midnight, in the garden of good evil… but make it a romcom set in the first New Orleans above ground cemetery…. #unhingedpit #a #r
28.02.2026 23:49
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midnight, in the garden of good evil… but make it a romcom set in the first New Orleans above ground cemetery…. #unhingedpit #a #r
The idea that contemporary romance is dead is ridiculous.
Writers interested in a retreat! This is my seventh year hosting! July 9-12 in NorCal, all meals and the most glorious spaces to create. Find out more here:
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If no one wants my “rival tour guides compete for a prestigious job and fall in ❤️” book maybe it’s time for my “football player rehabs with dance and falls in ❤️ with a ballerina” book
Want to make your manuscript shorter?
Look for the word “is”-
“Is going” =
“Goes” or “went”
Now do that 500 times.
Just a gentle reminder that you need a finished manuscript to query… and a query letter, a separate 10 pages, 3 ch, first 50, a log line, a market, and comps.
Heyyyyyyy
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Gentle writing reminder that your work isn’t for everyone but it is for someone.
Play unparalleled misalignment:
Pet cemetery/Grave diggers
Collect call/Pay phone
Baby bump/ ???
Linguist moment:
Let’s shift “mailman” to “mail carrier” and then repeat it once a day, just like the mail, so that we can make it pattern our minds.
Linguist moment:
Let’s shift “hey you guys“ to the more inclusive “hey you all.”
Linguist Moment:
Let’s shift “you’re gonna go far” to “you’re going to get wherever you want to go.”
A (mid list) writer’s journey and 2024 reads I loved:
www.katherinerothschild.com/single-post/...
The word of the day is world-craft (n): from old English, this term means someone who is experienced in the art of living.
Share your example sentences below!
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At this point, my feed is the greater book, writing, teaching, and library community and I could not be happier.
Why do our writer expectations get so ridiculous at the holidays? It’s like: I have seventy five more things to do than normal and the kids are out of school but I’ll definitely finish this draft before new years no problem.
Writers! What’s a podcast that helps you be a better writer? Recommending NPR’s A Way with Words.
waywordradio.org
I spent the day making future Ugly Holiday Sweater ornaments.
No regrets.
Amazing! My fifth grader heard you speak recently at her school and I was like: I met her at a YAMS once-isn’t she fancy? And she was like: SO fancy.
You can’t control things like going on submission or how many people buy your books. But you can control how much you write and how much effort you put into the writing community. Those gains might not be quantitative, but they’re so rewarding.
Maybe play with Kidlit Faire, BookFaire, and/or giving it time to flourish?
😂 yeah but 😭
A gentle reminder that every writer feels like they completely suck sometimes. And maybe we’re right about that first draft…. But after that we can reframe to “not too sucky.”
Gentle writing reminder: if you are a pantser, it may help to write down who, what, when, where, want, action, and change for each scene as you write.
Australian Shepherd
In case you don’t know me, I’m Kath and I write kissing books and I teach writing at a college and I walk this dog.
Gentle writing reminder- if you set a goal today, it will become an accomplishment tomorrow. Or sometime next week. Or maybe…next year. You know. Someday.
A gentle reminder that it might seem like everybody has written a book but actually only about 3% of the population has written and finished a book. You’re just that special.
Me: *sends my husband a link to an expensive mop*
Also me: if you buy me a mop for Hanukkah you will be down a testicle.