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Haley ✨
@halphelan.bsky.social
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romance + fantasy writer | she/her 🩷💜💙
rep’d by Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
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Haley ✨ @halphelan.bsky.social · Feb 26
It’s been a minute since I’ve been active, so I thought a reintroduction was needed ❤️

I write romantic SFF, and my urban paranormal romance, IF THE MOON HAD TEETH, is on submission with my wonderful agent, Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong. I’m currently drafting a sapphic futuristic dystopian ✨
A picture of yours truly ❤️ Text: An editors guide to IF THE MOON HAD TEETH by Haley Phelan Set on the backdrop of a full moon Text: THE PITCH dahlia-half human, half vampire-goes undercover to court the most dangerous vampire hunter, compelling him in order to find a cure poisoning the blood of humans. There’s only one problem. For the first time, she craves the taste of blood. His.
halphelan.bsky.social
Reading bits and pieces of this has been so fun! The kind of book that actually makes you laugh out loud ✨
kellylbeck.bsky.social Kelly Beck @kellylbeck.bsky.social · May 7
A Dolly Parton Wannabe walks into a bank and robs & kidnaps her ex-boyfriend...wait, what's the punchline again?
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "road trip" playlists
🤑she brought her pet POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...

#questpit #OS soon #AG #R
May 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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brsmithbooks.bsky.social
🌊A small boy finds a body floating in the fish hold of his father’s boat.

🌊A writer packs up her missing lighthouse keeper father’s things.

🌊A private investigator searches for the missing and the drowned.

🌊A horror rises from the deep.

#questpit #onsub #editors #m #h #a #os
A killer whale tail rises from a Black Sea, a red-headed woman throws back her hair, a lighthouse stands against a wind-whipped sky.
May 7, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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emmaalmunshi.bsky.social
Presenting to the #questpit & #writingcommunity crew…

Reasons to love To Ruin the Sky ⚡️

Kingdom of the Wicked x Crescent City
♥︎Led by a sassy, 'shadow mommy' FMC
🫶🏼Fresh take on Romantasy
🪞#MiddleEasternRep
🚨Fills that Xaden-shaped hole in your life
#agentsguide #RF #Q #NA #writersky
Reasons to love To Ruin the Sky ELECTRIC SEXUAL TENSION. Excerpt reads: There's a possessiveness in how he touches me and I wish I hated it. "How would you punish me?" I breathe out, unable to control my impulses. Fingers touch my zip as he slowly slips it down, millimetre by millimetre. My body is completely in his thrall, unable to decipher the beat of my heart from the thump of the speaker's bass. Cloudy background with one half of a lightning bolt MORALLY-GREY IS THE COLOUR OF CHOICE... Two moodboards with information about the two main characters INCLUDES TOP TIER TROPES... Four book comparisons: Crescent City, Kingdom of the Wicked, Book of Azrael, Quicksilver with tropes attached The other half of a lightning bolt with a cloudy background
May 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
halphelan.bsky.social
THE SPELLSHOPxLATE BLOOMER

A witch, moonlighting as a lady knight, must team up w/ a human to save the ren faire

🪽 magical renaissance faire
✨ women in armor
🧚 meddling magical creatures
🔮 palm readings
⛅️ grumpy/sunshine
🔥 twin flames

#questpit #F #R #lgbtq #AG #OS soon
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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gwenvines.writes.fyi
ARCANE x BLD OVR BRIGHT HVN x DISCO ELYSIUM
🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad STEM academia w/
🩺corrupted magic tech/ethics
🩻body horror
🤌obsessive ace yearning
🧠neurodivergence as power
🚨unreliable narrator
🛠️blacksmith biceps
🏆dangerous duels
🌿strange plants
👤& the strange man growing them
#questpit #A #F #Q
Image from a medical textbook of a man with his arm extended, skeletal structure shown in part, with the text "an agent's guide to SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines," an #agentguide #agentsguide for an #amquerying manuscript. PITCH: (dark STEM academic science fantasy, 107,000 words) When Institute grad student Jim invents a device that could revolutionize medicine, his intoxicating suitemate Bash warns him it could be weaponized—and stops at nothing to prove his point. Are Jim's degree & the lives he could save worth staining his conscience? For fans of: the grounded and ugly magical academia of BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN, BABEL, and THE TWO DOCTORS GORSKI; the criticism of tech venture capitalism of RIPE; the obsessive acespec yearning, body horror, and unreliable narrator of DON'T LET THE FOREST IN, and the corruption of tech and its makers of ARCANE. A painting in the background of a blond man viewed in profile, head bowed, with an X drawn across his face through which an xray of his skull and spine is visible. The text reads THEMES: ivory tower classism & egos manipulative relationships neurodivergence as power grey ethics in technology academic power abuse consent in medicine code-switching in the lower right hand corner in dark text, it reads (there was only one bed) Image: a silhouette walking up the stairs, head haloed by a lit chandelier. EXCERPT from SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines/@gwenvines This time, though, it was not Six whose face was bathed and baptized by light. It was Bash’s, his lone gold hoop gleaming amidst his curls, the spindly shadows of his lashes stretching over his dark eyes, and the sleeve of his linen robe where it draped from his arm rendered translucent by the sun’s rays. It was Bash who sat atop his regal, woody throne and passed judgment upon Jim. Jim, his blond hair set aflame not by Kontrolle or diffuser but by the sun’s fleeting gift, stared back, waiting. Unlike Etienne, the King Reluctant, Jim had never been told he was the best. Unlike Six, the King Desirous, Jim had never needed to be the best. Unlike Bash, the King Apparent, Jim had never been the best. Jim’s calling, his compulsion, was to be of use. That is all he had ever needed, wanted, or been. And it was Bash, now, to whom he wished to be useful.
May 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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legroff.bsky.social
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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kellylbeck.bsky.social
When town disaster & trailer park queen, Stella, robs a bank to pay for her grandmother's care, she didn't expect the teller to be her neat & tidy ex-boyfriend. Kidnapping him to save her identity, they weave through her hair-brained escape...& like, omg she's actually pulling this off?
#PosterPitW
April 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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crystalleighwrites.bsky.social
THE RACING LINE is Drive to Survive meets Lauren Asher's Dirty Air series with some Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur and it's coming to the query trenches this summer!

#PosterPitW #R #PosterPit #LGBTQ #amediting
A movie poster with a race car at the top and two women at the bottom: one is brunette and looking at the camera, the other is redheaded, wearing sunglasses, and leaning against the car. Text: Second Chance Romance, Lesbian X Bi Babe, Smashing Glass Finish Lines, First Loves A sapphic F1 romance by Crystal Leigh The Racing Line What happens when the woman breaking barriers in Formula 1 comes face-to-face with the girl who broke her heart? Querying Soon
April 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
A little moodboard to soft launch my sapphic, low fantasy romance about a magical renaissance faire and the witch who has to team up with a human to save it from going into foreclosure

Coming soon to #editors 🧚‍♀️
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
ARCANExRED RISINGxHANDMAIDS TALExPARENT TRAP

Soren is just a girl with no ragrets 😎

#unhingedpit #ds #sf #lgbtq #ag
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
TWILIGHTxUNDERWORLDxSHREK

she bites him, he likes it

#unhingedpit #A #U #F #R #OS
March 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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beckgotbooks.bsky.social
AITA for following my heart? I mean it's not like I WANTED to be tossed into a demon filled upside-down reality. Our overlords lied to us about most of it anyway.

Maybe those rebels are on to something after all 🤔

Signed, disillusioned demon hunter

#UnhingedPit #OS #A #F
March 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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erichardsonbooks.bsky.social
YELLOWFACE but TRADWIVES

When your new book is so unhinged not one but TWO separate people tell you they had dreams it got published 💁🏼‍♀️

#unhingedpit #a #OS
A text that says ELIZABETH I HAD A DREAM TRAD SOLD AT AUCTION FOUR WAYS A text that says Ok but would you believe me when I tell you I haven't stopped thinking about your pitch for this and legit had a dream you got a book deal last night?!
March 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
What if…we made a discord group open to all authors with a smooch in their book, regardless of genre, to collaborate, share and grow?

A space to find beta readers, query critiques and industry knowledge from other authors willing to lend a hand down?
Any takers? 👀

@kellylbeck.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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jennymader.bsky.social
I'm so excited my romantic fantasy is now on submission🤞 Thanks Cathie! @charmstrong.bsky.social

OF SPARROWS & DRAGONS 🐉

- Strong Heroine
- Secret Identities
- Slow Burn Romance
- Enemies To Lovers
- Enchanted Realms
- A Witch's Evil Prophecy
- Fate vs Choice

#writingcommunity
#Fantasy
March 3, 2025 at 8:47 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
This book made me cry more times than I can count. I can’t wait for it to find a home ❤️
kellylbeck.bsky.social Kelly Beck @kellylbeck.bsky.social · Feb 26
A rough-around-the-edges artist gets forced home to care for her ailing Gran, where she runs into the ex-bff and boyfriend assigned as caretakers.

💔second chances
🐈‍⬛angry FMC
🫂found family
🏚️atmospheric setting
📝list of tasks for forgiveness

#WSPit #A #R #WF
#editors: @charmstrong.bsky.social
mood board for the novel NOT READY TO MAKE NICE. The acronym NRTMN is in red block letters behind a woman flipping off the camera. It contains the quote "this was who I am outside the shadow of my best friend and boyfriend. The same person I've always been without love to hold me together--selfish. Scrappy. Spiteful." a scrapbook like moodboard of a man laying on a pillow and a woman smoking. The quotes say "In another future, I'd get all these moments with him--the sleepy ones, the early mornings, and late nights. The vulnerable soft smiles and hazy eyes." "I forgive you -- LOgan" "Let Me be your anchor." "tell me it wasn't real." "I've always meant it." "I broke us both." "I'm the same girl from ten years ago. I make the same mistakes, the same choices, the same self-destructive tendencies."
February 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
It’s been a minute since I’ve been active, so I thought a reintroduction was needed ❤️

I write romantic SFF, and my urban paranormal romance, IF THE MOON HAD TEETH, is on submission with my wonderful agent, Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong. I’m currently drafting a sapphic futuristic dystopian ✨
A picture of yours truly ❤️ Text: An editors guide to IF THE MOON HAD TEETH by Haley Phelan Set on the backdrop of a full moon Text: THE PITCH dahlia-half human, half vampire-goes undercover to court the most dangerous vampire hunter, compelling him in order to find a cure poisoning the blood of humans. There’s only one problem. For the first time, she craves the taste of blood. His.
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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allissawrites.bsky.social
The writer retreat finally made it out of the groupchat✨

Can’t believe we’ve been friends for over a year and are just now getting together! Happy Birthday @halphelan.bsky.social 🎉💕

#writingcommunity
February 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
halphelan.bsky.social
This book has my entire heart ❤️
kellylbeck.bsky.social Kelly Beck @kellylbeck.bsky.social · Jan 2
New year, new name, same 💔 book.
Excited to get this gem on submission!

#editors chat with @charmstrong.bsky.social if you're interested a raw & beautifully honest women's fiction novel that examines the healing power of unconditional love, found family, & most importantly, forgiveness.
January 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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charmstrong.bsky.social
Hey #WritingCommunity! A new Agent Antics w/Cathie & Vicky has dropped! This is the weekly newsletter @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social & I write for authors wanting to know more about querying, agents, submission, etc. Enjoy!

agentantics.substack.com/p/you-askedi...
You Asked...I'm Answering!
Burning Questions for Which Authors Demand Answers!
agentantics.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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kellylbeck.bsky.social

"At my core, I’m still the same author sending her a manuscript one month after our contract hoping & begging it meets her approval."

Pt. 2 to my HIGMA story: transforming my writing to meet my agent's @charmstrong.bsky.social standards
#booksky #writingcommunity

open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
HIGMA Pt 2: I almost Canceled my Contract with my Agent after Four Weeks
Aka how my writing went from zero to hero
open.substack.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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kellylbeck.bsky.social
I've put off sharing my "HIGMA" because it's not sunshine and rainbows.
if you're in the query trenches, making every mistake and fighting for your book---you're not alone, and if I found my person, you can too. 💙
@charmstrong.bsky.social #writingcommunity

open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
November 13, 2024 at 6:42 PM
halphelan.bsky.social
Had to include the past #unhingedpit for IF THE MOON HAD TEETH and THIS SPLINTERED SEA
November 13, 2024 at 4:24 PM