Sonja J Kaye
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Sonja J Kaye
@sonjajkaye.bsky.social
· Nov 7
When enemies-with-benefits plan a heist…
An agent/editor/reader’s guide to:
OF STRAYS AND SINNERS
my wildly romantic adult fantasy 👀🔥✨🥷
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An agent/editor/reader’s guide to:
OF STRAYS AND SINNERS
my wildly romantic adult fantasy 👀🔥✨🥷
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#amquerying
#amreading
#agentsguide
Natalie’s guide to surviving boarding school:
🔪don’t let your murderous side show
🔪seriously, do NOT kill anyone even if you want to
🔪practice the Good Girl smile for Yale
🔪DON’T fall for the new girl
🔪Fail and go to jail? Hell, no.
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🔪don’t let your murderous side show
🔪seriously, do NOT kill anyone even if you want to
🔪practice the Good Girl smile for Yale
🔪DON’T fall for the new girl
🔪Fail and go to jail? Hell, no.
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Natalie’s guide to surviving boarding school:
🔪don’t let your murderous side show
🔪seriously, do NOT kill anyone even if you want to
🔪practice the Good Girl smile for Yale
🔪DON’T fall for the new girl
🔪Fail and go to jail? Hell, no.
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
🔪don’t let your murderous side show
🔪seriously, do NOT kill anyone even if you want to
🔪practice the Good Girl smile for Yale
🔪DON’T fall for the new girl
🔪Fail and go to jail? Hell, no.
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
Being a good girl? Overrated.
Hurting people—intriguing.
But that’d risk Natalie’s rep at her elite boarding school and her desired spot at Yale.
She’s got it all under control, until pretty new girl Aylin sees right through her mask.
Now, to kiss or to kill her?
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
Hurting people—intriguing.
But that’d risk Natalie’s rep at her elite boarding school and her desired spot at Yale.
She’s got it all under control, until pretty new girl Aylin sees right through her mask.
Now, to kiss or to kill her?
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Being a good girl? Overrated.
Hurting people—intriguing.
But that’d risk Natalie’s rep at her elite boarding school and her desired spot at Yale.
She’s got it all under control, until pretty new girl Aylin sees right through her mask.
Now, to kiss or to kill her?
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
Hurting people—intriguing.
But that’d risk Natalie’s rep at her elite boarding school and her desired spot at Yale.
She’s got it all under control, until pretty new girl Aylin sees right through her mask.
Now, to kiss or to kill her?
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
Natalie pretends to be a good girl at the country’s most elite boarding school but secretly craves to hurt(kill?) people. Wouldn't that be more fun?
When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask a game of cat&mouse begins where desire and danger blur.
Until someone dies
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask a game of cat&mouse begins where desire and danger blur.
Until someone dies
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Natalie pretends to be a good girl at the country’s most elite boarding school but secretly craves to hurt(kill?) people. Wouldn't that be more fun?
When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask a game of cat&mouse begins where desire and danger blur.
Until someone dies
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask a game of cat&mouse begins where desire and danger blur.
Until someone dies
#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
I've been mostly quiet here as life got busy. But I recently finished my RTM revisions and want to shout out to my mentor Birdie who’s made this process such a joy for me. 💚 thank you for believing in me, you absolute legend! 💚
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July 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I've been mostly quiet here as life got busy. But I recently finished my RTM revisions and want to shout out to my mentor Birdie who’s made this process such a joy for me. 💚 thank you for believing in me, you absolute legend! 💚
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Huge shoutout to my bestie, my writer soulmate, my love @paulagleeson.bsky.social
CONGRATULATIONS to your second baby 💚💚 I love you and Boney Creek to bits and couldn’t be prouder of you!!! 🥹
Also, READERS!!! Check out this twisty, mind-blowing new thriller OUT TODAY!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS to your second baby 💚💚 I love you and Boney Creek to bits and couldn’t be prouder of you!!! 🥹
Also, READERS!!! Check out this twisty, mind-blowing new thriller OUT TODAY!!!
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My second thriller is out today! Pub day is always an emotional time for so many reasons & today is no different. It's always such a long journey to get here w/ so many highs & lows. But the support & sense of community is always the best part of being a writer. So grateful I get to be part of it! 🥹
June 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Huge shoutout to my bestie, my writer soulmate, my love @paulagleeson.bsky.social
CONGRATULATIONS to your second baby 💚💚 I love you and Boney Creek to bits and couldn’t be prouder of you!!! 🥹
Also, READERS!!! Check out this twisty, mind-blowing new thriller OUT TODAY!!!
#booksky
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CONGRATULATIONS to your second baby 💚💚 I love you and Boney Creek to bits and couldn’t be prouder of you!!! 🥹
Also, READERS!!! Check out this twisty, mind-blowing new thriller OUT TODAY!!!
#booksky
#writersky
Reposted by Sonja J Kaye
YA KILLING EVE
An elite boarding school: Natalie pretends to be a good girl but secretly craves to hurt (kill?) people. When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask, a game of cat & mouse begins where desire and danger blur, putting both their lives on the line.
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An elite boarding school: Natalie pretends to be a good girl but secretly craves to hurt (kill?) people. When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask, a game of cat & mouse begins where desire and danger blur, putting both their lives on the line.
#questpit #YA #T #Q
May 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
YA KILLING EVE
An elite boarding school: Natalie pretends to be a good girl but secretly craves to hurt (kill?) people. When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask, a game of cat & mouse begins where desire and danger blur, putting both their lives on the line.
#questpit #YA #T #Q
An elite boarding school: Natalie pretends to be a good girl but secretly craves to hurt (kill?) people. When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask, a game of cat & mouse begins where desire and danger blur, putting both their lives on the line.
#questpit #YA #T #Q
May 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Oh the giddy, raw excitement of exploring a new story idea. I can't wait to see where this one will go. As a pantser, I won’t find out for a while though. 😅
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May 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Oh the giddy, raw excitement of exploring a new story idea. I can't wait to see where this one will go. As a pantser, I won’t find out for a while though. 😅
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My dear friend Melissa Poett’s debut is out today! 🎉🥹
THR ENEMY’S DAUGHTER is a YA reimagining of Tristan & Isolde. It’s romantic, magical, heart-breaking and feminist. If you're looking for a fresh voice in YA, check it out!
You’ll find Melissa over on IG
THR ENEMY’S DAUGHTER is a YA reimagining of Tristan & Isolde. It’s romantic, magical, heart-breaking and feminist. If you're looking for a fresh voice in YA, check it out!
You’ll find Melissa over on IG
May 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
My dear friend Melissa Poett’s debut is out today! 🎉🥹
THR ENEMY’S DAUGHTER is a YA reimagining of Tristan & Isolde. It’s romantic, magical, heart-breaking and feminist. If you're looking for a fresh voice in YA, check it out!
You’ll find Melissa over on IG
THR ENEMY’S DAUGHTER is a YA reimagining of Tristan & Isolde. It’s romantic, magical, heart-breaking and feminist. If you're looking for a fresh voice in YA, check it out!
You’ll find Melissa over on IG
Last weekend was sooo hard. My cat soulmate got very unwell and came within inches of dying. I really thought that was it. Woke up every day dreading to find him not breathing. But he’s a tough cookie and slowly, slowly clawed his way back to life. He's still unwell, but not in immediate danger 🥺
May 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Last weekend was sooo hard. My cat soulmate got very unwell and came within inches of dying. I really thought that was it. Woke up every day dreading to find him not breathing. But he’s a tough cookie and slowly, slowly clawed his way back to life. He's still unwell, but not in immediate danger 🥺
Feeling very blessed and loved as I snuggle my two fur babies. My cat is very sick, so every cuddle is precious. Grateful for every day I get to have with him 💚
May 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Feeling very blessed and loved as I snuggle my two fur babies. My cat is very sick, so every cuddle is precious. Grateful for every day I get to have with him 💚
Okay, so. I'm currently reading a book that many agents and editors reference on their wish lists, and while the prose is stellar, there’s one thing that truly, deeply baffles me. There aren't any stakes in this story! Like, what?! I wonder what industry pros like about it. 🤔
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April 25, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Okay, so. I'm currently reading a book that many agents and editors reference on their wish lists, and while the prose is stellar, there’s one thing that truly, deeply baffles me. There aren't any stakes in this story! Like, what?! I wonder what industry pros like about it. 🤔
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I am destroyed! This book destroyed me. I finished it last night and can’t stop thinking about it. The prose is gorgeous, the setting beautiful and harsh and stunning, and the characters will live in my head forever.
Major book hangover!
Major book hangover!
I'm reading Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mc Conaghy right now and it is blowing my mind! The prose is absolutely stunning. It's one of those books where the setting feels alive, like a character in itself. So beautiful. 5 stars
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April 5, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I am destroyed! This book destroyed me. I finished it last night and can’t stop thinking about it. The prose is gorgeous, the setting beautiful and harsh and stunning, and the characters will live in my head forever.
Major book hangover!
Major book hangover!
I'm reading Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mc Conaghy right now and it is blowing my mind! The prose is absolutely stunning. It's one of those books where the setting feels alive, like a character in itself. So beautiful. 5 stars
#booksky
#booksky
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I'm reading Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte Mc Conaghy right now and it is blowing my mind! The prose is absolutely stunning. It's one of those books where the setting feels alive, like a character in itself. So beautiful. 5 stars
#booksky
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I'm revising my Killing Eve inspired boarding school thriller so obv I need do a rewatch, right? I’ll just... um… stop the very last episode two minutes before it ends. 🙃
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March 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I'm revising my Killing Eve inspired boarding school thriller so obv I need do a rewatch, right? I’ll just... um… stop the very last episode two minutes before it ends. 🙃
Took the doggie for a nice long beach walk this morning. Threw her stick into the ocean about a hundred times. Now it’s time to revise!
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March 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Took the doggie for a nice long beach walk this morning. Threw her stick into the ocean about a hundred times. Now it’s time to revise!
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A coffee, a manuscript, and the sea on a rainy day. Perfect conditions for revising my moody boarding school thriller.
What’s everyone else working on??
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What’s everyone else working on??
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March 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A coffee, a manuscript, and the sea on a rainy day. Perfect conditions for revising my moody boarding school thriller.
What’s everyone else working on??
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What’s everyone else working on??
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Cracks knuckles… rightio, here we go again. Summoning my inner Villanelle to dive deep into my little Killing Eve inspired thriller. Revisions are going!
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March 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cracks knuckles… rightio, here we go again. Summoning my inner Villanelle to dive deep into my little Killing Eve inspired thriller. Revisions are going!
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It’s been a minute since I posted, but I’m finally starting revisions on my RTM ms and THIS is most definitely the most gorgeous writing spot I’ve ever had.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It’s been a minute since I posted, but I’m finally starting revisions on my RTM ms and THIS is most definitely the most gorgeous writing spot I’ve ever had.
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I'm preparing for major revisions of a manuscript I wrote 4 years ago. It’s so interesting to reread this baby. Makes me realize how much I've learnt and grown as a writer. Very grateful for all the support I got from CPs, betas & friends 💚
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February 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I'm preparing for major revisions of a manuscript I wrote 4 years ago. It’s so interesting to reread this baby. Makes me realize how much I've learnt and grown as a writer. Very grateful for all the support I got from CPs, betas & friends 💚
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Reposted by Sonja J Kaye
Australian/Victorian/Ballarat book lovers where are you? Check out this new author event!! We'll be talking all things writing, debuting together while having very different experiences & what we are working on next. Tag anyone who might be interested!! Link to register for free tix in comments.
February 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Australian/Victorian/Ballarat book lovers where are you? Check out this new author event!! We'll be talking all things writing, debuting together while having very different experiences & what we are working on next. Tag anyone who might be interested!! Link to register for free tix in comments.
My 3yo wants to go to the library every other day. The piles of books we bring home are staggering. There's no way I could afford to satisfy her need for fresh stories without our library! I also really love browsing the shelves with her. Such great bonding time 🥰
February 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
My 3yo wants to go to the library every other day. The piles of books we bring home are staggering. There's no way I could afford to satisfy her need for fresh stories without our library! I also really love browsing the shelves with her. Such great bonding time 🥰
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February 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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