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Shannon Monson - Author
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Wife, Indie author of YA Fantasy, homemade🍕specialist, 🐕🐈‍-sitter.
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Shannon Monson - Author @scmonsonwriting.bsky.social · 14d
BADGERBLOOD: AWAKENING
IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES X THE PRINCESS BRIDE
✅ Reclusive outlaw MMC
✅ Lost Hero
✅ Reluctant Chosen One
✅ Amnesia
✅ Hunted
✅ Evading false murder charges
✅ Feral Timberland
✅ Tyrant
✅ Good vs. Evil
✅ Headstrong FMC
✅ Luck-thieving girl
✅ Magic pendant
#QuestPit #F #YA #P
a man leaning against a wall with the words " who are you " above him
Alt: Half-dead Wesley from The Princess Bride leaning against a wall with the words "who are you?" and "Are we enemies?" flashing below him
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Wow thank you so much for all the kind support on #QuestPit today! What an awesome writing community! Saw some awesome pitches out there today! Great work everyone! Don't give up!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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BADGERBLOOD: AWAKENING

Elements of IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES mix with THE PRINCESS BRIDE in this multi-POV, medieval style YA Fantasy.

#QuestPit #F #YA #P
Graphic with dark blue strip on top and larger light blue section everywhere else. White elegant words on top read "Badgerblood: Awakening." Words under that read "YA Medieval Fantasy; 91,000 words; S.C. Monson; Self-Published." To the right of that is a red book cover with the title "Badgerblood: Awakening" and the author name "S.C. Monson" and a badger head profile carved into a white spiral pendant. A red spiral border separates these from the rest of the words on the graphic which read, "A reclusive outlaw, haunted by his forgotten past and hunted by a tyrant, evades false murder charges by hiding in a feral Timberland, but when a headstrong girl barrels into the forest, Kor's magic pendant draws him to her, driving him from his sanctuary to face secrets key to saving the kingdom and his own soul." Graphic with dark blue border and three sketches by S.C. Monson. Top left is a sketch of a bear-like borlan. Top right is a sketch of a badger. Bottom sketch is of a man being restrained. Dividing the top two pictures is the word reading down in all caps: "TORMENTED."
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Neuroscience tells us human consciousness arises from neurons connecting and interacting.

But those are not the only cells in our brains.

In EXAPTATION, neuroscientist Joakim Mayor discovers each human brain can hold more than one mind.

Which mind deserves control?
November 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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delandjessica.bsky.social
WAKE was inspired by HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE w/:

~A self-sacrificing girl cursed w/ unwanted magic
~Who ends up living w/ a defective group
~Where she's teased w/ a feathery secret
~They develop a found family
~& she falls for 1 of them

Coming Spring 27

#QuestPit #P #YA #F #MY #R
a cartoon of a man and a woman looking into each others eyes
Alt: Sophie and Howl from the Howl's Moving Castle movie embracing while Howl is in his feathered form and fiery ash falls from the sky.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS

After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted.

#QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist
Left to right. Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building. Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down. Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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A FORGERY OF FATE X LITTLE THIEVES

Pearl's got three months to kiss a prince or become sea foam—if she isn't killed by his cousin's harpoon first, of course.

🧜‍♀️Mermaid with a side of thievery and stalking
🪄Magic (and phones, I guess)
👫First Friend (like ever)
🍽️Predator x Prey?
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Dracula, Wolfman, Frankenstein, The Bride, The Mummy, and Gill-man. A group of tweens stumble upon an ancient gem that grants them the power to turn into these monsters to protect it from an ancient sorcerer determined to reclaim it and take over the world. 👻 #QuestPit #MG #Q #BIPOC
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November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
BADGERBLOOD: AWAKENING

Elements of IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES mix with THE PRINCESS BRIDE in this multi-POV, medieval style YA Fantasy.

#QuestPit #F #YA #P
Graphic with dark blue strip on top and larger light blue section everywhere else. White elegant words on top read "Badgerblood: Awakening." Words under that read "YA Medieval Fantasy; 91,000 words; S.C. Monson; Self-Published." To the right of that is a red book cover with the title "Badgerblood: Awakening" and the author name "S.C. Monson" and a badger head profile carved into a white spiral pendant. A red spiral border separates these from the rest of the words on the graphic which read, "A reclusive outlaw, haunted by his forgotten past and hunted by a tyrant, evades false murder charges by hiding in a feral Timberland, but when a headstrong girl barrels into the forest, Kor's magic pendant draws him to her, driving him from his sanctuary to face secrets key to saving the kingdom and his own soul." Graphic with dark blue border and three sketches by S.C. Monson. Top left is a sketch of a bear-like borlan. Top right is a sketch of a badger. Bottom sketch is of a man being restrained. Dividing the top two pictures is the word reading down in all caps: "TORMENTED."
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
BADGERBLOOD: AWAKENING
IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES X THE PRINCESS BRIDE
✅ Reclusive outlaw MMC
✅ Lost Hero
✅ Reluctant Chosen One
✅ Amnesia
✅ Hunted
✅ Evading false murder charges
✅ Feral Timberland
✅ Tyrant
✅ Good vs. Evil
✅ Headstrong FMC
✅ Luck-thieving girl
✅ Magic pendant
#QuestPit #F #YA #P
a man leaning against a wall with the words " who are you " above him
Alt: Half-dead Wesley from The Princess Bride leaning against a wall with the words "who are you?" and "Are we enemies?" flashing below him
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November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
We make homemade pizza just for fun, also because it's delicious, and yesterday we made pizza pretzels. But also, kinda forgot to get a shot of them, so you get the mad mummy dogs instead with a peek at the pizza pretzels on the left. Happy October! 😊🎃

#Halloween #pizza
Homemade pretzel mummy dogs with ketchup faces smiling and frowning. Pizza pretzels on the left.
October 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
Ran out of steam before I could post a thank you for the awesome support in UnhingedPit yesterday! That was my first Unhinged event. It was🎶awesome!🎶 Thank you, fellow writers! Best of writing and life to you each today.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Sorry. Last, last #UnhingedPit post, promise. This is for a 2nd project, my WIP, Badgerblood 2.

Princess Bride X Sword of Shannara X Don Quixote...? (Maybe. But without singing and hair. Maybe. Okay, MOST POVs w/hair. 🧔)
#FingerDrawing #WIP #YA #F #OutlawMMC #AdventurousFMC
Finger drawing of a face that's gritting its teeth with eyes wide. Scribble lines around face indicate a harried condition. Spiral pendant with carving of a badger head profile hangs below the finger drawing. Black words below that read, "Kor must steal tyrant's hair or friends die. The catch? Tyrant is bald." Below that, red words read, "Badgerblood 2 WIP."
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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y'all know the drill by now:

~kidnapped ballerina
~panic disorder
~fantasy fugitives
~their leader's magic stuck in her
~forced to live w/ them
~spying for freedom
~forced proximity
~found family
~slow burn romance

blah blah etc like my book🙏

#UnhingedPit #CS #YA #F #M #R #MH
Fake pitch card for #Unhingedpit. Handwritten words that read, "Tired of Pitching, Please like my book, Wake Spring 27."
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
Sorry. Last, last #UnhingedPit post, promise. This is for a 2nd project, my WIP, Badgerblood 2.

Princess Bride X Sword of Shannara X Don Quixote...? (Maybe. But without singing and hair. Maybe. Okay, MOST POVs w/hair. 🧔)
#FingerDrawing #WIP #YA #F #OutlawMMC #AdventurousFMC
Finger drawing of a face that's gritting its teeth with eyes wide. Scribble lines around face indicate a harried condition. Spiral pendant with carving of a badger head profile hangs below the finger drawing. Black words below that read, "Kor must steal tyrant's hair or friends die. The catch? Tyrant is bald." Below that, red words read, "Badgerblood 2 WIP."
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Last of my #UnhingedPit posts!
SWORD OF SHANNARA X SHADOW OF THE FOX
Chuck Norris doesn't cry tears, he cries badgers.

#YA #F #P #SelfPublished
Collage of front book cover for "Badgerblood Awakening" by S.C. Monson, meme with scribbled out words and with words under another collage of 4 badger faces. The first 3 are angry and the last is calm. Words under each read in this order: "How my friends see me," "How tyrants see me," "How my prey sees me," and "How I see myself." Under that there is another badger meme that reads Badger (and borlan), The Chuck Norris of the Borwood Timberland."
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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What's more unhinged than doing more than 3 posts? 😏

WAKE, a wildly reimagined BEAUTY AND THE BEAST retelling featuring a hate-hate relationship with:

~pointless fights
~bickering
~name calling
~& this kind of energy

You're welcome, world 😈

#Unhingedpit #CS #YA #F #M #R #MH
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September 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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How to win over a girl:

1. Kidnap her

2. Torture her

3. Force her to live with you

4. Take away her hopes & dreams

5. Accidentally throw things at her when she surprises you

6. Freak out if she touches you

7. Give her the silent treatment

#UnhingedPit #CS #YA #F #M #R #MH
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September 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🚨 ESCAPED FUGITIVES ALERT 🚨

3 high-risk fugitives vanished from Agency prison without a trace

When: unknown

All very powerful & dangerous

If you think you see something, DO NOT ENGAGE. Report to your local Agency representative immediately

#UnhingedPit #CS #YA #F #M #R #MH
Fake wanted poster for #Unhingedpit. Top reads "Wanted" with an image of the head and shoulders of a malicious-eyed man with bat wings and a barbed tail holding a copper vial in a hand with a bound palm and forearm. Below reads, "Kinito-inato, psychotic and malicious, disposed to drastic shifts in mood, expert in ice and gravity magic." Bottom reads, "Approach with extreme caution, If you have any information regarding his whereabouts, please contact your nearest Agency outpost." Fake wanted poster for #Unhingedpit. Top reads "Wanted" with a headshot of a teenage boy who has skunk-striped blue and orange hair covering one orange eye with the hood of a hooded t-shirt pulled over his head. Below reads, "Zeko Alden, hot-tempered, prone to fits of swearing and face palms, expert in daggers and throwing knives." Bottom reads, "Approach with caution, If you have any information regarding his whereabouts, please contact your nearest Agency outpost." Fake wanted poster for #Unhingedpit. Top reads "Wanted" with an image of the head and shoulders of a sad-eyed man wearing a face mask and an eye patch over his right eye in a button-up shirt with a metal-studded chest and his long slate hair covering his right eye. Below reads, "Altis-iacus, mild-mannered but powerful, drawn to reading and sculpting, expert in earth and mental magics." Bottom reads, "Approach with caution, If you have any information regarding his whereabouts, please contact your nearest Agency outpost."
September 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
I love this book sooo much! (beta reader) So stoked it's finally getting published!
September 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Last of my #UnhingedPit posts!
SWORD OF SHANNARA X SHADOW OF THE FOX
Chuck Norris doesn't cry tears, he cries badgers.

#YA #F #P #SelfPublished
Collage of front book cover for "Badgerblood Awakening" by S.C. Monson, meme with scribbled out words and with words under another collage of 4 badger faces. The first 3 are angry and the last is calm. Words under each read in this order: "How my friends see me," "How tyrants see me," "How my prey sees me," and "How I see myself." Under that there is another badger meme that reads Badger (and borlan), The Chuck Norris of the Borwood Timberland."
September 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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UNHOLY TRINITY is what would happen if George Orwell and Margaret Atwood tripped on MK-ULTRA drugs together, watched "Real Genius" and "The Last Castle," got the plots mixed up, and then wrote dystopian AU fanfic about it.

#UnhingedPit #A #SpF #Q

(Now w/ 500% more Tumblresque character moodboards)
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Cryptids are tricky especially when they’re hungry… follow Alice’s advice and you’ll be just fine.. after all curse breakers and cryptids go together like peanut butter and lasagna. #cryptids #magic #mgfantasy #bluecrew #bluesky #amquerying #F #MG #Q #UnhingedPit
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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The Society of Curse Breakers as told by memes. Bone Apple Tea.

Comps

The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu, The Cabinet of Wonders by Marie Rutkoski and Trust No One by Linda Sue Park
#UnhingedPit #F #MG #YA #Q #amquerying #mgfantasy
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
scmonsonwriting.bsky.social
Badgerblood: Awakening - "Get out of jail free" Pinterest fail.
Graceling X Shadow of the Fox

#UnhingedPit #P #SelfPublished #YA #F
a cartoon of a man in a stockade with the words i 'm free i 'm free
Alt: a cartoon of the old man from Disney's "Hunchback of Notre Dame" escaping from a stockade with the words i 'm free i 'm free, only to fall down a manhole.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP
How far would you go to make sure your loved ones survive? For a retired explorer, that burning question never ceases to exist. When he overhears a rumour about a mysterious forest, he ventures back into the wild, desperation overwhelming every other emotion.
#PosterPit #Q #T #A
IDLE OF A PSYCHOPOMP - POSTER
August 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM