V. S. Holmes is querying

I find it bleak that ChatGPT now has more users than Wikipedia. Many people would rather be spoon-fed information by a machine than read and research for themselves. Tech isn't just making us dumber. Worse than that: it's killing curiosity itself and the desire to learn.

And clearly I mean "plotted" 😅

I'm a pantser through and through, usually not outlining until after a chaos and solid first draft. Tried a heavily planned/plottes outline a while back for the fourth book in my sci-fi series. Had to rewrite it so thoroughly I missed TWO deadlines.

Got through revisions on the death scene, the sex scene, and the other death scene, so spending the next while in AC Odyssey

1) New authors!

Be careful of people reaching out to you with promises of helping you market your book for a price.

Be sure to ask if they have experience with marketing in your genre and don't be afraid to ask for credentials, previous stats, and...⬇️🧵

Beneath Strange Lights is NOT sold out online; it's still available wherever books are sold, right now today!

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LMAO this is what happens when you fight the creatives: *Oh yeah? I've got an inflatable frog suit. BRING IT.*
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The other side was never the point. It was the crossing. The gravel's shift beneath tri-toed feet-- the hot + bright white line-- the indrawn breath of air before the rush of steel + shadow. With a terrible verve to the asphalt altar-- again + again. A hunger artist in brown feathers-- the world holds only one truth-- the need to be, for one pure moment, perilously, in between!

Here is today's poem called "The Other Side"

Thank you for all the followers! Make sure to search #vss365 it is the best poetry and poets you can find!

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A promo graphic for Beyond Bringers with Molly drawn in bright yellows and greens. Her arm has been replaced with a twisted gnarl of organic shapes, growing from her shoulder. The text reads:"That's going into me, right?" Molly asks, an intense look aimed at the long needle waiting on the workstation. Her eagerness makes her look like she's boiling, tiny bubbles of desire bouncing around so vigorously inside her she can't even sit still. Nieve's hand pauses over the syringe. "If you have any objections, speak now."

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Ooh yes. I read this two years ago, and last autumn it mixed with a lot of other stuff in the disaster-blender we're living in, and out poured an idea. So I'm writing about it now. Aside from being fascinating and important and infuriating, I'm grateful because it gave me a way to write the feels.

Thank you!

A storm made from the viscera of its victims ravages the world. Until cheerful sex worker Mudlark (with her own corpse-laden secrets) gives Ivigh an offer he can’t refuse: find the necromancer who unleashed the storm or expose the bloody secret behind the hole in his chest.
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A god trapped in a cult is a really cool twist

Floramancer sounds like a dream occupation, tbh

They are so cool! "Mudlark" was born because I realized calling her "Batshit" wasn't gonna make it past the second draft.

When addict and failed-necromancer Ivigh is given an offer he can’t refuse, he must face the witch who doomed the dead. But their shared history is much darker, rooted in the gaping, bloodless hole in his chest and his inability—despite his best efforts—to die.

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With a devouring storm ravaging the world, the dead are stuck with eternal unrest. Until Mudlark, a cheerful sex worker with her own corpse-laden secrets, gives Ivigh an offer he can’t refuse: find the witch who unleashed the storm or be punished for false necromancy.
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Thank you!

VISCERA x THE WOLF AND THE WOODSMAN X GIDEON THE NINTH

🥀 Frisian Folkloric Fantasy / Gothic Romance
🌩️ Unreliable Narrator
♿ Disabled MC
💦 Weird, Ritualistic Sex
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Masc MC
💉 Necromancy-Induced Addiction
🌦️ Grumpy x Sunshine
🌻 Plus-sized Love Interest
🪄 Magicless Witch

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Hey everyone! Just a reminder that DVPit today is a pitch contest, so liking/reposting is ONLY for agents/editors (you're free to comment or quote-post though!) Your support means so much!

Cheery Mudlark forces undead nihilist Ivigh to help her find the necromancer who doomed the dead. Mudlark's joy is as heady as the drugs Ivigh injects, but just as he realizes she makes the world worth saving, the bloody secret behind the hole in his chest comes to light.
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This sounds fantastic!

I'm always here for yearning

You had me at academic rivals and decay

Hannibal you say??

Haunted by gods sounds great

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Thanks! This is the book of my heart