Fall baseball is over for my oldest son, which means I just got half my week nights back. Just in time for me to hop back into the #querytrenches #WritingCommunity #writerslift #amquerying

The fact that the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde played “The Hanging Tree” as a part of the protests in Paris is something that should resonate DEEPLY with #YA authors. The pen still holds so much power. #WritingCommunity #writerslift

Definitely planning to jump back into the #queryingtrenches on November 1st, but I couldn’t resist submitting an early query to an agent actively looking for my genre who is closing tonight! 🤞🤷‍♀️🫣 #writingcommunity #amquerying #heregoesnothing

How good did it feel to research #litagents again after MONTHS of revisions and word cuts? Good. It felt really good. 🎉😍❤️🥳 #writingcommunity #amquerying #writerslift

Met my word cut goal this morning! 🎉🥳 I’ll still go through the rest of the book to make things as tight as possible, but everything from here on out just bonus! #WritingCommunity #writerslift #littlevictories

Still on track to jump back into the #querytrenches by November 1st! Reached another major milestone today in my word cuts, and the light is at the end of the tunnel! Keep going, friends. Discipline pays off! #writingcommunity #writerslift

Met one of my beta readers in person today and she made me feel like a rockstar and asked to be a reader for book two. #writingcommunity #thatsthedream #writerslift

You REALLY DO have to write the book you love because you REALLY WILL have to read it dozens of times in revisions. Even after you thought you were done with revisions… Good thing I love mine. #writingcommunity #writerslift #querying

I’ve seen the #writingcommunity come up with some brilliant ideas for questions like this. What are some good words/phrases to use in place of “shrug?” #revisions #wordcuts #writerslift

My goal is to jump back into the #querytrenches by November 1st. It’ll be close, but I think I can make it. Word cuts are ALMOST where they should be. Then, it’s just small adjustments to my query package. I can feel the light at the end of the tunnel! #writingcommunity #soclose

Finally caved and got a fitness watch… now comes the hard work: getting my laptop secured to my treadmill so I can write/revise while I walk. I could walk a marathon with that set up. 😂👟🏃‍♀️💻 #WritingCommmunity #garmin #revising #wordcuts

I can officially round down 7,000 words from a manuscript I SINCERELY thought I had tightened to its limits. Commercial YA fiction is a tricky beast, but I am learning so much. #writingcommunity #wordcuts #YA #nopainnogain

500 more words cut this morning. Daily surgery like this is tough, but I feel things getting tighter and my manuscript will be better for it:) Hopefully. #writingcommunity #wordcuts #amquerying

This morning’s word cut: 700 words. It’s slow and painful, but I’m getting there! #writingcommunity #revisions #amquerying #wordcuts

After a meeting with a writing coach, I am back to more word cuts this morning and… oh, the butchery and surgery required! But alas, it’s both painful and necessary. #writingcommunity #wordcuts #queryinghiatus #aspiringauthor

When a friend wants to lend you a favorite book, where does it tend to land on your TBR? Asking for a friend… a friend with a very long TBR. 😳😩 #WritingCommmunity #booklover #sharingiscaring #amquerying

Nothing like starting your morning off with word cuts! Anyone else in that stage of revisions? #revising #writngcommunity #amquerying

What is the one thing you need to have or do before you start a writing session? #writingcommunity #amquerying #aspiringauthor

I’m generally a faithful member of the #writersclub, but my sinuses are telling me a cold is coming in hot. Sounds like my willpower will be put to the test tomorrow morning. Which will win: my head (cold) or my heart? #revising #amquerying #writingcommunity