Jenissa Graham
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Happy Wednesday! ✨ It's been a while since I've done a status update on what's going on, so here's a few key things to note:
-I've answered all queries and I'm down to only partials and fulls. I respond to all queries, so if you haven't heard from me, it's coming! 👇🏾
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It’s crazy. Opening my laptop, I can’t write a single scene. Busting out my pencil and paper, I knock out two.
Question for my fellow
#writers
in the
#WritingCommunity
, are you a computer or paper writer?
Or both?
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Cheers to New Beginnings ✨
After a year and a half at Writers House, I’m excited to join the
@bookendslit
team 😊
I’m eager to see what the future holds, but in the meantime, more updates from this space soon!
Special thanks to
@BookEndsJessica
for this amazing opportunity!
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✨ I am THRILLED to announce that I am now rep’d by
@author_analieze
of
@HKLiterary
✨
I’ve always dreamed of an agent who champions for their clients and wants nothing but the best for them! Thank you, Analieze, for believing in me and DAY 66 🙏🏾
Here’s to a long road ahead! 🤞🏾
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These
#questpit
pitches 🔥🔥🔥
I'm still closed to queries, but I wouldn't mind reading a few of these stories 👀
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Starting the week off with two rejections 😅
No where to go from here but up, right?
#WritingCommunity
#amquerying
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I've officially reopened to queries! Please use this link to submit directly: . I'm so excited to dive into more queries as I finish up the requested material in my box! 😊
Also, check out my site for a more detailed
#MSWL
:
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I'll be looking through KidLitPit today! If I ❤️ your pitch and you think we'd be a great fit, please consider querying me using this link:
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It's
#MSWL
Day... 📜
In Adult I'm now open to SFF, so I'd love to see lush world building, morally grey MC's & lovable villains 🖤
Time Travel where it compliments a much bigger plot 🪐
I'm still on the look out for a psychological thriller with an unreliable narrator 🎭
⤵️
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✨Friday Hidden Gem✨
I've noticed some similar themes in a few of the submissions I've read and/or currently reading, so I want to chat to the
#WritingCommmunity
with a quick thread 🧵
Let's talk about grounding/setting the scene and how it can affect pacing and flow ⤵️
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Late, but this is half of my client list for sure 😂
do u think agents stalk unagented authors’ profiles if they like their work
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🚨 NEW CLIENT ALERT 🚨
I can't even describe how happy I am to say that I am now representing the incredible
@DelindaArts
! I've been following his page for a while now, and every piece of art he posts just lights up my timeline ✨
Welcome to
@bookendslit
🔥🔥
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I am SO excited that
@jordanbseltzer
accepted my offer of rep! 🥹
Her writing is spectacular, and this speculative touched on so many timely themes that I had no choice but to run and offer.
✨ You are amazing, and I can't wait for the world to meet Harper ✨
✨SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP DYING RESURRECTING & DYING AGAIN BC I AM SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE that I'm now represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!!✨
Jenissa just GETS IT.
Harper, me, my freaky, spooky little brain.
The fact that I'm three raccoons in a trenchcoat...
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Ahhhhhhh my first meet up with a client!!!
@hannansoph
got me out of Brooklyn, and she is nothing short of amazing 🤩
I love talking about life, books, petty cats, and exciting things ✨
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I thought finishing the book was the hardest part.
Then PitMad came around.
Then writing my query letter.
Then the synopsis.
Don't forget constantly revising my MS.
So,
#WritingCommunity
and fellow
#writers
, what has been the hardest part of this process for you?
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I don't want any of this nonsense in my QM. I rather build with an author and work on their craft with them than this.
Again, I don't wanna see this!
Today's a big day for Sudowrite. We're launching Story Engine, an AI tool for writing long-form stories.
Our awesome team worked with hundreds of novelists for months to build the ideal interface for writers and machines to collaborate on a narrative.
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A story so beautifully written, so unapologetically authentic, and so close to my heart 💕
I'm truly honored that
@AlaaBarkawi
said yes to my offer of representation! I can't wait for the world to meet Khalid and Yassir 🥹
✨IT'S HAPPENING✨
I'm so thrilled to announce that I am being represented by the wonderful
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!
I adore Jenissa’s vision for my very Iraqi, very Shia novel about a teen father & his golden boy best friend as they navigate family, faith, & identity!
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Let's start the New Year off right!! 🎉
@hannansoph
is amazing, this book is amazing, and I can't wait for readers to meet the crew I fell in love with 🥹
my book is coming out next year!!! with
@simonteen
!!!
WE WERE NEVER HERE is about ghost hunters, creepy paintings, and some other stuff too i guess. i can’t wait for you all to meet georgia and the gang in 2025 🖤
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#MSWL
looking for unique structures. Send me your novel in verse or stories written through letters, emails, tapes, etc.
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Hi Everyone 👋🏾
It’s a blah day in Brooklyn, and my extra shot of expresso just kicked, so I figured I’d hop on with some updates:
1) I plan on reopening to queries February 1st! Stay tuned for an updated
#MSWL
2) I hope to have all outstanding queries answered by then.
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I was ready to fight for this as soon as I read, "Gilded Age ghost ship" in her query letter.
Thank you
@islaiswriting
for trusting me with your amazing story! Welcome to
@bookendslit
🎉
✨Exciting news!✨ I’m thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!
I love Jenissa’s vision for my adult dark fantasy! Get ready to take a journey on a gilded age ghost ship with twisted monsters and the most darling little thief 🌊🚢✨
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I'm day 3 in of a cold, but I heard MoodPitch was today! Since I'll be horizontal and pumped up on DayQuil, I plan to dip in for a couple hours ✨
If I 💕 your tweet, and you think we may be a good fit, please consider querying me using this link:
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I am so excited to have
@darylkho
as one of my clients!! His middle grade fantasy swept me away 🥹 Welcome to
@bookendslit
🎉
Like that bouncy cow I’m way over the mooon:
@jenissamichelle
of US-based
@bookendslit
IS NOW MY AGENT Y’ALL!
So grateful (thx
#dvpit
) to have found a rockstar champion & business partner equally excited bring Mist-Bound out of Asia (even to La Luna) + beyond the printed page.
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Page, I am so excited we get to shout to the rooftops about this book! 🎉🥹
I first read this manuscript as an intern, and it stuck with me as I started agenting. The universe works in mysterious ways ✨
Still one of the funniest books I've ever read 😂Cheers to Spring '25 🥂
YAY! I'm floating on the ceiling and melting through the floor at the same time I'm so excited to share the news my debut novel (and my heart!) will be in bookstores spring '25 with
@Sourcebooks
thanks to my magic agent
@jenissamichelle
and visionary editor
@FictionalMJ
.
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To say this book has me in a chokehold is an understatement 😂
Thank you
@ellierwriter
for trusting me with your story! The way you crafted this is nothing short of amazing. I cannot wait for the world to enter Hypnoland as they meet Nate and The Ringmaster🎪
This book y'all😭
I HAVE AN AGENT ✨
So excited to announce that I’m now represented by the amazing
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!
Jenissa’s vision and enthusiasm for my adult fantasy thriller blew me away. I cannot think of a better champion for this book and future projects to come! 🥰
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Seeing so many writers on here signing with agents has me GUSHING 🤩🤗 Congrats to everyone who’s seeing their dreams come true! Remember us little people in the
#writerscommunity
when you make it big 😪
To everyone else still chasing your dreams, KEEP GOING 💪🏾 It WILL happen.
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🚨Please say hello to my new client, Stella! 🚨
I knew from the opening pages that I wanted to represent her, and I’m so glad that we get the opportunity to work together 🥰
Stella’s writing is breathtaking, and this story will forever have me under a spell ✨
✨ I am now represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
✨
I can’t think of a better person to work with on my Mediterranean Fantasy, and the many more projects to come!! 🥰
Huge thanks to
@SwanaPitch
for helping us find each other, I am eternally grateful 💕
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💫
@_callierowland
, your story is amazing, and I'm so glad you said YES 🥳 Welcome to
@bookendslit
!!!
I cannot wait until the world gets to meet Nem and their messy family!
💫It truly is a wish wove into reality 😉
✨I HAVE AN AGENT✨
I am *ecstatic* to announce that I am now represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!
Jenissa’s vision for my darkly whimsical, tragic fantasy gives me chills. I can’t wait to bring my disaster queer sibling trio into the world!
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Hi Everyone! 👋🏾
Just wanted to pop in to say that I'll be closing to queries on 11/1. If I liked your tweet during a Twitter event and you choose to submit after I close, DM me, and I'll provide you with the link 😊
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Thank you to everyone who has queried me so far ✨
If you're waiting on an answer from me, please note that I do respond to ALL queries. If I've requested more pages, I'm still reading and will be in touch soon!
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I have the privilege to witness firsthand how
@AlaaBarkawi
crafts her stories and characters, and this one is special for so many reasons!
I am so grateful that we get to work together. You deserve this and so much more! ✨
My debut novel, IN THE COUNTRY I LOVE, is coming to Peachtree Teen!
The first YA Iraqi Shia book to hit the shelves ❤️
This book is for the kids who struggle with their faith & those who are desperate to cling on to it. And to the refugees trying to find home—wherever it may be
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I am over the moon to be working with
@la_sangre_llama
!! 💫
Her writing is gorgeous, and I can't wait for the day when the world gets to experience her memoir (obsessed doesn't even scratch the surface, honestly) ✨
Welcome to
@bookendslit
🥳
🎉I’M AGENTED!🎉I’m thrilled to be represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
! Her expertise & enthusiasm for my writing will help bring my memoir (about single mothering, generational poverty, mental health, higher ed, healing & more) to the world. So be it, see to it!
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Y'all... you have NO idea how excited I am to be working with
@hannansoph
!!
Her Pitch 👏🏾THIS Book 🥹
When I saw Sophia post about this manuscript months ago, I was hoping (and praying) to see it in my QM! THE WALLS OOZE GHOSTS is so good and just in time for spooky season 🎃
SO I HAVE AN AGENT? 😭👻
I’m so excited to finally share that my ghost hunter/art thieves and I are now represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
! I am so in love with Jenissa’s passion and vision for this book, and I can’t wait to get it out into the world!
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Good morning and good luck to everyone pitching in
#DVpit
!
If like your tweet, please consider querying me using this link:
If I miss your tweet but you think we'd be a good fit, I'd be honored to see your query in my inbox 💕
I’m so excited to see all the pitches for DVpit next week 🤗
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Good morning! I'm so excited to see all the wonderful pitches for
@PitDark_
and
@smoochpit
. If I ❤️ your pitch and you think we’re a good fit, please send me a query using this link:
Good luck to everyone! ✨
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So excited for this!
Introducing our 2nd Contributor for the Decolonizing Publishing Course,
@jenissamichelle
!
Jenissa is an Associate Agent at Bookends Literary agency who is passionate about increasing the BIPOC space in Publishing! Welcome Jenissa!
Enroll via:
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You already know I'm diving into
#PitBLK
the next 2 days, and I am so excited 👏🏾 Thank you to the founders and those behind the scenes that made this event possible!
If I 💕 your tweet and you think we'd be a great fit, please consider querying me here:
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Thrilled to be working with
@deandraswriting
✨
I was so excited to hear about her planned projects and author goals! I can't wait to watch this next step in her career 🤗👏🏾
✨AGENT NEWS✨
I'm excited to announce that I'll be represented by
@jenissamichelle
!!
Jenissa's enthusiasm & plans for my adult horror, all of my planned projects, and my career as whole, going forward are unmatched & amazing!
I know I've found the perfect partner & advocate!
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My birthday this weekend has me HYPED 🥳 Damn, I love June. The energy is just ✨different✨
Reminder, I close to queries tonight: 11:59pm ET on the dot 👏🏾 and I plan to reopen September 1st. Outside of announcements, June is my month off Twitter.
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I'm so excited to be working with
@BayleyMae_
! Her spooky MG had no business pulling me in the way it did. Full of riddles, races, first crushes, & found family, I can't wait for readers to get their hands on this project✨
✨I have news!✨
I am thrilled to announce that I’m now represented by
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!
Jenissa is the perfect champion for my spooky
#MG
fantasy! Get ready for a sinister game, sapphic first crushes, & way too many monsters!
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Quickly popping in to say that I close to queries this Wednesday 🏃🏾♀️🏃🏾♀️
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Today's my two year anniversary living in Brooklyn 🥹 So proud at how far I've come, the mistakes I've made, and the lessons I've learned along the way.
Damn.
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As soon as I saw
@mxchaelwrites
teaser for BLOODLIAR I. just. knew. Michael, thank you for trusting me with Robyn's story! It really is amazing, and I can't wait for everyone else to experience it as well 🎴
Welcome to
@bookendslit
!✨
Shoutout to
@CALICOTURE
for the art! 🤩
❝In Detroit, there are no stars.❞
✨Excited to announce that I'm represented by the wonderful
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
!✨
Jenissa and I clicked IMMEDIATELY and I'm certain she's the one to champion Robyn's hectic story—enchanted tarot cards, dead gods, and all,,,
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Happy Wednesday! Just a reminder that BookEnds is taking applications for the 2023 Summer Internship program!
-Fully Remote
-Paid
-No experience necessary
-Daily shenanigans guaranteed
✨ Come join our amazing team! ✨
☀️ We're so excited to be opening up for applications for our remote summer internship program! The structure will allow for lots of 1-on-1 mentorship about the publishing industry, and no experience is required ☺️ just curiosity about the industry!
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“Run little dreamwalkers, but know that I’ll find you. I’ll find all of you, and when I do, you and your kind will be nothing but a stepping stone for the world I will build.”
I'm so excited to be working w/
@blckhorrorquery
🥳 The worlds she created in DREAM EATER blew me away!
I am super excited to announce that I'm now represented by the awesome
@jenissamichelle
at
@bookendslit
. I can't wait for everyone to read Jenissa's vision for my Black girl dystopian fantasy!
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🚨 I’m so excited to welcome Courtney! 🚨
Her MG contemporary fantasy stole my heart 🥹 I can’t wait for you to meet Ellie in this whimsical adventure ✨
🧪 Girls in STEM
🤫 Secret societies
🚒 Epiphany Factories
🫧 Magical bubbles
❌ ex-bffs turned rivals
🏠 Found family
BookEnds is happy to join
@jenissamichelle
in welcoming her new client Courtney Donovan! Congrats to both
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Random confession: Kiwi’s used to scare me because of the hair on them 🥝
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Good morning ☀️ Thank you to
@PitchDis
for this amazing Twitter event! I'll be diving in today, and I can't wait to read!
Please use this link if I like your pitch:
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& How could I forget!? NEW ADULT, NEW ADULT, NEW ADULT is all genres
Mark my words, publishing, this will become a thing!
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Friday’s have a special place in my heart for many reasons 😍 New client alerts are definitely one of them!
@thetylerbrooks
MG Fantasy is steeped in Caribbean lore with a cast of misfits, ancient bloodlines, and ghosts 👻
Welcome to
@bookendslit
✨🤩
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Congratulations to Keir and her amazing client ✨
This sounds amazing!
@elizmanderson
isn't on here any more (tbf I'm not supposed to be, either) but I wanted to share this AMAZING DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT!
Many thanks to Mira and especially Dina for recognizing E's amazing work and loving it as much as I did <3 I can't for it to be out in the world!!
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Today’s going to be a good day.
If I write/edit 1000 words, or if I write/edit 1.
If I get an offer/request today, or if I get a rejection.
Today’s going to be a good day.
Sending positive vibes to all my fellow writers. We got this. I’m proud of you ❤️
#writingcommmunity
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Hopefully this thread helps. I truly don't want to come off critical but rather informative, and most importantly a peek inside my mind as an agent and preview into my editorial style 😉
I really love seeing your work so please, keep them coming!
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I just want to see all my fellow writers have an amazing
#PitMad
tomorrow! I have a good feeling about this one ✨
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If I like your pitch and you think we'd be a great fit, please consider querying me at
Please link or add your pitch to the query
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🗣️Every. Damn. Time.
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One of my favorite parts of agenting ✨
I LOVE a good brainstorming call ☺️
had a brainstorming call with
@jenissamichelle
today and LET ME JUST TELL YOU!!!!!!!!
there could never be a better champion for Harper and BMA!!!! I AM VERY EXCITED
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Gorgeous 😍
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Wow, wow, wow.
Something just hit my inbox that is *chef's kiss*
Happy Monday, everyone 😊
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Come join me on Monday, 4/15 at 5pm EST where I'll be chatting all things Subrights! You can register at this link:
Thank you
@AuthorsGuild
for the opportunity! I hope to see you there ✨
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Excited to be looking through pitches today! If I ❤️ your tweet, please use this link to submit your full manuscript:
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5) Nothing Pub related, but I am a plant mom now, and I’ve never been more terrified of keeping something alive before.
Y’all, meet Teddy 🪴
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Hi! After receiving requests, I am offering limited written & live critiques this month! Currently, I have 5 slots available to book. Unfortunately, my full manuscript developmental editing service is booked until May, but I will let you know when it becomes available! ⬇️
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Completely unacceptable and pushes the agenda that those categories don’t have an audience.
@goodreads
this ain’t it
So um why did
@goodreads
get rid of so many categories for this year’s Choice Awards?
Middle Grade & Children’s, Comics/Graphic Novels, and Poetry are all gone.
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Have them engage in dialogue with the characters around them to get answers.
2) If it's SciFi, specifically Dystopia, instead of telling us how the world "used" to be, characters can tell us through conversations, photos, descriptions, etc. with a dash of internal dialogue ⤵️
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-I am reopening to queries (for the first time this year 😱) on October 1st 🎃👻. Please keep an eye out for an updated MSWL thread both on Twitter and my personal website!
The plan is to have all outstanding fulls/partials done before then. I cannot wait to reopen! 👇🏾
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I didn't forget about my contemporary writers! The same can be applied to family dynamics, friendships, and love history:
-Don't tell me they've been bff for years, show me with how they finish each other sentences, wear each other's clothes, or knows what the other is thinking⤵️
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I'm claiming this to be the best month yet! I hope everyone has an amazing week.
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Consider working the details and background info into the present action through:
1) Dialogue - lean on the MC, and use their naivety to your advantage! If they're discovering a new world or trying to learn the history of their powers/abilities, let them ask questions! ⤵️
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Almost to 250 followers!! That’s my goal for this Thursday’s PitMad! Can the
#writingcommmunity
help out?
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Specifically in SFF where there is extensive world-building, powers/abilities, clans, tribes, zones, factions, traditions, etc. I see a lot of heavy background info or being outright told about the current world/way of life.
Doing so pulls me (reader) out of the present ⤵️
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Overall things & random misc.:
- Any and all BIPOC
- Anything Tarot-related
- Unique structures like REPLICA or stories told in fragments
- What if the main character loses or doesn't get the happily ever after?
- Messy relationships, regretful choices, & life or death decisions
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In YA, Dark Academia with a haunting setting: creepy tunnels, secret societies, and characters with questionable motives/abilities 🏰
Rom Com's 💕 Slow burning romances. Bonus points if it's with an out of school setting
Fantasy 🪄 New spin on magic world and/or powers
⤵️
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Tomorrow is October 1st! I’m currently writing down my new goal list for the month. Tomorrow is a new opportunity to start fresh!
Anyone else have their goals written down? What are some things you want to accomplish in October?
#WritingCommunity
#WritersCafe
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This week was bittersweet because I sent two amazing projects on submission, and I couldn't include the
@HarperCollins
Editors that had either expressed interest or I'd felt would have been a good fit.
I support
@hcpunion
🪧 and it's a shame that this is still going on
#DoBetter
We’ve been getting some asks about this, so we wanted to clarify: we’re requesting that submissions, reviews, & freelance work are withheld from all parts of HarperCollins US, regardless of imprint, until we get a fair contract to minimize union work performed without us
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Happy Friday! I’ll be in and out of Twitter today, but if I like your pitch for
#apipit
and you think we’d be a good match, please DM me, so I can give you the link to submit!
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@writerJPFranco
People with negative mindsets usually get negative results (in response to the sub on reddit). There are MANY, and I mean MANY writers that are successful. Every writer has their audience, and no, not everyone will like or be drawn to your story, but it doesn't mean other won't.
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The characters aren't supposed to know I'm there. I want to sip the tea without you (the author) feeling like you have to pause the current scene to tell me what I've missed.
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@MireMarke
I’ve never rejected anything simply because of typos. These manuscripts are thousands of words long; it happens.
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Reading. Writing. Editing.
Procrastinating.
Reading. Writing. Editing.
Coffee break.
Reading. Writing. Editing.
Twitter.
Reading. Writing. Editing.
Power Nap.
Well, this is my usual process. Am I missing anything fellow
#writers
of the
#WritingCommunity
? Anything to add?
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I've been slacking on my boundaries this year.
physically, I see it; mentally, I feel it.
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