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Madeline "Maddog" White
@lightinthegrimdark.bsky.social
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My stories and my politics both scare my mom. Free Palestine.

https://madelinewhiteauthor.my.canva.site/madeline-white-author
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Good girls don't take dangerous investigations into their own hands, but Liv's used to being a disappointment.

Art by @smallbentosakura.bsky.social

#TheEnd #amquerying #dystopiansuspense
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Unfortunately this scene from my dystopian book is entirely based on the reality of the dish return at my college :(

#amquerying
September 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Don't worry "Smart Bitches, Trashy Books" - I am.
June 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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"Prey animal rage" and "predator animal fear"? That's just the two POVs in #TheScourge
June 16, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Watching in real time as people seriously propose your dystopia as a solution 👀👀👀👀

#THE_END - adult gritty dystopia coming to the query trenches soon!

#author #dystopia #amquerying
June 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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By this metric I am very successful.
May 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I've been trying to learn how to paint/draw people (either digitally or on paper). It's humbling, as I've been doing fiber art pretty exclusively these past few years and I'm actually *good* at that, but it's still fun. Here's Brigid, the MC from the book I'm querying, A SOFT PLACE TO LAND
January 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Lesbian longing? ✅
Beautiful forest? ✅
Cheerful animal companions? ✅
Trapped for eternity as the sole human in a gentle but lonely afterlife, where the only way out is to find true internal peace? ✅ - Wait... What?

A SOFT PLACE TO LAND (or is it?)

#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #U
A dark tangle of forest starkly black against a pale orange and pink sunset (Photo by me)
January 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Is that a *talking deer*?

In this afterlife, anything is possible. Except purpose. Or progress. Or other people.

In order to escape her pleasant purgatory, Brigid must make peace with her life (and death)

But how can she, with so many regrets?

#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #U
A cute, sketch-style drawing of a deer with giant ears, on a bright green background
January 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Bury your gays is over - it’s time to bring them back to life.

The grim twist on fairytale nostalgia of How To Be Eaten + woodsy women’s magic of Weyward

Cozy + high stakes & real depth

Unapologetically queer (own voice)

A SOFT PLACE TO LAND

#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #U
Moodboard featuring browns and greens, pictures of the woods, a mouse, two deer, a coyote, and a few witchy images of a woman
January 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Coming to the trenches this month! Here is my agent guide to my "cozy grimdark" adult fantasy A SOFT PLACE TO LAND

Complete at 80k words

#amquerying #agentguide #authorcommunity
A green panel with a deer, a spiderweb, plants, and an apple, with the text "An agent's guide to A SOFT PLACE TO LAND by Madeline White" Pitch page For fans of: Books - Weyward by Emily Hart, How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann, and All the Crooked Saints by Maggie Steifater Songs - Cry, "Wolf" by molly ofgeography, village song by Paris Paloma, marjorie by Taylor Swift, ROADS UNTRAVELLED by Linkin Park, White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes, and Keep You Safe by The Crane Wives Other - The art of August Friedrich Schenck, spiced hot chocolate, the smell of decay that permeates the woods in autumn Themes - Lesbian love, queerness in rural Appalachia, belonging and becoming, finding your courage Excerpt page
January 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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This is a favorite bit of A Soft Place to Land for me. It's been so fun trying to make this magical place come to life, despite the main character's tendency to be a skeptic.
January 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Hair is hard and so is Wolf but here’s an attempt. Also from The Scourge. (I really should be drawing characters from the books I’m actually querying, but these piece of shit boys are just too fun)

#amquerying #grimdark #dystopianauthors #newartist
A greasy-looking man with long hair and a jacket smokes a cigarette and looks haunted and exhausted. It’s a line drawing in black and white except for his amber eyes and the glow of his joint.
January 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I’m going to try to be more active this year. This works well because I’m also trying to learn to draw my characters. So here’s one of Rampage from The Scourge, in the wake of That Scene (iykyk). For some reason it cropped weird so definitely click it!

#amquerying #newauthor #grimdark
A man with a shaved head and a many-times-broken nose has his head in his hand. He is slouched and depressed, with his eyes closed, bent over. He is splattered with blood and his knuckles are crusted with it. In front of him is a vial and a needle. The title of the picture is “Choices”. It is in black and white except the blood.
January 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 12

My Dog Always Eats First: Homeless People and Their Animals by Leslie Irvine

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 18, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 11

First Home, Forever Home: How to Start and Run a Shelter Intervention Program by Lori Weise

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 13, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 10

Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist: How to Have Your Yard and Eat It Too by Michael Judd

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 12, 2024 at 1:49 PM
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I was scrolling and listening to Parkway Drive’s “Writings on the Wall” and someone please tell me why it syncs so well
December 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 9

The Raven Boys (and the Raven Cycle) by Maggie Stiefvater

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 11, 2024 at 3:33 PM
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Took a drive to the setting of my book The Scourge today - Denton, KY. What do you think @arwyns.bsky.social @gwenvines.bsky.social - could you see the Scourge Boys living here?
A bleached-haired woman in a black sweater driving a truck, seen in profile. Photo out the window past her or a sprawling green field, muddy steep-banked river, and a dilapidated old house that used to be huge
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 8

The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 10, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 7

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 9, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 6

Every Twelve Seconds - Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight by Timothy Pachirat

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#Books
#BookChallenge
December 8, 2024 at 10:48 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 5

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 8, 2024 at 12:06 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 4

Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina

#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 6, 2024 at 2:41 PM