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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Spent NYE in the hospital with a flu-sick child, but we get to go home today, so HAPPY New Year! 😂🎉🥳 #NewYears

K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

You know, I'm not exactly a spring chicken, but I'm not a baby either. I remember when Amazon only sold books, and when they expanded into other things (mostly electronics). Around the same time our small town got a "Wal-Mart Super Center," which sold groceries as well as its usual fare. #Writers

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical. You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

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F1NN5TER @f1nn5ter.com · 20/11/2025

my secret transgender project… @annehealthcare.bsky.social

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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

AI companies going bankrupt and authors getting paid, this is the future I want

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I’ve had some really harsh writer’s block the past month or so. Whether it’s the daily stress of life, parenting woes, mental health, or some angry combination, I can’t write a word. 🥺 #writingcommunity

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Though I do consider myself to be a marginalized author because I am a member of the 🌈 authors club, I won’t be participating in #dvpit this year. So far, all of my works have been straight-passing. So, I’ll use tomorrow to boost my fellow diverse authors instead! 🫶🏻

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I’ve always been a majority plotter, but for this book I’ve been trying to nail down the entire plot before drafting. I like to hand write my plotting. I’ve already filled 2.5 notebooks with thoughts, revisions, scraps of scenes… and having so much fun! 💙📚 #writingcommunity

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Got halfway through the detailed outline of my new project and wrote the first chapter. I’m so excited about it, it’s my favorite I’ve written so far! Very voicey, dual POV, action-packed and lots of fun!

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

One of my very good friends got a full request and follow up scheduling The Call within two weeks of querying. She sent exactly ONE query, ever, and that was it. My joyous envy overfloweth! She needs to sell merch at this point 😂 #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Ever wish you could punch your ex in his smug mouth? Not worth jail time (or contact)? Live vicariously! Jake (fkboi name): alcoholic representing the cycle of abuse Chloe: ever-hopeful wilted flower who learns to trust herself (and load a punch like a bullet) Yuta: 🥵🐦‍⬛💁🏻‍♂️ #UnhingedPit #A #H #R #F

A still of an anime. (Is this __? viral meme.) A white man with short black hair looks pleased, gesturing at a picture of a raven. Caption reads:
Chloe: Is this a boyfriend?

Viral meme of rapper Drake. Top picture he has his hand up, cringing away from the text, which reads, “Confront your husband about his drinking and plate-throwing problem.” Bottom picture he close-lip smiles with closed eyes, pleased, pointing to the text, which reads, “Go to bed and lucid dream to escape into imagination.”

Viral meme of Steve Harvey juxtaposed with himself. Left, he is laughing uproariously and right, he presses his knuckles to his mouth and appears highly concerned. Caption reads: “When you finally escape the doorless room full of spiders but find a woman who’s either sleeping or dead and a dude you think was your lover in a past life”

Viral “Do it Kermit” meme. Muppet Kermit the Frog faces a version of himself wearing a black hood, mouth slightly open. The caption reads:

Brain: flirt with scary raven man
Chloe: I can’t flirt with Yuta, I’m married!
Brain: ur asleep, he’s a figment of ur imagination
Chloe: It feels too real to be just a dream
Brain: ur husband sucks
Brain: he’s abusive
Brain: raven man say nice word

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Emma Al-munshi @emmaalmunshi.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Sausage Dog's Book Review of To Ruin the Sky⚡️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Woof woof woof woof woof *itches leg* woof woof *sniff* Woof woof woof! Translation: Excellent Urban Romantasy with supernatural beings, a potential apocalypse, banter & tatted MMC. Would recommend #UnhingedPit #Q #NA #RF

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✨Meagan Essary swears she's querying✨ @thecrumpet.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

THIS ENDS NOW: Matrimonial escape artist Lainey is finally ready to stop running from good men. But first she must disarm her brilliant, merciless ex who programmed her to bolt from love—and whose poisonous ghost still sabotages her every chance at happiness. #A #WF #Q #QuestPit

A collage of photos: a classic red Vermont farmhouse in autumn, with a low stone wall in the foreground; the title of the novel, “This Ends Now”; a dark-haired woman floating face upwards in water, surrounded by white flowers, her eyes open; a blazing bonfire at nightfall; an old map showing a portion of Northern Vermont, the book’s setting; the interior of Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library, showing a Gothic cathedral-like entrance with a phrase from the novel superimposed, stating: “Not all safety is safe. Sometimes the world is being kept safe from you.”; a man’s hand clasping a woman’s hand showing her wedding ring, with a snow-covered fir tree in the background.

A collage of three book covers which are presented as comparative titles to This Ends Now: “The Paper Palace,” by Miranda Cowley Heller; “The Wedding People,” by Alison Espach; and “Sandwich,” by Catherine Newman.

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rae mariz @raemariz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

An anti-capitalist workplace comedy where an unlikely duo use personality tests and mind games to find contestants who want to win a one-way trip to Mars in a reality TV team competition. But the only person they can agree to launch into space is the techbro showrunner. #UnhingedPit #A #LF #HA

two muscular men’s arms clasp hands in the epic handshake meme. the text on the dark-skinned arm reads “neurodivergent Black woman academic”, the text on the light-skinned arm reads “well-meaning white lady reality TV casting director”. both join hands with the text “launch that knucklesucker into space”

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

#UnhingedPit Side Characters in Dreams (a.k.a. #F “Altered Carbon”) ☀️The Sun is a Lady 👁️ 👄 👁️Kintsugi porcelain doll (life sized and ALIVE): Creepy Speaks in riddles? Of course. Love her anyway? You betcha. 👩🏾‍🦱👠Elegant (and slightly thirsty) librarian/BFF Stupid Men™️ Pitch: song titles as the hook🎶

Spotify screenshot of a playlist titled Dreams No Mortals Dare. Description is “Gothic blend of horror, romance, and fantasy ~90k words. Standalone. Querying now.”
Songs:
Oops!…I did it again by Britney Spears
Car Crash by Three Days Grace
Wife Beater by The Plot in You
Breakin’ Dishes by Rihanna
A Raven by Shawn David McMillen
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
That Was Weird by Paul Mangan
Time to Sleep by 1000 Years
Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD
My Sanctuary by Lord of the Lost
In a World of My Own from Disney’s animated Alice in Wonderland

A Spotify playlist. Songs:
Lilith by Halsey
Porcelain by Baby Bugs
Living Doll by John Eddie
My Only Friend by Ill Spector
Happy? By Mudvayne
Happy to Be Here by Wookiefoot
In My Dreams from Broadway’s Anastasia musical
When I Wake by Justin Hurwitz
Ain’t Got No Money by Justin Townes Earle
Starving by Jessie Paege
my husband hates me by citrusmilk
Who’s That Knockin’ At My Window by Those Darlins
Creepin Creeper Man by FunnyMike
Scary Hot by Ralph

A Spotify playlist. Songs:
When He Speaks by Anna Miriam Brown et. al.
POE by Ruger, BNXN
He’s Not Real by PansyVibes
First Nightmare by Stahlfrequenz
He Won’t Leave Me Alone by GMWA Mass Choir
Fuckin’ Up My Shit by Jay D
ROT by WesGhost, Jutes
DECAY by Jordan Adetunji
Get Rid of Him by Dionne Warwick
U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer
Now I’m going crazy by Halfdead
Takin’ Pills by Pistol Annies
Flirtin’ With Disaster by Molly Hatchet
A.K.A. by CBC Story, Jaxaxe, Antknee
Raven Man by The Allen Sisters
I Am Not A Cheater by CR2 RUNITUP

A Spotify playlist. Songs:
It’s Because I’m Dreaming by Finique
And I’m Scared by Cyanotic
Just A Bit Horny by The Oracle of St. Vincent
Mostly I’m Just Scared by Amy Bezunartea
AHHHH by Blanco y Sancho
Spiders by System of a Down
Headache by Motionless in White
Who Am I (What’s My Name)? By Snoop Dogg

Larger text at the bottom: Edgar Allan Poe x Alice in Wonderland x Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I know they call this the trenches, but I never expected my own CHARACTERS to reject my queries 😅 #UnhingedPit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying

A mock query rejection email with a pearl bead background:

Text:
Dear Sara,
Thank you for wasting my time with your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. For future reference, please note that I'm only open to multi-POV YA fantasy where the sapphic childhood-besties-turned-lovers don't get a happily-ever-after.
Side note: A scorned ghost pirate trapped inside the head of a closeted princess until they both learn to help each other come out? How original.
Regrets,
Princess Mira

View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/give-up-dummy.

A mock query rejection email with a gold coin background.

Text:

Sara,
Thank you for considering me for the most torturously feel-good, insufferably hopeful-even-in-its-bleakest-moments novel I've ever had the displeasure of reading. I suggest you jump ship on writing and take on a more practical hobby like swashbuckling, rum drinking, or breaking the curse that has me stuck inside the head of this whiny princess (thanks for that, by the way).
Kick bricks barefoot,
Captain Amir

View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/I-hate-you

A mock query rejection email with an ocean wave background.

Text:

Hi Sara,
Thank you so much for your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. While I truly admired the 82,000 word count, non-Western fantasy setting, and LGBTQ+ representation, unfortunately, I will have to pass. I would, however, like to offer a minor suggestion to change the title to THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHANNA, as I believe this better reflects the titular character's gender identity.
Best wishes,
Johanna
View your query status page at
QueryTracker.net/portal/Protect-Trans-Kids

A mock query rejection email with a bloody background.

Text:

Ms. Duran,
The empire has scrupulously reviewed your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN, and has found that beneath the lighthearted, adventurous story of queer joy and acceptance is a truly blasphemous critique of the colonization of the Global South. We will be passing, but please do keep us in mind for any future projects featuring white, male, cis-het protagonists, preferably in settings inspired by medieval Europe.
Regards,
General Genovese
View your query status page at
QueryTracker.net/portal/is-this-one-pushing-it?-maybe-lol

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miranikol.bsky.social @miranikol.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

A glimpse into Mateo's Burnie Cake recipe (Sweeney Todd vs. Bunny vs. your neighborhood baker) #UnhingedPit #A #H #Q #writers #WritingCommunity

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Sera Collins, Romance Author @serawritesromance.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Jack and Rose share a brain cell in this gender-swapped version of Titanic, where both of them actually want the boat to sink if it means they don't have to sail around the world together. Who needs an iceberg when you have a high-stakes boat race and awful families? #na #r #cr #q #unhingedpit

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

My favorite trope is Man Who “Doesn’t Feel” Learns to Love™️

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Ambrielle Butler @ajbutlerwriting.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

WWYD: I (20f) moved to a new town and met a guy. He asked me on a date to the nearby woods and it was ok except his friend went missing. He’s acting weird about it and I think I’m seeing her ghost. Do I go on another date with him tonight? (He’s hot btw.) #UnhingedPit #H #AG #NA

Trope map for the character Sloane with listings like: “paleontologist (no, really)”, “quirky collector”, “mommy issues”, “did I just join a cult for a dude?”, “0% tolerance for bullshit” and “100% traumatized”

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Dreams No Mortals dare is genre and mind bending, and worth the read. Unhinged Comps: 🐦‍⬛ Goth “Alice in Wonderland” with a HEA. 🐦‍⬛ The Nevermore trilogy by Kelly Creagh (but make it #A) 🐦‍⬛ Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher (less scary, more smoochy) Pitch inspo: 90s cereal ads🥣 #UnhingedPit

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VBrasch @vbrasch.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

#unhingedPit 😂 #agented

Image of Tesla stock plunging with the caption "a man that falls harder than Tesla stock. Hear me out"

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

An excerpt from my manuscript I #AmQuerying, DREAMS NO MORTALS DARE. Chloe Douglas escapes the nightmare of her life through lucid dreaming. In her dreams, she is in complete control—until a stranger cloaked in raven feathers intrudes on her utopia. #BookSky #WIPSnips #Horror #Romance #SpecLit

An excerpt from a manuscript called Dreams No Mortals Dare by author K. L. Geer. The word “fingers” is highlighted in gray.

“She wades through soggy grass to the bank of the river, tucking her feet under herself as she settles by the water’s edge. Blinking back tears, she dips her fingers into the crimson water. The river crystallizes at the slightest touch, swirling away in sapphire and diamond ripples once more. Though she can’t calm the storm, this, at least, she can control. She imagines the falling petals to be cherry blossoms, pink with new spring, and they transform before her eyes. One delicate flower alights on the surface of the water, spinning along like a dancer on a music box wound too tight. She fishes it out, cradles it in her palm.
One flower. One woman. One moment of peace in a lifetime of war.”

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Poe-approved excerpt from my manuscript I #AmQuerying, Dreams No Mortals Dare. 😈

Black text on a white background. Excerpt from a book. “Are you a raven?” In more than thirty years living in Aston, she’s never seen one. It must be lost from its murder. No—she recalls a book she read once: murder of crows, unkindness of ravens. “Did they ditch you because you’re too kind?”
One keen, black eye locks on Chloe.
There’s a moment—a beat—where the silence and the stillness is so utterly complete, where she stares at the bird and the bird stares back, that it stretches almost to infinity itself. She knows, in that paused time: this is no dream, or coincidence. This matters.
“Who are you?” she asks.
The raven croaks, louder than expected, and the spell shatters. Time ticks forward. Chloe yelps, almost dropping the animal from surprise. Then she laughs.
The bird mimics her laughter, crackling like a gramophone. This only makes her laugh harder, until her sides ache and tears leak from her eyes. But once the tears start, they don’t stop. They turn bitter.
She wishes Jake was here to see this stupid bird.” From Dreams No Mortals Dare by querying author K. L. Geer

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

My Poe-inspired horror romance revolves around hope: the ephemeral and gossamer, and the kind with bloody knuckles. Chloe has built a life from the crumbs of circumstance, and now it’s dissolving. Without hope, she can’t persist. So what happens when hope is gone? #BookSky #SpecLit #AmQuerying

A Twitter post from March 10, 2022 by Matthew (@CrowsFault). The text body reads: “People speak of hope as if it is this delicate, ephemeral thing made of whispers and spider’s webs. It’s not. Hope has dirt on her face, blood on her knuckles, the grit of the cobblestones in her hair, and just spat out a tooth as she rises for another go.”

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Finished edits on my Poe-inspired story, sent out my first queries. There’s already been some interest, so I’m crossing my fingers AND toes for this one! 🤞🏻 I truly love this book, it’s so dear to my heart. Using a fantasy world to parallel and confront an abusive marriage healed a deep wound in me.

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Sent out the last of my queries for Thorn of Queens/UTVD before it’s shelved. It’s bittersweet. Of about 50 queries, I’ve had two full requests that ultimately passed, but I feel proud of the first book I’ve ever written. Work on my Poe-inspired ms is going well! Finishing the first dev. edit soon.

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

35k words down in the first draft of my psych horror Poe-inspired romantasy! 20 open queries for my enemies-to-lovers romantasy where a skilled gardener must make a life-or-death fae bargain to grow a magic plant in a barren wasteland. Drafting is a good distraction during the waiting 🫶

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

I was deep in the midst of a dream where I received an R&R request, on the cusp of reading the secret of How To Fix My MS™️ when my baby woke up from his nap and I was ripped from the dream by force. 💀 What if it was prophetic?! 😭 #writingcommunity #querying #authors #writing

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · 12/08/2024

Hello BlueSky! I’m Kendra, and I’m new here. Looking for indie and trad pub #authors to connect with! I’m nerdy and goofy, and I don’t know what to say! 😁 #books #writers

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