Querying agents is triggering a lot of Prom Drama. So many beautiful partners, none of them interested in me, and you can only imagine what that's doing to my self-image. I remain optimistic in a manner medically indistinguishable from delusion.

Querying agents is triggering a lot of Prom Drama. So many beautiful partners, none of them interested in me, and you can only imagine what that's doing to my self-image. I remain optimistic in a manner medically indistinguishable from delusion.
Something to look forward to. #amquerying #darkfantasy #vampirenovel #paranormalreads #noAI
Today's light Query Shark reading:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2008/12/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
JD recently joined the Tobias Agency and is building her list!
JD is looking for different genres of PB, MG, YA and Adult fiction and non-fiction, as well as graphic novels and illustrators!
Read more:
www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog
Recon from beyond the trenches:
Post from @writequeryhook.bsky.social:
https://bsky.app/profile/writequeryhook.bsky.social/post/3mwyq7d2oqo2z
Query better at
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Opening a book is the start of an adventure! 💜⭐🌈📚
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Between the cloister of warehouses and the river's edge was the long, empty road that separated the two. Moonlit and desolate, it held nothing but the promise of being seen. I hid with my back against a brick #wall and tried to listen, my own ragged breathing filling my ears. #WIPSnips #amquerying
Five Quotations about Writing as Self-Discovery
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From Epic Fantasy WIP, Waking the Saints, Queen Lualih has finished her audience and meets an unexpected intruder. Previous skirmishes with the Northmen make this ambassador suspect.
After the whirlwind of the last couple of days, I’m getting back to work today: drafting the beginning of Act II of my WIP and sketching out a more in-depth outline of Glorious Empire’s book 2!
Open submissions are about to go extinct. arXiv, science’s main paper server, just capped every author at two submissions a month. The trigger: a flood of AI papers, 40,363 in September, double the level of two years ago.
Recipe for a great Saturday afternoon: Hang with other authors and learn the craft and business of writing. For info on our next meeting, join our mailing list at atlantawritersclub.org/contact/. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife #amquerying
Free webinar from The Authors Guild: "Protect Your Author Brand and Identity in the Age of AI."
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LESS IS MORE...IS HARD!
ICYMI -- this week's post on the #writingblog features a few thoughts on sharp prose. Honest #amquerying and #writerslife advice every weekend on my website!
Good morning, #5amwritersclub! Let today’s writing session be small enough to begin and meaningful enough to matter 🌿
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Ryo has just been assigned to protect Rin—an inherently restrictive mission—and he has no idea how he let things play out this way. #WIPSnips #amwriting #amquerying #writesky #writingcommunity #YA #fantasy