Nefer Doane

I can't believe it's already November. Who else is participating in Novel November? I'm finishing the first draft of a cozy adult fantasy with a goal of 30k words.

Happy writing, friends! ✨

Happy Halloween, Alexandra! Love this! 🎃

Yours too, Celeste! 💫

May your evening be marvelous and magical, full of candy-smelling candles and cat snuggles, Samhain ballads and dance macabre, dark chocolate and sazeracs! ✨✨✨

Ooh! Mine are The Nightmare Before Christmas, Wednesday, and Nosferatu. 🎃👻🖤

Rowan’s query critiques are insightful and encouraging! If you’re polishing your query letter, I highly recommend trying to snap up one of these spots.

Ahhh, I DM'ed you 💛

Thank you, m'dear! I hope you're enjoying the spooky season and getting lots of photos of Cheesy! 💛

Ooh, that's lovely! I hope you're feeling refreshed. Pixel and I are well. Super busy but it's a good thing!

It's National Cat Day? In that case, here's Pixel engaging in her favorite activities. #caturday #blackcat

Your plants! Also, hello Stella! 😍😍 And happy pitch writing, Iza ❤️🤞

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A list would be lovely! I’m participating in Novel November.

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The four aspects of a great character are the Need, the Want, the Ghost, and the Lie.

A Want is their conscious desire.

A Need is what they really want but might not know.

A Lie is the thing they believe that keeps them from that Need.

A Ghost is that spiritual wound that caused the Lie.

Wonderful, thank you!

Hi Ernie! Do you accept re-queries if a manuscript has undergone significant revisions and 1+ year has passed?

Good morning, monsters.

Every broken horn, dented scale, and jagged scar is a story, a testament to your ferocity.

Beautiful! And yes to your seaside story. ❤️🌊

Stunning! What a GORGEOUS book. ✨💖

the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

"When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners.

The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.

and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

Congrats! I’m rooting for you 🙌

Congrats! I guess you can’t say that anymore 💜😂

Noo, we must get that latte! 😆 Thank you for sharing such a delightful snippet! Love the voice 😍

This looks so cozy! And perfect time to finish, too. 🍂

#RevPit #10Queries Winners have been drawn at random and assigned to editors (also at random), and emails went out to those whose submissions were selected.

Join us Oct 24 to get tons of helpful querying advice. Anyone can benefit from this feedback, even if you weren't selected or didn't enter

Can't wait for this 💛

A watcher who frees an imprisoned dragon?! Yes please 💛

Yay!! And either way, happy editing!! 💜

I'm here for this. 😂❤️

Thank you so much, Nav! Same to you! ✨💜

I can't wait to walk into a bookstore and see your book on the shelves (and have my own copy, of course)!! 💖