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🦋Jonathan Pierson🦋
@jonathanpierson.com
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A writer, singer, gamer, and pet lover. Trying to be a bit more social as I strive towards my dream of sharing my books with the world

https://youtube.com/@jmoarpierson
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Happy birthday, Betty! You have the same birthday as my dog hero!!!
Smiling small dog, Shih Tzu-corgi mix, standing in a field of clover
August 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Stranger Things X An elite magical team

🦋 second-world fantasy
🦋 travel through worlds
🦋 original songs
🦋 mystery/suspense
🦋 death
🦋 No “I” in “Team”

#PosterPit #W #F #M #NA
Background of black with golden sand like specs outlining a curved landscape/horizon with text that says: A NOVEL BY JONATHAN PIERSON MYSTERY/SUSPENCE THE SOUND OF A SOUL STARRING (FAMOUS MUSICIAN) AS CYGNUS SOLARIS CYG HAS ONLY EVER DREAMED OF SEEING THE SURFACE HIS FATHER SPOKE ABOUT BUT NOW THAT HE HAS, SOMETHING FEELS OFF. WHY CAN'T EVERYONE EXPERIENCE PARADISE? WHERE DO ALL THE MONSTERS COME FROM? AND HOW EXACTLY DID HIS FATHER DIE? WIP, COMING SOON
August 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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A DEADLY EDUCATION X HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

🪄 Second-world fantasy
🪄 Unique magic system
🪄 Magic university
🪄 Touch of romance
🪄 Magic tournament
🪄 Master/apprentice
🪄 A non-hero’s journey
🪄 Mental health narrative

#PosterPit #Q #F #NA
The background of a bright night sky over the mountains with the following movie poster text: A NOVEL BY JONATHAN PIERSON LIGHT ACADEMIA THE FORGOTTEN AFFINITY NEW WORLD NEW MAGIC NEW FRIENDS AIDEN WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO FINALLY FIND A PLACE TO CALL HOME, EVEN IF IT COSTS HIM HIS LIFE. BETWEEN NEW FRIENDS AND OLD ENEMIES, AIDEN MUST LEARN ABOUT HIMSELF BEFORE HE'S READY TO DEAL WITH EITHER ONE. NOW QUERYING
August 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Honestly, 🧐 not sure how I should feel about this… #amquerying #querytrenches #writingcommunity
Stats about how many queries I’ve sent compare to the average querytracker user as well as negative reply percentages and positive reply percentages. Queries sent: me, 79. Average, 44 Negative reply: me, 40.5%. Average, 88.5% Positive reply: me, 0.0%. Average, 4.4%
August 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Oops 😅
A screenshot of StoryGraph showing my goal to read 36 books this year and how I’ve already surpassed it by reading 48 books so far.
July 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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At an Avi Kaplan concert (my first ever concert). I love it!!!!!
Me with the stage behind me Me eh the stage behind me while wearing my new Avi merch shirt of his face
June 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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A DEADLY EDUCATION X HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE

🪄 Second-world fantasy
🪄 Unique magic system
🪄 Magic university
🪄 Touch of romance
🪄 Magic tournament
🪄 Master/apprentice
🪄 A non-hero’s journey
🪄 Mental health narrative

#QuestPit #F #NA #Q
Complete at 116,000 words, THE FORGOTTEN AFFINITY is a new adult, fast-paced fantasy happily described as light academia. This book will appeal to fans of A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik for the atmosphere of new friends in a school setting while the lighthearted mystery of magic and the unknown will draw in fans of EMILY WILDE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES by Heather Fawcett. Twenty-two-year-old Aiden Dramor escapes a toxic life when he enrolls at the best university for conjurers in the world. A chance at a new life is at his fingertips, though he doesn't actually have the ability to conjure magic-yet. A legendary conjurer takes Aiden under his wing, while young love blooms with a classmate named Sophie. Things are finally looking up. But then Aiden's childhood bully Marcus also enrolls, immediately feeding Aiden's anxieties, just as news arrives that the annual school battle event-where the twelve best students compete for a reward granted by the emperor-will allow first-years to participate for the first time ever. Sophie's ambitious dream of winning the event leads her to break things off with Aiden to remove him as a distraction, and Aiden's new life quickly crumbles as he fixates on being selected in order to stay by her side. He halts his training under his mentor who doesn't hold sway in the selection process, unintentionally takes his frustration out on his friends, and chooses to partner with one of the most promising first-years, Marcus— despite the daily physical and mental pain the partnership causes. After a near-death experience fighting Marcus, Aiden is given a reality check and must accept that his previous suffering does not entitle him to his envisioned, perfect life. If he can't, his continued disregard for his own safety could ultimately cost him his life entirely.
May 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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After a well worth it wait and three rounds of edits on my query letter with @ginad129.bsky.social….

I am proud to announce……

🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

I am back in the query trenches with my new and improved query letter
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#querying #querytrenches #author
Complete at 116,000 words, THE FORGOTTEN AFFINITY is a new adult, fast-paced fantasy happily described as light academia. This book will appeal to fans of A DEADLY EDUCATION by Naomi Novik for the atmosphere of new friends in a school setting while the lighthearted mystery of magic and the unknown will draw in fans of EMILY WILDE’S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES by Heather Fawcett. Twenty-two-year-old Aiden Dramor escapes a toxic life when he enrolls at the best university for conjurers in the world. A chance at a new life is at his fingertips, though he doesn’t actually have the ability to conjure magic—yet. A legendary conjurer takes Aiden under his wing, while young love blooms with a classmate named Sophie. Things are finally looking up. But then Aiden’s childhood bully Marcus also enrolls, immediately feeding Aiden’s anxieties, just as news arrives that the annual school battle event—where the twelve best students compete for a reward granted by the emperor—will allow first-years to participate for the first time ever. Sophie’s ambitious dream of winning the event leads her to break things off with Aiden to remove him as a distraction, and Aiden’s new life quickly crumbles as he fixates on being selected in order to stay by her side. He halts his training under his mentor who doesn’t hold sway in the selection process, unintentionally takes his frustration out on his friends, and chooses to partner with one of the most promising first-years, Marcus—despite the daily physical and mental pain the partnership causes. After a near-death experience fighting Marcus, Aiden is given a reality check and must accept that his previous suffering does not entitle him to his envisioned, perfect life. If he can’t, his continued disregard for his own safety could ultimately cost him his life entirely.
May 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Working on a new book (not sequel) while I sit in the trenches and the main character’s a musician. Sooo there’s a song I wrote for the plot of the book and I got some help with the chords for it!! I love it so I thought I’d share verse one.
#amquerying #music #song #worksong
March 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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As I float through the anxiety of waiting to hear back about queries, I’ve started my next book! THE SOUND OF A SOUL
#writingcommunity
Part One Chapter 1 Through a deep black and gold If you're stalwart and bold You can visit the home of a God When you follow your soul With a singular goal You'll be treading a trail never trod So get back on your feet Dust yourself off real neat And present the best you that you know All it takes is a choice Followed up by your voice And the action to get up and go! Cyg sang to himself in the dark, claustrophobic alcove of the cavern in an effort to calm himself down before he gave up on his dream.
March 2, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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For motivation I didn’t allow myself to trim my beard until I finished my final draft. Three months later I am finally free! #writingcommunity #beard
Sexy bald man with long beard. About two inches long and black beard. Books in the background. Gray t-shirt Sexier bald man with short beard. A quarter inch long and black beard. Books in the background. Gray t-shirt
February 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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While war & higher powers loom on the horizon, this story focuses on the internal world of 22 year old Aiden Dramor at a prestigious school of magic, who fears he may never fit in but longs to find a place where he does
#WSPitQ #NA #F
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Just a baby bean. A little puppy bean ❤️
Little puppy in pink sweater curled up in couch with paws tucked in
February 25, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Just love this little baby… that’s all 😊
Close up of my head near my small dog’s head as she rests on the couch on a heating pad. Small corgi/shitsu newly trimmed like a teddy bear Close up of my head near my small dog’s head as she rests on the couch on a heating pad. She’s looking up at me with just her eyes like she’s saying “whatever, weirdo”
February 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Intense past few days but I finally finished my search and destroy list from @ginad129.bsky.social’s patreon (free tier) and now I just need to do a final read through to fix any sentences and word choices that stand out.

I’m so close to querying!!!!!!!
A sticky note with crossed out text that reads various words and phrases that should be mostly removed from a manuscript to polish it up.
February 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Decided not to trim my beard until I finish draft 4 (final draft before querying)

Started mid November and it’s getting out of hand haha. I need this line edit over with 😅
Bald white Man with 2-3 inch long black beard and wearing glasses making a funny face into the camera. Bookcase in the background with fake Ivy and a green wall behind it.
February 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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My #storygraph wrap up for January. Read a lot but it was rough on my heart
Highest rated reads at five stars - parable of the sower and parable of the talents. Heavenly tyrant at 3.75. Average book length 506 pages. Average time to finish 4 days. Circle chart showing 80% fiction and 20% nonfiction. Bar plot showing 6 of the books were tagged with fantasy, 4 were young adult, 2 were politics, 2 were dystopian, and 1 contemporary. 10 books total this month. Dot plot showing average listen of 500 minutes listened per day with a spike to over 1500 on the 2nd. Circle graph showing 100% audio for the month.
February 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Just finished my worldbuilding edit and am sitting at a very wonderful ZERO COMMENTS. Started draft 4 edits with over 300!!

Now all that’s left is one final line edit to clean it up and I’ll be querying!!!! I’m so happy I could melt

#writingcommunity #WIP #querying
January 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Sky High X Howl’s Moving Castle

While war & higher powers loom on the horizon, this story focuses on the internal world of 22 year old Aiden Dramor at a prestigious school of magic, who fears he may never fit in but longs to find a place where he does
#YouDeservePit #NA #WIP
January 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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My soul hurts. TikTok helped me in so many ways like is has everyone who used it. And I don’t like the weird cozying to Trump that’s happening. I just feel sad
January 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Just Word thinking it knows best and wants to make my character suddenly British or something 😂
#writingcommunity
A word document with the text “I can control my conjures well enough” and a word change suggestion for “my” to instead be “me”.
January 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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My 2024 wrap up graphic. Especially towards the end of the year I exponentially increased my reading as part of my career goals as a writer. To write well I need to read a ton!!
January 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Just finished BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates and there are no adequate words to describe its powerful importance. This should be on everybody’s TBR and in their personal library.

#writingcommunity #readingcommunity
A screenshot of the book mentioned above at 100% with the words “the end”
December 13, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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YouTube music recap made me learn about myself lol
December 10, 2024 at 6:09 AM
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December 3, 2024 at 4:42 AM