Sarah Van Goethem
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Sarah Van Goethem
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Author of THE WITCH OF THE DARK WOOD (Kidscanpress Fall 2026) Forest Fairy. Library Lady. Probably trespassing somewhere abandoned. Rep: Emelie Burl
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Editors, don't sleep on this. Pun intended.
This vacation is going from sleepy to creepy.
🌊 foggy seaside town
⛵️ legend about a ghost girl from a shipwreck
💰 missing treasure
🐦‍⬛ all the crows
🏚 weird old mansion with an eerie past
#UnhingedPit #MG #OS #AG #H #gothic #spooky
Move over Hallmark
The Christmas season was originally a time for calling back the dead. So, let's give that a go.
🎄dual timeline
🎄haunted house
🎄grief
🎄the past bleeding into the present
🎄dead bodies
🎄snowy frozen world
🎄 gothic
#A #H #AG #CS #unhingedpit
Anyone else get so engrossed in writing they do randomly stupid things?
I grabbed my electric kettle to make tea, filled it with water, and put it on my gas burner.
Reader: electric kettles DO NOT GO ON GAS BURNERS.
Sidenote: it went up in flames immediately

#amwriting #writingcommunity
a stove with flames coming out of it and the words " well done " above it
ALT: a stove with flames coming out of it and the words " well done " above it
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Love me some gothic goodness
Happy St. Patrick's day! I love a good pitch event. Who's throwing their beautiful work out into the wilds, today?
#luckypit #popuppit #writingcommunity
🍀 POP UP PIT IS BACK! 🍀

Join us from 8am-8pm EDT tomorrow for #LuckyPit! Moodboards are welcome— remember to use alt text!

How to participate:
-3 pitches per project
-tag #LuckyPit & #PopUpPit
-post between 8am & 8pm!

The event will also be held on bsky 🙂‍↕️ Good luck!
This magical and mysterious middle grade story features a creepy Dollhouse in an old attic! Right up my alley on this spooky middle grade binge I'm on.
#amreading #booksky
I'm soooo excited. The wait feels like forever haha
Eelgrass is still in my lineup👀
I am so looking forward to it.
This was a beautifully dark and strange book! Love spooky middle grade!
#amreading #booksky
This is screaming vibes for my adult WIP.
#amwriting
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HERE IT IS! BROKEN DOLLS COMING SEPTEMBER 2025
That quote had me in literal tears. Share and you're in the drawing for copies of all three books.
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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Haha thanks! It's more of a WHY CAN'T EVERYONE WHO LIVES HERE GO AWAY AND STOP NEEDING ME
Spent all day working on book edits and realized my whole personality revolves around the trope DO NOT GO INTO THE FORBIDDEN WOODS.
So what's your favorite trope?
#amwriting #writingcommunity
a silhouette of a woman in a dark forest .
ALT: a silhouette of a woman in a dark forest .
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Please observe this cute doggie in my living room.
I love how my edit letter for my sold book dropped right after I wrote this🤣
Apparently I am changing course for a bit.
I love that feeling I get when I start writing something new and I just can't wait to get back at it all the time because my whole brain is living in that world rather than the real one🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
I feel this. I also get people like this at the library. Especially had it years ago when waitressing.
25k into this gothic christmas ghost story calls for an aesthetic, particularly when it's seasonally appropriate.

#amwriting #writingcommunity
I love that feeling I get when I start writing something new and I just can't wait to get back at it all the time because my whole brain is living in that world rather than the real one🤣
#amwriting #writingcommunity
Oh my gosh I lived to see the yes votes in other years. So fun!
Good luck everyone!
I've longlisted for this award previously (and not listed other years) but now I have a book deal.
Whatever happens, don't give up!

#BCNA2024 #writingcommunity
🐈‍⬛Good luck to all #BCNA2024 entrants for tomorrow's longlist, which will be notified by email by 19:00 GMT.