Kevin Foy

Knowing when to quit when you’ve given your all on a project you and others around you believed in, is hard. Focusing my energy now on my next project (13 chapters in). As long as the process still energizes me, I’ll persevere and continue growing.

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This one stings. Catherine O’Hara was an absolute treasure from Beetlejuice to Home Alone and Best in Show (or any Christopher guest movie) to Schitt’s Creek, she was brilliant. “Whatever you do, Ms. O’Hara, rock onwards and upwards.”

Read the first chapter of my current speculative thriller WIP at a local writers group. Not the first time I’ve read, but was really nervous. Come away with great feedback and renewed motivation!

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Image of Albert Einstein along with the quote: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing it is stupid.”

Ever read an author whose voice sings to you and you think “how do I write like that?”

You don’t. Find your own voice and be proud of it.

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DANCING WITH THE STARS X CARAVAL

In a live performance reality game, an acrobat competes for a chance to free her soul from a manipulative entity.

Featuring:
✨ Glitz, Glamour, and Social Games
🎭 Deities based on the performing arts
💔 Forced allies in proximity

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moody, foggy mountain backdrop with a person in martial arts type clothing visible on a stone platform. text reads CONDUCT OF MAGES, adult fantasy, complete at 100K, now represented by Elizabeth Pratt, Trellis Literary

THE PITCH on a moody green mountain backdrop: When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

THE VIBES on a moody green mountain backdrop: energy magic heists & scheming found family research subplot sloooow burn female role models SE Asian setting

THE COMPS on a moody green mountain backdrop: Blood Over Bright Haven Jade City Heartless Hunter

JADE CITY x SIX OF CROWS

When her mentor goes missing, Gemna joins forces with fellow mage, Ren, to unravel the connection between the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages are not just outlawed…but wiped from existence.

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Left to right. Top row: Two statues nearly kissing. Golden gates opening. Face with golden Africa painted on it. Middle row: Gold chain links. "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED." Golden skull with sun rays behind it. Bottom row: Silhouette of a girl at sunrise. Hands dusted with gold. Silhouette of a man at sundown.

✨CHILDREN OF BLOOD AND BONE X INDIANA JONES✨

This New Adult Fantasy features:
💀Multiple POVs
💀African Mythology
💀Dark Magic
💀A Deadly Quest
💀Complicated Relationships

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A dimly lit frame with the first four Rules of the Tenement: RULE ONE Under no circumstances shall anyone leave the Tenement. RULE TWO The Front Door is to remain shut and locked at all times. RULE THREE Any windows that appear are to remain closed, with the curtains drawn, and should be avoided until they disappear again. Tenants are forbidden from looking upon the outside. RULE FOUR These Rules, being given to us by our Landlord and passed down unchanged from the founding of the Tenement, shall be inscribed into the heart and mind of every tenant for the wellbeing of all A mysterious photo of a woman in a dark hall and a scrap of paper are tucked into the bottom corner. The paper reads "Where is she?"

TENEMENT

House of Leaves x The Giver

Inside, the Tenement is an infinite maze of halls.

Outside, there is... Nothing.

When Noah Walker's mom mysteriously goes missing, he vows to learn the secrets of his strange world. Even if it means tearing the whole thing down.

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Editor’s Guide To: The Things We Run For YA Drama Mystery with Romance 94k Words Represented by Amanda Wooden at SBR Media

4/13/1995 Run. What a powerful instinct. Emma Bridge had wanted nothing more than to be with her two siblings in a home that felt safe, but those wishes never came true. With nothing left to lose, Emma runs away from the spotlight of the Hills to a small town across the country, but this new home is anything but the safety she’d been after. The weight of the world has fallen on her shoulders, and she can’t carry it alone. But with her old name in every police station and her new name on every tongue in town, she’s not sure who she can trust to help carry the burden.

What we know: -Runaway in Hiding -Fake Identity (turned real identity) -Mental Health Rep -Genderfluid and Pan Rep -Found Family -90s Small-Town Nostalgia At the bottom, the name Emma Bridge is crossed out and replaced with Peyton Freys

6/23/1995 “The Hills have Eyes” There’s a collage of pictures. Picture one is of two people, one sitting on the counter with the other in front of them. Picture two is go a small-town street with snowy homes to either side. Picture three shows a row of high school desks. Picture four shows a box of police evidence. Picture five shows a group of kids sitting behind an abandoned building. Picture six shows someone flipping off a police car. Picture seven shows a paper with the words “Child Custody Hearing” printed on it. The last picture shows a boy at a school desk, writing something into a notebook. In the bottom right, it says Going on submission in 2026

#Editors THE THINGS WE RUN FOR ( #OnSub 2026!)

Emma Bridge ran to find a safe home, but the town she picked is anything but. When she gets wrapped up in a cold case that threatens her siblings, who can she turn to while keeping her secrets safe?

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#DIS #LGBT #OV #OS

Grid of nine images: old car outside London Town home,man on London’s Southbank, angel statue on a grave, treeless landscape, blaze of fire, Greek temple, man in church, cemetery, sky garden at the Gherkin

An immortal guardian of god-magic comes out of hiding in modern London when immortal extremists exploit his daughter’s death to establish a new age of gods on earth.

HIGHLANDER meets GOD OF WAR

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TFW you realize your main character needs to do something that will make your readers think they’re a dick and hope the payoff will be worth it!

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Shout out to DreamForge magazine for one of the kindest rejection letters I’ve seen—encouraging and including a suggestion for another place to submit my piece and their deadline.

Publishing is HARD, but a human touch make such a difference.

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Thank you, very kind!

Received a rejection on a short story I submitted to a lit mag, but it came with feedback! That alone was worth the price of admission (figuratively speaking, the submission was free)

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I’ve come to the conclusion that query letters were invented by the devil to keep authors humble. Joke’s on him though, because I’ve already got imposter syndrome! 🤪

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Happy New Year! And to all those writers out there—whether drafting, querying, on sub, doing the self-pub hustle or just swimming in a dream yet to be committed to paper—May 2026 bring you whatever creative fulfillment you seek.

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For anyone looking for real, unvarnished insights into the publishing industry, check out the Publishing Rodeo podcast by @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com. Their “saying the quiet part out loud” ethos, is the best “insider” content I’ve seen by far.

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Went for a burger…wiped out the Jedi Order. Oopsie 😬
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I write dialog the way I have conversations in real life: rambling and hard to off-ramp.

Just land the plane, dude!

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Writing over the holidays

Expectation: Rest, reflection, and the creative space to advance that work in progress living rent free in your head…

Reality: Chaos, drama, and the never ending quest to entertain the kids.

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20)

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Good advice for the soul…

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (17/20)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (16/20)

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Me too!

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (15/20)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (14/20)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (13/20)

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