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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Surprise! Just Friends Again, my romance debut, is out now!

Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Just sent out a whole batch of queries. Fingers crossed someone likes what I've sent! Being in the #querytrenches is not for the weak.

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Taylor Thackaberry @taylorthackaberryauthor.com · 12/02/2025

A cruise ship disaster in space. Two sisters separated by fate. The journey to find each other again spans worlds--universes--and it's all their mom's fault. Spaceship road trip Rivals to friends A dark family secret Alternate universes Ace rep #q #QuestPit #YA #SF

A mood board containing the following images: a rocket launch; two women gazing at the sky; a constructed habitat on a desert planet; a woman distributing missing posters; a space shuttle ready for launch on a Saturn V rocket

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Author Emily Rex @authoremilyrex.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

BOOK LOVERS X THE EX TALK 🤍 Sports romance 🏈 🤍 Divorced childfree FMC 🤍 Men who go to therapy 🤍 Eldest millennial daughter #questpit #Q #A #R #writingcommunity

a football player, downtown Houston, a business woman

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🕯️✨Taylor Leigh✨🕯️ (is on sub) @authortaylorleigh.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

With her degenerative eye disorder accelerating with every use of her artifact-seeking power, a visually-impaired thief searches for lost treasure in a desert palace riddled with dragons. If only her smooth-talking former fling wasn't present & able to blow her cover at any moment #questpit #W #A #F

grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead

White text reads: Fourth Wing X One Dark Window
The City of Dragon Glass

five photos with black and gold borders
top left: dark photo of hand on skin
top middle: person from neck down in beige scarf and black clothing in a desert environment
top right: dark architecture with arches
bottom left: round gem with stone removed in the center to reveal a red opal with green flashes
bottom right: woman from neck up with tan skin, gold hoop earrings, long curly black hair staring at the photographer slightly through her bangs with her chin raised

grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead with text that reads

The dragon released a growling trill.

"Cairn would like me to remind you that if you do not treat them with respect, you will meet the same fate."

The translator stopped for a Moment, her scale-painted eyelids fluttering as the green dragon communicated.

"He also hopes that any who choose to disrespect them from now on will be a bit less gamey."

In the middle of four photos of book covers reads "COMP TITLES"

top left cover: Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, tan cover with a large white moon background and antlered elk in front; arrows coming off the photo pointing to "disability rep" and "queer-normative world"
top right: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros, yellow/tan background with black lettering and dragon illustrations; arrows pointing to "dragons", "queer-normative world", and "enemies to lovers (with blades)"

bottom left: The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten (I also have NO idea how to describe this cover) arrows pointing to "political machinations" and "atmospheric setting"
bottom right: One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig, blue-green background with a woman walking across a bridge; arrows pointing to "atmospheric setting", "magic with consequences", and "broken magic needs fixing"

grey and black background of black sand with two grey dragons flying overhead with text that reads "THE CITY OF DRAGON GLASS...AS MEMES"

Upper left: screenshot of a white tweet with black text saying:
"wow you're so mature for your age"
thanks it was the trauma

Upper right:
screenshot of a white tweet with black text saying:
god: I have made mankind!
angels: you have fucked up a perfectly good monkey is what you did. look at it it's got anxiety

middle left: black and tan chihuahua who looks to be tensely smiling with text above saying "then there's a deep rage burning inside of you but you gotta act nice coz you at work"

center: image of a white man with short hair in a blue suit, white shirt, and blue and white striped tie smiling at a man with his back to the camera. text says:
interviewer: so why do you want this job?
Well, I've always been really passionate about not starving to death

middle right:
Doctor: do you exercise?
Me: I'm a runner. I run from my problems, I run late, and I run my mouth

Left under mid-left: white goose with a knife in its beak and a rainbow background with blue text that says "be gay do crime"

Under mid-right: black with white text that reads:
Guys like girls that can take charge. Ask him out. Plan a date. Take some hostages. Overthrow a government. Burn down his ex's house. Maybe buy him a puppy.

bottom left: background of a bowl of what appears to be spaghetti-o's in alphabet shapes. foreground is a spoon with noodles spelling "send money"

bottom middle: white background black text
me: today is going really well and I don't trust it
some shit: *starts happening*
me: ah there it is...the Fuckening

Bottom right:
woman torso in backless white lace wedding dress with a person in a suit with their hand on her waist (no faces shown) with the white text:
Marriage is like a walk in a park. Jurassic Park.
the word "marriage" is crossed out in blue with "lust" written above

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Tia Elle ✨ ON SUB✨ @tiafutch.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

FUNNY STORY X LEGALLY BLONDE on the Portuguese coast ⛱️Sun-soaked European adventures 💋Hot Local who refuses to make the first move 🫦Slow Burn 🍷Art, wine, and finding yourself in unexpected places 🤭A rom-com that makes you laugh and swoon 🥵 Steam 🥂 Fun! #QuestPit #RomCom #editors #booksky

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Blythe Gilpin @blythewrytes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

UPROOTED x STUDIO GHIBLI Assistant natural historian Heidi ventures into the cursed forest for her thesis. She expected danger. She didn’t expect to fall in love with a strange rogue who presents her with a choice - help them start a war, or betray them to keep her family safe. #QuestPit #Q #A #F

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Brandon Love @blovewrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

17 is hard, but when you're set to take over presidency from your father, survive a ☠️ attempt, are betrayed by the two you love & learn your role is to maintain peace by keeping 200yo lies & manipulating the public or start the biggest war in centuries, 17 is REALLY hard. #QuestPit #Q #YA #SF #LGBT

Dystopian, manipulation, hidden knowledge, The Alpha Project

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m 🌸 @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

HAPPY PLACE + EVERY SUMMER AFTER = NONE OF THIS WAS REAL If you love someone, let them go and if they come back for your sister's wedding, then nothing can possibly go wrong. She broke his heart years ago. She wants him back. He doesn’t trust her. But should she even trust him? #questpit #q #r

An Agent’s Guide to
None of This Was Real
Adult Contemporary Romance

The Pitch

If you love someone, let them go and if they come back for your sister's wedding, then nothing can possibly go wrong.

Jasper’s life in NYC is falling apart. She might get fired and she’s not over her last relationship. She arrives at her family’s lake house in the Quebec Laurentians for her sister’s wedding week only to find her favorite ex is also invited. She broke his heart years ago. She wants him back. He doesn’t trust her. But should she even trust him?

Comps:
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Seven Summers by Paige Toon

What to expect
Canadian Setting
Two timelines
Family Drama
2010s Nostalgia
Flawed characters

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

LOVE & MONSTERS X SURVIVOR SONG Alyson spent her whole life getting to the pinnacle of pop star fame. None of that matters in the apocalypse. 🐞oversized animals 💥found family 🥹 romance 😱 apocalyptic thriller 🖼️ art about art #questpit #q #a #T

Visual representation of a thriller novel with the quotes "I will never stop loving you," Shane said. "You're my whole world. Everything is okay as long as you're okay." and "A spark of hope ignited in his stomach, a tiny firefly lighting up what had before been a chorus of darkness."

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Vito Gulla @vitogulla.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

OFFICE SPACE X Don DeLillo X THE FUGITIVE THE WHITE RABBIT, at 73K words, is about: ✅private equity firms running their own counter justice system ✅ a terrorist killing CEOs in the street ✅a failed academic-turned-corporate drone who becomes the unwitting face of revolution #Q #A #L #T #QuestPit

A still from Office Space. Peter Gibbons sits in his office.

A still from Die Hard. John McClane holds up a terrorist.

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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

NETTLE & BONE x CAMP DAMASCUS Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH. 🫂Found Family 👧Character driven 💕Slow burn romance 👻Monster menagerie #QuestPit #Q #F #H #A

A collage of six images and a few text bubbles. The images are: 1) a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes 2) A view from inside a cave looking out at the ocean. 3) A cliff overlooking the ocean. 4) A distant view of a road through trees. 5) The silhouette of a girl standing in front of a bright green light. 6) A black and white image of a hand covered in unidentified black substance, with the word help written over it. The first text box reads "Something is wrong in" and leads to a big word graphic over the entire poster reading "Bludeye Beach". The other text bubbles read "Is something out there", "Never walk home alone at night", and "Cat, Manny, Milo...what do they know?"

Collage of six picrew cartoon looking characters. 1) an excited girl with curly brown hair and glasses holding a book, with the name Edie in front. 2) a gloomy looking boy with the name Milo in front. 3) a grinning boy with sunglasses and wavy hair, with the name Manny in front. 4) a purple haired girl sticking out her tongue and holding up a peace sign with the name Viola in front. 5) a reserved looking girl with the name Cat in front. 6) a stern looking girl with the name Alexandra in front.

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Remarkable Young Women Project @megorra.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Rediscover history’s young, forgotten female heroes in this educational and empowering standalone with series potential. 📜 Diverse histories 📜 Forgotten figures 📜 Inspiring women #NF #Q #YA #QuestPit

Illustrated cover with designs of various women in historic cultural dress
A gold cover reads: An Agents Guide to: Remarkable Young Women

Illustrated full figures of young women from various cultures accompanied by text briefly describing their significance

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.academics.blue · 12/02/2025

ARCANE x DON'T LET THE FOREST IN 🧑‍🎓cut-throat postgrad academia w/ ⚛️engineering magic 🤌obsessive yearning 🚨unreliable narrator 📻corrupted magic tech 🩺ethical dilemmas 🩻body horror 🏆dangerous magic duels 🛠️blacksmith biceps 🌿strange plants 👤...& the strange man who ❤️s them #questpit #Q #A #F #SF #H

A moodboard in dark tones, featuring a painting of a blond man with chin length hair in a green shirt at the center, with an X drawn across his face through which an xray of his skull can be seen. The images around him are of a university campus with gothic architecture, dark flowers and ferns, chemistry glassware, a ring of sparks, a river delta, machinery, anatomical images, and a smithy.

Text on it reads "THE BODY ABHORS A STRAIGHT LINE. FATE DOES NOT STRIKE IN A STRAIGHT LINE."

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

CABIN IN THE WOODS X JOHN DIES AT THE END X KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. #QuestPit #A #H #MY #W

moodboard layout with 9 squares 3 x 3, 6 have over the top terrified men (the dads), along the top and bottom 3 squares. Blood decal drips from top squares through the middle to the bottom ones. A Victorian mansion silhouette sits in the middle most left square, the title DAD BODIES in the middle, and right of that is the silhouette of a d20 with a skull icon showing.

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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #questpit #Q #A #LF #MY

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette

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John W Treviño @johnwtrevino.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

🏀 Catalina Corazón 🏀 Hates: Quinn Likes: Sofie Loves: Basketball, Xanax, & Quinn 💕 Quinn Carter 💕 Hates: Herself Loves: Music & Catalina Murdered: ??? 🔥 FIX YOU 🔥 The story of a totally healthy Catholic high school romance. #questpit #YA #Q

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The Princess Bride X Something Wilder Solaris sails through dangerous waters to find a cure for her sister's fatal disease, but when her childhood love turns up and reveals he's after the same cure, everything changes. 💟Second-chance 🔥 Slow burn #Q #A #RF #questpit

A visual moodboard for a romantasy story featuring a pirate ship, potions, a couple kissing underwater, the flex hand from pride and prejudice 2005, a tavern, an elf, and a lagoon with a waterfall. The text over it reads, "The smoldering ember of hope inside her that'd been so close to burning out was crying out for oxygen; she needed this. Needed him. No matter the cost."

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Oh hi I haven't checked in in awhile! I had to take some time away from writing and querying to give myself a much-needed break. But I'm planning to dive back in later this week because if I don't query the book I'll never get an agent 🙃

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I always forget how much energy it takes to send queries until I send a batch out ✨ but at least they're out there!

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's my birthday! I am so grateful to have had another year of reading, writing, listening to music, and having adventures with my husband and friends 🫶

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I bought the surprise piano work jacket. Don't even care that it doesn't seem like it'll be that warm. I love it.

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

At the beginning of the year I told myself I'd have a literary agent before I turned 30. Now I turn 30 Friday and I'm not even close 😅

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Just finished editing the first draft of my romantasy manuscript ☺️

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Is the market really souring on romantasy? That'd be a shame seeing as I have one almost ready to query 😅

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Sara Michelle Rebekah @smrburtonauthor.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — “The Falls” by Joyce Carol Oates One movie 🎥 — Now & Then One album 💿 — When Your Heart Stops Beating by +44 One TV show 📺 — Friends (The Office and Golden Girls are honestly right there 🤭)

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — Happy Place by Emily Henry One movie 🎥 — Past Lives One album 💿 — Paramore - After Laughter One TV show 📺 — Grey's Anatomy

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I have a lot of new friends here, so I want to introduce myself. Hi! I'm Beth. I'm a lifelong reader and writer currently in the Query Trenches. I have a Master's degree in children's and YA lit, and I'm a writer in the healthcare space. I do editing for indie authors on the side. 🫶🫶

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C O U R T N E Y @icourtneycries.swifties.social · 15/11/2024

did it work? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡤⢤⣄⠀⣠⡤⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢀⣴⢫⠞⠛⠾⠺⠟⠛⢦⢻⣆⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣼⢇⣻⡀ ⠀ ⢸⡇⢿ ⠀⢸⣯⢦⣽⣷⣄⡀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣳⣬⣿⠀ ⢠⡞⢩⣿⠋⠙⠳⣽⢾⣯⠛⠙⢹⣯⠘⣷ ⠀⠈⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠋⠁

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I'm getting the itch to write my death of physical media dystopia... But I have like three WIPs to finish before that 😭

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Good morning blue sky! It's a rainy day here in Detroit 🩵

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Emily Krempholtz 📚 @writersofrohan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

You can pick one plant from below (tell me your choice in the comments!) but VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE (2025) has 'em all. #UnhingedPit #A #F #R #cozyfantasy

An image of 10 flowers in pots, each labeled with a different trope or element that can be found in VIOLET THISTLEWAITE IS NOT A VILLAIN ANYMORE by Emily Krempholtz. The descriptions on each of the plants include "idiots to lovers," "villain redemption arc," "found family," "sunshine & grump," "a mildly homicidal sentient houseplant," "plant magic (&plant puns)," "hot grumpy alchemist next door," "there's only one greenhouse," "what if i quit my job and opened a flower shop instead?" and "small town shenanigans." The bottom of the image says "a cozy fantasy romance about starting over, because happily ever afters aren't just for heroes. Coming fall 2025 from Berkley Publishing"

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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I know authors need to have tough skin, but was it really necessary for my characters to leave these one star reviews on goodreads?! #UnhingedPit #YA #F #R #LGBT #W

A fake one star goodreads review from Princess Mira:

You guys know I’m a fan of sapphic besties to lovers, but the constant pining between the two princesses was sooooo frustrating. After the millionth stolen glance and billionth moment of OBVIOUS flirting I wanted to bang my head off the castle walls. And the way they both keep trying to deny it? Like come on! YOU’RE CLEARLY IN LOVE. JUST KISS ALREADY!!!

#the-closet-is-made-of-glass #you-arent-fooling-anyone #good-for-them-tho

A fake one-star goodreads review from Princess Dorothea:

Loved the treasure hunt. Loved the thing with the mermaids. Honestly, I didn’t even mind the redhead character being the feisty one. But do you have ANY idea how expensive first class tickets to The Bahamas are right now? I thought it was safe to read this with my gf because, yanno, it’s FANTASY, but the setting is clearly influenced by some beautiful tropical island and now she wants to go. I may be a princess, but I’m not MADE of money, people! Spirit it is (and I’m NOT talking about the ghost pirate).

#spoiled-gf #love-her

A fake one-star goodreads review from Captain Amir:

First things first: 100-year-old pirates CAN use goodreads, okay?

The best character is stuck inside the head of a teenage princess almost the whole time. “But what about the life lessons?” NO. What about how annoying it is that the pirate captain’s curse gets broken in the most infuriating how-did-I-miss-this way? Let’s focus on THAT. I bet my first mate that I could solve the stupid riddle before him and I will be seeking damages for the rum I lost.

#rumnearme #heysirigooglerum #whatthe

A fake one-star goodreads review from John:

I liked this story but my best friend Mira told me to give it one star.

#biodiversity #its-actually-really-good #sorry

There are three comments:

Captain Amir says: Are you kidding me? Did you learn NOTHING from the fisherman's son's character arc?

Princess Mira says: shut up Amir !! love u John <3

Princess Dorothea says: lmao classic

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Kat Devitt @katdevittwrites.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Ingredients for a Romantic, Gothic Clusterf*** 1 Potentially Homicidal Cousin 1 Sadistic Fiancé 1 Brooding, Sad Boi Hero 1 Bookish, Bada** Heroine with a Pistol 1 Castle too old for fairy tales A lot of spicy existential talk & witty banter #UnhingedPit #Q #R

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T. L. Coughlin is ✨AGENTED✨ @tlcoughlin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

You come upon a travelling circus. A cloaked girl says she’s Gifted by the Goddesses. She sees a red thread tied to your pinky, leading to your fated love. It takes one touch to find out. Do you: 1) Give her the $ 🧶 2) Report her 🐍 3) Travel on 🗡️ 4) Buy dumplings instead 🥟 #UnhingedPit #YA #F

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

I wrote a scene inspired by #Oshamir in my pirate second-chance romantasy 👀 #unhingedpit #a #f

Photo of shirtless Manny Jacinto from the Star Wars TV show the Acolyte

An excerpt from the novel with words highlighted

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Do I know any doctors on here?? I'm writing an article about energy drinks for Business Insider, and I just have a couple of questions ☺️

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Slowly building up my blue sky to replace the Bad Place, and it's such a breath of fresh air ☺️

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

My goal for the upcoming week is to edit two chapters a day. It's not much, but it might be all I can handle. Oh, and also to drink more water 😅

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

If you're part of the writing community, could you please holla and RT so we can find each other? I want to build up what we once had on Twitter (but better) #writers #writing

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I hope this weekend I'll feel up to writing again... Because I had big plans to finish my romantasy by the end of the year. And judging by right now that is not happening

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Is anyone here a fan of the WWE? I just got into it this year and I want to talk about Liv and Dom 😭

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Elizabeth Heyn [in my mad woman era] @bethwritesbooks.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

This is the most hype I've seen this app since I joined it 😅 I wanna introduce myself to my new followers! Hi! I'm Beth. I've been a Swiftie since 2009 🫶 I'm an author currently writing a romantasy, but I have a whole series based on T Swift albums in the back of my mind to write next!

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