Author James Schannep
@jamesschannep.bsky.social
An author, more or less. Approximately 3% famous.
Creator of the Click Your Poison interactive gamebook series
Currently seeking new representation
#writer #gamebook #clickyourpoison
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Creator of the Click Your Poison interactive gamebook series
Currently seeking new representation
#writer #gamebook #clickyourpoison
linktr.ee/schannep
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Books I'm #querying, a 🧵
(a bit about me: my previous agent, Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass, changed careers and I'm now seeking new rep. Writer of teen & adult Sci-Fi, contemporary, dystopian, interactive fiction, and some horror)
(a bit about me: my previous agent, Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass, changed careers and I'm now seeking new rep. Writer of teen & adult Sci-Fi, contemporary, dystopian, interactive fiction, and some horror)
Books I'm #querying, a 🧵
(a bit about me: my previous agent, Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass, changed careers and I'm now seeking new rep. Writer of teen & adult Sci-Fi, contemporary, dystopian, interactive fiction, and some horror)
(a bit about me: my previous agent, Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass, changed careers and I'm now seeking new rep. Writer of teen & adult Sci-Fi, contemporary, dystopian, interactive fiction, and some horror)
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Books I'm #querying, a 🧵
(a bit about me: my previous agent, Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass, changed careers and I'm now seeking new rep. Writer of teen & adult Sci-Fi, contemporary, dystopian, interactive fiction, and some horror)
(a bit about me: my previous agent, Kesia Lupo @ Donald Maass, changed careers and I'm now seeking new rep. Writer of teen & adult Sci-Fi, contemporary, dystopian, interactive fiction, and some horror)
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
Reposted by Author James Schannep
I remember reading your excerpt on the Bath website! Loved it!
November 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I remember reading your excerpt on the Bath website! Loved it!
Reposted by Author James Schannep
I can't help but imagine marching forward with my fellow writers into the fray, hoping against hope, even as the soldier to my left takes a random musket round and the rest of us carry on in formation.
#querying
#querying
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I can't help but imagine marching forward with my fellow writers into the fray, hoping against hope, even as the soldier to my left takes a random musket round and the rest of us carry on in formation.
#querying
#querying
It's SAD season again. If it hits you like it does me, daylight lamps do help!
#daylightsavings
#daylightsavings
a full moon rises over the ocean with a rocky cliff in the foreground
ALT: a full moon rises over the ocean with a rocky cliff in the foreground
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November 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's SAD season again. If it hits you like it does me, daylight lamps do help!
#daylightsavings
#daylightsavings
Reposted by Author James Schannep
🐟FROM THE SEA FRET🐟
Callum Point moves to the dead-end town of Perne to scrape together a new life. He’s hoping to get what he always wanted; peace. Unfortunately, what greets him is a place rife with secrecy, conspiracy and creatures beyond comprehension.
#GhostPit #A #H #Q #LGBT #OWN
Callum Point moves to the dead-end town of Perne to scrape together a new life. He’s hoping to get what he always wanted; peace. Unfortunately, what greets him is a place rife with secrecy, conspiracy and creatures beyond comprehension.
#GhostPit #A #H #Q #LGBT #OWN
October 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reposted by Author James Schannep
ALL FOURS x THE WEDDING PEOPLE
THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching perfectly good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But there's no breaking the cursed pattern until Lainey summons her first love—the man who whispered she was too much, too little and never enough. #GhostPit #Q #A #UP
THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching perfectly good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But there's no breaking the cursed pattern until Lainey summons her first love—the man who whispered she was too much, too little and never enough. #GhostPit #Q #A #UP
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Reposted by Author James Schannep
BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE
Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.
#GhostPit #A #DS #SF #W
Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.
#GhostPit #A #DS #SF #W
October 30, 2025 at 6:56 AM
SELF/ISH has Big 5 editor pit interest! (querying)🚨
"HANNAH (16) is eager to escape her dull and dusty life in Central Texas, but when a dead-ringer lookalike comes to take her life, she must confront her inner demons if she hopes to drive off the cryptid." #PitDark #Spec #YA
"HANNAH (16) is eager to escape her dull and dusty life in Central Texas, but when a dead-ringer lookalike comes to take her life, she must confront her inner demons if she hopes to drive off the cryptid." #PitDark #Spec #YA
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
SELF/ISH promises $1 million to the first "twin strangers." This could be Hannah's ticket out of poverty, but the contest is rigged to be impossible. Until Hannah gets that perfect match! Does she really have a long-lost twin? Or is the truth more mind-bending? #PitDark #YA #SPEC
October 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Always a pleasure to see my classic novel, [Book Title], resonating with fans of the *checks notes* ...Lovechildren Saga?
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Always a pleasure to see my classic novel, [Book Title], resonating with fans of the *checks notes* ...Lovechildren Saga?
Taking a break from the #querytrenches to submit to some novel competitions! (which was how I got my first agent)
Any I should put on my radar?
Just submitted to the Caledonia Novel Award and will be sending to the Bath Novel Awards next month.
Wish me luck!
Any I should put on my radar?
Just submitted to the Caledonia Novel Award and will be sending to the Bath Novel Awards next month.
Wish me luck!
October 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Taking a break from the #querytrenches to submit to some novel competitions! (which was how I got my first agent)
Any I should put on my radar?
Just submitted to the Caledonia Novel Award and will be sending to the Bath Novel Awards next month.
Wish me luck!
Any I should put on my radar?
Just submitted to the Caledonia Novel Award and will be sending to the Bath Novel Awards next month.
Wish me luck!
This question really bugs entomologists.
What's the difference between an entomologist and an etymologist?
The etymologist knows.
The etymologist knows.
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This question really bugs entomologists.
Today marks 100 days since I had to start seeking new representation. #QueryTrenches by the numbers:
Referrals: 15
Pitch event "likes": 5
Cold queries: 39
Rejections (all categories): 24
Awaiting reply: 32
Agents currently reading: 3
Oldest query: 100 days
Newest query: 7 days
Referrals: 15
Pitch event "likes": 5
Cold queries: 39
Rejections (all categories): 24
Awaiting reply: 32
Agents currently reading: 3
Oldest query: 100 days
Newest query: 7 days
September 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Today marks 100 days since I had to start seeking new representation. #QueryTrenches by the numbers:
Referrals: 15
Pitch event "likes": 5
Cold queries: 39
Rejections (all categories): 24
Awaiting reply: 32
Agents currently reading: 3
Oldest query: 100 days
Newest query: 7 days
Referrals: 15
Pitch event "likes": 5
Cold queries: 39
Rejections (all categories): 24
Awaiting reply: 32
Agents currently reading: 3
Oldest query: 100 days
Newest query: 7 days
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
Imagine if the Great Gray Owl struck the same sense of awe as the Great White Shark.
I don't paraglide. I'm afraid of Great Grays.
Or
What do people expect when they're swooped away in the woods at night? That's *their* habitat.
I don't paraglide. I'm afraid of Great Grays.
Or
What do people expect when they're swooped away in the woods at night? That's *their* habitat.
September 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Imagine if the Great Gray Owl struck the same sense of awe as the Great White Shark.
I don't paraglide. I'm afraid of Great Grays.
Or
What do people expect when they're swooped away in the woods at night? That's *their* habitat.
I don't paraglide. I'm afraid of Great Grays.
Or
What do people expect when they're swooped away in the woods at night? That's *their* habitat.