Deb is Querying Gritty Noir Urban Fantasy

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This is Bob. He has appointed himself flooring supervisor, due to the fact that he is the closest to it. 12/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (FB: Grace Chambers)

And don’t come at me with “one big meal lasts them weeks.” That’s not how flying works. Hauling a skyscraper-sized lizard into the sky to breathe fire and do aerial flips burns calories like it’s training for dragon CrossFit. They’d need daily protein shakes the size of BARNS.

Every dragon story ever: “Here’s our army of dragon riders!” Me: Cool cool cool, but where’s the endless supply of hyper-fertile mega-cows to feed your flying war lizards? Sheep won’t cut it, Susan. Dragons would’ve eaten the whole ecosystem by Thursday.

I vowed never to write a “elite school for the gifted” story. My imagination: you’re adorable.

100%. I have arguments in my head with people who've pissed me off and I quietly say them out loud while I'm doing stuff like the dishes or laundry.

I’ve written 2 chapters of my book ✨ It’s not much, but it’s progress!!! 🥹

I think you just get better as a writer?

I'm pretty sure younger me would be psyched that I write period.

Swans. Deadly and beautiful.

I've officially breached 50K in the WIP!

I don’t hold grudges. I just sit quietly and plot.

I’m not saying I'm in a long-term relationship, but I have been reading the same book for the last six months.

@king_reinhardt @TheNicholasWolf @letmeseePIT Whoah. Had no idea that was even going on.

@TheNicholasWolf Yeah, it was @letmeseePIT!

...So that was the worst a pitch event has ever gone for me 😬

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@stephenRB4 Man, don't let an app dictate your life. Go do awesome business stuff.

@NikoleCallihan Honestly? 1. If someone who is not my mother/husband/best friend wants to buy MY book, I'm over the moon.

Writing community and indie authors, be honest—how many books do you need to sell to feel validated? Does marketability matter, or would you keep writing no matter what?