MKSholund Author #amquerying

Querying my commercial horror/mystery novel BURIED SECRETS ON DARBYTOWN ROAD. Carroll Co. Chapter Pres. of Maryland Writers Ass. Oh and a lollipop maker 🍭!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@JeffreyJCravens Yes! Had one every grade school classroom and it was a toy. The prequel to “will it blend”. Sure you start with pencils then crayons, after that the skies the limit!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@sanchez_m_m I just read your essay shared by #TSNOTYAW about Querying Isn’t for the Faint of Heart. As a horror writer too querying for a little over a year, this spoke to me and loved the essay. Had to follow you and was happy to see you got a deal! Thanks for the inspiration 🫶🏼

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@LiteraryLucille #amquerying my cozy horror/mystery, Buried Secrets on Darbytown Road. 1 year and 2 months in the trenches with one full out and 4 queries still out too. Have gotten mixed types of rejection letters - 70ish queries now, in batches of 5-10.

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@KiaraMars_ You’re the big win here! The agent loved it and if there wasn’t one that kinda beat you to the punch, it sounds like she may have offered you representation. That’s a huge win, yeah not what you want, but you close and if someone praised it so, you will get that agent. 🫶🏼🤞

[Amanda Dodge @manda_dodge]

Here is my 🧵for #questpit #amquerying #litagents #editors #SPEC #LF

[Casey P. StJohn @StJohnCP]

My somewhat different take on an #agentsguide

A Fate tasked with scheduling the lives and deaths of mortals must track down a killer when the unscheduled body of a Chosen One lands on the doorstep of her best friend, Death.

#questpit #A #F #MY #Q #litagents

[Meagan Essary @grapefruitsodas]

THIS ENDS NOW: Why has Lainey Pike fled another perfect marriage? At an Instagram-ready women’s retreat, she spots the beast she’ll have to slay to get home: her brilliant and still very dangerous 1st love who would do anything to take her down with him. #W #WF #questpit

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

#questpit #H #A #Q #cozyhorror
BURIED SECRETS ON DARBYTOWN ROAD
☠️Symbols/curse on the land
🧑‍🌾PA Dutch Folklore/susperstions
🏘️👨‍👨‍👧‍👧Found family
🐓Farm animals exhibiting strange behaviors
🏞️🦀Rural Maryland

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@HLDocherty Sounds exciting and would love to read it when - not if! it comes out! Also love your graphics!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@Drenderturmaud Thanks! And forgot to mention the fictional novel is based on real events! Stupid 140 characters. LOL!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

#questpit #litagents
Devil in Ohio x The Watcher x The Spite House
BURIED SECRETS ON DARBYTOWN ROAD 📖
When Meghan & her husband find their elderly neighbor's bodied by a blood smeared symbol, her rural Maryland community fractures and something dormant awakens.
#A #Q #H #MY

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@ChristmanWriter Wishing you luck!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

Planning to do #questpit tomorrow. Happy to support others who like or comment here!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@questpit Rowan Fielding of Mayfair Witches??? BURIED SECRETS ON DARBYTOWN ROAD follows a woman who has lost both parents and PTSD surviving a deadly tornado during her childhood and is forced to perform a ritual to counter a curse plaguing her rural community.

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@MarylandWriters Totally agree! To put out a book you’re proud of, you need to go through several drafts. Authors should embrace the fact that no one gets it right the first time, especially the books you see on the shelf at libraries and bookstores. It’s part of the process!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

#nationalauthorsday For those who don’t know, I have a short story, Crab Feast Symphony, published as an audiobook (5 mins long) and it’s free! If you’re from #Maryland and #steamedcrabs check it out! https://t.co/jrESowbARG

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@TheDustinFitz I loved this episode and always think about it on #nationalauthorsday - great minds think alike!

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

Shout out to all the local Maryland authors on #nationalauthorsday Just got back from having a booth at the Carroll County Farmers Market in Westminster #Maryland on behalf of the @MarylandWriters (I’m taking the photos so therefore not in any pics).

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

@klhicks912 A growing email list, building connections with those in the communities that resonate with your book, and a platform on social media to keep your warm leads warm.

[MKSholund Author #amquerying @MichelleSholund]

#pitdark might be over, but I'm still querying BURIED SECRETS ON DARBYTOWN ROAD #H #GH novel that's based on true events and set in rural #Maryland. If Devil in Ohio by Palatin, Compton's The Spite House and Netflix's The Watcher had a baby, that's my book! #amquerying #horror