Tom Guilfoyle

Asexual

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

Music is the Gateway, and Imagination is the Key is a poetry chapbook of someone's battle through depression, trauma, and suicide ideation during a period in their life. The tale is told through poems inspired by the music that saved their life.

https://t.co/detwm3Jbvp

[Kaia Martin @kaiamartin0f]

Bri is someone whose kindness, genuine heart, and light have touched so many people. I’m holding onto hope every single day that Bri will be found safe and brought home soon.

Please keep her name, her face, and her story out there. She is a human being. She matters. She is loved. She deserves to come home. 🤍

She brings so much light into this world and into the lives of everyone lucky enough to know her.

Sending every ounce of love, hope, positive energy, and protection your way, Bri. We're holding onto the vision of you being found safe and coming home to everyone who loves you.

Keep her in your thoughts, keep putting that positive energy into the universe, and please keep sharing. Manifesting the day we get to say, "Bri is home." 🥺💙

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

Twenty One Pilots are back with their eighth studio album, Breach, and perhaps their best to date. A beautiful metaphor for Mental health - check out my full review on my Substack - https://t.co/0ga6CafmXX

[Aromantic and Asexual Support PH @aroaceph]

Aromantic Spectrum Visibility Day is coming up soon! Got any plans yet? 'Cause we sure do! ✨

We'll be holding an online community hangout on August 22, Friday at 8:00 p.m. PhST. It will be in our Discord server and we will also stream it to our Facebook group.
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[tara @thepittaker]

i feel like so many people don’t realise how much being introverted and having social anxiety impacts you because it is ruining my life

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

I've been working on a few things in the background. Now I'm ready to give some updates on putting my poetry on Amazon, a secret project with a witch, and what's happening with the music reviews.
https://t.co/AGbZ6TK5Qd

#Updates #Music #Writing #Poetry

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

My debut poetry collection is now available to pre-order on Amazon for Kindle -
https://t.co/BZxUotj9aK

[Yasmin Benoit, MSc @theyasminbenoit]

I WON A BRITISH LGBT AWARD!

It's an honour to make history as the first asexual activist to win one, and it's for "Outstanding Contributions to Communities"! Thank you @BritLGBTAwards for recognising not just my work but also the need for asexual activism! This is a dream! 😭

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

It's crazy how a decade of progress could crumble after one event. I honestly thought I was making progress.

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

Lights - A6 - Album Review https://t.co/GjJ4aFgT8i

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

I came up with this idea back in college as a comic, but over the years, I felt there was something missing. That's when I realized it would work better as a short story - Here is part I of The Roman - https://t.co/EfkwE8vS0G

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

Took a break from writing to enjoy the sunny weather.

[anna !!! :)) 🇵🇸🌸✨🌸🇵🇸 @frogs4girls]

passive suicidal ideation is so funny bc suicide becomes ur default answer to everything like you go damn i should have cropped that picture better before posting it and your brain goes guess what you should do about this

[Noa Lovelle 🎩 @NoaLovelle]

Fun facts for writers ...

Chloroform does not kick in as fast as you think. It can take up to 5 minutes to fully incapacitate a person

Cops can trace a call as soon as it's made - even if it's from a cellphone

It is still possible to call 911 even if your phone doesn't have a signal

DNA cannot be obtained through urine

Cops can't identify fingerprints or DNA of people who haven't been arrested (or consented to be printed/swabbed) before

It takes more than a couple of tests for doctors to diagnose most illnesses

If someone is choking - like legitimately choking or being choked - they can't talk or cough. These things require breathing.

You cannot be committed for "being crazy". You have to be a danger to yourself or others

You cannot serve on a jury if you have had ANY contact with any persons involved in the trial

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

Check out my Gig on Fiverr: I will write you a comic book script https://t.co/5thEsPfgeu

[Tom Guilfoyle @TomGuilfoyle4]

I just backed Survive The Tombs of the Cryptids: Solo/Co-op Dungeon Crawl on @Kickstarter https://t.co/JLCI06a8QI

[Joel Brigham @joelbrigham]

Because agents read a bajillion queries every year, it's important to stand out in the slush pile. That is, of course, easy to say, but what does "standing out" look like in the eyes of an agent? Let's break it down:

Tip #1 - Your grammar and spelling should be flawless. You're essentially applying for a job as a writer. If your first impression suggests that, on a foundational level, you struggle with the mechanics of writing, that's a problem. Yes, agents do see queries with typos and bad grammar, so you're jumping ahead of all those people right away if your grammar and spelling are clean.

Tip #2 - Be brief. When an agent sees a girthy beast of a query letter, their first instinct is to groan. There are a LOT of talented authors who are sending them fantastic query letters that manage to be 300-350 words (or shorter!). If yours is 500 or 550 words, you're being compared against those who were more efficient in their pitches. If we know agents prefer more concise query letters, then we should give them more concise query letters.

Tip #3 - Stick to the industry-standard format. It goes something like this:

- Metadata (title, genre, word count, comps)
- Pitch (with or without personalization)
- Bio

Don't do anything extra. Don't leave anything out. This is not a time or place to experiment.

Tip #4 - Find the word count sweet spot. You've got to know the industry standards for word counts. Being way too short or way too long is going to be an auto-rejection. Learn what's expected from your age level and genre, and make sure you're comfortably within the appropriate range.

Tip #5 - Make sure your pitch has stakes. This is ridiculously important. Whatever else is in that pitch, the agent HAS to get a clear sense of what will happen if the main character fails to complete their mission. And this has to be tangible; if the stakes are, "She must find out who she really is," or, "She may never find happiness," or something like that, we're not being specific enough. Be clear, and aim big. The higher the stakes, the more interested an agent is going to be.

Tip #6 - Concept matters. A lot. The more unique, attention-grabbing, and sellable the pitch, the more an agent is going to sit up straight in their chair. Interesting, unique characters being challenged in interesting, unique ways is the *top thing* that matters in a query letter. Imagine someone reading your pitch, and if you can also imagine them saying, "Oh, wow!" while reading, you're in good shape. If not, you have to figure out how to pitch it in a way that'll elicit that response. If not, you might just fade back into the slush pile, and we don't want that. If you've got a quiet concept, you need to find a way to pitch it so that it's not boring.

Ultimately, having a great idea in a genre the agent represents and believes they can sell is what matters most. Believe me, these people WANT to make writers' dreams come true, but they're looking for something they can sell to publishers.

Beyond that, though, brevity and attention to detail matter most!

[Best Movies Never Made @NeverMadeFilm]

Test footage from Eddie Murphy’s cancelled live-action Hong Kong Phooey movie, as discussed on our latest episode.

[Marvel Studios @MarvelStudios]

Enter a brave new world.

Marvel Studios' #CaptainAmericaBraveNewWorld, only in theaters February 14, 2025.