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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy!

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💗💜💙. Fantasy Fiction Author. AuAHD Queen. Mother of Cats. Caffeinated night owl. 30s-something. On the #QueerPit team. https://linktr.ee/mj_bowman

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · Aug 15

With weak cold fire magic, Octavia can't fight her uncle legally taking her fortune. Fleeing to the Temple of the Dead, Octavia's fire raises a girl executed for murder--she knows her power at last. With an army of the dead, she will destroy the empire that keeps women inferior. #QueerPit #A #F #DF

A moodboard containing ancient roman symbols, a woman with blue fire in her hands, blood, zombie hands, and dragon wings.

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 2d

Hello! Would you be interested in a dark fantasy with destroying the patriarchy with necromancy, morally grey characters, and feminist rage themes? (check my pinned post.)

I have you pinned as someone to query but checking your MSWL I wasn't sure!

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 3d

Got to six days this time, had a good run.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 3d

It has now been 0 days since I triggered the F-bomb timeout in the discord I am supposed to be moderating. >.<

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 3d

Oh good, now instead of anxiety about agents rejecting me because of my first 3 chapters sucking, I now have anxiety that the agents I sent a message to about the rewritten chapters will be irritated at me and reject on principle.

##amquerying

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 3d

Nevermind, I COMPLETELY redid the entire first three chapters and now I am frantically trying to figure out how to re-submit to agents who already have my query.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 3d

I changed ONE LINE in my first chapter to drop the hook faster and with more of an oomph and now I'm fretting that I screwed up all the queries I submitted previously... #askagent should I bother resubmitting?

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 3d

Man I really really hope so this time.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 4d

My Dream Agent has my full and I don't think my leg has stopped bouncing in anxiety since.

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 8d

"Quiz! What does your search history say about you?"

Just so we're clear, no power on earth will make me give it to you.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 10d

Fuckin' AI stole my semi-colons and em-dashes. I used way too many of 'em before it was cool.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 10d

"Did I accidentally pack three pounds of cocaine? Who knows!"

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 10d

The fun thing about anxiety is when I hear a new job is gonna run a background check, despite the fact that I am probably the most straight-laced person alive, all of a sudden I get nervous like "Oh shit, did I rob a bank and forget?"

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 12d

Kinda annoyed by that "how often men think about Ancient Rome" meme, because I guarantee you I think about Ancient Rome x10 more than any of my male friends.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 13d

It's a beautiful day to send off full requests... ##amquerying

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 14d

Found out there's a manga about my man Pliny the Elder and I'm having a blast. (He did, too.)

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15d

On October 3rd, I’m asking you to register to vote.

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · 17d

a man with a pumpkin on his head is standing in a cemetery

Alt: a man with a pumpkin on his head is dancing because its spooky time

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Nicholas Wallace @wallace.bsky.social · Sep 9

First they came for Bill Clinton, and I said, yes, that man is a sex pest, get him

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · Sep 8

When you get your ass called out by tarot cards...🙃

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 5

As it turns out, the "Kennedy Curse" wasn't that the smart ones were killed, but that the stupid one survived.

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Alexandra Levick @allielevick.bsky.social · Sep 5

*whispers*

I’m opening to queries 9/15.

👀👀👀

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MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · Sep 5

Me: Write like 3k words in six months.

Also me: Write 60k words in two weeks.

Consistent, I am not.

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · Sep 4

I watched HBO's Rome and thought Octavia got a crap deal, so I decided to write a story where my Octavia got to take her revenge instead.

#PitchDis @pitchdis.com · Sep 4

Day 17 of 21 Days of #PitchDis! Today’s prompt - how did you come up with your main character’s name? Make sure to include the #PitchDis hashtag in your post and search the hashtag to find others.

Day 17. How did you come up with your main character’s name?

MJ Bowman is querying Dark Fantasy! @mjbowman.bsky.social · Sep 4

The love of my life just (accidentally, I hope) kicks me in their sleep instead. 😅

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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · Sep 3

"If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking."
~Andrea Junker

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