Samara will always be my first loves, but Avery comes a close... third.
She's wild. You'll love to hate her.
#wip
#amwriting
#psychthriller
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
This ๐ Sometimes querying really feels like being a young teen and finally summoning the courage to ask out all of your crushes, then getting rejected by every single one over text ๐
Is anyone else feeling emotionally exhausted from querying? I haven't felt this emotionally drained since I was 13 years old when my crush broke up with me and I thought my life was over.
#amquerying
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#A
#SF
#PitDark
The 5th Wave X Nightchaser
Aliens invade Earth, trapping humans within magical prisons.
Savannah, a university student, and her friends must find a way out. She finds more than an escape. She discovers the seduction of revenge, putting their survival at risk.
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The nicest beta feedback ever Iโm crying ๐คฏ๐ญ๐คฉ Samara is going to be so well loved by those who understand her, I just know it ๐
#amquerying
soon
#cozyhorror
#writingcommunity
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Donโt be like this thief, people. Stealing is gross.
It infuriates me when people brush off a writerโs anxiety and say things like โoh stop worryingโ and โno one will ever steal your unpublished workโ because YES๐THEY๐WILL๐
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We cannot begin to tell you how much joy it brings when we see photos of an author holding their book baby in their hands for the very first time.
SO . MUCH . JOY!
You can preorder The Fragile by
@mitra_souza
on Amazon and B&N today!
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Just going to keep casually dropping moodboards for my
#amquerying
horror. Just in case agents are lurkingโฆ
Itโs got reapers, poltergeists, zombies, & a sassy 7-year-old.
And a badass grandma ghost who would burn the world down just to stay with her family.
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@rkwashburn
Sorry that sucks ๐ With the wrong title is it worth responding to double check, just in case they sent it to the wrong person? Or is it more a typo in the title situation?
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Just had my 2nd dietitian appt & was nice to hear that sheโs really proud of the work Iโve been doing. Small steps, but Iโm determined to find my way back to a strong & healthy body.
Today I have the energy to go to the gym, which never happens on a Friday.
#ibdwarrior
#spoonie
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Is there anything better than finally getting home after a three hour trip, realising you have to make dinner but canโt be bothered going out again, then remembering you have cooked mince in the freezer and a bag of corn chips in the cupboard?
Nachos for the win ๐๐
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
This will be my sci-fiโs last hurrah as well!
Two years querying, 150 odd rejections/no responses. 4 fulls, with no offers.
Letโs just see what happens, one last time ๐ค๐ then on to new and bigger projects!
Someone asked why I'm calling
#pitdark
my WIP's last hurrah. It's been a long year. Query stats ๐
days querying: 378
sent: 133
passes: 79
CNR: 9
unanswered: 34
partials: 3
fulls: 8 (2 pass, 2 R&R, 3 still out, 1 said requesting was a mistake)
It's time for a break
#amquerying
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Iโve always wanted to write a cute little kid character who is so innocent but also so smart and cheeky and stubborn, and I now have one in my cosy horror.
And my betas love him and I love him and I just ๐ค๐ค I canโt wait to share him!
#WritingCommunity
#amediting
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Pinning all my
#PitDark
pitches for agent ease and perusal, for the following manuscripts:
โFarewell, Samara Stoneโ - a ghost horror
โThings We Did in the Darkโ - an apocalyptic scifi with teens vs aliens
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
#PitDark
#A
#H
Sunyi Dean x T. Kingfisher
When single mum Samara Stone dies, she refuses to leave her ill daughter behind to face the apocalypse alone. But the longer Samara stays on earth as a ghost, the more she loses her memories, until she will become a violent poltergeist.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Have had a really rough week, and thinking itโs got to be legal to become a marshmallow and just be squishy with no responsibilities somewhere, right?
It would literally solve all my problems right now.
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#unhingedpit
#spec
#h
#q
So I saw this insta post asking what would happen if a ๐ป possessed a ๐งโโ๏ธ
You wanna find out, but with a sassy Grandma MC? &
A daughter with ๐ฉ disease
A grandson with a ๐
Oh, &
A bossy ex girlfriend
& a ๐ป with one ๐๏ธ & no ๐ง
Good luck comping this ๐
Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Saw someone had done this & LOVED this idea. So sharing my new
#amquerying
baby with the
#WritingCommunity
!
Farewell, Samara Stone is a book so close to my heart.
So if any agents or editors are the slightest bit intrigued, I am always willing to answer questions or discuss ๐
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#PitDark
#A
#SF
Nightchaser X The 5th Wave in ๐ฆ๐บ
Amidst a violent alien invasion, a bullied college student fights to help her friends escape a prison. She'll either step up to be the hero she never thought she'd be, or surrender to the seduction of revengeโto become a villain.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Trad pub is hard. Indie pub is hard. Self pub is hard. Everything is hard. All can be incredibly rewarding. There is no easy way to publish.
That is all.
#writingcommunity
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#pitdark
peeps! Whoโs swapping support this time? Iโm rarely here nowadays but Iโll give it a go, and will check back in later to build a list.
Also is it just me or do you prefer comments over retweets too? I feel like itโs more personal that way.
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Can I just shout to the
#writingcommunity
that
@MJHuntsgood
is a freaking legend?
How did we get so lucky, I'm so pumped & ready to query again, when I was really starting to doubt myself, so yeah, go shower her with glitter & stuff because dayum she can WRITE & is the kindest๐คฉ
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
That mild panic when you come across an agency you KNOW you've read through before but can't find any evidence of querying them. Their
#mswl
all seem perfect for my ms!
Why didn't I query them before, what if I did query them already?
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
#sendhelp
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Rediscovered why Iโm such a pessimist today. I told my mum I won a crochet competition (got two books and kits worth probably $200), and her reaction was โoh. Well itโs a scam for sure donโt follow through with it.โ
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Anyone else feel a strange over-abundance of excitement when they can fit three writing craft textbooks, two published novels & their entire printed manuscript in their hand luggage backpack? With room for the camera and other items? All under 7kg.
No, just me?
#WritingCommunity
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
This weekโs
#amquerying
stats:
Time spent: 11 weeks
Sent: 50
Rejected: 23
Fulls: 0
Still waiting: 27
No queries sent this weekend as spent it with my mum & sister. Back home & curled up in bed with a heat pack tonight. Dread going to work tomorrow with the current pain level.
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Ever write a line and think, hm this is too pretty. And google says itโs not already in a book.
But imposter syndrome says itโs either something youโve heard before & youโre unintentionally stealing someoneโs work, or itโs poop & youโre a bad writer.
#writingcommunity
#amediting
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
OMG what an event!
From the stress of having to recreate as the event was starting, to the ๐คฉ pitches Iโve been seeing. TYSM for the boosts ๐
Good luck to everyone, I hope you all had fun!
๐ค Iโve got everyone I said Iโd boost, but let me know if I missed you!
#writingcommunity
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Getting my pitches ready for
#pitdark
๐ฏ๏ธ๐๐ฏ๏ธ
Last check for who wants to swap support, keeping in mind that it starts at 11pm for me so Iโll be checking in likely after the event and boosting/commenting, but Iโll still get involved where I can!
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
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Dani - #amwriting an aussie thriller ๐ช๐๐ค๐ค
Itโs an overcast Sunday morning & I made a moodboard ๐
Love the subtle contemporary Aussie and โcosyโ vibes in this. The 1st third of this ms reminds me of Elin Hilderbrandโs Golden Girl, with a mum that has been too quickly taken from her family.
#writingcommunity
#amquerying