Diary Of A Would-Be Author (she/her)
@justmeker.bsky.social
YA Author, sustained by coffee, dog snuggles, Taylor Swift songs, and musical theater. I can converse in West Wing quotes. Safe space - no hate allowed.
#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway
Because we've gotten to much rain lately and I've been trying to doomscroll less, my husband and I have been doing puzzles. Our latest completed puzzle: 1000 pieces depicting the covers of commonly banned books. Have you read all of them? Any of them?
@mattrestivophotography sent me this picture after one of his trips and I nearly 💀. I've never been to this town (somewhere in Vermont) but in my head I could see (my MC) Lizzie...
A DIscord for writers to support writers. Aka my procrastination project. discord.gg/cWjemubqH
Join the The Writing Trenches Discord Server!
Check out the The Writing Trenches community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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Hey all! In case anyone is interested, I've created a Discord for writers. A safe place for people to chat, vent, ask questions, and get support for whatever stage of writing they're in. Join us in The Writing Trenches! discord.gg/cWjemubqH
Join the The Writing Trenches Discord Server!
Check out the The Writing Trenches community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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Normally I don't write on weekends if my hubby and kid are around. I like to spend weekend time with them. But today hubby was doing some work outside and the kid slept in, so I took the time to work on my WIP's outline. And I finished it!!! Good thing, since I already wrote the first 100 pages!
Thanks for all of the likes, repeats and follows during #questpit yesterday!! I felt the ❤️❤️! I hope everyone got tons of agent likes on their posts!
It's amazing how much clarity you can get on a writing project when you take a step back from it for a while. #querying #authoring
Teddy Roosevelt got shot in the chest and finished a 90-minute speech. Reagan got shot and joked, "Honey, I forgot to duck." Truman survived an attack and kept his Arlington schedule. None of them blamed their critics. None of them built a ballroom. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Don't Be Intimidated
I lived inside the threats. Criticizing the President is not violence. It's the job description of a citizen.
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Read "How to Choose Your Editors" (with a link to my "Interview with the Editor" to learn more about how I communicate and work). editsinthemargins.com/post/how-to-...
How to Choose Your Editor(s) - In the Margins Editing & Writing Services
Experience is a key aspect of finding the right editor to work with, but it's not the only thing to consider. I like to break down my list of things to ask/information to gather into two levels: the v...
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Without downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?
Tamara (Rhymes With Camera) Sellman@rhymeswithcamera.bsky.social · 4mo agoWithout downloading anything new, where are you, mentally?
Supporting the trans community today and every day!
I'm putting my shelved YA sports romance through a major rewrite. I got to chapter 5 and decided it didn’t like it so I thought a change of.perspective would help. It turns out that I really just don't like the chapter. Sigh.
I have officially made it to Chapter 4 of my 3rd-to-1st person rewrite. Yay! I missed these characters! But I'm also realizing that I have an opportunity to tighten the story up a bit. It's actually invigorating!
Eff him. And eff every single person in that locker room. But especially eff the player who put his gold medal around that fascist morons neck.
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6mo agoThe FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
I have a YA sports romance that I shelved after getting no traction with it. Originally written in 3rd person, I've decided to do a major rewrite, and change it from 3rd person to 1st person. I'm not sure if it's a good idea but I love these characters so much that I'm not ready for them to die yet.
I have to admit that I'm struggling with writing lately. Between the state of the world, a medium-sized medical issue, and my brain still being in the world of my querying book, my creativity has suffered. I'm about halfway through my current WIP but I feel like I haven't gotten anywhere recently.
As we continue to mourn the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, we also must lift the stories of the 32 people who died in ICE custody just last year. In December, 6 people died in ICE’s custody — the deadliest month in the history of the agency. It is shameful, and it must end.
The closest and best video of today's horrific events. Believe your eyes. Alex Pretti was mirdered by ICE agents.
Katie Phang@katiephang.bsky.social · 7mo agoAlex Pretti was murdered while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted by federal agents
Someone put together a list of the new Bluesky US gov accounts in case folks want to block them. These are essentially pumping out state-run propaganda at this point: bsky.app/profile/eva....
THE GRACE YEAR x M Hendrix's THE CHAPERONE Fifty years in the future, 16-year-old Lizzie risks banishment and death to oppose the theocratic regime that controls Glory, wondering how many of her friends and family she'll have to sacrifice along the way. #DVpit #YA #Dystopian
Fifty years in the future, 16-year-old Lizzie risks banishment and death to oppose the theocratic regime that controls Glory, wondering how many of her friends and family she'll have to sacrifice along the way. #DVpit #YA #dystopian
