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From the depths of r/writing 👽 greatest hits archives:
My husband filled my water
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/1n4leqt
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
My husband filled my water
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/1n4leqt
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 19, 2026 at 7:02 PM
From the depths of r/writing 👽 greatest hits archives:
My husband filled my water
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/1n4leqt
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
My husband filled my water
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/1n4leqt
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
just a good ol' fashioned daily author quote:
"And she was fair as is the rose in May"
— Geoffrey Chaucer
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"And she was fair as is the rose in May"
— Geoffrey Chaucer
#writingcommunity
February 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
just a good ol' fashioned daily author quote:
"And she was fair as is the rose in May"
— Geoffrey Chaucer
#writingcommunity
"And she was fair as is the rose in May"
— Geoffrey Chaucer
#writingcommunity
Weekly wisdom from the Query Shark 📖🦈:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2010/09/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2010/09/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 18, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Weekly wisdom from the Query Shark 📖🦈:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2010/09/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2010/09/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
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February 18, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Just dropping a handy little breadcrumb:
Post from @darlingaxe.com:
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Post from @darlingaxe.com:
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🌤️ daily quote time!
"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life"
— Vaclav Havel
#writingcommunity
"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life"
— Vaclav Havel
#writingcommunity
February 18, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🌤️ daily quote time!
"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life"
— Vaclav Havel
#writingcommunity
"Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life"
— Vaclav Havel
#writingcommunity
daily rejection inspiration:
"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work"
— James Lee Burke
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work"
— James Lee Burke
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
February 17, 2026 at 10:47 PM
daily rejection inspiration:
"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work"
— James Lee Burke
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work"
— James Lee Burke
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
all-time top 200 r/publishing throwback:
(Vent) As someone in the industry I am so disillusioned by f...
https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/1ixyz22
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
(Vent) As someone in the industry I am so disillusioned by f...
https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/1ixyz22
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
all-time top 200 r/publishing throwback:
(Vent) As someone in the industry I am so disillusioned by f...
https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/1ixyz22
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
(Vent) As someone in the industry I am so disillusioned by f...
https://www.reddit.com/r/publishing/comments/1ixyz22
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
daily words today:
"In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and fo...
#writingcommunity
"In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and fo...
#writingcommunity
February 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM
daily words today:
"In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and fo...
#writingcommunity
"In general, questions are fine; you can always seize upon the parts of them that interest you and concentrate on answering those. And one has to remember when answering questions that asking questions isn't easy either, and fo...
#writingcommunity
Reminder - rejection is a sign of progress!
"I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, ‘To hell with you"
— Saul Bellow
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, ‘To hell with you"
— Saul Bellow
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
February 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Reminder - rejection is a sign of progress!
"I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, ‘To hell with you"
— Saul Bellow
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, ‘To hell with you"
— Saul Bellow
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
Today's light Query Shark reading:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2016/07/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2016/07/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Today's light Query Shark reading:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2016/07/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2016/07/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Slushwire 📫 snagged this for ya:
Agent Bailey Tamayo opened to queries at https://querytracker.net/agent/12204
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Agent Bailey Tamayo opened to queries at https://querytracker.net/agent/12204
More alert_urls at
https://writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Slushwire 📫 snagged this for ya:
Agent Bailey Tamayo opened to queries at https://querytracker.net/agent/12204
More alert_urls at
https://writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Agent Bailey Tamayo opened to queries at https://querytracker.net/agent/12204
More alert_urls at
https://writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
just a good ol' fashioned daily author quote:
"Toleration is the best religion"
— Victor Hugo
#writingcommunity
"Toleration is the best religion"
— Victor Hugo
#writingcommunity
February 16, 2026 at 2:02 PM
just a good ol' fashioned daily author quote:
"Toleration is the best religion"
— Victor Hugo
#writingcommunity
"Toleration is the best religion"
— Victor Hugo
#writingcommunity
Slushwire Week #7 - 99 alerts for writers:
👽 Reddit: 18
🦋 Bluesky: 25
📋 Critiques: 29
🕵️ Agents: 20
📬 Openings: 7
Get the Free intel writers use to beat the query trenches → writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
👽 Reddit: 18
🦋 Bluesky: 25
📋 Critiques: 29
🕵️ Agents: 20
📬 Openings: 7
Get the Free intel writers use to beat the query trenches → writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
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February 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Slushwire Week #7 - 99 alerts for writers:
👽 Reddit: 18
🦋 Bluesky: 25
📋 Critiques: 29
🕵️ Agents: 20
📬 Openings: 7
Get the Free intel writers use to beat the query trenches → writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
👽 Reddit: 18
🦋 Bluesky: 25
📋 Critiques: 29
🕵️ Agents: 20
📬 Openings: 7
Get the Free intel writers use to beat the query trenches → writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
🫖 Just a little sip of decaf rejection before bed:
"I encourage you to reject rejection. If someone says no, just say NEXT"
— Jack Canfield
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"I encourage you to reject rejection. If someone says no, just say NEXT"
— Jack Canfield
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
February 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
🫖 Just a little sip of decaf rejection before bed:
"I encourage you to reject rejection. If someone says no, just say NEXT"
— Jack Canfield
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"I encourage you to reject rejection. If someone says no, just say NEXT"
— Jack Canfield
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
🌤️ daily quote time!
"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing"
— Alan Watts
#writingcommunity
"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing"
— Alan Watts
#writingcommunity
February 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🌤️ daily quote time!
"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing"
— Alan Watts
#writingcommunity
"So the bodhisattva saves all beings, not by preaching sermons to them, but by showing them that they are delivered, they are liberated, by the act of not being able to stop changing"
— Alan Watts
#writingcommunity
cannot overstate how 📖🦈 the value of Query Shark
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2013/03/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2013/03/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
cannot overstate how 📖🦈 the value of Query Shark
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2013/03/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2013/03/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
👽 r/PubTips Hall of Famer:
[Discussion]: After four years of pursuing trad pub, and two...
https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1gstu1z
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
[Discussion]: After four years of pursuing trad pub, and two...
https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1gstu1z
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
👽 r/PubTips Hall of Famer:
[Discussion]: After four years of pursuing trad pub, and two...
https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1gstu1z
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
[Discussion]: After four years of pursuing trad pub, and two...
https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/1gstu1z
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
🌊 If rejection's flooding your query trenches...
"As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection"
— Carol Leifer
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection"
— Carol Leifer
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
February 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
🌊 If rejection's flooding your query trenches...
"As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection"
— Carol Leifer
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
"As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection"
— Carol Leifer
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying
🦈 always good:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2012/04/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2012/04/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 13, 2026 at 9:32 PM
🦈 always good:
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2012/04/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
https://queryshark.blogspot.com/2012/04/
original content not ours but by queryshark.blogspot.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
From the depths of r/writing 👽 greatest hits archives:
I found Cheat Sheets For Writing Body Language
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/hzgr7w
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
I found Cheat Sheets For Writing Body Language
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/hzgr7w
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 13, 2026 at 7:02 PM
From the depths of r/writing 👽 greatest hits archives:
I found Cheat Sheets For Writing Body Language
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/hzgr7w
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
I found Cheat Sheets For Writing Body Language
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/hzgr7w
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Picked up by 💌 Slushwire:
Post from @coverageink.bsky.social:
https://bsky.app/profile/coverageink.bsky.social/post/3mec46m7mnr25
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#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Post from @coverageink.bsky.social:
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February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Picked up by 💌 Slushwire:
Post from @coverageink.bsky.social:
https://bsky.app/profile/coverageink.bsky.social/post/3mec46m7mnr25
More writerly alert_urls at
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#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Post from @coverageink.bsky.social:
https://bsky.app/profile/coverageink.bsky.social/post/3mec46m7mnr25
More writerly alert_urls at
https://writequeryhook.com
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
🤔
"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason"
— Blaise Pascal
#writingcommunity
"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason"
— Blaise Pascal
#writingcommunity
February 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
🤔
"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason"
— Blaise Pascal
#writingcommunity
"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason"
— Blaise Pascal
#writingcommunity
From the 👽 r/writing archives:
Am I weird or does anyone else prefer planning to actually w...
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/a1beg1
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Am I weird or does anyone else prefer planning to actually w...
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/a1beg1
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
February 12, 2026 at 7:02 PM
From the 👽 r/writing archives:
Am I weird or does anyone else prefer planning to actually w...
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/a1beg1
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
Am I weird or does anyone else prefer planning to actually w...
https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/a1beg1
#writingcommunity #querytrenches #amquerying #pubtips
"Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory"
— Sun Tzu ✍️
#writingcommunity
— Sun Tzu ✍️
#writingcommunity
February 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights and afterwards looks for victory"
— Sun Tzu ✍️
#writingcommunity
— Sun Tzu ✍️
#writingcommunity