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Publishing consultant/book coach and author specializing in Middle Grade and YA novels. Repped by EMLA. Publicity coordinator for SCBWI-Oregon.
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cmurcray.bsky.social @cmurcray.bsky.social · Feb 11
After 20+ years in the publishing industry, I’m finally doing my own thing. If you’re a publisher needing help getting a better bottom line or an author needing a book coach or editor, don’t hesitate to reach out. I specialize in MG and YA as well as professional books.
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SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with April Henry, Deborah Hopkinson, and Leslie Barnard Booth When: Sept 16th at 7pm PDT.
Where: Online
The price is only 10$ for SCBWI members or 15$ for all others.
For more info and to register, go to: www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
SCBWI Oregon: Level Up! with April Henry, Deborah Hopkinson, and Leslie Barnard Booth (7pm PDT)
HOOKS, ARCS, AND CHARACTER: A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH THREE AWARD-WINNING AUTHORS ⭐ Join Oregon SCBWI Level Up! for a powerhouse panel discussion with three highly acclaimed writers. YA author April Hen...
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August 8, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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It’s 4am and I’ve been up all night reading The Quantum Weirdness of the Almost-Kiss. I can’t put it down!
April 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Authors, do any of you work on more than one book at a time? Curious as I need to work on 3 and wondering if I will stifle any inspiration by having too wide a focus. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writers
February 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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#WritingCommmunity #YA
Writers and readers, I’m looking for your favorite YA book recommendations. I’m mainly looking for romance, sci-fi, and thriller genres. Recommending your own book is fine, just no fantasy. Not in the mood for it right now.
February 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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I’m realizing that I’m not of the Hemingway “the first draft of anything is shit” kind of writer. Anyone else not able to just power through that first draft? I keep trying to increase my daily word count, but it feels wrong to rush it. #WritingCommunity
February 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Day 1,382 of reminding myself that story is about what your character wants, why they want it, and what is/will prevent them from getting it. You’d think I’d remember this by now. #WritingCommunity #writing
February 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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#youdeservepit #DRAFTING #EDITING #WIP #R #DR #SOUTHASIANFMC #LATINOMMC

VICIOUS PRINCE X RECKLESS X GOD OF FURY X KING OF SLOTH

Every villain needed his muse.
January 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ginadobson.bsky.social
After a false report sent me jail, my estranged family came forward to protect my son from my abuser while I struggled to save my humanity in jail.

#Questpit #Q #NF #A #MEM
Book Cover of The Glass Castle with woman's face and children playing outside next to book cover of Orange Is The New Black with female inmates in jail toilet stalls.
February 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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For fun, a moodboard in my antagonist's POV!

Shapeshifter Liraz served under the God of Chaos' command up until his master's demise. After tricking the last surviving gods and stealing their powers, he went into hiding. Now centuries later, he's back and has set his sights on Keira
#Questpit #RF #F
Grid of pictures: a silhouette behind a mask; a silhouette of a winged man; a hand with puppet strings; bloodied hands holding a crown; a knight holding a woman; a man staring at a crown; a knight laying defeated in a bed of white flowers
February 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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When Keira's sister is taken, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land & sea, & her own dark powers to find a shapeshifter who could be anyone & whose price for her sister will have her choose b/w love & duty
✨️ #Questpit #RF #F #Q #A 🌗
3 by 3 grid of pictures: a woman in a forest with a giant wolf; a silhouette of a woman; silhouette of a couple kissing; a woman reaching out to light; two hands touching; a woman surrounded by a phoenix; art of a winged person saving someone falling; silhouette of couple kissing in the sun; a crown and dagger Crown of Amethysts Na Romantic Fantasy 99,000 words Shadow and Bone meets A Court of Thorns and Roses Pitch: When Keira's sister is taken by a shapeshifter, her fate intertwines with the God of Light as she faces the last remaining gods, vicious monsters of land and sea, and her own dark powers to save her. But the enemy could be anyone, and his price for her sister will have her question the cost of love and duty. Comp titles: a fate inked in blood and spark of the everflame. Tropes and themes: love vs duty, found family, vengeance and betrayal, Forbidden and slow-burn romance, forced proximity, dark secrets and hidden truths, half the Gods are dead, and gods. Goddesses, mortals, and more.
February 12, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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PITCH: Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone.

Blue Bloods x Yakuza

#PR #Q #questpit 💙📚📖
Photo is of a dead end path, in a mold-infested dungeon. One side of the tunnel leads to prison bars; the other side leads to darkness. But, in the middle of the path, a ray of light shines from an unseen doorway, illuminating the stone floor, and showing a possible escape route. Photography by Dawn Berkoski.
February 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Grim Portents

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a hell-beast on his wedding day. Now, with the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of

📖 #UW #Q #A #DF #MY #Hu #H #QuestPit
Cover for Grim Portents featuring a skeleton hand grabbing a feather coming out of a flaming book over a maze "I always told myself it wasn't real. It was a figment of my imagination, the mind playing tricks. It was just a shadow. But now the monster had been given a name, an identity. It was real." BILL BAKER WANTS NOTHING MORE THAN TO MARRY THE WOMAN HE LOVES, BUT WHEN HIS WEDDING IS INTERRUPTED BY A RAMPAGING HELL-BEAST, HIS LIFE IS THROWN INTO DISARRAY. DESPERATE FOR A SECOND CHANCE, HE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SET HIS FUTURE BACK ON TRACK. NOW, WITH THE HELP OF A SOUL-COLLECTING REAPER NAMED SONNY, HE MUST UNCOVER WHO IS RELEASING MONSTERS FROM HELL, IN ORDER TO EARN BACK THE LIFE THAT WAS STOLEN FROM HIM AND PREVENT THE ONCOMING END OF DAYS. FACED WITH THE CHOICE BETWEEN WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WHAT IS EASY, BILL MAY HAVE TO SACRIFICE ALL HE HOLDS DEAR FOR ONE LAST SHOT AT LIFE. Character art of Bill and Sonny, the two leads. Bill is a dark featured man in his 30s and Sonny is a decaying corpse man wearing a cardigan
February 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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blovewrites.bsky.social
17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT
Dystopian, manipulation, hidden knowledge, The Alpha Project
February 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Introducing the three POV & the lovely Widow for my novel Threads of Aerythel: Dragonfly - a dark epic fantasy. Check out all my questpit posts for a full picture!

#questpit #A #Q #DF #LGBT Post 2/4
Isolde Ridelle Eye color is lilac Hair color is ptinum Signet is the emerald signet Isolde Ridelle has spent her life in the quiet village of Rosewater, far from war and the unseen forces that shape the empire of Delheim. When she is hunted for reasons she does not understand, she is thrust into a world of forbidden magic, shifting allegiances, and a legacy she never asked for. Isolde, on the contrary, admired the old stone cottages, with their pastel-colored window shutters, well-tended flowerbeds, and ornate awnings. Many of the houses had stood there for several generations, worn by time but no less loved. It was that steadfast spirit that characterized her childhood. Burdenless. Name: Elara Eastwell Eye color is Amber Hair is chestnut Signet is the ruby signet Elara Eastwell, a devoted weaver bound by sacred oaths, uncovers secrets that threaten the very foundation of her order. The deeper she delves, the more she is forced to ask whether upholding her vows is worth the cost—or if breaking them is the only way to protect what truly matters. Elara raised a brow, Cassandra's warm breath close to her lips. She wanted more—and loathed to admit it. There was provocation in the way she smiled that could not be overlooked. She might have fallen into the Widow's web, but she was too careful. The Weaver had already learned that lesson. Name: Aleric Belmont Eye Color: Blue Hair: Blonde Region: Delheim Signet: Sapphire Signet Description: As Sigilbearer of The Circle, Aleric Belmont is no stranger to power, but the ruins hold more than redemption. When old sins resurface, he must decide whether atonement is within his grasp or if it was never his to claim. Excerpt: Aleric stood by an old brazier and warmed his hands above the crackling flames. They fought the freeze but could never win. He lingered for a half hour or more, breathing in the musty scent of dust and the deep, earthy smell of leather bindings. He once relished the quiet, when he could settle undisturbed into the depths of his thoughts. The illusion of peace could never last. Now, his own mind had become a prison. Name: Cassandra Eye color: Brown Region: Alphentine Hair colro: Dark Signet: Onyx Signet Cassandra El'Diar, known as the Black Widow, is the head of the sigilbearers and a formidable agent of The Circle. As wielder of the onyx signet Yndral, she commands both political influence and ancient magic in her tireless mission to safeguard what she believes most precious. Behind her carefully measured authority lies deeper motives that blur the lines between protection and possession. Cassandra observed a brilliant Frucalen with ribbed leaves and intricate petals. The mauve flower released a sweet, fruity fragrance—The Weaver's favorite. Elara could not help but wonder at her game. Everything felt intentional, and she would not put it past the Widow to have planned every minute detail of their meeting.
February 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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-Ryan, a ghost hunting 13-year-old boy who can’t cope with his mom‘s death
-Libby- his best friend who loves him
-Thomas, the new kid with a haunted house problem
- A good dose of humor

Ryan was looking for his dead mother, but finds how to move on in this ghost hunting tale. #questpit #AG #MG #Q
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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The Golden Kite Awards will be presented live on Zoom on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 7 pm EASTERN/4 pm PACIFIC. Join us to see who among your peers will take home this prestigious honor! Register to watch the Awards here: www.scbwi.org/celebrate-ex...
February 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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February 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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After 20+ years in the publishing industry, I’m finally doing my own thing. If you’re a publisher needing help getting a better bottom line or an author needing a book coach or editor, don’t hesitate to reach out. I specialize in MG and YA as well as professional books.
#Writers #writing
February 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Hey there! I’m looking to connect with MG and YA authors. If you are one, please follow and I’ll follow back :-) #Writer #YA #MG #Kidlit
February 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Don’t ask what happens next. Ask your characters to tell you what happens next. #writers #YA #MG #kidlit
February 11, 2025 at 7:37 AM