Mom of 2 and wife of my wife 🏳️⚧️.
“A Promise on Prom Night”
@WildInkPub
’s Prom Perfect, Spring ’25
My Thorns For Your Roses,
@PublishConquest
Spring ‘26
I’m excited to announce I’ve signed with
@PublishConquest
.
I’m so glad I found someone who loves this piece of my heart as much as I do.
I look forward to sharing Lark’s story with you all in MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES, Spring 2026!
🌟Welcome to the Conquest family
@Krargyres
!!🌟
A husband is a necessary inconvenience to escape Lark's complicated home life, but when a faerie roots a rose in her flesh, people assume it's from another man.
Lark must convince the petty bastard to remove the blossom, but the
@shardai_smithh
A small publisher rejected my Tam Lin retelling because of the similarities and I’m like, “you know the faerie tale is centuries old and has a lot of variations and overlap with other tales, right?” SJM’s plot resembles Beauty & the Beast, let me have my queer shapeshifter! 😭
I lost a few followers today after reposting “trans lives matter” and a Will Ferrell quote about his best friend’s recent transition. In case you missed it in bio, my wife is 🏳️⚧️, and if you have a problem with her, unfollow me now. ‘Kay, thanks, bye! ❤️
@Kashirisong
@0liviajulianna
I generally agree with this list, but Fetterman is not having any fundraising problems. He’s already slaughtered Oz with his A+ internet trolling skills. I dare say that he and
@0liviajulianna
are in a league all their own.
@moniza_hossain
I loved Kate, I just could not feel the same about Anthony. 😭
He sniffed her like a creep and whispered “lilies!!!” Like was that supposed to be romantic?!
@lauravidarteg
Which is why I wrote my own version of the "Tam Lin" folksong/tale that embraces that queerness. Pansexual Tamlin, demisexual MC, lesbian cannibal faeries in the Winter Court. Mwahahaha
"MY THORNS FOR YOUR ROSES" -
AFTER THE FOREST (magic, dash of history) x
FOR THE WOLF (a biting edge of darkness) x
EMILY WILDE (voice, fae)
Lark falls for the shapeshifting faerie who cursed her and must save him from his cannibal ex.
#questpit
#A
#FR
#FTA
#LGBT
#Q
This
#FiresideChat
is just what we needed right now. Bernie is bringing his message back into the historical American context. He's not trying to make American like Norway and Finland, he's trying to bring back FDR's kind of policies.
If you're an Indiana business leader, let Hoosiers know that your businesses supports access to reproductive care by signing on to our
#DontBanEqualityIN
letter.
@retquits
Aw, they’re so cute, I can’t handle it. Love your work!
I had Emily and Shane get married in my Stardew series. Commission credit to
@Hagiym_
Frens, bad news. I was on a great writing streak, but now I need to name minor characters before I write scenes including them. I want to decide now and not use placeholders. I kept saying I'd name them later and now present-me is mad at past-me about about it.
#WritingCommunity
Apparently, I can trick myself into writing 3 days in a row if it means making a little circle graph light up and give me an update on my progress. Who would’ve thought? Thanks,
@amsunshine_
!
It turns out the book I pre-ordered has been sitting at the back shelf for several days at my local bookstore, they just forgot to notify me!
Now, do I casually drop that I have a book coming out in 2026 or not? 🤔
#WritingCommunity
Googling “why does my period make me feel ____” gets you three articles that Are like “while this phenomenon hasn’t been studied…” and 50 Reddit threads of women discussing identical symptoms and timelines who have taught themselves biochemistry
I keep having to remind myself this is just a first draft to get my ideas written down. The first draft of MTFYR was a hot mess, but the multiple rounds of revisions made it beautiful story worth telling.
And yet…
#WritingCommunity
Also, sorry not sorry for the tears y’all may cry reading “A Promise on Prom Night” in
@WildInkPub
’s “Prom Perfect” anthology next spring. I wrote it as if my wife had come out to me before prom. After I got my acceptance email, I let her read it and she sobbed.
@shardai_smithh
Also, Shardai, you made great points about this endangering fanfic overall. Hey,
@ao3org
, have you all seen Shardai’s original post that went viral? The person doing this isn’t the AO3 author, but I’ll bet this could have negative legal ramifications for the archive.
@_AshJOY
Ugh, I know. I wrote a novel and one of my favorite lines is "He howled along with me – his real laugh. I loved the way the sound resonated in my body, as if he were sharing his happiness with me." That's a kind of intimacy that just HITS DIFFERENT for me.
A husband is a necessary inconvenience to escape Lark's complicated home life, but when a faerie roots a🌹in her flesh, people assume its from another man.
Lark must convince him to remove it, but the forest is full of danger - and newfound desire.
#SmallPitch
#A
#FR
#FTR
#NVL
I got an agent ❤️ and one from a small press from
#QueerPit
! I’ll get both those queries out sometime today. Thanks to all my new friends for helping get the word out!
Querying’s a waiting game! I’m waiting -
On a response on a partial.
On whether my dream agent will take me out of her “maybe” pile.
On three indie publishers who have my full.
On whether my submission will be selected for an anthology.
I’m trying to be patient. 🤪
I cranked out a flash fiction piece to submit to
@WildInkPub
’s “Wickedness & Wonder” anthology after a week-long writer’s block. Who am I? 🤣
Now to clean it up before submission.
#WritingCommunity
Getting rejected because my faerie tale retelling has similarities with another recent, popular retelling of the same story sucks. I truly feel mine’s different enough and restored the soul of the original tale. This hurts, but I hope my 🏳️🌈 version will find a home.
#amquerying
Local woman has (demi)sexual awakening when she falls for a shapeshifting faerie who cursed her.
Apparently she’s into guys who can turn into a man, woman, griffin, and a… cloak?
#UnhingedPit
#RF
#FTR
#LGBTQIA
A PETTY faerie BASTARD cursed me with a rose rooted in my scalp as punishment for denying his existence. How am I supposed to nab a tolerable husband with another man’s token attached to my head?
To make things worse, I feel strange around him.
#UnhingedPit
#RF
#FTR
#LGBTQIA
#Q
Got vaccinated for COVID/flu/Hep B all in one go this morning.
Now, will this trio knock me flat or will hydration and rolling my shoulders work well enough?
Two years ago, I was writing a lot of fanfiction, but I hadn’t even begun to write my debut novel. Who knows how many drafts I’ve done since then? Now I have an amazing publisher,
@PublishConquest
, and I’m already 13k words into the first draft of my next book.
#WritingCommunity
Friends, the universe foiled my plot once again. Leaving my laptop home for the weekend to go to a family reunion didn’t result in any full requests.
#WritingCommunity
#amquerying
COVER REVEAL! I know you are all excited for the Prom Perfect anthology. But did you know that 50% of revenue will go to Project GLAM? You can find out more about Project GLAM here:
I've tweaked this micro-fiction piece for over an hour and I think I'm finally happy with it. I don't care what people tell you, writing a story in 250 words or fewer is so much harder than it sounds.
#writingcommunity
Look, I love me a slow burn, but I also adore writing interactions between an established couple and the little, everyday intimacies that arise in a relationship. ❤️
#WritingCommunity
Today’s the day, Revelers! The winners will be announced in a matter of hours. Things are starting to feel SO REAL. Thanks to everyone who participated and the editors for making my first RevPit so enjoyable.
#RevPit
.
@Gen_Con
You all have enormous power in Indiana. Remember when you threatened to find a venue in another state when the "religious freedom" bill was introduced in 2015? You could do it again where with SB1.
#BansOffIndiana
#hoosiertwitter
We at Gen Con believe in the right to autonomy over our bodies and the right to choose. Reproductive rights are human rights. Like many of you, we are hurt, angry, and frustrated by recent events, including the recent advancement of SB1 by the Indiana General Assembly. 1/2
My debut novel comes out with a small press (yayy!) but when I researched indie publishers to submit to, I found the lack of resources incredibly frustrating.
So I decided to create one myself. Here's 60+ publishers you can query w/o an agent: !
“Keir balked for a fraction of a second, then his mouth drew back in a cruel grin. ‘Oh, I’ve got my own means, lass. Fae don’t bother me if they know what’s good for them.’”
My Thorns For Your Roses,
@PublishConquest
Spring 2026
#WritingCommunity
We always ask each other "What's the first line of your novel," but nobody asks what the 5th line on page 37 is.
I want to know what the 5th line on page 37 of your book is.
Here's mine: "For instance, I remembered meeting a woman named Anastasia in New York at CBGB in 1975."
I just got the kindest rejection that I might just have to put it up on my wall somewhere to keep me going. Thank you,
@weaverliterary
It’s not every day my work is called “hauntingly beautiful.” 😭
Reminder to
#SmallPitch
authors: Please pin your pitches so the people who want to find them, can! I have some of you on my swap list, but I can't find your pitches.
Less than a week til the end of the time window the publisher gave me to hear back from them. I don’t know what kind of tears I’ll be crying when I get the news, but I’ll definitely bawl either way. 😭
I'll jump in on this! "My Thorns For Your Roses" is my adult romantasy retelling in a similar vein to SS, FtW, and AtF. Complicated family dynamics of P & P x Emily Wilde's mix of dark and whimsical x JS&MN's faerie deals gone wrong.
#amquerying
#writingcommunity
WRITING COMMUNITY
Screw the algorithm. Together, we are powerful.
Comment with something, ANYTHING that makes you excited. A request/a moodboard etc and let’s repost the LIVING HELL out of each other.
#Writingcommunity
Behold…my comps for my new obsession. You’re next!
Hey,
@0liviajulianna
, I really admire your activism and using your spotlight to fundraise for
@valdemings
. Do you mind helping out
@tommcdermottjr
next? Indiana's extreme abortion laws are set to begin Sept. 15 and the race is tight. Hoosiers like me want to
#FireToddYoung
.
@YoungDemsofHC
I’m a pregnant woman with a toddler for one. My spouse and I are LGBTQ+ and that goes over GREAT in rural Indiana. The recent gerrymandering swallowed my old district and painted it red. Many voters only notice which letter is next to your name. Hence we’re stuck with Morales.
Here I am, bragging on
@Hagiym_
again. He made another gorgeous piece to go with my SDV fanfic series. If you share his art, please be sure to credit him. I hear he also does commissions.😉
You can read my series here:
#StardewValley
#StardewValleyfanart
@RebeccaMinelga
There were five agents on this week’s QT update email with “no longer listed on the agency website.” And they were not the two I’ve seen mentioned here on elsewhere.
You don’t know what you don’t know, and as an author, I needed fresh eyes on my manuscript. Andie with
@SunandSpines
provided the kind of feedback I needed to make my good story great. Even if these edits don’t land me an agent, my novel’s evolved for the better. Thank you!
The response window from a publisher begins tomorrow and the anticipation is killing me. I really love the community around this publisher and it would be wonderful to work with them, but I'm scared to get my hopes up again. 😬
#amquerying
#WritingCommmunity
After a week of using the WordTracker app to appease my need for tangible progres, I’ve written an average of 1,000 words a day. I want to build this habit and keep moving forward. 💪
#WritingCommunity
Another 950 words for my fanfic! (It's multiple POV and each chapter is a day, so I tend to write about 5k for these chapters.) Dang, this reminds me of when I used to crank out a chapter every other week when the pandemic first started. I hope this keeps up.
#WritingCommunity
@LindaWilgus1
I’ve been querying since November (I started too early and just didn’t know it). I’ve learned and grown as a writer in the past 10 months and after a LOT of revisions to this manuscript, I had “the call” recently.
Authors, drop your current WIP's first line:
I'm drafting the sequel to my "Tam Lin" retelling, My Thorns For Your Roses, now that I've found a home for the first novel!
"I lay tucked into Tamlin’s arms, shadows swaddling us in the hushed, even breaths of sleep."
Authors, drop your current WIP’s first line:
From my new adult romantasy short story…
Melodic chimes like clinking crystals echo through Gelu Castrum as I push through the castle’s arched front doors.
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#QueerPit
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Exactly! AI can’t write this!!! *whips out my fanfic saga slowly creeping toward 1,000,000 words.* This is countless nights of lost sleep and unhinged head cannons to connect EvErYtHiNg.
fanfiction is born out of love and genuine excitement by a fan. it’s built on community, passion, deranged author’s notes. AI can’t understand emotion therefore
AI CAN NOT WRITE FANFICTION. get that shit away from ao3.
@moniza_hossain
So true! I’m lucky enough to have found a home for my first book, but in addition to revising my novel, I’ve also written about 800,000 words worth of fanfic since the pandemic started, so I’ve improved significantly over the last few years. Just keep writing!
Early voted yesterday and the place was packed. I commented how busy it seemed and the poll worker reported about 1,000 people voted the day before.
“We didn’t used to see these kinds of numbers until after what happened in 2016.”
Let’s see if we’ve learned our lesson.
There was no doubt Choice would win in Kansas. If you put choice on a ballot anywhere in this country, it wins.
Overwhelmingly, the American people believe that
#AbortionIsHealthcare
.
The only place Choice goes to die is gerrymandered legislatures.
#KansasVoteNo
#Abortion
Something you can do for free to help your favorite authors: Check their books out at the library! If they don’t have a copy, request they purchase one! Many libraries have an easy online request form and makes their works more widely available to new readers.
#WritingCommunity
This is a really common question, probably because the library/author relationship can seem pretty opaque from the outside. But libraries do benefit authors! A lot! Here’s how-