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Keely Brice

@writemeariver.bsky.social
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Author of upmarket fiction. Reader. MFA. A story shows a thousand pictures. keelybrice.com

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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today. I get to write "THE END" today.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yes! Exactly! I hope you'll like my book.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Authors: Is _____ ghosting us? Agent:
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Finally watched the finale of STRANGER THINGS. OMG!😭 SO good, so sad, so inevitable. Earned every ending.👏👏👏
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
amen!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Authors-where do you draw the line between fact and fiction when you are fictionalizing a historical event? Do you change things while still keeping real people and some of the facts the same? I'm writing a real event from 26 years ago and it's now half true, half fiction. Will readers reject this?
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Beware of New Beta Reader Scam on Bluesky #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory #authors #editor #betareader #booksky
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Beware of New Beta Reader Scam on Bluesky
While Bluesky so far has been a fairly scam-proof social media platform – thanks to its ability to create sharable moderation lists that block bad guys – that strength is being tested. Book marketi…
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The position has been filled!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I'm in the USA, ISO an international pen pal or two. Prefer another writer, but the letters don't have to be about writing--just exchanging one beautiful email/month. 🚫AI 🚫porn/romance 🚫strings attached. DM if interested. Let's bring back this vintage tradition!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I once wrote a query that referenced an agent's recent deal ("my book sounds similar to ___, which I can't wait to read when it comes out"). I still think of it and cringe. It did get the agent's attention, though, and she wrote me a short personal message back despite being a known non responder.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
If your characters aren't waking you up at night or distracting you in the middle of your IRL convos, then you're either writing the wrong novel or you're on your eleventh draft.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Outlining your novel is great because it makes the huge project of writing a book seem manageable, but I don't ever strictly adhere to mine. There's always a point where one of my characters tells me, "I just wouldn't do that." And I know they're right.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I found this to be incredibly funny! I guess I passed the nerd test.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#writerfail #writerhelp #writerslift #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...
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6 Tips to Ensure a Successful Book Reading
• How to arrange a public book reading/signingJust because you’ve published a book, don’t expect to get invitations to do book readings. You’ll have to arrange them yourself. The good news is you’l…
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Do we trust these proof of life images? They look AI generated.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Plot is what happens. Story is what those events slowly teach the narrator to admit. Once I realized that, my first drafts started reading more like second drafts. #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFiction
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
One thing I wish I had known before I started querying (3 books, two agents, multiple years), is how much I would grow as a person, author, and artist. I learned so much about community, publishing, writing, and cheerleading--for myself and others. #WritingCommunity
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I think readers can tell the difference between a writer who wants to be admired and a writer who wants to understand something. The second kind of book lingers longer.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The most interesting characters aren't contradictory. They're consistent in ways that only become obvious after you've watched them making many decisions. By the time you realize their central weakness, you know whether they can overcome it. #AmWritingFiction #WritingCommunity
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
My beta readers aren't authors. They're avid readers who see my manuscript as a free book, and they can't wait to dive in. The advice they give me is entirely different from my Cps, who are authors. #WritingCommunity
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What's a sentence-level habit you've had to unlearn as a writer? Mine is wanting to provide one beat too many. #WritingCommunity #fiction #author #editor
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'm making sure it doesn't go past 90,000. Seeing as I'm a third through at 24,000 words, I think I'm going to hit my mark below that. Yay!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
First draft. Just started act two.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This one is upmarket contemporary.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
One joy of a new WIP is discovering the voice. I don't start writing until I have a solid idea who the protagonist is, and then everything that I distill into the voice comes from the way that character sees the world. It's so intimate. #amwritingfiction #writingcommunity
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Revision isn't primarily about making a novel cleaner. It's making it more inevitable. Your readers should feel like every twist is believable and satisfying. #AmWritingFiction #WritingCommunity
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Are you speaking specifically to AI generated art or anything that AI touches?
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I feel ripped off that the 250th landed on such a bad year, when everyone is so divided. When I was a kid, I imagined cities would throw extra special parties, close down the streets and open up the fire hydrants, neighbors would dance and hug and sing Born in the USA.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Resting Mother Superior face!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So much of my art deals with reinvention. The internet has made us endlessly re-brandable. Every social media account you have has a different flavor. Which social is closest to your truest self? Which one is your favorite version of yourself?
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Every novel starts out feeling impossible for a different reason. The trick isn't finding an easier book. It's finding the impossibility you're willing to puzzle through and perfect. #writingcommunity #amwritingfiction #wip
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I've got a "yes"!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I reached out to critique partners to schedule a read. Sent the pitch and am waiting to hear back😉😀🥲😅🤞 This step never gets old, and it never gets easier!
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Jude's Nervous Smile in Tablestory Kingmakers
ALT: Jude's Nervous Smile in Tablestory Kingmakers
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Racoon femur
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Hi! I also am restoring a creepy Victorian house, and by god, that house sneaks into every single book I write...
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Wondering if there's a #writingcommunity algorithm that connects writers meaningfully? Every since he who-shall-not-be-named took over the bird place, I've yet to find my stride again with other authors/creatives. Hello?📚
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
There's nothing quite like starting a new WIP--all the synapsis are firing, and you can't stop thinking about your characters. People around you ask why you're smiling. I guess the closest approximation is falling in love. #amwritingficiton #writingcommunity #authorlife
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Thanks!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Congratulations!
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Had a robin that tried to get into my house all day everyday for a year and a half.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Just realized this is the 1st year in 3 I won't be entering (for good reasons). Apart from all the craft and industry info imparted ever so generously, this event helped give me keep deadlines, set goals, nurture dreams, and live inside of hope! @miranda-darrow.bsky.social🙏 #RevPit #WritingCommunity
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
UNMET is an upmarket speculative novel with book-club appeal about ambition, love, and legacy, asking what we owe our art—and the people we love—when the promise of immortality is suddenly within reach.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I tried my hand at character art this weekend. It was HARD! Meet my protagonist, Suri! My speculative retelling of Great Expectations will soon be on submission! #WritingCommunity #AmAgented #UpMarketSpeculative #Fiction #CharacterArt
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
I'm thrilled to announce I've partnered with @lauriedennison.bsky.social to take UNMET to market! I could tell right away Laurie would be wonderful to work with. Her passion for my book, UNMET, was unparalleled. Thanks, Laurie, for my #Publishing #ChristmasMiracle🥂
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Happy birthday, Dick Van Dyke! Living proof that when you embrace joy and levity, your spirit will never age!
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a group of elderly people are dancing in a room with the words unc still got it
ALT: a group of elderly people are dancing in a room with the words unc still got it
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Top ten favorite titles...?
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
When a disillusioned former actress seeking an authentic life in a small town shoots an intruder only to discover he’s a young man she’s been mentoring, her life again spirals into dramatics as the community unravels its secrets to understand what really happened. #QuestPit #UpMarket #Suspense
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AWP @awpwriter.org · 04/11/2025
The next TWC Live! event premieres November 13. Three agents—@frecklywench.bsky.social, Danya Kukafka, and @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social—will discuss how publishing is responding, or not responding, to social, political, and economic changes in America.
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TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest
TWC Live! returns November 13, and this time literary agents will be expanding on June’s Big Conversation in the magazine: “Publishing in a Time of Unrest.”
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
5. Let them change — or fail to. Growth (or refusal to grow) is what turns a character into a human being. By the end of the story, they should be different — even if that difference is heartbreakingly small.
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Keely Brice @writemeariver.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
4. Give them a past. You don’t need to dump a backstory on the reader, but you should know it. The way someone walks into a room, reacts to rejection, or shows love — it all comes from somewhere.
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