How I stay motivated. #AuthorsOfTwitter

#writingcommunity, how's your #querying going? Any good #MSWL updates for #MG agents? Tell me your stories.

I hesitated to watch. Glad I did. x.com/i/events/15045…

Three pitches. Three requests for pages. Three reasons to obsess over every #query, #synopsis, and chapter. And here I am debating every letter, every paragraph, every word to the point of ridiculousness. Am I alone? Procrastination, fear, or both? #amquerying #writingcommunity

I think my submission pkg might be suffering in the same way my #MarchMadness bracket is. I had everything in place, then overthought & made changes. Original bracket was great. The new one? Not so much. Maybe a hint I should send out my pages and quit "upgrading"? #amquerying

Probably true. But the trash can would be bigger in my pic.

First full day of spring. Seventy-two degrees in Chicago. Write or spend time outside? What do you think I chose? #writingcommunity #writerslife

Inbox DMers be like, "Tinder, Twitter, same thing, right?"

Add choking on the girl scout cookie you had to sneak so your kids don't ask for one. mcsweeneys.net/articles/24-su…

#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying

I changed a character's name, which changed the way she looked in my head, and now the stuff she's saying is so different. It's kind of awesome that the characters really write themselves. #amwriting #amquerying

I just subscribed to Ijeoma Oluo: Behind the Book ijeomaoluo.substack.com/?utm_medium=we… You can also subscribe for others who can't afford one, which is so cool. Spread the word!

What better way to spend a Saturday than at the Writing Workshop of Chicago, meeting with amazing agents and learning so much #WWOC #writingcommunity #amquerying #ampitching #amwriting

Querying Writers! I am CLOSING to unsolicited queries on 7/25/22! To query before then, please use my QM submission form: querymanager.com/query/LaurenSp… Check out my MSWL here: manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/laur… You can also check on existing queries here: laurenspieller.com/literary-agent/ Please RT!

Sigh. Bad news, writer friends.