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@cayseshultz.bsky.social
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Likes to read & repeat things in her own words. Much sarcasm. Very neurodivergence. Lots of masks, few spoons. 2E Mom of two 2Es.

https://linktr.ee/pounceswithwolves

I DO NOT use gen-AI in my novels. But I also don’t judge those who do.
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cayseshultz.bsky.social
In case anyone wants to see what was happening at the ICE facility in #Portland/#PDX the last few nights.

So war zone.
Much fire.
Very disaster.

youtu.be/BQt9Jev2c14?...
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Woot! Finally have the next chapter of #PollyOllyOxenFree for you all 🥰

#Fantasy #Fiction #NeurodivergentNovelist #AuDHDAuthor #WritingCommunity #SerialFiction #Booksky #Writesky

open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...
September 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Here you go #unhingedpit. 45minutes.

#YA #F #ComingofRage #amquerying
#TheCopperCanary #PokemonPitched
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Apparently, I'm a sucker for punishment and ridicule. Enjoy:

#amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky #neurodivergence #whyiwrite #interviewedbytheenemy

open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...
Orange background with white text that reads "ChatGPT Interviews Me to Determine Why I Wrote The Copper Canary" and subtitle reads "aka Why A "So-Called-Rational Person" is Pursuing Traditional Publishing
September 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
My story nerd brain is so damn relieved to know that someone else has done this to preserve their sanity. 🤓😂

#amwriting #amoutlining #writingcommunity #storystructure #stoleitfromreddit

www.reddit.com/r/writing/s/...
ROBERT CARLSON'S ULTIMATE STORY STRUCTURE CHART 2015 v 2.0
September 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Hey, yo, writer-targeted scambots.

If you are going to slap your writer-bait under a writer’s post, here’s a list of steps to follow:

1. Read the linked piece.
2. Like it.
3. Make sure it ISN’T about them grieving someone they love, then
4. Don’t.

Thanks. 🖕

#writingcommunity
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
A friend of a friend's #debut is on pre-order! Plz support
Alexandra & indie trade pub @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social & @alcovepress.bsky.social by sharing!🥰

"The search for King Arthur's Excalibur invites danger…and potentially love"

#sapphic #HistoricalRomance #WritingCommunity #SapphicSeptember
Beige promotional graphic for a Barnes & Noble preorder sale. Large text at the top reads “9/3 – 9/5, 25% OFF PRE-ORDERS.” Below it says “Barnes & Noble Rewards and Premium Members only! Use code PREORDER25 at checkout.” Smaller text notes: “Valid for physical books, ebooks, and audiobooks at Barnes & Noble. Some exclusions apply.” On the right is an illustrated coral-pink book with the words “Cover coming soon” above the title For the Love of the Quest by Alexandra Amman Parthun. Decorative sparkles appear in the top right corner. Hashtag at the bottom: #BNPREORDER.
September 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
I posted an image a while back highlighting all the stories that impacted my inspiration, #writing, and/or the unending structural edits of The Copper Canary.

Scroll through to see why I now consider them “The Copper Canary’s Common-core” 🥰

#amquerying #Fantasy #writingcommunity
August 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
#1stLinePit is over on Insta rn.

Therefore.

“Oh, how I implore thee, gracious #writesky and wondrous word wizards of the #writingcommunity, wouldst thou go forth and support those in #amquerying anguish so we may all be blessed-eth with agent angels?” 😜🥰

www.instagram.com/p/DN_5woxgZS...
August 31, 2025 at 12:24 AM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Two more pages. Always my favorite ones 🥰
Sections include Sports Stars, Survival Stories, Real History, Fantasy, Thrills and Chills, Dragon Tales. Sports: Soccer Ball Diary ($14.99), Baseball Superstars Play Ball with squishy ($10.99), Travis Kelce All Access ($3), Tony Hawk Who Is? ($6.99), Tech Deck Shred Zone with ramps ($14.99). Survival: Disaster Squad ($2), At the Edge of Lost ($8.99), Distress Signal ($2). Real History: I Survived Mega Pack (24 books for $55.99), Escape from the USS Indianapolis ($8.99), Search and Rescue ($7.99), Escaping the Holocaust ($7.99). Fantasy: The Crossbow of Destiny ($8.99), Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Chalice of the Gods ($9.99), Basher’s Legendary Creatures with necklace ($4), Forever Fairies ($6.99), The Last Kids on Earth Graphic Novel ($15.99). Dragon Tales: Adopt-a-Dragon Kit ($14.99), Dragon Girls ($5.99), Wings of Fire Graphic Novel ($12.99), Wings of Fire Collection Books 1–5 ($27.99). Flyer section Fun and Games and Write On. Fun and Games: Axolotl Bear Activity Book with fluffy cover ($14.99), SpongeBob SquarePants: Memes from Bikini Bottom ($7.99), Spiky Sports Squish Ball ($3.99), Totally Cool Box of Activities ($14.99). Write On section: Besties Gummy Bear Diary with necklaces ($14.99), Glow-in-the-Dark Jellyfish Pen ($3.99), Pink Claw Machine Eraser Set ($7.99), Dum-Dums Assorted Scented Gel Pens, set of 10 ($9.99), Strawberry Teddy Bear Sketch Journal ($16.99), Mini Shaky Confetti Notepad, set of 3 ($3.99). Bright colorful backgrounds with cartoon doodles and arrows point to product highlights.
August 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
#amwriting I swear.

But. Last night my kids brought home the:

SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR PAMPHLET.

#booksky #writesky #writingcommunity #bestpartofbacktoschool
Scholastic Book Clubs September 2025 flyer for grades 3–6. Title: Great Books for Back to School. Featured books include How to Train Your Dragon: Movie Edition ($9.99), The Bad Guys 2 ($6.99), I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011: The Graphic Novel ($12.99), Wish I Was a Baller ($14.99), Smiley ($8.99), Back to School Value Pack of 5 books ($19.99), Fridge Lockbox Set ($15.99), Mixed-Up graphic novel ($14.99), and Holes ($3). Cartoon illustrations of smiling kids with backpacks and basketballs decorate the page. Scholastic flyer pages titled School’s In, Graphic Novels & More, and Favorite Author Aaron Blabey. Books and items shown: Mini Locker set ($15.99), Team Awesomely Jojo and Middle School ($7.99), Fresh Start ($14.99), Speechless ($14.99), Snoop by Gordon Korman ($8.99), Unplugged ($3), Miss Camper graphic novel ($14.99), Academy of Roblox Pros ($5), Warriors Graphic Novel ($14.99), Minecraft Manga Vol. 1 ($11.99), Super Boba Café ($14.99), Disney Manga Nightmare Before Christmas ($15.99), One Piece Manga Vol. 10 ($11.99), Diary of a Wimpy Kid Collection ($49.99), Dog Man books ($14.99–24.99), Diary of a Pug ($6.99), and I Spy Classified Lockbox ($12.99). Aaron Blabey’s featured titles include Bad Guys 2 Activity Book ($7.99), Bad Guys Fun Pack ($24.99), and Cat on the Run ($7.99). Flyer sections: Get Gaming, Family and Friendship, Rock Out, and All About Animals. Gaming titles: Game Quest: Player vs. Player ($6.99), Head to Head: Gaming Heroes ($8.99), Gamer Jokes with Squishy Controller ($9.99), Pokémon Legendary and Mythical Guidebook ($11.99), Diary of Roblox Pro ($8.99), Super Mario Official Guide ($5), and Sonic the Hedgehog’s Uprising ($15.99). Family & friendship: Hearts & Crafts Club with BFF necklaces ($14.99), The Taylors ($8.99), Chef’s Secret ($8.99), Nugly ($7.99). Rock Out kits include Crystal Power ($10.99), World of Rocks Collection ($14.99), Treasure Hunt Dig Kit ($16.99), and Rock On Gold ($9.99). Animal books: Puppies vs. Kittens ($10.99), Animal Party Clay Kit ($19.99), Colorful Creatures ($8.99), Predator Reader Pack of 4 ($14.99), Shark Bites ($9.99), Reptiles Are Awesome ($6.99), and Chi’s Sweet Adventures ($8.99).
August 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
You stand corrected.
August 29, 2025 at 3:58 AM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
No clue! Those were for all genre though. So I wonder if I go more specific if it’ll be more accurate. Here’s fantasy for the last year:
11 Agents Found Hannah Andrade - Bradford Literary Agency Rebecca Angus - Howland Literary Amy Bishop-Wycisk - Trellis Literary Management Heather Cashman - Storm Literary Agency Katie Gisondi - Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc. Diego Harrison - SBR Media Liv Ivanov - Creative Media Agency Helen Lane - Ki Agency @ Maeve MacLysaght - Aevitas Creative Management • Eva Scalzo - Speilburg Literary Agency Brent Taylor - Triada US Literary Agency
August 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
That figures 😂, but that is interesting! I wonder if it is because it is only the list from the last 6 months though, the big list was 105 agents long but here were the top few they had listed:
Thais Afonso - Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency Hannah Andrade - Bradford Literary Agency Rebecca Angus - Howland Literary Erica Bauman - Aevitas Creative Management Rachel Beck - Liza Dawson Associates Maddy Belton - The Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency Kendall Berdinsky - Dystel Goderich & Bourret LLC Amy Bishop-Wycisk - Trellis Literary Management Michael Bourret - Dystel Goderich & Bourret LLC Kimberly Brower - Park, Fine & Brower Literary Management Alex Brown - Mad Woman Literary Agency Patrice Caldwell - The Caldwell Agency Amanda Carbonell - Belcastro Agency Megan Carroll - Watson, Little Ltd Jenniea Carter - New Leaf Literary & Media Haley Casey - Creative Media Agency Heather Cashman - Storm Literary Agency Maddalena Cavaciuti - David Higham Associates Ltd Catherine Cho - Paper Literary Catherine Cho - Paper Literary Ginger Clark - Ginger Clark Literary Marisa Corvisiero - Corvisiero Literary Agency Liza DeBlock - Greenstone Literary Lucienne Diver - The Knight Agency, Inc. Naomi Eisenbeiss - InkWell Management Nicole Eisenbraun - Ginger Clark Literary Kiya Evans - Paper Literary Kimberly Fernando - Olswanger Literary Emily Forney - BookEnds, LLC Megan Frayser - Creative Media Agency Katie Gisondi - Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc. Adria Goetz - KT Literary Diego Harrison - SBR Media Carter Hasegawa - Tugeau 2, Inc. Michelle Hauck - Storm Literary Agency Cole Hildebrand - Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Ameerah Holliday - Serendipity Literary Agency Elisa Houot - The Seymour Agency Morgan Hughes - FinePrint Literary Management Kristy Hunter - The Knight Agency, Inc. Liv Ivanov - Creative Media Agency Amy Jameson - A + B Works Brianne Johnson - HG Literary Kaitlyn Katsoupis - Belcastro Agency Tamara Kawar - DeFiore and Company Tianna Kelly - Neighborhood Literary Lauren Khan - FinePrint Literary Management querytracker.net Lauren Khan - FinePrint Literary Management Sally Kim - Andrea Brown Literary Agency Deidre Knight - The Knight Agency, Inc. Helen Lane - Ki Agency Ashlee MacCallum - Howland Literary Alexandra Machinist - Creative Artists Agency Maeve MacLysaght - Aevitas Creative Management Dorian Maffei - Kimberley Cameron & Associates Victoria Marini - High Line Literary Collective Allegra Martschenko - BookEnds, LLC Jim McCarthy - Dystel Goderich & Bourret LLC Christabel McKinley - David Higham Associates Ltd Gabriella Melendez - Great Dog Literary Jessica Mileo - InkWell Management Mary C. Moore - Aevitas Creative Management Rachel Neely - Mushens Entertainment Kristin Nelson - Nelson Literary Agency, LLC Erin Niumata - Folio Literary Management Daniel Niv - Olswanger Literary Lynnette Novak - The Seymour Agency Rhian Parry - The Blair Partnership Nicole Payne - Copps Literary Services Travis Pennington - The Knight Agency, Inc. Rebecca Podos - Neighborhood Literary Joanna Rasheed - Ultra Literary Jodi Reamer - Writers House Katie Reed - Andrea Hurst Literary Management Laura Rennert - Andrea Brown Literary Agency
August 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
According to query tracker these are the 45 agents that have similar query “tastes” to yours over the last 6 months. I have no idea what that means exactly, but it is something QT offers us hyper-obsessive types.
Agents with Similar Tastes This report shows other agents who have shown interest in the same queries as this agent. Which means, if this agent requested material from you, then these other agents may also be interested. Thais Afonso - Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency Hannah Andrade - Bradford Literary Agency Rebecca Angus - Howland Literary Amy Bishop-Wycisk - Trellis Literary Management Patrice Caldwell - The Caldwell Agency Haley Casey - Creative Media Agency Heather Cashman - Storm Literary Agency Ginger Clark - Ginger Clark Literary Marisa Corvisiero - Corvisiero Literary Agency Liza DeBlock - Greenstone Literary Lucienne Diver - The Knight Agency, Inc. Kiya Evans - Paper Literary Megan Frayser - Creative Media Agency Katie Gisondi - Laura Dail Literary Agency, Inc. Adria Goetz - KT Literary Diego Harrison - SBR Media Carter Hasegawa - Tugeau 2, Inc. Cole Hildebrand - Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Cole Hildebrand - Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Elisa Hout - The Seymour Agency Liv Ivanov - Creative Media Agency Amy Jameson - A + B Works Lauren Khan - FinePrint Literary Management Helen Lane - Ki Agency Ashlee MacCallum - Howland Literary Maeve MacLysaght - Aevitas Creative Management Jim McCarthy - Dystel Goderich & Bourret LLC Christabel McKinley - David Higham Associates Ltd Daniel Niv - Olswanger Literary Joanna Rasheed - Ultra Literary Jodi Reamer - Writers House Renee Runge - Spencerhill Associates Eva Scalzo - Speilburg Literary Agency Carlos Segarra - Creative Artists Agency Sophie Sheumaker - BookEnds, LLC Shannon Snow - Creative Media Agency Lauren Spieller - Folio Literary Management Alice Sutherland-Hawes - ASH Literary Laurel Symonds - KT Literary Brent Taylor - Triada US Literary Agency Haley Warrington - The Booker Albert Literary Agency Bethany Weaver - Weaver Literary Agency Paula Weiman - ASH Literary Caitlin White - Emerald City Literary Agency Michelle Witte - Mansion Street Literary Management Christina Zobel - JABberwocky Literary Agency
August 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
I wrote this for my mom who loved writing children’s books. I shared it in a blog post a while back but over the last month I edited it and mocked up a proper-ish kids book on Canva. I’m going to surprise my kids with after their first day of school today. 😊

#amwriting #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity
August 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
I think this was probably the “in the ER and angry about it” precursor to what eventually became this:
August 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
LOL! I just found something I wrote during my last ER visit.

Read it to the tune of “You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon 😂

#chronicillness #endo #writingcommunity #adhesivedisease #chronicpain #spoonies #writesky
August 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Gorgeous!

I have to admit though that I stopped scrolling because I thought this was the Snake River in SW Washington (where it borders Idaho). Crazy how two places can look so similar!
August 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
One dead Dad.

One wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom.

A life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing extended family.

And an inherited power, suppressed for years, that is about to hit a tipping point.

#YA / #NA #Fantasy
#Alt-History #PNW
“Coming-of-Rage”
#Spoonies & #2E Rep
#amquerying
August 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Whelp, here was the end result of my first BlueSky pitch event.

Three Copper Canary posterpit posters, in all their semi-last-minute perdy birdy glory.

What does semi-last-minute mean?

I repurposed a chunk of my massive stack of Canva half-drafted and abandoned book cover mock-ups to make these 😂
August 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Last one 🤞🥹🤞

One dead Dad.
One wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom.
A life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing extended family.
And one inherited power, suppressed for years, that is about to hit a tipping point.

#posterpit #posterpitq #F #HF #YA #NA
#comingofrage
August 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Electric energy raced down her spine, pulsed below every metallic drabscale plaque on her skin,& then faded to nothing. Avery hesitated—& her mind resumed its bickering.

Yes, FINE. Vaulting a sewage ditch while an impending paralytic attack wrenched her body wasn’t her BEST idea.
#YA #Posterpitq #F
August 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Avery Black was born the night Spokane burned—& 17 yrs later, she’s still trapped in the wreckage.

Naturally, now that she’s on the cusp of freedom, suppressed powers she inherited from her conveniently dead Dad threaten to set her chance at life alone ablaze.

#YA #F #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #HF #NA
August 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
cayseshultz.bsky.social
Finally unpacking the carry on I took w/ me the last time I saw my Mom alive.

At the bottom I found these condiment packets from stops I made on the long drives there & back.

This “just in case” habit came from her.

My incurable need for spice, salt, & vinegar? Also her ❤️

#fuckcancer #grief #mom
Scattered, crumpled, condiment packets of sriracha, mustard, cholula, and salt lay on a gray microfiber blanket which has a patterned design made by grooves in the fibers that form arcs—akin to intersecting ocean waves.
August 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM