"We turn not older with years, but newer every day." — Emily Dickinson #motivation #positivity #AgingGracefully #PersonalGrowth

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If anyone needs a moodboard made for #1stLinePit, let me know! I'll make as many as I can (just cuz). Drop your pitch, themes, color pallets, genre, audience, and anything else you feel is important to be considered!! (My moodboard creations pictured below!)

Combs through #MSWL Spends weeks narrowing down agents. Finds one that has literally asked for everything you book offers. You query. You wait. And wait. And wait. And wai— “While I’m intrigued by the premise, it’s not the right fit for my list at this time.” Me:

The night my big sister disappeared was full of fireflies and a harvest moon: two kinds of light you almost never see together and that we watched from our blankets between the corn stalks. #Q #A #1stLinePit #lf #m

A bright and striking glimmer of a shiny object caught my attention as it reflected the rays of the sun. Determined to get a closer look, I began to weave through the swarm of busy tradesmen, my eyes locked on the object of my curiosity. #1stLinePit #Q #A #R

Thane’s hammer crashed down on the red-hot iron blade atop the anvil. Every day for many months, Thane would spend hours shaping the blade to his liking. Finally, he sat at his dinner table and used the blade to slice his sandwich precisely in half. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #CMe

The danger of our fragile truce was how the smallest spark could reignite the feud—like accidentally trespassing on enemy territory. "Lycki, stop!" I shouted, but my little brother's green tunic and blond hair slipped through the branches ahead. #1stLinePit #NA #RF #Q #QMe

Trigger shouldn't be holding this dog tag. Everything about its sleek surface, its embossed numbers, belongs to a world he has no part in. But rent is due yesterday and he's out of options. #A #Q #SPEC #F #H #1stLinePit

“Five thousand gold coins reward for the capture of the Forest Shadow—dead or alive!” #1stLinePit #Q #F #R #Romantasy #NewAdult #Humor #CMe

I'm noticing a trend, at least with the lines I notice are getting more traction, and they seem to be the first lines that: - Introduce a character in line one - Introduce a conflict in line one/two - Introduce a shift in "the ordinary" in line one Just some interesting things

“It’s always night in Veynkura.” #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R #CMe

"'Don’t use her book for THAT!' my mother, Emma Mae, yelled at some random guy cutting a line of coke on one of my Golden Books. 'Use this instead.'" #1stLinePit #Q #MEM #A #YA

I can’t make this up 😅😅😅 idk what’s worse? The waiting or holding out hope.

Two of my poems were published today and it feels like my heart is going to explode! oneartpoetry.com/2024/11/05/two…

Check out one of my latest poems! 💖 theliteraryunderground.org/blog/2025/06/1…