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HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to @jeneedutary.bsky.social and her YA Urban Fantasy debut FIRE & DEATH! Available now wherever books are sold!! If found family, slowburn romance, badass FMCs, hidden magical factions, and "touch them and die" is your vibe, order your copy today!! #fireanddeath #yafantasybooks

If you needed more reasons to pre-order @jeneedutary.bsky.social's upcoming YA Urban Fantasy FIRE AND DEATH, here's five! If found family, female rage, anti-heroes, hidden magic, and friends-to-lovers is your vibe, pre-order FIRE AND DEATH today! #yabooks #urbanfantasy #fireanddeath #fantasybooks

DUNGEONS & DRAMA x THE EDGE OF 17 when the new kid takes 1st chair, 17y/o trumpeter Julissa fake dates him to impress her drifting friends and teams up with her childhood rival Logan to sabotage him for their chairs back—only to realize Logan might be the one she’s falling for #questpit #YA #R #AG

THE GLASS GHOST was published in the Dreams Divine anthology today (UK only. US you have to wait until next month, sorry)! It’s taken a little while to sink in that I actually have my words published in a book along with many other fantastic short stories. I did it, Mam!!! (🔗 in bio) #romantasy

KIRKUS has just published their review of @jeneedutary.bsky.social's upcoming YA Fantasy, FIRE AND DEATH, and there’s not a single word in there that's not singing her praises. Not. One. Word. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #yafantasy #fantasybooks #fireanddeath #urbanfantasy #kirkusreviews

Baby’s first @barnesandnoble preorder sale!!! B&N rewards members get 25% off preorders using code PREORDER25, and membership is ✨FREE ✨ #writingcommunity #booksky

all the cool kids are doing it 😎 ARCs for @jeneedutary.bsky.social's YA Urban Fantasy FIRE AND DEATH are now open - if anti-hero FMCs, vampires, shifters, found family, and hidden magic worlds are your vibe, get yours before 7/15! alexparkerpublishing.com/pages/arc-fo...

[CRASH SCREECH GLASS SHATTER SCREAMS THUD FALLS DOWN STAIRS] SHE’S UP FOR PREORDER!!! For now, you can snag her from the ‘zon (other retailers pending) as either ebook or paperback, in English. Some countries are still pending but hopefully they’ll process soon! #fantasybooks #debutauthor

I'm part of @jeneedutary.bsky.social's street team for her novel Fire & Death (coming out in September 22) and I feel like I've already learned so much from the process. She's got her shit together, let me tell you. 🤩 Comps include Mortal Instruments/Shadowhunters www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

I'm thrilled to announce that applications for the Street Team for my debut adult dark romantasy, HEART OF BONE, are now open! I'd love to have your support - fill out the form if you're interested in taking part! 🩵 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I won 2nd!!! Up against hard competition too! I’m chuffed!

Omg this cover is 🔥🔥🔥

[Chanting] STREET TEAM! STREET TEAM! Thrilled to join the street team for Jenee Duarty's FIRE AND DEATH, a YA Urban Fantasy with monsters, intense friendship bonds, slowburn romance, found family, and an anti-hero origin story. 🔥🖤🔥 #fireanddeath #yafantasy #fantasybooks #booksky

ONE DARK WINDOW x ANATHEMA The creatures stalking the mists feast on souls but one wants Sanna's heart too. 🖤Scottish moor vibes 🖤redemption v damnation 🖤emotion & repression-based magic system 🖤stabby FMC 🖤Corruption v Light Rep: Rachel Estep at D4EO Literary Agency #questpit #AG #NA #DF #R #WIP

Fifteen years ago, her family was torn apart by powers no one understood. Now, she's taking her own accidental powers on a quest for revenge-but that means managing her fracturing family, shifting morality, and unexpected feelings for the dangerous vigilante training her. #questpit #SF #NA #R #Q

I wrote a short story inspired by Taylor Swift’s The Prophecy. AND IT’S GETTING PUBLISHED!!! 🎉🎉🎉 For the first time, I’ll have words published in a book, and I can finally scream about it! The Glass Ghost will be available in the Dreams Divine anthology by Flame Tree Press in June! #writingcommunity

Because this book is a recipe for disaster, here's one cursed recipe that, once eaten, will leave you wanting more. #UnhingedPit #NA #F #R #AG

Starting #UnhingedPit off with Sirensong (my 116k #NA #SF #R novel) as told in ✨SONG✨! When Ellie, a struggling rookie superhero on a quest for vengeance, meets the Shadow, a dark & mysterious vigilante 💀ing the rich, it's bound to be loud--but is it music, or just noise? #Q #LGBT #OwnVoices #Dis

Which character from FIRE AND DEATH would get raptured? (Coming Oct. '26) #UnhingedPit #F #YA

Confidently, I can say none of these lot are getting raptured today. "They're a 10 but..." SNOWDROPS & STONES Edition Featuring: 🥀Star-Crossed Lovers 🥀Messy Families 🥀Lovers to Enemies 🥀Class Divide 🥀Monsters & Horror Vibes 🥀Dystopian Fantasy #UnhingedPit #NA #F #R #AG

Thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Rachel Estep at D4EO literary agency! A huge thank you to her for all the love she’s shown my world and characters. I can’t wait to go on this rollercoaster with her!

Holy mother of Swift, the email I’m staring at right now. #WritingCommunity

I swear, the only reason I get anything written is because of Lorelai Bean. #FocusFriend #WritingCommunity

Un-👀 (again) If you need me, I’ll be icing my neck from the whiplash. #WritingCommunity

It’s been 4 years without the woman who shaped everything I am. I never told her I was writing a book, or that her resilience would carry me through 100+ rejections, all the way to 10 literary agent requests and 2 publishing offers. Love you, Mam. I miss you. #WritingCommunity

#PosterPit #F #Q Amidst twisted magic and waxen leaves, a new moth queen rises... But does she have what it takes to rule? a 91,000 word adult fantasy featuring a tragic romance subplot, a lush treescape setting, and shapeshifting moth royalty 👑🪲🌿💫🌋

IRON WIDOW x RED WHITE & ROYAL BLUE x ARCANE in a 116k novel that asks: "what if superheroes used their powers to hunt the corrupt elite and their father's true killer in a city full of secrets, lies, and greed?" And also, "what if everyone was queer?" #QueerPit #SF #SH #R #NA

HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE X BEAUTY & THE BEAST 1 kidnapped ballerina 4 fantasy fugitives desperate to recover their leader’s magic stuck inside her She spies to facilitate rescue, but then bonds w/ them & must choose: them or freedom & her ballet dreams #PosterPit #Q #YA #F #M #R #FT

TANGLED X ANASTASIA In a Swiss realm where people forget their worst memory, an orphan with Tourette's recruits a flirtatious thief to help restore her forgotten past. 🪻Found Family 🪻Disability & LGBTQ Rep 🪻Cozy Setting 🪻Swoony Romance #PosterPitAG #PosterPit #F #YA

💀 A necromancer, doomed by her own dark power. 👑 A long-lost prince, murdered in the ruins of his crumbling kingdom. 🖤 Maybe some secrets are better left buried... THE BOG PRINCE—a #YA #F with big 5 editor interest—coming to a #Q inbox near you very soon 👀 #PosterPit

#PosterPit MAID x THE SIXTH SENSE Reluctant medium Alice moves to the coast for some peace and quiet; instead she accidentally lands a job cleaning haunted houses and exorcising ghosts 👻 🩸 serial killer mystery 🦷 dark humour 🩸 neurodivergent rep 🦷 queer & trans rep 🩸 paranormal fantasy #Q

A #NA dual-POV #F #R where These Violent Delights meets Arcane. Featuring: 🥀 A firebrand FMC from the slums 🥀A gilded MMC with blood on his hands 🥀 Class war meets monster horror 🥀 Fated mates with a twist 🥀 He'd do anything for her 🥀2 publishers interested / 10 manuscript requests. #PosterPit #Q

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x A BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES Featuring: ❤️‍🔥Star-Crossed Lovers ❤️‍🔥Messy Families ❤️‍🔥Lovers to Enemies ❤️‍🔥Class Divide ❤️‍🔥Fated Mates with a Twist ❤️‍🔥Queer-Norm World ❤️‍🔥Mental Health Rep ❤️‍🔥Monsters & Horror Vibes ❤️‍🔥Dystopian Fantasy #QueerPit #NA #D #DF #FR #Q

You may like my 116k #SF #R novel #Sirensong if you're a fan of: 👫traumatized twin dynamics 🦸superheroes using their power for personal revenge ⚔️a dark-yet-hot vigilante 💀ing CEOs ❤️‍🔥bi4pan slowburn romance (w secret identities) 🌈queer ensemble cast 🐈6 superpowered cats (yes really) #QueerPit

👀 (again) #WritingCommunity

Sometimes I just stare at this. 178k to 104k. I have learnt so much from this lovely community since I started almost a year ago. Onwards and upwards #WritingCommunity

Ok #litagents, get all your rejections in today. Nothing’s going to kill this buzz. #WritingCommunity

I’m just saying, if a lit agent or editor wanted to offer me in the next 30 days, they could save me an entire $25 and that’s like, 2 bottles of wine. #WritingCommunity

Follow me here and everywhere else for more “motivational” quotes with atmospheric backgrounds. *insert Pedro Pascal laughing-to-crying gif* #WritingCommunity

When a publisher asks me for a marketing plan, and my only response is “I’m good at Canva as long as I have a template.” #WritingCommunity

I emailed a publisher withdrawing my MS and they replied with a rejection of my MS. I…what? #WritingCommunity

#WritingCommunity Me: Imma start a new manuscript and put my other novel on the shelf for just a little— QT: Full request. Me:

Saving my best #UnhingedPit for last... #NA #SF #R #LGBT #Q

Asked a mate to pitch my #NA #F #R book: If her people aren't being hanged in the town square then they're being eaten by the monsters in the meadows. The Elites want dominion and Alayna wants to destroy them. Except Tiv. He's cute. Nailed it imo. #UnhingedPit #Q