J.A. Ryder (is drafting)🍁

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Writer of Paranormal Romantic Suspense | Nerd | Coffee addict | Member of SiC, FWA, & RWA-KoD #WritingCommunity

WHEN DEVILS SING X FEAR STREET "Four pieces reunited by sinner's hand may finally break the Curse." Looks like Chava Rose is sinning. 💞 Women's autonomy ✡️ Jewish mythology ❤️‍🩹 Star-crossed lovers who never give up 🌈 Diverse ensemble ⚖️ Strong themes of equality #YA #H #Q #OWN #Jewish #questpit

A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to FROM ONE MIFLETZET TO ANOTHER - Katie Collan - young adult horror 95,000 words" over the outside of a synagogue.Comparative titles with arrows pointing to relevant descriptions. Titles include: HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER by Justine Pucella Winans, WHEN DEVILS SING by Xan Kaur, Netflix's FEAR STREET 1994.

Captions:

HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER: "Ride-or-die female friendship", "Scream-esque meta humor"

WHEN DEVILS SING: "Deal with the devil"

WHEN DEVILS SING, FEAR STREET: "Small town curse"

FEAR STREET: "Star-crossed lovers", "Women's autonomy"

All three: "Diverse ensemble cast", "Themes of equality", "Exploration of identity"Pitch: "When a Jewish girl accidentally reawakens an ancient curse over her town, she must fight through mythological nightmares and break the curse before she's torn apart like the demon who started it all."A mood board featuring a collage of seventeen pictures, with the title "FROM ONE MIFLETZET TO ANOTHER" in the center and the sentence "FOUR PIECES REUNITED BY SINNER'S HAND MAY FINALLY BREAK THE CURSE" overlaying the collage in fragments. From left to right, top to bottom: the Jewish star hanging from a tree branch; a hatchet lying beside a digital camera; a red snake; a hand holding a lighter; a menorah perched beside Hebrew scripture; a Torah scroll; a depiction of Lilith, the mother of demons; a depiction of a powerful demon's silhouette; the entrance to a synagogue; an oak tree in the middle of a grassy field; a Torah scroll; a shadow-covered skull; the wall of a synagogue; a fire-breathing serpent rising above the sea; a luscious, green forest; thick roots of an old tree; a forest that leads into darkness.

Robin Hood robs the Prez in ‘25 #QuestPit 82K He needs his dad, a retired thief w Alzheimer’s, for the score or his foster home will be foreclosed. #Q #A #T satire/crime/upmarket *How best to stand up to a bully than to mock them? Help me ridicule the orange menace. Support my manuscript.*

How I stole from the President while saving a foster home
Agent’s GuideThemes/tropes for the agent’s guideWriting snip for the agent’s guide
An image of a hand drawn map of mar-a-lago is shownThe pitch
For the agent’s guide
4 comps shown

𝕕𝕦 𝕄𝕒𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕣'𝕤 ℝ𝔼𝔹𝔼ℂℂ𝔸 𝕩 ℕ𝕖𝕥𝕗𝕝𝕚𝕩'𝕤 𝕋ℍ𝔼 ℙ𝔼ℝ𝔽𝔼ℂ𝕋 ℂ𝕆𝕌ℙ𝕃𝔼 When everyone she loves has motive for a murder, a PR exec who's always tried to do the 'right thing' must decide how far she'll go to protect them. Especially the man she's in love with. The dead woman's husband. #Questpit #Q #A #RF #MY

An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, Romantic Suspense, a 97k word romantic suspense.
Various pictures of characters from the book.Pitch & Plot and has the following text:

With their multiple homes and a business portfolio of luxury hotels, the Constantines' lives might be a world away from 29-year-old Listy Powers’ but Troy and his sister Olympia are like family, an unlikely yet close bond forged years ago at university. So when she learns Olympia, badly injured in a car accident, is back home on the Greek island of Paxos, Listy sets off immediately to see her.

Being at their villa, however, means unavoidable proximity with Olympia's very disapproving eldest brother whom Listy has always loved. When they first met 8 years ago, Kris was a married man with a pregnant wife; now he's a widower. But as the attraction they'd fought back then re-kindles, suspicions resurface about Kris' wife's death. Beautiful, manipulative Rianna had not been well-liked. Her speciality was ferreting out people's secrets. And everyone, Listy discovers, has something to hide.

As she unravels what happened to Rianna, the truth threatens Listy’s future happiness and the lives of those dear to her, and she must decide if crossing that line to protect someone she loves is a price she's willing to pay.OPENING LINES - When she hears the footsteps behind her, she doesn't rise from the lounger or look round but just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine, fixing her gaze ahead. Beyond the villa's perimeter wall where the wooded slopes fall away, the sea glimmers under the silver coin of a moon. 
   'I told you to leave,' she says, her voice slurred. 'It's over. There's nothing more to say.' 
   'I have plenty to say.' 
   Her head whips round then. She smiles.

SNIPPET - When she died,' Olympia says in a hard voice, 'I was relieved. All I could think was, we're free of her now. Now we can begin to be happy.' 
   Listy's face spasms. 'But you're not,' she says. 'None of you are. It scares me, Olympia, all this hate. So much hate. Troy has it too. It's like...like it's eating him up. Rianna's dead but she might as well not be, the hold she still has on you all.' 
   Olympia begins rummaging in the drawer again. 'You didn't know her. You wouldn't understand.' 
   'I want to. Tell me what happened the night she died. You said she and Kris were arguing.' Collage of pictures and the title The Vibes, Tropes & Themes & The Comps.
Tropes and Themes are: du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Loss; Slow burn romance; Yearning; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder

The Comps – Nanny Wanted by Lizzy Barber, End of Story by AJ Finn, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Sky Atlantic series Riviera