Phil Barnes
@philbarnes28.bsky.social
Author of Paying Dividends, an #adult #corporate #thriller out for query
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Phil Barnes
@philbarnes28.bsky.social
· Feb 12
Pitch Post 1 of 4, from the perspective of each POV character in PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
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Finally ready to dip a toe into the query waters with WHEN YOU SHOWED UP ✨
#agentsguide to an emotional rollercoaster women’s fiction novel that explores identity, complex family dynamics, and healing through the power of friendship and second chance love. #amquerying #writingcommunity #agents
#agentsguide to an emotional rollercoaster women’s fiction novel that explores identity, complex family dynamics, and healing through the power of friendship and second chance love. #amquerying #writingcommunity #agents
February 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Finally ready to dip a toe into the query waters with WHEN YOU SHOWED UP ✨
#agentsguide to an emotional rollercoaster women’s fiction novel that explores identity, complex family dynamics, and healing through the power of friendship and second chance love. #amquerying #writingcommunity #agents
#agentsguide to an emotional rollercoaster women’s fiction novel that explores identity, complex family dynamics, and healing through the power of friendship and second chance love. #amquerying #writingcommunity #agents
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DIAL A FOR AUNTIES x SILICON VALLEY
A failed ex-startup founder and her four misfit interns have a massive PR problem when they find a unicorn tech founder dead in their Sydney co-working space.
🌈 #own diverse rep (multicultural, queer, ND)
🕵🏾♂️ #cosymystery
🇦🇺 set in Australia
#QuestPit #A #MY #W
A failed ex-startup founder and her four misfit interns have a massive PR problem when they find a unicorn tech founder dead in their Sydney co-working space.
🌈 #own diverse rep (multicultural, queer, ND)
🕵🏾♂️ #cosymystery
🇦🇺 set in Australia
#QuestPit #A #MY #W
February 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Pitch Post 4 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pitch Post 4 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
Pitch Post 3 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pitch Post 3 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
Pitch Post 2 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
February 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Pitch Post 2 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
Pitch Post 1 of 4, from the perspective of each POV character in PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
February 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Pitch Post 1 of 4, from the perspective of each POV character in PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
Reposted by Phil Barnes
We can't wait! We have new features lined up for #MSWL day Wednesday.
We're hoping to make the ManuscriptWishlist.com profiles more useful for both your left (facts, genres, tags) and right (creative, visual, emotional) brain.
About to do a final meeting with our tech team--wish us luck!
We're hoping to make the ManuscriptWishlist.com profiles more useful for both your left (facts, genres, tags) and right (creative, visual, emotional) brain.
About to do a final meeting with our tech team--wish us luck!
The Official Manuscript Wish List Website – #MSWL: What do you wish you had in your inbox?
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February 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We can't wait! We have new features lined up for #MSWL day Wednesday.
We're hoping to make the ManuscriptWishlist.com profiles more useful for both your left (facts, genres, tags) and right (creative, visual, emotional) brain.
About to do a final meeting with our tech team--wish us luck!
We're hoping to make the ManuscriptWishlist.com profiles more useful for both your left (facts, genres, tags) and right (creative, visual, emotional) brain.
About to do a final meeting with our tech team--wish us luck!
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February 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT
When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written game.
#MiseryPit #A #FM #WIP
When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written game.
#MiseryPit #A #FM #WIP
February 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT
When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written game.
#MiseryPit #A #FM #WIP
When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written game.
#MiseryPit #A #FM #WIP
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By 1972 the Cold War isn't about nuclear arms anymore, it's about time travel. When MI5 agent Eddie Fletcher is framed for the UK's role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift; before a desperate Russian spy from 1997 gets him killed.
#Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit 🦋
#Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit 🦋
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
By 1972 the Cold War isn't about nuclear arms anymore, it's about time travel. When MI5 agent Eddie Fletcher is framed for the UK's role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift; before a desperate Russian spy from 1997 gets him killed.
#Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit 🦋
#Q #A #SFFT #MiseryPit 🦋
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ONE OF US IS LYING X AGGTM
A teen girl is determined to solve the murders occurring at her father's traveling New England Circus Arts Academy when her new friend/roommate is suspected of murdering a girl.
🎪 My currently querying YA Mystery-Thriller: The Show Must Go On
#Miserypit #YA #CM #Q
A teen girl is determined to solve the murders occurring at her father's traveling New England Circus Arts Academy when her new friend/roommate is suspected of murdering a girl.
🎪 My currently querying YA Mystery-Thriller: The Show Must Go On
#Miserypit #YA #CM #Q
February 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
ONE OF US IS LYING X AGGTM
A teen girl is determined to solve the murders occurring at her father's traveling New England Circus Arts Academy when her new friend/roommate is suspected of murdering a girl.
🎪 My currently querying YA Mystery-Thriller: The Show Must Go On
#Miserypit #YA #CM #Q
A teen girl is determined to solve the murders occurring at her father's traveling New England Circus Arts Academy when her new friend/roommate is suspected of murdering a girl.
🎪 My currently querying YA Mystery-Thriller: The Show Must Go On
#Miserypit #YA #CM #Q
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV psychological thriller.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
February 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV psychological thriller.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
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ALL THE SINNERS BLEED X Yellowstone
Jamison takes his religion to the extreme—he's deathly good at twisting the righteous words. If Lieut. Noble is to save the last shreds of innocence left in small-town America, he'll need help from the FBI to outfox this serial killer. #A #T #2025pit #upmarket
Jamison takes his religion to the extreme—he's deathly good at twisting the righteous words. If Lieut. Noble is to save the last shreds of innocence left in small-town America, he'll need help from the FBI to outfox this serial killer. #A #T #2025pit #upmarket
January 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate thriller out for query.
#2025Pit #A #T
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#Uppbeat LC: Y7IH7XNAOBQO5I42
#2025Pit #A #T
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#Uppbeat LC: Y7IH7XNAOBQO5I42
January 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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A Crossroad of Lilies
#WIP #YA #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt
🌻A retired childhood actor, now sixteen, invites a secretly poor scholarship student on a luxury weekend train ride to discover why mushrooms grow up their bodies and fall in love along the way.
#WIP #YA #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt
🌻A retired childhood actor, now sixteen, invites a secretly poor scholarship student on a luxury weekend train ride to discover why mushrooms grow up their bodies and fall in love along the way.
January 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Crossroad of Lilies
#WIP #YA #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt
🌻A retired childhood actor, now sixteen, invites a secretly poor scholarship student on a luxury weekend train ride to discover why mushrooms grow up their bodies and fall in love along the way.
#WIP #YA #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt
🌻A retired childhood actor, now sixteen, invites a secretly poor scholarship student on a luxury weekend train ride to discover why mushrooms grow up their bodies and fall in love along the way.
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CLYTEMNESTRA X STUDIO GHIBLI
Longing for a lost home, Andromache's world shifts when her husband dies and she finds herself in a deathly battle of wills with her ex-captor's wife, but she's won't be a slave - not again
#YouDeservePit #Q #F #Myth
Longing for a lost home, Andromache's world shifts when her husband dies and she finds herself in a deathly battle of wills with her ex-captor's wife, but she's won't be a slave - not again
#YouDeservePit #Q #F #Myth
January 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
CLYTEMNESTRA X STUDIO GHIBLI
Longing for a lost home, Andromache's world shifts when her husband dies and she finds herself in a deathly battle of wills with her ex-captor's wife, but she's won't be a slave - not again
#YouDeservePit #Q #F #Myth
Longing for a lost home, Andromache's world shifts when her husband dies and she finds herself in a deathly battle of wills with her ex-captor's wife, but she's won't be a slave - not again
#YouDeservePit #Q #F #Myth
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The local police are stretched thin and have to call in a collaboration with the FBI. If Lieutenant Noble and Special Agent Janes are to save the last shreds of innocence left in small-town America, they must play a twisted game with a serial killer. #thriller #amquerying #writingcommunity #A #T 📖
January 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The local police are stretched thin and have to call in a collaboration with the FBI. If Lieutenant Noble and Special Agent Janes are to save the last shreds of innocence left in small-town America, they must play a twisted game with a serial killer. #thriller #amquerying #writingcommunity #A #T 📖
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SUCCESSION X THE BELL JAR
Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life.
#UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt
Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life.
#UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt
January 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
SUCCESSION X THE BELL JAR
Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life.
#UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt
Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life.
#UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
January 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
January 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
January 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
I feel like I’m in a narrow niche, but is anyone querying or pitching a corporate #thriller for #YouDeservepIt ? I’d love to swap support with my fellow #A #T writers!
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January 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I feel like I’m in a narrow niche, but is anyone querying or pitching a corporate #thriller for #YouDeservepIt ? I’d love to swap support with my fellow #A #T writers!