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Tamara 🍁👻🎃🧟‍♀️🌽
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Ivy League Grad. Fantasy and Horror Writer. Creator of BULLIED on Wattpad. Former B&N Bookseller. She/Her
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SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS

After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted.

#QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC #Q #Heist
Left to right. Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building. Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down. Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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SIX OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS

After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, and not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted.

#Heist #NA #F #BVM #POC #WOC #DVPit
Left to right. Top row: A foggy city with a spire in the background. The hands of a clock approaching 12. Smoke from an explosive in a building. Middle row: A man in a waistcoat pointing at something. “Tick… Tock…” A man in a waistcoat sitting down. Bottom row: Silver coins covered in blood. A group of people standing inside a clock tower. Rain on a cobblestone street.
October 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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🌊 THE BAD ONES X DREDGE 🌊

After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it.

This YA Fantasy Horror features:
👥Dual POV
📜A Deadly Deal
😈Ravenous Monsters
🤫Secrets With Severe Consequences
💔Exes to Allies to [redacted]

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #H
Left to right. Top row: hands reaching out of the water. A doll head. Human hands with sharpened nails. Middle row: A lighthouse shining through fog. “Are you afraid?” An eerie figure standing beside a tree with a noose. Bottom row: Hands reaching towards each other in the water. A sea creature with glowing eyes and sharp teeth. Multiple hands reaching out of the forest brush.
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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📜 THE BAD ONES X DREDGE 📜

After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it.

This YA Fantasy Horror features:
🌊Dual POV
🌊A Deadly Deal
🌊Ravenous Monsters
🌊Secrets With Severe Consequences
🌊Exes to Allies to [redacted]

#QuestPit #YA #F #H
Left to right. Top row: A lighthouse on a hill. A face covered in dirt or blood. An octopus with a skull for a head. Middle row: A row boat with a sea monster swimming up under it. "Fear me." A row boat on the water with a giant eye beneath it. Bottom row: a giant whirlpool with teeth. Two hands gripping the ground with the ocean off in the distance. A giant shadowy creature towering over a person in the ocean waves.
February 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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✨Introducing my YA Fantasy Horror✨

After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it.

This story features:
🌊Dual POV
🌊A Deadly Deal
🌊Ravenous Monsters
🌊Secrets With Severe Consequences
🌊Exes to Allies to [redacted]

#BluePit #YA #F #H 📖
Left to right. Top row: Hands wrapped around trees. Lightning over the ocean. Hand reaching out of a grave. Middle row: Stone statue of children holding hands. "Be careful what you wish for." Inside spiral of a decrepit lighthouse. Bottom row: Hands of a drowning man. A cave. Dirty hands bound with rope.
January 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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⭐️ Reshare your twitter book pitches ⭐️

African Myth x THREE DARK CROWNS

After the King dies, Prince Sidian is supposed to sacrifice himself so his older brother can rule. Instead, he makes a deal with a hungry demon--which he must feed--so he can compete for the throne.

#YA #F #amquerying
Moodboard for a book I'm querying. Left to right, top row: A woman wearing an African headscarf. African drums. An African man holding his head. Middle Row: The sun peering through the clouds. "Every scar will build my throne." A sunset. Bottom row: A wood-carved mask. An African man sitting on a throne. A monstrous mask.
November 21, 2024 at 11:38 PM
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Halloween may be over, but my Spooky WIP is going strong!

Can't wait to share more about it in the future... 👀
A black and white, spooky forest path, with "Are you afraid?" written at the top.
November 14, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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🩸THE GILDED WOLVES X EVERLESS🩸

#UnhingedPit #YA #F
November 13, 2024 at 5:09 PM
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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
November 21, 2023 at 9:14 AM
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Happy Birthday to me! 🥳

And Happy #NaNoWriMo to everyone participating! ✍🏾

Thought I'd celebrate by sharing a moodboard for the WIP I'm currently rewriting!

🩸👑🗡🕰⚰️💀
November 1, 2023 at 5:16 AM
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Awww 🥹
Thank you, gurl!!! 💖💖💖
October 5, 2023 at 6:31 AM
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Don't you hate when that happens? 😂
October 4, 2023 at 10:43 PM
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A Sunday Confession: As I near the end of my revisions, I am both excited and terrified to dive back into the query trenches.

I look forward to seeing how this story will be received, and I'm not afraid of (the inevitable) rejection to come... But I've heard it's really rough out there these days.
October 1, 2023 at 10:57 PM
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I love that for her! 😂
September 26, 2023 at 11:55 PM
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September 26, 2023 at 8:19 PM
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For sure!
(I wish this site had gifs 😭)
September 22, 2023 at 8:22 PM
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Meanwhile, a live look at the author:
Evil plotting raccoon
September 21, 2023 at 5:10 PM
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I don't have anything to promote at the moment, so instead, here's a meme that sums up my typical writing schedule.

This was a lot of fun! I'm glad I participated! 😊
#LateNightWrite
Drake disagreeing with "writing at a reasonable time" Drake agreeing with "writing in the middle of the night"
September 10, 2023 at 3:21 AM
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Throwback to the night I was torn between writing and going to sleep, and Wordle* bullied me into the former. 😂

(*Don't worry, I waited a while to post this so I wouldn't spoil the puzzle for anyone!)

#author #WritingCommunity #bvm #wordle
September 5, 2023 at 1:22 AM
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When you think of a 🔥🔥 scene that you can't wait to write in a second book... but you still need to rewrite the first book. 😭

(And now my brain is starting to plot a potential THIRD book in the series. Send help!!!)
Oprah Winfrey with her hands shielding her face
August 29, 2023 at 12:44 AM
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My view this week as I take a break between drafts. 🌊☀️🕶️
Blue sky, beach, ocean, chairs, and umbrellas. Blue sky, beach, ocean, and partial umbrellas.
August 16, 2023 at 4:01 PM
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OMG YAAAAAAAAAY!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
🎉🎈🥳
August 12, 2023 at 5:35 PM
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Happy to be here!! 💖
July 29, 2023 at 1:59 PM