Javin Blake

•Javin—rhymes with raven •
writes horror, humor & more •
words in @HumourMeMag & January Ember Press
• mom • wife • scientist • gardener •
neurodivergent

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

Presenting, an #Agentsguide for my YA/crossover folk horror, SALTING DAY.

Hungry for some creepy historical horror a la SLEWFOOT and THE VVITCH, with an angry girl who's not afraid to embrace the darkness within? 😈

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@juliehdwriting 🥰🥰 I may take you up on that, thank you! Imposter syndrome rides alongside querying, so it's good to have friends who get it! 💛

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

Dipping my toe back into querying, and I'm already equal parts excited and terrified.

My horror-romance Moss Baby's got herself a Title ™️, and a date with destiny...

(I hope, anyway 🤞🤞)

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

How does one break into fiction editing?

I'd love to be able to lend my eye and experience to fellow writers, but I'm hesitant to hang out my editor's shingle.

Any advice or words of encouragement are welcomed 💫

#WritingCommunity

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@LadyIskara ☺️ ☺️ we just moved, and I absolutely underestimated how much work it is! Hopefully the weekend will bring some time for writerly dreams 😊

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

I do a little lurk on X, see lots of other writers querying and some successes (🥳🎉🥳), then cry in Too Busy To Edit My Manuscript.

Soon. I will be able to edit again SOON 🤞🤞

[Danai Christopoulou | VILE LADY VILLAINS out NOW @Danaiwrites]

My street team for VILE LADY VILLAINS is still open for a bit more. Join? You get:

•VILE LADY VILLAINS e-arc
•swag and exclusive giveaway
•my undying gratitude
•the chance of being a part of something great, like murder*
*for legal reasons this is a joke

Link in next post

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

I'm not sure, but I think my motivation is at the bottom of this coffee cup.

Operation: Pack Up Your Life and Move is almost over... (and I can see my characters again!!)

🫠🫠😵‍💫

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

Hey, #writingcommunity
Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS:

"The pain continues, intensifies, throbbing between her ears, up through her nose, deep into her sinuses. The world is a stretching, seething mass..."

👀 👀 👀

Open tag if you want to play! ☺️

[Katy Metzger @MetzgerKaty]

Hey #writingcommunity! Let's have some fun. Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS. Tag friends.

Tagging: @Mariettavare @javin_blake @EvelynBurve

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@MetzgerKaty @Mariettavare @EvelynBurve Ooooooo! 👀

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

Halfway between one house and another is a heck of a liminal space.

Moving is nuts. But we're fortunate enough that we can take our time instead of one big, fast, sweaty moving day.

Half old, half new
Trying to lean into the growth, even if it's a little painful 💫

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@itsrisachang Right?! It was unsettling (in the best way), and dreamy, and terrifying. Definitely a book I will reread!

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

Me: *writes star-crossed lovers into a folk horror plot*

Me: Wait... *squints at WIP* Is romantic folk horror a thing?

Characters: *stare wide-eyed and nod aggressively*

Me: it is now, I guess 🙃

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@MDOwenWriter Yes! The dream is within reach, as long as we keep writing (or promoting, or querying) ☺️

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

My writing dream:

I don't need fame
I don't need to be a bestseller
(would be cool, though)
I don't need to earn lots of money (also, very cool)

I just want people to read my books and think, "I love these fictional people." (Or maybe love to hate them 😉)

That's all I want ☺️

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@MetzgerKaty 🥰 🥰 I'm already living the dream, then! 💖

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@GlenAdamsWriter Yes! And it will! 💫

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

"This is it, this is the story that will catch an agent's eye!"

— me, after writing each new manuscript 🙃

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

@masterpgrated Yess! 🥰
The vibes are very important, but the wordless playlist gets the writing done!

[Javin Blake @javin_blake]

I have two playlists for my WIPs:
One with words, and one without

The instrumental, for writing, is moody classical or low-fi (because if somebody else's words are in my head, I have none of my own 🙃)

The playlist with words is for ✨️vibes✨️ and moodboard making, naturally