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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 11h

What does this song make you think of? It's inspired by A Solemn Silhouette, the fantasy novel I #amquerying. Other writers dedicate themselves to short stories, I prefer song! Please ignore my dog in the background. Pretend he's a dragon...a big cuddly hairy dragon... #fantasynovel

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 22h

#WIPsnips with teeny tiny spoiler removed. THE HAND WHICH SET THE HEATHER ABLAZE #HistoricalFiction 1798 United Irish rebellion. PRIDE & PREJUDICE meets THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY meets THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 22h

I won't lie. I bawled my eyes out when I wrote this. I wrote it for me, for every woman who has ever been harmed by power. To hear those words, to be told in no uncertain terms that this is the love you deserve, this is what youre worth of... #WIPsnips #fantasy #amquerying

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this song yesterday morning & recorded it in bed 🛌 It's for my FMC & I've dedicated to all the amazing writers & authors out here trying to touch the starlight & reach new horizons.

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 2d

I love that I can take a walk and see the scenes from my novel. #amquerying #historicalfiction #historicalromance #Ireland #unitedirishrebellion

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 3d

Oh man I tried drawing cover art. I think I'm going to commission my 7 year old 🤣

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 3d

I can't believe no one has picked up my niche Irish historical fiction/romance set in 1798 which was the last time Protestants & Catholics united against tyranny & before the crown & other groups were able to create division that eventually led to the Troubles yet.

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 4d

If someone handed you £100 & you wanted to invest in yourself as an unpublished writer...what would you spend it on? It's not really a lot but it's more than I had to invest in myself yesterday!

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 4d

#WIPsnips word: Hope. There is a lot of hope in mine 🙈😅 I refuse to remove it. Here's a snip from A Solemn Silhouette, #fantasy #inspiration #hope

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Ooof that must be hard to watch!

I'm a part of a largely unrecognised minority...survivor of exploitation. The barriers I face are immense & mostly tied up in my own trauma.

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Dear #WriterCommunity. I know everyone is trying to show their best & impress potential editors & literary agents. But what's actually going on in your lives? Community can't be built on false pretenses. We need to be real & support each other through thick & thin. Tell me what you're facing. 🙏❤️

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Do you know what I never hear mentioned when it comes to underrepresented authors? Survivors of modern slavery & human trafficking, child s*xual abuse, domestic violence, s*xual exploitation. I'm here for this group. I'm a survivor & I want to stand by others trying to navigate getting published ❤️

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

May the odds be in your favour 🤣🥰 we can hold hands together!!!

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Why do I feel like I've just had my name drawn for the hunger games 🤣👀🙈💀

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Me awaiting the feedback...

🤣 I jest!!! I'm actually turning to moosh right now 🙈💀😬

a man is laying in the dirt and saying i hate you

ALT: a man is laying in the dirt and saying i hate you

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

So glad I check my junk mail! I've been picked. I am chosen. 🤣 #RevPit #10queries editor feedback will be like....

a man is standing in front of a fire and says `` you were the chosen one '' .

ALT: a man is standing in front of a fire and says `` you were the chosen one '' .

media.tenor.com

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Same!

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

First copy of my poetry book I released & never marketed sold. With the royalties I'll be able to get a trolley next time I go shopping 🤣 Here's to thankfulness! 🥰

S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

#WIPsnips All leaders promise to be benevolent. But well, power corrupts & benevolence becomes...subjective. #Fantasy #amquerying

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

#WIPsnips "Welcome" Upper-class English-woman's first experience of an Irish pub...with her new friends #HistoricalFiction #Irishfiction #Ireland

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

I think it would make great fan fiction for the amquerying crowd 🤔🤣

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Watching what's happening to Christianity in UK&USA makes me thankful that in recent years I've watched LOTR more times than I've been to church.

S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

7 years ago my husband & I bought a 250 year old house full of books which came with the sale. There were so many it took me a week to sort through them all & we donated many to charity. There still aren't enough book cases for them & there's random book piles in every room. I'm book wealthy 🤣

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 5d

Good morning from Ireland!

I had a dream a while ago... that all the literary agents had been abducted & replaced by AI, and the AI was just full on gaslighting authors & making us go through a digital/psychological battle royale & sometimes I think about that. 🤔

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 6d

My best move is hyping up a movie for everyone in the evening & 5 minutes in when everyone is focused, watching, hooked...I whip out my novel 🤣💅 We're a close knit family and it's the only way to keep them all quiet 🤫 Follow me for more reading hacks.