Devon Pierce

Aspiring Author. Current WIP: A romcom I am SWOONING over. Avid reader. Mom. 🖤

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@Kacey_Combs Ashley Manley is the bessst! I’ll read anything she writes!

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A cruise is the perfect place to work on a submission for a travel magazine, but Millie’s plans go askew when she’s forced to spend the week with her nemesis, Ethan. Misadventures strike as she realizes she’s been wrong about more than just the man she deemed a prick. #QuestPit

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@LeenaRonal80521 The typos don’t make it to the materials I end up sending agents ☺️

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I had a dream an agent rejected my #query because there were too many typos, and I have to laugh, because admittedly I misspell the easiest words 😆

#WritingCommunity #amquerying

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Well if this isn’t nerve-wracking I don’t know what is 😅 #WritingCommunity #amquerying

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@thewormwoods I wish!

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“TK” is my best friend this draft 😆 #WritingCommmunity #amquerying #amwriting

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#WritingCommmunity, when browsing #MSWL, what phrases do you enter in the search bar? I search for agents who like comparable authors/books to my voice, but curious everyone else’s tactic! #amquerying #amwriting

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@douglass_meghan I think so! The Silent Patient was like that, right?

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I love a good chapter title. Anybody else? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying

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@realPeterCrerar On QT, the agents I’ve queried ask if AI was used. From here on out, I think I’ll add a sentence at the bottom of my query letter if the agent asks for email submissions.

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@sothisisam @mermaidwrites I was just thinking the same!

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@madison_cowsert @PosterPitEvent Ha! Well if you figure it out send some pointers!

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As if I need one more thing to distract me from writing, is a #PublishersMarketplace membership worth it? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying

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@AlyssaMatesic This is so interesting! I wrote my 2nd manuscript in 3rd person, rewrote the 1st page in 1st person and it was so much better/pulled my readers in. Did a whole rewrite and glad I did! Now it takes me a while to get into third as a reader. Everyone connects differently to stories!

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Here I am thinking I can write a book when my third grader just schooled me over trapezoids, parallelograms, and quadrilaterals 🥴 #amquerying #WritingCommunity

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@Holliiejanes @ClaraBenne9673 Based off everything I’ve heard and read, I’d advise against it not only because they’re old, but also wildly popular.

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@MetzgerKaty Oh I feel this!

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Curious how other #querying writers handle sending batch queries? I sent 6 or so about 5/6 weeks ago, and I’m debating sending another batch here soon. I prefer smaller batches, but interested in everyone’s process! #WritingCommunity #amquerying

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@Kacey_Combs Also, the only audiobook I can think of with more than two narrators is Daisy Jones and the Six, in which I think multiple narrators was necessary. Interesting question!

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@Kacey_Combs I prefer single, don’t mind dual, don’t care for multi. I find there’s always a POV I don’t care about and skim over. For timeline? If it’s done well and not confusing I don’t mind flashback chapters—as long as it moves the story forward and isn’t just an info dump.