@madswrites

Fantasy Novels and Realistic Fiction writer. Also a Latinist/Medievalist who works with old books, objects, and texts!

Joined January 2024
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Cynthia doesn't know what's more twisted--the Roman love poetry she studies, or the drama of her final term at Oxford *surviving the early 20s *forbidden love *2010s nostalgia *friend drama #questpit #Q
6-tile moldboard including a photo of a girl's leg cast, an iconic photo of Oxford, a Classical statue with a kiss-mark, a sunny meadow, a dark bedroom, and a young woman covering her face in despair

ALT 6-tile moldboard including a photo of a girl's leg cast, an iconic photo of Oxford, a Classical statue with a kiss-mark, a sunny meadow, a dark bedroom, and a young woman covering her face in despair

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An Oxford senior must decide if she can keep her promise to be her best friend's maid of honor and support her in a disastrous marriage, or lose her forever. Just a little messy 20-something coming-of-age GOOD GIRL X MY LAST INNOCENT YEAR #Q #questpit
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Alright, I finally bit the Substack bullet! 🥸open.substack.com/pub/madsss… #WritingCommunity
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Hop on for content about being a writer and grad student at Oxford 🤓 lots of nerdiness, practical advice, and candidness about having a foot in both in the creative and academic worlds <3
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friends it is sticker paralysis season #WritingCommmunity #booktwt #studytwt
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"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable.” ~ Mary Oliver #writing Art by Leonardo Di Aetherhart
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I love these guinea pig gardeners by Beatrix Potter (1866-1943)
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Hi #WritingCommunity! I’m Madeline, an American graduate student in the UK querying the first book of a fantasy trilogy. I love animals, surfing, Halloween, tragic irony, forbidden love, magic, monsters, and world mythology Oh, +little drinks fuel me. Peep my latest matcha! 🍵☺️
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Some bunnies are witches
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Playlist time for my current novel😋 gotta break up the querying with a little fun!
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🔮✨10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU X PRACTICAL MAGIC 🌿 🥠 A serious lit student and her free-spirited best friend get caught up in a love pentagon when a dating app and a misdirected love potion go awry in this retelling of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM #questpit #Q
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The Addams Family x Supernatural  When a siren saves a supernatural hunter from drowning, an illicit attraction blooms, but their relationship is tested when the discovery of mutilated bodies in the woods brings their families’ darkest secrets to light #questpit
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six feet under x izombie a recently turned 🧟‍♀️ uses makeup to hide that she’s undead, works in her grandma’s funeral home & struggles to balance the life she used to have & undeath she’s slowly building for herself 🪞morticia x gomez 🪞cozy grief 🪞sapphic zombies #questpit #q
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Met so many cool people and saw so many cool pitches today ☺️ I hope to be able to read them one day!
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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE meets OUTER BANKS X WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING 🌲murder mystery 🌊trapped on an island in a hurricane ⛈️treasure hunt 🌲one tired grad student vs the forces of evil (the 1%) 🌊eccentric millionaire love interest ⛈️ecofiction commentary #QuestPit #W
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My debut YA novel is a wintery dark fantasy ft: ❄️ Fate magic ❄️ The atmosphere of THE WITCHER X The corrupt religion & gods of THE FOXGLOVE KING ❄️Myth vs Truth ❄️ A heretical storyteller with trust issues ❄️ A soft prince with daddy issues #QuestPit #YA #F #editors
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