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RomComMarch @romcommarch.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Starting out strong by helping each other! What have you learnt about writing romance or comedy that you can share with us? What has helped you level up your writing in this genre? #RomComMarch

"Craft Tips: Share your knowledge!" in black uppercase letters. The background is pale pink with red and pink scribbled hearts.

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RomComMarch @romcommarch.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Our first #RomComMarch prompt is here! Share a moodboard, aesthetic, or even phrases that give the vibes of your project. We can't wait to fall in love with all your books 💕 Accessibility is important, so remember to include ALT Text!

"Show Us Your Vibes! Share a moodboard or aesthetic for your project" in black uppercase letters. The background is pale pink with red and pink scribbled hearts.

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Yay! It's almost here. Come join in the fun!

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Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Facing your fears is harder when they’re actual living monsters, just ask 13yo Eve. But her 11yo sister, Samara, doesn't believe. After a prank goes wrong & Eve goes missing, Samara will stop at nothing to find her. Only Eve’s not in the real world. She’s in one of nightmares. #PosterPit #Q #MG #F

Image: Gloomy woods with a girl carrying a lamp running through the woods.

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Top: A chance at healing strained sisterly bond; Lost children; Nightmares come to life
Center: One sister sees monsters, the other doesn’t. One sister goes missing, the other’s responsible.
WHERE NIGHTMARES REIGN; Dark Fantasy Middle Grade
Left bottom: Longlistee for Searchlight Awards’ 2024 Children’s Best Novel Opening
Bottom: Written by Melissa Bergum

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Thanks everyone for supporting me through #questpit. Loved seeing so many exciting projects on the way too!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

DIVINE RIVALS x SERPENT&DOVE Magically sabotage a classmate’s exam…he had it coming Pretend to be his friend to cover your tracks…if I have to Discover you accidentally split reality in two…oops Fall in love with the boy your lying to…wait, what? #Q #RF #questpit #YA #F

A portrait shaped moodboard with silver boarders and ten pictures with "The Mirror's Glare" written in the middle. Pictures: A man looking at the edge of his reflection in a hand mirror. A quill writing on paper. A boy holding a book with his other hand resting on a globe. A couple's silhouette preparing to kiss. Some old books. A sandstone school building with grass in front. A fantasy-esque door surrounded by bookshelves. The torso of a girl in an old fashioned blue dress holding a rose. A broken Mirror. A loose collection of bright coloured gems.

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

DIVINE RIVALSxDORIAN GREY When student Lewis's future is ruined by magical sabotage, his mirror shows an alternate reality where it never happened. He'll do anything to get that perfect life. But Mirror Lewis is watching back And he'll do anything to keep it. #YA #F #Q #questpit

A green bordered 9 spot square moodboard. From top corner to bottom. A wall of old fashion mirrors, a man and women kissing in old style clothes. A man standing reading it a book with his hand resting on a globe. A shot of an old sandstone building that looks like a school with green lawn before it. A cracked Mirror. A long swing in a walled garden, a girl in an old fashioned blue dress holding a rose. A fancy but omnious fantasy-esque door with books all around it. A finger pointed at a mirror with another finger pointing back.

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RomComMarch @romcommarch.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Background: Solid pink. Along the top is a banner consisting of four red construction paper hearts of various sizes clothespinned to a hemp rope.

Words: Share a moodboard or aesthetic for your project

#RomComMarch Feb 26 2025

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

My beloved FEG has a new rival. In love with Melbourne Grey (and wishing I bought more of it at this price!)

Two boxes of tea sitting on a mock stone bench, one purple with T2 and French Earl Grey written on the front, the other bright orange with a dark grey label that says T2 Melbourne Grey. The Melbourne Grey has a price tag with $20 then two $10s underneath

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Rowan Brighton Brown @rowanbrightonbrown.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

One of the "rules" of querying folks often see as arbitrary is the banning of rhetorical questions. After editing hundreds of queries, I can tell you it's there for a reason and that reason is stakes. Here's how it works-- (1/5)

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Not-yet-published writer! What drives you through the day to day grind of writing without the garentee of being published? For me, it's a combination of the satisfaction I gain from completing even the writing tasks I don't enjoy, stubborness, & bite-sized, self-set goals. What about You?

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Sometimes in writing it's the moments you never expected that turn out to be the most significant. My daughter is listening aloud to my manuscript and her genuine excitement at my story is making my heart soar. 😭

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

So I've written a 'sliding doors' YA Fantasy novel-- but I'm not sure if that concept is universal enough to use in a query. Do you know what it means?

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Laughing at the fact that one of my most 'recent' posts was about how helpful listening to your manuscript aloud is. That was from when I was preparing my draft for its first round of betas. And now I'm listening again to prepare for the query trenches. It's been a while! 🤣

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Adele Buck @adelebuck.com · 27/10/2023

That Home Depot/milkshake analogy is going to live absolutely rent-free in my head forever.

Tweet: "I feel like some people need to relearn genre expectations... 'Man, this tragedy sucks! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!' well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. 'Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!' Well, yeah. If it had been gritty and dark it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot.

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Listening to my manuscript aloud is such a lifesaver during revisions! I can read a page fifteen times and not see that missing s or breathe instead of breath. But microsoft robot voice will make it obvious everytime!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

You know what is not fun? Going though your manuscript and fixing all the capitalisation you got wrong. Do you know what is necessary? Going through your manuscript and fixing all the capitalisations you got wrong. #editing

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Going to be spending #Nano planning and plotting a more epic style fantasy than I'm used to. So I'm after all the World Building tips! What have you found helpful in filling out a complicated fantasy world?

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 11/10/2023

I have just sorted my washing into delicates instead of just running the mixed cycle. Please clap!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Weird how stressed I get on my odd jobs day. To do list of six items! Where do I start? The fate of the world depends on whether I fill out this form or do this house chore!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

I'm having a little too much fun looking into different terms and when they came into usage for my current MS! This one in particular was shockingly late.

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Second draft complete ✅ This WIP was a big step up and I'm so thrilled how it's come together 🥰

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Been writing in an empty hotel room for too long. Found myself mumbling my words aloud as I write in a cafe. 😬

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

One of my favourite things about being an early morning person is that you can have gotten heaps of things done and also had some fun and then you check the time and it's still only 10:30am 🤣

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Okay. I think all the world building/magic/science if my world is in place to bring this book together. Why do I make such complicated stories? (Because I love them)

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Getting a few new follows so I thought I should introduce myself properly. Im not a geek, I'm a bit of a dork and am a full blown card carrying nerd. What about you?

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

My tea is hot, my oodie is warm, the birds are singing, the kids are sleeping-in and it's spring. And now I get to beta a RomCom! Happy day!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

Why do some Trad Pubbed E-books cost so much more than others. Genuinely curious! Have a book that is top of my TBR (as a potential comp and right up my alley too), but it's not coming to my library until November and the ebook costs more than a paper back 😱

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

Amazing how much writing I get done while my American friends are asleep and my European friends are not yet awake 🤣

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

You know how people who write time travel stories always say-- don't do it, it's too hard! I feel like alternate reality stories are the oposite. Everyone should write stories featuring other world doppelgangers! It's so much fun 🤣 #WritingCommunity #WIP (also, do hashtags work here?)

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

In theory, both my POV characters are exceptionally bright, so I assume other languages would come easily to them. Makes me think I should sneak that fact into the story more! #LateNightWrite

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

My WIP book is set in an Edwardian England inspired secondary world. So Ive been trying to balance accessibility, a little old world formality, and occasional fun words or expressions I've learnt from the time. #LateNightWrite

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 27/08/2023

My querying book has three made up Latinish languages. Once I relaxed into the process it was really fun! #LateNightWrite

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Yesterday my daughter went to a fairy party and we all got to walk through a wardrobe that was a 'portal' to fairyland. I'm not ashamed to admit it was rather magical 🥰

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 21/08/2023

My creative well gets filled not only by feeding it with creative inspiration, but also intellectual. A craft podcast or hearing how a master creates their work (be it books or something else) inspires me as much as a gorgeous sunset or beautiful music. What unexpected things inspire you?

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

Turns out taking a break from writing and a holiday from normal life does refill the creative well and leaves you inspired to write! Who would have thought! 😉

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Sandra Proudman @sandraproudman.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

#DVpit is coming and I’m stoked to be participating as an agent 🥰🥰🥰

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Was sad to not manage to reach the midpoint of my edits before leaving on holidays, but now that I'm back and get to dive into all the incoming shenanigans-- I'm not sorry at all!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

I would love to write a trilogy long slow burn romance!

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Belinda Grant @belindamgrant.bsky.social · 12/08/2023

The sky is blue and I don't know what to do. People who have been here a while, give me the lay of the land?

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