A.K. Browne

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Thank you so much!

I got my first full request! 🥳
#amquerying

Rejection says, “Katie, This is a bit dark for my tastes. Best,”

My favorite rejection for my ghost hunting book in all of its glory—because, really, that’s a badge of honor.

#unhingedpit #q #a #uf #horror #COMEDY

What would you do if you found this note in your room, the only trace left behind from your one night stand with a handsome stranger? #UnhingedPit #Q #Mystery #YA

She thought she was a side character.
Turns out, she’s just a side chic in sunglasses—at night.
Unpopular in school.
Now she’s wanted—by everyone.
Dead or alive.
#UnhingedPit #A #F #SPEC #Q

The background is a man in the water pointing a middle finger toward the camera. It is overlaid with a darkish purple “Reasons why THE DYING RELIGION f*cking sucks” Magic isn’t power. It’s a parasite. The gods are *ssholes. I rip religion a new one. The MC and Villain are in love and very angsty, but no kiss. So much cast diversity in terms of LGBTQIA, disabled and people of colour the Mango Mussolini would pop a vein. The prose is so purple Thanos asks for skincare tips. I’m the one writing it and I am, at best, mentally unstable.”

Blasphemous, batshit crazy high fantasy brought to you by a chronically sleep deprived pansexual who really ought to be under some kind of supervision.

Consider yourselves warned.

#unhingedpit #f #wip

Extract of an interview found in 'The Burgandy Discord' filed under X. Never published and heavily censored.

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Ronnie is burdened by a secret deeper than the affair she had with her art professor this last semester. What she doesn't realize is that SHE is an enigma. A hybrid witch cursed by dragon blood and a fatal destiny.
#UnhingedPit #A #UF #Q

A still of Preminger from Barbie Princess and the Pauper holding a mock book cover for What Bleeds Beneath by Anna Hirsch

What if Barbie's Princess and the Pauper was a dark, bloody romantasy? Don't worry, I already wrote it.

#UnhingedPit #F #R #Q

A mock query rejection email with a pearl bead background: Text: Dear Sara, Thank you for wasting my time with your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. For future reference, please note that I'm only open to multi-POV YA fantasy where the sapphic childhood-besties-turned-lovers don't get a happily-ever-after. Side note: A scorned ghost pirate trapped inside the head of a closeted princess until they both learn to help each other come out? How original. Regrets, Princess Mira View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/give-up-dummy.

A mock query rejection email with a gold coin background. Text: Sara, Thank you for considering me for the most torturously feel-good, insufferably hopeful-even-in-its-bleakest-moments novel I've ever had the displeasure of reading. I suggest you jump ship on writing and take on a more practical hobby like swashbuckling, rum drinking, or breaking the curse that has me stuck inside the head of this whiny princess (thanks for that, by the way). Kick bricks barefoot, Captain Amir View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/I-hate-you

A mock query rejection email with an ocean wave background. Text: Hi Sara, Thank you so much for your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. While I truly admired the 82,000 word count, non-Western fantasy setting, and LGBTQ+ representation, unfortunately, I will have to pass. I would, however, like to offer a minor suggestion to change the title to THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHANNA, as I believe this better reflects the titular character's gender identity. Best wishes, Johanna View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/Protect-Trans-Kids

A mock query rejection email with a bloody background. Text: Ms. Duran, The empire has scrupulously reviewed your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN, and has found that beneath the lighthearted, adventurous story of queer joy and acceptance is a truly blasphemous critique of the colonization of the Global South. We will be passing, but please do keep us in mind for any future projects featuring white, male, cis-het protagonists, preferably in settings inspired by medieval Europe. Regards, General Genovese View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/is-this-one-pushing-it?-maybe-lol

I know they call this the trenches, but I never expected my own CHARACTERS to reject my queries 😅

#UnhingedPit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying

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Think you’re having a bad day?
Try tricking your enemy into kissing you to break a fucking curse on your family.
Also: fight monsters. Learn to hunt. Climb fells. Quench forbidden feelings. Easy, right?😒

TRUE HATE'S KISS
✨Soon on sub✨
#UnhingedPit #Romantasy #OS #Editorsguide

A very negative Yelp-style review of Lainey Pike's relationship with Gregory Shipp, her toxic mess of a college boyfriend.

GILMORE GIRLS x WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Wanna remember the worst college boyfriend you ever had? The one that still makes you wonder if you're actually capable of having your own shitty thoughts in your head instead of his? Well little lady, THIS ENDS NOW is for you! #unhingedpit #UM #A #Q

Omg. Cult books written by ALI (spelled the best way)! 🥳🤣

Brooke being gaslit by her cult-like church into never believing that her crush (the pastor's daughter) never existed/didn't go missing like:

#YA #YAThriller #querying #Q #UnhingedPit

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#AITA for Setting Up A Fake Wedding Agency?

My 3 friends & I began sabotaging the weddings of our former high school rivals by creating a fake wedding agency. Once a wedding went to shambles, we ran like hell & skipped town.

TL;DR #AITA or is karma really that bitch?

#UnhingedPit #A #WF #R

A pixelated JPEG infographic: STOP HIRING HUMANS 1. HUMANS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEIR TERRITORY 2. Incredible strength and speed, constant hunger for flesh, etc. 3. Humans have OVER 160 TEETH 4. Insist on counting to TEN instead of normal amounts like eight 5. “PLACENTAL MAMMALS”??? (Laziness related?) 6. Irresponsible, addicted to TERRIBLE breakfast stimulants 7. Humans cause their crewmates to have WEIRD FEELINGS (You all get that too, right?) LOOK at what your crewmates have to deal with (These are REAL Human traits, done by REAL Humans): Gun, bad at space, sharp teeth, unsolicited nudes “Hello I would like to eat food and stare at you” They have played us for absolute fools

#UnhingedPit #SF #LGBT #R #Q

Photo of three cats. One is dressed as a CEO, another as a bartender, and the third is reading a book. The first two represent Alex and Jason from the paranormal romance, I Am Chosen. The one reading a book represents the writer, Dawn Berkoski

If my heroes and I were cats.😻

*Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚

Spotify screenshot of a playlist titled Dreams No Mortals Dare. Description is “Gothic blend of horror, romance, and fantasy ~90k words. Standalone. Querying now.” Songs: Oops!…I did it again by Britney Spears Car Crash by Three Days Grace Wife Beater by The Plot in You Breakin’ Dishes by Rihanna A Raven by Shawn David McMillen Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd That Was Weird by Paul Mangan Time to Sleep by 1000 Years Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD My Sanctuary by Lord of the Lost In a World of My Own from Disney’s animated Alice in Wonderland

A Spotify playlist. Songs: Lilith by Halsey Porcelain by Baby Bugs Living Doll by John Eddie My Only Friend by Ill Spector Happy? By Mudvayne Happy to Be Here by Wookiefoot In My Dreams from Broadway’s Anastasia musical When I Wake by Justin Hurwitz Ain’t Got No Money by Justin Townes Earle Starving by Jessie Paege my husband hates me by citrusmilk Who’s That Knockin’ At My Window by Those Darlins Creepin Creeper Man by FunnyMike Scary Hot by Ralph

A Spotify playlist. Songs: When He Speaks by Anna Miriam Brown et. al. POE by Ruger, BNXN He’s Not Real by PansyVibes First Nightmare by Stahlfrequenz He Won’t Leave Me Alone by GMWA Mass Choir Fuckin’ Up My Shit by Jay D ROT by WesGhost, Jutes DECAY by Jordan Adetunji Get Rid of Him by Dionne Warwick U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer Now I’m going crazy by Halfdead Takin’ Pills by Pistol Annies Flirtin’ With Disaster by Molly Hatchet A.K.A. by CBC Story, Jaxaxe, Antknee Raven Man by The Allen Sisters I Am Not A Cheater by CR2 RUNITUP

A Spotify playlist. Songs: It’s Because I’m Dreaming by Finique And I’m Scared by Cyanotic Just A Bit Horny by The Oracle of St. Vincent Mostly I’m Just Scared by Amy Bezunartea AHHHH by Blanco y Sancho Spiders by System of a Down Headache by Motionless in White Who Am I (What’s My Name)? By Snoop Dogg Larger text at the bottom: Edgar Allan Poe x Alice in Wonderland x Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

#UnhingedPit Side Characters in Dreams (a.k.a. #F “Altered Carbon”)

☀️The Sun is a Lady

👁️ 👄 👁️Kintsugi porcelain doll (life sized and ALIVE): Creepy Speaks in riddles? Of course. Love her anyway? You betcha.

👩🏾‍🦱👠Elegant (and slightly thirsty) librarian/BFF
Stupid Men™️

Pitch: song titles as the hook🎶

These Mortal Woes: If Twilight, Euphoria Season 1, and Misery became a thruple, then had a baby that grew up and had to unpack all their trauma.
#unhingedpit #A #H #Q

An album cover for Outta the Woods, a collection of songs themed around Project Roadkill. The cover art is of a possum with its mouth wide open. Songs include: 1) No One Will Find You Here, 2) Fake Witches Get Stitches, 3) Ten Year Murderess, 4) We Rise, You Fall, 5) The Best Men Have Fangs, 6) You Didn't Hear Nothin', 7) Come to the Dark Side, 8) The Dead Ain't Dead No More, 9) Who Will You Be at the End of Days?, and 10) A Woman Among Gods.

Make sure to catch the new album from #RoadkillWIP as we head to Appalachia. With special guests including the Cursed Sisters, God of the Wood, and Murders & Mayhem.
#A #H #W #UnhingedPit

🧵 for Disc 2...

🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥
He’s a prince with ZERO game.
Her BF literally just died.

That’s not going to stop chaotic (and hot) Tin Man from making sure these two get together. Never mind the existential threat looming on both sides of the veil between worlds.

#UnhingedPit #f #q

GIF of Steven He hurling a remote onto the floor while sitting on a couch saying, "Emotional Damage." Added above are the words "When everyone in your life betrays you and you have no idea who to trust."

Combine:

~2 cups panic attacks
~3 tbsp despair
~1 pinch ballet dreams

Beat on high with kidnapping and threats.

Add:

~3 cups grit
~2 cups spying
~1 cup empathy
~4 tbsp found family
~2 tsp slow burn

Bake in a pressure cooker until well scrambled by betrayal.

#unhingedpit #Q #YA #F #M #R #MH

For fans of Danny Phantom, aaangst, Scooby-Doo, cellos, Anakin Skywalker, arson, Anna Dressed in Blood, biiiirds, This Savage Song, the power of friendship, Underwood Tapes, being insecure, Batman Beyond & betrayals!

Read about how Denny becomes everyone's problem.

#UnhingedPit #YA #H #DF #Q #LGBT

Squidward order meme. Caption: I'll have a double dose of mommy wounds with a fall in love with a straight girl and can't tell my crush I like her because reasons with vampires, but make them butch

#unhingedpit #a #lgbt

A good portion of the lesbian experience in one meme.

two muscular men’s arms clasp hands in the epic handshake meme. the text on the dark-skinned arm reads “neurodivergent Black woman academic”, the text on the light-skinned arm reads “well-meaning white lady reality TV casting director”. both join hands with the text “launch that knucklesucker into space”

An anti-capitalist workplace comedy where an unlikely duo use personality tests and mind games to find contestants who want to win a one-way trip to Mars in a reality TV team competition.

But the only person they can agree to launch into space is the techbro showrunner.

#UnhingedPit #A #LF #HA

it's #MasteryofSelf time, starting with a moodboard!
playlists coming soon to theatres...

#UnhingedPit #A #W #H

Silhouette of an oak tree on a green background. Text: A Sylvan Tale Recipe for a Wood Baked Romantacy 1 cask of oak barrel aged ale 1 jilted fiancee who gets conned into thinking she’s cursed by a tree god 1 journey to retrieve a hoard of gold to remove curse 1 handsome stranger by the side of the road Add in two riders on one horse for forced proximity Simmer until you have one bed at the inn Fold in some pretend marriage Saute with some peril with wolves and bandits Sprinkle in a bit of arm wrestling pirates Liberally spice with to level three: (three chili emojis) Serve on a wedding platter with your favorite HEA

Silhouette of oak tree on green background. Text: A Sylvan Tale RED FLAGS Magician says he can remove bad luck curse for 9,500 gold coins, and conveninetly knows where to find a hoard of 10,000 gold coins. Handsome stranger by the side of the road has straight, white teeth, built like a god, and asks for consent. This is ancient Ireland, before dentistry, Gold’s Gym and the MeToo movement. He must be a god. HUGE AGE GAP: She’s 30 years old. He’s 4,000. Villagers only nice to Nin once the realize she came back with the gold.

Silhouette of oak tree on green background. Text: A Sylvan Tale 5+ Year Old Comps Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2015) Tree and forest lore and magic The Little Red Hen (1874) Hard work taken for granted, no one will help The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (1964) If the Giving Tree had a husband who mourned her death for 1,000 years Apollo & Daphne (1st Century BCE) God who falls in love with a mortal, but she wants to turn into a tree

Silhouette of oak tree on a green background. Text: A Sylvan Tale Nin’s AITA events in this story: Fiancé dumped Nin to marry younger sister, then no one bothered to invite Nin, or make room at the ceremony or feast to sit with family. Parents steal most of Nin’s savings to give to her sister for a dowry, but refuse to provide a dowry for her. Asks to have money Nin loaned out returned, but no one pays up. No one will loan Nin a horse for her quest despite all the favors she’s done for others. No one will help Nin on her quest for gold, but all want some when she returns with the gold.

#UnhingedPit recipes, red flags and more for A Sylvan Tale
#A #R #F #RF #WIP

🛌One bed at the inn? CHECK!
🐴 Two riders one horse? CHECK!
🐺⚔️🏴‍☠️Wolves, bandits and pirates? CHECK
🌳 Hot ancient Irish tree god who is hung? CHECK!

75K words in, I'm in the middle of writing the wedding in the third act.

MCR The Black Parade

Jawbreaker Dear You

FOB - Take this to your grave

Paramore Riot!

NPC: The Bard of Aztaeron book 1

The 2 chapters on Earth take place in 2008 and the music comp vibes, mid-2000s tech, and internal music references are immaculate 🖤

#unhingedpit #Q #SFF #NA