Kira Bruner
@kirabruner.bsky.social
🖤🗡️🕯️🌲🐦⬛🕸️🕷️☕️🖋️🖤
Currently Querying ✉️
Design: kirabruner.net
Writing: kirabruner.com
Currently Querying ✉️
Design: kirabruner.net
Writing: kirabruner.com
Just found out I made the 2025 Gertrude Warner Long List for Middle Grade Fiction (as did a friend of mine) 📚 very exciting in the midst of waiting to hear back from queries. Now we wait to see if I’ll make the short list 👀
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Just found out I made the 2025 Gertrude Warner Long List for Middle Grade Fiction (as did a friend of mine) 📚 very exciting in the midst of waiting to hear back from queries. Now we wait to see if I’ll make the short list 👀
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You can’t control when trends hit. The only thing you can control is finishing the book.
October 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You can’t control when trends hit. The only thing you can control is finishing the book.
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A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE ✨elements include:
🍄 Found family
🌲 cozy, atmospheric small town
🍂 Spooky, whimsical vibes
🗡️ If I touch her, she could die
🪦 funeral parlor & embalming room settings
🧪 FMC is a woman in STEM
🌈 queer MCs
🧡 Characters in their 30s & 40s
Soon to be on sub!
🍄 Found family
🌲 cozy, atmospheric small town
🍂 Spooky, whimsical vibes
🗡️ If I touch her, she could die
🪦 funeral parlor & embalming room settings
🧪 FMC is a woman in STEM
🌈 queer MCs
🧡 Characters in their 30s & 40s
Soon to be on sub!
September 13, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE ✨elements include:
🍄 Found family
🌲 cozy, atmospheric small town
🍂 Spooky, whimsical vibes
🗡️ If I touch her, she could die
🪦 funeral parlor & embalming room settings
🧪 FMC is a woman in STEM
🌈 queer MCs
🧡 Characters in their 30s & 40s
Soon to be on sub!
🍄 Found family
🌲 cozy, atmospheric small town
🍂 Spooky, whimsical vibes
🗡️ If I touch her, she could die
🪦 funeral parlor & embalming room settings
🧪 FMC is a woman in STEM
🌈 queer MCs
🧡 Characters in their 30s & 40s
Soon to be on sub!
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As a public figure himself, Kirk did not restrict himself to politeness. He was incredibly crude and cruel about the deaths of other people. Reflecting on his life should reflect the truth.
September 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
As a public figure himself, Kirk did not restrict himself to politeness. He was incredibly crude and cruel about the deaths of other people. Reflecting on his life should reflect the truth.
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This explains it better than I can
September 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This explains it better than I can
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Waiting for agents to open this fall like 👀 because my MG manuscript will be best read in October 🖤🕸️🕷️🕯️🖇️🖋️🗝️
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Waiting for agents to open this fall like 👀 because my MG manuscript will be best read in October 🖤🕸️🕷️🕯️🖇️🖋️🗝️
Would appreciate any and all love that anyone has to give this post 🖤
Nora and the Nightmare King
The first two chapters of my middle grade manuscript
open.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Would appreciate any and all love that anyone has to give this post 🖤
Two of my friends are going on submission soon and I'm 🥹 @victoriabilstein.bsky.social @annametz.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Two of my friends are going on submission soon and I'm 🥹 @victoriabilstein.bsky.social @annametz.bsky.social
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Opening line of VIGILANTES ANONYMOUS, my 76k adult spicy dark rom-com that blends the all-consuming, boundary-pushing spice of LIGHTS OUT, with the dark humor and murderous thrill of BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD 🔪🖤
#editors #bookpitch #darkromcom #darkromance #romcom #onsubsoon #onsubmissionsoon
#editors #bookpitch #darkromcom #darkromance #romcom #onsubsoon #onsubmissionsoon
September 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Opening line of VIGILANTES ANONYMOUS, my 76k adult spicy dark rom-com that blends the all-consuming, boundary-pushing spice of LIGHTS OUT, with the dark humor and murderous thrill of BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD 🔪🖤
#editors #bookpitch #darkromcom #darkromance #romcom #onsubsoon #onsubmissionsoon
#editors #bookpitch #darkromcom #darkromance #romcom #onsubsoon #onsubmissionsoon
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I’m thrilled to introduce my manuscript soon to be on submission, A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE, a cozy, adult fantasy novel 🌈⚰️🍄🧚♀️💀🪦✨
#editors, I’m represented by the wonderful Ciara Smith at Spencerhill Associates!
#editorsguide #cozyfantasy #bookpitch #amagented #soontobeonsubmission
#editors, I’m represented by the wonderful Ciara Smith at Spencerhill Associates!
#editorsguide #cozyfantasy #bookpitch #amagented #soontobeonsubmission
September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’m thrilled to introduce my manuscript soon to be on submission, A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE, a cozy, adult fantasy novel 🌈⚰️🍄🧚♀️💀🪦✨
#editors, I’m represented by the wonderful Ciara Smith at Spencerhill Associates!
#editorsguide #cozyfantasy #bookpitch #amagented #soontobeonsubmission
#editors, I’m represented by the wonderful Ciara Smith at Spencerhill Associates!
#editorsguide #cozyfantasy #bookpitch #amagented #soontobeonsubmission
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An #editorsguide to VIGILANTES ANONYMOUS, my high heat adult dark rom-com on submission to editors soon! 🔪🖤💋
#editors if you're ready to experience the chaos that is Lana and Nic, feel free to interact or reach out to Aurora Fernandez at Trident Media Group
#amagented #writingcommunity #pitch
#editors if you're ready to experience the chaos that is Lana and Nic, feel free to interact or reach out to Aurora Fernandez at Trident Media Group
#amagented #writingcommunity #pitch
August 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
An #editorsguide to VIGILANTES ANONYMOUS, my high heat adult dark rom-com on submission to editors soon! 🔪🖤💋
#editors if you're ready to experience the chaos that is Lana and Nic, feel free to interact or reach out to Aurora Fernandez at Trident Media Group
#amagented #writingcommunity #pitch
#editors if you're ready to experience the chaos that is Lana and Nic, feel free to interact or reach out to Aurora Fernandez at Trident Media Group
#amagented #writingcommunity #pitch
I want to read this, agents, please
❤️🔥Introducing DON'T KEEN FOR ME, a 70,000 word gothic horror about the black sheep of a 14th-century Irish family & his doomed love story with the banshee who's haunted his estate for generations. Querying this fall! #agentsguide #H #A
August 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I want to read this, agents, please
Just coming on here to say, if you can afford to hire an illustrator to bring your manuscript to life, it’s a magical experience.This one is for my MG project, NORA AND THE NIGHTMARE KING. And do not, please do not, use AI. Support human beings 💕 Illustration by Savannah Lazo! (Savannahlazo.com)
July 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just coming on here to say, if you can afford to hire an illustrator to bring your manuscript to life, it’s a magical experience.This one is for my MG project, NORA AND THE NIGHTMARE KING. And do not, please do not, use AI. Support human beings 💕 Illustration by Savannah Lazo! (Savannahlazo.com)
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Do not ever do this under any circumstances. You will be held to the actual contract, not the AI summary, and the AI summary has no way of knowing which terms you might personally care about or have questions about. Dooooo notttttt dooooo thissssss.
I just received a contract on Docusign for review and signing, and it offered to give me an AI-generated summary that I could read instead to save time.
That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.
That's AN AI-GENERATED SUMMARY ***OF A CONTRACT***, in case you need to let that sink in.
June 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Do not ever do this under any circumstances. You will be held to the actual contract, not the AI summary, and the AI summary has no way of knowing which terms you might personally care about or have questions about. Dooooo notttttt dooooo thissssss.
In this post, I talk about what I did differently this time around and share some of the feedback, rejections, and positive comments I received throughout this process.
Writing & Querying My Second Manuscript
Part Three of How I Got Here
substack.com
June 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In this post, I talk about what I did differently this time around and share some of the feedback, rejections, and positive comments I received throughout this process.
My second Substack post is up: Writing & Querying My First Manuscript open.substack.com/pub/kirabrun...
Writing & Querying My First Manuscript
Part Two of How I Got Here
open.substack.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My second Substack post is up: Writing & Querying My First Manuscript open.substack.com/pub/kirabrun...
I currently have so many books that I want to read bad enough that I've considered just reading them all simultaneously. It's an incredible and also stressful position to be in. Is this how agents and editors feel all the time?
June 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I currently have so many books that I want to read bad enough that I've considered just reading them all simultaneously. It's an incredible and also stressful position to be in. Is this how agents and editors feel all the time?
My first ever Substack Post is live! In my next post, I'll talk about writing and querying my first manuscript, including the query I sent to agents, what I did wrong, and querying stats. Let me know if there's anything specific you guys would love to know about!
How I Got Here
Part One
substack.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
My first ever Substack Post is live! In my next post, I'll talk about writing and querying my first manuscript, including the query I sent to agents, what I did wrong, and querying stats. Let me know if there's anything specific you guys would love to know about!
If any literary agents or editors see this, I'd love to know your thoughts on writers querying in the summer 👀 It seems like so much has changed over the years when it comes to querying. Is summer still considered a "bad" time to query?
May 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
If any literary agents or editors see this, I'd love to know your thoughts on writers querying in the summer 👀 It seems like so much has changed over the years when it comes to querying. Is summer still considered a "bad" time to query?
Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet:
Parks and Rec
Madmen
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What an insane list I just created.
Parks and Rec
Madmen
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What an insane list I just created.
Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet:
Blackadder
She-ra (original 80's show)
The Boys
This Country
Derry Girls
Blackadder
She-ra (original 80's show)
The Boys
This Country
Derry Girls
Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet.
Agents of Shield
The Originals
Game of Thrones
Teen Wolf
Strike
Agents of Shield
The Originals
Game of Thrones
Teen Wolf
Strike
May 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Repost w/ the five shows you would be happy to rewatch over and over again for the rest of your life, as your sole TV diet:
Parks and Rec
Madmen
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What an insane list I just created.
Parks and Rec
Madmen
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
What an insane list I just created.
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I don’t want to “streamline” my writing. I don’t want to “increase my output.” I don’t want to “write a novel with one click.” I want to write stuff only I can write. I want to read and write novels with soul and heart and a unique voice. Fuck AI. Long live real writers.
May 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I don’t want to “streamline” my writing. I don’t want to “increase my output.” I don’t want to “write a novel with one click.” I want to write stuff only I can write. I want to read and write novels with soul and heart and a unique voice. Fuck AI. Long live real writers.
I was going to say that I wish I knew exactly how many hours I've wasted just staring at my queried agents list, but I really don't want to know.
May 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I was going to say that I wish I knew exactly how many hours I've wasted just staring at my queried agents list, but I really don't want to know.
Tell me why on top of my full time job, querying, working on a new project, and just generally trying to stay alive, I decided to start a Substack? Anyway, you can find me there @ kirabruner. Planning to start posting in June, will share updates
May 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Tell me why on top of my full time job, querying, working on a new project, and just generally trying to stay alive, I decided to start a Substack? Anyway, you can find me there @ kirabruner. Planning to start posting in June, will share updates
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Starting my day scrolling through the posts in #amquerying... and celebrating ALL the successes that you are having! Even a rejection is a success, because it means that we've completed an amazing project and are brave enough to put it out there to the world!
Keep on! 😀💕
#writingcommunity
Keep on! 😀💕
#writingcommunity
May 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Starting my day scrolling through the posts in #amquerying... and celebrating ALL the successes that you are having! Even a rejection is a success, because it means that we've completed an amazing project and are brave enough to put it out there to the world!
Keep on! 😀💕
#writingcommunity
Keep on! 😀💕
#writingcommunity