CJ Keating - is querying
@cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social
Writer of ancient British historical fiction / fantasy. Usually found burning down Colchester.
Find out more - https://cjkeating.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/cjkeating
Find out more - https://cjkeating.co.uk/ https://linktr.ee/cjkeating
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS when:
- a loved one is having surgery
- someone is on a flight
- friends are checking in on your home/pets when you're away
- you are getting away with crimes
NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS when:
- applying for jobs
- waiting for your ex to text back
- querying
- a loved one is having surgery
- someone is on a flight
- friends are checking in on your home/pets when you're away
- you are getting away with crimes
NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS when:
- applying for jobs
- waiting for your ex to text back
- querying
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS when:
- a loved one is having surgery
- someone is on a flight
- friends are checking in on your home/pets when you're away
- you are getting away with crimes
NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS when:
- applying for jobs
- waiting for your ex to text back
- querying
- a loved one is having surgery
- someone is on a flight
- friends are checking in on your home/pets when you're away
- you are getting away with crimes
NO NEWS IS BAD NEWS when:
- applying for jobs
- waiting for your ex to text back
- querying
today's writing thing to do: Understand the villain.
I know WHY this hundreds-of-years-old liche is doing the Evil Thing, but need to know more about the HOW, before the plot will make sense
also, I am completing my character arc from pantser to plotter
I know WHY this hundreds-of-years-old liche is doing the Evil Thing, but need to know more about the HOW, before the plot will make sense
also, I am completing my character arc from pantser to plotter
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
today's writing thing to do: Understand the villain.
I know WHY this hundreds-of-years-old liche is doing the Evil Thing, but need to know more about the HOW, before the plot will make sense
also, I am completing my character arc from pantser to plotter
I know WHY this hundreds-of-years-old liche is doing the Evil Thing, but need to know more about the HOW, before the plot will make sense
also, I am completing my character arc from pantser to plotter
is rotating back to the front lines of the query trenches... wish me luck!
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
is rotating back to the front lines of the query trenches... wish me luck!
Reposted by CJ Keating - is querying
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
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
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Reposted by CJ Keating - is querying
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.*
#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.*
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
so far up to supporting 37 people on Former Bird Site and like 2 here... :D
will be #QuestPit 'ing on Wednesday! LMK if you want support :)
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
so far up to supporting 37 people on Former Bird Site and like 2 here... :D
what would be really cool is a transport/logistics citybuilder game like Transport Fever or Workers and Resources, just fantasy. Shipping your iridium ingots across a cursed swamp. That kinda thing.
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
what would be really cool is a transport/logistics citybuilder game like Transport Fever or Workers and Resources, just fantasy. Shipping your iridium ingots across a cursed swamp. That kinda thing.
Making the long trek back up North!
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Making the long trek back up North!
@andrewhook.bsky.social
hi Andrew, thanks for the panel just now! At one point you mentioned a weird fantasy crime anthology but I didn't catch the author's name - can you remind me?
hi Andrew, thanks for the panel just now! At one point you mentioned a weird fantasy crime anthology but I didn't catch the author's name - can you remind me?
November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@andrewhook.bsky.social
hi Andrew, thanks for the panel just now! At one point you mentioned a weird fantasy crime anthology but I didn't catch the author's name - can you remind me?
hi Andrew, thanks for the panel just now! At one point you mentioned a weird fantasy crime anthology but I didn't catch the author's name - can you remind me?
My writing mascots at the FantasyCon registration desk....
November 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My writing mascots at the FantasyCon registration desk....
I am shocked, shocked to hear that a man born in the 1890s who worked in the 1920s-1950s drew on some racial stereotypes in his work that one wouldn't today.
October 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I am shocked, shocked to hear that a man born in the 1890s who worked in the 1920s-1950s drew on some racial stereotypes in his work that one wouldn't today.
back to revising the opening of the book I'm querying.... it could zing more so I shall make it zing more
October 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
back to revising the opening of the book I'm querying.... it could zing more so I shall make it zing more
having zoomed out to the Big Picture Plot now I need to work out what's happening with the actual murder mystery that kicks this book off
October 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
having zoomed out to the Big Picture Plot now I need to work out what's happening with the actual murder mystery that kicks this book off
is reading The Tainted Cup which is one of those books that is great fun, as well as both inspiring and intimidating... what I have to be THIS creative if I want my writing to succeed?? challenge accepted!
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
is reading The Tainted Cup which is one of those books that is great fun, as well as both inspiring and intimidating... what I have to be THIS creative if I want my writing to succeed?? challenge accepted!
I'm writing a prologue! though tbh it's probably 'writing in' - writing the prologue will help even if it doesn't end up in the actual book
October 5, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm writing a prologue! though tbh it's probably 'writing in' - writing the prologue will help even if it doesn't end up in the actual book
new wip progress: I'm loving the prose I'm writing and big picture I'm happy with the plot concept but I'm not happy with my MC's stakes or tension
result... frustration and tearing my hair out
result... frustration and tearing my hair out
October 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
new wip progress: I'm loving the prose I'm writing and big picture I'm happy with the plot concept but I'm not happy with my MC's stakes or tension
result... frustration and tearing my hair out
result... frustration and tearing my hair out
so... who's done a fantasy police procedural? Think Cadfael (if you're that old, lol) but a secondary-world fantasy setting, not medieval!
what should I be reading
what should I be reading
September 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
so... who's done a fantasy police procedural? Think Cadfael (if you're that old, lol) but a secondary-world fantasy setting, not medieval!
what should I be reading
what should I be reading
it's Sunday! Time for more writing!
yesterday I started rewriting something in first person present, now I continue the experiment
yesterday I started rewriting something in first person present, now I continue the experiment
September 21, 2025 at 8:22 AM
it's Sunday! Time for more writing!
yesterday I started rewriting something in first person present, now I continue the experiment
yesterday I started rewriting something in first person present, now I continue the experiment
so... question.... over on Twitter I've managed to get it so I have a feed that is mainly writers talking about writing, even when the rest of the world is a disaster area. Is there a way to do that on Bluesky?
September 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
so... question.... over on Twitter I've managed to get it so I have a feed that is mainly writers talking about writing, even when the rest of the world is a disaster area. Is there a way to do that on Bluesky?
I had a great idea to improve my synopsis but now I've got the damned thing open I can't remember what it was.
If you know, let me know, I'll buy you a cookie.
If you know, let me know, I'll buy you a cookie.
September 20, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I had a great idea to improve my synopsis but now I've got the damned thing open I can't remember what it was.
If you know, let me know, I'll buy you a cookie.
If you know, let me know, I'll buy you a cookie.
Sent 15 queries in the last two days! One rejection so far, yay....
September 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Sent 15 queries in the last two days! One rejection so far, yay....