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Donna Ho
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Author ✍️ | Fiction editor 📚 | Querying—Debut YA Paranormal Romance (Completed): She hated seeing ghosts…until she fell for one
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That is so sweet! I got my book yesterday and it’s SO BEAUTIFUL! I had to take it to soccer practice to show my friends. PS-I also shared it with my book club. They love cozy fantasy!
November 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Thoughts on this format for pitch events? Or just sharing about my WIP and Querying projects?

#writesky #amquerying #amwriting
A ghost-blue teenage boy on the left and a blonde teenage girl on the right face each other in profile against a dark, misty background. The boy looks sad and longing; the girl looks shocked and breathless. Center text reads “Snippets from: In Between.” Beneath that is a romantic quote about him wishing he could kiss her, and her heart feeling like it might melt. Header text at the top says “96K | YA Paranormal Romance — a standalone with series potential.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Oooh, instead of working on Book 2 WIP, I went back and tweaked some on IN BETWEEN.

#amquerying #amwriting #WIPsnippets
The clouds seemed to drop from the sky and settle around the weathered headstones. She ran deeper into the cemetery, into the darkness gathering around her. Trees loomed overhead, their branches pressing down like twisted fingers trying to catch the moonlight, fracturing it and casting the graveyard—cemetery, she corrected herself—in an eerie, red-tinged glow.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED x BELLADONNA

Hawk’s Mill looks like a normal New England town…
but it’s actually a deathtrap with a body count & a ticking clock ⏳
Annabelle’s gift might save the town… or destroy the boy she loves 💔

Check out my pinned post!

#QuestPit #YA #PR #Q #thisisfine
A quiet New England street in autumn. White houses and a church steeple line the road under bright red and gold trees. In the bottom right corner, a small cartoon dog sits calmly at a table with a coffee mug.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X LIBRARY OF SHADOWS

A missing golden boy returns as a ghost 👻
and the only way to save him is to stop the resurrection of a Puritan warlock hungry for souls 🩸

#QuestPit #YA #PR #Q
A foggy cemetery at dawn. A stone lamppost shaped like a cross glows with warm light in the foreground. Fallen leaves and wet stones line a narrow path. More lamps and blurred gravestones fade into the mist in the distance.
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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First love feels different when one of you is dead.

grumpy x sunshine
slow-burn yearning
sweet... but soul-crushing ghost-boy romance

#QuestPit #YA #PR #Q
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA

👻🔮 Reluctant Medium
❤️‍🔥🕰️ Slowburn Sweet Romance
🤝🏡 Found Family
💀💞 Ghost Boyfriend
🕯️✨ Séances

#QuestPit #YA #Q #PF #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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I see your cat, and raise you one dog.
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Ignoring rejections and working on Book 2 the old fashioned way. #amwriting #amquerying
October 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Annabelle didn’t mean to fall. She only meant to help.

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA

For readers who like:
👻🔮 Reluctant Medium
❤️‍🔥🕰️ Slowburn Sweet Romance
🤝🏡 Found Family
💀💞 Ghost Boyfriend
🕯️✨ Séances

#GhostPit #YA #PN #PR #Q
A warm, moody collage about first love and loss. A Polaroid photo shows a blond boy and a curly-haired girl facing each other, labeled First Love. Nearby, a red blood moon hangs in a starry sky. There’s a misty graveyard at sunrise, a single candle burning in the dark, and a quiet park bench under orange autumn trees. Torn paper quotes read, “I wish I could kiss you… just once.” The overall feel is tender, sad, and a little haunted.
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA 👻
Sixteen-year-old Annabelle sees ghosts but doesn't know why. Their dead energy clings to her, repelling the living.

#GhostPit #YA #Q #PF #agentsguide
Cover image for In Between by Cassie Cooper. A foggy forest path framed by tall trees and black birds in flight. Text reads: In Between, 97k | YA Paranormal Romance. Pitch page for In Between. Tagline: ‘She never wanted to see ghosts. She definitely never meant to fall for one.’ Summary: Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Croft, a reluctant medium, must uncover the truth behind her classmate Will’s death and stop a centuries-old resurrection ritual before it destroys her town and everyone she loves. Comps and tropes page for In Between over a misty forest background. Lists tropes such as reluctant medium, slow-burn romance, found family, ghost boyfriend, resurrection magic, consent-driven romance, and small-town secrets. Includes covers of If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, and The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Excerpt from chapter one of In Between. Text appears on a parchment-style overlay against the same foggy forest. Annabelle Croft describes how ghosts always get her into trouble, isolating her from classmates and forcing her to hide her secret.
October 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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My daughter made Mortimer from The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead for her pumpkin book project.

#booksky #bookpumpkins #kidlit #ssrya
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I went ahead and made an agent’s guide. They’re fun, but do they actually do anything?

IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA

She never wanted to see ghosts. She definitely never meant to fall for one.

#SFpit #YA #Q #F #agentsguide
Cover image for In Between by Cassie Cooper. A foggy forest path framed by tall trees and black birds in flight. Text reads: In Between, 97k | YA Paranormal Romance. Pitch page for In Between. Tagline: ‘She never wanted to see ghosts. She definitely never meant to fall for one.’ Summary: Sixteen-year-old Annabelle Croft, a reluctant medium, must uncover the truth behind her classmate Will’s death and stop a centuries-old resurrection ritual before it destroys her town and everyone she loves. Comps and tropes page for In Between over a misty forest background. Lists tropes such as reluctant medium, slow-burn romance, found family, ghost boyfriend, resurrection magic, consent-driven romance, and small-town secrets. Includes covers of If I Have to Be Haunted by Miranda Sun, Belladonna by Adalyn Grace, and The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Excerpt from chapter one of In Between. Text appears on a parchment-style overlay against the same foggy forest. Annabelle Croft describes how ghosts always get her into trouble, isolating her from classmates and forcing her to hide her secret.
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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IF I HAVE TO BE HAUNTED X BELLADONNA

She never wanted to see ghosts. She definitely never meant to fall for one.

#SFpit #YA #Q #F
October 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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It’s been raining here all morning so this track feels right.

Introducing my writer side to the world (harder than it sounds. I know so many of you get that).

#yaauthor #authorlife #amwriting
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Got to meet a hero tonight. Totally worth it. Wasn’t expecting a comedy show. #rlstine #fearstreet #goosebumps
November 20, 2024 at 3:10 AM