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Kirsten E Bell

@kbellwrites.bsky.social
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💫 speculative fiction author💫 #Querying WE ARE ST. VIOLET \\\ a culty paranormal thriller as irreverent as 'Best Offer Wins' and as creepy as 'Beautiful Ugly' kirstenebell.com a.co/d/cew22CU

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
lol it’s untraditional sort of but it really just riffs all my fave basics… when I saw widows bay I actually cried worried it was going to feel too derivative but I’m leaning in. 3 full request so far!! 🙌🏼 failed on my first 2 books 🤞🏼 hoping this one’s it.
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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 · 22/09/2026
'We are St. Violet' just landed in your inbox 🫣 Best Offer Wins X Beautiful Ugly or.. Widow's Bay X Gilmore Girls. Hope you enjoy!
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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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Rhiannon Purchon @rhiannonpurchon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The Unsung Ballad of Blume THE CRIMSON MOTH X THE SOUND OF MUSIC A traitor bard hiding in a convent is forced to accept a position as the governess for a widower and his seven children. Only to discover the father is the Captain hunting her for treason. #W #A #RF #questpit #WIP
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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
Beyond! Except it looks a little colder and not as cozy as I'd have hoped 😬 I'm going back and reading Practical Magic again along with all the Owens family books to see if they sneak in any new refs :)
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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 · 25/04/2026
I've never pitched a WIP before but I'm SO excited about it!
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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 · 28/12/2025
Very insane thing I have to say but ummm........🥁 My debut novel, Chords of the Cliffside, is available for ebook pre-order!!! a.co/d/3syccWL #writingcommunity #booksky #magicalrealism #fantasybook #witchbook
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Returning to my Nutcracker reimagining now that *winter is coming* ✅ New batch of queries out ✅ Filmed some social content ❎ Nothing yet from 2 small press pubs that requested a full and partial Anyone else writing a holiday project?? #writingcommunity #amquerying
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Is there a button in #querytracker for: "Hey #litagent, I see you skipped over my holiday manuscript in August. It's 35 degrees out now... ready to review?"
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Might I interest you in my YA Holiday Fantasy 'Clara'? It's a Nutcracker reimagining focused on young adult Clara who we now know to be a witch! The ballet never mentioned anything about Clara Stahlbaum being a witch, but now that we know, it seems as if bad luck always finds her this time of year.
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Heading back into the query trenches today with my ✨heavily revised✨ witchy Nutcracker retelling. 1. Dante's 9th circle should have been eternally editing your book. 2. LOLed every time I read a headline and then just returned to my weird little story. 3. Proud af. #amquerying #writingcommunity
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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 · 04/08/2025
Good morning #writingcommunity! Woke up before the sun with a BIG idea. It's a cool 60 degrees and my cherry coffee is piping hot. Let's goooooo!
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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 · 26/07/2025
About to start day 2 of the Writing Day New England workshop! Loving the online format. Would recommend! Also - I have TWO pitches with agents today 😬 Good vibes, por favor!! Will update after!
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I did it. I GUTTED my book for a 2nd time because I knew deep in my soul it just needed it. ✅ 3 rounds of personal eyeballing edits ✅ professional developmental edits ✅ from the heart because I knew I could do better edits AotW is now a witch book worthy of a spot on a book shelf 💜 #AmQuerying
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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
The vibes are vibing for me 🤘
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I always end up pulling on a sweater when I work on this one 😂 Lots of ice!!
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Victoria Jayne (they/them) @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
#BluePit #DIS #TR #LGBT #ND #YA #F Three gay witches---a transfemme autist, a burnt out prodigy, and a runaway music witch---and a sentient plant must hide from the peering eyes of witch society for three months. Cue magical training montages, emotional exploration, and a helping of sapphic love.
A Harmony o witches collage with flowers, magic and picnic
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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
DRAGONFALL x FFXIV When Mick agrees to be his mage bff(/crush) Eleanor's adventuring partner, all he wants is to keep her safe. But a twist of fate changes him into a divine dragon, and his priorities shift to: stop a war, protect Eleanor, and stay alive. In that order. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #F #R #W
Three-panel moodboard consisting of three pieces by Alphonse Mucha.

Left: Emerald. A serpent snarls at the viewer from amidst green lilies.
Center: The Moon. A woman wearing nothing but a navy blanket covered in stars stands against a backdrop consisting of the night sky and a crescent moon. She covers her smile with one hand. This image is noticeably lower in quality than its neighboring panels.
Right: Salon des Cent. A woman conceals her mouth with a hand, her index finger curled down. She's glaring intensely at the viewer.

A golden filigree lines the bottom and frames the sides, partially covering the left and right panels.
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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
🎸 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 #BluePit #Q #A #LF #M #BluePit📖
a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book: a neon rock n roll sign, london (notably big ben), a man playing the guitar, someone punching a mirror into shards, a man staring into the camera with his face concealed, someone walking down a hallway, stars falling from the sky, photos hanging from the ceiling and finally, an audience at a gig. all nine images have a red hue.
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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.
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 · 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
In both cases, I was scrolling through the pitch event's # and they had both said something along the lines of: "I'm watching pitches today and looking for x..." I also regularly search #MSWL for the same reason.
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
🎉 🎉🎉
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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 · 11/07/2025
Do some sleuthing! I received 2 agent ❤️s and full requests after seeing those agents post what they were looking for at that pitch event. I commented my pitch to their posts and ended up getting requests from those! #BluePitHype
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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
CLARA: For fans of the -ber months. #UnhingedPit #Q #YA
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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 · 18/06/2025
OMG I'm preparing for a writing conference and I've fallen so far down the pitching rabbit hole that I'm considering changing my title...... SOS. ................................. Or, like, should I?.......... #writingcommunity #authorsky
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
This is EXACTLY why I creep this hashtag on the regular 🤘🤘 Coming right up!!
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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 · 13/06/2025
#swiftiepitch?!?! OMG hold please....
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
QUESTION! #writingcommunity #amquerying #onsub Have you guys personally (not by agents or other professionals) collected market data for your book? I've found a few good sources but wondering if there's some nice public data from GoodReads or Amazon that would be dependable/accurate?
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Currently floundering between projects 😆
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
My life: 1. Hears song at coffee shop that makes me feel introspective. 2. Rushes home to write a ~1000 word zero draft inspired by said song. 3. Gets coffee the next day - restarts cycle. Today it was "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone". How many zero drafts do you have? #WritingCommunity
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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 · 03/06/2025
Full request alert!!! My therapist is going to be so psyched that I'll now have a new thing to obsess about 😬 #amquerying #writingcommunity
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I have a side character very much inspired by Kirsten Larson 😂😂😂
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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 · 25/05/2025
Two thoughts I had this morning, roughly 4 minutes apart: 1. I don't think I'm cut out for this. 2. I think this is the best book ever written. #writingcommunity #AmQuerying
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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
FMC Brigid: "Wonder" by Natalie Merchant because she was born of magic and has all the reasons to misuse it and only does sometimes :)
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