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Meredith Rae
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Writer, Soprano, Spoonie, HoH 🧏🏻‍♀️, Cat & dog mom, Glacially slow hiker, Wanderer, F1 fan 🏎️
2025 📚 49/52
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My WIP is in the super early stages of drafting, and it’s for fans of A KNIGHT’S TALE

#DVParty
A mood board composed of nine images: a castle, a gold masquerade mask, a chess set, a carving of a bard strumming a lute, a drawing of a lady knight on a horse, a blacksmith hammering a red hot piece of iron on an anvil, a closeup of a knight’s hip showcasing a sword in a scabbard, a golden crown with a cross and emeralds, a photo of a girl in knight armor laying in a field. The images are from copyright-free sites Pixaby and Unsplash.
October 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I’m doing today’s #DVParty prompt a bit differently. Instead of one meme, here are a few meme easter eggs you can find in my YA fantasy! It was so fun adding them in 😁

Included: AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE, and MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
Screenshots of three different pop culture easter eggs you’ll find in my YA fantasy manuscript. The first is a screenshot of the cabbage man from the show “Avatar: The Last Airbender” hugging one of his beloved cabbages. The second is Kronk from the movie “The Emperor’s New Groove” talking to a squirrel with the caption, “squeaky, uh, squeak, squeaker squeakin.” The third is a screenshot from the movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail with the caption, “Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.”
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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My YA fantasy is dual POV, and their vibes are basically Kate the blacksmith from “A Knight’s Tale” and Hiccup from “How to Train Your Dragon” 😁
#DVParty
Two photos with a foggy forest in the background and the title “Dual POV character inspiration.” The first photo is of Kate the blacksmith from the movie “A Knight’s Tale” saying, “Did they say I couldn’t do it because I’m a woman?” and the second photo is of Hiccup from the movie “How to Train Your Dragon” saying, “You just gesture to all of me.”
October 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Here’s a moodboard for my celtic-myth-inspired YA fantasy featuring:

🌊 Isolated island setting
❤️‍🔥 Slow burn
💚 Anxiety rep
💜 Bi rep
😏 Dry humor & banter

#DVParty #WriterSky
A mood board with eight images and a black space in the middle with green lettering that says, “How far would you go to change your fate?” The images include: a blacksmith working with a piece of metal in coals as a fire blazes, the thin outline of a crescent moon, the treetops of a foggy forest, a ruined castle on a seaside cliff, a forest with sunlight breaking through, boulders at the edge of a foggy sea, a dara knot on a chain sitting in moss, and a closeup of flames. Seven images are from Pixaby, which are copyright free, and I took the photo of the dara knot.
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Happy Disability Pride Month! Here’s a stack featuring disability rep! I’ve read 5 and the other 4 I’m looking forward to reading 📚

#BookSky
A book stack sitting on a chair with the text “Disability Pride Month” The books are: 1. This Savage Song 2. This Vicious Grace 3. Give Me a Sign 4. Get a Life, Chloe Brown 5. The Whispering Dark 6. Unseelie 7. This is My Brain in Love 8. Black Sun 9. A Curse So Dark and Lonely
July 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Anticipated Upcoming Releases Part 2!
#BookSky #Reader
September releases: September 2nd: Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross September 23rd: What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller September 30th: Demon Song by Kelsea Yu October Releases: October 14th: The Princess Knight by Cait Jacobs October 21st: Most Valuable Player by A.M. Woody October 21: The Isle of the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri November releases: November 11th: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree November 18th: I, Medusa by Ayana Gray December ?? What new releases are you most excited for?
May 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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There are so many amazing books coming out in the 2nd half of the year! What book release are you most excited about? (Part 1)

#BookSky #Reader
Upcoming book releases I’m impatiently waiting to get my hands on June releases: June 3rd: The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater June 10th: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab June 10th: Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race July Releases: July 15th: A Witch’s Guide to Magical Inkeeping by Sangu Mandanna July 22nd: Love is a War Song by Danica Nava July 29th: The Raven Boys graphic novel by Maggie Stiefvater August Releases: August 12th: Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne August 26th: Katabasis by R.F. Kuang
May 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Take a look at my updated #agentguide / #agentsguide for the YA fantasy manuscript I #amquerying
A greenish gray background with an image of a foggy island and the text “An Agent’s Guide to FORGED IN DARKNESS YA Celtic-inspired fantasy 89k” THE PITCH A teen blacksmith must embark on a quest with the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic and free their island from a tyrannical god — otherwise, her life belongs to the island's fog-worshiping cult. SNIPPET Cold wind burned Barra's cheeks as she exited the church, but at least the rain had stopped. She gazed out over the cliffside and down to the harbor, where three ships nearing completion swayed in the choppy water. Barra tensed at the sight. If only she could destroy them and everything they stood for. The Salt Sisters at work below were like a swarm of ants, and the sound of their steady hammering carried across the breeze. Barra eyed the shrouded sun's position in the sky. The solstice ever-neared, along with the vows she was pledged to take. COMPS The cover of The Hedgewitch of Foxhall with “Slow burn” and “Celtic setting” the cover of BLADE OF SECRETS with “Blacksmith MC” and “Anxiety Rep” and the cover of THE BONE HOUSES with “Banter/Humor” and “Dangerous quest”
May 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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The average American has three friends
A still shot from the movie The Princess Bride featuring the characters Inigo Montoya, Vizzini, and Fezzik
May 2, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Here’s my Trans Rights Readathon TBR! What are you planning to read?

#BookSky
A photo shot from above of a white marble table with three books facing up staggered across each other. They are: He Who Drowned the World, Light from Uncommon Stars, and Exes and Foes. Also on the table is an old timey looking radio, a large white mug holding colorful markers with black text saying “The Book is Better,” and a candle warmer.
March 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The Trans Rights Readathon starts tomorrow through March 31st! If you’re still deciding on your TBR, here are some of my recommendations for trans or nonbinary authors/characters!

#BookSky
A graphic with nine book covers and white text on pink background that says “trans rights readathon recommendations.” The books are: she who became the sun, the wicked bargain, boyfriend, material, the sunbearer trials, all the birds in the sky, the one true me and you, they hate each other, Nimona, love and other disasters
March 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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But the sunset is after 7pm again, so, you know, that’s something!
A screen shot of green hands holding a fortune cookie paper. The hands belong to none other than Filburt from the hit ‘90s Nickelodeon cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life” season 3, episode 8. (I have no idea if it was actually considered a hit, but I was obsessed with the show, which probably explains a lot about me.) Anyway, the fortune says, “Bad luck and misfortune will infest your pathetic soul for all eternity.”
March 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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“This story is about sisterhood, chosen ones, dragons, anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism, & the aftermath of war…It's inspired by my background as a Jamaican-American, & it features some of my favorite things: sapphics, evil gods, Black women being badass, & bad decisions.” — @wordsiren.bsky.social
The hardcover of SO LET THEM BURN by Kamilah Cole, which includes the close up of a Black girl’s face, dragons, and vibrant pinks and blues swirling about with the title font in yellow. It sits atop a bunch of other books I own by Black authors.
February 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I’m still trying to read amidst the horrors. What are you reading?

#booksky
A graphic showing book covers of my last, current, and next reads. They are: A Fire Endless, So Let Them Burn, and How the Word is Passed.
February 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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It’s finally February! I started out stronger in the first half of January than the second (wonder why 🙃) but I still managed to finish 5 books. The 2nd slide are some StoryGraph stats.

#booksky #readingwrapup
A collage of the five books I read in January. The books are. It’s Only A Game, The New Camelot, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, Where the Dark Stands Still, Crying in H Mart. Stats from StoryGraph. I read 5 books/1,989 pages. My average book length was 397 pages, average time to finish a book was 13 days, 80% fiction, 20% non-fiction, 80% audio, 20% digital, three fantasy three young adult one historical one memoir one science fiction
February 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Sleeping cat & dog in a raincoat combo!
A chonky brown tabby cat sleeping in a round brown and tan bed. Beside him is a fox stuffy, and he has the tip of his tail wrapped around its snoot. A large-ish black dog with white feet wearing a bright yellow raincoat. He’s looking up at the camera with a face that says, “Why are you taking a picture of me?”
January 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
A chubby ginger cat, wearing round black spectacles, sitting in front of a laptop and caught in the midst of screaming to the heavens
January 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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The vibes I bring to a function
A chunky tabby cat looking extremely annoyed/unimpressed as it sits in a chair with its elbow resting on a table beside a full glass of red wine
January 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Every day, but especially on #MLKDay I recommend reading late congressman John Lewis’s graphic novel memoir, MARCH. I learned so much about the civil rights movement that I never learned in school, and the graphic novel format adds another layer of depth to his story.
#BookSky
Volumes 1, 2, and 3 of MARCH by John Lewis sit atop a gray wooden backdrop with a typewriter in the top right corner.
January 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Social media rn about TikTok
Two still shots from an episode of The Office, saying “Snip, snap, snip, snap, snip, snap! You have no idea the physical toll that [the TikTok ban/un-ban] have on a person.”
January 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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BLADE OF SECRETS X THE BONE HOUSES X THE HEDGEWITCH OF FOXHALL

A teen blacksmith must embark on a quest with the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic and free their island from a tyrannical god—otherwise, her life belongs to the Island’s fog-worshiping cult.

#P2Ppit #Q #YA #F
A mood board with eight images and a black space in the middle with green lettering that says, “How far would you go to change your fate?” The images include: a blacksmith working with a piece of metal in coals as a fire blazes, the thin outline of a crescent moon, the treetops of a foggy forest, a ruined castle on a seaside cliff, a forest with sunlight breaking through, boulders at the edge of a foggy sea, a dara knot on a chain sitting in moss, and a closeup of flames. Seven images are from Pixaby, which are copyright free, and I took the photo of the dara knot.
January 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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A guy with long brown curly hair. His mouth hanging open and his eyes are wide with the text “pretends to be shocked”
January 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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1st line of my YA fantasy WIP:

“Despite countless hours of planning and preparation, a surprising amount of Viv's scheme hinged on embroidery.”

For fans of A KNIGHT’S TALE & BRIDGERTON

#BluePit 📖 #W #YA #F
A mood board composed of nine images: a castle, a gold masquerade mask, a chess set, a carving of a minstrel strumming a lute, a drawing of a lady knight on a horse, a blacksmith hammering a red hot piece of iron on an anvil, a closeup of a knight’s hip showcasing a sword in a scabbard, a golden crown with a cross and emeralds, a photo of a girl in knight armor laying in a field. The images are from copyright-free sites Pixaby and Unsplash.
January 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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I’m currently querying a Celtic-mythology-inspired YA fantasy featuring:

🌊 Isolated island setting
💜 Bi rep
😶‍🌫️ Unnatural (sentient??) fog
💚 Anxiety rep
😏 Dry humor & banter

#BluePit #Q #YA #F 📖
An images that says “An Agent’s Guide To” at the top and “Forged in Darkness by Meredith Rae” at the bottom with four images in between that are of a ruined castle on a seaside cliff, a thin outline of a crescent moon, a blacksmith hammering a hot piece of iron on an anvil, and treetops peeking out of a foggy forest An image that says “Pitch Forged in Darkness” at the top, “Meredith Rae @merethebookgal” at the bottom, an image of a foggy forest, and the pitch: “A teen blacksmith must embark on a quest with the boy she hates to reforge a magic relic and free their island from a tyrannical god—otherwise, her life belongs to the Island’s fog-worshiping cult.” Two columns, one green and one tan with a foggy forest in the background. The green column is for tropes, which are: slow burn, found family, and grumpy x cinnamon roll. The tan column is for comparable titles (called comps), which are: Blade of Secrets, The Bone Houses, and The Hedgewitch of Foxhall. Two photos with a foggy forest in the background and the title “Dual POV character inspiration.” The first photo is of Kate from the movie A Knight’s Tale saying, “Did they say I couldn’t do it because I’m a woman?” and the second photo is of Hiccup from the movie How to Train Your Dragon saying, “You just gesture to all of me.”
January 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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BLADE OF SECRETS x THE BONE HOUSES
To escape the cult she was pledged to at birth, a teen blacksmith must embark on a quest w/ the boy she hates, reforge a magic relic, & free their island from a tyrannical god. Fail, & the island will be lost in fog forever
#BluePit #Q #YA #F 📖
A mood board with eight images and a black space in the middle with green lettering that says, “How far would you go to change your fate?” The images include: a blacksmith working with a piece of metal in coals as a fire blazes, the thin outline of a crescent moon, the treetops of a foggy forest, a ruined castle on a seaside cliff, a forest with sunlight breaking through, boulders at the edge of a foggy sea, a dara knot on a chain sitting in moss, and a closeup of flames. Seven images are from Pixaby, which are copyright free, and I took the photo of the dara knot.
January 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM