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@bvbodegom

Author of horror, sci-fi, dark fantasy & more. #Dis father of four. Gamer. πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Forever DM. Querying DAD BODIES, a co(s)mic horror novel. (9 fulls out, 1 partial, Big 5 interest) Writing MARK OF THE JESTER, a dark fantasy novel. Born in the 80's.

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I'm perfectly fine if you need time! I did send a message to the agency to confirm you use the email provided, but I reckon that will check out fine, then. Thank you for the response :)

10.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Tricia! I hope you don't mind me commenting here, but I was hoping you could confirm the use of your gmail for requests from DVpit πŸ˜… especially after Aevitas sent out a public notice on instagram none of their agents would use anything other than their agency mail πŸ‘€

10.03.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from DAD BODIES!

My favorite chapter!! πŸ˜†

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #horror #ttrpg

10.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If I fits, I sits.

#sixwordstory #writingcommunity #cats

10.03.2026 08:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That sounds reasonable, but as someone without an agent I'm not one to give advice πŸ˜… You know your own agent best, as well...

10.03.2026 07:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from DAD BODIES!

Descriptions!

#writingcommunity #amquerying #horror #ttrpg

09.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mark of the Jester πŸ˜…

08.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

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08.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I see you're going through MotJ related posts πŸ˜„ glad you like it! More where that came from 🀟😁

08.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much!

08.03.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With your editing skills and my titles, we could rule the world!! πŸ˜‚

07.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you πŸ˜„ the title came first!

07.03.2026 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

07.03.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi Madelyn! You mention on your MSWL you like happy endings/hope. How does this translate to horror and your preferences?

What if an ending falls between the good and the bad? πŸ‘€

07.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I noticed some editors prefer a happy ending of sorts. The heroes prevail and all that. When it comes to horror, is there an outcome that has your preference?

I know I said 'alas' when I said you were on my shortlist, but it looks like you're back in the running for DAD BODIES πŸ˜…

07.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Such is the querying life 😁 thanks, though 🧑

06.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

4* publishers 😏 me and my big mouth.

06.03.2026 16:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from DAD BODIES!

Hank vs nun!

#RevPit in a week! Exciting!

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #horror #ttrpg #horrorbooks

DAD BODIES is with five publishers?!

06.03.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

#WIPSnips from MARK OF THE JESTER!

The instances in DAD BODIES were a bit too spoilery. So enjoy this description of a court jester destroying the tyrant king. The inciting incident, if you will. (TW: blood, gore, death)

#writingcommunity #amwriting #darkfantasy #fantasy #horror #horrorbooks

05.03.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Penny sits in front of her Living Archive and books for sale, which are on white shelving behind her to the left. The books we can see are Desires Reborn - a pink paperback with white lettering and a faint image of a disabled couple embracing, next to this is the hardback memoir First In The World Somewhere, it is a red cover with bright yellow lettering and white text. In the lower third there is a graphic of lips outlined in black. 
Below this shelf are many files and other books featuring Penny’s work. On top of the shelving there are two vintage suitcases, to the right of the image there’s a framed picture of Penny’s 1989 seven inch single, a black and white chalk effect image of a seated girl. Below this is another framed picture announcing Penny’s Living Archive. In the centre, Penny sits in her wheelchair. She wears glasses,  has red hair, up in a bun and is wearing a headband made of twigs and crystals into the shape of antlers. Penny is wearing a leopard print dress and a cropped, dusky pink cardigan. She is holding a copy of her memoir and smiling. In front of her on a table is an arrangement of her books, flyers and postcards.

Penny sits in front of her Living Archive and books for sale, which are on white shelving behind her to the left. The books we can see are Desires Reborn - a pink paperback with white lettering and a faint image of a disabled couple embracing, next to this is the hardback memoir First In The World Somewhere, it is a red cover with bright yellow lettering and white text. In the lower third there is a graphic of lips outlined in black. Below this shelf are many files and other books featuring Penny’s work. On top of the shelving there are two vintage suitcases, to the right of the image there’s a framed picture of Penny’s 1989 seven inch single, a black and white chalk effect image of a seated girl. Below this is another framed picture announcing Penny’s Living Archive. In the centre, Penny sits in her wheelchair. She wears glasses, has red hair, up in a bun and is wearing a headband made of twigs and crystals into the shape of antlers. Penny is wearing a leopard print dress and a cropped, dusky pink cardigan. She is holding a copy of her memoir and smiling. In front of her on a table is an arrangement of her books, flyers and postcards.

Fancy new stories, fresh perspectives rarely heard in fiction? It’s #WorldBookDay so going all out with a cheeky please to say support this #DisabledAuthor -and the many of us working to get the untold stories out there. Google me and see :) #WriterLife #DisabilityRepresentation #ThoughtfulThursday

05.03.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bacon purist. I can respect that. Thanks for answering! If you see my stuff, it's not because of the cannibalism. At least, not entirely, anyway. πŸ«€

04.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, cannibalism. Love the icon you used. I always went for πŸ₯“ in my posts to tease the trope. Major part of the story? Just a scene? Either? What kind: accidental or deliberate? How do you feel about human bacon? Is this line of questioning too weirdly focused on cannibalism? πŸ‘€

04.03.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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No media, but I have press.

#wipsnips #amquerying #sffwriters #writingcommunity #writersky #timetravelauthors #speclit #amwriting #authors #thrillerwriters #writerandreader #writers
#revspirations

04.03.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So excited to show you Dad Bodies. 😁 Eh, the book πŸ˜…

04.03.2026 07:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from DAD BODIES!

Rolling dice has real consequences.

#writingcommunity #amquerying #horrorbooks #horror #ttrpg

03.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from DAD BODIES!

I wonder how many works with FID our RevPit editors get to see!

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #horrorbooks #horror #ttrpg

02.03.2026 14:03 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#WIPSnips from DAD BODIES!

#WritingCommunity #amquerying #horror #ttrpg

01.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you like scifi/SFF/vampire/thriller novels with lots of action & dry humour, mine are on Amazon in KDP eBook & paperback. Please check amazon.com/author/taggartrehnn or taggartrehnn.com for updates. #SFF #spaceopera #vampires #darkfantasy #thriller #adventure #writingcommunity #horror #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™

28.02.2026 12:43 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In a distant world, 'gods' slumber to avoid being enslaved by pure evil. Unless a human they’ve chosen awakens them, brings back forbidden knowledge & defeats this evil before a spacetime node collapses, life will end, everywhere. amazon.com/dp/B0CHKJF1B5
#vampires #WritingCommunity #BookSkyπŸ“šπŸ’™ #SFF

28.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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As β€œthe visitors” foretold, against all odds, he was conceived on a blood god's altar. Would he be the saviour they promised his family or an instrument of untold destruction? amazon.com/dp/B0B7TFMW77
#WritingCommunity #SFF #scifi #paranormal #MustRead #BookSky πŸ“šπŸ’™ #mystery #thriller #novel #vampires

28.02.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0