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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing

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Writer, Historian, Pagan, Emerson MFA ‘24, and lover of dogs. 🏳️‍🌈 she/her ⭐️ not afraid to fangirl https://solo.to/ginnysquillpen

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Jan 18

In Sköllson Saga,a bard with a mysterious new power & a wolf warrior who can’t control his transformation journey to find answers, but instead find trouble and each other. With a queer cast, it is set in Viking Era Ireland and features elements from Norse mythology and Irish folklore. Now querying!

Art by free-bearz/Joanna Estepp! Image shows a man in blue with a wolf pelt and an axe looking at a Thor’s hammer pendant, while a man in red holds a lyre.

Green info graphic with an axe a lyre in the center, and has the following text:
Sköllson Saga by Ginny McSheehan
- Norse Myth Wolf Apologism
- Grumpy warrior, sunshine bard
- Historical Fantasy set in Viking Era Ireland
- Bisexual and More Queer Representation
- Overcoming Trauma
- Irish Folkore Beast and Beings
- it’s All Loki’s fault (or is it?)

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 9h

Right now, what has been keeping me sane has been:
a) attending No Kings with my mom
b) limiting social media
c) reading fanfic
d) writing what sparks joy, even if that isn't the sequel.

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 3d

Actual image of me as I try to figure out the sequel to my book.

Frames of Hellaverse @hellaverseframes.bsky.social · 3d

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 4d

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 12d

Can’t believe I’ve been doing this a decade. See you later, New York Ren Faire.

(On the back of my hoodie it says “No Nazis in Valhalla” and “Witches Against White Supremacy” with patches of Fenrir, Hati, and Sköll.)

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 17d

So grateful to Brandon Rogers, Bryce Pinkham, and Richard Horvitz for a memorable weekend that was balm for the soul!

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 17d

Throwback to September, when I met Holly Black at my local Barnes and Nobles! I am so grateful for her words about writing and publishing, and had a lot of fun at the event! My TBR pile is getting even larger…

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 18d

I did not have singing Hamilton songs with Richard Horvitz (the voice of Invader Zim and Moxxie) not once, but twice, on my bingo card for today, and yet…

More later, but sometimes the world is a fun place, and I was thrilled to be reminded of that.

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Jonny Cairo @hereticpharaoh.bsky.social · 24d

"Sometimes in the waves of change we find our true direction.” — Unknown

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 24d

Woke up at 5am to a rejection from an agent I really liked.

Then I pulled myself out of bed, walked the dogs, and wrote a bit of my next book.

Fuck this system. I will make it through.

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 25d

I just made my submission (huzzah for getting something done!) Mythology lovers, be sure to check it out!

The Icarus Writing Collective @icaruszine.bsky.social · 29d

There's just one week left to submit to our fourth issue! 🔱

Hurry quick, before the tide goes out.

🌊 www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit

One week left to submit to the fourth issue of The Icarus Writing Collective! Our fourth issue is themed around all things water and humbly called "Currents." You can submit at www.icaruswritingcollective.com/submit from now until October 1st when submissions close. We accept Flash Fiction, Short Fiction, and Art for our literary magazine.

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 26d

Hard same. Those were simpler times.

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · 26d

WE RAISED HEL!!!! So thrilled to have carved this goddess pole with my other half at @nyrjorvikvikings! 💀🐺💖

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 23

Sometimes you just need a good cry in a California Pizza Kitchen.

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KDFoxx🦊 (Kenya Danino)@ NYCC @kaydeefoxx.bsky.social · Sep 21

Live drawings from Smalls on Friday Night

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 21

Grief is heavy. I’m still carving, still writing, and still swimming.

Just a little slower than usual.

WIP for Hel in @nyrjorvikvikings

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 14

It was a lovely weekend with my family, and I love my nieces and nephews so much. But the Loki flash fiction piece I'm working on is pushing me to new (and kinda scary) places.

Still gonna do my best, but I think for tonight I need a break.

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 10

My weigh in on the controversy is that I am going to watch my little queer cartoon instead of wasting what precious time I have for joy and relaxation arguing about semantics over a shithead.

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 10

I heard of them! Thank you for the rec!

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 10

Ooooh thank you for the rec!

Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 9

I am contemplating small presses. Does anyone have any suggestions on reliable ones to submit to? It's for an LGBTQ+ Historical/Folklore based Fantasy.

I'm still doing the agent hunt, but just expanding my options!

#writingcommunity

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Doesn’t your black cat come with a kitty sized demon grimoire?

My black cat Dimitri with a tiny version of Stolas’s grimoire

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Aelith Loves Art 𖣂 @aelith4ever.bsky.social · Sep 8

Pierre Auguste Cot - The Storm

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 7

I have been grieving hardcore on top of a slew of rejections, but today I wrote a piece of flash fiction about Loki, e-mailed my editor about polishing it for @icaruszine.bsky.social, and sent out three new queries.

Ready or not, I'm still going.

Me with my hat over my eyes, with my beaded necklaces, Freya amulet, and red/black Blitzo shirt.

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Ginny's Quill Pen ⭐ querying and writing @ginnysquillpen.bsky.social · Sep 6

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EPIC THE MUSICAL LYRICS @sixhundredstrike.bsky.social · Sep 6

SOLDIERS:
Remember them
When the fire begins to fade
For the fallen and afraid
We are not to let them die in vain!

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