Brianna Heath | Author
@briannahwrites.bsky.social
she/her | Queer, ND/disabled #author of Robbie McNeil's Hit List (Sourcebooks 2026) | Listening to BΔstille | 🥖 | 🚫 AI | Same name on ✖ & 📸 | Rep: @jennaschmenna.bsky.social | 💙📚
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And here she is!!! The cover for Robbie McNeil's Hit List!
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Contract signed, so I'm thrilled to announce my poem, "There are lonely things in the forest" will be coming out with @thedeadlands.com next year. i wrote it because I loved Mary Oliver's Wild Geese so much, so much that it hurt and it kinda spilt over.
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Contract signed, so I'm thrilled to announce my poem, "There are lonely things in the forest" will be coming out with @thedeadlands.com next year. i wrote it because I loved Mary Oliver's Wild Geese so much, so much that it hurt and it kinda spilt over.
Just an author trying to keep up with social media here, but hey!! I got my dream narrator for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! I'm thrilled to have Mara Wilson narrating and grateful to my pub team for making it happen!
It's available for pre-order wherever you get your audiobooks!
#WritingCommunity 📚💙
It's available for pre-order wherever you get your audiobooks!
#WritingCommunity 📚💙
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Just an author trying to keep up with social media here, but hey!! I got my dream narrator for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! I'm thrilled to have Mara Wilson narrating and grateful to my pub team for making it happen!
It's available for pre-order wherever you get your audiobooks!
#WritingCommunity 📚💙
It's available for pre-order wherever you get your audiobooks!
#WritingCommunity 📚💙
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Available now!! I’m so thrilled to share the audiobook of Less than Perfect with you today. You can listen now on Spotify, and all audiobook platforms! open.spotify.com/show/1yhs3TE...
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Available now!! I’m so thrilled to share the audiobook of Less than Perfect with you today. You can listen now on Spotify, and all audiobook platforms! open.spotify.com/show/1yhs3TE...
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Goal unlocked that I didn’t even know I had until it just happened: being on the same list as a client (@briannahwrites.bsky.social) 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Goal unlocked that I didn’t even know I had until it just happened: being on the same list as a client (@briannahwrites.bsky.social) 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I continue to be incapable of maintaining multiple social media platforms, but hi, I'm still alive and also I wrote a thing about some publishing struggle feels...
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Juggling and struggling
The publishing process vs the creative process
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November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I continue to be incapable of maintaining multiple social media platforms, but hi, I'm still alive and also I wrote a thing about some publishing struggle feels...
briannaheath.substack.com/p/juggling-a...
briannaheath.substack.com/p/juggling-a...
I'm very bad at having more than one social media, so I've neglected bsky over here, but popping up with my latest blog post!
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Asking total strangers to say nice things about you(r book)
Getting author blurbs: expectation vs reality
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October 16, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I'm very bad at having more than one social media, so I've neglected bsky over here, but popping up with my latest blog post!
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open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
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Get some expert eyes on your query letter and make the querying process less stressful! We're thrilled to offer a critique from @briannahwrites.bsky.social, author of spectacularly described “be gay, do crime” mystery romp ROBBIE MCNEIL’S HIT LIST!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Get some expert eyes on your query letter and make the querying process less stressful! We're thrilled to offer a critique from @briannahwrites.bsky.social, author of spectacularly described “be gay, do crime” mystery romp ROBBIE MCNEIL’S HIT LIST!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
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Querying friends! I had a revelation yesterday!
If you look at your QT Dashboard, it will tell you right there that your queries and submissions are “outstanding!”
See? You’re doing fantastic!
#AmQuerying
#AmWriting
#QueryTracker
#YouAreOutstanding
(Double meanings are fun!)
If you look at your QT Dashboard, it will tell you right there that your queries and submissions are “outstanding!”
See? You’re doing fantastic!
#AmQuerying
#AmWriting
#QueryTracker
#YouAreOutstanding
(Double meanings are fun!)
![A screenshot of the Query Tracker dashboard, zoomed in on two blue boxes on a pale blue and white background saying “Outstanding queries / 4 / [view]” and “Outstanding Submissions / 4 / [View]” respectively.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3ylcwwdrbat2cv7b5w6kep5k/bafkreib4hcu4jz6cdogshfk4gx2t2d4gckvlpzv7k5bvzxyuxmduvizq54@jpeg)
September 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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On writing multiple books before publishing
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#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
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#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
Debut novel vs first novel
Lessons learned writing 11 books before publishing 1
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September 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
On writing multiple books before publishing
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#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
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#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
New blog post up! Hoping this one is helpful for #AmQuerying folks. I break down the process I went through refining my query letter into the version that eventually got me an agent.
#WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity
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Dissecting my query blurb
Actual versions of my query & how it changed over time
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July 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
New blog post up! Hoping this one is helpful for #AmQuerying folks. I break down the process I went through refining my query letter into the version that eventually got me an agent.
#WritingCommunity
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
#WritingCommunity
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#WritingCommunity - don't miss SmallPitch!!
The #SmallPitch pitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!
Key reminders:
- Unagented writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript only
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are okay
- Check our website for full guidelines & FAQ
Key reminders:
- Unagented writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript only
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are okay
- Check our website for full guidelines & FAQ
#SmallPitch Submission Form
Please use this form to submit your pitch.
A few reminders:
You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript.
One pitch per form submission. Reload the form after submi...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
#WritingCommunity - don't miss SmallPitch!!
And here she is!!! The cover for Robbie McNeil's Hit List!
July 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
And here she is!!! The cover for Robbie McNeil's Hit List!
Pssst, the cover reveal for Robbie McNeil's Hit List is coming on Thursday! I'll crosspost later in the day, but you can follow me on IG to see it first!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
July 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Pssst, the cover reveal for Robbie McNeil's Hit List is coming on Thursday! I'll crosspost later in the day, but you can follow me on IG to see it first!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
Pssst, if you haven't pre-ordered Couples Session by SM Levine, now is a great time to go do that!
How is it possible that my second book comes out in just two weeks?? I’m so happy I get to share this story about a couples counselor who’s bad at relationships, and the silent cinnamon roll who never stopped loving her. #booksky
June 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Pssst, if you haven't pre-ordered Couples Session by SM Levine, now is a great time to go do that!
Nothing makes me feel quite so defeated as Talenti jar lids...
June 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Nothing makes me feel quite so defeated as Talenti jar lids...
Check out the website I made my fellow debut trade pub authors! We're still building out the site's catalog as release dates are finalized, covers revealed, & pre-orders opened, so check regularly as our list of books continues to grow!
2026debuts.com
2026debuts.com
June 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Check out the website I made my fellow debut trade pub authors! We're still building out the site's catalog as release dates are finalized, covers revealed, & pre-orders opened, so check regularly as our list of books continues to grow!
2026debuts.com
2026debuts.com
New post drop! Outlining isn't one-size-fits-all, and I have so many methods that I go through to find the one that fits each book!
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
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(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
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3 (and a half) strategies I use for outlining a book
Presented in increasing order of how unhinged I get
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June 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
New post drop! Outlining isn't one-size-fits-all, and I have so many methods that I go through to find the one that fits each book!
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
(Post available in both text and audio formats!)
open.substack.com/pub/briannah...
Me: I really should do my laundry. It feels like it's been a while.
The spider who's taken up residence in my washing machine: Excuse me, who the fuck are you???
The spider who's taken up residence in my washing machine: Excuse me, who the fuck are you???
June 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Me: I really should do my laundry. It feels like it's been a while.
The spider who's taken up residence in my washing machine: Excuse me, who the fuck are you???
The spider who's taken up residence in my washing machine: Excuse me, who the fuck are you???
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Being delighted and entertained by my own writing never gets old. I know the goal is to write something other readers will enjoy, but I am always the target audience and I love this book.
June 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Being delighted and entertained by my own writing never gets old. I know the goal is to write something other readers will enjoy, but I am always the target audience and I love this book.
Me over here making notes on my blurb request spreadsheet 👀👀👀 (This is a super helpful post that makes the process seem way less daunting!)
June 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Me over here making notes on my blurb request spreadsheet 👀👀👀 (This is a super helpful post that makes the process seem way less daunting!)
A fantasy where all the sources of magical power in the world were being depleted and one girl could create power from nothing and needed to, obviously, save the world. (Actually 1 other person had her power, so I made them friends and then killed off that character. For the angst. As you do.)
so, to the writers... what was the terrible novel you wrote at 14? Mine was about a redhaired freedom fighter called Eleanor Sunstripe
June 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
A fantasy where all the sources of magical power in the world were being depleted and one girl could create power from nothing and needed to, obviously, save the world. (Actually 1 other person had her power, so I made them friends and then killed off that character. For the angst. As you do.)
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Help a gal and add BRIGHT CITY, SHATTERED to your want-to-read shelf on Goodreads! It's free and will make my day ❤️
Bright City, Shattered
Reine just started her job as head of security at Clean…
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June 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Help a gal and add BRIGHT CITY, SHATTERED to your want-to-read shelf on Goodreads! It's free and will make my day ❤️
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New post about the long and winding journey my book went through for its final title! It's been quite the adventure for my little change-averse heart 😅 But I am learning not to put too much pressure on myself to come up with perfect titles for new WIPs.
The Evolution of a Book Title
A tale of jokes, ethics exams, March Madness brackets, and… aliens?
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June 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
New post about the long and winding journey my book went through for its final title! It's been quite the adventure for my little change-averse heart 😅 But I am learning not to put too much pressure on myself to come up with perfect titles for new WIPs.