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Love this idea of "Thankfulness Leaves" passed down from a friend. So much to be thankful for this season... including this #writingcommunity! 🙏
I hope you're surrounded by lots of joy (and pumpkin pie) this holiday! 🦃
#amwriting #amquerying
I hope you're surrounded by lots of joy (and pumpkin pie) this holiday! 🦃
#amwriting #amquerying
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Love this idea of "Thankfulness Leaves" passed down from a friend. So much to be thankful for this season... including this #writingcommunity! 🙏
I hope you're surrounded by lots of joy (and pumpkin pie) this holiday! 🦃
#amwriting #amquerying
I hope you're surrounded by lots of joy (and pumpkin pie) this holiday! 🦃
#amwriting #amquerying
Happy Monday #writingcommunity!
Loved seeing the activity for yesterday's #WIPPIT. Can't wait until these creative works are in print! 📚
I'm a day late (no excuse, just the weekend), but my #WIP features a women's retreat in ME gone horribly wrong. Beware of ancient creatures of the sea! 🌊
#Spec
Loved seeing the activity for yesterday's #WIPPIT. Can't wait until these creative works are in print! 📚
I'm a day late (no excuse, just the weekend), but my #WIP features a women's retreat in ME gone horribly wrong. Beware of ancient creatures of the sea! 🌊
#Spec
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Happy Monday #writingcommunity!
Loved seeing the activity for yesterday's #WIPPIT. Can't wait until these creative works are in print! 📚
I'm a day late (no excuse, just the weekend), but my #WIP features a women's retreat in ME gone horribly wrong. Beware of ancient creatures of the sea! 🌊
#Spec
Loved seeing the activity for yesterday's #WIPPIT. Can't wait until these creative works are in print! 📚
I'm a day late (no excuse, just the weekend), but my #WIP features a women's retreat in ME gone horribly wrong. Beware of ancient creatures of the sea! 🌊
#Spec
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#MiseryPit is coming up December 1st! For mystery, thriller, and true crime works!
Follow @miserypit.bsky.social and check the post below for more information!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #Editors
Follow @miserypit.bsky.social and check the post below for more information!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #Editors
🚨🚨🚨 ATTENTION WRITERS 🚨🚨🚨
The next #MiseryPit pitching event will be December 1, 2025!
6 AM PST - 6 PM PST
See you then!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #LitAgents #Writers #Editors #Authors #MysteryWriters #ThrillerWriters #TrueCrimeWriters
The next #MiseryPit pitching event will be December 1, 2025!
6 AM PST - 6 PM PST
See you then!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #LitAgents #Writers #Editors #Authors #MysteryWriters #ThrillerWriters #TrueCrimeWriters
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#MiseryPit is coming up December 1st! For mystery, thriller, and true crime works!
Follow @miserypit.bsky.social and check the post below for more information!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #Editors
Follow @miserypit.bsky.social and check the post below for more information!
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #Editors
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Authors: Make sure your query is NOT too vague.
“They must face dire consequences / a difficult choice / a big threat” are all too vague.
Give concrete details of what the characters are facing and why the reader should be on the edge of their seat about it! #writersky #amquerying
“They must face dire consequences / a difficult choice / a big threat” are all too vague.
Give concrete details of what the characters are facing and why the reader should be on the edge of their seat about it! #writersky #amquerying
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Authors: Make sure your query is NOT too vague.
“They must face dire consequences / a difficult choice / a big threat” are all too vague.
Give concrete details of what the characters are facing and why the reader should be on the edge of their seat about it! #writersky #amquerying
“They must face dire consequences / a difficult choice / a big threat” are all too vague.
Give concrete details of what the characters are facing and why the reader should be on the edge of their seat about it! #writersky #amquerying
I'm reading Eowyn Ivey's fantastic "Black Woods Blue Sky" as a potential comp for my speculative WIP. 🌲🌘
Great quote: "Love is the most powerful force in the world. If you couldn't put your hope in that, what was the point of anything."
#writesky #amquerying #writingcommunity
Great quote: "Love is the most powerful force in the world. If you couldn't put your hope in that, what was the point of anything."
#writesky #amquerying #writingcommunity
November 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm reading Eowyn Ivey's fantastic "Black Woods Blue Sky" as a potential comp for my speculative WIP. 🌲🌘
Great quote: "Love is the most powerful force in the world. If you couldn't put your hope in that, what was the point of anything."
#writesky #amquerying #writingcommunity
Great quote: "Love is the most powerful force in the world. If you couldn't put your hope in that, what was the point of anything."
#writesky #amquerying #writingcommunity
Hello #FifRevPit!
My Editorial Assistant insists that felines appear in all my works--the consequences for not doing so would be catastrophic. 😼
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
My Editorial Assistant insists that felines appear in all my works--the consequences for not doing so would be catastrophic. 😼
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Hello #FifRevPit!
My Editorial Assistant insists that felines appear in all my works--the consequences for not doing so would be catastrophic. 😼
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
My Editorial Assistant insists that felines appear in all my works--the consequences for not doing so would be catastrophic. 😼
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
Happy Monday #writingcommunity! 😃🖊️
Passing along this great essay posted by #janefriedman. Lots of useful info about infusing emotion into our writing. ☺️😗🥺
Hope your day is inspiring & productive!
#amwriting #amquerying
Passing along this great essay posted by #janefriedman. Lots of useful info about infusing emotion into our writing. ☺️😗🥺
Hope your day is inspiring & productive!
#amwriting #amquerying
What Makes Character Voice Memorable: Emotion | Jane Friedman
This excerpt from a new craft book by Jordan Rosenfeld explores the many ways our fictional characters manifest their internal emotions.
janefriedman.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Happy Monday #writingcommunity! 😃🖊️
Passing along this great essay posted by #janefriedman. Lots of useful info about infusing emotion into our writing. ☺️😗🥺
Hope your day is inspiring & productive!
#amwriting #amquerying
Passing along this great essay posted by #janefriedman. Lots of useful info about infusing emotion into our writing. ☺️😗🥺
Hope your day is inspiring & productive!
#amwriting #amquerying
Such a great meeting last night with my writing critique group! There's nothing like a #writingcommunity to feel supported and validated for what we do. 😀📚
Today I'm digging into their suggestions for my WIP- can't wait to use their insight to improve my work! 📋🖊️
#amquerying #amwriting
Today I'm digging into their suggestions for my WIP- can't wait to use their insight to improve my work! 📋🖊️
#amquerying #amwriting
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Such a great meeting last night with my writing critique group! There's nothing like a #writingcommunity to feel supported and validated for what we do. 😀📚
Today I'm digging into their suggestions for my WIP- can't wait to use their insight to improve my work! 📋🖊️
#amquerying #amwriting
Today I'm digging into their suggestions for my WIP- can't wait to use their insight to improve my work! 📋🖊️
#amquerying #amwriting
Happy Thursday #writingcommunity! 🖊️
Passing along the info from #MWPA for a great opportunity for 1st and 2nd generation Mainers to submit prose & poetry for a new anthology celebrating the many cultures & peoples of our state. 🌲🌊🦞
Good luck! 😀
#amwriting #amquerying #writesky
Passing along the info from #MWPA for a great opportunity for 1st and 2nd generation Mainers to submit prose & poetry for a new anthology celebrating the many cultures & peoples of our state. 🌲🌊🦞
Good luck! 😀
#amwriting #amquerying #writesky
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy Thursday #writingcommunity! 🖊️
Passing along the info from #MWPA for a great opportunity for 1st and 2nd generation Mainers to submit prose & poetry for a new anthology celebrating the many cultures & peoples of our state. 🌲🌊🦞
Good luck! 😀
#amwriting #amquerying #writesky
Passing along the info from #MWPA for a great opportunity for 1st and 2nd generation Mainers to submit prose & poetry for a new anthology celebrating the many cultures & peoples of our state. 🌲🌊🦞
Good luck! 😀
#amwriting #amquerying #writesky
I loved a recent post from #julieartz about embracing the zero:
"...a first draft is just that; it’s first pass, not a published book. It’s not meant to be flawless or ready for publication."
Let's take pressure off ourselves for perfection in our WIP! 🖊️📖
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
"...a first draft is just that; it’s first pass, not a published book. It’s not meant to be flawless or ready for publication."
Let's take pressure off ourselves for perfection in our WIP! 🖊️📖
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I loved a recent post from #julieartz about embracing the zero:
"...a first draft is just that; it’s first pass, not a published book. It’s not meant to be flawless or ready for publication."
Let's take pressure off ourselves for perfection in our WIP! 🖊️📖
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
"...a first draft is just that; it’s first pass, not a published book. It’s not meant to be flawless or ready for publication."
Let's take pressure off ourselves for perfection in our WIP! 🖊️📖
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity
I am so thankful to be part of this #writingcommunity. 🙏
As the shutdown grinds on, I'm passing along this link where our neighbors can find resources to address food insecurity. If you know of others, please pass them along!
#writesky #amquerying #amwriting
www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-am...
As the shutdown grinds on, I'm passing along this link where our neighbors can find resources to address food insecurity. If you know of others, please pass them along!
#writesky #amquerying #amwriting
www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-am...
Hunger in America: Causes, Stats, and How to Help | Feeding America
Hunger in America affects 1 in 7 people. Learn the causes, see the facts, and discover how you can help end food insecurity.
www.feedingamerica.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am so thankful to be part of this #writingcommunity. 🙏
As the shutdown grinds on, I'm passing along this link where our neighbors can find resources to address food insecurity. If you know of others, please pass them along!
#writesky #amquerying #amwriting
www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-am...
As the shutdown grinds on, I'm passing along this link where our neighbors can find resources to address food insecurity. If you know of others, please pass them along!
#writesky #amquerying #amwriting
www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-am...
It's National Saxophone Day! 🎷🎶
I have the privilege of playing my Mom's 1937 Conn tenor sax in a local community band. (Though I don't play up to the instrument's potential!) 🙃
I have a feeling that jazz/saxes will play a central role in my next WIP...🖊️
#amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
I have the privilege of playing my Mom's 1937 Conn tenor sax in a local community band. (Though I don't play up to the instrument's potential!) 🙃
I have a feeling that jazz/saxes will play a central role in my next WIP...🖊️
#amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's National Saxophone Day! 🎷🎶
I have the privilege of playing my Mom's 1937 Conn tenor sax in a local community band. (Though I don't play up to the instrument's potential!) 🙃
I have a feeling that jazz/saxes will play a central role in my next WIP...🖊️
#amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
I have the privilege of playing my Mom's 1937 Conn tenor sax in a local community band. (Though I don't play up to the instrument's potential!) 🙃
I have a feeling that jazz/saxes will play a central role in my next WIP...🖊️
#amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
#agentsguide: RESISTING THE RABBIT HOLE
As increasingly restrictive mandates pile up from an over-zealous Governing Board, Joplin must choose between protecting her teaching colleagues or the career she’s grown to love.
Book Bans 📚
Reconciliation 👭
ME Setting 🌲
#QuestPit #Q #A #WF #amquerying
As increasingly restrictive mandates pile up from an over-zealous Governing Board, Joplin must choose between protecting her teaching colleagues or the career she’s grown to love.
Book Bans 📚
Reconciliation 👭
ME Setting 🌲
#QuestPit #Q #A #WF #amquerying
November 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#agentsguide: RESISTING THE RABBIT HOLE
As increasingly restrictive mandates pile up from an over-zealous Governing Board, Joplin must choose between protecting her teaching colleagues or the career she’s grown to love.
Book Bans 📚
Reconciliation 👭
ME Setting 🌲
#QuestPit #Q #A #WF #amquerying
As increasingly restrictive mandates pile up from an over-zealous Governing Board, Joplin must choose between protecting her teaching colleagues or the career she’s grown to love.
Book Bans 📚
Reconciliation 👭
ME Setting 🌲
#QuestPit #Q #A #WF #amquerying
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Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.
November 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.
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btw everyone, take my querying advice with a grain of salt -- the thing about agents is we have general rules of thumb that we collectively agree on, but many of us have very different ways of seeing things!
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
btw everyone, take my querying advice with a grain of salt -- the thing about agents is we have general rules of thumb that we collectively agree on, but many of us have very different ways of seeing things!
It's Maine Beer Week! 😀🍺🌲
“What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.” --Edgar Allan Poe
I'm raising a toast to this incredible #writingcommunity! 🍻
#amquerying #amwriting #querying #writesky
“What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.” --Edgar Allan Poe
I'm raising a toast to this incredible #writingcommunity! 🍻
#amquerying #amwriting #querying #writesky
November 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's Maine Beer Week! 😀🍺🌲
“What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.” --Edgar Allan Poe
I'm raising a toast to this incredible #writingcommunity! 🍻
#amquerying #amwriting #querying #writesky
“What care I how time advances? I am drinking ale today.” --Edgar Allan Poe
I'm raising a toast to this incredible #writingcommunity! 🍻
#amquerying #amwriting #querying #writesky
Happy Halloween #writingcommunity!
My Editorial Assistant made her own costume this year... She's going as the Ghost of Past Rejection Letters. 👻
Happy haunting, #writesky! 🎃💀
#amwriting #amquerying #querying
My Editorial Assistant made her own costume this year... She's going as the Ghost of Past Rejection Letters. 👻
Happy haunting, #writesky! 🎃💀
#amwriting #amquerying #querying
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy Halloween #writingcommunity!
My Editorial Assistant made her own costume this year... She's going as the Ghost of Past Rejection Letters. 👻
Happy haunting, #writesky! 🎃💀
#amwriting #amquerying #querying
My Editorial Assistant made her own costume this year... She's going as the Ghost of Past Rejection Letters. 👻
Happy haunting, #writesky! 🎃💀
#amwriting #amquerying #querying
An unexpected inheritance, tacky shell art, dueling in-laws—and a touch of Mark Twain’s unconventional wisdom—all lead Esidora to the shocking truth of her aunt’s death on a remote Maine island...🌲💀
#GhostPit #A #Q #WF #MM #querying #amquerying #agentsguide
#GhostPit #A #Q #WF #MM #querying #amquerying #agentsguide
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
An unexpected inheritance, tacky shell art, dueling in-laws—and a touch of Mark Twain’s unconventional wisdom—all lead Esidora to the shocking truth of her aunt’s death on a remote Maine island...🌲💀
#GhostPit #A #Q #WF #MM #querying #amquerying #agentsguide
#GhostPit #A #Q #WF #MM #querying #amquerying #agentsguide
Such great info yesterday from the #TiffanyYatesMartin & #JaneFriedman webinar on editing! ☑️
One of my favorite takeaways: a reminder that we are the writers (not AI); it is our responsibility as artists to wield the tools of our art. 🎨📝💻
Happy wielding, #writingcommunity! #amwriting #amquerying
One of my favorite takeaways: a reminder that we are the writers (not AI); it is our responsibility as artists to wield the tools of our art. 🎨📝💻
Happy wielding, #writingcommunity! #amwriting #amquerying
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Such great info yesterday from the #TiffanyYatesMartin & #JaneFriedman webinar on editing! ☑️
One of my favorite takeaways: a reminder that we are the writers (not AI); it is our responsibility as artists to wield the tools of our art. 🎨📝💻
Happy wielding, #writingcommunity! #amwriting #amquerying
One of my favorite takeaways: a reminder that we are the writers (not AI); it is our responsibility as artists to wield the tools of our art. 🎨📝💻
Happy wielding, #writingcommunity! #amwriting #amquerying
On this #NationalCatDay, my Editorial Assistant reminds us that the best writing always comes after taking a long nap. 🐱🐾
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
On this #NationalCatDay, my Editorial Assistant reminds us that the best writing always comes after taking a long nap. 🐱🐾
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky
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🎃 Horror writers! Our FREE panel is TOMORROW (Oct 28, 2pm ET)
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🎃 Horror writers! Our FREE panel is TOMORROW (Oct 28, 2pm ET)
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
✨ 3 top agents share horror #MSWL
📚 Mini classes on character/fear + tension/dread
🔍 Live query critique
Featuring Literary Agents Linda Camacho, Erica Bauman & Tamara Kawer
Get your free ticket: manuscriptacademy.com/mswl-live-ag...
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Possible new AI-driven impersonation scam spinning up: someone contacts you out of the blue w/ praise for your work, recommends you contact a (real) literary agent & provides an email addy--but of course it's fake & results in a referral for editing or marketing. Example below 1/2
![Hi [redacted]
I’ve had the opportunity to review your work, and it’s clear you have a strong command of storytelling and a distinctive voice. Your writing shows real potential for a broader audience.
For this reason, I’m recommending you reach out to [agent name redacted], an independent literary agent known for her discerning eye and commitment to helping authors build lasting careers. [agent name reacted] represents a wide range of genres in both fiction and non-fiction, and has collaborated with authors such as [redacted] and [redacted].
She’s currently open to queries and can be reached at submission.[agentname]@gmail.com. When you contact her, mention that I referred you this will help ensure your work receives proper consideration.
Best regards,
Chiara
Chiara Bianchi
chiaraforauthors@gmail.com
ChiaraForAuthors
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October 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Possible new AI-driven impersonation scam spinning up: someone contacts you out of the blue w/ praise for your work, recommends you contact a (real) literary agent & provides an email addy--but of course it's fake & results in a referral for editing or marketing. Example below 1/2
So glad it's the weekend!
I finally have time to focus on my speculative fiction WIP, The Sea Curser. 🌊
What ancient evil beckons beyond Maine's rugged coastline...
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #writesky
I finally have time to focus on my speculative fiction WIP, The Sea Curser. 🌊
What ancient evil beckons beyond Maine's rugged coastline...
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #writesky
October 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
So glad it's the weekend!
I finally have time to focus on my speculative fiction WIP, The Sea Curser. 🌊
What ancient evil beckons beyond Maine's rugged coastline...
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #writesky
I finally have time to focus on my speculative fiction WIP, The Sea Curser. 🌊
What ancient evil beckons beyond Maine's rugged coastline...
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying #writesky
TGIF #WritingCommunity! (caffeine, anyone?) ☕
Passing along this info on the Anthropic settlement- includes a searchable database to find out if any of your works have been used w/out permission to train their AI model.
This is one database we hope we're NOT on! 🤪
#amquerying #writesky #amwriting
Passing along this info on the Anthropic settlement- includes a searchable database to find out if any of your works have been used w/out permission to train their AI model.
This is one database we hope we're NOT on! 🤪
#amquerying #writesky #amwriting
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
TGIF #WritingCommunity! (caffeine, anyone?) ☕
Passing along this info on the Anthropic settlement- includes a searchable database to find out if any of your works have been used w/out permission to train their AI model.
This is one database we hope we're NOT on! 🤪
#amquerying #writesky #amwriting
Passing along this info on the Anthropic settlement- includes a searchable database to find out if any of your works have been used w/out permission to train their AI model.
This is one database we hope we're NOT on! 🤪
#amquerying #writesky #amwriting
Though not technically a "ghost" story, THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS delves into dark family secrets and the consequences of obsessions... set on a remote island off the coast of Maine. Will Esidora discover the truth, before it's too late? 🌊🐚
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity
October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Though not technically a "ghost" story, THE FRAGILITY OF SEASHELLS delves into dark family secrets and the consequences of obsessions... set on a remote island off the coast of Maine. Will Esidora discover the truth, before it's too late? 🌊🐚
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity
#amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity