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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🎉 Launch Party for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! 🎉 Join us at the Lavender Library on March 24! I will be in conversation with the absolutely delightful Michelle Chouinard. We'll chat about the book, give you fun swag, & celebrate the release of my debut! wildsistersbookco.com/events/44772...

Background of dark purple bricks. Top: Tuesday, March 24, 6pm. Stylized neon sign reads "Launch Event." On the left: Brianna Heath in conversation with Michelle Chouinard (pictures of Michelle's books The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco and A Tour to Die For). On the right: Book Robbie McNeil's Hit List with a dark cover showing a neon sign shaped like an arm holding a knife. The sign is the colors of the lesbian flag. Bottom: Lavender Library, 1414 21st St, Sacramento, CA.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

✨️Preorder Campaign!✨️ When you pre-order Robbie McNeil's Hit List from Wild Sisters Book Co, you'll get a really cool book I wrote AND a bookmark, a Be Gay Do Crime sticker sheet with character art by @earlronove, and a coaster from Robbie's karaoke bar. 🔗 www.wildsistersbookco.com/item/-Az7-_I...

Robbie McNeil's Hit List. Images of the book (dark cover with a neon sign shaped like an arm holding a knife in the colors of the lesbian flag), two sides of a bookmark, a sticker sheet with three round stickers each with one of the main characters' faces, and a round bar coaster for Coda Karaoke Bar. Below the images, text reads: Preorder your copy from Wild Sisters Book Company and receive a sticker sheet, bar coaster, and bookmark!

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A quirky, queer, crime-filled mystery following a contract killer who breaks all her rules when she is hired to kill someone who doesn't exist...

For this hitwoman, curiosity may be killer.

Contract killer Robbie McNeil never asks questions. Her mission is simple. Do the job. Get paid. Get back to running the karaoke bar she co-owns with her queerplatonic partner and fellow contract killer, Dee. And it works... Until their ambitious new theatrical venture breaks the bank.

When a mysterious new client hires Robbie for a hit, she takes the job, even though it's sketchy as hell he won't tell her anything but the target's name. But hey, she didn't build her reputation by being curious, and she desperately needs the cash.

Except something about this new target doesn't add up. When he disappears with no record he ever existed, she chucks her no-questions-asked policy out the window, determined to figure out who this target really is. But the price for asking questions is high and might just cost Robbie everything she holds dear.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We're getting so close now!! Only 2 months until my weird little story about contract killer lesbians who run a karaoke bar is out in the world! 💖🔪

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Just an author trying to keep up with social media here, but hey!! I got my dream narrator for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! I'm thrilled to have Mara Wilson narrating and grateful to my pub team for making it happen! It's available for pre-order wherever you get your audiobooks! #WritingCommunity 📚💙

Cover of Robbie McNeil's Hit List, which shows a neon sign shaped like an arm holding a knife. The sign is the colors of the lesbian flag. An image of white headphones sits next to the cover. Text below reads "Narrated by Mara Wilson" with fine print at the bottom that says "March 24, 2026. Available for pre-order now!" The graphic is set against a backdrop of a dark magenta brick wall.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

And here she is!!! The cover for Robbie McNeil's Hit List!

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Pssst, the cover reveal for Robbie McNeil's Hit List is coming on Thursday! I'll crosspost later in the day, but you can follow me on IG to see it first! #WritingCommunity #BookSky

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Check out the website I made my fellow debut trade pub authors! We're still building out the site's catalog as release dates are finalized, covers revealed, & pre-orders opened, so check regularly as our list of books continues to grow! 2026debuts.com

A mock screen and phone showing the website home page, which has a blue banner reading 2026 debut books. Beneath these images text reads: A central place to find books from next year's debut authors! 2026debuts.com

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Have hit the 50% mark for my new WIP so I thought I'd throw together a little guide to celebrate... 👀🗡️🏚️

Image of a large Victorian mansion lit up at night, and text: A Guide to Murder Estate (WIP). Be family, do crime.

Pitch. For generations, the Pendleton family has produced a long line of thieves, forgers, grifters, smugglers, and yes, killers. When Emmeline Pendleton plans a celebration for the patriarch’s 90th birthday, the family’s grand Victorian estate fills up with relatives. Old grudges and rivalries immediately begin to simmer, but when a dead body shows up in the garden fountain, the heat turns up.

Although each person claims not to know the victim or to have killed him, Em knows the culprit must be someone at this party, and their secrets could endanger the whole family. To protect the people she loves, she's determined to find the killer, but the secrets and lies her investigation unearths may tear the family apart along the way.

Snippet: In the center of the garden sat a fountain with three sculpted tiers rising from a carved stone base. Among the lilies and clumps of algae in the lower basin was a body, facedown, wearing a very bloody shirt.

Well, fuck.

This most certainly was not in the spreadsheet.

For fans of... Knives Out, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, Microsoft Excel, and Clue.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Any other #CRPBees get bingo over our final camp weekend? I finally just got there! I'm about to set aside my drafting WIP to work on revisions for another manuscript, so maybe will get some of the revision squares and hit bingo in another direction too!

Bingo card from the OP, this time with 13 items crossed off. The second column has all 5 squares marked, making bingo.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I have had such a great time with all of you over the past 2 weeks!! As our last #CRPBees prompt, show off a snippet of your writing you're especially proud of AND/OR tag a talented fellow camper you admire/learned from. (If posting a screenshot/snippet image, make sure to add alt text!)

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Talent Show!" Below that, the prompt for 5/4: Share a few lines you're especially proud of!

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Camp is almost over, but let's set some targets to hit after you go! What is your writing goal for the next week? The next month? Longer? (This can be word count, a project you want to start/finish/make progress on, or any other kind of goal!) #CRPBees #CampRevPit

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Archery." Below that, the prompt for 5/3: what is your writing goal (or target!) for the next week? Month? ...Year???

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Hey #CRPBees! Today I've got a writing bingo card for you! You can aim to do it today, or take the weekend. Pre-select a row/column OR just how it goes completing at random! If you complete a row/column/diagonal, share your marked off card with us!

Banner: Bumblebee Bingo (prompt for 5/2)
5x5 grid of squares: 100 words, introduce a new character, write a happy scene, observe details around you, describe scents, add character backstory, describe the setting, 300 words, 10 min research, write for 15 minutes, cut an entire paragraph, 5 min research, think about your WIP (center square), revise 10 pages, 500 words, write a sad scene, 1000 words, observe how someone speaks, start a new chapter, deep internal strife, revise 5 pages, finish a chapter, laugh at your own joke, describe sounds, long research rabbit hole.

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the top reads "How It Works." Below that:
1. Choose a target Row, Column, or play from any square!
2. Work anytime today (or give yourself the weekend!)
3. Mark off what you accomplish
Share your card at the end of Your writing day!

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Back to the arts and crafts table! Let's make some book candles! (We're #CRPBees. Bees are good with wax, right?) If your book was a candle, what scent(s) would it have?

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Candlemaking." Below that, the prompt for 5/1: If your book was a candle, what scents would it have?

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

We're going on a tour of our cabin! Share a picture of your writing space, or write us a description! Make sure to tag your post with #CRPBees and check out your fellow campers' bunks! (Don't forget to put alt text on your images!)

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Cabin Tour." Below that, the prompt for 4/30: share a picture or tell us about your writing space!

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Super late daily prompt coming at you because my day job fried my brain 😴 For today: Tell us about your main character's closest friends, allies, or other relationships? (You've all been doing great remembering to tag #CRPBees, so I don't even think I need to put a reminder! 🏕️🐝)

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Friendship Bracelets." Below that, the prompt for 4/29: Tell us about your MC's closest friends (or allies)!

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

All right, Bumblebees, let's navigate some obstacles! Tag #CRPBees and tell us what are the biggest challenges for you as a writer? And reply to your fellow bees with advice or tips, if you have any!

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Obstacle Course" Below that, the prompt for 4/28: What challenges do you run into as a writer? What advice do you have?

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Here's the tie dye of the #CRPBees from today's prompt! We've got purple & gold for @rianobrien.bsky.social, a lush red for @heatherwalrath.bsky.social, stormy blue (+sea green?) for @juliahj.bsky.social, plus my own book's magenta! 🏕️🐝💛

A banner reads "Bumblebee Colors" over a hexagon with a tie-dye pattern of gold, purple, red, blue, light green, and pink.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Campers, it's arts & crafts time! Tag #CRPBees and tell us what color(s) you associate with your story or MC. You can describe or include an image (with alt text!) of the color if it's something specific.

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Tie Dye." Below that, the prompt for 4/27: what color(s) do you associate with your story/MC? Why?

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Bumblebees, come make some writing sprint s'mores! How it works: 1. Tag #CRPBees & let us know your ingredient (aka target word count) of choice 2. Write today whenever you can 3. Let us know when you hit that word goal! 4. Set a new goal? (if you want) And if you're not writing today... 🔽

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Campfire singalong anyone? Share a writing playlist and/or a song that reminds you of your story/main character (and feel free to also share why!). Remember to tag #CRPBees! (If you post a screenshot of a playlist, make sure to include alt text!)

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

What is summer camp without a bit of stargazing? (And maybe spotting a shooting star!) Tag #CRPBees and tell us what your main character wishes for most in the world? Why?

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

I'm loving learning about the Bumblebees! My (silly) game for you today: Share 5 things from your WIP & let your fellow bees try to guess the plot. Tag your post with #CRPBees, tell people what they get right, & guess on others' posts! (Guesses can be real or totally ridiculous, your choice!)

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Charades" Below that, the prompt for 4/23: (act out, crossed out and replaced with) share 5 things from your WIP's plot and let others guess what the story's about.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The Bumblebees Cabin isn't genre-specific & has writers from different ones (and some who write multiple!)🐝💛 Today's cabin game: tell us all the genres you write! Tag your post w/ #CRPBees & find others bees in the same genres! Bonus prompt: Is there a genre you DON'T write but would like to try?

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Relay Race" Below that, the prompt for 4/22: what genre(s) do you write? Who else is on your genre team(s)?

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Good morning Bumblebees! Make sure to check the feed and/or @reviseresub.bsky.social account for today's #CampKickoff with the whole camp, then come back to the cabin using #CRPBees to introduce yourself with your name, time zone, and a description of something we'd see in the setting of your book.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Ta-da! Here's the second part of my conversation with self-published authors @theaverdone.bsky.social and @earlronove.bsky.social about the highs and lows of self-pub, what they wished they knew, and their advice for other authors! If you missed part 1, there's a link in the post! 🔗 below

The Indie Path, Part 2: More conversation with two self-published authors. Links at the bottom: briannaheath.substack.com and youtube.com/@briannahwrites

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

#CRPBees - Before we get started, a bit of housekeeping: If you haven't already, pin the cabin feed: bsky.app/profile/bria... For any posts with images, include alt text (see instructions below!). Image posts without alt text will not show up in the cabin feed! For help with anything, @ or DM me!

Hexagon with a bee at the top and a banner reading 'Housekeeping." Below that are 3 items: 1) Pin the cabin feed, 2) include alt text on images, 3) Ping @BriannaHWrites for help!

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Hey RevPit Campers! I'm Brianna, camp counselor for the Bumblebees Cabin #CRPBees! Our cabin is a mix of genres, so we get a bit of everything. I write across multiple genres, so I'm excited to head up this cabin! I'm here to help everyone connect and enjoy the next 2 weeks of camp! 1/3

Hexagon shape with an illustrated bumblebee. A banner across the middle reads "Bumblebees Cabin." At the bottom, it reads "Camp RevPit '25"

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Hey #PosterPit... new WIP, who dis? Em comes from a long line of criminals, but no one will own up to having left a dead body in the garden (rude). She's determined to uncover the secrets behind this body, but doing so may tear this family apart. #M #A #WIP

Fake movie poster with "Brianna Heath Presents" and the title "Pendleton" in block letters. The tagline reads "Be family, do crime." An group of images together show pieces of a Victorian mansion. The poster lists accolades "A masterpiece" (attributed to "literally no one ever") and "This book will totally get written" (attributed to "me, probably"). At the bottom, fine print reads: DoctorBee Books presents an adult mystery that I have not written yet but have built the entire mansion in the Sims, about a family of criminals who gather at the family estate and discover a dead body in the garden.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Since learning #PosterPit is a thing, I am OBSESSED with making movie posters for my books... So, here's one for my upcoming debut about a contract killer who runs a queer karaoke bar (and is staging a musical, as you do). #M #A #PosterPitA

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I intended to post this March 14th, but hey, close enough 😅 Super excited to share part 1 of my interview with 2 self-pub authors talking about their experiences! Thank you @theaverdone.bsky.social and @earlronove.bsky.social for chatting with me & helping me share more about this path! 🔗below

The Indie Path, Part 1: A conversation with two self-published authors. Links at the bottom: briannaheath.substack.com and youtube.com/@briannahwrites

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

He is so dead set on training me not to do edits tonight... whenever I start typing, he barks in my face and punches the hammock. So helpful 😂

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Lately I've been doing a poor job taking care of myself as a human (you have to do that like.... every day???) and I'm always 1 minor inconvenience away from crying, but the sun was shining today and my dog is cute and the poppies were in bloom so it's all okay

Wide angle shot of Beau, a black and white border collie, sitting in spring green grass on a bright sunny day.

Beau, a black and white border collie knock-off, stands on a patch of sidewalk with orange California poppies around him.

An overgrown but vibrantly green backyard spotted with orange poppies and other blooming flowers.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Publishing is an industry full of things that can get you down, but there are really lovely things too. This is my light-hearted appreciation post for one patch of loveliness in my publishing journey! Written version: briannaheath.substack.com/p/the-unexpe... Video version: youtu.be/3ODEY0qgplU

Image of purple heart-shaped cookies and the title: The Unexpected Joy of Agent Sibs
URLs at the bottom: BriannaHeath.substack.com and youtube.com/@BriannaHWrites

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

In super fun news... I'm very excited to share that I'm now represented by Olivia Fanaro and Laura Pawlak at UTA for film/TV rights. I love their enthusiasm for Robbie McNeil's Hit List and their approach to building creative partnerships. Thrilled to have them join the amazing team for this book!

Glittery gold background with illustrated red theater curtains pulled open. In the center, text reads: Represented by Olivia Fanaro & Laura Pawlak, United Talent Agency

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Had a bit of #QuestPit FOMO, so here's a little guide to my cozy queer apocalyptic portal fantasy about choosing to bury yourself in a book when the world is a disaster. As you do. #F #A #LGBT #AG #W

Title: These Pages Live Forever
Quote: The end of the world, while unfortunate, at least had the good sense to schedule itself in advance.

Pitch:
The day before the world ends, a librarian steals a magical book that plunges her into a 1920s mystery. When the villain invites her to abandon the story for her own adventure, she begins to wonder whether this world is real enough to escape the end of her own.

Comps: Covers of 3 books
1. The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
2. The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
3. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

Trope map graphic with a moodboard at the center in cozy warm tones. Tropes listed: 1) Librarian MC, 2) portal fantasy, 3) magical books, 4) cozy vibes, 5) so much hot cocoa, 6) also the world's ending, 7) 1920s queer nightclub, 8) 90s apocalypse, 9) villains are cooler than heroes

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Was having trouble getting the plot to come together in my head with all its moving pieces, so I tried something new last night and 10/10 do recommend, this worked great for figuring out how everything fits together! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

Angled photo of a corkboard with colored sticky notes pinned and connected with a web of different colors of yard.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

All right, let's do this, #WritingCommunity! Next Saturday (Feb 8), I'm hosting #CritPit, an event for #writers to find critique partners and alpha/beta readers. The event is open to all writers! Please share widely!

#CritPit
What is it? A bsky event to help writers find new alpha readers, beta readers, and/or critique partners!
When is it happening? 8 February 2025. No time zone restrictions. As long as it’s Feb 8 somewhere, #CritPit is happening!
Who can participate? All writers who have something for which they’d like to find a reader/partner! This includes novels, novellas, short stories, etc.

How to participate
1. Create a short (single post-length) pitch to describe your work. Your pitch doesn’t need to be perfect, but it should tell people what your writing is about!

2. Post up to 3 works, 1 post per work

3. Include the #CritPit hashtag!

4. To help people find you, include an age category tag and at least 1 genre tag (see bit.ly/CritPit for a list of tags)

5. If a pitch interests you, leave a comment to let the writer know!

FAQ
Am I allowed to like pitches? Yes! Anyone can like, comment, and/or repost! Go wild!
Are agents/editors participating? This is NOT an event for pitching to agents/editors. This is for writers to find other writers. Agents/editors who are also writers may participate, but do so as writers only.
Can I include a moodboard/graphic? Do I HAVE to include a moodboard/graphic? Graphics (moodboards, “a guide to,” etc.) are not required but they are allowed. Do include alt text for all images. Do not use AI-generated content.

Finding a match
You do not have to work with everyone to comments/volunteers as a reader!
Recommended first steps for a potential match:
1. Discuss whether you’ll be swapping (reading for each other) or just 1 person will read for the other.
2. Share a slightly longer blurb + any content/trigger warnings.
3. Share a sample (like first 1-2 chapters) so you can see if you vibe (reader is interested/engaged & writer feels the feedback style of the reader works for them).
4. Always notify someone if you don’t think you’ll be a good fit, can’t make the time commitment, or can’t finish once you start.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

If you thought I was out of bee-themed mugs for my revision tea this weekend, guess again 😂 I actually finished my first pass of the manuscript yesterday, so today I'm reverse outlining to see how everything flows with my changes and what I still need to fix.

A yellow ceramic mug with polka dots and embossed bees

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

@florchien.bsky.social & I have waited so long to post our pub twin mugshots! - Met in a writing group 🥖🧡 - In the query trenches together - Signed w/ agents w/in a few weeks of each other - Got book deals one after the other It's been a weird & wild ride together! Watch out for our debuts in 2026!

Collage of 4 images. 1) Brianna holds a coffee mug with her dog looking over her shoulder. 2) A screenshot of Brianna's book deal announcement. 3) A screenshot of Florence's book deal announcement. 4) Florence holds a coffee mug while seated in front of a bookshelf.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Another day, another bee-themed mug of tea as I work on revisions 🐝💛

A tall white mug that has a textured hexagon pattern and has Busy and an image of a bee painted on it. A ceramic bee perches on the handle.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Got myself a 4-day weekend. Time to make a lot of tea and knock out some revisions! 💛

A yellow mug with an illustrated bee filled to the brim with a frothy drink

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Wrote a couple more words beyond what fits on a single post here... open.substack.com/pub/briannah...

Photo of Brianna, smiling and rocking with library shelves in the background. Title reads: Psst, guess who's getting published. At the bottom: briannaheath.substack.com

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

And perhaps most importantly, I owe a thank you to my friend TH who made a casual joke one day that I turned into a whole ass book like a perfectly normal person 😂

Screenshot of a Slack conversation:
Person 1 (name redacted): ok maybe it's not actually a thing, but sounds like it should be, right? like gays in space doing crime. artistic lesbians in karaoke bars doing murder.
Brianna: into it. give me 3 weeks and a blank word doc and i'll see where this idea goes. obviously also give me a spreadsheet.

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The vague era is over! I'm beyond excited to share the news that my debut novel will be coming to you in spring 2026 from Sourcebooks/Poisoned Pen Press. I'm so thrilled MJ gets my vision for this book & grateful to the amazing @jennaschmenna.bsky.social for helping find a perfect home for it ❤️🧡🤍

Screenshot of a Publisher's Marketplace deal report for debut fiction.
ROBBIE MCNEIL'S HIT LIST By Brianna Heath
Imprint: Sourcebooks
Brianna Heath's ROBBIE MCNEIL'S HIT LIST, a mystery romp following a contract killer who wants to run her karaoke bar with her queerplatonic soulmate in peace, but when one of her targets vanishes without a trace suddenly all of her rules go out the window, to MJ Johnston at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, by Jenna Satterthwaite at Storm Literary Agency (NA).

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Brianna Heath | Author @briannahwrites.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

This is absolutely my favorite featured books theme the queer library has done 😂 (I need them to do it again in the future because "these gays, they're trying to murder me" is literally my entire book)

A library cart with books on display
A sign above it says January Reads, Murder Mysteries, "These gays, they're trying to murder me."

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