@susanbjames
Reader, writer, wife, mother, animal lover, treehugger Querying my novel, The Seeker's Charm, an origin tale for the Fae, told through a romantasy between halfblood farmgirl Rose Woodman and Eeden leader of the Faerie clan of the Stars.
✨ #FairyTaleTuesday 👠👿💃✨
In Hans Christian Andersen’s The Red Shoes, young Karen, a beautiful little dancer, longs for the dazzling red shoes—yet the gift comes with a dark price. haunting reminder from folklore: true happiness comes from the path we craft ourselves—not from the devil’s gifts. 👠✨
There are a lot of #MSWL posts going around and I love that!
I just want authors to remember NOT to self reject.
Your book doesn’t have to be a perfect match to a MSWL
If the agent takes fantasy and you have fantasy take your shot! ❤️
Don’t stress it!
"I love Gothic fiction of all kinds and crave horror through immersive atmosphere and prose."
@alexandragrana.bsky.social #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
Doing my last mother's day posting tomorrow... if you'd like to order anything:
www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products
Truly delightful 🤌🏼✨️
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe •
tree trunk in the top right with roots extending out on all sides; in lower left, the root has grown in a circle, and there is a pool of water in the center reflecting gray sky and branches; leaves and sticks surround; moss on trunk and roots; gravel lane and blurry young trees in the background
an outstretched hand
offering to share its drink
humanitree
#HaikuSaturday 💚 #trees 💚 #rolemodels 💚 #humanity
Portrait of a dog, seated on a red cushion with gold embroidery, garden and sky in background. Painting.
‘How grateful I am for the moon’s perfect beauty and also, oh! how rich it is to love the world. Percy, meanwhile, leans against me and gazes up into my face. As though I were just as wonderful
as the perfect moon.’ ~ The Sweetness of Dogs, Mary Oliver. #BookWormSat
🖼️ Henri van Assche, 1801.
My Finn does that too. Especially with the water we keep by our bed. He now has his own that I keep full to the top just for him.
"In YA, I would love a voice-y, meaningful coming of age story like DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY by Adib Khorram or FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER by Angeline Boulley."
Marina Green #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
"I’m interested in love stories that may not fit the definition of romance, such as found family, platonic soulmates, and relationships without a happily ever after."
Rose Ferrao #MSWL
psliterary.com/submissions/
#BookologyThursday📚🍀🐇🧙
Sneak Peek! 👀
Pages from my upcoming book:
"March Madness: Leprechauns, Hares, & Witches Folklore."
A Spring Coloring Book 🍀🌷
by Nifty Buckles
Launching Soon. 🚢
You can pre-Order on my Shop page.
niftybucklesfolklore.fun/march-madnes...
#BookchatWeekly
At first mom was like nah they can’t do it.. Then one fell in and she’s like ok we’re doing it..🦆♥️
"When anxious, uneasy, and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Lovely!
Trouble.
Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susannah Clarke.
We call it the parkway. We plant/mow/water it, but it is actually owned by the city.
New Agent Alert!
Madelyn Knecht has recently started acquiring at Storm Literary. Madelyn is looking for Adult, YA, and select MG!
Discover the full MSWL and how to query on our blog:
www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog
#amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity #writing
It sounds like a cool and very plausible idea, but I can't think where I've seen it.
We like to discuss tropes or other commonly-seen scenarios in media on these days. We understand not everyone likes tropes or thinks about their stories in those terms. We are not here to dictate what is or not a trope, and we never say writers MUST use tropes. We're just here to talk about stories.
And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing as the farm was home
~Dylan Thomas
This week #BookologyThursday takes a pastoral jaunt in literature, art & lore with the theme:
🍃🐏IDYLLIC IDYLS🐑🍃
🎨Dora Carrington (1921)
It is another Tuesday so there shall be another #kidlitchat (at 9PM Eastern/6PM Pacific) right here on Bluesky. If you're thinking "gosh, it'd be swell to talk with other #kidlit fans and creators for an hour"... 1) you'd be right and 2) you should join us! See you soon!
Agents don't just read for quality.
They read for urgency.
New post on how to make your query feel like a book they need to read Right! Now!--before someone else gets it first.
manuscriptacademy.com/what-makes-a-query-feel-like-a-big-book
It's a COVER REVEAL 👀
I'm crazy excited to share the cover for the second book in my novella series, THE LADY WIDOW: CAPTURED AMONG THE STARS 😆
The journey continues where DEATH AMONG THE STARS left off and it's coming to you May 26, 2026!
writteninmelanin.com/store/p/tlw2p
#BookSky #BlackAuthor
Do you like reading books ahead of their launch dates? Do you like writing book reviews to share with others? Are you a fan of cosmic/eldritch horror and John Wick-style action?
Sign up to be an ARC reader for my debut novel, THE DEVOURING! forms.gle/SgMBu5wnhn1W...
#WritingCommunity #Booksky 💙📚
Alphabet #BookChallenge #Booksky
Doing two again today: V, W
The first, with one of my most favorite characters, Reepicheep
The second was Queen Victoria's favorite book:
How many agents do you query at a time?
Answering some of our most asked questions.
Leave room for error and never query your whole list at once!
#writer #author #writingcommunity #querying #writerslife
And Pan made sing for thee his forest-hive;
Aye on the shores of darkness there is light, And precipices show untrodden green.
~John Keats (died #OTD 1821)
🎨Allen Todd Yeager
#bookchatweekly
Join us this week as #BookologyThursday explores:
🌊 What Lies Beneath 🌊
Creatures, treasures, and monsters that lurk in the depths in literature, art, and lore.
art by Sebastian Giacobino
#TBRuary #Booksky
I do remember why, but I never remember to get the book!
Thanks for reminding me.
unspooling thoughts and knots of doubt-wonderful image!
