Author James Schannep
@jamesschannep.bsky.social
An author, more or less. Approximately 3% famous.
Creator of the Click Your Poison interactive gamebook series
Currently seeking new representation
#writer #gamebook #clickyourpoison
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Creator of the Click Your Poison interactive gamebook series
Currently seeking new representation
#writer #gamebook #clickyourpoison
linktr.ee/schannep
My new fan theory: the Yautja can time travel. The reason their tech is "static" across the franchise is because all the stories take place in Predator Present Time (PPT), sending hunting parties across time and space.
#predatorbadlands
#predatorbadlands
November 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My new fan theory: the Yautja can time travel. The reason their tech is "static" across the franchise is because all the stories take place in Predator Present Time (PPT), sending hunting parties across time and space.
#predatorbadlands
#predatorbadlands
I think my favorite horror subgenre is the one where the story is so compelling you forget it's horror...until you're very much reminded that it is.
#horror
#horror
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I think my favorite horror subgenre is the one where the story is so compelling you forget it's horror...until you're very much reminded that it is.
#horror
#horror
Today's writing prompt:
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Today's writing prompt:
HOW (NOT) TO BE A SOCIAL VAMPIRE - MG, 60k words
"At a new school you get a chance to reinvent yourself, so...why not be a vampire?"
-Shortlisted in 2023
-Signed my first agent
-Editor feedback said voice a tad young
-Rewritten for Middle Grade & ready to Query!
"At a new school you get a chance to reinvent yourself, so...why not be a vampire?"
-Shortlisted in 2023
-Signed my first agent
-Editor feedback said voice a tad young
-Rewritten for Middle Grade & ready to Query!
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
HOW (NOT) TO BE A SOCIAL VAMPIRE - MG, 60k words
"At a new school you get a chance to reinvent yourself, so...why not be a vampire?"
-Shortlisted in 2023
-Signed my first agent
-Editor feedback said voice a tad young
-Rewritten for Middle Grade & ready to Query!
"At a new school you get a chance to reinvent yourself, so...why not be a vampire?"
-Shortlisted in 2023
-Signed my first agent
-Editor feedback said voice a tad young
-Rewritten for Middle Grade & ready to Query!
SELF/ISH - YA, 80k words - Big 5 Editor interest!
When an online craze offers millions to whoever finds their “twin stranger," a high school cryptid hunter named Hannah learns winning comes with a price, as her double tries to take her life.
When an online craze offers millions to whoever finds their “twin stranger," a high school cryptid hunter named Hannah learns winning comes with a price, as her double tries to take her life.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
SELF/ISH - YA, 80k words - Big 5 Editor interest!
When an online craze offers millions to whoever finds their “twin stranger," a high school cryptid hunter named Hannah learns winning comes with a price, as her double tries to take her life.
When an online craze offers millions to whoever finds their “twin stranger," a high school cryptid hunter named Hannah learns winning comes with a price, as her double tries to take her life.
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate!
I can't help but imagine marching forward with my fellow writers into the fray, hoping against hope, even as the soldier to my left takes a random musket round and the rest of us carry on in formation.
#querying
#querying
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I can't help but imagine marching forward with my fellow writers into the fray, hoping against hope, even as the soldier to my left takes a random musket round and the rest of us carry on in formation.
#querying
#querying
Always a pleasure to see my classic novel, [Book Title], resonating with fans of the *checks notes* ...Lovechildren Saga?
October 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Always a pleasure to see my classic novel, [Book Title], resonating with fans of the *checks notes* ...Lovechildren Saga?
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
September 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
We found your "twin stranger" online 👯♂️
[[[[Click to reveal your doppelganger]]]]*
*warning: invite her into your life at your own risk--she may not leave...
#UnhingedPit #YA #Q #Querying #SpeculativeFic
(forgot to cross post over here yesterday 🫣)
Nothing beats an idea so exciting you're done sleeping #writingcommunity
September 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Nothing beats an idea so exciting you're done sleeping #writingcommunity
Want to reduce your negative replies?
Just keep sending out queries...(as your total sample size increases, the negative percentile decreases). Follow me for more tips!😅
#querytrenches
Just keep sending out queries...(as your total sample size increases, the negative percentile decreases). Follow me for more tips!😅
#querytrenches
September 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Want to reduce your negative replies?
Just keep sending out queries...(as your total sample size increases, the negative percentile decreases). Follow me for more tips!😅
#querytrenches
Just keep sending out queries...(as your total sample size increases, the negative percentile decreases). Follow me for more tips!😅
#querytrenches
Me, querying again after only 18 months of being agented, now sending out my FIFTH FULL MANUSCRIPT REQUEST
Today's mood:
Today's mood:
August 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Me, querying again after only 18 months of being agented, now sending out my FIFTH FULL MANUSCRIPT REQUEST
Today's mood:
Today's mood:
SELF/ISH: A social app called Twen offers $1 mil to the first 100% match “twin strangers." Can Hannah lure her doppelganger out from beyond the streetlights and into the limelight? She’ll need to confront who she truly is inside… #PosterPitQ #CO #T #YA / #A #posterpit #Q #C #SPF
August 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
SELF/ISH: A social app called Twen offers $1 mil to the first 100% match “twin strangers." Can Hannah lure her doppelganger out from beyond the streetlights and into the limelight? She’ll need to confront who she truly is inside… #PosterPitQ #CO #T #YA / #A #posterpit #Q #C #SPF
Hannah spends most days wishing something extraordinary would happen, but when a supernatural doppelgänger shows up happy to take her life, she must confront her inner demons, or risk being replaced by the shapestealer.
#PosterPitQ #SPF #CL #YA crossover #A #T #PosterPit #Q #C
#PosterPitQ #SPF #CL #YA crossover #A #T #PosterPit #Q #C
August 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hannah spends most days wishing something extraordinary would happen, but when a supernatural doppelgänger shows up happy to take her life, she must confront her inner demons, or risk being replaced by the shapestealer.
#PosterPitQ #SPF #CL #YA crossover #A #T #PosterPit #Q #C
#PosterPitQ #SPF #CL #YA crossover #A #T #PosterPit #Q #C
SELF/ISH: They say everyone has a doppelganger. When an online craze offers millions to whoever finds their “twin stranger," a high school cryptid hunter named Hannah learns winning comes with a price, as her double tries to take her life.
#PosterPitQ #YA #C #CL #PosterPit #Q #T
#PosterPitQ #YA #C #CL #PosterPit #Q #T
August 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
SELF/ISH: They say everyone has a doppelganger. When an online craze offers millions to whoever finds their “twin stranger," a high school cryptid hunter named Hannah learns winning comes with a price, as her double tries to take her life.
#PosterPitQ #YA #C #CL #PosterPit #Q #T
#PosterPitQ #YA #C #CL #PosterPit #Q #T
Here's that one. It's a single circle:
August 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Here's that one. It's a single circle:
Made this incredibly reductive venn diagram for my fellow authors in the trenches. Hope this helps.
#amquerying #writingcommunity #querytrenches
"How an Agent Feels About Your Manuscript"
#amquerying #writingcommunity #querytrenches
"How an Agent Feels About Your Manuscript"
August 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Made this incredibly reductive venn diagram for my fellow authors in the trenches. Hope this helps.
#amquerying #writingcommunity #querytrenches
"How an Agent Feels About Your Manuscript"
#amquerying #writingcommunity #querytrenches
"How an Agent Feels About Your Manuscript"
