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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Now #querying my culty, speculative thriller, WE ARE ST. VIOLET! 📚 Best Offer Wins X Beautiful Ugly 📺 Widow's Bay X Gilmore Girls Very excited for my PTO mom friends to read about this women-led cult 😆 #amquerying #writingcommunity #writingjourney

Text on page: We Are St. Violet, n a big lake, on a small island, lies a town.

When a string of murders hits a small, harbor town, Daria, an infamous runaway with a bad repuation, has to find the killer first or she won’t be allowed to leave as easily as she did last time.

6 pictures depicting dimmed lake and harbor scenes. Stamps around it. hand written note reading: “We’ll get a little shut eye before the first ferry and I’ll work out a better reason for why we’re returning to St. Violet.”

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

V2 in the works but I took a break today to draft a query letter. It's getting realllllllllllllllll 👀 #queryingauthor #writingCommunity #murdermystery

On a small island, in a big lake, lies a town.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

❄️ Clara ❄️ #YA Holiday #Fantasy ❄️ Witchy Nutcracker retelling Clara and a trio of misfits will travel the world to find the magical gift stolen from her at this year’s Yule Ball. And it’s not just a doll this time. It’s the only thing keeping the darkness INSIDE the Sugar Plum Forest. #Q #QuestPit

Woman holding lantern with text from the book: By the time the three were pulling themselves onto one of the lighted sailboats, the calls of Captain Nicholas and Mother Ginger were soft in the night wind. The lighthouse was free of its cursed shackles, now peacefully sinking to the bottom of the Aegean Sea.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Been craving a book with: 🪻Cozy witchy plot like Practical Magic & Garden Spells 🪻Murder Mystery 🪻Fast 🪻Based in a cozy harbor town 🪻Twisty (i just read My Husband’s Wife so the bar is HIGH) 🪻Age gap main characters So I wrote it:) Draft 1 is done! #W #MY #QuestPit

There's a collage on the right with 6 pictures representing a harbor town and some witchy imagery, including a lake scene, horse carrige in front of a big white house, the lake, a woman working with herbs, a boat in a river, and a harbor. The left says "The Shoppes at Hyacinth, A Speculative Mystery by Kirsten Bell."

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

COVER REVEAL *screams silently* Chords of the Cliffside, a speculative fiction about a rock band's wish for fame and a witch's thirst for revenge, is available for pre-order now and will release March 17th!!! a.co/d/0h9kLccZ #writingcommunity #authorsofbluesky #debut

Chords of the Cliffside book cover. Spells Lies and Rock and Roll at the top, Kirsten E Bell at the bottom. A hand is pulling guitar strings with Pictured Rocks in the background. Mushrooms and stars flank the guitar.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Anthology of the Woods 🪕🔮🌔 A coven’s chance encounter w/ a rock band might not be as coincidental as once believed when Brigid, a witch trying to protect her farm, meets her match in the band's frontman. There will be a showdown of fame and magic so don't play the wrong chord... #QuestPit #Q #S

The text on the picture says "And yet the human blood that kept my heart beating on this earth was like poison. The catalyst of heartbreak. A drug, misdosed. There's a girl with her eyes closed laying in a flower field.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS Witchy like The Once and Future Witches Rock n Roll like Daisy Jones and the Six ⚠️Warning⚠️ Don't play the wrong string when it comes to battles of fame vs magic... #QuestPit #Q #Speculative

Anthology of the Woods is written across what looks like an album cover. The artist is attributed to The West End. Three women's silhouettes are dancing in a field at night. There's an advisory label and a barcode as well.

The back of the album cover. There are 5 tracks in order titled: White Anemone, Burn Hole, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, I Only Asked for Help, The Pearl. There are 3 pictures on the right, one of two people kissing, one of a woman with a sword and one of a hand reaching out for a ghost like figure. all are in black and white.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Reading a gothic thriller at the pool and the fence posts are GIVING. So far so great: The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths #booksky

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS A witch tale with fangs, fitting nicely on a shelf next to "The Once and Future Witches" & "Garden Spells". ✔️Cottage Core ✔️Twist Ending ✔️Sisterhood ✔️Morally Gray FMC ✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ✔️Atmospheric ✔️Feminism ✔️Dancing ghosts in a theater 👻 #BluePit📖 #Q #Spec #A

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #BluePit📖 #Q #A #SP A coven’s chance encounter with a rock band might not be as coincidental as once believed. Brigid a witch trying to protect her family farm will meet her match in the band's frontman. Secrets, spells & rock&roll will ignite a showdown between fame & magic.

A woman lying back in the water with a line from the book reading: "I rested my lips alongside his ear and whispered, "run".

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

CLARA #BluePit📖 #Q #YA 🐁🔮A witchy reimagining of the Nutcracker for fans of the -ber months🌜❄️ The ballet never mentioned Clara was a witch. At this year’s Yule Ball, Clara and a rag-tag trio of misfits will be traveling a lot further than the Sugar Plum Forest to save their magical kingdom.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for hosting this event, #SmallPitch!!! 'Clara' will be headed off on submission now to an amazing Indie Press right where she's always wanted to be 🖤

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Speculative #A #Q Coven of witches with secrets 🤝 Rock band with secrets Brigid (the green witch) with a revenge plot 🤝 Frontman with a selfish goal The Once and Future Witches 🤝 Garden Spells The Craft 🤝 Taylor Swift's Folklore #PlaylistPitch

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS has received feedback about its lovely lyrical prose and beautiful atmosphere but this is the character visual board that built the cast :) #UnhingedPit #Q #Speculative

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Love this album! It was written about a coven of witches the band met once along Pictured Rocks. Kinda spooky but I can tell Banks is obsessed with one of them. Maybe too obsessed? #UnhingedPit #Q #Speculative

An album cover that depicts the silhouette of 3 women outside and the album cover is Anthology of the Woods by the West End.

The back of the album cover. It says Anthology of the woods then 5 song names and a description.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS 🌜The Craft🌛 scored by 🕯️Folklore🕯️ #Q #SwiftiePitch A cozy tale of folklore with fangs that would shelf nicely with "The Once and Future Witches" & "Garden Spells". ✔️Cottage Core ✔️Twist Ending ✔️Sisterhood ✔️Morally Dark Gray FMC ✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ✔️Atmospheric ✔️Feminism

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Framing this. Crawling out of "maybe pile purgatory" inch by inch. #writingcommunity #amquerying

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Michigan cherry coffee + editing 📝 A perfect morning. #writingcommunity #authorsky

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS A cozy tale of folklore with fangs, fitting nicely on a shelf next to "The Once and Future Witches" & "Garden Spells". ✔️Cottage Core ✔️Twist Ending ✔️Sisterhood ✔️Morally Gray FMC ✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ✔️Atmospheric ✔️Feminism ✔️Dancing ghosts in a theater 👻 #QuestPit #Q #MR

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A cozy tale of folklore with fangs, fitting nicely on a shelf next to "The Once and Future Witches" & "Garden Spells". ✔️Cottage Core ✔️Twist Ending ✔️Sisterhood ✔️Morally Gray FMC ✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ✔️Atmospheric ✔️Feminism ✔️Dancing ghosts in a theater 👻 #QuestPit

A album cover mock up that have three women's silhouettes dancing in a field. It says The West End - Anthology of the Woods and has album stickers on it.

The back of an album cover with the title "Anthology of the Woods" followed by 5 songs - White Anemone, Burn Hole, Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, I Only Asked for Help, and The Pearl. Then it has the book's hook: A Nashville rock band believes their luck has turned around when they meet a sisterhood of magical women who seem to turn their voices to honey and their fame to lightning, but unfortunately for them, one of those sisters, Brigid, is on a mission of revenge against man-made magic such as fame and they have just become her last straw.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

A rock band believes their luck has turned around when they meet a sisterhood of magical women who seem to ignite their fame. Unfortunately, one of those sisters is on a mission of revenge against man-made magic such as fame & they have just become her last straw. #questpit #Q #MR

For pictures, depicting two running girls in the woods, a table of tools and herbs, a man singing to a woman, and a woman floating in the water. The words say: And yet the human blood that kept my heart beating on this Earth was like poison. The catalyst of heartbreak. A drug, misdosed.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy Nutcracker retelling for folks who love the "-ber" months #YA #F With new characters at every turn and dreamscape-like scenery, "Clara" is drenched in the fabled lore of the holidays. A treat for those who love magic, ghosts, and gingerbread. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

Six pictures showing scenes from manuscript Clara including a gingerbread, Indian woman, lighthouse, frozen pond, snowy castle, and southern home. The text on the pictures reads: She dreamed of Parrish, and the way his tan skin looked drenched in fire light. She dreamed of everyone she could save, and everyone she could hurt with this gift from Rune Drosselmeyer.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy Nutcracker retelling for people who love the "-ber" months. #YA #F ✔️ Winter Solstice/Yule ✔️ Coming of Age ✔️ Cozy Mystery ✔️ Folklore ✔️ True YA ✔️ Magical woodland creatures (otters and frogs carry notes between witches through a creek, sooo...) #LuckyPit #popuppitA #popuppit

six pictures of the winter soltice and yule celebrtions.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A rock band thinks they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet a group of magical women who seem to turn their 🍀luck🍀 around. But as magic & fame grow, so does greed. The power struggle will lead one to the limelight, losing all others to the woods. #LuckyPit #popuppit

There's a water way surrounded by trees with the silhouette of a woman in the water. The words on the picture say "Ishan opened a window for her and off flew the Egret. A diamond charm in the silver chain of clouds."

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #F #Q A necklace that promises power over life & death is stolen at the Yule Ball and a guest has been found dead. Clara, a witch, and a rag-tag trio of misfits will embark on a world-wide hunt for the necklace before those who practice darker magic find it first. #luckypit 🍀 #popuppit

A woman holds a lantern on the seas side. It is dark. The text on the picture says "By the time the three were pulling themselves onto one of the lighted sailboats, the calls of Captain Nicholas and Mother Ginger were soft in the night wind. The lighthouse was free of its cursed shackles, now peacefully sinking to the bottom of the Aegean Sea."

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

🕯️Clara🕯️ has hit the query trenches and I'm officially shaking in my boots. I love this story. I hope others will love it soon too! #amquerying #queryingtrenches #writingcommunity

Background image of woman with lantern next to a body of water at night. The words across the image are in white and say: Clara, YA, Fantasy, A necklace that promises power over life and death is stolen at the Yule Ball, and a guest has been found dead, leading young witch Clara and a rag-tag trio of misfits on a world-wide hunt for the necklace before it falls into the wrong hands.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS Bookshelf buddies: 📚 A Dark and Secret Magic 📚 The Lost Apothecary 📚 A rock band from Nashville thinks they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet a group of magical women who seem to turn their luck around... Oh, were they wrong. #Q #MR #QuestPit

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy retelling of The Nutcracker #YA #My #F (60k words) With new characters at every turn and dreamscape-like scenery, "Clara" is drenched in the fabled lore of the holidays. A delicious treat for those who find murder mysteries to be cozy. #W #QuestPit

an old lighthouse on a gloomy ocean with the words "But may I ask you to consider who this magic is best suited for? Because somethings it's easy to fall for the lie we've told ourselves for too long."

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A cozy tale of folklore with fangs, fitting nicely on a shelf next to "A Dark & Secret Magic" & "The Lost Apothecary". ✔️Cottage Core ✔️Twist Ending ✔️Sisterhood ✔️Morally Gray FMC ✔️Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll ✔️Atmospheric ✔️Feminism ✔️Dancing ghosts in a theater 👻 #QuestPit

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #My #F (60k words) The Stahbaum’s annual Yule Ball is as lovely as a ballet until a guest is found dead the next morning. A party trick of dark magic performed at the ball could be the cause but it’s missing. Can Clara find it in time to save the witches of Snow Crest? #W #QuestPit

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS Bookshelf buddies: 📚 A Dark and Secret Magic 📚 The Lost Apothecary 📚 ✔️ Fame ✔️ Witchcraft Which one is the true dark magic? A group of magical women will meet a rock band and through music and love spells, learn the consequences of combining these powers. #Q #MR #QUESTPIT

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

❄️CLARA❄️ #YA #My #F (60k words) A dark & whimsical retelling of a holiday favorite: The Nutcracker. After someone is found dead at the annual Yule Ball, Clara, a young adult witch, must recover the dark gift stolen from her before any more harm can be done to her magical kingdom. #W #QuestPit

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS #Q #MR A rock band from Nashville thinks they’ve hit the jackpot when they meet a group of magical women who seem to turn their luck around. But as magic & fame grow, so does greed. The power struggle will lead one to the limelight, losing all others to the woods. #QUESTPIT

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Plugging my novella on all my socials today sooo.... you guys like historical fiction with paranormal romance? #booksky a.co/d/4ifF9ru

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

❄️CLARA❄️ A witchy retelling of The Nutcracker. After someone is found dead at the Stahlbaum's annual Yule Ball, Clara, a young adult witch, must recover the dark gift stolen from her before more harm can be done to their magical kingdom. #HoliPit #W #YA #MM

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

ANTHOLOGY OF THE WOODS FMC, Brigid, celebrates Yule & the Solstice❄️🕯️ #CheerPit #Q #YAF When a sisterhood of magical women crosses paths with a Nashville rock band, fame and magic will prove too big to walk the narrowing path together, guiding one to power & losing all others to the woods.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

The whimsy of the Nutcracker is retold in CLARA, a holiday #YA #MM following Clara Stahlbaum, a witch, the night of her family’s Yule Ball. Drosselmeyer’s gift is much more sinister than you remember, and it will be up to Clara to keep her enchanted world safe from its curse. #CheerPit #W

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

CLARA pairs well with Wassail 🥃🍊 Mother Ginger wants it for her special pies. The witches of Tea Tree want it for their dark bidding. And some Cajuns have a trail of bad luck they’d like people to stop asking about. Everyone wants Drosselmeyer’s gift. Who will find it first? #CheerPit #W #MM #YA

Images on mood board of a ginger bread house, an Arabian woman, a lighthouse, tea on an icy pond, a snowing castle and a southern mansion. The quote in the middle says "She dreamed of Parrish and the way his tan skin looked drenched in fire light. She dreamed of everyone she could save, and everyone she could hurt with this gift from Rune Drosselmeyer.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

CLARA | A witchy retelling of The Nutcracker. After someone is found dead at the annual Yule Ball, Clara, a young adult witch, must recover the dark gift stolen from her before more harm can be done to their magical kingdom. Clara's favorite Yule song is Carol of the Bells 🔔 #CheerPit #W #YA #M

Mood board for Clara including images of Yule celebrations, winter, a ball, two snowy scenes and a fancy holiday dinner setting. The quote in the middle says "One last look at you," Gwyll's ghost insisted, turning Clara back to the mirror. "She will be watching you tonight, ma'am. She couldn't be prouder."

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My witchy retelling of the Nutcracker, "Clara", looks like it will be ready to #query by next week!!!!!!!! I need to do a better job of keeping my OG draft because the difference between then and now is.... significant 😳

photo collage of the story of "Clara" with text in the middle that says: "One last look at you," Gwyll's ghost insisted, turning Clara back to the mirror. "She will be watching you tonight, ma'am. She couldn't be prouder."

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Snow day! Working on my witchy Nutcracker retelling WIP. Did you guys know that Clara ended up being a witch? 😳🎄❄️🔮

desk with coffee mug and computer facing snowy scene outside window.

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Writing at my favorite coffee shop with my favorite person this morning! Anyone else add characters to their book inspired by random people you see out in the world? Just me? 🫣 #amquerying #writingcommunity

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