Kourtney Howell
@kourtneyrhowell.bsky.social
On the road to becoming a traditionally published spicy writer 🔥📖
(She/Her)
(She/Her)
He Haunts Me Not 🖤
-Paranormal Romance 👻
-Forced Proximity 🏠
-Forbidden Love 💔
-Seances 🔮
-Ghost x human tension 🥀
-She’s the only one that makes him feel human 💕
-They shouldn’t want each other. So why do they? 🔥
#querying #querytrenches #queryingauthor #paranormalromance
-Paranormal Romance 👻
-Forced Proximity 🏠
-Forbidden Love 💔
-Seances 🔮
-Ghost x human tension 🥀
-She’s the only one that makes him feel human 💕
-They shouldn’t want each other. So why do they? 🔥
#querying #querytrenches #queryingauthor #paranormalromance
October 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
He Haunts Me Not 🖤
-Paranormal Romance 👻
-Forced Proximity 🏠
-Forbidden Love 💔
-Seances 🔮
-Ghost x human tension 🥀
-She’s the only one that makes him feel human 💕
-They shouldn’t want each other. So why do they? 🔥
#querying #querytrenches #queryingauthor #paranormalromance
-Paranormal Romance 👻
-Forced Proximity 🏠
-Forbidden Love 💔
-Seances 🔮
-Ghost x human tension 🥀
-She’s the only one that makes him feel human 💕
-They shouldn’t want each other. So why do they? 🔥
#querying #querytrenches #queryingauthor #paranormalromance
He Haunts Me Not 🖤
My adult paranormal romance!
#querying #writer #queryingauthor #querytrenches #paranormalromance
My adult paranormal romance!
#querying #writer #queryingauthor #querytrenches #paranormalromance
October 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He Haunts Me Not 🖤
My adult paranormal romance!
#querying #writer #queryingauthor #querytrenches #paranormalromance
My adult paranormal romance!
#querying #writer #queryingauthor #querytrenches #paranormalromance
I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!!
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!!
Reposted by Kourtney Howell
To all the writers:
Yes—doubt will follow you.
But so will courage,
if you let it.
So write.
Even when it’s hard.
Especially when it’s hard.
Because the world is waiting
for the story only you can tell.
Yes—doubt will follow you.
But so will courage,
if you let it.
So write.
Even when it’s hard.
Especially when it’s hard.
Because the world is waiting
for the story only you can tell.
October 10, 2025 at 11:55 AM
To all the writers:
Yes—doubt will follow you.
But so will courage,
if you let it.
So write.
Even when it’s hard.
Especially when it’s hard.
Because the world is waiting
for the story only you can tell.
Yes—doubt will follow you.
But so will courage,
if you let it.
So write.
Even when it’s hard.
Especially when it’s hard.
Because the world is waiting
for the story only you can tell.
My paranormal romance 🖤
Alice Poe didn’t plan to summon a flirtatious ghost with boundary issues—and she definitely didn’t mean to fall for him.
-He Haunts Me Not
#querying #amquerying #paranormalromance #author #writing #querytrenches
Alice Poe didn’t plan to summon a flirtatious ghost with boundary issues—and she definitely didn’t mean to fall for him.
-He Haunts Me Not
#querying #amquerying #paranormalromance #author #writing #querytrenches
October 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My paranormal romance 🖤
Alice Poe didn’t plan to summon a flirtatious ghost with boundary issues—and she definitely didn’t mean to fall for him.
-He Haunts Me Not
#querying #amquerying #paranormalromance #author #writing #querytrenches
Alice Poe didn’t plan to summon a flirtatious ghost with boundary issues—and she definitely didn’t mean to fall for him.
-He Haunts Me Not
#querying #amquerying #paranormalromance #author #writing #querytrenches
Reposted by Kourtney Howell
Your worth as a writer doesn’t hinge on an agent’s reply. Your value was never up for debate.
August 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Your worth as a writer doesn’t hinge on an agent’s reply. Your value was never up for debate.
You know that amazing feeling of hitting the perfectly cold sheets after the longest day and an everything shower? You get to read for as long as you want and don’t have to set an alarm? Multiply that by 10, and that’s what it feels like to finish a book.
And I’m soaking up every second rn.
#author
And I’m soaking up every second rn.
#author
July 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You know that amazing feeling of hitting the perfectly cold sheets after the longest day and an everything shower? You get to read for as long as you want and don’t have to set an alarm? Multiply that by 10, and that’s what it feels like to finish a book.
And I’m soaking up every second rn.
#author
And I’m soaking up every second rn.
#author
This #wip has the biggest plot twist I’ve ever planned, and I just wrote it. HOW DO I KEEP IT TO MYSELF
#writer #author #romanceauthor #workinprogress #debutauthor
#writer #author #romanceauthor #workinprogress #debutauthor
July 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This #wip has the biggest plot twist I’ve ever planned, and I just wrote it. HOW DO I KEEP IT TO MYSELF
#writer #author #romanceauthor #workinprogress #debutauthor
#writer #author #romanceauthor #workinprogress #debutauthor
July 18, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Reposted by Kourtney Howell
Not every piece of feedback you receive is applicable, especially because reading is subjective. Read your feedback thoroughly and analytically: look for patterns, make notes of your own, and write down any questions.
If you need to, step away again and come back later.
#writingcommunity
If you need to, step away again and come back later.
#writingcommunity
July 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Not every piece of feedback you receive is applicable, especially because reading is subjective. Read your feedback thoroughly and analytically: look for patterns, make notes of your own, and write down any questions.
If you need to, step away again and come back later.
#writingcommunity
If you need to, step away again and come back later.
#writingcommunity
my mom told me she needed to start reading my book during the day. i call that a WIN
#horrorauthor #romanceauthor #workinprogress #wip #writing #writer
#horrorauthor #romanceauthor #workinprogress #wip #writing #writer
June 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
my mom told me she needed to start reading my book during the day. i call that a WIN
#horrorauthor #romanceauthor #workinprogress #wip #writing #writer
#horrorauthor #romanceauthor #workinprogress #wip #writing #writer
My horror romcom mood board 👀👀 y’all, when I say I’m LOVING this WIP, I mean it. 20k words in, and I can’t wait to share pieces with you
#wip #author #horrorauthor #horroromcom #romanceauthor #moodboard #writer #writing
#wip #author #horrorauthor #horroromcom #romanceauthor #moodboard #writer #writing
June 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
My horror romcom mood board 👀👀 y’all, when I say I’m LOVING this WIP, I mean it. 20k words in, and I can’t wait to share pieces with you
#wip #author #horrorauthor #horroromcom #romanceauthor #moodboard #writer #writing
#wip #author #horrorauthor #horroromcom #romanceauthor #moodboard #writer #writing
I just plotted a horror romance, and I seriously think this will be the best thing I’ve ever written. I am PUMPED. Let the long days and thousands of words begin!!!!!
May 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I just plotted a horror romance, and I seriously think this will be the best thing I’ve ever written. I am PUMPED. Let the long days and thousands of words begin!!!!!
LIFT ME UP ❄️
#querying #amquerying #writingcommunity #writingprompts #romance #contemporaryromance #WIPSnips
#querying #amquerying #writingcommunity #writingprompts #romance #contemporaryromance #WIPSnips
May 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I wasn’t running away from home but running to it."
-Lift Me Up
#querying #amquerying #writer #romanceauthor #debut #romance #contemporaryromance
-Lift Me Up
#querying #amquerying #writer #romanceauthor #debut #romance #contemporaryromance
May 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"I wasn’t running away from home but running to it."
-Lift Me Up
#querying #amquerying #writer #romanceauthor #debut #romance #contemporaryromance
-Lift Me Up
#querying #amquerying #writer #romanceauthor #debut #romance #contemporaryromance
Things are going to work out this time. I just know it.
April 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Things are going to work out this time. I just know it.
April 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
My TBR is long, of course, but I CANNOT wait for this puppy. I want to be like Emily Henry when I grow up.
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My TBR is long, of course, but I CANNOT wait for this puppy. I want to be like Emily Henry when I grow up.
My favorite spot in the whole house! 📚🩷 #revpit #revpitwaiting
April 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My favorite spot in the whole house! 📚🩷 #revpit #revpitwaiting
This was seriously so fun. I’ve never made a meme, and now I’m afraid I can’t stop.
#revpit #revpitwaiting
#revpit #revpitwaiting
April 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This was seriously so fun. I’ve never made a meme, and now I’m afraid I can’t stop.
#revpit #revpitwaiting
#revpit #revpitwaiting
A little piece from my book 📚🩷
April 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A little piece from my book 📚🩷
Currently plotting an urban fantasy meets sports romance!
Werewolves in a college setting, playing a sport that’s a mix between Quidditch and Rugby!
Werewolves in a college setting, playing a sport that’s a mix between Quidditch and Rugby!
#RevPitWaiting Day 12!
#RevPit peeps!! I'm so excited for this one!
I find that the best way to reduce querying anxiety or just anxiety about a book in general is to work on something else, so my writing joy is not hinged on a single project.
Do any of you have other WIPs cooking? 🧑🍳 👀
#RevPit peeps!! I'm so excited for this one!
I find that the best way to reduce querying anxiety or just anxiety about a book in general is to work on something else, so my writing joy is not hinged on a single project.
Do any of you have other WIPs cooking? 🧑🍳 👀
March 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Currently plotting an urban fantasy meets sports romance!
Werewolves in a college setting, playing a sport that’s a mix between Quidditch and Rugby!
Werewolves in a college setting, playing a sport that’s a mix between Quidditch and Rugby!
This is my boy, Hamlet! He’s a spicy Siamese that loves to talk, scream, attack, and sometimes cuddle. I wouldn’t trade him for the world!
#revpit #revpitwaiting
#revpit #revpitwaiting
March 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is my boy, Hamlet! He’s a spicy Siamese that loves to talk, scream, attack, and sometimes cuddle. I wouldn’t trade him for the world!
#revpit #revpitwaiting
#revpit #revpitwaiting