“Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.” —Iris Murdoch
Happy first Friday of April from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Stay tuned for our next writing challenge. We will focus on the craft of writing for the 12 weeks of spring, starting on April 6th.
Stay tuned for our next #sparksandscribbles writing challenge. We will focus on the craft of writing for the 12 weeks of spring, starting on April 6th. Who’s with us?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Humility is not a virtue in a writer, it is an absolute necessity.” — James Lee Burke
Happy last Friday of March from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.” — Rod Serling
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Time to share! Pick a favorite sentence from your work-in-progress (WIP), whether it’s a short story, a novel, or a line from your journal.
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
“If we had to say what writing is, we would have to define it essentially as an act of courage.” — Cynthia Ozick
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
What kind of stories are you drawn to? What are your favorite genres and tropes?
What kind of stories are you drawn to? What are your favorite genres and tropes?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #SparksAndScribbles
“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.” — Joss Whedon
Happy first Friday of March from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.” — Carl Van Doren
Happy last Friday of February from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Let’s celebrate! What writing have you accomplished this month? Share a favorite line or snippet! #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Let’s celebrate! What writing have you accomplished this month? Share a favorite line or snippet!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
How do you decide what to read next? Book club? Friend suggestions? Your never-ending Goodreads TBR list? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
How do you decide what to read next? Book club? Friend suggestions? Your never-ending Goodreads TBR list?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“A good rule for writers: Do not explain overmuch.” — Somerset Maugham
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
February 16th: Do you have a cozy writing or reading space? What about the space encourages your creativity and your words? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Do you have a cozy writing or reading space? What about the space encourages your creativity and your words?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
I’m officially agented!!!✨
I’m thrilled to be represented by @penelopekayb.bsky.social at Gelfman Schneider
Can’t wait to work together on my contemporary YA romance, and I’m ready for the next chapter!
#YA #amagented #LGBT #Writingcommunity
“Caress your phrase tenderly: it will end by smiling at you.” — Anatole France
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
We all yearn for connection. With Valentine’s Day nearly here, what kind of relationships fascinate you as a writer? Romance? Friendship? Found family? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
We all yearn for connection. With Valentine’s Day nearly here, what kind of relationships fascinate you as a writer? Romance? Friendship? Found family?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Finished crap can be edited. Unfinished greatness languishes forever. The only bad writing is the thing you didn't write!” — Margarita Gakis
Happy first Friday of February from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
I tried my hand at character art this weekend. It was HARD! Meet my protagonist, Suri! My speculative retelling of Great Expectations will soon be on submission! #WritingCommunity #AmAgented #UpMarketSpeculative #Fiction #CharacterArt
What did you accomplish with your writing last month? What are your goals for this month? #AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
What did you accomplish with your writing last month? What are your goals for this month?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Make writing a regular part of your daily routine—even just a tiny amount per day—so that it feels more natural to write than not to.” — Jennifer Egan
Happy last Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Thrilled to be rep’d by superstar literary agent @keiralekseii.bsky.social of Azantian Literary Agency!!🎉🦋
Immensely grateful, deeply excited, and ready for our next chapter!!📚🤍 #amagented #authors #writingcommunity
“The most ordinary word, when put into place, suddenly acquires brilliance.” — Robert Bresson
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
I’m officially agented!🎉 Beyond thrilled and grateful to be working with Leticia Gomez of Savvy Literary Services—someone who’s just as excited about WHIST as I am.📚 #AmAgented #WritingCommunity #WritersLift #Authors #Writers #BlackWriters #BVM
Group of six misfit ghost hunters huddled around a laptop. One looks excited. The rest are bewildered. One accidentally spills his coffee. The words, “announcement of literary representation” are above them.
It’s been a long journey getting here. Details on the agency to come at a later time, but I am now officially agented! (I think my ghost hunters are taking the news with the utmost grace.)
#amwriting #amquerying #amagented
“At base you have only one criterion: If something interests you, it goes in—if not, it stays out.” — John McPhee
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
Iris Andersi, Agented Author. A green background with a photo of a woman at a library.
Iris Andersi, repped by Mara Hollander at Azantian Literary Agency. Green background with a woman at a library.
I’M AGENTED!
So exciting to be repped by @maraalyse.bsky.social at Azantian Literary Agency 💚
#amagented #agentedauthor #writingcommunity
Photo Credit: @hello_meagain on Instagram
“Nobody asks you to do this. The world out there is not panting after another novelist. We choose it.” — Paul Auster
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.” — Virginia Woolf
Happy first Friday of January from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! Get ready for our first prompt—starting next Monday!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“I will probably write an hour a day and spend eight hours a day biting my knuckle and worrying about not writing.” — David Foster Wallace
Hope you had a wonderful holiday! Happy last Friday of December from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week! Do you ever worry about writing when you're not writing?
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
“Write what you like, there is no other rule.” — O. Henry
Happy Friday from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
