Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈

This sounds great 👀

The #revpit sub window opens TOMORROW, so let's take a look at what's ahead.

This year (our 10th!), we have 16 participating editors, which means:

GRAND PRIZE:
16 free developmental edits

RUNNERS-UP PRIZE:
16 free 1-on-1 coaching sessions with Jennifer Conoley of @thececoaches.bsky.social

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Sure

Seconded

Hi #RevPit!

Do you have an agent’s guide or an aesthetic? I’d love to see it 👀

Yes please 🥺 I love queer horror

Quietly 👀

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Just so you know, this is me every time I find something really good in my inbox

This art is soooo cute

I CANNOT wait to see what all you #writers have in store for the #RevPit Annual Contest!!!! 👀

Feel free to QT or drop teasers, mood boards, etc. below…

#writingcommunity #WriterSky #amquerying

Exactly 🙂

If there's anything you're unsure about, feel free to ask me. I'm happy to clarify things on my list

"Being uncomfortable" and having a trigger are very different things and I encourage people to look into why. If something is on my list of absolute no's, do not send it to me.

Thanks

This Thursday!

It opens on my birthday! So you’re sending me a lot of great stuff to read, right? 😉 #RevPit

No auto rejects, but I’m less likely to be interested in something with vampires or werewolves unless they’re realllllly different from the norm

Yes! I’m picky about paranormal, but love a good ghost story. And crochet is so fun

If it’s accessible, yes!

An ending can be bittersweet, or a bit ambiguous, as long as there’s a hopeful undertone and things feel (mostly) resolved. But that’s also something we can work on in revisions

Curious... would it be helpful to write a blog post about how I go through queries/submissions? 🤔

I would love a MG or YA set in fandom. Fanfiction, conventions, etc. the same vibe as Turning Red, where kids feel like kids with their obsessions #MSWL

It would depend on how and the context... I'd just ask for a warning in the query letter. I'd rather be spoiled than surprised

WRITERS!! I will be closing to queries on 3/12 (my birthday!!)

I won't reopen again until April, so if you'd like to query me, please get it in before then! #amquerying

querytracker.net/query/Madely...

Within my listed genres! I’m not a good fit for contemporary pieces

I like upmarket speculative! Sounds interesting to me

1) Yes 2) For the annual contest specifically, since we're under time constraints, I'm more likely to choose something under 100k 3) No set limit, it all depends on the writing and voice

Fae as a species in the overarching world is fine. I'm mostly not into fae romance

Social/political commentary in every genre is welcome!

Rune Factory 2 is my guilty pleasure. But I also love Stardew Valley and Cozy Grove

Sicilian could be interesting. I like fairytale retellings if they're unique. I don't have a preference between first and third POV. It depends on the voice

That should be fine. I just ask for a warning in the query letter