Courtney King Walker

Author of ON THE FRINGE, CHASING MIDNIGHT, MOLLY PEPPER & THE NIGHT TRAIN. Once made a rocket out of cardboard to get to the moon.

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"Each day is a day of decision and our decisions determine our destiny." - Russell M. Nelson

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@TheBeeMorris Amazing 🤩

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@ScottWarner18 Driving down for a Friday night BYU football game is our own personal hell 😫

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@GitRDoneLarry Grew up in the 80s and still don't know what the cuban missile crisis was however I did know that quicksand might kill me if I wasn't careful.

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@FiredUpCoug That movie scarred me. I think I was like 12

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@MadelynKnecht I noticed this while watching Sterling Point. They’re making normal impulsive teen decisions but their conversations don’t match their age at all.

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@DNicholsAuthor Trixie Belden!

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Writers, which books’ beginnings do this? “A good beginning will suggest knowledge of the whole story: it will give a strong hint regarding where the whole story is headed.” -John Irving.

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@nicoughlans LEGIT enemies to lovers. I think it worked so well is because even the writers didn’t realize it until it was staring us all in the face.

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@CopaExMachina I was obsessed with this movie. Such a fun ride! Perfect chemistry too.

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@dustinharding @RubenLDante There are no missionaries paying $999 for a custom suit. Definitely not marketed to missionaries

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@CJSimone333 🫶🏻

[Frank Scozzari @ScozzariFrank]

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
—Jack London—

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@MadelynKnecht The Westing Game

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Anyone else in the writing community dealing with a massive headache with Word suddenly switching to 'read only' with an error code XoX? After an hour of trial and error, I think I finally figured how to fix it. Can outline what I did if anyone needs help.

[Nathan Bransford @NathanBransford]

When I was an agent, the queries that got requests were almost always the most specific ones. If your plot summary could describe a hundred other novels, keep sharpening until it could only describe yours.

[Madelyn Knecht @MadelynKnecht]

6 Mistakes You’re Making in Your Opening Pages

sincerely,
a literary agent, editor, and fellow writer #writingcommunity #amwriting

https://t.co/Tgoc3q0tKp

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@moniza_hossain I wonder if kids who heavily use AI while still learning actually end up ‘training’ themselves on AI so that their own writing and conversation becomes a regurgitated copy of all this slop? Such a dystopian thought - reminds me of the book Feed, by MT Anderson

[Garrett Alwert @GarrettAlwert]

To celebrate joining the amazing team at Fuse Literary I am opening up to queries for a limited time. Excited to see some fun projects in my inbox!

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Great thoughts here for querying writers

[A. M. Bucsaru @abucsaru]

My post about how my #AgentGuide got me an offer has gotten a lot of attention!

I wanted to discuss the reason why talk about what "high-concept" and "fresh takes on the familiar" means.

If you'd like help decoding agent MSWLs, the 🔗 is in the post below 🥰

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@deborahyelle2 @Amandabadillo25 Wow, it’s so beautiful!!