Edson P

Tech guy by day. Told my son a bedtime story about an octopus with 10 tentacles. Now it's a novel. Querying. 🐙 #MGlit #WritingCommunity

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Mrs. Polly, a character in my novel, tried to kill Wally.

Ben stopped her anyway. Because before she passed out, she whispered two words: "my baby."

That's when he understood what it means to fight for someone with nothing left. 

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[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Track 10 of my novel's soundtrack is called "Take Me Away." It's Leo's song.
My villain finally admits what he's been hiding — he wants his father to be proud of him.
Even the monster was once somebody's son. 🎵
#MGlit #WritingCommunity #BookSoundtrack

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

My villain isn't evil.
He's a walrus who never felt worthy.
He didn't steal the throne out of greed.
He stole it out of shame. 🌊

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Track 1 is called 'Wake Up.'

It's a lullaby.

Ben's mother sings it to him before he hatches. It's the first sound he hears in the world.

She dies in Chapter 1.

The whole story starts with a goodbye. 🐙🎵

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

I never told my son what Ben's extra tentacles are supposed to represent.

I wanted every kid to decide for themselves.

The kid who feels too loud. Too quiet. Too much. Not enough.

Ben is for all of them. 🐙#MGlit

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Why a soundtrack for a children's novel?

Because every character in this story carries something too big for words alone.

10 songs. 10 characters. Each one written from inside their moment — not about them, but as them.

The book tells the story. The songs live inside it. 🎵🐙

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

You don't hear often:

I also wrote a 10-song original soundtrack for the novel.

Not as a gimmick. Each song belongs to a specific character. I've hired a Filipino composer with QCinema film scoring credits to bring it to life.

Production started. 🎵🐙#BookSoundtrack

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

22 total queries sent. 5 rejections. 17 pending.
The waiting is its own full-time job.
Good thing I already have one of those. 😅 #AmQuerying

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Ben's philosophy on worry:
'If it turns out good — you worried for nothing. If it turns out bad — you deal with it then.'
I wrote that line during revision and realized — I needed to hear it too.
Sometimes you write the book. Sometimes the book writes back. 🐙#MGlit #KidLit

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Meet Shrimpy.
Cleaner shrimp. Self-appointed cleaning station owner at the Graveyard of Kings. Has a business sign that says 'Fry Cleaning' because his assistant Fred can't spell.
Do not call him 'just a shrimp.' He will have words. 🦐 #MGlit #WritingCommunity #CharacterSpotlight

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

I also wrote a 10-song original soundtrack for the novel.
Not as a gimmick. Each song belongs to a specific character. I've hired a Filipino composer with QCinema film scoring credits to bring it to life.
Production started. 🎵🐙
#MGlit #WritingCommunity #BookSoundtrack

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

20 queries sent. 3 rejection in.

Still standing. Still typing. Still refreshing my email like it owes me something.

This is the job. 🐙 #AmQuerying
#bententacles
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#MGLIT

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

My son used to ask me every night: 'Dad, tell me about Ben.'

I didn't know I was writing a novel. I thought I was just trying to get him to sleep.

Three years later, Ben Tentacles and the Legend of Silver Tusk is complete

🐙
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#booktok
#bententacles

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

The first thing Ben's mother ever said to him:

'Those extra tentacles are not just for you. They are for helping others.'

She died minutes after saying it.

He spent 38 chapters trying to understand what she meant. 🐙 #MGlit #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

Just joined the #WritingCommunity. Dad, tech guy, first-time novelist from the Philippines.

Querying a MG fantasy about an octopus with 10 tentacles and a walrus prince with tusks too small for royalty.

Neither of them belongs-until they find each other. 🐙
#MGlit #AmQuerying

[Edson P @EdsonAuthor]

My son couldn't sleep one night.
So I made up a story about an octopus with 10 tentacles who thought that made him a monster.
Three years later, it's a novel.
Some bedtime stories refuse to stay in bed. 🐙
#MGlit #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying