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Shida Ketzer (follows back all fiction writers)
@wisteraverse.bsky.social
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Author of #Wisteraverse High #Fantasy novels,
Informatics Ph.D. & Scientist,
Emotional Support Human to 3 mischievous cats,
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Polyglot | Neurodivergent | She/They
https://linktr.ee/Wisteraverse
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You know what this means: Killer Quill is now out in the world! 🥳📚🎂
[Psst! The best birthday gift to me is buying my book!😉]
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I was so lucky to meet Ursula Vernon earlier this year at the LuxCon & she was so extremely kind to encourage me. The idea of her seeing my book is beyond my wildest dreams. I worry that I should not impose & take her up on her offer to actually read my novella. Her comment alone was a huge honor.
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Killer Quill will (finally!) be released tomorrow, November 15, which just so happens to be my birthday!
Here's the dedication page: For my literary idol, Ursula Vernon, @tkingfisher.com
I know I can never aspire to her level, but I'm still glad that I will see my book coming into this world.
For my literary idol, Ursula Vernon, Killer Quill by Shida Ketzer This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals. Back cover blurb: Murdered in cold blood and resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes her world’s legendary assassin. She can never part with her eponymous quill. The mythical quill keeps her alive, heals her wounds, and enables her to transform colors into animate objects doing her bidding. In exchange, the quill feeds on her victims’ souls. When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life. A Wisteraverse novella.
November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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🗡️Murdered in cold blood & resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes a formidable assassin. As her latest mission sparks a higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life.🪶
#QuestPit #F #P
Killer Quill by Shida Ketzer This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals. Back cover blurb: Murdered in cold blood and resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes her world’s legendary assassin. She can never part with her eponymous quill. The mythical quill keeps her alive, heals her wounds, and enables her to transform colors into animate objects doing her bidding. In exchange, the quill feeds on her victims’ souls. When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life. A Wisteraverse novella.
November 5, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Due to unforeseen circumstances (meaning: I was extremely sick and bedridden for way too long 😭), I had to delay the release of my first book baby two more weeks. KDP made it clear it's the last time I can delay it. So come what may, Killer Quill will be out on my birthday, November 15, 2025.
My book baby is due on November 15, 2025! A (fake) sonogram showing the cover of my book, Killer Quill, (as the fetus!) & the following themes and tropes: Color Magic Epic Fight Scenes Touch her & you'll die! Guaranteed No romance! Fantasy Heist Feral Feminine Rage BIPOC & LGBTQIA+
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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My first book baby seems to be taking its time like an elephant! But illness has thrown off my release schedule by much. & it's now (hopefully finally!) due on Halloween, as all bloody things!

#UnhingedPit #F #CS
September 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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What shape is your preference?
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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everything you type is technically "telling"! The goal is to replace flat descriptions like "he was angry" with more sensory and emotional descriptions (body language, speech, facial expression, etc.). But some readers flag almost anything as "telling". Here's an example I received:
Text in the manuscript: "cracking his wrist. She rammed his dagger into his neck, cutting off his shout. The sticky splatter of his blood on her face was warm and revolting. Comment start He sputtered. His body spasmed, then went limp, collapsing atop her. Comment end Bile rose in her throat. Shuddering, she shoved him aside and dragged herself out of the cart. Her wounds began to reknit, stinging as if crawling with" The reader highlighted: "He sputtered. His body spasmed, then went limp, collapsing atop her." The reader's comment about it: "I feel like I am being told what is happening here as opposed to being shown. I kind of want to really experience this moment because it is so visceral for [redacted]."
September 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Sharing the 1st line pitch for my upcoming fantasy novella.
P.S. I hardly get any interactions here. I've been told to try #writersky & #writingcommunity. Let's see if that works!
September 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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🗡️Murdered in cold blood &resurrected through forbidden powers, Quill becomes a legendary assassin.
🥷When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people and her own murder. 💀Failure will cost more than just her life.🪶
#PosterPit #P #F
🪐📚 📚💙 🌈📚
“This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals.” Color Magic Fantasy Heist No Romance! Epic Fight Scenes Feral Feminine Rage Touch Her & You'll Die Title: Killer Quill Coming Sept. 25 2025 Wisteraverse.com Author: Shida Ketzer Guaranteed NO Romance Color composition: Saturated red, black, & white. Figure: Quill's image holding a dagger and a quill wafting tenrils of black magic
August 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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🗡️👑When the chosen empress is assassinated, her♿️disabled & gutsy ex-GF must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods’ eternal slave & weapon against mortals.😱
#PosterPit #Q #F 🪐📚 🌈📚💙
Red-colored fantasy bookstore background Main Texts (large & centered in the middle): - The Pitch: “When the chosen empress is assassinated, her disabled and gutsy ex-GF must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods’ eternal slave and weapon against mortals.” - Quote: "This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals." - 5 drops of blood (in the style of “5-star rating”) - [ A list of represented identities]: Neurospicy, LGBTQIA+, Disability, BIPOC Text at the bottom of the poster: Little Thieves meets A Sorceress Comes to Call in 90,000 YA Crossover Fantasy A Novel By Shida Katz Based on my own True life & Identity Coming to your Query Inbox Text at the top of the poster: Found Family, Forbidden Love, Feminine Rage, Spicy Banter Laurels: "A gripping & entertaining book!" - A Literary Agent "I think you have skills! I like your writing!" - A Literary Agent "Publishing is a Subjective Industry!" - Literary Agents
August 16, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Godkiller X Little Thieves
🗡️A plucky, disabled, & queer FMC who must fight a dysfunctional family of gods, or they enslave her for eternity.
🐲🔥An extremely hot dragon who won't be ridden, except in the bedroom!😉
🌶️Spicy banter & dark humor
🫂Found Family
#F #QueerPit #own
#WritingCommunity #amquerying
A green dragon in the arms of a woman who's scowling at a poor knight in full armor! The dragon is pointing an accusatory finger at the knight as if a child telling their mother that someone hurt them. The poor knight is scared. Note: I searched the Internet and did my best to find the artist to no avail. I hope, whoever they are, they don't mind me using it here. If you know who this belongs to, please kindly let me know.
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Ingredients: 100% Dragon
Every fantasy #writer needs this!
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Ingredients: 100% Dragon
August 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Let me see your maps! #babygotmaps
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This is the map of planet Hymber’s dark hemispheroid where my upcoming high fantasy novella, Killer Quill, is set within my quirky fantasy universe called #Wisteraverse.
Also, I still #amquerying a full-length novel set here.
The map of planet Hymber’s dark hemispheroid where the majority of the high fantasy novel I #amquerying is set within my quirky fantasy universe called #Wisteraverse. Killer Quill cover
August 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Nettle & Bone X AddieLaRue
👑When the chosen Empress is assassinated,
🗡️her plucky, disabled ex-GF must defeat a dysfunctional family of gods or submit to the chosen's grim fate of becoming the gods' eternal slave
❤️Forbidden Love, Hot Banter, Dark Humor
#BluePit 📖 #Q #F #OV #YA #LGBT #DIS #WF #POC #ND
Pitch: When the chosen Empress is assassinated, her disabled and gutsy ex-girlfriend must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods’ eternal slave and weapon against mortals. 90,000 words YA Crossover Fantasy Comps: Damsel (2024 film) Hannah Kaner’s Godkiller T. Kingfisher’s A Sorceress Comes to Call Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves Themes & Tropes: - Forbidden Love - Hot Banter - Feminine Rage - Anti-Chosen - Found Family - Second Chances - Dark Humor - Identity - Friends-to-lovers - Faustian Bargain - Choosing vs. being chosen - Dual-Timeline Representation: - LGBTQIA+ - BIPOC - Mental Health - Disability - Neurodivergence - Chronic Illness Moodboard: Dark fantasy Victorian vibes with purple color composition. Top row, left-to-right: a Byronic handsome man in black, a palace, a dark figure burning in hell fire, a masked female assassin of dark complexion holding a dagger, a serpentine forest trail at night marked with red flowers. At the center, next to a silver plume, is the text: “This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals.” Bottom row, left-to-right: a dark gaslit street, a gaslit city blanketed in coal smog at night, a young woman in a Victorian gown, wrought-iron gates opened to a foreboding foggy estate in the dark, a trail of red petals leading to a dark stone temple gate. Excerpt: A gaunt mouse nibbled greedily at a stale bread roll left on my lunch tray. I didn’t have the heart to give her a name as I might lose her too. The lingering scent of mud and mildew hung in the air, a long-forgotten tomb. I clenched my jaw to keep my teeth from chattering. The bed’s cast iron rods dug into my ribs through the thin mattress. The medications I was forced to swallow left a cotton taste in my mouth and a dull ache in my skull. The faded floral pattern of the peeling wallpaper was my only reminder of life beyond these walls. I pulled the threadbare blanket tighter around my body, hugging my knees to my chest. It did little against the chill creeping into my bones. The raging blizzard had transformed the courtyard into a churning white sea, rattling the broken window shutters hanging askew. At least no screams echoed through the halls today.
July 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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🗡️🥷Murdered in cold blood & resurrected by forbidden powers, Quill becomes her world’s legendary assassin, armed with color magic. When her latest mission sparks the higher power’s wrath, Quill must avenge the death of her people & her own murder. Failure will cost more than just her life
#BluePit 📖
A (fake) sonogram showing my book cover (as the fetus!) saying, "My book baby is due in August!" & the following themes and tropes: Color Magic Epic Fight Scenes Touch her & you'll die! Guaranteed No romance! Fantasy Heist Feral Feminine Rage BIPOC & LGBTQIA+
July 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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🗡️A plucky FMC who must fight a dysfunctional family of gods.
🐉An extremely hot dragon who won't be ridden, except in the bedroom😉

#BluePit 📖 #Q #F #OV #YA #LGBT #DIS #WF #POC #ND #A
A green dragon in the arms of a woman who's scowling at a poor knight in full armor! The dragon is pointing an accusatory finger at the knight as if a child telling their mother that someone hurt them. The poor knight is scared. Note: I searched the Internet and did my best to find the artist to no avail. I hope, whoever they are, they don't mind me using it here. If you know who this belongs to, please kindly let me know.
July 13, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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A plucky FMC who must fight a dysfunctional family of gods.
An extremely hot dragon who won't be ridden, except in the bedroom😉
#Q #UnhingedPit #F #writingcommunity
A green dragon in the arms of a woman who's scowling at a poor knight in full armor! The dragon is pointing an accusatory finger at the knight as if a child telling their mother that someone hurt them. The poor knight is scared. Note: I searched the Internet and did my best to find the artist to no avail. I hope, whoever they are, they don't mind me using it here. If you know who this belongs to, please kindly let me know.
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Cover Reveal! My novella Killer Quill is coming out this August!🥳
I can't wait for you to meet my badass assassin!
#coverreveal #books #fantasy #writingcommunity
Killer Quill August 2025
July 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Yet another supposed "expert" claiming his personal opinion to be the ultimate rule of good writing.
The truth is: readers are diverse, from various cultures and backgrounds. Dialogue tags also help narrators act out the lines. Good books get translated into other languages, too.
Opinion: If You Need Fancy Dialogue Tags, There’s Something Wrong with Your Writing Readers don’t need to be told—with tags—that a character *laughed, cried, shuddered, sobbed, felt fear, or was ashamed, or experienced any other emotion.* They should know by the dialogue itself, or the actions of the characters while they speak.
June 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Dear readers, have you ever wondered why a book you buy isn't cheaper or more expensive? I bet most of you didn't know these reasons:
Minimum & maximum list prices, which dictate, if an author sells below that price, they will lose 35% of their royalties! "Delivery costs" for e-books are calculated per MB! https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G200634500
June 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Wow! These reverse tariffs are no joke! 😁The Kindle Edition is $ 3.99 in the US & € 11.69 ($ 13.29) in Germany!
May 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Godkiller❌Damsel
👑The chosen Empress is assassinated
🗡️Her gutsy, disabled ex-GF must defeat a dysfunctional family of gods or be enslaved forever instead of her.
❤️Forbidden Love
🌶️Hot Banter & Dark Humor
🏳️‍🌈LGBT, BIPOC,♿️ female-lead
🫂Found Family
#questpit #Q #YA #F #RF #SFF
#writingcommunity
Pitch: When the chosen Empress is assassinated, her disabled and gutsy ex-girlfriend must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods’ eternal slave and weapon against mortals. 90,000 words YA Crossover Fantasy Comps: Damsel (2024 film) Hannah Kaner’s Godkiller T. Kingfisher’s A Sorceress Comes to Call Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves Themes & Tropes: - Forbidden Love - Hot Banter - Feminine Rage - Anti-Chosen - Found Family - Second Chances - Dark Humor - Identity - Friends-to-lovers - Faustian Bargain - Choosing vs. being chosen - Dual-Timeline Representation: - LGBTQIA+ - BIPOC - Mental Health - Disability - Neurodivergence - Chronic Illness Moodboard: Dark fantasy Victorian vibes with purple color composition. Top row, left-to-right: a Byronic handsome man in black, a palace, a dark figure burning in hell fire, a masked female assassin of dark complexion holding a dagger, a serpentine forest trail at night marked with red flowers. At the center next to a silver plume is the text: “This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals.” Bottom row, left-to-right: a dark gaslit street, a gaslit city blanketed in coal smog at night, a young woman in a Victorian gown, wrought-iron gates opened to a foreboding foggy estate in the dark, a trail of red petals leading to a dark stone temple gate. Excerpt: A gaunt mouse nibbled greedily at a stale bread roll left on my lunch tray. I didn’t have the heart to give her a name as I might lose her too. The lingering scent of mud and mildew hung in the air, a long-forgotten tomb. I clenched my jaw to keep my teeth from chattering. The bed’s cast iron rods dug into my ribs through the thin mattress. The medications I was forced to swallow left a cotton taste in my mouth and a dull ache in my skull. The faded floral pattern of the peeling wallpaper was my only reminder of life beyond these walls. I pulled the threadbare blanket tighter around my body, hugging my knees to my chest. It did little against the chill creeping into my bones. The raging blizzard had transformed the courtyard into a churning white sea, rattling the broken window shutters hanging askew. At least no screams echoed through the halls today.
May 7, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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April 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Easy to die for a cause or your love! But to live for it, not just one lifetime... an infinite life of eternal servitude against your ideals and everything you believe in... Can you even imagine submitting to such a horrific curse?
#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #amqueryng
Red-colored fantasy bookstore background Main Texts (large & centered in the middle): - The Pitch: “When the chosen empress is assassinated, her disabled and gutsy ex-GF must triumph over a dysfunctional family of ancient gods or submit to fulfilling the chosen’s grim fate as the gods’ eternal slave and weapon against mortals.” - Quote: "This world, my dear, is the slaughterhouse of noble ideals." - 5 drops of blood (in the style of “5-star rating”) - [ A list of represented identities]: Neurospicy, LGBTQIA+, Disability, BIPOC Text at the bottom of the poster: Little Thieves meets A Sorceress Comes to Call in 90,000 YA Crossover Fantasy A Novel By Shida Katz Based on my own True life & Identity Coming to your Query Inbox Text at the top of the poster: Found Family, Forbidden Love, Feminine Rage, Spicy Banter Laurels: "A gripping & entertaining book!" - A Literary Agent "I think you have skills! I like your writing!" - A Literary Agent "Publishing is a Subjective Industry!" - Literary Agents
April 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM