Kiara Talley
@kiaratalley.bsky.social
off somewhere writing fiction | querying | professional photographer and florist 💐 | australian living in portland, or 🤍
https://keekswritesbooks.substack.com
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In BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN, agent of chaos Ahana must team up with her awkward workplace nemesis Sam to win an $11M wildfire technology contract.
If they can't work together, they'll lose the project to a shady competitor as California wildfires get more frequent. 😱
#DVPit #RomCom #A #R #CR #Asian
If they can't work together, they'll lose the project to a shady competitor as California wildfires get more frequent. 😱
#DVPit #RomCom #A #R #CR #Asian
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Highly recommend the new Frankenstein soundtrack for your writing or working background music. 11/10 productivity while feeling like you’re living in a Victorian castle.
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Highly recommend the new Frankenstein soundtrack for your writing or working background music. 11/10 productivity while feeling like you’re living in a Victorian castle.
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Writing is 10% words and 90% deciding which words don’t belong.
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Writing is 10% words and 90% deciding which words don’t belong.
What Blooms & What Breaks 🩷
#amquerying
Currently have 5 fulls out and big 5 editor interest. Reach out if you want me to send it over ✨
#amquerying
Currently have 5 fulls out and big 5 editor interest. Reach out if you want me to send it over ✨
November 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What Blooms & What Breaks 🩷
#amquerying
Currently have 5 fulls out and big 5 editor interest. Reach out if you want me to send it over ✨
#amquerying
Currently have 5 fulls out and big 5 editor interest. Reach out if you want me to send it over ✨
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being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
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I am at a bar alone reading a library book (the most perfect company) and the playlist is IMMACULATE if you love 90s/early 2000s alternative, which obviously I do.
March 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I am at a bar alone reading a library book (the most perfect company) and the playlist is IMMACULATE if you love 90s/early 2000s alternative, which obviously I do.
HAPPY SEVERANCE DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 AM
HAPPY SEVERANCE DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
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joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
joke's on you I DID 'go cry about it' and compassion has made me more powerful
Rejection while in luteal phase SUCKS
March 8, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Rejection while in luteal phase SUCKS
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Jess, in an interview: Publishing is a marathon, not a sprint. You have to be patient, strategic, and trust the process.
also Jess, watching an email refresh wheel spin for two full seconds: This is unacceptable. I am owed answers immediately.
Anyway, watch here!
www.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid...
also Jess, watching an email refresh wheel spin for two full seconds: This is unacceptable. I am owed answers immediately.
Anyway, watch here!
www.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid...
Agent Jessica Berg's #MSWL: Contemporary, Horror, Gothic Romance, Historical, Narrative Nonfiction
YouTube video by The Manuscript Academy, LLC
www.youtube.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Jess, in an interview: Publishing is a marathon, not a sprint. You have to be patient, strategic, and trust the process.
also Jess, watching an email refresh wheel spin for two full seconds: This is unacceptable. I am owed answers immediately.
Anyway, watch here!
www.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid...
also Jess, watching an email refresh wheel spin for two full seconds: This is unacceptable. I am owed answers immediately.
Anyway, watch here!
www.youtube.com/watch?mc_cid...
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Synopses are where writers break out their worst verbs.
The story follows... the character journeys… events unfold… tensions rise…
No. Make it specific. Make it sharp. The way you describe the plot should sound like your book.
The story follows... the character journeys… events unfold… tensions rise…
No. Make it specific. Make it sharp. The way you describe the plot should sound like your book.
March 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Synopses are where writers break out their worst verbs.
The story follows... the character journeys… events unfold… tensions rise…
No. Make it specific. Make it sharp. The way you describe the plot should sound like your book.
The story follows... the character journeys… events unfold… tensions rise…
No. Make it specific. Make it sharp. The way you describe the plot should sound like your book.
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Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.
November 20, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Uhhh, hi! It's me, Bookshop.org, a place to buy books online where every purchase financially supports indie bookstores instead of some billionaire.
one of my favorite things about being a writer is how many lives I get to live. a paranoid Victorian woman? yes. a naive bi queen seeking justice for her people? yes. an enigmatic ranger wanting to avoid his family legacy? also yes.
what a joy to write fiction.
what a joy to write fiction.
March 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
one of my favorite things about being a writer is how many lives I get to live. a paranoid Victorian woman? yes. a naive bi queen seeking justice for her people? yes. an enigmatic ranger wanting to avoid his family legacy? also yes.
what a joy to write fiction.
what a joy to write fiction.
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feelings, failure, and the value of wallowing...
and honestly, though this is technically about #agenting, it's really for anyone trying to tread water in the subjective world of the arts
and honestly, though this is technically about #agenting, it's really for anyone trying to tread water in the subjective world of the arts
March 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
feelings, failure, and the value of wallowing...
and honestly, though this is technically about #agenting, it's really for anyone trying to tread water in the subjective world of the arts
and honestly, though this is technically about #agenting, it's really for anyone trying to tread water in the subjective world of the arts
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Spring wishlist: Jessica wants thrillers that wreck you. Domestic suspense where the walls are closing in. Social thrillers that cut deep. Psychological horror that lingers. If your story makes readers question everything, send it. #MSWL
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Spring wishlist: Jessica wants thrillers that wreck you. Domestic suspense where the walls are closing in. Social thrillers that cut deep. Psychological horror that lingers. If your story makes readers question everything, send it. #MSWL
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Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today.
What a journey that little book has been on.
What a journey that little book has been on.
March 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Looking for Alaska was published 20 years ago today.
What a journey that little book has been on.
What a journey that little book has been on.
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If you’re a querying writer using Libby, here’s a secret research tip to find agents to query: go to the pages of comps/books you feel yours will sit well next to on a shelf. After the blurb, Libby links to any trade reviews the book might have. Publisher’s Weekly reviews list the agent!
March 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
If you’re a querying writer using Libby, here’s a secret research tip to find agents to query: go to the pages of comps/books you feel yours will sit well next to on a shelf. After the blurb, Libby links to any trade reviews the book might have. Publisher’s Weekly reviews list the agent!
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Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
February 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Hi, just a reminder that when you use Libro.fm for your audiobooks, you support independent bookshops vs. large corporations that drive them out of business.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
We also pay taxes. And so do indie bookshops.
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It’s fun being a writer and trying to write during this delightful era. I’ll write like three paragraphs and before I start on the fourth I blink and I’m doomscrolling and I don’t even remember commanding my hand to click to that tab. Then I go back to writing. Everything is fine! It’s all fine.
February 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It’s fun being a writer and trying to write during this delightful era. I’ll write like three paragraphs and before I start on the fourth I blink and I’m doomscrolling and I don’t even remember commanding my hand to click to that tab. Then I go back to writing. Everything is fine! It’s all fine.
New author headshot 🤍 one of the perks of being a photographer for over a decade means taking impromptu new headshots with your best friend on a Monday afternoon!
February 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New author headshot 🤍 one of the perks of being a photographer for over a decade means taking impromptu new headshots with your best friend on a Monday afternoon!
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Live Q&A and #amquerying query letter critique with Lauren Kay and my fantastic agent, Jessica Berg. 1pm EST (10am Pacific) today!
www.laurenkaywrites....
www.laurenkaywrites....
February 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Live Q&A and #amquerying query letter critique with Lauren Kay and my fantastic agent, Jessica Berg. 1pm EST (10am Pacific) today!
www.laurenkaywrites....
www.laurenkaywrites....
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