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Amelia ✨is Querying✨

@reinhardtwrites.bsky.social

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📚English teacher 🐐Homesteader 🦞Mainer 📖 Querying a YA contemporary novel with elements of mystery

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Mar 15

A little bit about the manuscript I’m currently querying:
🌊 rural fishing community
⛰️ mysterious island
🧨 ruthless sabotage
🤝 forged alliances
😈 bad-boy intrigue
👑 rich vs. poor
🦞 lobstermen dynasty
❤️‍🔥 forbidden love

#amquerying #writingcommunity #YAlit

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 15d

Here for the teen angst and fall vibes 🍂 Currently querying Over the Line, a YA contemporary novel with mystery, crushes, and crime.
#writingcommunity #AmQuerying #YAlit #writesky #writingQ

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 17d

Currently querying a YA contemporary novel with mystery, crushes, and crime. OVER THE LINE is set on a rural peninsula where lobstering is the norm, and drama comes with the territory.

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 20d

Thank you! This is helpful. I didn't even think of it.

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 20d

🚨Seeking Advice 🚨
Where have you had luck finding credible beta readers?
Has anyone had positive experiences with individuals on Fiverr?
#writingcommunity #YAlit #writesky

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 21d

This article gave me the push I needed this morning!

"If you find yourself stalling on an action—any action—because you’re waiting for someone to tell you it’s okay, I see you."
"It’s sneaky, this propensity to outsource permission."

#writingcommunity #writesky
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Are You Waiting for Permission…to Write, or Publish, or Live Life Your Way? — Tiffany Hawk, Writing Coach

Are you procrastinating on writing your book or pitching agents and publishers? Maybe you’re waiting for someone to tell you you’re good enough, or that you’re not selfish to write about yourself, or ...

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 21d

Coffee 100% (with a dash of panic)

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 21d

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky

Except from Over the Line, a YA novel #amquerying

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you!

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 24d

YA lit, thank you!

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 24d

Good reminder for myself as I'm writing today ✍️
#writesky #writingcommunity #stephenking

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 25d

Thanks Adam! I'm really proud of the entire setting I crafted for this book: a rural peninsula town surrounded by islands. The agent mentioned being drawn in by the setting, so that is something!

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 25d

Congrats!

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 25d

Love the aesthetics here! ✨

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 25d

A lobster boat fire sparks mayhem in the fishing community putting the notorious Teel family under scrutiny once again, yet Jules Thatcher is drawn to them and to solving a mystery that forces her into danger.
#amquerying #YAlit #YAmystery #writingcommunity #writesky

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you! 🙏🥹

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 26d

January: query letter sent 🤞
April: request for 3 chapters
September: request for synopsis
2 weeks later: request for full manuscript! 💃
*cue getting my hopes up way too high*
Then this week...emailed rejection letter 😭

#writingcommunity #amquerying #writersky #writesky #writerlife

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Literally was having this same experience last week with my mom 😂

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · 28d

Asking for a friend 🤗 Any recommendations for reputable revision services that you've had positive experiences with?
#writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #writesky

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Sep 18

😅 #writingcommunity #booksky

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · Jul 6

#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th!

We'll be starting our pre-event Q&A #BluePitHype starting on July 8th!

We can't wait to see all your great pitches!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Writers #WriterSky

#BluePitHype

Pre-Event for #BluePit

We can hardly wait until Jan 13th to see everyone’s amazing pitches. So join use our pre-event Q&A!

#BluePitHype Q&A Schedule

July 8th - Introductions
July 9th - Art Share
July 10th - Character Interviews
July 11th - Advice Share
July 12th - Build Your List
July 13th - #BluePit

Join us starting July 8th!

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you so much! 🤗

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Jun 29

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #amquerying
coastal Maine mystery with plenty of teen angst, betrayal, and late-night escapades

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Jun 4

This week I submitted my YA pitch to @middlegradehub.bsky.social Pitch Party of 2025! I appreciated the streamlined Google Form approach for this event and can't wait to see what's to come! 💃 #YA #writingcommunity

MiddleGradeHub @middlegradehub.bsky.social · Mar 3

Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch

MG Hub Pitch Party 2025

MG Hub Pitch Party 2025 The Middle Grade Hub (MG Hub - (https://bsky.app/profile/middlegradehub.bsky.social) is hosting its third annual pitch party! The Pitch Party Unlike other pitch parties, this...

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you so much for this #10Queries feedback! It was my first time participating in #Revpit and I was ecstatic just to receive a mention 🥹 💙

Leah Rambadt 🦊🌸🍁🍂 @leahrambadt.bsky.social · Apr 10

FP7 YA C
I’m not convinced a prologue is needed since the events are mentioned on a later FP. Add in a little more detail, prologue could be removed, and the storyline can be moved up. MC voice is great, dialogue reads the way teens talk.
#RevPit #10Queries

Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Mar 22

Thank you so much! 😊 Super helpful!!