Michelle Sanchez is AGENTED!

My YA Gothic horror that's Poe+Mexican Gothic+Puerto Rico is NOT on sub yet but I won't announce when it goes live...

So #editors who want CASA DEL DEMONIO (aka House of Hunger) in your inbox this spooky season, let me or Rena Rossner know by using the ultra secret password "I'm hungry for hearts!"

I'm thrilled to finally share my custom character art by
@joleanart.bsky.social

She did a beautiful job bringing Cora and Duke Lugo to life while capturing the atmosphere and tension of my Gothic horror story.

I can't wait to share Casa del Demonio/House of Hunger with editors soon! 🖤🖤🖤

FOURTH WING + SCORPIO RACES
Catia steals her best friends place in the elite riding academy training to escape her future, only to become bonded with the same water war horse as the boy from her past she hates.

#draftingpit #ya #f #r

I finally received a rough sketch of my commissioned characters and I am BEYOND EXCITED to SEE Cora and Duke Lugo brought to life as art!!! 👀

Also, my agent said she'll be sending me her thoughts on my massive HOH revisions next week. 🤞🤞

I can't wait to share this story with editors!❤️❤️❤️

You're famous, Mel!!! ;)

Information on YMWJ Podcast episode 12.

With 12 days left until Season 2 of the @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social , it’s a great time to highlight our 1st 12 episodes! Here we go!🥁

Episode 12 w/ @sanchezmm.bsky.social where we discuss advocating for and believing in ourselves! #writingcommunity

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MEXICAN GOTHIC+POE+PUERTO RICO
Dear Diary,
Grandfather is away, Isabel is ill, and I found A BOX OF HEARTS UNDER THE STUDY FLOOR! The strange voice is telling me to feed them blood. My blood!
I can't.
I won't.
I'm not losing my mind. I'm not losing my-
HELP ME!
#questpit #AG #YA #H

Great article! Especially that last line, "negativity thrives in isolation" ❤️

YES!!! Plus maybe some carnivorous plants!?!? I'm here for it! Especially when someone tries to tell us NO!!!😂

You SHOULD write a book with someone as interested and experienced with flowers and plants as you are! I'd love to read it! I think writing about something you have experience in/with can lend such an authenticity to the work!

PODCAST EPISODE:
If you want to hear tips on how you can be your best advocate in publishing, and hear me spill the tea on my querying journey and vague period, you'll enjoy my conversation with @drenderturmaud.bsky.social on the @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social

This is such an eyecatching and powerful poster, Mel! I think it's my favorite of all the graphics you've created! Stunning!!

MEXICAN GOTHIC + POE + PUERTO RICO

Dear readers,
I invite you into a lush, atmospheric, and propulsive tale of love and obsession that tests how far Cora will go to keep her grandfather's box of hearts fed while concealing the truth about herself and Casa del Demonio.
#posterpit #posterpita #YA #H

MEXICAN GOTHIC + EDGAR ALLAN POE + PUERTO RICO

ONE box of human hearts hungry for blood
TWO men eager to steal Cora's heart
THREE dead bodies found missing their hearts

Ba-boom. Ba-boom. Ba-boom.

ON SUB SOON!

#posterpit #posterpitos #editors #ya #gothic #horror

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GIVEAWAY and podcast early release opportunity!!! See the post below! 👇👇 @sanchezmm.bsky.social

Fabulous prose!!! I also love that purple is your signature color for this story!💜

FOURTH WING x SCORPIO RACES
"I wince at the searing path it trails down my throat, but when the alcohol forces the knots in my neck to loosen, the restless thing inside me finally stops hammering against my mental walls."
#1stlinepit #ya #romantasy #wip #agented

Love this! Also love the term "finfolk"!

So so good, Jenn!😍

"Edgar Quarles is an insufferable and selfish old man."

This is the first line from handsome and mysterious Duke Lugo in my dual POV Gothic horror novel, HOUSE OF HUNGER.
#1stlinepit #agented #gothic #ya #horror

Who remembers my FAKE PM DEAL #unhingedpit tweet from last year? The story of my hearts is #agented and being revised for sub to #editors soon!

Give me a❤️if you're hungry for #YA #Gothic #horror about a teen who becomes the reluctant caretaker of her grandfather's box of bloodthirsty hearts.

yayyyy!!! That's great!

My Biggest Hurdle While Querying I started writing this blog post months ago, but I honestly couldn’t share it at that point because I was still in the midst of querying and feeling all of the emotions.  Someday when I have t…

🔊New Post: My Biggest Hurdle While Querying

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#WritingCommunity #Amquerying

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That's fabulous!!! Congratulations, Charlotte!🎉

I think it's so helpful for querying (and on submission) authors to hear this side of the story too! It can take so much time and hard work! Thanks for sharing this! I followed you on X and I find your journey inspiring!

Love this, Joy!