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Phi at the Long Way Down book series
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Phi (Sophie, she/her, 🇲🇽🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦) & Moma (Rose, she/they, 🇨🇦) are writing a book series! Phi runs this account :)

💀 Books about death, deities, love, & life
👻 Our hashtag: #LWDB
☠ Link list here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/123008806
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Phi at the Long Way Down book series @longwaydownbook.bsky.social · 17d
HOZIER x COCO x GOBLIN x TRESE x CONSTANTINE(2005)

👻Catch that killer!
🐈‍⬛International cast
❤️‍🔥Slow burn poly rep
✨Grumpy x Sunshine
🖤 Love across lifetimes
💀 Reincarnated Death Gods
💜 Healing grief & trauma through found family
🕯️Samhain, Día de Muertos, Fèt Gede, Undas

#QuestPit #W #A #S #F #PR
There is a grid of nine square photos with a dark blue background around them. All the photos are darkened and desaturated. In the top left photo, Tylor, a pale Northern Irish man with long, dark curly hair and wearing a black suit, is squatting close to the ground beside a tree trunk with his hands clasped one over the other. The top middle photo is a series of silhouettes of gravestones, the faint outline of a mountain in the background. The top right is a paved bridge that extends into fog, with metal railings on either side and branches along the top edge of the image. The centre left photo is a blurred, dark image of lines on a road and a streak of a headlamp above. The centre middle is a starry night sky surrounded by black silhouettes of tree tops. Centre right is a lighter photo of a roadway and field beyond, with a white Mini driving on it. The bottom left photo is of several leafless young trees beside a lake. The bottom middle photo is a low-angle shot of a cobblestone wall and memorial obelisk atop it. In the bottom right image, Naveena, a British-Indian woman with brown skin and long dark hair, moves along a hedge in a black leather jacket with a wary expression on her face. There is text overlayed all the photos. It says: "The Pitch. Tylor & Naveena are keeping secrets: he can talk to the dead & she is Death herself. No mortal can do what they do. The day they meet, they discover they've been looking for each other. Can they work together to save a missing girl, & themselves, before it's too late?"
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
A winter inconvenience I don't hear about much is having to calculate how much time you have before you need to leave the house in order to wash your hair. Especially if you need to style it without a blow dryer. I don't want my hair to freeze okay
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Just got back from the doctor's. The bad news is that tests have revealed I have Onomatopoeia.
Naturally concerned, I asked, 'What's that?'
'I'm afraid,' he replied, looking up from his notes with a serious expression. 'It's exactly what it sounds like.'
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
We had so much momentum earlier this month, but work and illness has slowed us down :/ (I don't know what I have, but I know I slept 22 hours). I'm sad I slept through a writing opportunity yesterday, but I clearly needed it.

Generally, real life drains continue to drag us down :(

#PretendPanel
hiriadunning.com Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.com · 7d
#pretendpanel, fascinating takes as always yesterday, thank you! A change of pace today...

November 15th: Halfway through the month! How's it going so far? (Whether you're in a November challenge or not, have a little reflection on your writing)

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social November 15th: Halfway through the month! How's it going so far? (Whether you're in a November challenge or not, have a little reflection) Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
My organs today apparently
a man is standing in front of a crowd of people with the words `` viva la revolution '' written on the bottom .
Alt: a man is standing in front of a crowd of people with the words `` viva la revolution '' written on the bottom .
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November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
Today's vibe: ragdoll tossed into a heap
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
In places without November holidays, I think it's not a bad idea, though if school is in your life in any capacity, it does add to the difficulty. January might be a better month for this kind of thing, or any month where there's no big event to prepare for.

#PretendPanel
hiriadunning.com Hiria Dunning @hiriadunning.com · 8d
#pretendpanel, even before the last big controversy, November challenges have had their ups and downs. Tell me...

November 14th: BIG Challenges during November - what's your take? Good/bad tradition?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social November 14th: BIG Challenges during November - what's your take? Good/bad tradition? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Just a warning about scammer who may like your post posing at literary agents or publishers during #CastPit.

@RowanBrightonB has written an excellent 10 point thread on the matter you can find at this link and also listed in the graphic attached.

x.com/RowanBrighto...
1) Firstly, anything asking for money is a scam. Real agents do not have reading fees or recommend paid editors. Any publisher that costs money is a scam called a "vanity press" or "hybrid press." If they're making money off authors, they have no incentive to make money off readers. 2) Make sure you're talking to the person you think you're talking to! If you can't find the professional's X account on their website or their agency's website, be very careful. Impersonating agents and then asking for reading fees seems to be a trend these days. 3) For real industry likes, we'll start with editors! When vetting a publisher or small press, start by looking at their books. How many people have bought them? What do their covers look like? Do they use AI? What do the reviews say and *who wrote them* 4) Take a look at the website next. Is it geared toward getting authors to submit or getting books to readers? Do they prohibit agented submissions? How old are they? How do they distribute books? Do they offer any paid services? 5) Rules for vetting agents are more solid. You'll want someone from a reputable agency who is a member of ALA and has either sold books like yours or who has strong mentorship from agents who have sold books like yours. 6) It's even better if the agent has previous editorial experience, has sold to Big Fives (or whatever the equivalent is for your genre!) and has a reputation for kindness and communication. 7) If an agency is also offering editorial, marketing, or other for-pay services, that's a huge red flag! (This doesn't necessarily apply to agents offering freelance services independent of their job at the agency.) 8) If an agent has no editorial experience, relevant education, or sales record, don't sign with them!! A bad agent will set your career back so much farther than having no agent--and I mean that. 9) vet all offers with Writer Beware, Publishers Marketplace, the Querytracker comments section, and the experts on r/PubTips
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
Just finished drafting a write-up about a Samhain Dumb Supper we attended last year. It's always so interesting experiencing the different ways people face and deal with mortality and grief. Hope to get it up on Patreon in the next day or two! #LWDB

Have you been to a Dumb Supper before?
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
- The Little Match Girl
- Ender's Game (fuck you, OSC)
- The Joy Luck Club
- The Little Prince

I read these between ages 9-11, and I think they reflected my sadness back at me in ways that made things feel bearable. I know JLC has detractors, but as a child of immigrants, it still spoke to me
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 11d
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!

tell me about a book that changed you

for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
Today I accidentally turned Moma's brain into mush by reading medical journal articles out loud, trying to figure out what kind of scar Naveena had from her death. The main takeaway was that she has a hypertrophic scar. I may put this all into a research post later... #LWDB #writing #researching
November 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
whoops we wrote 7k in 2 days

woohoo!
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 AM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
Things we've changed in Ch1-2 from draft 2 to draft 3:

- start w/ Naveena's POV instead of Tylor's
- start just after she reaps a soul at the Royal Infirmary, instead of at the Uni of Edinburgh
- she senses Tylor using his powers and seeks him out rather than him running into her on accident

#LWDB
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
No, we write based on scene rather than word count. We lock into a particular mindset and emotion and see it through organically without worrying about length. I know we could just continue, but then you need more emotional gas in the tank and there's no guarantee we'll have it! #PretendPanel
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · 15d
Greetings, #pretendpanel! One week into writeathon month, I'm wondering how you feel about this notorious topic...

November 7th: X number of words per day - are you a fan of this approach or not?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social November 7th: X number of words per day - are you a fan of this approach or not? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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Writer face reveal!!

I'm Phi, & I write as Naveena, one of our MCs. Moma writes as Tylor, our other MC. Thanks to friends & the support of our Patrons, we've been able to get photos with our respective MCs, so here is a nice introduction to the 4 of us! #LWDB #WriterSky

📸: David R, Kristi Boulton
Two people are standing in front of a black iron fence; a bright water fountain surrounded by lawn is behind the fence. On the left is Naveena, who has dark hair, brown skin, and is in the midst of saying something that's making her laugh. She is wearing a thick black choker, a hot pink motocycle jacket, a dark grey-purple shirt, and black leggings. Sophie is on the right. She is shorter than Naveena, with pale skin and long brown hair, and is smiling at what Naveena's saying. She is wearing a black motorcycle jacket, a thin choker, a white top with Mexican embroidery, a brown belt, and dark jeans. Two people are standing outside in a wooded path. On the left is Tylor, a pale thin tall man with dark, curly hair, a trim short beard, a black jacket, a white shirt, and black pants and shoes. Beside him stands Moma, who is shorter than him, the top of their head reaching Tylor's nose. They have red curly hair and a rounder frame and are wearing a long black jacket, a purple sweater, a long necklace, light wash jeans, and orange converse. They're also wearing a pair of orange sunglasses. Both Tylor and Moma have their hands near their jacket pockets and are looking directly at the camera.
February 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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ftzahra.bsky.social
ADDIE LARUE x YOU'VE REACHED SAM

On the verge of death, Safa makes a desperate bargain with a mysterious jinn. Now she has 3 obscure clues, 0 memories and 1 month to win back her life.

🇵🇰-rep & folklore
💘allies to lovers
🔍amnesia with a twist
⏳ticking clock

#questpit #ya #f
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
longwaydownbook.bsky.social
Did you miss our latest newsletter? Never fear, the link is here ~ Free and Allhallowtide themed!

#LWDB #newsletter

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This is Hallowe'en~ 👻💀
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November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Reminder!!

Bluesky has a pronoun labeler you should really use!

Only those who subscribe to this will see it so you should do that. Don't worry, that's all it does.
Instructions are in the bio/first post.
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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⋆⁺₊❅.
ADESTE FIDELES
⋆⁺₊❅.

A couple in Maryland unknowingly invite the Devil to dine with them on Christmas Eve ❄️

- scottish folklore of Black Donald
- holiday horror novella
- doomed lovers
- religious shame, love over sin

#questpit #Q #A #H #HF #R
A picture of a writing pitch in the form of Netflix UI with the title, the genres Horror and Historical Fiction, a description, and similar recommendations in the form of comparables: The Devil and Tom Walker, A History of Fear, Knock, Knock Open Wide; and The Green Knight.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X LIBRARY OF SHADOWS

A missing golden boy returns as a ghost 👻
and the only way to save him is to stop the resurrection of a Puritan warlock hungry for souls 🩸

#QuestPit #YA #PR #Q
A foggy cemetery at dawn. A stone lamppost shaped like a cross glows with warm light in the foreground. Fallen leaves and wet stones line a narrow path. More lamps and blurred gravestones fade into the mist in the distance.
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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snlefebvre.bsky.social
BIANCA TORRE IS AFRAID OF EVERYTHING X CEMETERY BOYS

📝Ghostwriter to a ghost
💗Pastel paranormal
👻Vengeful spirit
🎭Haunted theater
🖤Séance-gone-awry
🌴Florida summer vibes (but spooky)
🌈F/F romance (not with the ghost!)
💕One bed

#questpit #YA #PR #LGBT #Q
A collage of images that represent the vibe of the book, including a pastel blue and pink beach, a blue and pink sky behind palm trees, a pink ouija keychain, pain roller skates, pink hair, a pink building behind palm trees, fingers typing on a laptop keyboard, a black and white photo of a woman in 1920s attire, white converse on a longboard, a glowing red theatre sign, and a red and gold theatre stage. Hearts surround a pink text box. The text reads: Sadie expects to be an amateur ghost hunter for a night at a haunted theater, not the sole witness to her favorite paranormal author’s death. Now she’ll have to team up with the author’s living sister to stop a vengeful spirit and help a ghost finish her final manuscript before someone else winds up dead.
November 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The Poor Lost Souls ✨💙 had a lot of fun with this one!
#dnd #dndoc #originalcharacter #oc #illustration
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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DON'T LET THE FOREST IN x BENT NECK LADY

Simone's risking Jadriel's Life & Nina's Afterlife

🖤AWARD Best Submission SCBWI MayFest 2025
🖤WINNER WriteHive Mentorship 2025
🖤Big 5 Editor Requests

GRIEF-RAGE-POWER
Romance & Revenge
A NEW URBAN LEGEND #TheEastRiverWraith
#YA #S Feminist #H #R #QuestPit
November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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duaceren.bsky.social
Spirited Away x Shutter Island

Reality and fantasy blur when an anonymous invitation sends a burnt-out chocolatier spiraling to hunt down a serial killer she thought she made up as a child.

🥀Found family
🥀Secrets
🥀Ghosts

🪻Mental health rep
🪻Disability rep
🪻LGBTQIA+

#QuestPit #W #A #F #T #PR
“Life tried so hard to cling to this place that all it did was make death sink in deeper.” “You can bury your past but don’t be surprised when it comes back to haunt you.” “Everyone lived in their own world, even when they were right next to each other.” Collage of photos: girls in dresses sitting in the grass, boat in blue waters, curtains at dusk glowing orange, melted chocolate poured over stacks of chocolate chunks, field of blue flowers with sun shining, girl in dress spinning in circles on grassy hill, messy pile of old photos, woman and child holding hands, rose bush, sunlight through tree leaves, a woman submerged in dark water reaching out, a woman in a white dress running away from something while barefoot in grass, restaurant with blue chairs by the sea at sunset, graves in the middle of a dark forest, girl in dark water with a white dress and arm over her chest and white roses over her torso, a man peering through the woods with a flashlight at night, a man and a woman dancing under a starry night, field of blue flowers in a forest, hands reaching up from water through lily pads, dragonfly wing close up, shadows of two friends back-to-back making finger guns
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM