Kelly Beck
@kellylbeck.bsky.social
Romance author | former journalist | current stay-at-home mom
Rep'd: Cathie Hedrick-Armstrong
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Kelly Beck
@kellylbeck.bsky.social
· Aug 6
A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie!
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly Beck
After an unforeseen turn of events, I am back in the query trenches!
ARTWALKER is a speculative romance with folk horror elements.
Agents! If you’d like to see this in your query box, please reach out! I would love to find this project with editor interest & award a new home!
#amquerying
ARTWALKER is a speculative romance with folk horror elements.
Agents! If you’d like to see this in your query box, please reach out! I would love to find this project with editor interest & award a new home!
#amquerying
November 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
After an unforeseen turn of events, I am back in the query trenches!
ARTWALKER is a speculative romance with folk horror elements.
Agents! If you’d like to see this in your query box, please reach out! I would love to find this project with editor interest & award a new home!
#amquerying
ARTWALKER is a speculative romance with folk horror elements.
Agents! If you’d like to see this in your query box, please reach out! I would love to find this project with editor interest & award a new home!
#amquerying
@charmstrong.bsky.social
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
@charmstrong.bsky.social
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
and I are tackling a fun topic this week on our Substacks....
THE STATE OF TRAD PUB.
There's receipts & cited sources about the deals & trends I'm noticing as an author. Maybe a new avenue I'm considering....
Mine publishes tomorrow morning! <3 #writingcommunity
That one time I wrote a really unserious book that started as a complete joke to pitch to my agent, and then everyone loved it and said it was my best yet and I had a whole identity crisis.....
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
August 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
That one time I wrote a really unserious book that started as a complete joke to pitch to my agent, and then everyone loved it and said it was my best yet and I had a whole identity crisis.....
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
You can read it #writingcommunity : open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
💖💖💖
Lookee here! An unhinged author on the wild! I love me some Kelly Beck!! @kellylbeck.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
💖💖💖
Hey look, people think I'm funny!
I love pitch events for the community and support they build. Thanks for encouraing my weird humor for at least one more book 💖
#editors if you're looking for a truly LAUGH OUT LOUD, unhinged romcom, talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
I love pitch events for the community and support they build. Thanks for encouraing my weird humor for at least one more book 💖
#editors if you're looking for a truly LAUGH OUT LOUD, unhinged romcom, talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
FUNNIEST POSTER:
1st: @PinesforStories
2nd: @kellylbeck
2nd: @BernaEWriter
3rd: Valiant
Runner-Up: @mango_kelsey
1st: @PinesforStories
2nd: @kellylbeck
2nd: @BernaEWriter
3rd: Valiant
Runner-Up: @mango_kelsey
August 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Hey look, people think I'm funny!
I love pitch events for the community and support they build. Thanks for encouraing my weird humor for at least one more book 💖
#editors if you're looking for a truly LAUGH OUT LOUD, unhinged romcom, talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
I love pitch events for the community and support they build. Thanks for encouraing my weird humor for at least one more book 💖
#editors if you're looking for a truly LAUGH OUT LOUD, unhinged romcom, talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
Thank you SO SO SO SO much for all the support of my silly little bonnie and clyde romcom yesterday for #questpit! I love this book and these characters so much, and it's so encouraging to see others love it, too.
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
August 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Thank you SO SO SO SO much for all the support of my silly little bonnie and clyde romcom yesterday for #questpit! I love this book and these characters so much, and it's so encouraging to see others love it, too.
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
Next step, it heads to @charmstrong.bsky.social , and then to the desks of #editors!
Reposted by Kelly Beck
Reposted by Kelly Beck
#litagents, I’m currently querying two novels:
🫀 95k gothic horror (left pitch)
🌊 112k upmarket historical (right pitch)
If you love dark, twisty, genre-blending novels in the vein of Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins, let’s talk. 👀
#questpit #A #HF #Q
🫀 95k gothic horror (left pitch)
🌊 112k upmarket historical (right pitch)
If you love dark, twisty, genre-blending novels in the vein of Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins, let’s talk. 👀
#questpit #A #HF #Q
August 6, 2025 at 6:42 AM
#litagents, I’m currently querying two novels:
🫀 95k gothic horror (left pitch)
🌊 112k upmarket historical (right pitch)
If you love dark, twisty, genre-blending novels in the vein of Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins, let’s talk. 👀
#questpit #A #HF #Q
🫀 95k gothic horror (left pitch)
🌊 112k upmarket historical (right pitch)
If you love dark, twisty, genre-blending novels in the vein of Emilia Hart and Bridget Collins, let’s talk. 👀
#questpit #A #HF #Q
Reposted by Kelly Beck
Dead Like Me x Breakup From Hell
When Chess (16) becomes Wisconsin's newest reaper, she must learn to control her power before the veil between the living & the dead tears, taking her town down with it. #QuestPit #YA #P #F
🙃Dyslexic MC
🐶Pet ghost dog with boundary issues
💗Enemies to love interests
When Chess (16) becomes Wisconsin's newest reaper, she must learn to control her power before the veil between the living & the dead tears, taking her town down with it. #QuestPit #YA #P #F
🙃Dyslexic MC
🐶Pet ghost dog with boundary issues
💗Enemies to love interests
August 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
👧She's just a girl ((who robbed a bank))
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
👧She's just a girl ((who robbed a bank))
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
👦He's just a boy ((afraid of germs & getting in trouble))
♥️How can I make it anymore obvious? ((they tag-team a hare-brained escape and get away with a loot & love story that should be [maybe is] criminal))
#questpit #editors
@charmstrong.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly Beck
Reposted by Kelly Beck
THAT TIME I GOT DRUNK AND SAVED A DEMON x FIVE BROKEN BLADES
A sticky-fingered tavern girl scoops up abandoned plans to steal jewels. With a couple of pals and a lil gumption, she could be free to travel the world.
How hard could a heist really be? Boys do it.
#QuestPit #A #F
A sticky-fingered tavern girl scoops up abandoned plans to steal jewels. With a couple of pals and a lil gumption, she could be free to travel the world.
How hard could a heist really be? Boys do it.
#QuestPit #A #F
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie!
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A manic pixie dream girl (also Dolly Parton wannabe) walks into a bank & robs it...except her straight-laced ex-boyfriend is the bank teller. Oopsie!
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
She kidnaps him & forces him along her hare-brained escape.
What could go wrong?
(a pet possum)
#questpit
#editors talk 2 @charmstrong.bsky.social
#authorsandwriters
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
August 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
#authorsandwriters
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
What comes after signing with an agent? That murky in-between signing and going on sub?
I spill the deets: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
Step 1: rob a bank
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Step 1: rob a bank
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
Step 2: oh sh*t, the teller is my ex.
Step 3: kidnap him & pretend it’s foreplay
Step 4: run
STEAL IT WITH A KISS is THE PARADISE PROBLEM x FINLEY DONOVAN IS KILLING IT in a delicious, second chance romcom.
#editors talk to @charmstrong.bsky.social
#booksky
Spot the difference---I'll give you a hint.
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
July 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Spot the difference---I'll give you a hint.
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
One has:
🥵slutty forearms & slutty glasses
🚓Only 1 getaway car
🐭pet 'possum
🔥"Ruin me, then. Ruin my life, Stella, I'm begging you."
🌶️ ✨reunions✨ in the rain on the hood of a car after a cop chase
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
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 "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
July 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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 "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
🤑only one getaway car
💋 themed "escape" playlists
🤑She brought her pet 'POSSUM?
💋We're gonna die...
FLORIDA!!! x PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE 💋
#UnhingedPit #R #OS #editors
Reposted by Kelly Beck
The therapist is in.
Rules of engagement:
Don't let her know you're a supernatural creature.
Don't get murdered by the sneaky shadow creature.
And don't piss off the guard dog detective
#unhingedpit #a #f #wip
Rules of engagement:
Don't let her know you're a supernatural creature.
Don't get murdered by the sneaky shadow creature.
And don't piss off the guard dog detective
#unhingedpit #a #f #wip
a man in a suit says " do n't worry this is a safe place " while sitting at a desk
ALT: a man in a suit says " do n't worry this is a safe place " while sitting at a desk
media.tenor.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The therapist is in.
Rules of engagement:
Don't let her know you're a supernatural creature.
Don't get murdered by the sneaky shadow creature.
And don't piss off the guard dog detective
#unhingedpit #a #f #wip
Rules of engagement:
Don't let her know you're a supernatural creature.
Don't get murdered by the sneaky shadow creature.
And don't piss off the guard dog detective
#unhingedpit #a #f #wip
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
My agent @charmstrong.bsky.social: I pitched your book to an editor today. Your work in progress.
Me: oh?
Her: yeah. I couldn’t remember the title you told me, so I just told her it was unhinged and had a pet possum. She was into it.
#booksky #romancewriters
Me: oh?
Her: yeah. I couldn’t remember the title you told me, so I just told her it was unhinged and had a pet possum. She was into it.
#booksky #romancewriters
July 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My agent @charmstrong.bsky.social: I pitched your book to an editor today. Your work in progress.
Me: oh?
Her: yeah. I couldn’t remember the title you told me, so I just told her it was unhinged and had a pet possum. She was into it.
#booksky #romancewriters
Me: oh?
Her: yeah. I couldn’t remember the title you told me, so I just told her it was unhinged and had a pet possum. She was into it.
#booksky #romancewriters
A little bit of ✨news✨
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A little bit of ✨news✨
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards!
NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️
#writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social
Stuck in the dog days of summer where you maybe get an hour to smash some words out? Yeah, me too.
READ: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
READ: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
No Time to Type? Still Write Your Book. Here's How.
The hacks I use to stay inspired & on-top of deadlines without 8 hours a day to work
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Stuck in the dog days of summer where you maybe get an hour to smash some words out? Yeah, me too.
READ: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
READ: open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
I polled my writer friends and collected their advice they wish they knew when they started writing.
The answers may surprise you (hint: it's not learn how to spell better).
#writingcommunity #fictionwriters&authors
open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
The answers may surprise you (hint: it's not learn how to spell better).
#writingcommunity #fictionwriters&authors
open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
ADVICE I WOULD GIVE TO MY BABY AUTHOR SELF
(and it's not a list of craft books or workshops)
open.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I polled my writer friends and collected their advice they wish they knew when they started writing.
The answers may surprise you (hint: it's not learn how to spell better).
#writingcommunity #fictionwriters&authors
open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
The answers may surprise you (hint: it's not learn how to spell better).
#writingcommunity #fictionwriters&authors
open.substack.com/pub/kellylbe...
When Mel gets called home, she’s prepared to deal with her grandmother’s attitude & meddling—including her jabs about Mel’s disappearance 10 years ago. What she doesn’t expect is a reunion with the people responsible for the betrayal that chased her away
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
May 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When Mel gets called home, she’s prepared to deal with her grandmother’s attitude & meddling—including her jabs about Mel’s disappearance 10 years ago. What she doesn’t expect is a reunion with the people responsible for the betrayal that chased her away
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
Some things not even Gran’s meddling can fix.
Not to brag, but I just hit 25k on this baby filled with:
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
May 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Not to brag, but I just hit 25k on this baby filled with:
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters
🏍️Biker gang bar mischief
💃Swing dancing with a grandpa at a Strawberry Festival in Arkansas
🐭Pet possum shenanigans
🤑impulsively robbing a bank and kidnapping her straight-laced, nerdy ex-boyfriend
#booksky #romancewriters