Kayla Herrera is ✨querying✨
@kaylaherrera.bsky.social
YA fantasy author of debut romantasy retelling of Pinocchio 🖤
proud Latina 🇲🇽
Prefers rainy days and dark castle corridors ⛈️
Columbia Publishing Course alum '21 📖
proud Latina 🇲🇽
Prefers rainy days and dark castle corridors ⛈️
Columbia Publishing Course alum '21 📖
Pinned
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF
In a kingdom obsessed with vanity magic, 16yo Princess Zella longs to escape her woodgrain scars and iron joints. With only weeks before the curse turns her to petrified wood, a wish on a rare Starlune moth may be her last hope—but it could also cost her the boy she loves.
In a kingdom obsessed with vanity magic, 16yo Princess Zella longs to escape her woodgrain scars and iron joints. With only weeks before the curse turns her to petrified wood, a wish on a rare Starlune moth may be her last hope—but it could also cost her the boy she loves.
January 31, 2026 at 7:20 PM
thank you! 💖
January 31, 2026 at 6:26 PM
thank you! 💖
Thanks, you too! ☺️
January 31, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Thanks, you too! ☺️
Reposted by Kayla Herrera is ✨querying✨
A priestess must break her vows to stop her eldest sister from powering the throne with the blood of street serpents from the slums. To save her youngest sister, she ensnares a war-hardened prince, and triggers a bloodline war.
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #EF #MorallyGrey #SisterRivalry
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #EF #MorallyGrey #SisterRivalry
January 31, 2026 at 1:01 PM
A priestess must break her vows to stop her eldest sister from powering the throne with the blood of street serpents from the slums. To save her youngest sister, she ensnares a war-hardened prince, and triggers a bloodline war.
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #EF #MorallyGrey #SisterRivalry
#QuestPit #Q #A #F #EF #MorallyGrey #SisterRivalry
Calling all agents!
🥀Pinocchio retelling
🥀PENELOPE w/ EVER AFTER vibes
🥀vanity magic system
🥀disability rep
🥀star-crossed friends-to-lovers
🥀morally-gray rebel vs. loyal best friend
🥀masquerade balls & fantasy couture 👗✨
🥀otherness & belonging
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF #agentsguide | Now querying!
🥀Pinocchio retelling
🥀PENELOPE w/ EVER AFTER vibes
🥀vanity magic system
🥀disability rep
🥀star-crossed friends-to-lovers
🥀morally-gray rebel vs. loyal best friend
🥀masquerade balls & fantasy couture 👗✨
🥀otherness & belonging
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #RF #agentsguide | Now querying!
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 PM
So excited to share with the #WritingCommunity that I'll be working with Celeste Dador this summer as a @write-mentor.bsky.social Summer Programme mentee! I cannot wait to see what this summer brings as I work with Celeste to polish my YA romantasy reimagining of Pinocchio for the Agent Showcase ⭐️✨
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
So excited to share with the #WritingCommunity that I'll be working with Celeste Dador this summer as a @write-mentor.bsky.social Summer Programme mentee! I cannot wait to see what this summer brings as I work with Celeste to polish my YA romantasy reimagining of Pinocchio for the Agent Showcase ⭐️✨
Someone seriously needs to talk about the stages of emotions someone goes through after getting a developmental edit back on their manuscript because it is SO real
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
April 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Someone seriously needs to talk about the stages of emotions someone goes through after getting a developmental edit back on their manuscript because it is SO real
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
Reposted by Kayla Herrera is ✨querying✨
Yet another fake literary agency: New Life Creatives Media. Website is more convincing than most, but withers quickly under scrutiny: agent photos and book covers are stolen from Trident Media Group newlifecreativesmediaproduction.com
Home - New Life Creatives Media
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March 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yet another fake literary agency: New Life Creatives Media. Website is more convincing than most, but withers quickly under scrutiny: agent photos and book covers are stolen from Trident Media Group newlifecreativesmediaproduction.com
OMG me too, happy I'm not the only one
January 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
OMG me too, happy I'm not the only one
Reposted by Kayla Herrera is ✨querying✨
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏
Something uplifting I saw today: Every first draft is perfect because a first draft's only job is to exist ❤️
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
January 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Something uplifting I saw today: Every first draft is perfect because a first draft's only job is to exist ❤️
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
December 25, 2024 at 9:40 PM
If only 😆
December 4, 2024 at 4:50 PM
If only 😆
December 4, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Kayla Herrera is ✨querying✨
It’s not enough to have talent.
It’s not enough to be persistent.
It’s not enough to be resilient.
You need timing and luck.
But
Only persistence and resilience and talent can get you luck at the right time.
It’s not enough to be persistent.
It’s not enough to be resilient.
You need timing and luck.
But
Only persistence and resilience and talent can get you luck at the right time.
November 30, 2024 at 4:45 PM
It’s not enough to have talent.
It’s not enough to be persistent.
It’s not enough to be resilient.
You need timing and luck.
But
Only persistence and resilience and talent can get you luck at the right time.
It’s not enough to be persistent.
It’s not enough to be resilient.
You need timing and luck.
But
Only persistence and resilience and talent can get you luck at the right time.
This is an utter tragedy. Go disrupt something else and leave the book publishing industry alone!
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
www.thebookseller.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:22 PM
This is an utter tragedy. Go disrupt something else and leave the book publishing industry alone!
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
November 24, 2024 at 6:29 PM
OMG exactly
November 22, 2024 at 4:48 PM
OMG exactly
I love this advice!
November 22, 2024 at 10:34 AM
I love this advice!
Awwww thank you ❤️
November 22, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Awwww thank you ❤️
Something I have struggled with since I began writing is having confidence in my own writing. Acknowledging that I am a good writer. Accepting that I am more talented than I realize without feeling icky for admitting that.
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt 🥺
#WritingCommunity
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt 🥺
#WritingCommunity
November 22, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Something I have struggled with since I began writing is having confidence in my own writing. Acknowledging that I am a good writer. Accepting that I am more talented than I realize without feeling icky for admitting that.
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt 🥺
#WritingCommunity
The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt 🥺
#WritingCommunity
Writing that one down too!
November 19, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Writing that one down too!
I take a break away from it and refresh my brain by doing something else. I find coming back to it later helps me think about it differently
November 19, 2024 at 9:36 PM
I take a break away from it and refresh my brain by doing something else. I find coming back to it later helps me think about it differently
Of course! ☺️
November 19, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Of course! ☺️