Bri Maresh

As of October 16th, the QT request rate is down to 4.2%. Down four tenths of a percent since June.

I love using the 3 Act Structure because it's an easy formula. Specifically, I follow K. M. Weiland's suggestion for structuring scenes because I like it best: www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/secrets-stor...

InCOMParable - Master Your Comp Titles A new way to use comps to control the conversation around your book. Interactive workshopping, focused classes, and nostalgic 2000s quiz.

Comp titles are so hard!

Stuck in research and panic?

We can help.

📖Day One: Live Class with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer
📝Day Two: Workshop Comps with fellow writers + agent guests
📚Day Three: Comp Title Feedback Panel with Agent John Cusick (he's amazing!)

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Undated "Hills Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska," oil on canvas by Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin (1895-1986). Via Bonhams. #alaskahistory #alaska

Fat Bear Week 2025 Fat Bear Week 2025

Don't forget to vote! Fat Bear Week matches 5 & 6.: explore.org/fat-bear-wee...

I also read and enjoy a lot of horror in general though 🥰

80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal

To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...

I'll admit, I really enjoyed this one - the abrupt horror/thriller pivot delighted me. but I could see how it wouldn't speak to everyone.

It’s such an easy community to stay positive in - we’re all working hard toward the same goal 🥰 but also I know so many of the other writers now, it’s a lot less scary! 🫣

No matter how painful, always speak the truth and stand up for what’s right.

That’s “punk.”

I always love the @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social classes - tonight's class on hooks had so much good information in it! Really glad to see so many other Alaskans in the chat, too! What a great night :)

There's a lot I could say about my grandmother. The important part is, she always seemed to genuinely like me. Even though I wasn't an affectionate kid, and I was cross-eyed, and I loved books more than people.

She didn't mind. I think she liked books better than most people, too.

The last thing my grandmother wanted was to go home. Transportation from the hospital had been arranged, but she died first. In the hospital, where she didn't want to be.

Her ashes were picked up today, and tomorrow, she finally gets to go home. Not the way she wanted. But home, nonetheless.

It came to my attention today that spooky season is right around the corner. For deep chills and never trusting a darkened window again, check out Straw Girl! books2read.com/u/3JB1zK

Going to do a reading October TBD at the Shapleigh library. Maybe have some flickering lights. 😈👻

It's not a career. It's not a calling. It's a terminal hobby. You will die doing this. Become a writer.

Today started with one coffee cup breaking, pouring the coffee into a second cup, and then that one also immediately breaking. Different cup styles/brands. Said to heck with it, had an energy drink, but y'all. The tears I am crying inside right now. #firstdayofschool #welcomebackteachers #coffeefail

The largest Ukrainian flag in the world is on its way to Anchorage and we need your help to set it up! 1:30 pm | Park Strip (H Street) | Friday afternoon.

#AlaskaStandsWithUkraine #SlavaUkraine #AlaskaVisit

Glacier Outburst Floods: Mendenhall Glacier Every year since 2011, Juneau, Alaska, has been impacted by a unique type of flood that can only occur near places with glaciers.

If you're a storymap kind of person, here's one that nicely explains what's happening & why with the glacial lake outburst flooding now underway on the Mendenhall River near Juneau. #akwx #ClimateChange #Flood #Glacier @spiraledu.bsky.social @alaska.bsky.social

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Love the Lupine! 😍

Bullied a friend into joining me for the @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social summer workshop and I am beyond excited for it to start! Also for school, which ALSO start, also tomorrow!

...good thing I like to stay busy!

Ooh, that's legitimate. I always go back to Janet Reid's advice, honestly - I know it's old school but to me, it's classic for a reason. It's direct, specific, and snappy.

YouTube video by Brigid Barry Straw Girl EVP 3

The EVPs (electronic voice phenomena) featured in Straw Girl are based on very real investigations. Sometimes the spirits have a sense of humor.

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#horror #paranormal #hauntedhouse

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I'm doing the same - sent a few queries, didn't pan out, -- now to rework and try again. I hope it goes well for you!!

I am forever perplexed at how you are not on MORE people's favorite authors list. I know some of it was odd timing what with the world, you're so transparent about how things have played out, but... estranged besties, college-at-sea, and murder!? Like, yes! Murder, catacomb, and cults!? Awed.

Oooh this is one of my favorite authors, and her most recent book -- it's really fun! If you haven't read it, now is the time!!

Hey, writer friends, did I ask if any of y'all are also attending #DragonCon this year?

Writing Tip:
No matter how much you edit something, eventually you have to stop and send it off. That's the scary part. It's like sending your kid off to college. You don't know if it's going to turn out well, but you've prepared them the best you can. Be confident.
#writing #writingtips #Booksky

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Reading used to be my escape from the noise—of people, places, the world.

Now I write the kind of stories I once needed—dark, gritty, and unforgiving.

If you’re a writer, don’t chase approval. Write what cuts you open first.

#AuthorSky #BookSky

Novelty edits: written in skywriting or done on an etch-a-sketch. Arrive on the inside of a coffee cup, you have to add creamer to access…. 🤣🤣