Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️

Querying queer SF, writing queer fantasy || Chaotic, queer, chronically ill, cat mom || Gave a TED Talk about fandom once and will never shut up about it

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

Presenting my #agentsguide to CHILD OF SILK AND SHIELD, featuring:

🩸 a madness tied to blood
🕸️ adventures through the remnants of a ruined kingdom
🗡️ tenuous partnerships born of survival and sarcasm

+ my personal fave:
🏳️‍🌈 reluctant-allies-to-lovers yuri!

#QuestPit #W #A #F

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

Getting an injection and being monitored for symptoms after is so wild bc I do not enjoy being Very Aware Of My Body and yet that is exactly what this situation requires

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

Happy Pride from your friendly local bisexual!

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

It's all fun and games until you HAVE TO WRITE THE DREADED SYNOPSIS

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@MadelynKnecht As a marketer + writer: How do agents, editors, etc. determine what will sell when market and audience desires shift so quickly, but the publication timeline is 2+ years? (genuine question, I promise!)

[cassiopeia ☀️ @lagunabayfables]

also: TIP YOUR ARTISTS

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@ArienSkyeWrites @authorBBLorik LMAOO right?! Plus then the cops can’t get you bc you’re not on your phone 😇

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@ArienSkyeWrites @authorBBLorik This is the one I use! Super trusty to this day – and I had it out in several thunderstorms, many protests, and a 4-wheeler ride (and that's just when I was a journalist!) https://t.co/6beXoCU8au

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@authorBBLorik @ArienSkyeWrites I literally keep my old-school battery powered voice recorder from my days as a journalist in my car FOR THIS REASON.

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@authorBBLorik 🤐🤐🤐👀👀👀

oh my god you're in for a wild ride

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@authorBBLorik Viktor, buddy, believe me I totally get the sentiment of "if your body's XYZ thing sucks, store-bought is fine!" and I too want to replace many parts of my body with in-warranty machinery...but brother. I think we took it A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR???🤣🤣

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@lenalarat Can confirm as a fresh 28 year old it is way better to be 28. Hang in there 🫂❤️

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@MadelynKnecht they What.

Oh that's terrifying...

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@lagunabayfables I've been on the library hold lit for this for a WHILE and am chomping at the bit!!!

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@MadelynKnecht I've really been enjoying your work, and I'm so happy to hear that the numbers are backing up the value you're providing to all of us out of the kindness of your heart! (...sorry for the marketing speak, you can't take the girl out of content marketing etc etc but I mean it!!!)

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

7 years ago, I plunged into the query trenches for the first time. 3 manuscripts and 2 rounds of querying later, I'm still grateful for the friends I've made, ALL the things I've learned, and the community I get to be part of ❤️

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

Anyway, that changed the entire shoe type, brand and size that was recommended to me so uh. If you're getting shoes fitted, maybe bring up any sort of sport you do with your feet even if you think it doesn't matter!

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

Went to replace my running shoes today. The shop owner who fit my feet was so lovely, and also flabbergasted at the shape of my toes, heels, and calluses. It was then that I realized...I should probably tell her I dance ballet 10-ish hours a week. Oops.

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

@RowanBrightonB Not only is this chart so encouraging and useful, it's also SO pleasing to the eye 🤩

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

It's just not FAIR. It pisses me OFF!!!

[Amanda Lien 🌈🩸🗡️ @AlienWrites]

I often sit here and get immensely angry that I might actually get some of my autoimmune BS treated, but /only/ because I have the privilege of commercial insurance, and being able to take 3 days of PTO. I hate that this isn't something everyone could access if they need.