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Independent book editor. Chaotic good. ADHD. Cat lady. #RevPit editor. Pronoun person. She/her 👉 https://t.co/tpVDLarEdT
Sep 21, 2022 21 tweets 4 min read
⚠️ Pitch day reminders! ⚠️
(You're gonna want to bookmark this)

- Thoroughly investigate before sending your writing to anyone. (⬇️🧵⬇️)
- Name recognition is not enough.
- Anyone can be an agent, editor, or publisher. There's no professional oversight.
#WritingCommunity Below is a list of ways to get information about agents and publishers. This is probably not comprehensive, but it'll certainly get you a lot of info. Just one concern isn't *necessarily* a red flag, BUT if you get a bad feeling, trust your gut.
Sep 13, 2022 20 tweets 5 min read
I'm seeing a lot of talk about tropes in books (again), and I've been staying out of it. But I can't anymore

A THREAD 🧵

#WritingCommunity #RevPit #AuthorsOfTwitter 1/? Let's start with this: saying a book having tropes means it's bad is not only insulting to readers and writers--it also shows a fundamental lack of understanding about tropes, what they are, and how they function in stories 2/?