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Graduate of The Writer's Studio @SFU and MFA in Creative Writing @UBC. Works in Brave New Girls, Speculation Publications, Zooscape. Writer, teacher, editor. I like soup. Host/Creator of #MiseryPit My website: https://jgregoryauthor.wordpress.com/
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I’ll be closing to submissions at 11:59pm ET on Friday, February 28th to focus on the current workload I have—be sure to get your submission in before then! 😊 The plan is to reopen in the spring but don’t have an exact date yet querytracker.net/query/dorian...

✨ (✿◠‿◠) | NEW AUTHOR INTERVIEW ✨ Author Interview with D. F. Reese | @dfreese.bsky.social [ #authorsofsky ] | [ #booksky ] | [ #authorinterviews ] rebeccacrunden.com/2025/02/22/a...

My lungs hurt but at least I'm sleeping through the night now 👍

i'd really appreciate any reposts of my coffee link! and if you like my posts, maybe consider sending me a cup🥰 ☕🤎 (funnily, i have actually run out of coffee which means, oh darn, tomorrow morning will be fun 🙈😂) ko-fi.com/rjcrunden

So, to confirm, we're all getting witch tartans, yes? wildhunt.org/2025/02/newl...

Guidelines for our first ever Author Hype Event #WSPit #WIPSnips has always been about growing community. You all show up everyday (some since day one) sharing pieces of your writing. Here's the chance to go beyond snips and pitch your work! More infographics to come, but here's a start

No power today :(

Hi folks, excited to announce that we will be open for submissions in fiction starting March 1st! The Dodge is also currently accepting submissions in nonfiction, translation, and visual arts. More information about all things submissions can be found at the link in our bio.

Today in Japan it's #NationalCatDay! 🎨'Popular Cat Song Ball' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi. #Caturday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt

On behalf of Beth Train-Brown "I'm a Creative Writing PhD applicant researching Deaf representation and Sign Language in Fantasy novels, looking to speak to D/deaf or sign-user members about their experiences with sign and how they could see it in a fantasy setting.

Being sick and waking up to an earthquake was awful. Still haven't figured out what the big bang was about.

here’s my ~sales pitch of the day~ ✨ clears throat ✨ (•_•) <) )╯have you perchance / \ (•_•) \( (> had a browse of / \ (•_•) <) )╯my books this day? / \ linktr.ee/rjcrunden

You are fantastic. You are a living grimoire. You are the dreams of an eldritch goddess. You are a tiny library in the hollow of an ancient oak. You are a swarm of faeries writing poetry on the night sky with streaks of glittery flames.

#BCQuake #BCEarthquake #EarthquakeBC For the BC people -- there's a survey on the Earthquakes Canada website. It would be a big help for the seismologists and emergency planners, even if you didn't feel it, to map which areas are more likely to shake. www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-en.php

5.1 according to Global News BC. #BCQuake #EarthquakeBC

We just had an earthquake that lasted for 30 seconds. The ground rumbled and there was a BANG. #BCQuake #earthquake #BC

I was burning with such a fever last night that I hallucinated that I was General Strawberry of a Ming Dynasty army and I kept trying to give orders to my very concerned cat (cat was real, he glued himself to me last night)

Publisher storm warnings (a thread) 🧵 For possible Writer Beware blog posts, I'm gathering info on several publishers following complaints shared with me, news coverage, and online reports. If you have experience w/ any of these, pls contact me (in confidence) [email protected] Okay, here goes...1/5

I'm sick! 🤧🥶🤒 Noooooo!!!! My edit schedule!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Added another comp title to my draft query letter and 29 chapters left to audio edit! The worry grows 👀

I've finished the rough edit of my new manuscript. I'll be doing an audio edit next week. I have the synopsis and query letter written and a mental list of about a handful of agents I'm going to query. I'm terrified 😅 #booksky #writingcommunity #amquerying #writersky

In Japanese mythology, the god Susanoo married Kushinadahime, but they had a rather unusual courtship. It all started after Susanoo was expelled from the heavens after his terrible behaviour towards his sister Amaterasu. As he wandered on the earthly plain he came across a couple... #FolkyFriday 1/4

If you see this, post a knight

#Cupit #amoutlining #amdrafting #A #RC The Flip-Off x Houseplants & Hardcovers Carly's toughest competition for the same partnership at the firm, is her biggest rival for the renovated landscape project, & her heart. ⌚💕 speed-dating 🏡 Landscape design flipping 👨👩 Enemies (rivals) to lovers trope

In honor of #Cupit and going on Sub today, here's a more in-depth editor's guide to GIRL IN PROGRESS. 💞 #ROMCOM #RC #EDITOR #BOOKSKY #WRITINGCOMMUNITY #TRAVEL

I HOPE THIS DOESN'T FIND YOU X YOU'VE REACHED SAM YA Contemporary Romance with Speculative Elements 🌻Private boarding school/train setting 🤎He falls first; poor girl X popular guy ☁️Light discussions of parental grief 🍂Themes of people-pleasing 🍄Magical mushrooms allegory #Cupit #WIP #R #YA

NINE TAILED X STRIKE THE ZITHER A thousand years after a fox spirit and a god's love ends in tragedy, she must reclaim her past and stop him from unleashing eternal winter on Earth. #Cupit #RF #POC #A #NA

Contemp upmarket homage to #kdramas, EMBRACING THE SKIES being pitched as Bridget Jones Has a Baby Goes to Korea. Told from pov of wannabe writer & single mom Meg, she balances motherhood, burgeoning career & escalating personal drama while trying to find herself #cupit #A #WF #R #lovetrian

THE HATING GAME x MISTLETOE & MR. RIGHT Pro: Ellie inherited half of an antique shop Con: it comes with a 6‘4 grump in a three-piece suit Pro: If she wins a bet until New Year’s Eve, the shop is hers Con: If she wins, she’ll lose him. #cupit #Q #A #R

“What’s something you want to do before the world ends?” 📚 Private School Romance 🎸 Musician LI 🎆 Nostalgic Vibes 🏳️‍🌈 Closeted MC x Out LI 💰 Class Differences 🤭 Secret Relationship #CuPit #YA #CR #LGBT

IF ONLY 💛 Two former high school classmates reunite years after graduation, where unresolved emotions resurface, forcing them to confront the past they thought they’d forgotten ♡ High school nostalgia ♡ Linear timelines ♡ She fell first, he falls hardest ♡ Male yearning #CR #YA #Cupit

ADDIE LARUE x DIVINE RIVALS x DAWSON'S CREEK When Birdie & Lennon accidentally summon a trickster god, they unknowingly tangle the invisible threads of all three. 🌿coming of age 🌿multi-POV 🌿magical take on the string theory 🌿petty gods + politics #cupit #rofa

#Cupit #DR #POC #MCR #NA #A #FBW #SOUTHASIANFMC #LATINOMMC #EDITING #AmEditing For the girls who said “oh, you know what? I actually don’t mind being chased through the woods.” Well—meet ✨the villain’s muse✨, a bipoc dark romance you’ll love 🫶

A Gen Xer who thinks she’s done with the misery of dating falls hard for an aging punk rocker in this 79k rom-com, for EmHen and Nora Ephron fans of any age. #Cupit #CR, #RC,#A

Everyone loves Jerri: her soon to be ex, his best friend, and a work colleague. But only one of them want to kill her when she spurns their advances. Look out, Jerri—someone is following you and took your rose. #Cupit #A #S #T #R #LGBTQ+

Here is my list for #Cupit 1. Rutello: King of Kings #W #A #RF 2. R: Winter's Grace #W #A #RF 3. R: Maya, Warrior Queen #W #A #RF 4. R: New World #W #A #RF 5. R: The Dark Veil #W #A #RF 6. Alaria's Curse #W #A #RF 7. Beauty of the Gardens #W #NA #R 8. From Below #W #NA #RF #FBW