Katy Mayfair

No longer here - find me on 📷 or 🦋 katymayfair

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

Find me on 🦋: katymayfair

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

Next time @AudreyBrashich recommends a writing craft book, I won't wait 6 months to read it😂
I can confirm that Story Genius by Lisa Cron is indeed excellent and I wish I'd been applying its insights to my work all along!

[Jody Gerbig @jodygerbig]

My current WIP started years ago—maybe 8?—and has been rewritten/restructured at least 7 times, shelved by my once-agent, and queried hundreds of times, in different markets.

It will go on sub soon.

This is to say don’t give up in a story that speaks to you.

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

@chxryoung Hi! I'm dying for my feed to be writerly again!

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

@LindaWilgus1 I'm still here!

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

@AuthorEmy I'm still a little bit here!

[Amy's Opening for Submissions June 12th, 2026 @AmyNielsen06]

🧵I've been meeting with editors all week and asking most of them two questions. 1) What keeps you reading a submission? 2) As far as craft, what advice do you have for authors? And I'm sharing some of that with you today! #writingcommunity #amquerying

[FuckCars @FuckCarsReddit]

Post your favorite "Desire Paths".

These are paths that naturally form as a result of bad planning.

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

You ever read a linkedin post by a random ex-colleague from years ago thanking a bunch of people for having a positive influence on their career and you scan the names expectantly to see if you're in there

[Komẹ @KahunaKome]

I need to see what Jolene looked like

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

I know my jet lag is bad when I try to spell 'horrified' as 'horrorfied' and can't figure out what I've done wrong 🧐 #amwriting

[✨Natalie Nee✨ @novelnatalie]

The two stages of writing:

1.) The possibilities are endless!!
2.) The possibilities are endless…

[Robin Morris 📚 @R_Morris_author]

MY BOOK IS ON TV 😱😭 Thank you @maryktaggart for sharing The Days Between with the world today!!! #teamlctfl #writerscommunity #publishing @AmazonPub

[Jody Gerbig @jodygerbig]

HANDMAID’S TALE x SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS, post Roe v. Wade:
Arrested for a miscarriage, attorney Wendy Wendick will need to burn down the system to free herself—starting with the people she trusted the most. #T #A #PitDark

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

Handbags are so weird. Like, here is my little collection of things that I carry around with me. Look, a deodorant

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

@JamesLucasIT This is how it is possible to sail from India to the USA in a straight line

[Traveler’s Diary @travelersdy]

@JamesLucasIT Cat Earth Theory

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

Whyyyy did I buy two new books on the weekend when there is literally a bookshelf full of unread books waiting for me at home

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

@aileenajohnson Yaaay welcome Aileen! 🥳

[Katy Mayfair @KatyMayfair]

@maryktaggart CUE INSOMNIA FOREVER