Kayliani Shi

#NoSpice #Fantasy Author of Introspective and Character-Driven stories!

[Morgan Gaynin @morgangaynin]

Out TODAY:
The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince by debut indie author @KaylianiPShi, with gorgeous cover art by Dani Pendergast!

This medium-paced, introspective romantic fantasy is a subversion of popular tropes.

More of Dani's book cover work: https://t.co/WZNStPn7ub

[Crossroad Reviews @crossroadreview]

#CoverReveal: The Sinuous Bargain of a Cowardly Prince (The Shadowed Throne Chronicles #1) by @eatingher_words @rrbooktours

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

I forgot to update lmao
It was good!

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

I've been very disappointed with books recently. Just got notified my hold at the library for Dungeons and Drama is ready for pickup. I know I shouldn't have high hopes, but here we go!
#readerscommunity #Reading #NewBooks

[QueryTracker @QueryTracker]

@sanchez_m_m I ran the numbers through QueryTracker and 20% of authors who landed agents queried 100 or more agents before getting their offer. So don't give up too early.

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@klhicks912 Edging up to 140k!

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@goodreads Last time I did... I never got them back. So I bought the books again :')

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

Hello #readingcommunity and #booklovers! Who likes to read books that haven't been published? And I mean - #betareaders? It's quite different from picking up a book from your local supermarket. Under what conditions would you betaread a book?
#askingforafriend

[Olivia Brooks🦋☕️🤍 @livi2chronicles]

let’s be vulnerable here

i’m terrified my book actually is no good lol

[Terry Wade Thompson @TerryWThompson]

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[Janyre Tromp Novelist & Editor @JanyreTromp]

Dear fiction authors, Your POV character cannot be aware of being unaware of something. So if you are telling a story from Jessica's point of view, you cannot write: "Jessica was unaware of the rain dripping down her face." #writertips #editortips

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@JanyreTromp Do people say this?
I'm assuming for nonfiction, not fiction?

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@Jimbloomy Some publishers *do* accept MSs directly from authors. Otherwise, you need an agent, not a lawyer.

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@EmmaBriedis Haven't gotten to a point yet where I feel like a book is "finished"

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

🧵 ... using the f-word or starting off with mentions of sex or graphic content, I am simply disappointed. I wrote an "adult fiction" novel because the characters are adults and have adult problems; why do they have to curse and have sex?

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

Incoming rant:(#WritingCommunity)
It seems lately every adult fiction book I pick up has to have the f-word in the first few pages, or mentions of sex. I thought adult fiction was fiction surrounding adult characters; if every adult fiction book has qualifications such as...🧵

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@olvaaarrdd I used to be that way, and my hunch was accurate but I’ve made an error here and there and now have to be super careful 😅

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

I officially bit the bullet and downloaded one of those daily vocab apps. Currently loving "sagacious" and "petrichor."

Do you use any fun vocab in your writing? #WritingCommunity

[Kayliani Shi @KaylianiPShi]

@RachelBowdler_ Never saw something so relatable XD

[Rachel Bowdler / Bryony Rosehurst / Bonnie Woods @RachelBowdler_]

I really want to write a cosy witchy small town romance but I also want to write a zombie apocalypse but I also want to write a dark sapphic macbeth retelling but I also want to do a sapphic reimagining of the lost boys but I also just want to write soft contemporary but I also j