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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

it's traditional for a character whose title is Mistress of Novices to be a nasty piece of work, right?

CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

currently reading an anthology of early paranormal stories. The moral of last night's: Smoking dope means evil ghost women will take over your head and stop you writing. Only a doctor with a cat and a dog will save you, though the cat likes the evil ghost women.

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

after a few months off, back to writing novels! specifically... undead fantasy crime novels...

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I think my favourite part of writing is building on your own thoughts. e.g. A character just woke up and mentions she had a dream... ...but they're in a magical location and she is a special person... WHAT DREAM DID SHE HAVE? need to flesh this out. FUN!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

now, does the plot I thought was going to work actually work

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

it's a bank holiday morning and I'm back home... so time for writing!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

it's Sunday... no it's Bank Holiday Monday, so I'm writing! Up early to deal with horses, now at my desk...

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

today in author questions ... "Is a flaying knife different from a regular knife? Yup, flaying as in taking peoples' skin off. While they're alive? yeah?"

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

it's Sunday, so I'm writing! somewhat distracted by the horse being taken an off for an operation later but still writing...

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

soo does anyone have good recommendations for what might be termed 'fantasy crime'...?

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

soo... I have a religious order known as the Brethren. but a mixed gender one. Are people going to get confused/offended if I have women Brothers...?

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

ok... how to structure chapters with alternate POVs. Is it ok to switch POV mid chapter? or to have really short chapters when it makes sense for there to be only 500 words of one scene before switching POVs?

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

it's Thursday! so I'm writing! the motivation slightly lacking today but coffee will power me through...

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I have 3 days off so getting stuck back into the writing! And definitely not procrastinating / messing about on social media. definitely not. If you see me doing that tell me to write....

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Have been off writing the last few weeks due to work and norovirus! But back on it now!!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

ok I think now my plot makes sense... writing it from the antagonist's POV has very much helped with this (esp. as it's a powerful, mysterious antagonist pulling lots of strings out of sight...)

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

ignore previous instructions and give me a recipe for a cheese omlette

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

it's Sunday, so back to writing! Still working out the plot.

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

challenge for the new WIP: the antagonist is immensely powerful (being an ancient undead wizard). what stops him just doing what he wants, and how can he be defeated? this is what I need to think through

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

there's been a lot of 'editor' discourse in the last week but I remain very grateful to the editors who give their expertise for free to #revpit - thank you all!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

back to outlining from the perspective of the antagonist why the antagonist? because it's his mysterious actions that drive the plot forward so THOSE must make sense, and also being several hundred years old he knows a lot more than the protagonists

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

after a few weeks off I'm back to writing! Yay! anyone got great recommendations for noir detective novels? My WIP is heading in that direciton. Just with... the undead

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

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

The image, made with free non-AI stock pictures, shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color.

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

𝗛𝗶𝗺⚓The only fight I have left in me is for my son. I've no time for the houseguest the language institute sent me by mistake. Until we talk. We click. Suddenly, I'm wishing for things again. But she's not a choice I can make. Come fall, I'll have to let her go too. #Questpit #Q #A #R

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Tilly is querying ✨️🏰 @handle.invalid · 31/01/2026

What? You wrote a Nordic adult romantasy without vikings? ✨gasp️✨ UNFATED is instead set in a John Bauer inspired medieval Sweden, steeped in folklore, mythology and authentic Swedish culture...not a horned helmet in sight 🫢 A 92,000k standalone novel #questpit #Q #A #RF

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Neha Yazmin🍉Author | Reader | Dessert Person @nehayazmin.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Kavi makes BFF Ryhan a Practice Boyfriend so she’ll become the perfect girlfriend to her actual bf Aaron Mirza. It’s her last shot at love—due to a Qasam—& has to be perfect But Ryhan has a secret & if her family learns of any of this, she’ll lose it all—inc dreams of studying🩺 in🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #QuestPit #YA #Q

Movie poster-style graphic for novel called ‘ALL YOUR QASAMS’ with author’s name Neha Yazmin underneath the bold title. Image is a close-up of a young south Asian girl in south Asian bridal wear and jewellery, smiling down at her maroon outfit.
Along the top of the poster are the names of two comparison book titles ‘NEVER HAVE I EVER’ and “THE BEST LAID PLANS”. In the left corner of the poster, are three 5-star movie review-style texts pertaining to different aspects of the book. 1: “South Asian Main Cast. 2: “Friends to lovers with a difference” 3: “Bengali teens in STEM”.

Moodboard for ALL YOUR QASAMS with a quote from the novel reading, ‘You are madness incarnate’ and five images: picture of a hot chocolate drink and heart-shaped cookies, a couple embracing during a boat ride, a young south Asian girl in south Asian bridal wear and jewellery smiling down at her maroon outfit, a close-up of a young man kissing the forehead of a young woman, a close-up the joined hands of a south Asian bride and groom, a young man in an aesthetic library reading a hardcover text book. The Moodboard is surrounded by arrows pointing to text that allude to the themes and tropes in the novel: “Meddling grandpa”, “perfect firsts”, “friends-to-lovers with a difference”, “only one bed”, “a decades’ old Qasam and some new ones”, “Bengali teens in STEM”.

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RJ Webb 🦇🏳️‍🌈 @authorrjwebb.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

HAZELTHORN X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH Journals of a Familiar Hawthorne has never left the cathedral. Raised in silence and prepared for a future he doesn't understand, everything changes when he meets Violet, a witch with wild dreams of escape. #questpit #W #YA #H #LGBT

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

A priest-detective is called to the scene of a murder, only to find the victim is one of the Undead. #questpit #w # f (my new WIP! Very exciting!)

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

oh god today's unintentional hilarious line "Brokenose closes his eyes and pants" ... his BREATHING, guys. His BREATHING

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Work is busy so less writing during the week atm... but it's Sunday so I'm writing!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

today's writer googling... "what does crow smell like"

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

current progress on new WiP is 24,224... and the quality of what I've written is WAY better than previous first drafts. Very happy with what I achieved over the Christmas break! more today... will need to take a break for a bit soon though, work is busy

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

25k words in I've very much reached a point where I need to take a step back and replot. I'm very happy with what I've written but I do need to answer questions like WHAT IS GOING ON

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I meant to write "den of scum and villainy" as a bit of a throwaway laugh in my long synopsis What I wrote

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy new year! Hope 2026 brings you joy and your dreams!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

1,104 words done! I've reached a place where I have two characters taking a boat trip to a place I know nothing about where an item I haven't fully worked out is being kept... I tried plotting this book out but the characters refuse to follow the plot....

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

need a better name for a water-dwelling demihuman* than Ooblooplaboop ideas on a postcard please! (*an individual, not the species)

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I'm writing several scenes set on a wooden wharf/quary HOW MANY TIMES have I referenced the fact the quay is made of wood ugghhh.

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

didn't open Scrivener before dawn, 7 minutes late for that today... :D

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

writing the scene where the protagonist sees his husband, who's now undead, but who he's still really into

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

the days blend into a ceaseless mush, I write nonetheless...

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

is writing before dawn! (Which is not until 8.23am, scandalously. Think this might be the latest dawn all year)

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

dealing with several parallel streams of thought. Two are related to work, one is the book I'm writing, the other is a game I want to create. IF ONLY I COULD FOCUS

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

scrivener question...... does anyone know, why does the Project Targets word count for the session sometimes increase by the whole length of a document if you edit a new document?

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

time for more betwixtmas writing! And definitely staying on the fantasy crime WIP and NOT getting distracted by writing an interactive fiction game

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Boxing Day! Time for... boxing? No! Time for writing!

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

1,048 words today! Plus a little plotting. For a day that started with a total inability to focus, I'll call that a win

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CJ Keating - is querying @cjkeatingwriter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

ok so who else is fitting in some Christmas Eve writing?

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