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I teach and write queer romance.
That's it, that's the bio
After The Lich Queen's Demise is in the Query Trenches now!
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After The Lich Queen's Demise is in the Query Trenches now!
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I feel like Sylvester and Charlotte are actually pretty similar here.
Charlotte has a condo, Sylvester has a townhouse. They each live alone and struggle to make meaningful connections. They both live in bustling cities, but feel alone.
Main difference? Sylvester is a wizard lol
Charlotte has a condo, Sylvester has a townhouse. They each live alone and struggle to make meaningful connections. They both live in bustling cities, but feel alone.
Main difference? Sylvester is a wizard lol
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
What is your character's living situation like?
Do they have roommates? Pets? Live with family? Alone in a mansion? On the road? On a ship? Other?
Are they happy where they are, or striving for something else?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
What is your character's living situation like?
Do they have roommates? Pets? Live with family? Alone in a mansion? On the road? On a ship? Other?
Are they happy where they are, or striving for something else?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I feel like Sylvester and Charlotte are actually pretty similar here.
Charlotte has a condo, Sylvester has a townhouse. They each live alone and struggle to make meaningful connections. They both live in bustling cities, but feel alone.
Main difference? Sylvester is a wizard lol
Charlotte has a condo, Sylvester has a townhouse. They each live alone and struggle to make meaningful connections. They both live in bustling cities, but feel alone.
Main difference? Sylvester is a wizard lol
3 weeks ago I finished the first draft of this bad boy. It needs a lot of work but I'm excited for what the future holds for these three!
I feel like I often get stuck in "the next thing" mode and not taking time to celebrate my wins. Finishing the 1st draft of my 3rd novel is, definitely, a win
I feel like I often get stuck in "the next thing" mode and not taking time to celebrate my wins. Finishing the 1st draft of my 3rd novel is, definitely, a win
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
3 weeks ago I finished the first draft of this bad boy. It needs a lot of work but I'm excited for what the future holds for these three!
I feel like I often get stuck in "the next thing" mode and not taking time to celebrate my wins. Finishing the 1st draft of my 3rd novel is, definitely, a win
I feel like I often get stuck in "the next thing" mode and not taking time to celebrate my wins. Finishing the 1st draft of my 3rd novel is, definitely, a win
I love the San Diego Zoo podcast. But I feel a jolt of shame every time that they're like "tell the kids at home!" It reminds me that I am in fact listening to a podcast for children....
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I love the San Diego Zoo podcast. But I feel a jolt of shame every time that they're like "tell the kids at home!" It reminds me that I am in fact listening to a podcast for children....
Gofundme but it's to pay people to follow Elon Musk around and sing about how much he sucks ala The #MuppetChristmasCarol
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Gofundme but it's to pay people to follow Elon Musk around and sing about how much he sucks ala The #MuppetChristmasCarol
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is obviously about a little girl seeing her dad dressed as Santa
Yes but have you considered??
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Yes but have you considered??
open.spotify.com/track/46IzzV...
Santa Stole My Lady
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is obviously about a little girl seeing her dad dressed as Santa
Yes but have you considered??
open.spotify.com/track/46IzzV...
Yes but have you considered??
open.spotify.com/track/46IzzV...
You ever notice how Law and Order SVU consistently cast less conventionally attractive actors as defense attorneys...
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
You ever notice how Law and Order SVU consistently cast less conventionally attractive actors as defense attorneys...
The Italian greyhound because nature asked "what if a dog was just anxiety incarnate?"
#NationalDogShow
#NationalDogShow
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Italian greyhound because nature asked "what if a dog was just anxiety incarnate?"
#NationalDogShow
#NationalDogShow
'Tis the Season for Christmas RomComs!
Charlotte and her best friends are working through her late husband's final gift to her: a marathon of Christmas activities! With romance in the air, she'll have to decide between staying just friends or risking a second chance at love!
#WIPPIT #A #R
Charlotte and her best friends are working through her late husband's final gift to her: a marathon of Christmas activities! With romance in the air, she'll have to decide between staying just friends or risking a second chance at love!
#WIPPIT #A #R
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
People hate NPR because they are the only news organization dedicated to telling the hard truths!
Part two of Jon M. Chu's splashy musical doesn't justify its own full-length movie, but it's clearly been made with love — and a deep commitment to the spirit of the material.
'Wicked: For Good': This all could've been just one good movie
Part two of Jon M. Chu's splashy musical doesn't justify its own full-length movie, but it's clearly been made with love — and a deep commitment to the spirit of the material.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
People hate NPR because they are the only news organization dedicated to telling the hard truths!
Fourth Wing
Nicholas Sparks books
ACOTAR
Outlander
Nicholas Sparks books
ACOTAR
Outlander
#Novmemeber 16
Share some ANTI-comps (things that are totally OPPOSITE from your WIP)!
You could also try reframing your WIP as a totally different genre. What would it look like if your romance was now horror?
Share some ANTI-comps (things that are totally OPPOSITE from your WIP)!
You could also try reframing your WIP as a totally different genre. What would it look like if your romance was now horror?
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Fourth Wing
Nicholas Sparks books
ACOTAR
Outlander
Nicholas Sparks books
ACOTAR
Outlander
I'm just going to say it since we're all thinking it
Zohran Mamdani looks like Bob's Burgers character
Zohran Mamdani looks like Bob's Burgers character
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm just going to say it since we're all thinking it
Zohran Mamdani looks like Bob's Burgers character
Zohran Mamdani looks like Bob's Burgers character
SWORDCROSSED X THIS WILL BE FUN
Standalone Spicy Cozy Fantasy
Demisexual Rep
Fat Main Character
MM Second Chance Romance
After the Lich Queen's Demise is the perfect book to heal your inner gifted child suffering from burn out. Please take a gander at my Agent's Guide!
#QuestPit #Q #A #F
Standalone Spicy Cozy Fantasy
Demisexual Rep
Fat Main Character
MM Second Chance Romance
After the Lich Queen's Demise is the perfect book to heal your inner gifted child suffering from burn out. Please take a gander at my Agent's Guide!
#QuestPit #Q #A #F
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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If Andy Weir and Ali Hazelwood co-wrote a book, it would be CHEMPORTAL. This scifi romcom with real chemistry features:
💥Explosions (real and figurative)
📻Science (mis)communication
🥰Enemies to lovers
👨👩👧👧Complex family dynamics
⚛️ #Steminist history
💪ND and LGBTQ rep
#QuestPit #A #Q #SF #R
💥Explosions (real and figurative)
📻Science (mis)communication
🥰Enemies to lovers
👨👩👧👧Complex family dynamics
⚛️ #Steminist history
💪ND and LGBTQ rep
#QuestPit #A #Q #SF #R
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Meet the tortured poet from DON'T FORGET ME. A second chance, forced proximity, dark academia, set in autumnal Edinburgh, romance novel. Complete at 70k words. With themes of Hispanic rep, women's fiction, and trauma. 🕰️🖤☕️📖
#questpit #R #Q #NA #amquerying
#questpit #R #Q #NA #amquerying
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Meet the tortured poet from DON'T FORGET ME. A second chance, forced proximity, dark academia, set in autumnal Edinburgh, romance novel. Complete at 70k words. With themes of Hispanic rep, women's fiction, and trauma. 🕰️🖤☕️📖
#questpit #R #Q #NA #amquerying
#questpit #R #Q #NA #amquerying
Sylvester Biskup: Hero, Mage, Greatest Wizard of His Age & Chronically Single
But who needs dates when you are on the edge of becoming the next Chancellor of Corvid’s Inlet University.
If he can secure a huge donation from the wealthiest man in town... who's also his ex...
#Q #A #F #RF
But who needs dates when you are on the edge of becoming the next Chancellor of Corvid’s Inlet University.
If he can secure a huge donation from the wealthiest man in town... who's also his ex...
#Q #A #F #RF
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I hate when people compare AI to calculators. Like your TI-83 didn't use 5000 gallons of water every time you wanted to play Blockdude in trig class.
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I hate when people compare AI to calculators. Like your TI-83 didn't use 5000 gallons of water every time you wanted to play Blockdude in trig class.
I've got two big projects right now
1. Finish the first draft of my sapphic triad contemporary Christmas romance
2. Get my Achillean cozy fantasy query ready
Let me know if you are interested in Positive poly representation and wizards with social anxiety
1. Finish the first draft of my sapphic triad contemporary Christmas romance
2. Get my Achillean cozy fantasy query ready
Let me know if you are interested in Positive poly representation and wizards with social anxiety
Good morning #WeeknightWriters! Welcome to #FirstDraftFall. What kind of project will you be working on?
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These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I've got two big projects right now
1. Finish the first draft of my sapphic triad contemporary Christmas romance
2. Get my Achillean cozy fantasy query ready
Let me know if you are interested in Positive poly representation and wizards with social anxiety
1. Finish the first draft of my sapphic triad contemporary Christmas romance
2. Get my Achillean cozy fantasy query ready
Let me know if you are interested in Positive poly representation and wizards with social anxiety
Two houses alike in dignity in fair Barnes and Noble where we lay our scene
August 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Two houses alike in dignity in fair Barnes and Noble where we lay our scene
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The biggest mood ever.
July 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The biggest mood ever.
Hey #writingcommunity, drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS & tag 3 friends! Here's mine:
The door to the balcony opened, instinctively Sylvester broke away from Elsinor. The cold night air whipped at his throat, claiming the warmth they had briefly shared.
Tags in comments!
The door to the balcony opened, instinctively Sylvester broke away from Elsinor. The cold night air whipped at his throat, claiming the warmth they had briefly shared.
Tags in comments!
Hey #writingcommunity, drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS & tag 3 friends! Here's mine:
#revspirations #writer #darkfantasy
Tagging: @nessamoulay.bsky.social @airjoshb.bsky.social @prahajess.bsky.social
#revspirations #writer #darkfantasy
Tagging: @nessamoulay.bsky.social @airjoshb.bsky.social @prahajess.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey #writingcommunity, drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS & tag 3 friends! Here's mine:
The door to the balcony opened, instinctively Sylvester broke away from Elsinor. The cold night air whipped at his throat, claiming the warmth they had briefly shared.
Tags in comments!
The door to the balcony opened, instinctively Sylvester broke away from Elsinor. The cold night air whipped at his throat, claiming the warmth they had briefly shared.
Tags in comments!
From my current WIP
"Elsinor took a deep swig of his wine glass, “Thank you, I don’t know if I could have this conversation without alcohol.”
“That’s a promising start to the evening,” Sylvester muttered under his breath."
#cozyfantasy #workinprogress
"Elsinor took a deep swig of his wine glass, “Thank you, I don’t know if I could have this conversation without alcohol.”
“That’s a promising start to the evening,” Sylvester muttered under his breath."
#cozyfantasy #workinprogress
July 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From my current WIP
"Elsinor took a deep swig of his wine glass, “Thank you, I don’t know if I could have this conversation without alcohol.”
“That’s a promising start to the evening,” Sylvester muttered under his breath."
#cozyfantasy #workinprogress
"Elsinor took a deep swig of his wine glass, “Thank you, I don’t know if I could have this conversation without alcohol.”
“That’s a promising start to the evening,” Sylvester muttered under his breath."
#cozyfantasy #workinprogress
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I think I speak for all Virginians when I say, UVA had DEI initiatives? Was it to find a new type of white dude?
Jim Ryan resigns as UVA president under pressure from Trump administration
The Justice Department has been investigating UVA over its diversity practices.
www.vpm.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I think I speak for all Virginians when I say, UVA had DEI initiatives? Was it to find a new type of white dude?