alyssa ✨ is revising Act 1 😈

Zara has 3 problems: 1️⃣ Her lunar colony is marked for disbandment 🏜️ 2️⃣ Her replacement is an annoyingly muscular know-it-all 🙄 3️⃣ Her coming-of-age animal match is a wolf… marking her more likely to DESTROY her moon than save it 🐺💥🌙 #PosterPitW #YA #SF #F

my next WIP won’t leave my mind soo let me manifest and share: 😈 character-driven, adult romantasy 🕸️ music playlist “Spider Boy” ✨ working title is SYH

@myleejmiller 🔥

The moment each of the main characters are introduced in YOU TOO SHALL BURN🔥

I made an updated "cheat sheet" for my editorial services! (inspired by @ccfosterwrites's formatting) If you're interested in booking a service with me, read the info below, and reach out <3 #WritingCommunity

@amcknightwrites yess!! and think i’m on the same comeback sched as you.. finding time to write again 🤣

An update: I wrote this morning 🥹 1,574 words for MuseWIP 🥀 getting so close to being done with this first draft

clawing my way back to the WIP before the year ends 😤

@amcknightwrites 🙋🏼‍♀️

There aren’t enough hours in the day lately y’all. I miss writing

after weeks writing hiatus, i had the rare opportunity to sit still yesterday and worked through the plot block !!!

As a writer, you will sometimes hear a song lyric or look at a random photo and suddenly have the urge to turn it into a whole book It's both a blessing and a curse 😅

They're up!! The Substack articles about my query letters - one that got me an offer, one that got me 25 fulls - are available now! #WritingCommunity

@lnmbeck would have offered because sounds great! best of luck with next steps rooting for you 💫

🚨BETA READERS WANTED🚨 Just finished edits on my querying WIP & I’m searching for betas willing to read my 1st chapters. Ideally, I’d love some feedback until my chap 7 (25k words) but would already be very grateful for feedback on my 1st 3 chaps (9k). Anyone willing to help? 😊

can’t wait to finish my updates and hopefully work with ya 👏

#10Queries is BACK! Our October mini-contest goes LIVE at Midnight EST, October 11th, and closes at 11:59pm EST, October 11th. All we need is your query, & first 5 pages! And the best news...your manuscript doesn't even need to be finished. If you want feedback, submit! #RevPit

My favorite one-star reviews from the people I’ve personally victimized with The Gryphon King. Inspired by @alliewritesalot

Next week's newsletters 👀 Both of these release next Wednesday, October 15th, at 12 PM EST!

Unfortunately, I’ve received these 1-star reviews for my YA Fantasy debut 😔 Full post on my instagram @/alliewritesalot — 🔗 below 👇 (THANK YOU FOR 800 GOODREADS SAVES!)

@gwalkerauthor 😂😂 always making faces while i write…

@TeonMoons That has 100% been me 😂

When you write a scene that’s a little too dark, so you just stare at your laptop like this:

✨Oct 10 at 6pm est (virtual/free) — in conversation with Chloe Gong on IG Live follow us over on the other app so you don’t miss out!

@myleejmiller hi, yes, you are talented !!

If I offered paid query package critiques, developmental edits, and/or line editing services... would anyone be interested in them? I'd specifically make an effort to have these services be affordable for writers - especially indie authors.

@helena_author “Writing a query is easy once you know what makes your book engaging” - this is such an interesting part of the process! sometimes takes me by surprise 🫣

The post is now LIVE helenaauthor.substack.com/p/the-query-le…