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4 months

UPROOTED x SMALL FAVORS The eldest sister of three offers her face to a shapeshifter to become the twenty-first and final sacrificial bride of winter, in hopes of freeing them from an inescapable reality. #Questpit #W

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@srfurney

1 year

@cassbeewrites Raging as a future librarian that people would actually think that’s remotely appropriate 🤧

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@srfurney

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I hear we are introducing ourselves! Hello #Writingcommunity I’m Sydney, a MLIS grad student/part-time library assistant by day, and a SFF Horror writer by night. I’m currently revising my adult gothic fantasy/horror, Shadow WIP. Wonderful to know and meet all of you!

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DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE x UPROOTED The eldest sister of three, offers her face to a shapeshifter to become the twenty-first and final sacrificial bride of winter, in hopes of freeing them from an inescapable reality. #questpit

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@srfurney

6 months

After 4 1/2 years and many failed attempts, you’ll never guess what I just did I finished my first draft!

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@srfurney

5 months

For as long as I can remember, I’ve dreamed of commissioning Therese to illustrate my characters, and she captured THEM perfectly. Meet Marzanna, Lazarus, and Asteria, my devious shapeshifters from Shadow WIP. Artist: @warickaart

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@srfurney

7 months

DRACULA x OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA A botanist finds herself enamored by a lady of lore who oversees a valley deep in the mountains, overrun by an invasive vine wreaking havoc on the ecosystem. #pitlight

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DRACULA x RE: VILLAGE An invasive plant specialist venters to a town deep in the mountains to investigate a vine wreaking havoc on the ecosystem. After the locals swear her off at every turn, she finds herself whisked away by a woman of lore who oversees the valley. #questpit

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EMILY WILDE x SAPPHIC DRACULA An invasive plant specialist venters deep into the mountains to investigate a vine wreaking havoc on the ecosystem. After the locals swear her off at every turn, she finds herself whisked away by a woman of lore who oversees the valley. #Questpit #W

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@srfurney

2 years

Well, after four years and many sleepless nights, I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve officially graduated magna cum laude as a BA double major in Professional Writing and Dance. I wouldn’t trade the past few years for the world. Here’s to a new chapter in my story!

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@srfurney

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BLOODBORNE x UPROOTED The eldest sister of three offers her face to a shapeshifter to become the twenty-first and final sacrificial bride of winter, in hopes of freeing them from an inescapable reality. #pitlight

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7 months

Hello to those pitching in questpit today! I don’t want to miss anyone so please let me know if you’re participating ❤️

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3 years

Not me creating scenes in my head that are fanfiction for my own fiction

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@srfurney

9 months

Hi #writersoftwitter I’m Sydney “Syd” and I’m a gothic horror, fantasy, & sci-fi writer. I’m currently drafting an adult gothic fantasy/horror about a sacrificial bride turned shapeshifter who’s determined to protect her sisters in an inescapable reality of winter and death.

birdie schae ☀️

@birdienotabird

9 months

can we bring back #WritersOfTwitter again? i would love to meet some new writer friends (& hype up the ones i’m lucky to know already) so go ahead and (re)introduce yourself! 👀💕

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@srfurney

3 years

The goddess & her shadow

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@srfurney

3 years

Kind reminder: Drafting is hard. There’s no one way to complete a first draft. Write the book for you first, the rest will come, just keep writing.

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PHANTOM x STARLESS SEA A cosmic sea caries a violinist to an island of the dead, where a haunted fortress awaits full of artists bound to appease a mystic being of death. #questpit

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@srfurney

7 months

Pitch events 🤝 me and the same wip from 2019

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@srfurney

8 months

FOR THE WOLF x UPROOTED Determined to get her sisters out of an inescapable reality of winter and death, a woman offers herself as the 21st bride of winter to a clan of carnivorous shapeshifters and becomes the very being she fears most. #questpit

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@srfurney

10 months

A little moodboard I made on the fly for Poison WIP

✧ risa ✧

@laecrimosa_

10 months

Anyone want to show me their moodboards? 😳 I love looking at moodboards…

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@srfurney

4 months

To celebrate 1k followers, I’m doing a first chapter critique and moodboard giveaway for followers! All you need to do to enter is comment and like this post! I will select 3 winners on July 15th!

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@srfurney

3 years

Mild Bridgeton Season 2 Spoiler: I’m considering “You are the bane of my existence” as the new code phrase for “I love you” #Bridgerton #bridgertonseason2

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@srfurney

3 years

My bad for accidentally creating enough WIP concepts for the next 10-15 years.

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@srfurney

3 years

I’m currently writing a gothic fantasy horror novel 🥰 and there will be plenty more where it comes from.

chloe maron 🌱🩸

@theelvenqueen

3 years

You know what I want more of? Fantasy horror books.

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@srfurney

10 months

Fast drafters: How do you do the thing? Asking for a friend.

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@srfurney

3 years

Not me procrastinating by making, yet, another aesthetic for my WIP.

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@srfurney

6 months

Hey writers! I haven’t introduced myself in a while for new followers. I’m Sydney! I write gothic SFF/horror and I’m currently working on a MLIS degree to become a librarian. I’m about to finish my first draft of Shadow WIP. Happy to have you all here!

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@srfurney

3 years

(1) To the writers dealing with an abundance of stress and anxiety, wether that be from work or just the world weighing heavy on your shoulders. Your words are valid. I can’t wait to see your books on my shelves someday.

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@srfurney

4 months

I’ll be joining #questpit next week as a treat for myself for finishing my summer course and reaching 10k in my revisions. This is one of my favorite events so let me know if you’re participating 🫶🏻

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@srfurney

2 years

BLOODBORNE x THE HUNGER GAMES x UPROOTED/FOR THE WOLF ❄️ Adult Gothic Horror/Fantasy An isolated town must sacrifice a bride each winter to a clan of carnivorous shapeshifters, to finds a way out of their inescapable reality. #CampPitch

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@srfurney

3 years

the botanist & the vampire 🥀

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@srfurney

2 years

BLOODBORNE x THE HUNGER GAMES x UPROOTED/FOR THE WOLF 🌬️Adult Gothic Horror/Fantasy An isolated town must sacrifice a bride each winter to a clan of carnivorous shapeshifters, to find a way out of their inescapable reality. #pitlight #LGBT #Monstergirl

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@emmailene_ DEAD

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@srfurney

7 months

UNKINDNESS OF MAGICIANS x HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE A vengeful spirit returns to the devout and corrupt city of Vronan Pass to seek the downfall of the Pite family, who’ve curated murder and poisons for generations. #pitlight

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@srfurney

5 months

I will be working during #pitdark tomorrow but would love to support everyone. Let me know if you’re participating!

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@srfurney

3 years

Attention gothic/dark fiction writers! Would any of you be interested in starting a Twitter group chat or discord? I would love to connect with more of you!

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@srfurney

8 months

GIDEON THE NINTH x YELLOWJACKETS Adult eco horror and fantasy Two rival dragon sorceresses find themselves bound together after their commander falls in battle and must unite their crew before those who hunt them find them across seas and skies. #questpit

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@srfurney

3 years

As soon as I open my WIP document I forget how to write.

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@srfurney

2 years

My cozy writing setup 🥰

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@srfurney

7 months

There’s nothing more humbling than a first draft

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@srfurney

3 years

I would never make an aesthetic for my gothic romance/science-fantasy Frankenstein x Game of Thrones x Yellow Wallpaper WIP in between classes when I should be working on other things…No, I definitely didn’t just do that. 👀

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@srfurney

9 months

Please keep my family in your thoughts, it’s been a long night in the ER ❤️

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@srfurney

3 months

Dear mutuals, my hyperfixations and interests are as follows… 🎬 Shows: Arcane, HoTD, Trigun Stampede, & Blue Eye Samurai 📚Books: Dark Rise, Mexican Gothic, Poppy War, Night Circus, Deathless, & Vampires of El Norte 🌱Hobbies: Gardening, dancing, hiking, & fashion

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@srfurney

4 months

I hear we are introducing ourselves! Hello #Writingcommunity I’m Sydney, a MLIS grad student/part-time library assistant by day, and a SFF Horror writer by night. I’m currently revising my adult gothic fantasy/horror, Shadow WIP. Wonderful to know and meet all of you!

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@srfurney

1 year

“I would like to see the baby” Show me your lil writing companions (pets, squish mellows, figurines, etc.)! Or who cheers you on while you write?! #WritingCommmunity

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@srfurney

5 months

Happy pride from this queer writer and my chaotic queer characters to yours!🏳️‍🌈 Art: @warickaart 🫶🏻

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@srfurney

3 years

I just wrote this and I’m speeches: “There was the illusion of moonlight, but the sky was dark and starless, the moon blotted from the sky like a bad omen to carry.” I love writing horror. #amwriting

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@srfurney

3 years

Do any writers out there imagine fan art of their characters? Is it just me? 😅

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@srfurney

3 years

I have no idea where the duo aesthetic trend originated, but it’s my new favorite thing. I’ve found so many incredible authors and their beautiful stories through this trend. It has made my week.

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@srfurney

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Hi! I’m Sydney “Syd” and I write gothic fantasy, horror, and sci-fi full of monsters, self-discovery, grief, whimsical prose, and strength through darkness

Wolfe 🩸🪳 UPDATES ONLY

@Wolfehorror

9 months

Hey authors you should introduce yourselves with this moodboard prompt 🫀✨️

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@srfurney

3 years

Words are a struggle tonight. So, instead of writing, I made an aesthetic for the chapter I’m re-writing. How typical of me.

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@srfurney

10 months

Starling House x Unkindness of Magicians x Witch King The dead have come back for the House of Pite. 1 vengeful spirit 4 disaster sibs Generations of murder Secret poisons Corrupted government and church A confession that will end them all Also very sapphic bc of course

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2 years

Me ignoring the disaster chapter I just wrote to persevere through the rest of the draft

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@srfurney

4 months

Today has convinced me to get out of my shell and be more active on main. I love our little writing community.

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@srfurney

2 years

Abigail Larson because…😩

Miriam (mainly updates) 🐸 🍉

@chamomeriam

2 years

what is your dream artist, look, or style for your book’s cover? 👀♥️

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@srfurney

3 years

3 months from now I’m leaving my life as a dancer behind to peruse my life as a writer. It’s terrifying & heartbreaking for me in many ways since I’ve never known a life without dance. My future feels uncertain, yet exciting. Moving forward in a completely new direction is scary

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@srfurney

1 year

@cassbeewrites Not to mention how many libraries maintain having the house theming EVERYWHERE 💀

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@srfurney

4 months

My impulse purchase from my fall grad finals came in the mail today and I’m speechless. @hwhittenwrites and @Abigail_Larson are such huge inspirations to me and my craft. I will cherish these special editions of The Wilderwood Duology forever ( @orbitbooks ).

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@srfurney

9 months

Giving the people what they want Would you read this? 🌲🗻

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@srfurney

7 months

What’s the opening line of your WIP?

cassiopeia (cath) ☀️

@lagunabayfables

7 months

What’s the opening line of your WIP? Here’s the prologue and the first chapter for TSF/🇵🇭 Wüthering Heights

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@srfurney

4 months

It’s rare, but I feel very good about my writing today and I’m so proud of myself for how far I’ve come.

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@srfurney

4 months

I’m not participating in #QueerPit this time around but I want to uplift as many fellow queer authors as possible. Comment bellow to let me know if you’re participating 🫶🏻🌈

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@srfurney

4 years

My MC Marzanna has finally come to life! She’s SO beautiful, I’m speechless. Big and warm thank you to @chamomeriam 🥺💙 (art by the wonderful @Alilyushka )

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@srfurney

5 months

Gentle reminder for all of us: Be careful with the like button today 🙅‍♀️ for #pitdark the likes are for agents only!

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@srfurney

7 months

There are 800 of you?! I cry. In light of pitch events, I’d love to make moodboards for at least 3 of you. Comment below and I’ll randomly select by Friday!

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@srfurney

3 years

I’m a simple writer. I see other writers with gothic/horror in their bio, I click follow

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@srfurney

3 years

Me: *writing necessary information for the plot* Pacing: Am I a joke to you?

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@srfurney

4 years

#WritingCommnunity No one: Literally no one: My brain: 😈 I have a new wip idea for you Me staring at the never ending list of WIP ideas: NOOOOO Anyways so... here’s my new dark siren aesthetic for a wip idea I’ll get to someday *sighs*.

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@srfurney

3 years

I have the audacity of wanting to be an author with the attention span of a gnat while I’m writing…the thing I need to do to become an author. Dishonor on me, my family, and my imaginary cow.

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@srfurney

3 years

The writerly habit of wanting to write, getting caught up in other work, and before you know it, it’s 10:00 P.M. and you’ve done zero writing. Couldn’t be me.

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@srfurney

9 months

A surprise accountability thread for a certain project. Current plan is to fast draft the rest of it because I am on a mission ✨

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3 years

Waking up with writing motivation is one of the best feelings

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@srfurney

3 years

A late night thought: As I’ve skimmed through my books to find one to read, I came upon a startling realization. The books I want to read are the ones that exist in my head. If I don’t write them, they’ll never exist. That’s a pretty good motivator to keep writing.

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@srfurney

3 years

Happy Winter Solstice! Today is also my main character Marzanna’s birthday! ☃️❄️

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@srfurney

4 years

For #JanuaryKickOff I’ll be working on finishing the first-ish draft of my Adult gothic fantasy/horror #WIP The Carnivorous Shape of Shadows includes: 🥀 A curious & morally grey MC 🌬 An isolated town trapped in an enternal winter 👀 Monsters on every page

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@srfurney

4 months

3 fun non-writer facts about me… 🩰 I’m a former bunhead 🚗 I drive an old classic car ✨ I watch Twlight whenever I have a menty b

Taylor Epperson

@tay_epperson

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3 fun non-writer facts about me… 📚I'm a college dropout 👩‍👧‍👦I have 2 kids 🎥I watch at least one LOTR/Hobbit movies weekly

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@srfurney

4 years

I also have my Night Witches #WIP , but instead of planes they fly dragons and are hunting a dark force across oceans.

Miriam (mainly updates) 🐸 🍉

@chamomeriam

4 years

let’s stalk future projects ♥️ after your current wip, what would you like to work on? (QRT with an aesthetic if you’d like, or just a pitch ✨)

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@srfurney

7 months

I truly have no words. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support today, it means everything to me. I’m 20k away from finishing a very rough draft that’s been 4 years in the making. Let’s finish this thing!

Syd is revising 🍉

@srfurney

7 months

DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE x UPROOTED The eldest sister of three, offers her face to a shapeshifter to become the twenty-first and final sacrificial bride of winter, in hopes of freeing them from an inescapable reality. #questpit

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6 months

Share the first paragraph from your book/wip(s) to grain some reader interest. Going to be brave again and share the first paragraph of my first draft of Shadow WIP 🏔️

gab 🌙 haladriel brainrot

@writtenbygabbs

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share the first paragraph from your book/wip(s) to grain some reader interest. 🔪 belvedere wip // 🍷 witches & demons wip (yes, there’s a bit of a pattern)

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@srfurney

3 years

Wow, I woke up to find that I now have 300 followers! That’s wild to me. Twitter still feels so intimidating to me, but I’m beyond grateful for meeting all of you ❤️. #writingcommmunity

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@srfurney

4 years

On this dark and gloomy day, I dive into random aesthetic board collages. Here’s one of a dark academia,explorer, princess who currently has no name, but I love her vibes. #aesthetic

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@srfurney

3 years

A1. Hello writers of #WIQChat ! My name is Sydney, I’m a gothic fantasy, horror, and sci-fi writer! What I love most about writing is creating new words/characters and meeting other writers like all of you!

Chelsea Abdullah (mostly offline right now)

@chelsabdullah

3 years

Aaaand here we go, first question for our FINAL chat! We'll start with introductions ❤️ #WIQChat (Be sure to use the hashtag when answering the questions!)

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@srfurney

4 years

🌳 #springrush accountability thread! I’m currently drafting my Adult Gothic Fantasy/Horror WIP, The Carnivorous Shape of Shadows ( @ half way point!). 🥀Curious MC (based on Slavic/Polish goddess Morana) 🌙Shapeshifters 🪞Mirror based magic 🌬Town trapped in an eternal winter

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@srfurney

3 years

To everyone who has shared their WIP’s for #pitlight this morning: You’re all SO talented and I’m beyond happy I got to see a glimpse of your stories today. I’ve been re-tweeting non-stop. I’m BLOWN away.

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@srfurney

3 years

How I write: 1. Panic 2. Stare at my document until the words write themselves (spoiler: they don’t) 3. Struggle to string words together for 4 hours straight 4. Cat screams at me to give her all my love and affection (spoiler: I do) 5. Snack and panic intermission

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@srfurney

6 months

Mutals, please like this tweet if you’re interested in following me over on my private account ☺️ I ramble a lot over there

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@srfurney

10 months

“Can I write?” I ask myself every time I sit down to write.

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@srfurney

4 months

I’ve turned to the dark side. I love revising more than drafting.

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@srfurney

10 months

Excuse me? T H I S

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@srfurney

3 years

@chamomeriam My adult gothic romance/fantasy/sci-fi that I had no business creating. But I ended up girl-bossing a little too close to the sun because I now know the entire plot front and back 😅. It’s all I can think about. It’s Frankenstein X Game of Thrones X The Yellow Wallpaper

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@srfurney

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#WIQChat A1. Hello writers! ☺️ I’m Sydney, I write YA/Adult Gothic Fantasy/Horror. I have quite a few writing quirks, but I find that I can’t write without rain or snow storm sounds in the background.

Chelsea Abdullah (mostly offline right now)

@chelsabdullah

4 years

Aaaaand here we go, first question! #WIQChat Feel free to drop into the chat whenever you like, and be sure to include the hashtag! ❤️

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@srfurney

10 months

#Nyepitch to my Poison WIP The Fall of the House of Usher X Starling House X Unkindness of Magicians ❈ Vengeful spirit ❈ “I see dead people.” ❈ City ruled by a corrupt church ❈ Secret poisons ❈ Complicated sib dynamics ❈ Unlikely alliances ❈ Political court intrigue

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@srfurney

8 months

Today I laid my baby girl, Faline, to rest. My best friend and writing companion of 15 years. Life without her will not be the same, she has touched so many peoples lives over the years. I know she’s watching over me.

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@srfurney

3 years

I had a sad day so I thought I would share a snippet from my current WIP that I’m in the process of re-writing.

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@srfurney

6 months

Why he kinda—

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@srfurney

3 years

I can’t believe there are 500 of you following me. Thank you all for following my little writing journey! 💕

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@srfurney

3 years

I’ve surprised myself (me, a plantser) by buying a notebook specifically for character sheets and world building. And I’m having the time of my life, I wish I had thought of this sooner.

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Syd is revising 🍉

@srfurney

4 months

New hyper-fixation incoming

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Syd is revising 🍉

@srfurney

4 years

#WIQChat A1. Hello writers! I’m Sydney, I write YA/Adult Gothic Fantasy/Horror. The biggest inspiration(s) behind my current WIP, The Carnivorous Shape of Shadows, are nature and conspiracy videos 😂.

Chelsea Abdullah (mostly offline right now)

@chelsabdullah

4 years

Aaaaand here we go, first question! ✨ #WIQChat Feel free to drop into the chat whenever, and be sure to use the hashtag!

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@srfurney

4 months

I’m beyond grateful for the support during #questpit today! You are all such talented and thoughtful writers, your pitches blew me away. I feel so lucky to be apart of this community 🫶🏻.

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