J.C. Gower is writing

Me: what was your favorite part of camp today? Son: I didn’t get a time out!!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

Have decided that revising the book might be harder than writing the book.

To thank cool people for reading books, I’m giving away a 6-month Audible subscription (if you already have one, it’s just MORE CREDITS)! Just follow me and retweet, and one random winner will be announced Saturday at 9pm CST!!!

Guess what I get to start reading 😍 @mikechenwriter - I’m so excited!

@kelleemoye Excited about this - it is sitting on my summer TBR shelf!

4 of 5 stars to Well Met by Jen DeLuca goodreads.com/review/show/56…

The USA TODAY Booklist is back! Our weekly list, which tells you what bookworms are *actually* reading, has returned with 150 titles that are flying off shelves across independent bookstores, major chains and online retailers. #USATBooklist usatoday.com/story/entertai…

@JoSeguraBooks @evascalzo I was just thinking this!!!! My kids do not appreciate my love for apricot jelly, though 😩

@evascalzo Agreed—but give me apricot jelly over strawberry!!

My hot take: Grape jelly is the WORST jelly. Every time my kid wants a sandwich with it I dread having to try and spread it on a piece of bread—it honestly makes me shudder. Give me strawberry jam every time. I will die on this hill.

@M_L_Schubert This is the best feeling! Your muse is on 🔥 🎉

I thought I needed a break after drafting my last project but my brain would not shut up! So here I am drafting a whole new adult fantasy & I think this opening is one of my favourite things I've written period 🥹 Its just pouring out of me so I'm running with it💃💫 #amdrafting

I was a responsible Floridian adult and went to my derm. One mole biopsy later with a handful of sunscreen for oily skin…I am breaking out like a teen. Ugh. Any tried and true daily sunscreen recs for sensitive skin?

@alechiadow You should proclaim your joy loudly! Don’t lessen your light for someone else’s insecurities. Be proud of what you’ve accomplished! Those who matter will celebrate with and be inspired by you.

Listening to HAPPY PLACE. I’ve already cried three times. My heart is in tatters and held together by fraying threads. …and there’s still an hour and thirty-eight minutes to go. I don’t think I can take it. I am in an emotional maelstrom. But also…stopping is not an option.

My first FR gave me the highest of highs. My first rejection gave me the lowest of lows. But each book teaches you more and gives you more time to learn and practice your craft. And I truly believe that when you and your book are ready, things will happen.

It is always disheartening. It always makes you doubt. But if you want to do THE THING, you can’t let the rejections make you quit. Let those rejections make you BETTER. If you quit…did you really want THE THING in the first place?

I think the most important thing to have as a writer is your community. Trad publishing is a path of rejection but, if you want it, you have to expect the many “no thanks.” Your community reminds you: 🧵

@IlanaGermaine @carolinaesant1 I met with 8 agents. I had my pitch typed out and read it after I introduced myself, and had some questions ready (both about the pitch and the agent’s style). They also asked me questions (characters, world building, etc).

@carolinaesant1 I was looking at an online FL one.

I’m considering a writing conference where you meet live with an agent. But…how do you do that? Do you read your query letter aloud? Memorize the middle part? I need instructions! #amquerying #WritingCommunity

@IlanaGermaine @carolinaesant1 Is it the Florida Writing Workshop? I did it last year and LOVED my experience. It was nerve wracking but I got great feedback that helped me edit my query and pitch.

@clemmiegirlnz Oh man - this gave me goosebumps!!!

have some scribbles to celebrate me writing again! “Life didn’t get easier. I got harder. I flaked obsidian over my soul, threaded my spine with molten steel. I wore away everything soft, everything that could be hurt, until I was nothing but jagged blades & blood.” #snipdump4

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #writersoftwitter #writers It’s happening!!! Save the date… RT / QRT to spread the word….