Frances Hope
@franceshope.bsky.social
East Coast writer, West Coast roots / thriller - horror - mystery / stories: https://linktr.ee/frances_hope / rep: Claire Friedman @ InkWell
When thoughts turn to Spring and also to writing a book that is intensely unsettling but in a good way
April 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
When thoughts turn to Spring and also to writing a book that is intensely unsettling but in a good way
Took a meandering, wintry walk to the cafe. Somewhere by the frozen duck pond, I had a revision-planning breakthrough. Now it's just pen to paper, baby!
December 8, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Took a meandering, wintry walk to the cafe. Somewhere by the frozen duck pond, I had a revision-planning breakthrough. Now it's just pen to paper, baby!
Actual screenshot of my querying inbox right now:
December 4, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Actual screenshot of my querying inbox right now:
A disappearance. A drug scandal at the kids’ elite school. A body in the bay.
For Mark, being a single dad with a wife in rehab is hard enough, without also having to play overgrown Hardy Boys with his father-in-law. But if they can't work together, a killer may strike again.
#MiseryPit #CM #A
For Mark, being a single dad with a wife in rehab is hard enough, without also having to play overgrown Hardy Boys with his father-in-law. But if they can't work together, a killer may strike again.
#MiseryPit #CM #A
December 2, 2024 at 1:19 AM
A disappearance. A drug scandal at the kids’ elite school. A body in the bay.
For Mark, being a single dad with a wife in rehab is hard enough, without also having to play overgrown Hardy Boys with his father-in-law. But if they can't work together, a killer may strike again.
#MiseryPit #CM #A
For Mark, being a single dad with a wife in rehab is hard enough, without also having to play overgrown Hardy Boys with his father-in-law. But if they can't work together, a killer may strike again.
#MiseryPit #CM #A
"Science gone wrong" x BIG LITTLE LIES
Four smart women must form an unlikely alliance when they discover that their husbands' groundbreaking cancer cure has mutated into a deadly virus.
The problem is, the husbands are suddenly unreachable, and only the wives can stop this.
#MiseryPit #CT #A
Four smart women must form an unlikely alliance when they discover that their husbands' groundbreaking cancer cure has mutated into a deadly virus.
The problem is, the husbands are suddenly unreachable, and only the wives can stop this.
#MiseryPit #CT #A
December 1, 2024 at 11:06 PM
"Science gone wrong" x BIG LITTLE LIES
Four smart women must form an unlikely alliance when they discover that their husbands' groundbreaking cancer cure has mutated into a deadly virus.
The problem is, the husbands are suddenly unreachable, and only the wives can stop this.
#MiseryPit #CT #A
Four smart women must form an unlikely alliance when they discover that their husbands' groundbreaking cancer cure has mutated into a deadly virus.
The problem is, the husbands are suddenly unreachable, and only the wives can stop this.
#MiseryPit #CT #A
Creepy! So glad I decided to read it outside while the wind is picking up . . .
November 17, 2024 at 9:44 PM
Creepy! So glad I decided to read it outside while the wind is picking up . . .
A fancy ginger beer, a bowl of ghost chips, and an awesome book to beta-read. This is the #writerlife!
(Yes, it was a bad idea to put a drink in front of my keyboard. Yes, I moved it. No, don't try this at home.)
(Yes, it was a bad idea to put a drink in front of my keyboard. Yes, I moved it. No, don't try this at home.)
November 14, 2024 at 1:28 AM
A fancy ginger beer, a bowl of ghost chips, and an awesome book to beta-read. This is the #writerlife!
(Yes, it was a bad idea to put a drink in front of my keyboard. Yes, I moved it. No, don't try this at home.)
(Yes, it was a bad idea to put a drink in front of my keyboard. Yes, I moved it. No, don't try this at home.)
November 13, 2024 at 9:42 PM
🩸Four smart women --> an unlikely alliance
🩸Husbands' cancer cure --> virus
🩸Normal behavior --> biting, bleeding, dying
🩸ONLY THE WIVES CAN STOP THIS
#UnhingedPit #Q #A #T
🩸Husbands' cancer cure --> virus
🩸Normal behavior --> biting, bleeding, dying
🩸ONLY THE WIVES CAN STOP THIS
#UnhingedPit #Q #A #T
November 13, 2024 at 4:51 PM
🩸Four smart women --> an unlikely alliance
🩸Husbands' cancer cure --> virus
🩸Normal behavior --> biting, bleeding, dying
🩸ONLY THE WIVES CAN STOP THIS
#UnhingedPit #Q #A #T
🩸Husbands' cancer cure --> virus
🩸Normal behavior --> biting, bleeding, dying
🩸ONLY THE WIVES CAN STOP THIS
#UnhingedPit #Q #A #T
November 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Pitching agents in person for the first time this weekend.
I both crave validation *and* can't seem to talk about my work without throwing it and myself under the bus.
Help, #writingcommunity. Help!
I both crave validation *and* can't seem to talk about my work without throwing it and myself under the bus.
Help, #writingcommunity. Help!
November 8, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Pitching agents in person for the first time this weekend.
I both crave validation *and* can't seem to talk about my work without throwing it and myself under the bus.
Help, #writingcommunity. Help!
I both crave validation *and* can't seem to talk about my work without throwing it and myself under the bus.
Help, #writingcommunity. Help!
A startup’s cancer-fighting tech begins to hijack bodies and replicate across human hosts while the co-founders are away, leaving their wives (three current, one ex) to find a cure and stop the bleeding on their own.
#amquerying #writingcommunity
#amquerying #writingcommunity
October 27, 2024 at 2:32 AM
A startup’s cancer-fighting tech begins to hijack bodies and replicate across human hosts while the co-founders are away, leaving their wives (three current, one ex) to find a cure and stop the bleeding on their own.
#amquerying #writingcommunity
#amquerying #writingcommunity