Stefanie Gilmour - Author

Enjoyed the first session of a Query Letter and First Pages workshop hosted by @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social last night! 🥰 Aiming to query an adult fantasy this autumn.

YouTube video by BookWorm Stefanie Gilmour Fear the Wolf

José Ortiz of Bookworm interviews @stefgilmour.bsky.social Indie author of the Fantasy Alex Steward series Fear, Cage, and Free the Wolf. They dive into her creative process and the Indie experience among other writing/author tid-bits.

Thank you for sharing! 🤘🖤😅

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@stefgilmour.bsky.social, just published the latest in her Alex Steward series, Track the Wolf!

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They definitely are NOT dogs.

I'm so sorry. Thinking of you.

Might not make much sense to some because everything is bleak as fuck, but I encourage you to keep doing what you love and dream bigger than ever.

Dear artists:

Afraid of death? It’s coming anyway. Afraid of failure? We all fail. A lot. Sometimes spectacularly. Afraid of these fascists? There are more of us cheering you on. Don’t stop creating. Not now. Make art. Piss them off. Create. With anger. With hope. Keep going.

Next time someone asks, “What kind of asshole creates problems where there aren’t any and then calls it a win when the whole thing backfires and he backtracks?” you know exactly what to tell them.

Found out @mmmletsgo.bsky.social is on this platform. +2 to happiness for my day! 🥰

Samesies.

a knight with a helmet and a sword says " this is the way " ALT: a knight with a helmet and a sword says " this is the way "

Nope! No snow. It will be wonderful.

How exciting! 😁

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New announcements soon. 2025 Open Call dates, new monthly website features, and more. Stay tuned!

Both exciting and stressful when new characters pop into the story like that. A few have blown holes in plot outlines. 😅

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Let's do it. 🤘🖤🐺

Don’t forget to rename that draft from “[Novel Title] - 2024” to “[Novel Title] - 2025” today.

Yeah, the challenge of finding the balance of subverting tropes and writing to a publisher's comfort level of said subversion 😅 Glad to hear you've hit on something you're happy submitting! 🤘🖤🐺

I write a werewolf series because I was tired of the alpha male, romance, non-horrific wolf form, college age female running around in a midriff sacrificing everything for her pack tropes. 😑 At times I wonder if I'm the only one? 😩

Oof, I needed to hear this. Again. 😩

Hell yeah 🤘🖤🐺

Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.

Go shop local today. ❤️

Absolutely. Sharpens the blade to battle the imposter syndrome.

100% This has happened to me on multiple occasions. It means so much. 🤘🖤🐺

Books We Love Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.

Books We Love 2024 is up at @npr.org! I talked about books by John O’Connor, Taylor Brown, Laura van den Berg, Sarah Langan, Eric Rickstad, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Premee Mohamed, and a few others!
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Yup. Completely cozy and fun. Totally no horror or trauma.

This is often my dear First Reader's reply when I float that idea. 😅

Yes. Life happened and I'm behind, but I'm trying to remind myself I made progress and that counts.