A speculative retelling of GREAT EXPECTATIONS set in a world hungry for truth but obsessed with image, UNMET follows an aspiring journalist who makes a supernatural pact with a shadowy fugitive—only to fall for the daughter of a billionaire whose buried secrets could cost her everything. #QuestPit

When a disillusioned former actress seeking an authentic life in a small town shoots an intruder only to discover he’s a young man she’s been mentoring, her life again spirals into dramatics as the community unravels its secrets to understand what really happened. #QuestPit #UpMarket #Suspense

The next TWC Live! event premieres November 13. Three agents—@frecklywench.bsky.social, Danya Kukafka, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social—will discuss how publishing is responding, or not responding, to social, political, and economic changes in America.

#authors #agents Wondering about comp titles for literary fiction/upmarket. Authors aren't supposed to comp books that have won awards, but lit fic and upmarket are rare in the trad market, so when they break through, they win awards and/or international acclaim. Does this make them off limits?

Believable characters don’t have to be perfect; in fact, they shouldn’t be. They just have to feel real. #amwritingfiction

#RevPit #AskEditor
My favorite resources for writing and editing are:
The Emotion Thesaurus by Ackerman & Puglisi
Story Genius by Lisa Cron
Writing & Selling Your Mystery Novel by Hallie Ephron
Romancing the Beat by Gwen Hayes
Wonderbook by Jeff VanDerMeer
Writing Irristable Kidlit by Mary Kole

Yay! I won this contest! So excited to hear Kesia's feedback for my dystopian retelling of GREAT EXPECTATIONS!🥳 I have so enjoyed learning from Kesia's posts on writing and publishing. Thanks to @writingdaywksp.bsky.social for hosting the contest.😊

This is my miniature coral reef. I like the thought that some art is small enough that our homes can become filled with art like museums, curated with the eye for what inspires us or brings joy #sculpture #art

Time to add color! #ThisIsMeCoping

When the outer world burns, the inner world unfurls, a mode to survive in times of darkness and confusion, pain and sorrow. Out of the grief, a gift. This year will yield so much art. What I'm working on right now:
How about you?

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the GAP to greatness

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Check out this feature I wrote on the curator of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Writing books gets better with practice. Writing pitches--better with practice. Plotting--practice makes perfect.

But writing a synopsis? You gotta learn that beast all over again every damn time.🤡🤪🙄

I'm in the thick of it!

#AmWritingFiction #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

My biggest downfall as a novelist was pacing. Then I read Matt Bird's THE SECRETS OF STORY. It's a craft book for screenwriters, which is just what I needed as movies have to do so much in so little time and all interiority must be shown through dialog and action. #writingcommunity #fictiontips

@writingdaywksp.bsky.social New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/2025wdwcon3%... — Judged by agent Kesia Lupo, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work.

Grateful to the industry pros who take time to give thoughtful feedback and encouragement. In a career where rejection is the norm, it's nice when someone thinks your story is worthy of all the trials and tribulations it puts you through on its way from Word doc to hardcover.