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Successful #PopUpPit!! I LOVE reading pitches from my fellow aspiring authors and it’s so fun to imagine us all publishing these books together soon 🩷 The creativity out in the world right now is my version of #hopecore.

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After returning to her family’s crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too. 🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts 🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic

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TREASURE PLANET×THE EXPANSE A bookworm dreams of escape from a pirate-run space station. With his friend, a tech genius, he finds an ancient wrist computer tied to his family and a legendary lost starship. As they seek answers, so does a notorious captain. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #SF #M

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❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy Nutcracker retelling for folks who love the "-ber" months #YA #F With new characters at every turn and dreamscape-like scenery, "Clara" is drenched in the fabled lore of the holidays. A treat for those who love magic, ghosts, and gingerbread. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

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🐦‍⬛📖 MARK OF A MAGPIE 📖🐦‍⬛ When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows? #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #NA #DIS

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❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy Nutcracker retelling for people who love the "-ber" months. #YA #F ✔️ Winter Solstice/Yule ✔️ Coming of Age ✔️ Cozy Mystery ✔️ Folklore ✔️ True YA ✔️ Magical woodland creatures (otters and frogs carry notes between witches through a creek, sooo...) #LuckyPit #popuppitA #popuppit

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Legends and Lattes x The Spellshop THE WITCH AND THE GROCER - Sapphic Cozy Paranormal Romance - disabled witch MC - apothecary vibes - nb half-satyr bff - femme x butch - journey to disabled self-acceptance - ghosts - low stakes, cozy tea time read - 4/5 spice #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #R

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ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A rock band thinks they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet a group of magical women who seem to turn their 🍀luck🍀 around. But as magic & fame grow, so does greed. The power struggle will lead one to the limelight, losing all others to the woods. #LuckyPit #popuppit

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❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #F #Q A necklace that promises power over life & death is stolen at the Yule Ball and a guest has been found dead. Clara, a witch, and a rag-tag trio of misfits will embark on a world-wide hunt for the necklace before those who practice darker magic find it first. #luckypit 🍀 #popuppit

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I get my developmental edits back this week for my debut novel so I'm suuuuuuper chill and not distracted what so ever. Definitely not giving myself arthritis from refreshing my email inbox every 3 minutes. #writingcommunity #booksky

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🕯️Clara🕯️ has hit the query trenches and I'm officially shaking in my boots. I love this story. I hope others will love it soon too! #amquerying #queryingtrenches #writingcommunity

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I know the birds chirping on my wreath are making a mess of my porch but they sound like spring 🌷🐝☔

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#writingcommunity - I could use some help. I'm writing a holiday - fantasy - mystery. How do I say that in my query letter? Should I prioritize one or two? It seems bulky? #amquerying

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Dear Spotify - It's me that's listened to Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker approximately 908,908,723,089 times. I'm writing something. #writingcommunity

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Found an author I'd never read before (Sarah Penner) and now my #TBR is SCREWED as I binge all her books! Which author wrecked your TBR in the best way? #booksky

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Days away from being ready to query my second manuscript. The question is, will I actually do it OR will I read it one more time (making it 972 reads approximately) and question all my words and life choices?? We shall seeeeeee 😬 #amquerying #ampanicing

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ROYAL - A prince of a powerful bloodline, heir apparent, MAGPIE'S - named for the clever and resourceful bird, OATH - with a promise he vows to keep. “To me, it’s everything—all that I am. My powers, my family line, my reason for fighting..." #QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF #LGBTQ #Queerwriters

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ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS Bookshelf buddies: 📚 A Dark and Secret Magic 📚 The Lost Apothecary 📚 A rock band from Nashville thinks they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet a group of magical women who seem to turn their luck around... Oh, were they wrong. #Q #MR #QuestPit

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❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy retelling of The Nutcracker #YA #My #F (60k words) With new characters at every turn and dreamscape-like scenery, "Clara" is drenched in the fabled lore of the holidays. A delicious treat for those who find murder mysteries to be cozy. #W #QuestPit

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ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A cozy tale of folklore with fangs, fitting nicely on a shelf next to "A Dark & Secret Magic" & "The Lost Apothecary". ✔️Cottage Core ✔️Twist Ending ✔️Sisterhood ✔️Morally Gray FMC ✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ✔️Atmospheric ✔️Feminism ✔️Dancing ghosts in a theater 👻 #QuestPit

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❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #My #F (60k words) The Stahbaum’s annual Yule Ball is as lovely as a ballet until a guest is found dead the next morning. A party trick of dark magic performed at the ball could be the cause but it’s missing. Can Clara find it in time to save the witches of Snow Crest? #W #QuestPit

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ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS Bookshelf buddies: 📚 A Dark and Secret Magic 📚 The Lost Apothecary 📚 ✔️ Fame ✔️ Witchcraft Which one is the true dark magic? A group of magical women will meet a rock band and through music and love spells, learn the consequences of combining these powers. #Q #MR #QUESTPIT

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MIDNIGHT LIBRARY + HITCHHIKERS GUIDE All of Evan’s absurd bday wishes are randomly coming true. Sadly his 45th was to never grow a year older, and his 46th bday is approaching… A rollercoaster of Jewish humor, family dynamics, & life-altering choices. #QuestPit #Q #A #SSF #T

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CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

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Slow Horses ➕️➕️➕️ Time travel's brutal for an MI5 agent on the run from his government. They almost blew up 1972; he got the blame. Now there's a temporal vortex to close, if the hunters don't kill him first, and a Russian spy from 1997 is running interference. #Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit #agentguide 🦋

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🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

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❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #My #F (60k words) A dark & whimsical retelling of a holiday favorite: The Nutcracker. After someone is found dead at the annual Yule Ball, Clara, a young adult witch, must recover the dark gift stolen from her before any more harm can be done to her magical kingdom. #W #QuestPit

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ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A rock band from Nashville thinks they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet a group of magical women who seem to turn their luck around. But as magic & fame grow, so does greed. The power struggle will lead one to the limelight, losing all others to the woods. #QUESTPIT

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Twas the night before #questpit and my eyes were yet weary, as my planned posts got weirder and weirder to query.

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Sitting down to write under these moody Sunday clouds. Anyone else? ☕ #writingcommunity #authorsky

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Since MLK Day, I've been in a writing FUNK. Today I binged an hour of Taylor Swift and a one pound bag of cherries and now I'm writing a Murder Mystery party game. #writingcommunity

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Sad to share that a fairy book mother does not, in fact, come visit you when you need advice on your publishing journey. #writingcommunity

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Deciding between reading, writing or exercising is SO hard for me... until today. 1: Choose to just walk 2: Turn on audiobook 3: Endure a lightening strike of inspiration and run home as fast as your can to write it before it's gone Follow me for more Type B life advice. #booksky #writingcommunity

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Wecome #BookTok! 🙌 Whatcha reading?? Just finished - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner (LOVED) Just starting - Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

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Missed another pitch event because my brain was ash from work. Any other #SPED teachers out there in the #writingcommunity? How do you find creativity after THOSE days??

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