A horror story: Preparing the last 6 months to query your novel but being afraid to pull the trigger and send your first one 😅🫣 #amquerying #writerproblems #horrorwriter

I saw more scams and shmagents participating in #QuestPit than any pitch event I've ever seen?! I don't know what's up, but in preparation for #QueerPit and #PosterPit, here's my thread on vetting industry likes and submission safety 🧵

I entered the trenches a year ago today and here’s some shit I wish I knew: #WritingCommunity #amquerying 1. If you don’t know how to market your book, you’re not ready. If you don’t know where it will sit on a shelf, you’re not ready. You need to know the market and your book.

Day 9: who matters most to them? Casey only has 2 people in her life: her mom and her best friend Peyton, and Peyton would for sure be top priority! #amquerying #A #H

Day 10: No-context snippet of a moment that broke them “A mixture of ire and shame filled her as she urinated, the stream hitting the floor and splashing her pants.” A truly harrowing moment 😭 #amquerying #A #H

Day 11: Three adjectives to describe them Casey is jaded, suspicious, and compassionate #amquerying #A #horror

Day 12: do they have a romantic interest? Casey is ace coded & has not really had relationships prior to the novel’s beginning & Victor, the vampire antagonist, is the closest she’s gotten to an (unhealthy) romance after he rescues her. #amquerying #horror

Day 13: what do they seek to change about the world they live in? Casey’s life is always on fire so she hasn’t given much thought to the world around her, but if she got the chance to think, she might say more education for generational trauma & addiction! #amquerying #horror

Day 14: where’s the first place they’d go on vacation after the conflict ends? Casey would absolutely hide away in the mountains somewhere, it doesn’t matter where. #amquerying #A #horror

An original horror movie doing numbers like this… wow keep going to the theaters and talking about movies you love. When I say horror is an art form I mean it. This genre has been maligned for years and it’s only going to grow the more we support it.

SERVANT OF EARTH x PRIORY Drawn into a bloody scheme by their own quests for power, a half-fae pauper in disguise & a disenfranchised queen must untangle a centuries-old web of lies before it destroys their mountain for good. #QueerPit #DF #F #FR #A

#QueerPit Three gay witches—a transfemme autist, an abused music witch, and a burnt out prodigy—team up to supply magic to a sentient ancient flower for three months. The problem? The flower’s not supposed to be sentient. MC must learn to regulate her emotions to fix her mistake.

The Handyman Method x Scream 2 When a canceled flight strands Cody & friends in Wales, she must find a hotel w/vacancy before the storm hits. But her bff's surprise engagement + 10 days worth of tension lead to a rising body count. Hotel Adair has been waiting. #QueerPit #A #H

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company🌱🐈‍⬛💚 💜 Bisexual Romance 💙 Chronic Illness Rep Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X THE SPELLSHOP #QueerPit #A #FR #Cozy #OwnVoices

AN EDUCATION IN MALICE x SO THIRSTY 22yo Casey thought death by vampire bite was a fitting end, until she doesn’t actually die and the vamp uses his sweet talk to woo her into submission. Surviving isn’t enough anymore, now she has to fight to reclaim her agency. #QueerPit #A #H

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE WRONG WAY HOME 🍇scared girls fight back 🪞sibling opposites 🎹what does a haunting hide? 🐊summer is an antagonist ♟️if I save him he might look at me 🧨surviving a puppetmaster when you’re his puppet ✨RevPit winner &big 5 editor interest #QueerPit #Q #MG

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X THE SPELLSHOP 💚 Chronic Illness Rep 🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar 🌦️ Grumpy X Sunshine 🌿 Plant Magic 💰 Anti-Capitalist Themes Perfect for anyone who loathes big pharma 💊 ✨13 Full Requests✨ #QueerPit #Q #A #FR #CozyFantasy #OwnVoices

WHAT BLEEDS BENEATH is dark fantasy for chaotic bisexuals, featuring: ❤️‍🔥MF & FF romance 🗡️ Touch her & she’ll stab you 🩸Blood-letting magic 🍃Sentient forest 🍄Literally magic mushrooms #QueerPit #DF #F #FR #A

AN EDUCATION IN MALICE x HOUSE OF HUNGER 🧛‍♀️ Vampires ⛰️ Appalachia 💀 Toxic relationships ❤️‍🩹 Healing from trauma ⛏️ Mining history 🩸 “Be careful in the company of monsters that you don’t become one.” 💜 Ace rep #queerpit #A #H

Hotel Adair’s wallpaper doesn’t peel. Its piano stays in perfect tune. Its plush carpet hides all stains—but grandeur only lasts when the hotel has been fed. Lately, the halls echo with hunger. But Cody & her friends have plenty of secrets to satisfy it. #QueerPit #Q #A #H