Determined to finish revisions on a manuscript (contemporary romance) I was making great progress until suddenly wham . . .I hit a brick wall and absolutely can't think. In the past (and a different country) I had writing friends I could call to talk me through these blocks/I did the same for them. Would love to find that same sort of thing here. Anyone? You'll save me from bingeing on junk food and hating myself!

Hi all, from Australia!

Hi! I'm a sociologist by training and inclination. Last year I quit my university job, sold my house, and moved to Colorado to live in a shed and write romance novels. Contemporary for now (1 manuscript ready to query, 2.5 others that need work first), but someday maybe I'll try my hand at a mystery or at historical romance or YA.

You’d have to be blind or stupid not to realize that Unit 316 was no ordinary dog. Unfortunately, the men at the J.I.M. were neither, and this dog was exactly what they’d been searching for. But 316 was no fool. He understood the hearts of men, knew the danger of exposing himself fully to them, and so he worked arduously to conceal the depths of his true self. He knew his only chance for survival was to escape, for as long he was in their hands his days were quantifiable. But there was no way out. Until one day an unexpected ally renders his assistance, and 316 is free.

At a park, he finds a friend, Brooklyn Darling. He can feel her pain, hear the cries of her heart, and is overcome by a desire to see her smile. His ability to connect with her to such a degree stems from another secret, one he’d never let the scientist discover. Meeting Brooklyn, he can’t quite understand why the man in her thoughts has left her so emotionally replete. What’s the deal with humans and feelings? A nice juicy bone and a good scratch behind the ears and life is golden. But not for Brooklyn.

Together, they form a bond deeper than either of them could have imagined and with Brooklyn 316 learns to love and trust in humanity again. He wants to stay with her, but he knows the men at the J.I.M. are searching for him and as long as they do Brooklyn is not safe. He needs to tell her but how?

Hi there! I’m Michelle.

Years ago I spent every waking moment writing and illustrating picture book manuscripts and sending them out.
I took a break to try my hand at romance novels and sold my very first book from a rough draft.
Four published novels later, I’m really missing the KID CHARACTERS that still run through my head daily.
So, here I am again.
Finding my #kidlit groove and getting ready to jump into the SUBMISSION boat again.

I am so very excited to be here!

Hello! I am so happy that Twitter alerted me to this page! I am a teacher by day and author by night!

This is so exciting! One of the things we love most about SavvyAuthors is bringing together our great authors with great editors and agents! Today in just a couple of hours we are having our annual Autumn Pitchfest! If you have a story or book to pitch definitely check out the 2020 Autumn Pitchfest pages!.
Please also contact us if you have any questions!

Happy Pitching!!!

Hello,

Thank you for allowing me to join your group.

Hi all - glad to be a new member of the group! I'm a retired military officer and current university prof with expertise in gender, militarism, and learning. While I still publish academic articles and books, I'm now focusing on fiction. I have a completed short story collection centring on the intersection of women, war, museums, and heritage sites; completed historical fiction about three generations of Acadian women from Prince Edward Island who struggle with preternatural abilities and a phantom ship; and, an in-progress speculative fiction that I'm conceptualizing as "Lost in Space" meets "Stepmom." I'm going to participate in the Autumn Pitchfest for the historical fiction. Looking forward to learning from all of you.

Hello, everyone. I'm happy to be joining this community of writers. Although I've dabbled in different things over the years, now I stick with contemporary YA. I am actively querying one novel and have a couple more I'm currently working on. I'd love to find some friends to critique with, especially anyone else who's working in the contemporary YA space. John Green is my favorite YA author - I haven't read all of his books yet because I save them for when I need something I know I'm going to love.

Hey, All!

I was referred to this group from an author-friend, and am happy to be here!

I live in Tucson, AZ, but have lived in many other states and cities. I think we're done moving (for now?) LOL. I have been writing sporadically while raising my two daughters, one of whom is special needs. I've had a couple of things published by small presses, but those are now self-published on Amazon. I write romance, YA, and have also written some nonfiction. Now that I'm a bit older and a bit freer, I've gone back to writing, and also started up a new endeavor, of learning how to use Adobe Illustrator and making surface pattern designs to go on fabrics, etc.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

Charlotte

This is my very first Savvy workshop and I'm very confused about how all of this works. I'm at the day job sitting at my desk and awaiting instruction.

I'm excited to begin ... but how?

thanks!

KLH

We are announcing it this Saturday in the SavvyAuthors weekly news...

Where do I learn more about it?

Debut author with a book ready. Hoping to try PitchFest.

I'm an SFF author now in the query trenches with not one but two novels (adult urban fantasy and science fiction/space opera). I'm currently working up a queer fantasy romance (f/f) to work on during NaNoWriMo. I just entered Pitch Wars and am looking forward to the Pitchfest here.

It's good to meet you all! I'm always happy to find community with other writers and industry pros.

Hello,
I'm an indie published author with 11 books released and 5 for 2021 but needing to up my game and learn more. Looking forward to this community of like minds.
Lucinda Race

Hi! I'm Allison. I've been with Savvy off and on since 2010. I did the Entangled Smackdown in 2013 -- and met some really awesome people. @Lenee Anderson and @JL_G who were on the historical team. We kinda just met through the sprints, and probably me talking smack either on the forums or on Twitter. (I was on Team Bliss, so the sweet contemporary team.)

My current writing projects include a seasoned romance (I reeeeeeeally do hate that term!) that I'll probably be doing for that Get That Book Written workshop; a YA romance/fanfiction thing I started back during July Camp NaNoWriMo (I'm a non-traditional student who finally graduated college in 2019, but college has also put me into a 5+ year bout of writer's block. This fanfiction thing helped me start to breakthrough it); and the never-ending chick lit.

I'm notoriously bad at signing up for workshops and bootcamps, and never seeing them through. I swear and promise that I will not do that with the Get That Book Written workshop! When I had registered for it back... geesh... earlier this year? I had registered for it because it was a free event. Then I was going through my courses today; read the description of it; saw that there was a registration limit of 15 and that it was full, and I was like, "Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Hello everyone!

I joined a little over a month ago, but the world has been wild, so it's been tricky for me to have free time. My name is Lucas and right now I'm working on a YA SF book called Terra Forma about a boy who gets trapped in a virtual reality video game and if he loses the game he dies. I'm feeling pretty good about it, but was wondering if anyone would be willing to do some copyediting. I'd be willing to help in return.

Thanks and hope everyone is safe,

Lucas

I registered for the Writers Con early . When I registered I didn’t see classes to register for. Looked forward to it all summer considering the kind of year I have had. But due to undergoing medical treatments this past 2 months, I missed out on registering early so I am closed out of all remaining classes today and Sunday. Totally missed Friday. . A bit disappointed that you have a Writers Con and cannot accommodate all of us.
I am hoping recordings are available and it is clear how to access them .

Thanks
Lillian

I can't log on to webinar

Hi from the Atlantean Empire!!

Hello, I'm new and I registered for a mini-intensive. I'm not sure how to participate.
Can someone direct me where to go?
Thanks, Shannon

Hello all attendees!
@RJ Garside @Dawn_McClure and @Walker and I are all here to help! Please feel free to contact us using the contact form at the bottom of the page or send email to [email protected] or post in this feed if you have questions!
We hope you have a great conference!