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It’s Jess
@jesselliott.bsky.social
Clawing through the query trenches rn
TikTok: jesselliott92
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The hardest part of the writing process isn’t completing a 90k word manuscript, or edits, or plotting. It’s definitely writing 250 words for a query letter that doesn’t sound totally insane.
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Just received another full manuscript request. After the amount of rejections I've gotten, this feels like some cruel prank :,)
October 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Me: I’m so tired.
Husband: Maybe stop staying up all night to read…
Me: And why would I do that?
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Every time I think I've numbed myself to the process, I receive another #query rejection form & am reminded that I am in fact a big, fat baby. #querying #amquerying
October 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Where would one find an alpha reader for a #Romantasy rooted in Appalachian folklore w the family bonds of Practical Magic, slow-burn tension of Kristen Ciccarelli’s The Heartless Hunter & the weight of expectation in Tyler Childers’ “Nose on the Grindstone.” Finding beta readers is impossible! #WIP
October 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I was impatient before I started #querying. One full manuscript request later and I am going clinically insane.
#amquerying #querytrenches
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Telling myself that this full manuscript request will be validation enough even if it gets rejected and this manuscript dies in the trenches. #amquerying #romantasy #debutauthor
October 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
That feeling when your #WIP starts really flowing.
a man applauds with the words " i did it " behind him
ALT: a man applauds with the words " i did it " behind him
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October 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hi, I’m Jess! I wrote a book. Not the cocktail menu in my hands—a legit book. A Romantasy with a modern world FMC navigating a different realm, political drama, and torn between two swoon-worthy men. If you’ve ever muttered “I would’ve said this” or “done that” while reading: this one’s for you 🖤
October 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Where are all the fans of Romantasy interested in becoming a beta reader? Asking for a friend who looks a lot like me.
#romantasy #debutauthor
August 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
#questpit #rf #q
What do we want? Femme rage!
What’re we getting? Femme rage!

(Also some emotional crash-outs, a tragic love-triangle, and mommy/daddy issues—OBVIOUSLY.)

*For the girlies who don’t want to walk away emotionally unscathed.
August 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#questpit #rf #q
POV: you ordered grumpy/sunshine.
You got: sarcastic, sleep-deprived, itching for the chance to poke the patriarchy in the eye…and maybe burn a few kingdoms along the way.

POV: You ordered broody hardass.
You got broody harass.
Plus a side of a gooey emotional center.
August 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
#questpit #rf #q
If Fleabag couldn’t choose between Geralt of Rivia and Colin Bridgerton—after accidentally becoming the heir to a murdered goddess—her name would be Rosaline Everlight.
Sarcastic. Sleep deprived.
Motive to burn the kingdom to ash: loading.
August 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
#questpit #RF Killed the rebel queen. Crushed the uprising. Erased her bloodline. They just missed one tiny thing:
The hidden away daughter.
The one that just arrived.
Call evil HR.
Someone’s getting fired.
August 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM