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Author of upmarket fiction. Reader. MFA. A story shows a thousand pictures. keelybrice.com
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Time to add color! #ThisIsMeCoping

Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th πŸ₯³ reviseresub.com/editors

When the outer world burns, the inner world unfurls, a mode to survive in times of darkness and confusion, pain and sorrow. Out of the grief, a gift. This year will yield so much art. What I'm working on right now: How about you?

pbs.twimg.com/media/GLfNNY... the GAP to greatness

bentonvillebulletin.com/meet-austen-... Check out this feature I wrote on the curator of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Writing books gets better with practice. Writing pitches--better with practice. Plotting--practice makes perfect. But writing a synopsis? You gotta learn that beast all over again every damn time.🀑πŸ€ͺπŸ™„ I'm in the thick of it! #AmWritingFiction #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

When a disgraced movie star shoots an intruder only to discover he is a young man she has been mentoring, a broken community must wrestle with its demons to get to the heart of the tragedy. To rise from ruin, she's going to have to put on her best performance yet. #2025Pit #S

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰πŸŽ‰ Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

@writingdaywksp.bsky.socialNew FREE contest for writers of romance, historical fiction, and women's fiction β€” tinyurl.com/2025wdwcon2 β€” Judged by agent Brandy Vallance, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.

~Behold: A dystopian, fairytale retelling of GREAT EXPECTATIONS~ When a girl saves the life of a mysterious fugitive, he promises her immortality if she writes a bestseller by 25, but a reclusive billionaire complicates her quest when she ensnares her in the plans for her daughter's legacy. #P2Ppit

Looking to connect with authors, agents, editors, readers. I write literary and upmarket fiction for adults.πŸ‘‹ #AmWriting #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

When a disgraced movie star shoots an intruder only to discover he is a young man she has been mentoring, a broken community must wrestle with its demons to get to the heart of the tragedy. To rise from ruin, she's going to have to pull out her best performance yet. #P2Ppit #Q #U

My biggest downfall as a novelist was pacing. Then I read Matt Bird's THE SECRETS OF STORY. It's a craft book for screenwriters, which is just what I needed as movies have to do so much in so little time and all interiority must be shown through dialog and action. #writingcommunity #fictiontips

@writingdaywksp.bsky.social New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction β€” tinyurl.com/2025wdwcon3%... β€” Judged by agent Kesia Lupo, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.

Grateful to the industry pros who take time to give thoughtful feedback and encouragement. In a career where rejection is the norm, it's nice when someone thinks your story is worthy of all the trials and tribulations it puts you through on its way from Word doc to hardcover.