Elizabeth Cheney

Thank you for the kind words, but I have no connection to Rep Cheney!

Did Thomas Hardy know how memeable his book was? 🤣 #books

Nice! I love old-fashioned language and long descriptions personally, but it’s so subjective

Modern writing advice: Don’t overdo your descriptions, let the reader fill in some of the details.

Victorian writers: Lemme spend three paragraphs recounting Gabriel Oak’s crow’s feet. #writing

Does anyone have suggestions for a middle grade novel where the MC is really interested in science (especially bugs) and/or solves a scientific mystery? Something like “The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate” but more recent? #querying #writing

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I keep vividly imagining key future scenes in the Dragon of Dornoch series, and I want to write them so badly. But I’ve got three other things to work on first. #writing

Me: *Writing pretty funny dialogue, sparkling banter, etc.*
Me in real life: And your family is well? …And your family, are they well? #writing

Ten pages in to Zen Cho’s excellent “Sorcerer to the Crown” and I’m hooked. It has all the good stuff: the unexplained decline of magic, fantasy in an 18th century setting, secret(ive) societies, and an outsider protagonist fighting a battle to prove himself. Wishing I’d read this years ago. #books

What’s everybody writing this weekend? I gotta work on my query letter, please send good vibes because this is a mess. Also I checked out a possible comp title from the library so planning to dive into that! #writing #amquerying

Any other cozy or historical fantasy writers out there? I’m working on a couple of novels (including one about a girl befriending an entomologist dragon in 18th cen Scotland) and would love to find likeminded folks to chat about all the book- and writing/related things! #writingcommunity #fantasy

Same. There’s something healing about writing and reading it!

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Trying to come up with a better name for my WIP and I’m honestly not mad about this one: “How Fen Lost a Dad and Found a Dragon” #writing

Thank you!!

What’s everyone reading this week? I’m 75% of the way through “Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons” by Quenby Olson and it’s a cozy, heart-warming, baby-dragon-filled delight. #indiebooks

Thank you!

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Hi there! I’m new to Bluesky and looking to follow folks in the #writingcommunity, especially fantasy writers. This year I’m planning to query my cozy historical MG fantasy “The Dragon of Dornoch” and would love to find others in the querying trenches. Or generally to talk about books!