Hope Engel 📚
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Hope Engel 📚
@hopeengel.com
https://hopeengel.com
Reader, writer, cat mom, based in NY.
Working on my second manuscript, "Where We Land"
Looking for romance novel critique partners - DM me!
54 books in 2025!
The antagonist is kind of a person - the MMC’s mom - but really more fear of having to set boundaries with her based on her past actions

This time at least I didn’t try to go for the half body image and I had time to add color to the garment 🤣
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I finished Touched by @sagetgreene.bsky.social this morning! Sasquatch and I highly recommend you check it out: sagetgreene.wixsite.com/home/touched
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Had a lot of fun putting this together for @castpit4authors.bsky.social for my novel "At Your Pace."

I realized I know very few actors who are age 20 so I pulled a classic Hollywood and this crew is a little older but close enough!

#castpit #q #na #rc
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"building" for "build" - Emerson goes to meet Valeria's mom and visit their house for the first time.
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
This is from a rough draft of the sequel WIP and one of the less spicy instances of the word “shirt”. Needs some editing love but you know should probably finish the draft first
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The first time the couple eats together - not a date - and hell yeah the FMC is getting a burger
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Okay didn’t have time to do freckles on his arms, nor is he holding a baseball bat or glove, but it’s a little better than a stick figure I guess 😅
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Happy release day @sagetgreene.bsky.social - so excited to dig into this!
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Your significant other meeting your pet is an important step in any relationship

(The dog is a goldendoodle)
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I didn’t finish a book on Libby on time and for the first time saw this courtesy like, 45 minute extension to keep reading, how nice

Naturally the book has an 18!! week wait and no hard copies at any of the branches near me so I might buy it

Yes I read on my old af iPad lol
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When an athlete goes to the regular student gym for the first time!
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I saw some writing advice that interrupting conversations can make for more interesting scenes so I tried it with this scene first, and it definitely added some depth and tension (in another section) - but this is just a fun little non spoilery section :)
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As Emerson and Valeria take on senior year of college, they must decide – will their paths diverge in pursuit of their passions, or can they find a way to take on their emerging adult lives together?

⚾ Sports romance
⚾ Sequel
⚾ Themes family, love, and careers

#questpit #w #r #na
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Showed up and voted! 🇺🇸 proud to vote for some stuff for my town that will make an impact locally! #voting
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A little spoilery for book one, but the sequel kicks off with Emerson finally introducing his girlfriend to his family (and it goes quite well).
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The FMC’s winter coat is blue :) it’s not symbolic. There is one more intentional use of color but that’s not this
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Wow 200 followers! What I love about Bluesky is I feel like I’ve gotten to know many of you - in fact some of us we have emailed and swapped WIPs and even zoomed - such a great community. Appreciate you all being along for my writing journey.
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
No cobweb, so “spider” - and referring to “Crouching Spider” by Louise Bourgeois!
November 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I don’t have ancestor so going with a scene that references grandparents, from the beginning of my WIP.
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Listen Valeria is not above some old fashioned seduction tactics

(If I rewrote this from her perspective my lore is that there was a mixup with the costume size and it wasn’t meant to be this tight but she’s rolling with it anyway) #romance
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So this scene has already been reworked, but pulling this from the very first draft in Google Docs as it's my only usage of 'spell' across 1.5 manuscripts reminded me I need to work it in somehow...

(this joke will only be funny to like three people on this platform)
October 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
My current WIP, a sequel, takes place over the course of roughly a year at a university in the Hudson Valley and some scenes in New York City.
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In a big stretch, subbing “floors” for broomstick because he is talking about cleaning floors which once would do with some broom device 😅

(I’m imagining they’re using a swiffer but the scene didn’t need that level of detail)
October 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This inspired me to super roughly draft up a scene idea for my sequel WIP 👻🎃 where will it go? Absolutely no idea. That’s a problem for later me. #halloween #amwriting #romance
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“Scream” as a swap! From one of the mini Iris chapters in the WIP.
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM