Laura Jordan | writer
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I write speculative suspense/thrillers starring rebellious women, a lot of heart, & always hope | Fueled by coffee & quiet rooms
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Pitching my 3
#amquerying
speculative thrillers today as well as my wip during
#questpit
! I'm going to do my best to 🧵them here. Can't wait to see everyone's pitches today!
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#amquerying
can be tough.
A writing friend I admire greatly told me yesterday not to give up. That someday an agent will love my weird, wild, & different premises. Submitted 3 new queries this morning.
3 cheers for being weird and wild! 🤣🤷♀️✍️
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
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I may not have gotten agent movement on my
#IWSGPit
posts, but I made new
#writingcommunity
friends and hit this milestone today on my
#wip
(20k in 2 weeks 🥹). So I count it as a win! Keep
#amquerying
everyone! We got this!
#5amwritersclub
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#writingcommunity
(Can I have a do-over?)
👋 I'm Laura! I'm a:
- former librarian & fast(ish) runner
- genre-eclectic reader
- quoter of classic films & 90s action flicks
- fan of unmanicured nature & art
- writer of weird speculative suspense starring rebellious women with HEAs
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Creating my agent spreadsheet for when I
#amquerying
my adult spec
#thriller
next month. Funny, no one says in their
#mswl
that they want Golden Girls meets The Matrix🤷♀️🤣
#WritingCommunity
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Thanks so much
#writingcommunity
for your support during
#pitdark
yesterday! Received multiple industry likes, one which already lead to a full request from an agent 😮. This is my 8th book, and my 5th year pitching in these contests.
In other words: Don't. Give. UP!
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Last minute decision to jump into
#SmallPitch
. I'll be on and off most of the day and will try to share/boost as much as I can. Good luck
#amquerying
! 🫶
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Building my list for
#questpit
! I'll be pitching my two
#amquerying
spec thrillers as well as my wip (a complete rewrite of my second thriller)! Who's with me? Reply/like, and I'll add you to my list 😄 Let's have some fun!
BUM BADA BUM BUM🥁
we have a date!! the summer season of
#questpit
will take place all day, any time zone July 3rd!
rules will be listed below and at the 🔗 we have on our page! please also be aware of the new hashtags we’ll be using to provide more clarity!
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#writingcommunity
👋 I'm Laura!
Apparently, the last selfie I took sans kiddo was 4m ago when I bought my first pair of reading glasses so that's what you get!
I 🩷 to write weird speculative suspense/thrillers with HEAs. Here's a 🧵 to my wips:
Pitching my 3
#amquerying
speculative thrillers today as well as my wip during
#questpit
! I'm going to do my best to 🧵them here. Can't wait to see everyone's pitches today!
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Is it time for a
#WritersOfTwitter
refresh?
👋I'm Laura & I write spec thrillers with lots of heart, hope, & quirk. I've written 10 novels,
#amquerying
#⃣9&10 while rewriting my 7th now that I've found my voice—it only took 9 novels to get there 😵💫💪✍️
🩷 the
#WritingCommunity
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#QuestPit
pitches scheduled! Let me know if you want to swap support, and I'll add you to my list! I'm pitching my 3 speculative suspense/thrillers. Can't wait to see everyone's pitches :D
Building my list for
#questpit
! I'll be pitching my two
#amquerying
spec thrillers as well as my wip (a complete rewrite of my second thriller)! Who's with me? Reply/like, and I'll add you to my list 😄 Let's have some fun!
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#WritingCommunity
, it's official. As of this weekend, I'm going all in
#amquerying
Book 9. You know what they say ... 9 times a charm? Excited on the outside ...
#5amwritersclub
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#chaospit
is making me reconsider my approach to other pitching contests 🤣
#amquerying
#writingcommunity
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I don't normally manifest, mainly because I don't know how it works 😊. But the anniversary of a very important event in my life (one that essentially set my writing into motion) is on April 6, and I would love good news that day.
Just putting it out there.
#amquerying
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Okay, I think I've done it. I've written an entire novel without a single flashback. Not even a little baby one.
Who am I?
#writingcommunity
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Well it happened. I killed my wip. I’m a pantser and I plotted to much. Rip. 😔
But I know the characters will resurface somewhere, and I never delete anything.
#WritingCommunity
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A full request from a
#PitDark
like, and I’m so thankful again for the
#WritingCommmunity
and the support last week 💕 Keep writing and doing what you love. Don’t lose hope
#amquerying
crowd!
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I finished my
#wip
draft for my next spec thriller! Now all I have to do is revise … send to beta readers … revise again … send to another round of beta readers … revise again …
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
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Someone check my temperature ... I'm thinking of trying out a dual timeline for my next thriller
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
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I'm at the "write my synopsis now to make sure I stay on track" part of my rewrite, so I must be half way!
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
#AllYouCanWriteAugust
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Working on my synopsis to bring me home on my
#wip
.
Piece of cake … said no one.
Ever.
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
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Full request! Apparently, the only words I can write this morning are exclamation points of joy :D (I'll edit them out later)
#5amwritersclub
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Update--got an editor request (squee!)! There's still a few days left
#amquerying
writers 😃
#WritingCommunity
Excited to pitch at the
@SavvyAuthors
Autumn Pitchfest starting today.
#amquerying
authors -- it's free to pitch agents/editors in this space :D
#WritingCommunity
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#UnhingedPit
... why not?
DARK CITY x GROUNDHOG DAY
"Will he remember me today, or will he try to kill me?"
Murder, memory wipes, and a judgy bird named Gary.
(current wip)
#T
#SPEC
#W
#A
#UnhingedPit
is open to all writers in the
#writingcommunity
. Likes, RT/QT, and comments ARE allowed. While this event is intended to stretch your creative muscles and let loose, Agent/Editor participation is highly encouraged.
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👋
#WritersOfTwitter
: I'm Laura & I write
#speculative
#thrillers
with a good dose of heart, a dash of social/political commentary, & always hope.
I'm revising my 9th book - "a wild multiverse story that is actually about love and family" (as one of my betas described 🤣)
can we bring back
#WritersOfTwitter
again? i would love to meet some new writer friends (& hype up the ones i’m lucky to know already) so go ahead and (re)introduce yourself! 👀💕
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BLACK MIRROR x LAST THING HE TOLD ME
Pregnant, widowed, & unhinged, Rose breaks the law to bring her dead husband back by secretly uploading his consciousness into her AI house.
Only now he’s telling her his death was no accident.
And the killer is after her next.
#PitchToDA
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Trying to write a story as exciting as the one this tree apparently heard on my walk yesterday afternoon
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
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I've reached the third act of my
#wip
where my MC is about to burn down the city for what they did to someone she loves.
I cannot TELL you how much I've looked forward to this part of drafting.
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
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Discovered I prefer writing over running. Also donuts over broccoli. I see no potential problem here 🍩🍩🍩
#amwriting
#5amwritersclub
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Thanks for all the support during
#questpit
! So many amazing pitches out there 😍 I love how these pitch events have brought back more positivity in the
#writingcommunity
.
And ... for those waiting on my
#wip
, it won't be long! Just crossed this milestone woop!
#5amwritersclub
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Got my beta readers lined up for my wip 💕 Now to just focus and not get distrac
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I’m at the self-doubt stage of writing in my
#wip
, but I’ve gone too far to stop now 😂
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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The kindest thing I've ever done for myself as a writer is rewriting a book I shelved. Falling in love with thriller
#2
all over again 🥰
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
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Me to my future
#agent
when I pop open my trunk of 8 other novels ...
#amquerying
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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Given I've failed at life today in general, I could use some luck even if it's only short-term 😂
#amquerying
#WritingCommunity
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I just realized I am writing a love story. A sci-fi suspense love story. With a talking house. But the love is there, and it's pretty cool. I love pantserlife 🥰
#amwriting
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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My spec thriller wip recently took on a Golden Girls x Matrix vibe, and I guess I'm now writing that book because it's way too fun to resist :D
#5amwritersclub
#amwriting
#WritingCommunity
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HER x EUREKA
"What if GHOST's Patrick Swayze was a house?"
Rose is angry, pregnant, and breaking the law to bring her husband back.
#UnhingedPit
#T
#SPEC
#W
#Q
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How is it that my newest thriller
#wip
about a woman who (literally) falls in love with her house is the most grounded piece of speculative fiction I've ever written?
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
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Update 2--another editor request for a different manuscript I pitched at this event (Book 7 for me)! Never give up on your stories
#amquerying
writers 😃
#writingcommunity
Update--got an editor request (squee!)! There's still a few days left
#amquerying
writers 😃
#WritingCommunity
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I know when a
#wip
is working for me when I'm so excited about the story I want to skip to the end ...
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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#Amquerying
writers — are we manifesting during the eclipse? Is that what we’re doing? If so …
#WritingCommunity
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Me trying to piece together yesterday's word jumble of an action scene.
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
#amwriting
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The way my brain is already brainstorming my next
#wip
while I’m still revising my current 🙄
#writingcommunity
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When your night word sprinting actually sounds good the next morning.
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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Mercilessly cutting an 850 word synopsis down to 550 words this morning.
I have no remorse.
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
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Me during
#5amwritersclub
today as I revisit my second thriller (written just over a year ago), confirming for me that you really don't know what you don't know.
Writing truly is a humbling experience.
#writingcommunity
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I'm pages away from my thriller
#wip
's inciting incident, and the feels of a haunted "Take on Me" are real. My childhood self can die happy now 😄🥲
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
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Computer hiccup removed my access from all my writing history until I rebooted it this morning.
All's here.
Now excuse me while I collect my soul from the floor and make 1000 copies of EVERYTHING.
#WritingCommunity
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Today's chapter title is Devil of the Desert, and my antagonist just entered the party
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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I passed 13k in my wip during
#5amwritersclub
this morning without realizing it. I must be dreaming.
#WritingCommunity
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Discovered a praying mantis in my house. I think I will name him good luck Chuck?
#5amwritersclub
#amwriting
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Crossing over 25k threshold at today's
#5amwritersclub
. Not me counting off the days until school starts back up and I have more time for
#AllYouCanWriteAugust
😁
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Have you ever written a sentence so sinister that you muahahahed after? Me during
#5amwritersclub
😈
#WritingCommunity
#amwriting
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I allowed myself 1 hour of plotting this morning. I've learned the hard way I'm a headlight pantser. I can see far enough--now back to drafting!
(10k in a week. Please brain don't stop now. Pretty please with sugar on top.)
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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My alpha reader was both too sad and too afraid to go to sleep last night after reading my last two chapters. That's a good thing, right?
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
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I'm writing a haunted scene this morning and am feeling this day! Happy Friday the 13th
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
!
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When your new house won’t have wifi for two days, but you still want to word
#5amwritersclub
#WritingCommunity
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Did you ever write a line that essentially guts you? Excuse me while I tend to my wounds this morning.
Worth it.
#writingcommunity
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Nature on a freezing, windy day: "No--don't take my picture! I'm having a bad hair day."
Me: "You couldn't have a bad hair day if you tried."
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
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Up and writing about a haunted labyrinth. Who else is ready for
#Halloween
?
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
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I'm reposting this for any
#amquerying
writers who need to see it (myself included). Querying is tough, and imposter syndrome is no joke.
You're not alone.
For me, what works is remembering why I started writing in the first place 🩷✍️
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
#amquerying
can be tough.
A writing friend I admire greatly told me yesterday not to give up. That someday an agent will love my weird, wild, & different premises. Submitted 3 new queries this morning.
3 cheers for being weird and wild! 🤣🤷♀️✍️
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
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Started with coffee BEFORE words this time. I'd like to share this amazing discovery of caffeinated words :)
#5amwritersclub
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I'm ready to set fire to the keyboard. In the best of ways.
#5amwritersclub
#amwriting
#writingcommunity
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Me while drafting a chapter: "I love how organic it feels being a pantser"
Also me reading my chapter the next day:
#WritingCommunity
#5amwritersclub
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Deleting choice adverbs this morning, very slowly.
Happy writing and editing :)
#5amwritersclub
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