Chloe Marcus

@chloemarcus.bsky.social

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#YA and #MG | #fantasy #sci-fi #horror #humor | #querying #revising | #CampRevPit Cabin Counselor |🪳| https://authorchloemarcus.com

Dreams:

Tomorrow your author dream comes true. What is it and how does it change your life?

Quick pitch your WIP using emojis. What is it about, stakes hooks, tropes, tension, setting, ect.

Pick your Author Alter Ego using the first letter of your MC's name and the timing of your WIP.

MC name starts with:
A- Atomic
B- Bubble
C- Captain
D- Lord
E- Emperor(ess)
F- Fantastic
G- Giggle
H- Haunted
I- Ghost
J- Cursed
K- Killer
L- Forsaken
M- Malevolent
N- Bleeding
O- Honey
P- Psychic
Q- Steel
R- Cutie
S- Starfire
T- Thunder
U- Sugar Plum
V- Vengeful
W- Wailing
X- Pickle
Y- Tootsie
Z- Zombie

+ Timing of your WIP

Day- Blink
Week- Doom
Month- Socks
Fall- Pumpkin
Winter- Freeze
Spring- Buttercup
Summer- Inferno
Year- Pom Pom
Decades- Fingers
Other- Asylum

Daily Prompt: Stakes

World-ending or relationship turmoil, what are the stakes in your book?

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Picture: owl backlight by moon
Night is for Hearing Voices

How do you get into your character's head? Do you find them speaking to you or having conversations? #CampRevPit

Daily Prompt: Introductions
Fantasy Genre covers a lot of ground, so let’s play pick a side!

Plotter or Pantser?
Tragic or HEA?
Fantasy or SciFi?
Romance Subplot or None?
Horror Elements or Cozy?
Black Cat or Golden Retriever?
Introvert or Extrovert?

Picture: field, with tree, and dryad with flowers in their hair reaching for a leaf.

#CRPDryads - YA Fantasy - Cabin Assignments Coming
Emails will be coming out soon for my cabin assignments. Can’t wait to get to know each of you as we go through camp together!

Pictures of meadow in background with little tree person with flowers in their hair grabbing a leaf.

Dog reading a book
Therapist: So you say you can't sleep because the book is too good?
Me: Yes.
Therapist: Have you tried stopping after you finish a chapter?
Me: I don't understand

Gray tabby sitting on lap between computer and writer

YA dystopia: Hunger Games
Classic: Anne of Green Gables
Modern Classic: Rain of Gold
YA thriller: anything by Natalie D. Richards
YA Speculative: Anything by Kelly Andrew
YA contemp: anything by Jenny Han
SciFi: Red Rising
Historical: Fountains of Silence

A Bird eating a caterpillar off a thorn: Title: The Shrike's Stone Heart, 92K YA Fantasy. Pictures: Holding hands, wrapped in thread. Woman with black eyes and blood on her face, person getting a tattoo on their arm