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DEFY THE STARS X CINDER Spaceship-mechanic Eden is the only one willing to save her parents from alien abduction. When the android she bought to help her becomes sentient and cinnamon-rolly, she has a new mission: do not fall in love with a robot. #ya #questpit #sf #q

@helena_author When I did this in the past, I did it to show other writers that it’s part of the process, that there’s no getting around it, and that it happens to everyone. I always blacked out names and agencies, of course, but I never supposed agents would have an issue. Guess I’ll stop.

Querying writers, please don't post screenshots of the rejections you've received, especially the ones that include the agency/agent name. Trad publishing requires a lot of secrecy in the process and agents take note of those who overshare online.

Ummm this is my daughter and my writerly heart is aflutter. 😭😭😭 Ps Her library teacher is the best!

@pippawestauthor I’m responding for a friend of mine who just got her agent—she waited 6 months from her full request til the offer. The waiting was…difficult 😂

For those in their vague/agented era, can I ask how long it took from the time you got a full request to The Email/Phone Call?👀✨️🫶

My 4yo just referred to mustard as “cheese ketchup.” I declare henceforth, so shall it be written, that mustard ever be referred to as, “cheese ketchup.” #parenting #kids

@gilliangracee Run away!

when you think you get an agent requesting your full manuscript but they're actually asking for your full only if you also pay them a $35 "processing fee" upfront 😍❤️

@NC_Kay_author Woohoooo!!!!

Oooh?! So happy that my metafictional thriller, The Palimpsest, has been upgraded from a Top Pick to a finalist in the Killer Nashville Claymore Award for its opening 50 pages! 😍

@clairebarner1 @timmckay52 Oooo, congratulations!! Fingers crossed for you! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@timmckay52 I just went on sub today, and it's so exciting to see how much the writing, plot, and character arcs have improved since I finished my first draft about a year ago. Writing truly is a craft!

Some of us authors are strangely adept at putting ourselves down and pretending it's a virtue. Let's have a positive self-talk day. Tell me one good thing about you, and one good thing about your most recent book. Go.

#Writingcommunity question: If an agent pitched my full to a colleague, do I follow up on that and if I do, after how long? It’s been three months.

@CasieBazay I go in with such confidence…doesn’t last long. 😂 Thank you for hosting this!

Such a good thread about QT. Some of these I knew, some I didn’t! Thank you, @TL_Coughlin

Giveawayyyyy🙌🏻

flash giveaway for a query letter critique! to celebrate some *cool stuff* in my life I want to help you with your query, #writingcommunity and #amquerying crowd. like, comment, and repost for entry and I'll announce winner on July 15.

@hmteachout Yay! You’re the nicest! 🙌🏻❤️

@AriannaSidd When Eden’s AI war-vet parents are abducted, she goes against their beliefs and purchases a handsome android to help her save them, but when it becomes sentient, she must figure out if it will murder her—or if she’s falling in love with it. @KateVWrites

I am on the hunt for YA. Magical, romantic, thrilling. Suspenseful, funny, shocking. If you've got it, I want it. That's why, for a limited time.... I am open to all genres of YA. Query me here: querymanager.com/query/LaurenSp…

@laurenspieller Query sent. Thank you for the opportunity.

@danedraper1 Just making a mess of everything.

happy tuesday #writingcommunity ✨ ya girl already got 2 editor passes this week, so you know what that means!! another FREE QUERY LETTER CRITIQUE giveaway! #amquerying friends, drop a gif of what being a writer feels like, and I'll choose two winners at random tomorrow 💛

It is very difficult to continue writing a dark, bloody scene when my littles come in “dusting” my keyboard with ropes and butter-brushes, singing, “La-la-laaa-la-la-laaaa.” Too much happiness, ya sillies. #WritingCommmunity #authormom

@spottedsnake 😂😂 I have never seen a more perfect gif.

SAPPHIC INDIANA JONES x PIRATES A pirate captain hunts a legendary dragon egg, but when a note arrives announcing her childhood love’s engagement to a prince, she must choose between her heart and her ambition…or spill enough blood to get both. #questpit #A #F #R #Q