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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

dreamt of a very detailed, very kind semi-rejection (?) email. (the feedback is surprisingly helpful—thank you, subconscious!) wishing everyone a full-request friday & other good news! ☺️

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

project updates: OUTFALL → i ended up scrapping the very first section and adding in a new chapter at the beginning SWBB (wip) → first draft done at an absurd wc, so i'm letting it sit before going back to revise TPD (new wip!) → outlined, so i'll start the first draft this month ;-) keeping busy!

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

been a bit since i've been here, but i'm popping in to say happy pride month! 🌈💗 hope everyone has a lovely start to june! :-)

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

happy monday, #queerwriters !! against all odds, i finished my first draft last week. admittedly it took until saturday evening... LOL this week, i want to explore another wip idea & do another batch of queries (since i took a bit of a break) !!

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

it's actually such a problem... fighting against my brain fr 🫠 LOL

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

i have this problem where i'm ~70% done with a project/wip/etc and then get an idea for something else, which of course my brain believes is sooo much better and more interesting (╥﹏╥) be quiet brain! let me work in peace! we'll get to that other thing later!

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

i've been in denial, but there’s no way i'm finishing my draft LOL skimming through it rn and there a lot more holes and missing scenes than i realized... might actually end up being my goal for next week :'-) still making decent progress though!

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

this sounds so ominous and intense, i love it :]

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

it's a bit bizarre to go from writing romance almost exclusively → thrillers (although there is a platonic-verging-on-romantic situation hehe 👀) working on this horrormance wip is bringing back a lot of tropes i missed LOL & the wip i have planned for later.. well. i love love, so it'll be fun! ;]

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

unrequited love... mutual pining..... yearning......... HELL yeah to the whole list but especially those

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

this sounds SICK! some of my favorite tropes, and the whole concept is so cool!

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

this sounds so cool!! and that moodboard! 😍

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

this sounds so cool! i'm always a sucker for a good ensemble cast :-]

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

omg i love that pitch! i'm such a sucker for people forced to work together (and then inevitably caring about each other...) 🤭

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

the comps? the moodboard? the description?? oh i'm SO into this

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT x THE PUSH Escaping a serial killer isn't enough—when the killer returns to haunt Minyoung 20 years later, she has to figure out: -the detective who caught him -why the killer is back -reality vs her growing paranoia -how she can even destroy him #agentsguide #questpit #Q #A #T

Image of a dark sewer/tunnel that leads to a distant spot of the outside world.
The text reads: "An Agent's Guide to OUTFALL, an 81k adult psychological thriller"

The one sentence pitch for OUTFALL is: "Haunted by the serial killer she escaped as a child twenty years ago, Minyoung returns to her hometown to confront the secrets of her past before the killer’s ghost can finish what he started all those years ago."
The background image is a zoomed in photo of a dark sewer outfall.

A list of tropes in the left column: "complex BIPOC FMC; unreliable narrator; inescapable past; secret-laden hometown; distorted memories; literal + figurative hauntings"
In the middle column, a 3x3 moodboard of a body floating out of a sewer outfall; an overlay of photographs for a missing person; a large, jagged whole through planks as if something fell through; a sign reading "too many deaths, too much pain;" a woman standing in an empty area with her car behind her, its inside lit and door open; text reading "we are all museums of fear;" a painting of a person's hand holding a knife, moving as though about to stab; an illustration of two heads, one of who is putting its hand to circle the other person's eye; dozens of hands reaching out of the water and towards some unseen thing above.
In the right column, it's recommended for fans of Riley Sager's MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, Ashley Audrain's THE PUSH, Alyssa Cole's WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING, and Abigail Dean's GIRL A

The first lines of OUTFALL are pasted and read as follows:
"The man who kills Marissa is the kindest man in the neighborhood.
He isn’t there when it happens.
He’s above ground, in his home two streets away, just like everyone in Brunsmouth lives two streets away. He’s probably mowing someone’s lawn, or cleaning gutters, or doing any of the million other things that makes the grown ups crouch and point and say, “Look at how nice he is. Look how kind. You should be like that, too.”
It takes over a week before Marissa dies, unraveling under a smell worse than she can process, and a darkness too terrible to describe. She dies afraid.
Minyoung, though, is born baring her teeth. She’s born surrounded by sewage and despair, in a body with claws and survival carved into her marrow. She’s born to survive."

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

cute moment indeed 🥹 love the little cheek kiss aww

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jac @ under the sacred briars @dreadwyrm.gay · 06/05/2025

if it wasn't obvious this also applies to writing. in fact i think the concept of "you'll probably hate your first draft" might be essential to writing alongside the concept of a piece never being "finished" art is evolution. let it grow in your hands

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

it's always so interesting to see how much things change compared to the very first draft!! whenever i read through mine, it's such a mixed bag of feelings

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

dare i say to finish my wip's first draft...? sure! we aim high! :-D also—quest pit!! made my things ahead of time to spare myself the stress, and i'm looking forward to seeing other people's posts and getting motivated + inspired by everyone (and... maybe send out a couple of queries? we shall see)

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

just saw thunderbolts (!!!) and i'm not going to say yelena's character arc reminded me a LOT of minyoung's, but also... 🙈😳

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

the way you describe belle spring makes it sound soo lovely and vivid

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

minyoung meeting cary !! aka "someone who's very serious and is willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants" VS "someone who wants to seem strong and tough but he just... can't" i have very different types of fondness for the two of them 😅 #wipsnips

Excerpt from OUTFALL:
“I know she’s there,” Minyoung argues. Her desperation makes her hasty, so she forces herself to lean back, to soften her voice and widen her eyes and make herself harmless. As long as it gets her inside, she’ll be whatever she needs to be. “Please. I just need to speak with her.”
“Well, she’s busy.” The man crosses his arms over his chest, but he slips off the door frame and the effect is ruined. He scrambles to right himself, but the reddening tips of his ears blend into his hair, and the tension in his shoulders shifts to a jittery nervousness, all serpentine qualities trampled underfoot.

the word "over" is highlighted in green

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

oh i LOVE this dialogue. i laughed out loud at kip's last line 😆

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

love this for you! what a great way to start the month

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

for my wip—i've described it as hannibal x jennifer's body before, so i'll add: PEARL x THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER x PARASITE the love interest would see it as HEATHERS (the movie, not the musical) fmc's freakiness is cute at first but then... not exactly silly goofy later full reasons tbd LOL

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

these aren't recent, but OUTFALL would be great for people who like ↓ THE CONJURING (vibes + freaky hauntings) + IT FOLLOWS (sense of dread + fmc's paranoia) x IT: CHAPTER TWO (return to hometown + facing childhood trauma) bonus: i wrote a lot while listening to "already gone" by sleeping at last!

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

minyoung loooves going to some sort of crowded park to sit in the grass and people watch. lots of open air + she's never alone from my wip: i imagine her as an avid birdwatcher, and also someone who would 100% chase butterflies (only when she's close to home/miles away from anyone else) #questpit

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

thank you!! :-D when i was adding the numbers, i kept thinking "no way... no way..." HAHA

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

may goals: 🪦 OUTFALL: querying 🪚 SWBB: finish 1st draft, then start (and hopefully finish) 1st round of edits. current wc: 85,852 → goal is to keep it at 80-90k 📝 in general: continuing consistency (hah) + being intentional w ambitious/positive mindset! (also.. plan another wip...? 😳😳 IDK AHHH)

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

april recap! ended up writing 67,396 words (?!?!?!) for my sister. a ridiculous amount of words, but i also know it was only possible bc i was jumping between a LOT of projects. still managed to get in 7,730 for SWBB (my wip), which is comparatively tiny but still more than i expected :'-]

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

hit with the realization that this wip's writing style is sooo unlike me... not necessarily in a bad way, but in retrospect it's why i've been struggling to add scenes in :-0 not sure how this even happened LOL. but we ride!!! all will be well in the second draft 🫡

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

spent the better part of the month working on non-wip related creative projects, and ended up being super productive! i'll be carrying that momentum with me and bringing renewed excitement to work on my wip :-D hope everyone has a great start to their week!

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

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phoebe oh (she/her) is querying! ☆ @phoebeoh.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

suddenly getting ideas for my wip that would require Significant changes, but i have to remind myself that i can implement + work w them on the second draft!! rn, still just trying to finish up 😅 BUT LATER... that will be where the magic happens ;-]

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