he/him, queer
horror author 🖊️
microbiologist 🧫
big fan of dogs, star trek, and d&d 🖖
pen name: E.A Harkins
current project: adult psychological lit. horror THE WATCHFUL MR. SHEPHERD
https://linktr.ee/dreadful_musings
Nick Harkins 🌟 Querying
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5/29: silent! 🤫 #WIPSnips
3/9: screw(ed) #WIPSnips
Kieran spends a lot of time crying in this book but to his credit, it’s not melodrama
endings though. i’d also be hesitant to say that any of them are completely nihilistic either…though the “gain” at the end might not seem like a positive thing to the reader it is to the character. for example at the end of one of my projects, the MC gets what they were after the whole book 2/3 🧵
even though that thing isn’t necessarily healthy & readers might interpret that ending as being more tragic than bittersweet. to the *character*, though, it’s a “win” 3/3 🧵
i write horror almost exclusively & lean bittersweet. usually one of the characters experiences a loss (identity, death, health, safety, self, etc) but gains something else important to them (freedom, identity, courage, love). i’d be hesitant to say any of my stories have traditionally happy 1/2 🧵
5/28: insect. i can’t believe i only use it once in my whole draft 🐜 #WIPSnips
EILEEN x I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS x Micah Nemerever’s THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS
An agent’s guide to THE WATCHFUL MR. SHEPHERD, an adult psychological horror featuring—
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ Rep
👁️ Obsession
🔪 Rising Body Count
❓ Unreliable Narrator
🍰 Moral Rot
❄️ Snowy Backdrop
#QuestPit #W #H #A
3/5: destroy -> destruction. this is one of my favorite dialogue exchanges #WIPSnips
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I am once again begging folks to understand the difference between ‘I don’t like this’ and ‘Nobody likes this’.
You are not the main character of the world. Readers and authors have different tastes. You are not the arbiter of what authors should and should not put into books.
