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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

View from my first nature walk of October.

Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looking back on the week: 🤝 Did a networking zoom yesterday and got a few LinkedIn connections with interesting people. 📕 Sent out a few more queries for my chapter book. 👩‍💻 Started tinkering with an old WIP feature film script. 🚶‍♀️ Took some nature walks.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Wishing everyone a serene Autumnal Equinox🍁🍂

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sharing a view from a really gorgeous summer day this week.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Planted some seeds this week that I hope will grow into something cool: 🤝 Had a couple job interviews. ✍️ Submitted a short story to a publication opportunity for the first time. ⚾️ Pitched my chapter book during the #PitchDis event.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Update: did some old fashioned trial and error troubleshooting and figured out how to get everything to work! Reminding myself this is why my classmates used to come to me for tech support, lol.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just finished polishing a short story for a specific opportunity and now the submission page refuses to let me access it from any browser/computer 😭 #WriterProblems

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sometimes I’ll take a picture of a place because something about it feels like it might serve as inspiration later on. Like, when I was working on something Halloweeny recently I thought about this pic I took several years ago in Aliso Canyon as a potential location for the story.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I was chatting with someone today about what would be the best way to open on one of the novels I’m working on that’s a paranormal mystery. I’m waffling between: • Quirky protagonist intro • Dark, scary teaser • Short, punchy action teaser intro with the protagonist

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Got a pretty good pic of an egret.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Came up with a new idea to give my casseroles a different flavor: topping them with stir fry and cheese.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A bit of trivia about THE CAT OF VERSAILLES, the children’s chapter book I’m querying this year: it was adapted from the first original children’s TV pilot script I ever wrote. As a sample, that script got me my first staff writer job on a series, and several more after that.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

A peaceful geeseful morning moment.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Picked up a great tip about querying magazine articles from a writing class and wanted to share: Make the opening hook of the query match that of the intended article, and base the style on the publication’s existing articles. Seems obvious once someone tells you, right?

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Baked a pan of chocolate chip rolls (basically cinnamon rolls, but with cocoa/chocolate chip filling and chocolate icing). They are ULTRA chocolatey!

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I took a free Introduction to Picture Books workshop course through UCLA Extension and highly recommend it for other people who know basically nothing but want to get rolling. After 3 hours I had written a very short manuscript and even got it critiqued!

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Got to the actual science part of the science fiction story I’m writing and realized I had to pick and choose how much detail to go into to still be exploring a cool idea but not losing the reader by lecturing or bringing the story to a halt just so I could go over the mechanics of each aspect.

GIF from the music video “She Blinded Me With Science”

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Decided to try my hand at monkey bread. This recipe was slightly chewier than I was hoping for, but still delicious.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Sharing some of my thought process about developing my feline protagonist for The Cat of Versailles (the chapter book I’m querying). First, I instantly knew he’d partly be an homage to the flamboyant speaking style and charming/charismatic characters embodied by French actor Maurice Chevalier. 1/3

Maurice Chevalier in the films Gigi and Love in the Afternoon.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE CAT OF VERSAILLES 🐈🏰🇫🇷📚 12k children’s chapter book w series potential Wishbone X Stillwater Adapted from original script that won • Austin Film Festival 2nd Round • Sundance Episodic Lab 2nd Round • Inevitable Foundation Semifinalist • Coverfly Red List Top 1% #Q #F #Dis #QuestPit #KidLit

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 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 #AG

Poster-style graphic with a black background and heavy red blood splatter. Large distressed white and red text reads “DAD BODIES.” A dagger runs horizontally through the letters, and a 20-sided die showing low numbers appears on the right. Along the bottom are black silhouettes of heads with X-shaped eyes. Beneath, smaller text reads “ROLL FOR FUCKERY,” and at the bottom: “A co(s)mic horror novel by B. van Bodegom.”

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Elise Rustøen @eliserustoen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days x Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses in A DUTIFUL PRINCESS’S HANDBOOK A Cozy Medieval Romantasy 🍰 Barbie for adults 🌸 Arranged marriage 👑 Princess x Prince 🕯️ Dual POV 🩷 Lovable family chaos #questpit #W #NA #A #RF

A DUTIFUL PRINCESS’S HANDBOOK

A Cozy Medieval Romantasy

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days x Barbie in the 12 Dancing Princesses x The Princess Knight

The Pitch:
No one likes an arranged marriage, but when Prince Alaric is grounded from his adventures until he can find a bride, he accepts his fate and puts a ring on the first princess he can find. Princess Genevieve would rather marry a plant than a prince, so in a desperate attempt to make him call it off, she must become the most insufferable princess Alaric has ever had the displeasure of meeting. Yet as the wedding inches closer, and devious mental games are played, perhaps not all arrangements are as bad as they initially seem.

The last rays of sunshine still linger over the garden as I clutch onto my skirts and haste across the lawn. And just as the sun sets I sink onto my knees before the statue of Inessa, folding my hands as I throw a last glance over my shoulder for any of my sisters. Then I purse my lips as I wait for the words to come, my head bowed in prayer.
“Dear Inessa,” I start, and shudder at the sound of my own voice in the empty air. “Please don’t send me into a loveless marriage. I don’t want a life at court and I don’t want to meet a supposed soulmate today, so if you could just call it off an make sure it doesn’t—”
“I knew I saw someone lurking around the corner.”
I yelp as I spin around, fall over and scrape my palms on the cobblestone.
A masculine chuckle chimes as I push away the curtain of hair before my eyes, my face heating with every note.
“My apologies, I never meant to scare you, I simply saw someone rush by and had to know if I was missing out on anything.” His cerulean doublet becomes unmistakable as he offers his hand and pulls me up before I can protest, or run away, or fall into an endless hole somewhere in the the earth.
“You’re here with the Cordellian prince, aren’t you?” The words stumble out of my mouth. He looks even better up close—sea blue eyes with a circle of green near the pupils that sparkle with life and firm hands around mine, speckled with sunspots and veins.
His eyebrows knit together for a moment. “I guess you could say that.”
I pull my hands from his and tuck them away behind my back. Manicured hedges shield us from spectators, but with him here who knows where the prince might follow.
“Now what are you doing here, alone on the ground?” he says with a boyish grin.
I bob my mouth open and closed like a fish, stepping in front of the statue of Inessa like it’ll shield the tall marble from view. “Touching the grass?”
“Touching the grass?” His brows furrow in disbelief.

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

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L.K. Chopin @lkchopin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

HEARTLESS HUNTER X NEVER EVER AFTER 🏰YA sleeping beauty reimagining 🤟deaf MMC + ASL 👑quest to kill an evil queen 💀everyone she knows is dead 🐀ride-or-die rat companion 🎶he's immune to her song magic 🪢captor falls for his captive 🌳deadly enchanted forest now querying #questpit #rf #q #ya #f #df #r

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE CAT OF VERSAILLES 12k children’s chapter book with series potential 👧 A little girl learning life lessons 🐈 Animal POV adventures 🎭 Humor & heart 🇫🇷 Set in French past/present ❤️ Friendship, courage, and kindness ♾️ Disability/diversity Wild Robot X Wishbone #Q #F #HFic #QuestPit #KidLit

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Started writing a short sci-fi story out of the blue last week. I dashed off a “bad” logline to demonstrate how to structure one to somebody, and suddenly noticed I had accidentally pitched a really cool story to myself.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Been looking back at what inspired the #KidLit chapter book I #AmQuerying this year, and realized it’s more than a decade since the story began to take shape during a study abroad program. Here’s the first pic I took in the gardens at the palace of Versailles, where much of the book takes place.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Successful banana yeast bread made in a bread machine. Interestingly, it starts tasting more like honey bread after a day or so. 🍌🍞

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Bird posing near a drawing of itself.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Steam rising off one of the apple pies I made for Father’s Day yesterday.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Baked a pumpkin pie with olive oil crust for Father’s Day. Working on apple next…

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Just submitted my application y’all!

Application confirmation for Inevitable Foundation Accelerate

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Love that forests make it so easy to take a gorgeous picture.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Share some of the greatest swordsmen in cinema THIS ONE. Reportedly the two finest fencers in Hollywood, in one of the best films of the era: m.youtube.com/watch?v=nB8t...

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The Mark of Zorro (1940) Tyrone Power vs Basil Rathbone

YouTube video by Helmutt Hat

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Glockymolo🥑 @bblanco718.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Made apple pie and vanilla ice cream hearts for Mother’s Day.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Five jobs I’ve had: Calculus tutor Library reserves desk assistant Video editor Journalist TV writer

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Slight variation: 5 animated series that are comps for some of my original pilot scripts. 1. Stillwater 2. Little Bear 3. Alice’s Wonderland Bakery 4. Sofia the First 5. Fairly OddParents

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Made some custom chocolate Easter bunnies filled with crushed cookies, sprinkles, and nuts.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Forgot to post a pic of the orange zest cake I baked a couple of weeks ago. I tried out a flower piping tip for the first time, but I made the frosting a little too soft so the shapes didn’t hold. Still not bad looking for a test run though, if I do say so myself.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Excited to be a Children’s Media Association mentor for the first time! After being a mentee and a volunteer in past years, it’ll be fun to help a newcomer grow as a kids’ screenwriter! Thanks to CMA for inviting me!

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Got a pic of some rather dramatic looking clouds.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

THE CAT OF VERSAILLES A story about courage and kindness, with a touch of whimsy and a splash of adventure. A 12k children’s chapter book for ages 6-9 with series potential. Think Adventures of Wishbone X Cat Diaries: The Secrets of the MEOW Society #Q #F #Hi #WSPit #Dis #AmQuerying

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

THE CAT OF VERSAILLES 12k children’s chapter book for ages 6-9 with series potential 🏹 Animal adventures 🇫🇷 Set in French past/present ❤️ Friendship, courage, and kindness 🐈👧 A little girl & talking cat ♾️ Diversity representation Wishbone X Stillwater #Q #F #Hi #WSPit #Dis

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day, all! 💕🍰 You know how much I love to bake, so I made a traditional Waldorf red velvet cake with ermine frosting for the occasion.

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Hilary Van Hoose @hilaryvh.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

“I led them around the corner to reveal tables and shelves well stocked with many cured meats, drying herbs dangling from above, wheels of cheese, preserved fruits and vegetables, and a jar of crackers.” An excerpt from my 12k chapter book: THE CAT OF VERSAILLES #FoodPit #KidLit #AmQuerying

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Kevin Coopersmith @kcoopersmith.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

"The Moonhighers honored the same tradition as The Hollow; that dessert was not a course that came after dinner, but a part of the meal itself. This meant that you could feast on chocolate cake and roast beef at the same time, as nature had intended." #FoodPit #MG #F #Q

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