Getting into the writing/editing groove with my first contest of 2026
New FREE contest for writers of Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest6 — Judged by Agent Lydia Caudill of Andrea Hurst Literary Management, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.
Turns out, survival is tough when you’re four inches tall, especially when the creatures of the forest are adamant about eating you for breakfast. #questpit #Q #A
THE MYSTERY OF NATOSI FOREST🧚♂️
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+ Romance
🌲Wilderness Survival
👻Haunted Forest
🧚♂️Fairies that are actually small
Serpent & Dove X In the veins of the drowning 🐍 🌊
🌶️ Bloodbound to a ruthless hunter, surviving each other might be hardest task 🩸
🌴 Dark Caribbean Folklore - T&T 🇹🇹
😏 Forced Proximity
🔪 Enemies x Lovers
🌔 Ancient Monsters & Spirits
#questpit #W #A #F #RF #H
Norah only meant to write an obituary ✍️, not awaken her cursed gift.
Now ghostly visions 👻 reveal a garden socialite’s death 🌸 is tangled with her mother’s unsolved murder 🩸.
In the South, even the graves keep their secrets buried deep 🪦.
#QuestPit #Q #A #S #MY #T
When a powerful ghost and a skeptical ghost hunter find themselves inexplicably bound to one another, the would-be adversaries work together to figure out the source of their new connection while dangers from the ghost's past come to haunt them. #questpit #PN #Q
THE GHOST-BIND
A haunted forest turns two men on the verge of death into fairies: A forgotten professor from 1945 and a detective from 2025. They must uncover the secrets of the wilderness or be trapped for eternity.
#A #Q #questpit
THE MYSTERY OF NATOSI FOREST🧚♂️
A true Valentines classic! Still holds strong 17 years later! (Props to the actors omg)
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Editing can be fun, except when your first draft gives you homework. #firstdraft #romance #romantasy #authorslife #WIP
I LOVE this concept
Odd the Inventor is a messy little monster with some serious skills! In this illustration, he is in his workshop, building a "thunkamajig" (a thingamajig that sometimes goes thunk, a thunkamajig is made from junk!). His best friend and assistant Cheese the rat watches from a safe distance. Odd himself has brown fur, amber eyes, and 2 crinkly horns atop his head. He wears a green vest, cream shirt with the sleeves rolled up, and gray trousers, all of which are covered in dirt and stains.
Odd’s a messy inventor w/ #ADHD quirks—hyper focused yet scatter-brained—who can turn junk into wondrous thunkamajigs. When others dismiss his offbeat creations, he must find the courage to embrace his uniqueness, and prove that being a little “odd” is a beautiful thing.
#PB #2025pit
And orphan discovers memory-powered magic. His pendant holds more than memories; it links him to an organization of eldritch beings manipulating humanity. To stop their rise and uncover the truth about his family, Gaethin must confront his past to harness the magic to save his future. #F #A #2025pit
A Fate tasked with scheduling the lives and deaths of mortals must track down a killer when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on the doorstep of her best friend, Death.
Whimsical bureaucracy of The House in the Cerulean Sea X small town charm of Murder, She Wrote
#2025Pit #A #F #M
Audrey Harker and 99 other unsuspecting humans are transformed into merfolk. Between trying to turn back and discovering ancient secrets, she must decide if the love she’s found beneath the waves is worth giving up everything to keep. THE MERMAID RESURGENCE #A #F #RM #R #2025pit
A murder in the wilderness upends a survey expedition. The lead surveyor enlists the only investigators around to help, a tired mercenary and a memory-bending illusionist. But they are not all they claim, and the crime just one part of a conspiracy growing at the edge of an empire. #F #A #2025Pit
Many trans folks pray for their body to change, but Ben unwittingly calls forth a pantheon of forgotten gods, all eager to grant him the perfect dick. To feel whole in his body, Ben must survive an endless nightmare of cosmic bargains.
#F #H #HA #A #2025pit #LGBTQIA #Transauthor
When a powerful ghost and a weary ghost hunter find themselves inexplicably bound to one another, the two would-be adversaries must work together to uncover the mystery of their new connection before the curse completely destroys their souls. THE GHOST-BIND #A #F #P #2025pit
Ancient magic stirs in the Atlantic Ocean, transforming one hundred humans into mermaids. This includes Audrey Harker, who questions if this miraculous change is really predestined fate, or if it’s an orchestration of something much more sinister. THE MERMAID RESURGENCE #A #F #RM #R #2025pit
“Keep the light on and try to lean to the left. I’m not in the mood to be crushed by your giant body today.”
