Savannah Benton-Smith
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Savannah Benton-Smith
@savannahmbs.bsky.social
Horror author | she/her | BIPOC |
let’s freak each other out ✌🏽
rep: Rebecca Eskildsen @ Writers House
❤️WIP❤️After months of social exile, Noah receives an invite to a wellness retreat with the friends who ghosted her. Once there, she faces more than strained friendships because hidden beneath the sand, a monster waits. One that can’t let any of the woman leave the desert alive.
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November 22, 2024 at 3:44 PM
So many new followers! 👋🏽👋🏽
I’m Savannah, I write atmospheric social horror in weird places with monstrous female leads. I’m currently working on a haunted house story about evil women, friendship, and revenge #bvm #horror
November 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
don’t mind me I’m just making mood boards and editing my WIP and working a full-time job and I’m FINE

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December 7, 2023 at 7:56 PM
how it feels to be drafting again

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November 9, 2023 at 1:03 AM
Did some querying black out poetry to remind me of the good ol’ days

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November 3, 2023 at 9:29 PM
Me: god what a great week to work exclusively on my line edits for my book. I’ll finish these in a heartbeat and be that much closer to achieving my dream of becoming a published author!

*One traumatized vampire calling me his little love*

Me: lol nevermind

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October 19, 2023 at 12:06 AM
Me about my novel: the prose is so tight, every word matters, how could I ever find superfluous words to cut for this draft?

Me 2 days in:

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October 14, 2023 at 9:34 PM
It’s HERE! Thinking of counting down my favorite stories for no one but myself…

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October 5, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Me if being behind on my self-imposed deadline and crying about it was illegal

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September 20, 2023 at 5:16 AM
September 13, 2023 at 6:30 AM
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September 6, 2023 at 3:56 PM
#BLOODWIP moodboard! Its got:

😈 a pact with the devil
🩸 women committing violence to achieve success
👯‍♀️ friendships that will survive anything, even death
🌵 desert vibes
🔪 but not the chill kind
👹 can you love the thing you bring back?
August 27, 2023 at 7:49 AM
I saved this one twice so I guess it just be this
August 24, 2023 at 2:05 AM
August 23, 2023 at 6:07 PM
Beta readers: you have to simplify the plot. It’s too confusing.

Me: I dont know where I could possibly cut anything. It’s all absolutely necessary. I couldn’t lose a thing.

The plot:
August 20, 2023 at 8:59 PM
A familiar cat owner story in two pictures
August 19, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Is mine broken?
August 1, 2023 at 5:27 AM