M.E. Brownstein is querying a thriller! 🕵️‍♀️

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Welp, #writingcommunity, it's been a minute. Did I miss anything juicy in the literary space?

@the4facedliar.bsky.social is running a Creative Non Fiction competition- deadline 30 June. More about our judge here! www.the4facedliar.com/submissions

#cnf #writingcommunity #creativenonfiction

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Hey #writingcommunity and #amquerying friends: when do you know to move on from a no-response queried agent?

2 days until this pitch event!! #writingcommunity

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When writing inspiration hits it’s a truly wondrous thing. 500 words in 15 mins is a personal ATH - On my phone no less!

Hopefully I can keep these creative juices flowing. #writingcommunity #amwriting

I'm curious, #agented crowd: how long did the person who eventually became your agent have your full before they contacted you about The Call? Asking for the #amquerying crowd.

I feel this at my core. I’m also applying for jobs while querying so it’s a double whammy of rejection emails. 🫠

Fingers crossed for a full request Friday for you

Forgive my pit even transgression and take this paultry offering for #questpit #T #A #Q

What if the daughters in FULL HOUSE were never told anything about their mom’s past? Twin siblings Jesse and Faye go on a road trip to meet people who knew their mom — and they find out a shocking secret! NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!

#questpit #P #YA #A #WritingCommunity #writers

The Greatest Showman x The Invisible life of Addie La Rue

A gymnast is forced to perform in a magical circus alongside a man she doesn’t recognize, but he knows her… and he’s watched her die dozens of times.

💕”Who did this to you?”
💫Grounded fantasy
🖤Dark whimsy
🎪Atmospheric

#Questpit #F #Q #A

Three by three grid mood board in tones of black, white, grey, and a medium orange. Top row from left to right features a hooded grim reaper figure, a five pointed pentacle star necklace, and a church with a tall spire. Middle row from left to right features a fiery flame, a foggy square with the words “For even Death, too, was once a man,” and a tiny seedling sprouting from the dirt. The bottom row from left to right features a dark, twisted forest, two hands reaching upwards, and a witch woman lying on her back staring at you.

Dark, twisted forest background with centered white text box, partially transparent, with the words “For fans of: The Witch’s Heart and Nettle & Bone.”

Dark, twisted forest background with centered white text box, partially transparent, with the words “gods & goddesses, Greek myths, Salem witches & persecution, wilted purposes, lost souls, and a journey of mortality.”

Death might be a god, but he’s not a god like everyone else. When a soul’s life hangs in his hands & long-lost legends come about, Death must reclaim his mortality to save Morticia’s life. The only problem? The rest of the gods have other plans for them. #questpit #W #A #F

Moodboard 3 by 3 grid of images: A hand proffering a red apple with a snake coiling around both A couple in the dark lit only by a match lighting a cigarette between them A man in a business suit offering his hand A long chain pulled taught seeming chained to the viewer A crude pentagram drawn on asphalt with pink Disney Princess chalk and one dollar tea lights lit at each point A businessman staring at his shadow which has horns and a tail A man crouched in a cave weeping hiding from the light outside A man in a white suit and a man in a black suit stand back to back and clasp hands An hourglass running out of sand in a lonely black room with a skull set on top of it

GOOD OMENS X ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN

Virgil Mora never expected "Go to Hell" to be career advice.

As Hell's Consultant it's up to Virgil to restore Heaven's faith in Hell and save Lucifer, the Angel he's fallen for. Before his past comes back to haunt him. Literally.

#QuestPit #W #A #F #LGBT

Artwork for Aaron’s YA fantasy novel, SOULCAST. In the image, the main character is in the midst of a deadly competition to save his mom’s soul from the Underworld. Next to him, the prince and his love interest is his prey.

HUNGER GAMES x COBAB x POWERLESS

Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga

A boy with dangerous magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom’s soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom

#Questpit #OS

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16yo Candy has been hiding her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can't hide, her skin color.

🥵 climate fiction
🏳️‍🌈 queer friends to lovers
🫂 found family
🧬 her DNA will save humanity
#questpit #Q #SF #YA

Forgive my pit even transgression and take this paultry offering for #questpit #T #A #Q

Support would be great!

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I’ve been wanting to vent about current politics in my writing and just realized my WIP about the tyrannical regime in Cuba has some great parallels to today that I can leverage. Yay? 😩

#amwriting #writingcommunity #skywriters

Wishing you a full request!!! Good luck!

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Get your pitches ready for Questpit, #writingcommunity!!

Rejections in querytracker surrounding my submission which is not yet rejected

Fingers crossed for at least some constructive feedback on this query!!! I won't get my hopes up for a full, but I won't be mad if it happens. #amquerying #writingcommunity

A stream, with stones set as stepping blocks across it. The water churns on the right, and is calm on the left. Someone is walking across, but we only see their legs and feet. Over this are the words, "Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward." Nipsey Hussle.

Sometimes it feels as if all we are doing is moving backwards. There will always be roadblocks. We need to try finding a way around them.

#SaturdaySayings #WritingCommunity

Not weird at all! Everyone has their own method that works for them. Batches work best for me due to personal time constraints but I could see having a rolling 10 open making sense!

Agent’s Guide to SEEKING IN THE DARKNESS adult thriller by M.E. Brownstein Complete at 72,000 words.

Themes: Survival and Resilience Overcoming Abuse and Trauma Independence vs Connection Fear and Paranoia Identity and Self-discovery Empowerment and agency Digital Age Vulnerability Tropes: A Threatening Message An Unseen Enemy Playing the Long Game Cat-and-Mouse Game Paranoia No Escape An Abandoned Place

Comps: Conversational First-person tone of EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE Pervasive psychological suspense of NEVER LET YOU GO

Pitch: Blind programmer Sandy uses her digital skills to track down her stalker ex-gf in a tech-driven pursuit. She’ll have to decide how many laws she’s willing to break and how much danger she’s willing to face to be free from her ex’s reign of terror. First Lines Without fail, my annual reviews always shattered the illusion that I was just like any other programmer. In my mind, I was just a typical employee working at the largest bank in the city: a single thirty-two-year-old, with no interest in clawing my way into middle management. Granted I was the only woman in my department. And I just happened to be blind.

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO x NEVER LET YOU GO

Blind programmer Sandy uses her digital skills to hunt her stalker ex-gf in a tech-driven pursuit. She’ll have to decide how many laws she'll break and how much danger she’s willing to face to be free from her ex’s reign of terror.

#HoliPit #A #Q #T

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Oh the joys of querying.
My current tally is 17 rejections, 15 pending (but most likely non-responses), and gearing up for another 20 to send out. Goal is 100 rejections, assuming I can find enough appropriate agents. Wishing you luck with your next query batch.

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✨Manifesting a full request Friday ✨

No reason it should work this week as opposed to any other but it’s worth the try. Good luck to everyone in the query trenches ❤️

#amquerying #writingcommunity

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Where do you do your best writing? At a desk? In bed? On your phone while you sit on the toilet? An inquiring mind wants to know, as it has lost its favorite writing spots to its children. It’s me - I lost my office to the pre-tween and need a new cozy spot to write. #writingcommunity #skywriters

Congrats!!! Enjoy the day - it’s a big day!

This doesn’t include my genre so sadly I won’t be participating but I hope you do! The best feedback I’ve gotten has been from agents, so I hope you take the opportunity #writingcommunity #skywriters

Scammers are working overtime, #writers. No legit publisher will ask you for money for their services. (vanity presses notwithstanding, but imho vanity presses are mostly terrible) Money flows to the author, not the other way around. They prey on our desire to be successful.
#writingcommunity