Kaitlynn McShea-Jones
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Kaitlynn McShea-Jones
@kamcshea.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in English Literature, writer, playwright, and lover of all things Irish drama 🤍💚
A little more information about my WIP! As I work on my final revisions before querying COUNTY CRUSH, I am going to start introducing it here! COUNTY CRUSH is a YA Urban Fantasy, showing where Greek mythology and Midwest folklore intersect.

#wip #yafantasy #amquerying #amrevising
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
From my YA Fantasy, COUNTY CRUSH. Elaine’s family has a weird obsession with the county fair. What happens when the rules change?

“The summer has more to offer than our little county fair, and for once, we want to do other things than play games and watch you study. Does that make sense?”
#WIPsnips
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Things that inspired me to write during the month of October! 🍁🤍
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Raised in a devout Catholic home, Rachel breaks one of the Church’s most unforgivable rules and spends her life trying to make peace with it. THE SACRAMENTS is a literary story of faith, forgiveness, and what endures after shame.
#DVpit #LitFic #FaithFiction #historicalfiction #writingcommunity
October 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Reposted by Kaitlynn McShea-Jones
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October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rachel’s faith fractures under the weight of her family’s secrets. Spanning 1960s-80s, THE SACRAMENTS explores trauma, redemption, and the quiet grace that remains when belief fades.
#DVpit #LitFic #FaithFiction #historicalfiction
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Day #2 of THE SACRAMENTS:

I love reading about faith. Two great examples are PORTRAIT and GILEAD. For Joyce, Catholicism was an inescapable shadow. For Robinson, faith is luminous and sustaining. In THE SACRAMENTS, Rachel Thomas lives at that same intersection: between ritual and rupture.
October 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This October, I’ll be sharing glimpses of my historical fiction novel, THE SACRAMENTS. Set in mid-America from the 1960s–1980s, THE SACRAMENTS follows Rachel Thomas through decades of ritual, family, faith, and memory. Follow along to learn more!
October 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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I’m a playwright and an aspiring novelist. I am currently querying my adult historical fiction novel, THE SACRAMENTS. I am revising my YA fantasy, THE COUNTY CRUSH.

I’d love to connect with other writers!

#historicalfiction #literaryfiction #amquerying #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #YAfantasy
September 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM