Mary McKnight

@KaitlynAbdou Katie...I see you, I hear you and I honor your grief.

My embryo transfer failed... and none of the other embryos from this retrieval survived. So that's it. Dream over. $165,000.00 wasted. IVF has ruined my life. I wish I could go back in time to 2020 and make different decisions. I wish I had never started this process.

@wendyparciak Yes! Character envy...that is so funny because I have it too!

I envy my characters. They get to embark on huge journeys with nothing but the clothes on their backs, yet somehow they survive. Yes to minimalism! No to moving vans and mountains of stuff! #WritingCommunity #writing

@SavageKairn Oh, sweet, just right, with dark roast (half milk/half water) coffee....ahhhhh. Thank you.

@MaryEMcKnight For you!

#Foodies I made chocolate chip cookies with toasted walnuts. They are crispy on the bottom and chewy in the middle. Who wants one? #Cookies

@wendyparciak Such a good question! (I love questions). Vintage clothing comforts my character.

When gales send a hero reeling through their new world, they need to learn how to find respite. My dog's toy box is his salvation. A little bit of home in a strange place. What comforts your characters? #WritingCommunity #writing

@books4kimberly This is so exciting! I just fired off my Rom-Com to you.

I'm open to queries! Please submit using my QM form: QueryManager.com/2640 I request a brief query, 1-2 page synopsis, and first 30 pages of your completed manuscript. I look forward to reading about your projects!

Mom died. I am flattened and wrote about it, about her.marymcknight.substack.com/p/she-came-to-…

@danielmiyares Next week, we are reading/storytelling with "Float." Super excited!

@danielmiyares Daniel, thank you so much for the art technique. I will share this with them, put out collaged paper and paint and watch the magic happen. Thank you for this beautiful, beautiful book.

@JThomasABC Love this!

Word that’s making me smile today: unsoulclogged. It’s a 16th century word that means not weighed down in spirit.

@danielmiyares I read "Nell Plants a Tree" to my preschool class today. They LOVED it!! They had so many comments and questions about the last page. They wondered about the colors and how to make that happen. Very cool.

Okay, I'm back in the Querying Trenches, hawking my Rom-Com. I love the main characters so much. Sometimes, I reread my own manuscript, just because I love this story so much!

@wendyparciak Wendy, yes!

Do you ever feel sad for things you haven't lost yet? I'd like to convey just this sort of intangible yearning in my stories. #WritingCommunity #writing

@MSWLMA Every day!

Who is writing today?

@cornerwrite I had to turn my page "Personal" as I kept getting silver haired men wanting to "Follow" me. Too weird. What was their thought? What did they think was going to happen? I am glad to see you back here.

Do followers matter? If they don’t engage, who cares? I have over 120k on IG and couldn’t get more than a few hundred likes on anything. I'm no longer posting anything on IG. #AmWriting #WriterLife #WritingCommunity #WritingInspiration #IndieAuthor #Bookworm #WordCount #WriteTip

@wendyparciak Wendy, I needed this this morning. Sending love to your mom and please thank her for me. Today, and what I am facing with quaking knees is "just something I'm going to have to deal with."

Faced with a horrific medical diagnosis (necrosis of the jawbone), my dear, sweet mother in her usual positive way says "Well, it's just something I'm going to have to deal with." May we all face what life brings us with such positivity. #WritingCommunity #writing

@wendyparciak That is so true!! I have spent days in love with my main character and her life.

I can never get over how much we can fall in love with a made-up world & characters. #WritingCommunity #writing

@KupcakeProse Kelsey, hug so appreciated and received. It's Feb. 12. No email from Literary Agent. "I think I can, I think I can..."

One day left before my dream Literary Agent's "if you don't hear from me by (number of weeks), it's a pass on your project. Sigh...it's a "pass" isn't it? I'll just be the Little Engine That Could and continue on. Well, I might cry a little first.

@LindenmuthWendi Yes! And, turns out, I really like her/me.

Have you ever delved into your psyches to discover who you really are?

@LindenmuthWendi The negative attitude of someone else. It is invading my present.

What do you need to overlook today to keep moving forward?