Adam Gretsinger
ledstar.bsky.social
Adam Gretsinger
@ledstar.bsky.social
Author from Akron. MFA in Creative Writing from Kent State.
Current Arc ==> “Good Will Hunting”
#drawtober2025
Me finding my page updates on my way to the bathroom
(Week 1 prompt)
October 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Suppose there’s better ways and times to do this … but I’ve never been good at announcements.

I’m going to be pursuing indie/self publishing for my YA novel Kids Can Be Cruel! I’m so excited to get this book about a middle school fight club and the kids in it to all of you by March next year
June 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I never posted this here, but this is a commission I got from @ennuikal.bsky.social ! It’s Maria again — struggling with game controls that aren’t keyboard and mouse.
June 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
And that’s a wrap! Sorry for bugging any of you with those copycat posts the last couple years. No matter the outcome of this publishing journey, the nature of my posting will change soon (tm). Hopefully in a more engaging way… or at least a way that feels less soul-crushing on my end.
May 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
FIGHT CLUB X HARRIET THE SPY
Maria investigates her best friend’s disappearance by entering a middle school fight club. The fighting’s the easy part.
>Anime-inspired action
>Rust belt gothic
>Canadian frenemy
>weird Ohio
>Your enemy studies pre-algebra
#questpit #Q #YA
May 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
#questpit #YA #Q
Her best friend is missing, maybe forever.
Her hometown’s secrets are coming to light.
Her legal guardian is making her hang out with the new kid.
Maria Nievez is desperate, so when her middle school’s underground fight club offers answers, she joins the fray.
May 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
When Maria’s friend disappears, the 13-year-old rebel must enter the local middle school fight club below town and beat up her classmates for answers. She will face the worst that suburban NE Ohio can throw her way — if the rich transfer student doesn’t do her in first.
#questpit #YA #Q
bart simpson and lisa simpson in a bedroom with a lamp on the nightstand
ALT: bart simpson and lisa simpson in a bedroom with a lamp on the nightstand
media.tenor.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
KIDS CAN BE CRUEL
Maria Nievez enters her Catholic middle school’s fight club to find her missing best friend. She uncovers her Ohio hometown’s secrets, child-run conspiracies, and subterranean battlegrounds. But her greatest challenge? An unwanted new friend. #questpit #Q #YA
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Hate to beg, but tomorrow is another pitch event. I’d really appreciate it if one of my posts banged and got an agent like
… and if not, then that just means I’m done trying trad publishing for a while. Been at this two years, nothing to show for it. May go all in on indie soon.
We’ll see.
May 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My #YA #Q manuscript Kids Can Be Cruel is the horrible lovespawn of Fight Club and Homestuck.

No I will not elaborate.

#UnhingedPit
March 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Unbelievable atrocities posted on the other website every day. I know it’s far from representative of real people’s morals and interests, but it’s hard to keep viewing it without losing faith in my fellow man.

That’s it. Send tweet. No silver lining today.
March 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Man, I’m getting into this querying groove. I think I’ll actually make that goal of x queries sent by y date. I’m so producti

And there’s a form rejection sent an hour after upload time.
March 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Ok wow the last post was almost a month ago.
I think I’ll start posting trivia about my querying project
(And try not to clout-chase too much in the meantime lol)
So fun fact 1:
The khaki cargo pants and dark windbreaker combo here are close what I typically wore back in my Catholic school days.
March 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I swear I have hobbies and interests outside of this publishing hustle grind set.
I swear I’m a little interesting.
Just never have enough time
to post about any of it
February 13, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Kids Can Be Cruel
Maria Nievez enters her Catholic middle school’s fight club to find her missing best friend. Beneath the streets of her Ohio hometown, Maria works to unravel mysteries, make enemies, and spill (other kids’) blood — and survive the new, weird transfer student. #questpit #Q #YA
February 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
FIGHT CLUB X HARRIET THE SPY X TWIN PEAKS
Maria investigates her best friend’s disappearance by entering a middle school fight club. The fighting’s the easy part.
>Anime-inspired action
>Rust belt gothic
>Canadian frenemy
>We dug too deep
>Weird Ohio
#questpit #Q #YA
February 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
KIDS CAN BE CRUEL
Maria Nievez enters her Catholic middle school’s fight club to find her missing best friend. She uncovers her Ohio hometown’s secrets, child-run conspiracies, and subterranean battlegrounds. But her greatest challenge? An unwanted new friend.
#questpit #Q #YA
February 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
When Maria’s best friend disappears, she digs deep for answers — under her Ohio hometown’s streets and the long-standing adolescent fight club there. Her opponents in the octagon may hold the answers. If only she didn’t make enemies with the transfer rich girl.
#questpit #YA #Q
February 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
FIGHT CLUB X HARRIET THE SPY X TWIN PEAKS
Maria investigates her best friend’s disappearance by entering a middle school fight club.
>Anime-inspired action
>Rust belt gothic
>Canadian frenemy
>Fighter of bullies, future retail workers, and jerks
>We dug too deep
>Weird Ohio
#P2Ppit #Q #YA
January 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Kids Can Be Cruel
Maria Nievez enters her Catholic middle school’s fight club to find her missing best friend. She must combat conspiracies and spill blood under the streets of her Ohio hometown. If she fails, Jackie is gone forever. But a new girl is in the way.
#P2Ppit #Q #YA
January 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#P2Ppit #YA #Q
KIDS CAN BE CRUEL
Her best friend is missing, maybe forever.
Her hometown’s secrets are coming to light.
Her legal guardian is making her hang out with the new kid.
Maria Nievez feels desperate, so when her middle school’s underground fight club offers answers, she joins the fray.
January 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Y’know, I was really hoping to make this my main account when I first began posting here. I swear, I was!
But I’ve got not much of anything new for any of you right now.
If I have my way, tomorrow’s gonna be a day of reposting.
Fair warning.
December 31, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Hey woah haven’t used this app in a while. Should really post more.

Too busy doomscrolling on the other site.

Too busy looking through threads about an alleged 1/6000 rate of successfully getting literary agent rep.

Might just be a janitor forever :^)
December 21, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Here’s a good out of context #WIP from the book. Technically not in progress, since this is my #amquerying book, but who’s really keeping track :^)
December 5, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Who up posting they writing #wip content???
(seriously did I miss the secret society minutes? every writer I follow is posting vaguely about their WIP text today)
December 4, 2024 at 11:50 PM