besties who write together; romance writers who love enthusiasm and happily ever after; capricorn & taurus (both she/her); @QueeryFest '22 mentees 💗💜💙

Joined February 2021
Marieka & Sam retweeted
Hill I will die on: “This book was very fast and fun to read so it couldn’t have been that well-written” isn’t the astute observation you think it is.
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Marieka & Sam retweeted
And I will always love you. ♥️
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The good news: I’m almost ready to query again. The bad news: I’m almost ready to query again. 😬
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Marieka & Sam retweeted
you can’t trust writers bc they’ll be like “i love my characters, they’re literally like my children”, then put them through the worst suffering imaginable
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Marieka & Sam retweeted
“that’s my girl” scenes in romance books do make me want to cry, scream, die, all in the best ways
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Marieka & Sam retweeted
i’ve never been a woman in stem, but i was a girl on tumblr
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✨let✨your✨ya✨protagonists✨make✨terrible✨and✨messy✨decisions✨cause✨kids✨are✨terrible✨and✨messy✨decision✨makers✨
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I just love that so many romance books can be described as, "two idiots falling in love." Like, yes. Give me that mess. I have a mighty need.
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I actually love romance novels where the heroine is a little bit of a bitch or an asshole. Especially if she has a wicked character development arc and spends 80% of the book dishing out hell. IT IS THE BEST.
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Let your heroine be messy. Let her make bad choices, behave selfishly, & speak in anger. No woman is always selfless & kind, but so often heroines (like real women!) are expected to be perfect. Fuck that. Give me the disaster heroine and let us revel in her imperfect glory 🙌🏻
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Full requests never get old.
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I just think romance books are the best books.
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Me to other writers: Your first draft doesn't need to be perfect! It's okay to make mistakes!💖✨ Me to myself: I stg if you don't get this right the first time I will destroy everything you love 🔪💀
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summoning circle, since we could all use some 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 Good news 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯
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Keep writing, if only out of spite.
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Thank you to everyone who is providing alt text for their #Moodpitch moodboards! This is part of the official guidelines— we want this event to be accessible to visually impaired participants!
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Marieka & Sam retweeted
writing a book querying it
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Not me creating scenes in my head that are fanfiction for my own fiction
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Today, re-reading your draft’s early chapters because you forgot what your own book was about, counts as writing.
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🎶 And I bet you think about me 🎶
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