Valeriya Salt

Zara Rose, a naval historian, investigates a mysterious WWII German U-Boat, discovered in the North Sea & carrying a deadly secret -a super weapon able to split time & space, creating a labyrinth of multiple realities. Zara needs to stop the weapon from falling into wrong hands.

@jamesgwriter Thank you for this opportunity! 💞 Following you already.

Want to win a proof copy of my debut novel The Lightning, and read it before it publishes on 28th May 2026? Of course you do! 😊 To enter: 1. Follow me. 2. Like and repost. Closes 27.03.26 at midday. 1 x proof available. Winner chosen at random. GO! #Win #Competition #LoveBooks

@literarylucille A terrible underwrite with novels, an overwriter with short stories. I can never get the damn wordcount right 😬

Are you an underwriter or an over writer in your first draft?? #WritingCommunity

@Coombsy101010 @northodoxpress I’m intrigued!

Here's a quick writing update... Some good news, I've been working on a sparkling new edition of my dark short story collection - For Strangers Only. Watch this space for further announcements. Here's a tease of a corner of the brilliant new cover... #amwriting #ShortStories

@CL_Meadows A great alt history/thriller book 👍Read it a few years ago and thoroughly enjoyed.

Going in on this one

@R_E_Baldry @AlysEliza Congratulations on your win, Rue! 💕 I’d try it, but it looks like it’s for debuts only.

The Literary Studio’s First Novel Prize is open for unpublished novels until the end of May. The first prize is £1000. Two years ago I won this prize and this year Dwell, the novel I won it with, will be published. It’s well worth having a go. Enter here: firstnovel.co.uk

The bouquet I’ve got for Mother’s Day from Max is still cheering me up 🌸🌺💕 #FlowersOnX

@ChaceRandolph I’m a bit more lucky. At least, one of my books is still available. Both books are standalone novels (currently), so it’s a bit easier to deal with rather than with series.

@LSalt1 yeah the second book was in editing

Had a productive day today, revising my query for THE SEEDS OF SKY. I'll be back to querying soon #amquerying #writerslife

@ChaceRandolph I don't have the skills to do it or enough money to pay for a professional editor, designer, etc, let alone marketing. But I know how it feels to lose a publishing contract 😟 I guess it's even harder when you books have already been published.

@ChaceRandolph Oh, that's hard! The publisher I worked with on my debut decided to scale down their business this year. So although the first book is still available, I need to find a home for the 2nd one (which was contracted for the release in May). I know I can't publish it myself :(

@HeddenWrites That’s pretty much a summary of my recent experience with querying 😬 So I decided the query needs a revision. A bet reader gave me some good insight.

@LSalt1 Here's a dramatic short film about my querying experience-entitled, "Why?"

@Madmarlowe That’s hard! But at least, it’s an answer (hopefully with some feedback) and you can move forward. I haven’t heard from agents for the last 2+ weeks. I start to get anxious there’s no a single rejection in my inbox 😵‍💫😬

three query form rejections in my inbox this morning before 10am

@ChaceRandolph It’s really cool that you can do it by yourself, but many people (including myself) can’t. Hence, looking for an agent or a publisher.

@LSalt1 fair enough. I'm glad to be free of everyone else's limitations, and just write.

@ChaceRandolph Because I don’t think I can do it myself. Self-publishing is not for everybody. Likely every route to publication, it has its limitations, unfortunately.

@LSalt1 why aren't you self publishing?

Spring is in the air, so why not treat yourself to a beautiful new novel filled with lush and vivid descriptions of nature and an absolutely ripping yarn 😍 Paper Sisters is available now! share.google/hcShkcPB1Ubj3h…

@ProfilePitEvent Thank you! I’ll be pitching two works actually: one is a published novel, another - a project I’m currently querying.

@LSalt1 Hi, Valeriya! Great question! Yes, if you are pitching a published book, please just use the hashtag #P for ‘published.’

We are thrilled to announce that #ProfilePit will have its spring season 2026 event for the #WritingCommunity on Saturday, April 11th at 12 AM EST! Rules and hashtags are below!🌷🌿🦌

@AvaSLoomar I heard such thing about agents. Supposedly, they read queries in batches. Maybe mags do the same and sync their batch-reading 😵‍💫

do mags’ submission responses run on some secret synced up schedule? I will submit to a bunch of places with completely different response times, and somehow, inevitably, all my rejections happen on the same day.