K. L. Geer | Speculative Author

One of my very good friends got a full request and follow up scheduling The Call within two weeks of querying. She sent exactly ONE query, ever, and that was it. My joyous envy overfloweth!

She needs to sell merch at this point 😂

#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

I think it’s this one for me. It gives so much information, too! 🤯

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A still of an anime. (Is this __? viral meme.) A white man with short black hair looks pleased, gesturing at a picture of a raven. Caption reads: Chloe: Is this a boyfriend?

Viral meme of rapper Drake. Top picture he has his hand up, cringing away from the text, which reads, “Confront your husband about his drinking and plate-throwing problem.” Bottom picture he close-lip smiles with closed eyes, pleased, pointing to the text, which reads, “Go to bed and lucid dream to escape into imagination.”

Viral meme of Steve Harvey juxtaposed with himself. Left, he is laughing uproariously and right, he presses his knuckles to his mouth and appears highly concerned. Caption reads: “When you finally escape the doorless room full of spiders but find a woman who’s either sleeping or dead and a dude you think was your lover in a past life”

Viral “Do it Kermit” meme. Muppet Kermit the Frog faces a version of himself wearing a black hood, mouth slightly open. The caption reads: Brain: flirt with scary raven man Chloe: I can’t flirt with Yuta, I’m married! Brain: ur asleep, he’s a figment of ur imagination Chloe: It feels too real to be just a dream Brain: ur husband sucks Brain: he’s abusive Brain: raven man say nice word

Ever wish you could punch your ex in his smug mouth? Not worth jail time (or contact)? Live vicariously!

Jake (fkboi name): alcoholic representing the cycle of abuse
Chloe: ever-hopeful wilted flower who learns to trust herself (and load a punch like a bullet)

Yuta: 🥵🐦‍⬛💁🏻‍♂️

#UnhingedPit #A #H #R #F

Sausage Dog's Book Review of To Ruin the Sky⚡️
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*itches leg* woof woof *sniff*
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Translation: Excellent Urban Romantasy with supernatural beings, a potential apocalypse, banter & tatted MMC. Would recommend

#UnhingedPit #Q #NA #RF

A collage of photos: a classic red Vermont farmhouse in autumn, with a low stone wall in the foreground; the title of the novel, “This Ends Now”; a dark-haired woman floating face upwards in water, surrounded by white flowers, her eyes open; a blazing bonfire at nightfall; an old map showing a portion of Northern Vermont, the book’s setting; the interior of Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library, showing a Gothic cathedral-like entrance with a phrase from the novel superimposed, stating: “Not all safety is safe. Sometimes the world is being kept safe from you.”; a man’s hand clasping a woman’s hand showing her wedding ring, with a snow-covered fir tree in the background.

The pitch for the book “This Ends Now”: A serial husband-ditcher must confront her toxic first love who wrote her escape-artist playbook before she can finally embrace herself within the relationship she deserves. These words are superimposed upon a picture of a woman with dark hair in quarter-profile, looking out a window. Light from the window illuminates what we see of her profile. There is a dream-like quality to the image, as if the woman is caught in deep thought.

A collage of three book covers which are presented as comparative titles to This Ends Now: “The Paper Palace,” by Miranda Cowley Heller; “The Wedding People,” by Alison Espach; and “Sandwich,” by Catherine Newman.

THIS ENDS NOW: Matrimonial escape artist Lainey is finally ready to stop running from good men. But first she must disarm her brilliant, merciless ex who programmed her to bolt from love—and whose poisonous ghost still sabotages her every chance at happiness. #A #WF #Q #QuestPit

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

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🎶

Oh look, 3/4 of my personality 🖤😈

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

A glimpse into Mateo's Burnie Cake recipe
(Sweeney Todd vs. Bunny vs. your neighborhood baker)
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#writers #WritingCommunity

Jack and Rose share a brain cell in this gender-swapped version of Titanic, where both of them actually want the boat to sink if it means they don't have to sail around the world together.

Who needs an iceberg when you have a high-stakes boat race and awful families?
#na #r #cr #q #unhingedpit

A Shrek meme where an employee is asked if they are feeling degraded or depressed by Shrek. The potion company employee says: “Uhh, kind of? We don’t even have . . .” The word “dental” has been intentionally left from the end of the quote.

A Shrek screenshot says “They don’t even have an evil, magical pharmaceutical company to take down” This replaces the meme content “they don’t even have dental” which jokes that a book should include an evil pharmaceutical company to take down.

A Shrek screenshot says “They don’t even have chronic illness rep” This replaces the meme content “they don’t even have dental” which jokes that a book should include chronic illness rep

A Shrek screenshot says “They don’t even have a snarky familiar” This replaces the meme content “they don’t even have dental” which jokes that a book should include a snarky familiar

An evil potion company with no health benefits? Sounds familiar 👀

My adult cozy fantasy novel POTIONS UNINCORPORATED 🤝 Shrek Memes

#TheyDontEvenHaveDental #UnhingedPit #Q #A #F #R #amquerying #writesky #writingcommunity

Oh, right. The prodigy. The prodigy of the dragons, the dragon prodigy chosen especially to mentor an anxious healer who accidentally bonded with a dragon, the anxious healer’s dragon prodigy…

That prodigy?

(Drew this with 8% battery left)

#UnhingedPit #NA #Romantasy #OS

My favorite trope is Man Who “Doesn’t Feel” Learns to Love™️

Trope map for the character Sloane with listings like: “paleontologist (no, really)”, “quirky collector”, “mommy issues”, “did I just join a cult for a dude?”, “0% tolerance for bullshit” and “100% traumatized”

WWYD: I (20f) moved to a new town and met a guy. He asked me on a date to the nearby woods and it was ok except his friend went missing. He’s acting weird about it and I think I’m seeing her ghost. Do I go on another date with him tonight? (He’s hot btw.)

#UnhingedPit #H #AG #NA

The cartoon "everyone putting their hands in" meme with Goodfellas, Crime and Punishment, Jade City, Chicago, and Love Lies Bleeding. Beanie's WIP joins last and gets stared at angrily by everyone else

Fuck it, just toss a bunch of period crime dramas into a blender, make it gay and low fantasy, and see what happens

#unhingedpit #a #f #t #w

Dreams No Mortals dare is genre and mind bending, and worth the read.

Unhinged Comps:
🐦‍⬛ Goth “Alice in Wonderland” with a HEA.
🐦‍⬛ The Nevermore trilogy by Kelly Creagh (but make it #A)
🐦‍⬛ Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher (less scary, more smoochy)

Pitch inspo: 90s cereal ads🥣

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#unhingedPit 😂 #agented

Thank you! 🫶🏻

An excerpt from my manuscript I #AmQuerying, DREAMS NO MORTALS DARE. Chloe Douglas escapes the nightmare of her life through lucid dreaming. In her dreams, she is in complete control—until a stranger cloaked in raven feathers intrudes on her utopia.

#BookSky #WIPSnips #Horror #Romance #SpecLit

Poe-approved excerpt from my manuscript I #AmQuerying, Dreams No Mortals Dare. 😈

A Twitter post from March 10, 2022 by Matthew (@CrowsFault). The text body reads: “People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.”

My Poe-inspired horror romance revolves around hope: the ephemeral and gossamer, and the kind with bloody knuckles.

Chloe has built a life from the crumbs of circumstance, and now it’s dissolving. Without hope, she can’t persist. So what happens when hope is gone?
#BookSky #SpecLit #AmQuerying

Finished edits on my Poe-inspired story, sent out my first queries. There’s already been some interest, so I’m crossing my fingers AND toes for this one! 🤞🏻

I truly love this book, it’s so dear to my heart. Using a fantasy world to parallel and confront an abusive marriage healed a deep wound in me.

Sent out the last of my queries for Thorn of Queens/UTVD before it’s shelved. It’s bittersweet. Of about 50 queries, I’ve had two full requests that ultimately passed, but I feel proud of the first book I’ve ever written.

Work on my Poe-inspired ms is going well! Finishing the first dev. edit soon.

35k words down in the first draft of my psych horror Poe-inspired romantasy!

20 open queries for my enemies-to-lovers romantasy where a skilled gardener must make a life-or-death fae bargain to grow a magic plant in a barren wasteland.

Drafting is a good distraction during the waiting 🫶

You don’t have to worry about anyone attempting to write this story, because only the original author could possibly be this amazing

I, too am a SAHM and supported by my spouse! Without the ability to stay home, I never would have started writing.

I was deep in the midst of a dream where I received an R&R request, on the cusp of reading the secret of How To Fix My MS™️ when my baby woke up from his nap and I was ripped from the dream by force. 💀

What if it was prophetic?! 😭
#writingcommunity #querying #authors #writing

Thank you! Glad to be here, but still getting used to navigation.

This is a sick cover! It’s evocative of old school fantasy. 🫶