Sarah Petzold

Happy New Year! 🥳🎉🎊 Stoked for another year of writing alongside a talented community of writers! Here’s to agent announcements, book deals, and ALL of the positive publishing news! 🤞🏻 In honor of 2024, I’d like to share mood boards for my latest three novels. Enjoy! 📚✍🏻✨

@SouleStories @mohughes22 @FinePrintLit Congrats Liz! How exciting! Can’t wait to see where this next journey takes you! Fingers crossed for all the book deals! 🥳🎉

⭐️Agent News⭐️ I am excited to announce that I'm now represented by @mohughes22 at @FinePrintLit! Morgan is passionate about my work and will be an excellent champion for my career! I'm looking forward to this chapter, and my new YA disaster romance going on sub in 2025! 🎉

Authors, stop worrying about trends. By the time you chase one, it’s over. Write the story that keeps you up at night. #WritingCommunity

Aspiring nothing. You are no aspiring writer. Do you write? You’re a writer. Have you written with the intent of telling a story? You’re a writer. YOU. ARE. A. WRITER. Claim it.

@KimberlyMallek @RMFWriters @Colorado Congrats Kim! So exciting!

I'm super excited to announce that I am a finalist in the Young Adult/Middle Grade grade genre for the @RMFWriters @Colorado Gold Rush Literary Awards. Thanks to all my CPs & Betas who helped me make this manuscript better! #WritingCommunity #amquerying #amwriting #Awards

Goofy 🎭 geek Jorie loves playing small parts–until her BF glows up and becomes 👑 Charming. When he dumps her, theatre camp is her 1 chance to prove she has what it takes to be in the spotlight and win back his ♥️. Unless a 🔥 stagehand wins her ♥️ 1st. #QuestPit #YA #R #OS

When a rival learns that softball pitcher Rhettie is faking an injury (to escape her dad's overbearing coaching), she blackmails Rhettie into staying "hurt." If Rhettie comes clean, she can return to the game she loves, but the truth will break everyone's hearts #QuestPit #Q #YA

Shoutout to my CP group for their invaluable feedback, time and time again. Another round of revisions is next on the docket. Here’s to hoping it’ll be the last developmental edit of this project! 🤗 #WritingCommunity

@SouleStories What?! Pantsing is the best!

Just finished draft 8!!? of my current YA WIP and it has yet to see a single beta reader. (Yes those rewrites were all inspired by me, fighting with myself in my own head.) I am NEVER pantsing a book again. That was supposed to be a fun experiment😅 😒

@KimberlyD73219 @joelbrigham Sounds like an awesome book! Best of luck to you!

@morganstrehlow In the YA realm, there’s EVERY LAST WORD by Tamara Ireland Stone, ALL OUR BROKEN PIECES by L.D. Crichton, HISTORY IS ALL YOU LEFT ME by Adam Silvera, and of course, TURTLES ALL THE WAY DOWN by John Green.

FORGET ME NOT X COOL FOR THE SUMMER At a weekend getaway in Madeira beach, a closeted lesbian struggles to keep her relationship history a secret while grappling with resurfacing feelings for her ex. #kidlitpit #YA

@brittneekz Love this book and love the vibes of this mood board! 😍

Hunger Games x How 2 Succeed in Witchcraft In a world where witches are commonplace, 17 year-old witch Emily Corey, competes in a teen reality magic competition to take down her arch nemesis and bring her family back to power. #kidlitpit #YA #ContemporaryFantasy

@KimberlyMallek Sounds amazing, Kim! Can’t wait to read this one!

@amwriting24 Sounds amazing! Can’t wait to read!

Received some incredible feedback from @joelbrigham on my query package! Pumped to dive back into revisions! 🎉 If you’re seeking guidance on your query, synopsis, or manuscript, consider Joel. He’s a gem in the writing community, and I couldn’t be happier with his feedback! ☺️

15 days and 52,662 words later, the first draft of my 7th manuscript is complete! 🥹😵‍💫😮‍💨 #amwriting #WritingCommunity

@TheMOWUSA I’m sure I’ll add many more chapters. Just need to get the bones on the page!

@SarahPetz5 Oh, add three more chapters 😉

Crossed the 50k mark of my WIP, and I’ve only got one chapter left until I write those magic little words, THE END. ✨ #amwriting

@authoradraeanna Right? Always a huge task, but I did it! 🥹

@SarahPetz5 50k always seems like a monumental number!

@SouleStories I’m not sure what happened these last two weeks. 😂😂😂

@SarahPetz5 WOW Sarah!! 🔥