#HappySunday #BlueSkyWriters and #readers alike. I'm off to #edit... ugh! One would think it would be a good day to edit, the skies are grey, its cold outside... Spring had a peak and went away, it seems it likes to hide. So let's do it! Let's edit!!⏬ #manuscript Sunsetter #wip - #amquering soon⏬
#WIPSnips #editing 1st draft #wip Sunsetter #amquering soon... 🤞
#horror #western #adventure #fiction
*No #dreary to be found, but gloomy describes the landscape inside this box of sticks...
Joined Bluesky to take part in #Revpit and follow along. Just submitted my fantasy book 🤞✨️ #writingabook #amquering
Image of the Circulus Station Resident Card for Dale Ransom, Major (ret.) and Captain of the Ithaca.
How would the other characters describe your #HardSF MC? I’ll go first.
Meet Dale Ransom, Captain of the Ithaca. 🚀
To the Interstellar Science Federation, he’s a tool. To his daughter, he’s free hugs and ice cream. To his engineer, he’s the guy who owes her a ring. 💍
#WritingCommunity #AmQuering
How I feel when a strong idea for a story hits out of nowhere and I’m trying to explain it to my partner
#writerproblems #amwriting #amquering
The emotional rollercoaster that is this week needs to chill out 😂👩💻 #querytrenches #amquering #sendwine #sendcoffee 👀
Hello, my name is James Keller. I am an author of Scifi/Fantasy.
I am currently querying for my Novel. You can find the pitch from a previous event in my pinned post.
I grew up watching old Star Trek, Stargate, and playing Mass Effect.
#writesky #writingcommunity #SFF #Bluepithype #amquering
I'm Tony
Originally from Georgia, living in Penonomé, Panama since 2012. Sci-Fi is my main genre.
#AmQuering Time, Not Space
Book 1 of 4 in Merlin's Invention
#Writers #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Niyati Froind, a #kidlit writer-illustrator, wishing you all Shana Tova! (Happy New Year in Hebrew). May the new breeze of 2026 carry good news our way.
#amquering Picture Books👹🐭🦔
I read an article on AI's overuse of the em dash, and that being a signifier that a piece was AI-generated. You will have to pry the em dash from my cold, dead hands before you shout AI at me. #writingcommunity #avoidrunonsentences #amquering
The hardest part of any story I write are the opening chapters:
1. Those are the chapters I have to send to agents.
2. The set up, and what to reveal there, is always hard for me.
But once I get to the inciting incident...the words just flow, baby.
#writingcommunity #amwriting #amquering #SFF
"Do you still think about Earth?"
Elise forced the memories, the fire, out of her head. All she said in response was. "I try not to."
#Writingcommunity #amwriting #amediting #wipsnips #amquering #SFF
She got into the Sky-Carriage. A flying taxi with sleek brass trimming and comfortable interior. One thing that struck Elise about the Jada is how they treat everything they built like works of art. Even something as basic as a Taxi.
#writingcommunity #wipsnips #amquering #amwriting #amediting #SFF
#Writingcommunity, thanks for all the support during #Questpit. The story is now Query Ready. Just fine tuning my Query Letter and doing my homework to find the right agents to reach out to.
Wish me Luck.
#amquering #amwriting #amediting
Text reading: Vickers shrugged and said, "Well, that’s too bad. I’m sick and tired of taking directions from you.” He mumbled a quick “thanks” to the bartender as he delivered his drink and took a long swig. Setting down the glass, he said, “Imagine my surprise seeing your vehicle outside, knowing you are sitting here in this nice air-conditioned bar, tipping back drinks while you have me out there sneaking through the mosquito-infested woods, sweating my balls off in this lousy weather, trying to grab a little girl who is never out of her mother’s sight.” Quint sneered. “That's your job.” Vickers slammed his hand on the bar and said, “No. That's our job, you arrogant prick.” With the word "nice" highlighted in yellow.
47,228 words into current WIP. On the downhill slope now! Today's WIPSnip word is "nice". In this excerpt, the dirty cop and the hired bad guy are having a bit of a disagreement. #wipsnips #amwriting #amquering #writersky #writingcommunity #blueskywriting
Found this helpful post by the wonderful @debbieohi.com! Especially for any author getting ready to submit directly to an editor, it can be helpful to find out their preferences for pagination.
Thanks Debbie for putting this together!
#amquering #KIDLITMEGAFEED
debbieohi.com/2022/06/pagi...
Query Stats - 2.5 Weeks In:
30 Queries sent
10 Rejections
1 Full Partial Request
1 Full Manuscript Request
18 In Waiting
35 More to Query
Not mad at it yet, just obsessively checking querytracker haha
#amquering #writingcommunity
Most writers think agents always read their whole query with the patience of a saint.
Spoiler: they don't.
You've got less than 30 seconds to hook them.
What are they looking for?
✅ A sharp hook
✅ Clear stakes
✅ Voice that grabs them and doesn't let go.
#amquering #querylettertips
He wanted to know the backstory, the reason behind this search. He told himself he wanted these answers to better arm himself for what might lie ahead, to increase their chances of a successful search and rescue. Yet, deep inside, he wondered if it wasn’t because he wanted to know more about the woman and her child...for other reasons. Reasons he wasn’t ready to explore. He’d just met her, for crying out loud. But there was something about her, something that brought out a desire to protect her and a desperate need to find a little girl he’d never even met.
Today's excerpt from current WIP. Brady and his bloodhound assist with the search for Libby's daughter in the Adirondack Mountains. #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips, #WriteSky, #WritingPrompts, #amwriting, #amquering, #writers
A gothic moodboard. Top row: melting candles, a bed surrounded by candles and shadows, and a window with red light pouring through Second row: red velvet sheets, a parchment with the quote "A lifetime I have ached for you, my love. The memory of you, I have kept." A man's silhouette against light. Third row: roses against a dark background, an angle, and candles flickering in the dark. The tone is sensual and gothic, to reflect the eternal love of my characters Ishmael and Edric.
Eternal devotion.
Quote directly from UnHoly.
#writersofbluesky #lgbtbooks #indieauthor #queerwriter #gothicbooks #gothicromance #vampires #lgbtlove #lgbtbooks #amquering
smash it
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🧚🏼💓
#writesky #writerscommunity #writers #amwriting #writingprompts #datewriting #skywriting #blueskywrites #amquering #skywriting #litagents #portland #thisis55
#WIPSnips
The intro to my current #amquering I’d love some feedback on my opening hook 🙏🏻
#booksky 📚💙✍️
Editor: "I'm not sure what you were trying to say here."
Me: Hell, I don't know either.
#booksky #indieauthor #indie #writing #amwriting #amquering #authors #horrorbooks
ok ok now reading 4 books that i’ve decided on using as my comps 🤩
still deciding on if i’ll use all for or swap out based on agent 🙂↔️
#writingcommunity #amquering
Be sure to check out my recent appearance on Novelist Spotlight to discuss the inspiration behind my award winning political thriller! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n... #bullmoose #amwriting #amquering #thrillerbooks
Eeven though it's an Upper MG reading level--I realized my chapters were too long. Shortening them was trickier than you'd think. But tonight I can say I completed the revision, including improving sentences here and there. #amquering #kidlit I'll take a "way to go" if you have one.
Jona Colson and Caroline Bock, co-presidents will be there to answer any questions!! Our annual book-length manuscript contests open on May 1st!! Join us!
#amwriting #amquering #DMVwriter ✍️
