Heather Kays

Writer/editor with 20+ years experience and an affinity for pizza, books, live music, art, and travel. [email protected]

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

𝑃𝑖𝑒𝑐𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑈𝑠, a memoir/family saga about breaking cycles of abuse

My mother was a master of covering up bruises, welts, cuts, and other unseemly marks left on her face and body. By the time I was in high school, I had the same talent…#questpit #memoir #amquerying

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

Check out one of my latest poems! 💖

https://t.co/PRZkm95Ujl

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

Two of my poems were published today and it feels like my heart is going to explode!

https://t.co/S05ZmtIhVT

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@WrittenbyNess Happy to connect with you!

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@Marajade_author I am! pieces_of_us_author

[Judith L Webster is ✨Agented✨ @JudithLWebster]

I can’t make this up 😅😅😅 idk what’s worse? The waiting or holding out hope.

[Rebecca Linam @rebecca_linam]

“Five thousand gold coins reward for the capture of the Forest Shadow—dead or alive!”
#1stLinePit #Q #F #R #Romantasy #NewAdult #Humor #CMe

[M. Q. Mertz - Self Publishing @mqmertz]

“It’s always night in Veynkura.” #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R #CMe

[C M Hano is querying ⭐️♥️ @HanoCera]

A bright and striking glimmer of a shiny object caught my attention as it reflected the rays of the sun. Determined to get a closer look, I began to weave through the swarm of busy tradesmen, my eyes locked on the object of my curiosity. #1stLinePit #Q #A #R

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@BradyMichelleR So lovely. This is quite beautiful!

[Michelle R. Brady @BradyMichelleR]

The night my big sister disappeared was full of fireflies and a harvest moon: two kinds of light you almost never see together and that we watched from our blankets between the corn stalks.
#Q #A #1stLinePit #lf #m

[Morgan Wodring 🦑 @morkalmarrh]

Trigger shouldn't be holding this dog tag. Everything about its sleek surface, its embossed numbers, belongs to a world he has no part in. But rent is due yesterday and he's out of options.

#A #Q #SPEC #F #H #1stLinePit

[Ann Glimmer @glimmer_ann]

The danger of our fragile truce was how the smallest spark could reignite the feud—like accidentally trespassing on enemy territory.
"Lycki, stop!" I shouted, but my little brother's green tunic and blond hair slipped through the branches ahead.
#1stLinePit #NA #RF #Q #QMe

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@notonlyicarus Yes! Please!

[Aaron @afriendlygamer]

Thane’s hammer crashed down on the red-hot iron blade atop the anvil. Every day for many months, Thane would spend hours shaping the blade to his liking. Finally, he sat at his dinner table and used the blade to slice his sandwich precisely in half. #1stLinePit #WIP #A #F #CMe

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@afriendlygamer

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@J_Schiecke Please! Thank you!

[Mylee J. Miller | Dark Fantasy Author |👑🧪💔 @myleejmiller]

I'm noticing a trend, at least with the lines I notice are getting more traction, and they seem to be the first lines that:

- Introduce a character in line one
- Introduce a conflict in line one/two
- Introduce a shift in "the ordinary" in line one

Just some interesting things

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

"'Don’t use her book for THAT!' my mother, Emma Mae, yelled at some random guy cutting a line of coke on one of my Golden Books. 'Use this instead.'"

#1stLinePit #Q #MEM #A #YA

[Heather Kays @HeatherAKays]

@NatalieO73314 Yes, please!