Michelle is ✨ querying ✨
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🇳🇱 (Dark) YA fantasy writer 🫀 #amquerying & drafting, solely fueled by ☕️ gamer girly 🎮
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FABLE x MOTHER GOTHEL
Aerilyn has to escape her war general mother’s claws before her skin-shedder powers get corrupted and fuel a deadly revenge plot, killing thousands—including the sharp-witted privateer who’d burn down his ship before losing her.
#Q
#YA
#YouDeservepIt
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It turned into a FULL REQUEST!! 🥹
An agent who’s known for a 1-2 day rejection time has had my query in their maybe pile for 50 days… what does it MEAN 🤡
#amquerying
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I’m at a loss for words. I told my supervisor I’m on the autism spectrum & she replied with, “I don’t think so, you don’t act autistic.”
This is why I never tell anyone.
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Ok what do I do bc I’m getting agent likes on a book that won’t be query ready for at LEAST 6 more months 😂
#QuestPit
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An agent who’s known for a 1-2 day rejection time has had my query in their maybe pile for 50 days… what does it MEAN 🤡
#amquerying
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The rush of seeing ‘submission request’ when you’re expecting ‘query reply’ in the subject line of an email is unmatched
#amquerying
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Sent out 6 queries today using different comps & a query shining a bit more light on the enemies-to-lovers part of my MS 👩💻
🕯️✨ Fingers crossed ✨🕯️
#amquerying
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Just got my 2nd full request in less than 10 days after 3 months of silence & rejections 🌱 🥰
#amquerying
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For the
#amquerying
folks; how many rejections did you receive before you got your first partial/full request? 👀
It was 20ish for me!
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Since it clearly isn’t Full Request Friday, let’s do First Line Friday ✨🕯️
This my sapphic dark YA fantasy retelling of the flying dutchman legend 🫀
#amdrafting
Let’s hear yours! 🌊
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Just a reminder not to like
#SmallPitch
pitches if you’re another writer showing support. (I appreciate it but I’ve gotten several mini heart attacks only to realize it’s a false alarm 😭😂)
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Nearing the end of
#QuestPit
(in my timezone) — 2 agent likes so far! 🥹
I’m absolutely blown away by the love my pitches got…thank you all for cheering this lil writer on & making her feel a bit more confident about being in the query trenches 😭🥰
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Excited to see everyone’s
#QuestPit
pitches tomorrow! I’ll be pitching the book I
#amquerying
, alongside my sapphic witchy WIP ✨🕯️
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A brief introduction while I navigate the wilderness that is twitter after being gone for 5 years 🤓
I’m Michelle, an aspiring YA fantasy author currently working on her debut novel—a story about becoming your own person amidst harmful familial bonds.
Busy
#revising
☕️
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If you ignore all of Astarion’s 🚩 (and romance him every BG3 run) you’ll LOVE the
#YA
#F
I’m querying
#Q
👀
#UnhingedPit
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My FABLE X TANGLED steeped in Dutch culture has;
⚓️ • Seafaring
🫀 • Revenge & female rage
🧝♀️ • If the elves from LOTR were evil
🐍 • Overcoming toxic bonds w/ parents
& a silver-haired privateer MMC w/ twin swords and a dangerous swagger ⚔️
#KidLitPit
#YA
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I think this text from a beta reader of the
#YA
#F
I’m querying
#Q
speaks for itself???
#UnhingedPit
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I got a rejection on a partial 2 weeks ago. While I was initially heartbroken (I got the rejection less than 24 hours after sending my partial 🥲) the agent was super kind, and even took time to compliment me & my work 🥹
#amquerying
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Stunned to report it actually does lessen your anxiety if you ✨ don’t ✨ check your
#amquerying
email every day
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Would you read a book about a girl escaping her narcissistic war general mother’s claws (yes—claws)? 👀
It has;
⚓️ Seafaring
🫀 Revenge/female rage
🧝♀️ The elves from LOTR but evil
🐍 Toxic mommy issues
& a silver-haired privateer MMC w/ twin swords and a dangerous swagger ⚔️
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The quality of my current
#wip
’s first draft compared to that of the book I
#amquerying
is WILD.
Could it be that…writing really DOES make you a better writer? 😭🫠
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Dear
#litagents
,
I
#amquerying
ON WINGS OF WRATH, my
#YA
fantasy steeped in Dutch culture w/;
⚓️ Seafaring
🫀 Revenge/female rage
🌋 Nosy wyverns
🧝♀️ The elves from LOTR but evil
🐍 Toxic mommy issues
& a silver-haired privateer MMC w/ twin swords & a dangerous swagger ⚔️
🧵
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✔️ Edited the 1st chapter of the book I
#amquerying
✔️ Edited 8 chapters of the book I
#amdrafting
✔️ Edited my query letter
✔️ Sent out two queries
Me 🤝🏻 productive weekends 🤓
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If you saw me delete and post the same thing 3 times in a row no you didn’t
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Interact with this post if you want to swap support for
#SmallPitch
🥰
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Prioritizing my mental health, so I’m saying goodbye to this app for a little while again 🖤
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My god complex and imposter syndrome are forever at war with each other and I’m just here to watch the match 🍿
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My witchy sapphic
#WIP
is basically Florence + the Machine’s ‘Which Witch’ but as a dark ya fantasy novel 🌊🫀🕯️⚓️
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Me because I got to query an agent who mentioned the videogame that inspired my
#amquerying
book’s magic system as a favorite on their
#MSWL
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🕯️✨🧘♀️I could really use some good news in the form of an offer of rep today 😩 🕯️✨🧘♀️
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Drafting the witchy sapphic grumpy x sunshine of my dreams & can’t wait for everyone to meet these girls 😩
🌊🫀🕯️⚓️
#WIP
#amdrafting
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All of the info Lauren Kay offers is available for free online, or by asking the writing community. DON’T fall for this.
Lauren Kay I have had ENOUGH. Charging $500 for a Query Bootcamp to 'unlock industry secrets' and 'become a 6 figure author' is a WILD grift harming vulnerable, new writers.
And what would you know about selling success? Who would EVER buy that from you, a grifter, grifting?
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FABLE x FOURTH WING
#YA
#F
#NVL
about a girl escaping her narcissistic war general mother’s claws (yes—claws 👀)
⚓️ Seafaring
🥀 Revenge & female rage
🫀 Skin-shedders
🌋 Wyvern battles
❤️🔥 Mother Gothel vibes
🌊 & a privateer MMC w/ a dangerous swagger ⚔️
#SmallPitch
#OA
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TikTok please don’t show me a tarot reading saying I’m going to be “publishing a book” in the next month because I’m so delusional I’ll believe it
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This is still my favorite bit of beta feedback I’ve gotten on the book I
#amquerying
, ON WINGS OF WRATH 🥹🥰
#litagents
#writingcommunity
This is one of my favorite pieces of beta feedback I received a while ago from my
#amquerying
YA novel 🖤✨
AND she’s a YA Book Buyer former coworker/friend?? so honored🥹
What’s your favorite feedback you’ve received so far?? Comment below ⬇️
#litagents
#writingcommunity
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Name 3 books that if readers love them, you’re pretty certain they’ll love your story too:
The Wicked Deep 🌊
Where the Dark Stands Still 🍂
Slewfoot 🧹
(This is my sapphic
#amdrafting
story 👩💻)
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Okay but how did I not know that when downloading from google docs to a .docx file, the word count doesn’t match??? 🤡
Almost submitted my MS w/ 1.2k ‘words’ over what I’d claimed in the query 🫠
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I’ve got 3 super recent comps for my sapphic witchy
#WIP
and it’s SUCH a weight off my shoulders 😭🙌🏻
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If anyone who’s expressed interest in my
#QuestPit
pitches is on IG, let’s be mutuals! 🥰 (in case you’d like to see more hehe 😌)
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My toxic trait is thinking I can get this
#wip
ready for PitDark in Oct when the first draft isn’t even halfway done 💀
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Also blown away by the amount of love my earlier tweet got 😭💕 replying to everyone soon! 👩💻
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Sometimes I forget how incredibly kind and eager to help the writing community is 🌱
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Making an agent’s guide for my sapphic witchy WIP when it’s nowhere near done…
Very mindful, very demure 🥰
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X is great but I thrive making my cute lil posts on IG, so comment if you want to be moots 🥰
IG:
@spinningfables
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@miraya_e
Reedsy has a compiled list of agents seeking queries/submissions per genre which I find super helpful! I’m pretty sure they renew it every year.
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Today I wrote the following sentence;
‘She was out of bread.’ —(should’ve been breath)
And I think that sums up my mental state quite accurately.
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Am I the only one who’s forgotten what happens in ch. 6 of their WIP by the time they reach ch. 29? 😂
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Every time I get a query rejection the “uh uh ooaahh ohhhh” opening of Big Time Rush plays in my head help
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Everything that’s happened in the past couple days makes me want to stop sharing about my WIPs altogether.
Well THIS is an interesting thing I just found on Absolute Write, considering the events of the last 24 hours.
Link:
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My
#QuestPit
pitch for those who joined later & missed it 👀
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Question for the
#amquerying
folk…
If you’ve rewritten quite a big chunk of your opening chapter, would it be weird to send a QM message to agents who have your full asking whether they want to read the new version instead? 👀
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🕯️✨ Manifesting my quiet inbox means good news is coming ✨🕯️
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Anyone else subconsciously working through their trauma by writing a book? 👀
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There’s a boatload of forgotten Dutch folktales and I’m going to write them ALL into retellings 😤
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How is it June 19th already I thought it was April
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@SabrinaMarsX
Get as many eyes on your query/opening pages as you can! & when you think you’re ready to query, wait a few weeks, and don’t look at your query. I realized my query still needed work after I sent it out to 15+ agents (I’d gotten blind to it bc I read/edited it so often 😭😂)
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Waiting to be done w/ work so I can go home, post my
#SmallPitch
pitches & hang out with Astarion all night
#BG3
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FYI, my privateer MMC is Daemon Targaryen/Nikolai Lantsov coded 👀
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#amquerying
FABLE X TANGLED
#YA
fantasy steeped in Dutch culture with;
⚓️ • Seafaring
🫀 • Revenge & female rage
🧝♀️ • If the elves from LOTR were evil
🐍 • Coping w/ toxic parents
🥀 • Mommy issues
& a silver-haired privateer MMC w/ twin swords and a dangerous swagger ⚔️
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I fear I might’ve tumbled into the BG3 rabbit hole
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A tiny little first draft snippet set in my Amsterdam inspired world 🤓
Slowly but surely nearing the end of this first round of revisions… 60% through ✨
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How am I supposed to know if a super kind rejection is a form when the agent isn’t on querytracker & I can’t compare rejections in the comments 🥲
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✨ Getting carpal tunnel from aggressively refreshing my email ✨
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Having one of those rare days where I’m madly, over-the-moon in love with my book 😭
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Going to bed every night hoping I wake up as someone focused enough to be able to write in a coffeeshop ☕️
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Don’t forget to object to Meta using your data (posts/comments) to train AI (today’s the last day you can) 🫶🏻
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#KidLitPit
was my first ever pitch event and somehow I ended up with 2 agent likes & 1 independent publisher?? What in the world?? 🥹✨💕
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FABLE x HotD
#YA
#F
#NVL
about a girl escaping her narcissistic war general mother’s claws (yes—claws 👀)
⚓️ Seafaring
🥀 Revenge & female rage
🫀 Skin-shedders
🌋 Meddling wyverns
❤️🔥 Mother Gothel vibes
🌊 …& a privateer MMC w/ a dangerous swagger ⚔️
#SmallPitch
#OA
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@alliewritesalot
Been querying for 3ish months now, and got my first 2 full requests a few weeks ago! I’m still a nervous wreck but those fulls def relieved some stress 😭🙌🏻
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@Desirae_Writes
Both my full requests were in response to non-personalized queries! Sometimes it’s better to just not personalize than end up with a bad/too vague personalisation I think! 💕
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