Phil Barnes
@philbarnes28.bsky.social
Author of Paying Dividends, an #adult #corporate #thriller out for query
Pitch Post 4 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pitch Post 4 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
Brad: A successful businessman who steps on the backs of others must finally come to terms with his methods when he is unexpectedly stopped short by his latest target.
Pitch Post 3 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
February 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pitch Post 3 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
Rich: When a self-interested venture capitalist discovers he needs to give up everything he has to help his friend, he must weigh his own desires against the gnawing feeling of what's right in his heart.
Pitch Post 2 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
February 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Pitch Post 2 of 4: PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
Stephanie: When a fashion model who mistrusts men meets the one who checks all of her boxes, she must let go of old beliefs or miss out on what she didn't realize she truly wanted in life.
Pitch Post 1 of 4, from the perspective of each POV character in PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
February 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Pitch Post 1 of 4, from the perspective of each POV character in PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate thriller. #questpit
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
Ashley: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV psychological corporate thriller out for query.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
February 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV psychological corporate thriller out for query.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV psychological thriller.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
February 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV psychological thriller.
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#MiseryPit #A #CT #Q
PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate thriller out for query.
#2025Pit #A #T
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
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#2025Pit #A #T
SQUEEZE PLAYS X THE FAVORITES
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#Uppbeat LC: Y7IH7XNAOBQO5I42
January 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
January 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
January 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
January 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work. PAYING DIVIDENDS is a 75,000-word multi-POV corporate #thriller out for query. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #T
Here are the confidential personnel files I pulled to help you #MeetMyMCs of Paying Dividends.
January 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Here are the confidential personnel files I pulled to help you #MeetMyMCs of Paying Dividends.
What would be the perfect playlist to sum up the four POV characters in PLAYING DIVIDENDS? How about Confident by Demi Lovato, My Mom by Eminem, Bad Blood by Taylor Swift and Pretty Girls Walk by Big Boss Vette.
January 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What would be the perfect playlist to sum up the four POV characters in PLAYING DIVIDENDS? How about Confident by Demi Lovato, My Mom by Eminem, Bad Blood by Taylor Swift and Pretty Girls Walk by Big Boss Vette.
An #agentsguide to PAYING DIVIDENDS from a #writer in the #writerscommunity
A 75,000 multi-POV novel by Phil Barnes
Pitch: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#litagents
#literaryagent
#thriller
A 75,000 multi-POV novel by Phil Barnes
Pitch: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#litagents
#literaryagent
#thriller
January 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
An #agentsguide to PAYING DIVIDENDS from a #writer in the #writerscommunity
A 75,000 multi-POV novel by Phil Barnes
Pitch: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#litagents
#literaryagent
#thriller
A 75,000 multi-POV novel by Phil Barnes
Pitch: When an overly self-reliant CEO faces a hostile takeover from a malicious rival, she must accept help from her team or lose her life's work.
#litagents
#literaryagent
#thriller
Plot summary of PAYING DIVIDENDS from an #amquerying #author in the #writingcommunity
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January 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Plot summary of PAYING DIVIDENDS from an #amquerying #author in the #writingcommunity
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Meet the four #POV #characters of PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate #thriller out for #query now.
January 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Meet the four #POV #characters of PAYING DIVIDENDS, a 75,000-word corporate #thriller out for #query now.
First line from PAYING DIVIDENDS: out for #query now.
“The brightness shining through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls created a glare on her white desk and reflected hotly off of every metal surface in the room, making the man on the other side of the barrier between them squint back at her.”
“The brightness shining through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls created a glare on her white desk and reflected hotly off of every metal surface in the room, making the man on the other side of the barrier between them squint back at her.”
January 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
First line from PAYING DIVIDENDS: out for #query now.
“The brightness shining through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls created a glare on her white desk and reflected hotly off of every metal surface in the room, making the man on the other side of the barrier between them squint back at her.”
“The brightness shining through the floor-to-ceiling glass walls created a glare on her white desk and reflected hotly off of every metal surface in the room, making the man on the other side of the barrier between them squint back at her.”
Themes and Tropes for PAYING DIVIDENDS include
Young Billionaires
Hostile Takeover
Tech IPO
Toxically Masculine Antagonist
Jet Set Lifestyle
Greed, Intrigue & Sabotage
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Young Billionaires
Hostile Takeover
Tech IPO
Toxically Masculine Antagonist
Jet Set Lifestyle
Greed, Intrigue & Sabotage
Designed by Freepik
January 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Themes and Tropes for PAYING DIVIDENDS include
Young Billionaires
Hostile Takeover
Tech IPO
Toxically Masculine Antagonist
Jet Set Lifestyle
Greed, Intrigue & Sabotage
Designed by Freepik
Young Billionaires
Hostile Takeover
Tech IPO
Toxically Masculine Antagonist
Jet Set Lifestyle
Greed, Intrigue & Sabotage
Designed by Freepik
If you like these specific things, you’ll love PAYING DIVIDENDS
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Books
Squeeze Plays
Valley Verified
The Favorites
TV Shows
Startup
The Morning Show
Silicon Valley
Movies
Legally Blonde
The Intern
The Social Network
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#thrillerbook
#amquerying
#query
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Books
Squeeze Plays
Valley Verified
The Favorites
TV Shows
Startup
The Morning Show
Silicon Valley
Movies
Legally Blonde
The Intern
The Social Network
#thriller
#thrillerbook
#amquerying
#query
#agentsguide
#agentguide
December 31, 2024 at 9:26 PM
If you like these specific things, you’ll love PAYING DIVIDENDS
Des. Freepik
Books
Squeeze Plays
Valley Verified
The Favorites
TV Shows
Startup
The Morning Show
Silicon Valley
Movies
Legally Blonde
The Intern
The Social Network
#thriller
#thrillerbook
#amquerying
#query
#agentsguide
#agentguide
Des. Freepik
Books
Squeeze Plays
Valley Verified
The Favorites
TV Shows
Startup
The Morning Show
Silicon Valley
Movies
Legally Blonde
The Intern
The Social Network
#thriller
#thrillerbook
#amquerying
#query
#agentsguide
#agentguide
Phil Barnes has an MBA, is an entrepreneur twice over, and has more than two decades of experience in the corporate world. His current day job is in public relations and he spent years learning life lessons for PAYING DIVIDENDS from his friends: CEOs, attorneys and leaders from all walks of life.
December 30, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Phil Barnes has an MBA, is an entrepreneur twice over, and has more than two decades of experience in the corporate world. His current day job is in public relations and he spent years learning life lessons for PAYING DIVIDENDS from his friends: CEOs, attorneys and leaders from all walks of life.
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December 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Some additional pages
The first draft of my story was a 96-page graphic novel subsequently converted to prose and then refined into two manuscripts, the first of which is Paying Dividends. #thriller #amquerying #litagents #bookagent #query #agentsguide #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writer
December 30, 2024 at 1:15 AM
The first draft of my story was a 96-page graphic novel subsequently converted to prose and then refined into two manuscripts, the first of which is Paying Dividends. #thriller #amquerying #litagents #bookagent #query #agentsguide #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writer
Dear #litagents PAYING DIVIDENDS is out for #query 💵🛩️👩🦰
Corporate Thriller: Squeeze Plays X The Favorites
👩💼 An overly self-reliant CEO
🧍♂️ A toxically-masculine rival
🧍♀️ A business-minded fashion model
💛 A self-centered investor
🏙️ All mixed together in a hostile takeover attempt
#thriller #thrillerbook
Corporate Thriller: Squeeze Plays X The Favorites
👩💼 An overly self-reliant CEO
🧍♂️ A toxically-masculine rival
🧍♀️ A business-minded fashion model
💛 A self-centered investor
🏙️ All mixed together in a hostile takeover attempt
#thriller #thrillerbook
December 29, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Dear #litagents PAYING DIVIDENDS is out for #query 💵🛩️👩🦰
Corporate Thriller: Squeeze Plays X The Favorites
👩💼 An overly self-reliant CEO
🧍♂️ A toxically-masculine rival
🧍♀️ A business-minded fashion model
💛 A self-centered investor
🏙️ All mixed together in a hostile takeover attempt
#thriller #thrillerbook
Corporate Thriller: Squeeze Plays X The Favorites
👩💼 An overly self-reliant CEO
🧍♂️ A toxically-masculine rival
🧍♀️ A business-minded fashion model
💛 A self-centered investor
🏙️ All mixed together in a hostile takeover attempt
#thriller #thrillerbook