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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲

@mmwilliams24.bsky.social

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Author of Norse-inspired YA Fantasy, paranormal Romance, and short fiction that disappoints my parents. Words coming soon in Were Wolf and Loki (Flame Tree Press) she/her | parent of one toddler, servant to one cat | aspiring bigfoot

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Mar 17

When 15yo Ref's famous hero parents are attacked and captured on an important mission, leaving him & his friend-turned-rival Styra trapped in the Wildwood, the two must work together to escape their hunters before Ref's family line can end for good

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA #F

A grid of nine images

Upper left: An eye with a grey iris looks at the camera
Upper middle: There are bits of bone with runes carved into them scattered on the ground
Upper right: A moss covered branch with a few pink mushrooms growing on it.

Middle left: Several dusty, old, worn books sit on a shelf, leaning on each other
Middle: A wolf with brown fur is laying in a field and looking at the camera
Middle right: Black text on a cream-colored background that reads "I don't stop when I'm tired. I stop when I'm done."

Lower left: There is a pond with a wooden dock sitting next to a simple village where the village has thatched roofs. In the water is a small, wide boat.
Lower middle: A white hand, palm facing to the sky, rests on top of water.
Lower right: Two hand axes with intricately carved wooden handles sit on top of some straw, laid over each other to look like an X

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · 16d

I offer no context other than the fact that this character is representation for all teenage boys who are actually just five raccoons in a trenchcoat

two cats and a raccoon are eating from a bowl on the ground

ALT: two cats and a raccoon are eating from a bowl on the ground

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · 16d

this art >>>>

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · 16d

look. is Grayson the most refined 16-year-old in the world? no. Is he the star player on his football team? no.

BUT is he capable of solving paranormal mysteries and fending off the things that lurk in the woods to protect the daughter of a famous influencer? also no.

#unhingedpit #WIP #YA

Over a dark olive green background, there are four images. In the upper left is an image of a football helmet on a field at night. In the lower left is a headline from a comedic article titled "A Cultural History of Butt Slapping in Sports." In the lower right is an image of coniferous trees against a foggy background. In the upper right is a small image of a raccoon, with text that reads "god is testing me and i have not studied." In the center of it all is a snippet from a book which reads: "As soon as I'm outside in the warm twilight, I pull the pack of panties out of the bag, shove it in my waistband under my shirt, and release a sigh of relief. Next, I grab one of the peanut butter jars and jab my plastic spoon right through the foil. All the while, some old guy is sitting on the sidewalk, watching me with wide eyes. I nod at him. 'Sup.'"

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · 26d

!! eeeeee!! this was my very first ever acceptance and I'm still so stoke they took a chance on lil ol' me 🥹

if you want to read some fresh and gooey spooky stories AND my own lyrical little ditty with my take on eating(? absorbing?) the rich, go pick this up right now. right now, I say

Ghoulish Books @ghoulish.bsky.social · 28d

Good news, ghouls. The long-awaited fourth issue of our magazine, Ghoulish Tales, is finally out. Learn more about the issue—and read editor Mindy Rose's introduction essay—here: ghoulish.rip/confessions-...

the new issue of ghoulish tales next to a pumpkin pillow

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 7

a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

ALT: a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 7

This sounds like such a fun story! and the art is absolutely adorable <3

Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 7

ooh this sounds awesome!! 🩸

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 6

When a football team has two practices in one day during the training season! So basically: doing WAY too much XD

Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 6

I love the sound of this!! 👀

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 6

this art is the best art of all the art🤌

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 6

girl these vibes 😭🙏 absolutely stunning!

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Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · Aug 6

Brandy and Caleb were your typical angsty teen and werewolf couple. But now they're all grown up, and local residents are going missing. Is Caleb's bloodlust out of control, or is something more sinister happening in their tiny town?

#A #MY #T #QuestPit

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 6

SUPERNATURAL x FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

As if two-a-days weren't bad enough, compulsive liar Grayson is now doing hard time (in a donut shop)

When a bruised girl runs in, asking to hide, he has to unravel the dark secrets of an influencer family before she's lost to the trees

#QuestPit #W #YA #MY #PR

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Aug 6

RAVEN BOYS x FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

When a starved+beaten girl runs through the donut shop where he's working alone, Grayson has to convince his teammates she's in danger & hiding in the woods

The only problem? She's a famous influencer, and her accounts are posting as usual

#QuestPit #YA #W #MY #PR

A grid of nine images:

Upper left: a gridiron football helmet and a grey jersey rest on top of lockers in a yellow-lit locker room.

Upper middle: a young white man with dark hair lays on the ground, facing the camera. White flowers cover the dirt in the foreground, and there is some dirt on his cheek.

Upper right: In front of a pond in a forest, a person in a red dress holds an oval mirror in front of their face and torso

Middle left: a neon sign on a wall, shaped like a comment box icon. In the middle, there's a heart and a number zero, indicating "zero likes"

Center: A hand reaches upward out of orange leaves.

Middle right: Sitting on some gravel and dirt is a dirty, broken cell phone.

Lower left: A log sticks out of a murky green pond, and someone in a white dress is standing on it, barefoot

Lower middle: in front of a foggy background, a boy in a grey beanie and a red-and-grey hoodie faces away from the camera

Lower right: On the surface of a tree, the holes in the bark look like a creepy smiling face

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Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Jul 31

I feel like that may be influenced by the recent shift toward trope-forward marketing. The pressure to play up trendy elements leads to marketing that promises "decadent cheesy goodness!" and it turns out the cheese is a sprinkle of parmesan on top when the reader expected fondue.

Willy is writing disaster jocks 🏈🌲 @mmwilliams24.bsky.social · Jul 19

Respectfully, I don't think that's about writers being prideful as much as the fact that most of us don't have the funds to pay a professional editor.

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🕯️✨Taylor Leigh✨🕯️ (is querying) @authortaylorleigh.bsky.social · Jul 15

Lovely friends, I need your help. If you can, please like and share this so it may reach the people it needs to.

Last night my dear friend's loved one, Lupe, called 911 after being hit by her drunk boyfriend. This is not the first time this has happened. What followed landed her in ICE custody. 1/?