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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Nothing wakes the inner demons like a terrible day 😉
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sending good vibes, plumbing issues are the worst. Quick question, I had two pitchdis submissions and you requested them both 💕Should I send both queries at once or do one first and then the other once you’ve decided on the first?
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I was delighted to get requests from you on both my projects. Quick question: do you want me to send both at once or just the one I think you might like best?
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’m still working on it but my query is already so much better. What a game changer.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So upon closer inspection, some of these are the same agent requested both projects I pitched. Still super exciting.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thanks for sharing! I love what you say about images sticking in our minds better and now I’m trying to figure out how to incorporate that into my query. Focusing so much on goal/motivation/stakes is all so internal and I hadn’t realized my query was missing interesting images.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've been testing the waters to see if my manuscript is ready to query with some pitch events and what a crazy couple of days! 5 #PitchDis requests and full request from an amazing independent publisher. I think it might be ready!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Oh dang. Such a good pitch.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This premise is so much fun. And this picture is perfect.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Oh man, I’d love to be dropped in Suyana’s world, though I’d steer clear of the trials.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I love me some angsty wound tending.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Three books is agonizingly slow, and I'm here for it. Two of my projects are like this. I guess we just like to torture readers.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
I’m all about that ridiculously slow burn.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Routine and consistency. Mellona may as well have asked her to juggle knives. #OneLineMC #CampRevPit #CRPDryads
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Hey! Someone else completely time shifted from the bulk of campers! I’m in Cork, Ireland. Good morning!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I adore your title. Also fire elementals sound intense.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
this sounds fun, and this board is gorgeous!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm still tweaking my first pages (Again) but you're welcome to send yours whenever you're ready. Hopefully, I'll have something shareable in the next day or two
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I know what you mean but now I'm envisioning frankenstein characters with bits of others sewn on.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm your positivity pass partner and I can't wait to read your first pages. Sounds gorgeous.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Ooh, I want to go to there.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I'm in my best lab coat taking notes.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Hallucinations. MC knows better but is in a situation where hallucinations sound better than starvation. It's a choice she regrets.😆
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Yes, there's necromancy too. That's what the charm of teeth is for 😜
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Love a good mushroom! These lovely ladies are in the manuscript I'm currently querying.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The milestones method works pretty well for me too. For the most part.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I have one MS with this exact vibe. It's all flower crowns and herbal magic then trees weeping blood and cannibal hags with charms of human teeth.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Swampy middle😂 If that doesn't describe it perfectly.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Hey camp mates! Here's a little about my current project. #CampRevpit #CRPDryads
Picture of a slot canyon with a shaft of light and the book title Bitter Sands. 

Blurb reads:

I’m working on a YA fantasy with trials—my MC lives in utopia, so think less brutality and strength based trials and more collaboration and community good based. Suyana (17) still manages to screw it up though. If she can’t find a way to win, her crush, Oasis’s golden girl, will never notice her and no one will choose her for anything but compost duty ever again.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This sounds super fun. I am also not as good at parkour as I want to be.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Amen to the reverse outline!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Chaotic plantser. Depends on the character- leaning HEA. Mostly fantasy. I dabble in sci-fi occasionally. Depends. This demi girl sometimes forgets reader like romance. Both! Cat! Introvert. Critical case. Extends to social media. I'm trying.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I know what you mean by feeling boxed in. When I first learn about story structure I was so psyched. I meticulously outlined a project I'd been kicking around and then I was done and had no more spark to actually draft (my least favorite part).
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I've been on discord once, but I'd be willing to dust off my login to hang out with other writers.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Krya, thanks for sharing this. We see so many stories about someone’s first or second novel getting published. It gives me some hope to keep going. I’ve had several projects get requests and even feedback from agents, so I keep thinking, maybe the next one.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I think I might’ve seen mine!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Can you give us a few examples of what makes you marketable? I imagine there are authors here who have those qualities but have never had to think about it in this way and might not recognize which qualities they should be leaning hard on.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
None of my betas seemed to have a problem either, but maybe the 15yos I know are just too dang smart.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Multiple POVs in one chapter. I never see it in YA. I always assumed it was because publishers underestimated teens’ ability to keep up. But if it’s more a matter of getting to know characters better, maybe multiple POVs could work but not until later chapters. Thoughts?
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Oh man, I hope this is mine. I started with boredom and now I'm worried if I've gotten away with it.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Ditto!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Thanks for sharing. It’s nice to know that it really is harder and not that I’m getting worse as an author.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
This is my kind of space!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I couldn’t put it down!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I won’t even say how late I stayed up reading The Queen of Faces last night. Solidarity.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Right?! Kudos to the authors on some of these. I found myself wishing someone would say such encouraging things about my work even when reading 10queries from editors I didn’t sub.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
I’m fairly sure edits are forever. One day I imagine crossing out a line in my published book because I can’t stop tweaking.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I think they’re okay with overlap. Last year, I had two editors use my submission for a #10queries post. Double feedback for the win.
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Those are gorgeous!
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lenorejames.bsky.social @lenorejames.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I think this might’ve just solved a problem for me as I dabble in mystery for the first time. Thanks!
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