Chloe Marcus

Did you reach into my brain and pick out my worst fears? This is quite horrifying.

What's a pirate's favorite discount?

3.14%

They love Pi Rates

#jokesters #puns

Bittersweet in the Hollow X Your Blood, My Bones

When Reverie braves a party to talk to her crush, the last thing she expects is to be kidnapped into a secret society deep beneath the Earth’s crust, where soul crushing secrets breed and life-sucking monsters prowl.

#PitDark

Summer and winter moodboard

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Has their dormant love story reawakened or are they just yearning for nostalgia?

#ghostpit #a #q #wf #r

Image: Wednesday-like girl holding a small pumpkin; text: Early Magic, ya contemporary fantasy

🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Clueless x Practical Magic

When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a ruthless plan to steal it back—though it means betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic.
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🧙‍♀️
❤️
🏄‍♀️
🌲
🎃

#ghostpit #YA #F #Q
#WriteSky

Made from non-AI free stock images. This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections: 1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads: "How much would you pay to die with a smile?" The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background. 2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word. 3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says: "A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE

Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.

#GhostPit #A #DS #SF #W

A gap sliced its formless face, its mouth easing open. But there were no teeth. There was nothing. As if anything it touched might cease to exist. I closed my eyes unable to stare into the monster's void. I had to get out of here. A hiss ricocheted through the air breaking the odd #spell #wipsnips

This course is amazing. If you've been querying for awhile and have exhausted the benefits of beta's and CP's, this offers far more extensive help across your entire query package! #writingcommunity #amquerying

Close?

I didn’t like the sound of what he was offering. “No, that’s–”

Before I could finish, webs of black swarmed toward me, circling my waist & tugging me off my feet. In a jerk, I flew through the air. My stomach remained behind, only to catch up so fast it ricocheted up my throat. #WIPSnips

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CONGRATS!!!!!!!

Congrats, Jade!!!

Close:

Another ding sounded as I headed to the bathroom. I unlocked my phone with my non-bleeding hand, & there he was. Front&center, a role he was destined to play. Droplets of water stuck to Vikram’s dark hair; fairy lights overhead illuminated them like they were specks of gold. A fitting crown.

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag October 26 - hat Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is black with stars with a light blue rectangle highlighted by a fuchsia line. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner

The #WIPSnips word for October 26th is "hat"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The #WIPSnips word for October 25th is "lottery"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

Closest I get:

"I never liked the look of blood. The idea of it inside my body was fine. But when it seeped outward, squeezing through the layers of skin, there was something about it that made me queasy. That spoke of more blood that could be spilled upon the ground in a violent river of red."

white hair boy stands next to girl with black braid on the roof of a cyberpunk city

METAL BONES, PLASTIC HEART
👩‍💻Lonely teenage hacker
🤖Mysterious android boy
❤️‍🔥Slow-burn romance
🩸Powerful mega-corporations
🌃A sprawling city
🔎Scavenger hunt for computer chips that hold answers about more than just a murder...
🎨: @kaelidem
#SciFiPit #SFPit #YA #CB #Q

🪨Nerdy rock collector
🏙️A society deep in the earth
✨Dream fueled magic
👾Ancient life-sucking monsters closing in
🫢All tangled around a terrible secret

#SFPit #YA #Contemp #Fantasy

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SO AWESOMEEEEEEEEEEE

I am so over-the-top excited to announce that I am now repped by @kiramwatson.bsky.social of Janklow & Nesbit!

Her editorial vision is perfect for what THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is and I am so delighted to have her as my partner in publishing!
#amagented #editors

I love how much you give to authors, even if its just a place for us to be like... we love our books!

Creatures of dark magic stalk the night, waiting for their time to rise.

#RevPit #YA #F #dualPOV

I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages

If you could only pick 2, when deciding on a sub, what would you choose?
*High concept story
*Voice
*Solid prose
*Sense of forward motion in the story

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR pitch

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR comps and tropes

MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR first page

The new Agent's Guide to
MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project.

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At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable.
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Reposting to celebrate that my book GUMIHO won third place in the horror/paranormal category at the PNWA writers contest! And it also now has Big 5 editor interest! ✨️

#amquerying #H #R

In the middle of reading this and I have to say, every word Anna uses is intentional. All of it reinforces the atmosphere of her book. This sweeping gothic, immersive vibe that feels somehow like a classic while, at the same time, new. #WritingCommunity #banshee

Red blood seeped through Dai's shirt. He sent out another coil of melium, catching the creature by the neck. But somehow the Alu retreated into itself and a new head formed further back on its spine. Dai #half-turned toward us, shouting something I couldn’t decipher through the shield. #WIPSnips

"The scene moved all around us and the pain in my mind unfurled with it, growing more insistent with every second that played out.

Pain. But more than pain.

Dread.

Deep gut wrenching dread like I was on the edge of a cliff and there was #nowhere to go but over. "

#WIPSNIPS

What tropes and similar story lines are you seeing a lot of in your inbox right now?

Heads up #MomsWritersClub friends! Our September writing sprint will take place on the 10th at 10am pac (1pm East)

DM me for the calendar and meeting link, or subscribe to the #MomsWritersClub substack to access the link!

#momswhowrite #parentwriters