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Nat Goodwinn 🐍is querying🐍
@seenatwrite.bsky.social
460 followers 440 following 210 posts
Writer of romance and other things

Catch Snakes, Not Feelings (90k spicy adult romance) coming 2027
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#WritingCommunity good news!!! The snake-wrangler romance from which ive been posting my #WIPSnip ‘s was picked up by an incredible small press & will come out March ‘27!

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January 11, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Need a fun short story to start the year right? Visit nataliegoodwinn.podia.com/ead23dfa-f78... and I’ll send it to you! 🌝
My story (arrow to) your inbox. Cinderella but shes drunk on a plane. A modern (almost) fairy tale
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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#WIPSnips “nice”

A moment of peace after an evening spent with a friend from Catch Snakes

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Baby Inez rested her head on Erica's shoulder, sending a warm, contented feeling through her chest. Alison's back door stood open, letting in the breeze and a partial view of the starry night sky. The rhythmic sound of crickets chirping stirred sweet memories of being outside past bedtime. It was nice. This whole new life was nice. Erica had found herself a simple job that could easily be described in two words: Teach English. She was happy now to live a life she could wrap her head around, sink her teeth into, and truly understand.
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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BREAKING NEWS

1) It's my birthday

2) My book comes out today

Good planning, right? Because now you want to buy my book (because it's awesome) AND you want to do a nice thing for my bday?! Right??

We've Come for Your Eggs = fantasy satire goodness

mybook.to/dragoneggs

😄😄😄😄🫠
October 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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My girl acts shallow but she’s very observant. She would probably analyze the penguins actions and subconsciously mimic them lol. Then she’d take a pic to so she could show her fav coworker when she brags about it later #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions
wippit.bsky.social WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · Oct 22
We are a month out, which means it is time for #WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions to help you deep dive into your wip(s).

Day 1
#WIPPIT Sticky Note Questions Day 1: Your MC encounters a penguin, how do they react. If your book already contains penguins, your penguin encounters a dragon, how does it react.
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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#WIPSnips “charge” had to go back to my #amquerying snake story for this one! 🐍
#writingcommunity #writingprompts #writesky
Anticipation kindled in her chest as she walked stiffly to the kitchen and took her phone off the charger. She would have to call Will, right? He was aware she owned a vibrator, which was mortifying. But the snake was right in front of the house. She at least needed to know if it was venomous. It was 9:30 am. But he should have his phone silenced if he was asleep, she decided. So she dialed his number and waited. “This is Will,” he answered the phone. Such a funny way to answer, she thought, like he was a dad.
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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#WIPSnips “second”

Ruby’s twin confronts her about paying her portion of the rent on time 🫩 what’s a fake princess to do?!?

#Writesky #WritingPrompts #Writingcommunity
Ruby blew out a heavy breath as numbers on bank statements flashed through her mind. Low numbers. “Okay, so you want me to be more timely with the rent. I’ll try, I mean, you know how it is in the princess game,” she gestured to her dress. “It’s like, feast or famine out there. I might have to get a second second job,” she said with a chuckle. Her first job being acting, which was a joke. “Yeah,” Jade said. Ruby winced, not expecting her to agree so quickly. “Or get better about, like, budgeting.” Ruby’s heart plummeted, but she felt her own head nodding in agreement, anyway.
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Back to my chef WIP!
#WIPSnips field >> yard

This is the second paragraph of the book 👸

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At least she was off the clock, with only a half-mile of hilly, suburban sidewalk separating her from her van. She had just spent her afternoon as an unbranded princess, the hired entertainment at a child’s backyard birthday party. It wasn’t glamorous work. It wasn’t what she’d ever envisioned herself doing. But, for the first time, princess-work was beginning to look less like a temporary source of income, and more like her entire future. And at that, Ruby felt a strange, strong sense of relief.
October 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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#WIPSnips We’re playing fast and loose with the vibes here today

Dodge>> ignore

Snip from a short story I’m working on, I call it: Cadaver Lab Daydreams.

Rachel’s not gay…. Right?!? RIGHT??

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When a more dramatic, romantic, sweeping song came on, Rachel might allow the tip of her toe to cross into fantasy territory. She imagined touching Adeline’s face, connecting all of her freckles, tracing the line of her angular jaw. She imagined Adeline cupping her face; a gentle touch from a powerful hand. She knew well enough what Adeline’s hands looked like, the unpainted square fingernails, so short she must have bitten them as a child. When the music descended into a sweet, tinkling piano, she might imagine Adeline feeling the pounding beat of Rachel’s pulse, which would make her chuckle softly and whisper something like, “It’s okay, it’s just me.” I wish you would, Rachel thought, over and over and over again. She didn’t know what word came after “would.” I want you to, she thought, having no idea what it meant. Fantasies were nice, but no one could ever know. So Rachel tried to ignore her sixth sense, the one that was excruciatingly aware of Adeline at all times.
October 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#WIPSnips “might”

Just admiring a man slicing tomatoes 🤤 maybe nsfw? Because of one word. nothing juicy happens lol

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She watched his hands move deftly, at impossible speeds, so thorough and accurate it was almost obscene. Like she was watching porn, and not a guy slicing and salting tomatoes. Short nails, wide hands marked with tiny white scars that came with years of kitchen burns and cuts. The edges of a tattoo visible at the edge of his rolled white sleeve, a traditional moth, maybe. If he hadn’t been so deeply in the zone, she might have tried to talk more, if only to watch his dimples deepen in his stubbled cheeks again, or to see if she could get him to roll those dark, handsome eyes.
October 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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#WIPSnips “care”

Ruby worries her unlikely protegé, Brynn, is about to be dumped from a talent show dance number. Of course, Ruby is going to project her own anxieties onto the situation— which may just sabotage the little girl she’s grown so fond of.

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"I don't know," Ruby said, looking back at Brynn just to remind herself who she was speaking to. Eight years old with no idea just how cut throat and conniving her competition could get. Ruby wished that she could guard her little heart from the shattering that was surely on the way. "Hey, but don't tell them you suspect anything. And if they do kick you out, you have to act like you don't care. And definitely don't tell them about what we're doing."
October 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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#WIPSnips going with “finally”

The sous chef at Ruby’s work helping her jump her car after a closing shift 😬😏

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"I don't know, did I? You're the one out here smokin' all night." He looked over his shoulder to give her an amused smile. She grinned back. "Nah, I don't think you left anything on," he admitted. "When was the last time you got the battery replaced?" "Never," she said. "Hmm, well. Let's see if this works." "It should, right?" "Yeah, yeah," he said in a higher pitch than usual. "Let's try it." He started his car, and a few minutes later, she tried hers. Nothing. They tried it again. He rechecked the cable connections. "It's dead," he finally said. "Let's give up. It's almost two. I'll drive you home. We'll get you a new battery tomorrow."
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Haven’t done a #WIPSnips with my new project yet! Here’s our melodramatic fmc dreaming up a sympathetic breakup story for an interview.. #WritingCommunity #Writesky #WritingPrompts
“Okay, fine,” Ruby said, searching the ceiling for her answer. “Oh. He fell out of love with me. It was devastating. There I was, thinking I had found it, the kind of love that people write songs about. We laughed at the grocery store together. Sat cuddled up to each other in restaurant booths with no one on the other side. His nieces and nephews called me ‘Aunt Ruby.’ It was perfect, until it wasn’t. I don’t even know which of my dumb jokes was the last one he laughed at. But suddenly, I wasn’t enough. On the weekends, he’d always look for an excuse to —“ “Jesus, Lord, that’s enough. Do not say all that. You sound like you’re still in love with him,” Jade snapped.
October 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Offering query package editing services!

I just got an enormous medical bill, and as you all know, i’m unemployed due to my health. But I love editing query packages, and I’m pretty good at it too.

Please DM me if you’re interested! Shares are welcome.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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While Snake Country awaits review in agent inboxes, I’m busy with a juicy new project 🤭spicy contemporary romance set in a restaurant kitchen, inspired by my time in the industry. i love this feeling when the ball starts rolling and you’re just overwhelmed with ideas 🤩✍️ #amwriting #amquerying
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Having fulls out is wild, because what do you mean i cant look over their shoulders and read along with them?! 😭😭 #amquerying #writingcommunity
July 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Great weekend at the New England Writer’s Workshop!! To my fellow #amquerying authors, If you ever get a chance to do the “writer’s got talent” style first page critique - do it. so enlightening. Mine didn’t get picked for critique but listening to the feedback on others was worth it in itself
July 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #amquerying

Erica tags along with Will as he relocates a cottonmouth. She’s got other things on her mind.
He was back in the car, shutting the door. “All right, I think he’s happy. Shouldn’t be bothered by any more screamin’ girls out here.” He cranked the engine and started down the road. “You all right?” He said. She supposed she was oddly quiet. “Do you wanna come inside? We can hang out,” she said. It was a pathetic thing to do.
July 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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@srmilesauthor.bsky.social yours is one of the first accounts i followed on bluesky so of course i recognized this title at the library today. I was like “omg i know her” 🤩
July 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. Listen, I’m serious: if you’re angry right now, please read this novel. Many thanks. Go ahead, share what you love!

www.amazon.com/dp/0316584797/

bookshop.org/p/books/coyo...
July 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Im still early in this #amquerying business and still havent figured out how to give up my delusional belief that TODAY WILL BE THE DAY (every day)
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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A short story writing pacing primer. Do we really need to know the color of the drapes? buff.ly/OgSQD8M

#writing #writingcommunity #writingadvice #protip #litmag #literary #writingcommunity
July 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Happy world snake day, to all who sssselebrate 🐍

Reposting a pitch for Snake Country, my adult contemporary romance complete at 90k words

Because havent we all wanted to fall in love with a snake wrangler? #amquerying #writingcommunity #booksky
seenatwrite.bsky.social Nat Goodwinn 🐍is querying🐍 @seenatwrite.bsky.social · Jul 13
“Just for the Summer” x Bridget Jones

Erica moved to the coast in pursuit of cottagecore bliss, but instead she found

👵🏻 a nosy, dirty-mouthed 92 y/o bff
📓 out-of-pocket toxic coworkers
🌶️ a sexual awakening
🐍 7 snakes
😩 a snake man obsession

SNAKE COUNTRY. 90k #A #R #Q #BluePit📖
Collage with peach background and overlying text. Title (teal blue): Erica. Bulleted list: snake magnet, aspiring cat lady, NO chill, done with relationships, down bad for him. “Unfair we’re not somewhere misbehavin’ for days” - R U Mine, Arctic Monkeys Image: spotify playlist screenshot. Solitude is Bliss by Tame Impala, Pretty Pimpin by Kurt Vile, R U Mine? by Arctic Monkeys, Lover by Devendra Banhart, Bed Chem by Sabrina Carpenter, Let the Light in (feat. father john misty) by Lana Del Rey, The Truth by Dr. Dog Image: meme of Tina Belcher flipping hair with text “Time for the charm bomb to explode” (credit- Bob’s Burgers) Image: orange zinnias Image: tuxedo kitten Image: library shelves Image: vintage teal scrabble board with scattered letter tiles Image: sunset reflected in ocean water Collage with dark brown background and overlying text. Title (cream colored text): Will. Bulleted list: Snake Whisperer, Willpower of steel, quietly freaky, secretly Simping, serial monogamist “And I can’t help myself, from goin’ wanderin’ with her”- Dr. Dog, “Nellie” Images in collage: spotify playlist screenshot: Hang me up to Dry by Cold War Kids, Nellie by Dr. Dog, old friends by pinegrove, sedona by houndmouth,come a little closer by cage the elephant, nothings gonna hurt you baby by cigarettes after sex Image: live oak tree with spanish moss Image of snake slithering along chain link fence Image of 1999 toyota tacoma Image of small snake in a man’s hand
July 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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For my #amquerying project, Pretty Pimpin’ by Kurt Vile

“I woke up this morning
Didn't recognize the man in the mirror
Then I laughed and I said
"Oh silly me, that's just me"”

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July 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I got my first querytracker reply today! It was a form rejection, but after three weeks, I’m kinda glad i have proof someone looked at it 😂 and yes, I know, three weeks is not a long time in publishing 🥲 #amquerying shout out to the #litagents out there, i know ur inboxes runneth over 🙏
July 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM