Sarah Van Goethem
@sairdysue.bsky.social
Author of THE WITCH OF THE DARK WOOD (Kidscanpress Fall 2026)
Forest Fairy. Library Lady. Probably trespassing somewhere abandoned.
Rep: Emelie Burl
Forest Fairy. Library Lady. Probably trespassing somewhere abandoned.
Rep: Emelie Burl
Editors, don't sleep on this. Pun intended.
This vacation is going from sleepy to creepy.
🌊 foggy seaside town
⛵️ legend about a ghost girl from a shipwreck
💰 missing treasure
🐦⬛ all the crows
🏚 weird old mansion with an eerie past
#UnhingedPit #MG #OS #AG #H #gothic #spooky
This vacation is going from sleepy to creepy.
🌊 foggy seaside town
⛵️ legend about a ghost girl from a shipwreck
💰 missing treasure
🐦⬛ all the crows
🏚 weird old mansion with an eerie past
#UnhingedPit #MG #OS #AG #H #gothic #spooky
September 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Move over Hallmark
The Christmas season was originally a time for calling back the dead. So, let's give that a go.
🎄dual timeline
🎄haunted house
🎄grief
🎄the past bleeding into the present
🎄dead bodies
🎄snowy frozen world
🎄 gothic
#A #H #AG #CS #unhingedpit
The Christmas season was originally a time for calling back the dead. So, let's give that a go.
🎄dual timeline
🎄haunted house
🎄grief
🎄the past bleeding into the present
🎄dead bodies
🎄snowy frozen world
🎄 gothic
#A #H #AG #CS #unhingedpit
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Move over Hallmark
The Christmas season was originally a time for calling back the dead. So, let's give that a go.
🎄dual timeline
🎄haunted house
🎄grief
🎄the past bleeding into the present
🎄dead bodies
🎄snowy frozen world
🎄 gothic
#A #H #AG #CS #unhingedpit
The Christmas season was originally a time for calling back the dead. So, let's give that a go.
🎄dual timeline
🎄haunted house
🎄grief
🎄the past bleeding into the present
🎄dead bodies
🎄snowy frozen world
🎄 gothic
#A #H #AG #CS #unhingedpit
Anyone else get so engrossed in writing they do randomly stupid things?
I grabbed my electric kettle to make tea, filled it with water, and put it on my gas burner.
Reader: electric kettles DO NOT GO ON GAS BURNERS.
Sidenote: it went up in flames immediately
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I grabbed my electric kettle to make tea, filled it with water, and put it on my gas burner.
Reader: electric kettles DO NOT GO ON GAS BURNERS.
Sidenote: it went up in flames immediately
#amwriting #writingcommunity
a stove with flames coming out of it and the words " well done " above it
ALT: a stove with flames coming out of it and the words " well done " above it
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May 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Anyone else get so engrossed in writing they do randomly stupid things?
I grabbed my electric kettle to make tea, filled it with water, and put it on my gas burner.
Reader: electric kettles DO NOT GO ON GAS BURNERS.
Sidenote: it went up in flames immediately
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I grabbed my electric kettle to make tea, filled it with water, and put it on my gas burner.
Reader: electric kettles DO NOT GO ON GAS BURNERS.
Sidenote: it went up in flames immediately
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Was just posting over on Instagram with the #2026debuts and accidentally typed #3036debuts and if that isn't a publishing mood...🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
an older woman is crying and says it 's been 84 years
ALT: an older woman is crying and says it 's been 84 years
media.tenor.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Was just posting over on Instagram with the #2026debuts and accidentally typed #3036debuts and if that isn't a publishing mood...🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Happy St. Patrick's day! I love a good pitch event. Who's throwing their beautiful work out into the wilds, today?
#luckypit #popuppit #writingcommunity
#luckypit #popuppit #writingcommunity
March 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Happy St. Patrick's day! I love a good pitch event. Who's throwing their beautiful work out into the wilds, today?
#luckypit #popuppit #writingcommunity
#luckypit #popuppit #writingcommunity
This magical and mysterious middle grade story features a creepy Dollhouse in an old attic! Right up my alley on this spooky middle grade binge I'm on.
#amreading #booksky
#amreading #booksky
March 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This magical and mysterious middle grade story features a creepy Dollhouse in an old attic! Right up my alley on this spooky middle grade binge I'm on.
#amreading #booksky
#amreading #booksky
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is screaming vibes for my adult WIP.
#amwriting
#amwriting
February 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is screaming vibes for my adult WIP.
#amwriting
#amwriting
Reposted by Sarah Van Goethem
HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
February 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
Reposted by Sarah Van Goethem
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.
Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
Me, rewriting this ending.
a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table with the words `` help '' written on it .
ALT: a fluffy cat is sitting on a wooden table with the words `` help '' written on it .
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January 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Me, rewriting this ending.
Spent all day working on book edits and realized my whole personality revolves around the trope DO NOT GO INTO THE FORBIDDEN WOODS.
So what's your favorite trope?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
So what's your favorite trope?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
a silhouette of a woman in a dark forest .
ALT: a silhouette of a woman in a dark forest .
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Spent all day working on book edits and realized my whole personality revolves around the trope DO NOT GO INTO THE FORBIDDEN WOODS.
So what's your favorite trope?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
So what's your favorite trope?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Please observe this cute doggie in my living room.
December 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Please observe this cute doggie in my living room.
I love how my edit letter for my sold book dropped right after I wrote this🤣
Apparently I am changing course for a bit.
Apparently I am changing course for a bit.
I love that feeling I get when I start writing something new and I just can't wait to get back at it all the time because my whole brain is living in that world rather than the real one🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
December 21, 2024 at 11:13 PM
I love how my edit letter for my sold book dropped right after I wrote this🤣
Apparently I am changing course for a bit.
Apparently I am changing course for a bit.
25k into this gothic christmas ghost story calls for an aesthetic, particularly when it's seasonally appropriate.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
December 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM
25k into this gothic christmas ghost story calls for an aesthetic, particularly when it's seasonally appropriate.
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I love that feeling I get when I start writing something new and I just can't wait to get back at it all the time because my whole brain is living in that world rather than the real one🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
December 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I love that feeling I get when I start writing something new and I just can't wait to get back at it all the time because my whole brain is living in that world rather than the real one🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Oh my gosh I lived to see the yes votes in other years. So fun!
Good luck everyone!
I've longlisted for this award previously (and not listed other years) but now I have a book deal.
Whatever happens, don't give up!
#BCNA2024 #writingcommunity
Good luck everyone!
I've longlisted for this award previously (and not listed other years) but now I have a book deal.
Whatever happens, don't give up!
#BCNA2024 #writingcommunity
🐈⬛Good luck to all #BCNA2024 entrants for tomorrow's longlist, which will be notified by email by 19:00 GMT.
December 19, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Oh my gosh I lived to see the yes votes in other years. So fun!
Good luck everyone!
I've longlisted for this award previously (and not listed other years) but now I have a book deal.
Whatever happens, don't give up!
#BCNA2024 #writingcommunity
Good luck everyone!
I've longlisted for this award previously (and not listed other years) but now I have a book deal.
Whatever happens, don't give up!
#BCNA2024 #writingcommunity
#writingcommunity I finally took the plunge on here! Where are you all?
December 13, 2024 at 3:15 PM
#writingcommunity I finally took the plunge on here! Where are you all?
Wrote over 2k words today.
a woman in a blue shirt is making a gesture with her hands and says `` go me ! ''
ALT: a woman in a blue shirt is making a gesture with her hands and says `` go me ! ''
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Wrote over 2k words today.