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Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop dark wizards from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic. #AmQuerying

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· 19d

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· 19d

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· 20d

Lemme know your thoughts on my animated agents guide I created for pitch events in AE. Trying to get it ready for #Questpit tomorrow. Besides the animation, logline, comps, and first page critiques welcome. Thanks! Comment if you want to trade support tomorrow!

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· 21d

Animated digital painting process of my Rock Monsters aka Goraks. Learning to digitally paint has been a fun process! And creating the images helps me go back and refine the writing. #kidlit #mgbooks #scbwi #writing #amquerying #fantasy

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Jul 13

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #Bluepit #MG #F #Querying Art collab @giaphoc.bsky.social

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Jun 13

How To Not Fall Off Your Broom For Dummies isn't a paperweight. When twelve-year-old Catcher Kline skips the tutorial and heads straight to chapter three, flying turns to falling, fast. #ShouldHaveReadTheManual #amquerying #MGfantasy #WritingCommunity

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Apr 30

NEVERMOOR X CITY SPIES ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #QuestPit #MG #F #Querying Art @giaphoc.bsky.social

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Nov 16

The boring answer: I believe it takes perseverance, the same as it always has. From the museum of Jack London: “Failure Yields Success Despite the fact that Jack London was the highest paid and most famous author of his day, he received hundreds of rejection letters before being published.”

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Nov 15

Could do a whole section of the book about all of the real rejection letters the titans of literature received as well! Here are a few that Jack London received.

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Nov 13

NEVERMOOR X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catch—the only kid at a spy academy for wizards who doesn’t know magic—must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop Acolytes from enslaving Guardian Spirits like Bigfoot and weaponizing the Minerals of Power.  #CastPit #MG #F #Q

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Nov 7

12to Catch doesn’t know magic. The Acolytes hunting him for his meteorite wand don’t care. At Alpine—a spy school for wizards—he must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop them from enslaving Guardian Spirits like Bigfoot and seizing the Minerals of Power. #FiFRevPit #MockPit #MG #F #AmQuerying

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Nov 5

12yo Catch doesn’t know magic. The Acolytes hunting him for his meteorite wand don’t care. At Alpine—a spy school for wizards—he must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop them from enslaving Guardian Spirits & seizing the Minerals of Power. NEVERMOOR X AMARI X ANDOR #QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 30

Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catch must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop the Acolytes from enslaving the Guardian Spirits and seizing the Minerals of Power. #PitDark #F #MG #Q #AmQuerying #AmWriting #SCBWI #KidLit

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 30

Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catch must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop the Acolytes from enslaving the Guardian Spirits and seizing the Minerals of Power. #GhostPit #F #MG #Q #AmQuerying #AmWriting #SCBWI #KidLit

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 25

Rocketing into the query-verse got easier when I accepted my fate: querying takes time, and that’s okay. I’m learning to enjoy the ride, the revisions, and the incredible people along the way. Grateful for my editor, beta readers, and critique group! #AmQuerying #AmWriting #SCBWI

Rocketing into the query-verse got easier when I accepted my fate: querying takes time, and that’s okay.

Now I’m learning to enjoy the ride, the revisions, and the incredible people along the way.

Grateful for my editor, beta readers, and critique group!

#AmQuerying #AmWriting #SCBWI

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 19

“Every good book will find its way.” -Mae Respicio @maerespicio.bsky.social Thanks #SBCWIOKTFEST25, agents editors, and volunteers for a great event today! #SBCWI #KidLit #AmQuerying #AmWriting

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 11

Spooky inspiration for the season from the grave of Jack London and his dream home that never was. He died a few years after it burned down and was never able to rebuild. #AmWriting #AmQuerying #SCBWI #SCBWIOKTFEST25

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 11

"Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it." -Jack London Stopped in to see Jack London’s museum. Fired up for next week’s #SCBWI in Oakland! #SCBWIOktFest25 #AmQuerying #AmWriting

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Oct 3

Love all the fall writing contests, and I had so much fun writing the Tale of Hollow Jack!! Thanks to: @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social For running the #FallWritingFrenzy #AmWriting

The Tale of Hollow Jack

All around, the children danced as they called him names. Yes, they called him names. “Angry face.” “Rot-guts.” “Stinky Freak.” Poor Jack felt gutted and worthless.

They passed him by, rang the bell, and treated from the candy pail. For him it was always a trick when he thought they might be kind. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and mummies paraded past. Never did they spare a word of kindness.

Until she came—

A simple witch, with a twisted hat, young Suzy was but seven. She touched his face. “Sweet pumpkin,” she whispered. She left a candy bar beside him before skipping away, his light following her like a blessing.

The older boys came, cruel and reeking. They called him names. Yes, they called him names.

They grabbed him, hurled him into the street. He shattered. Seeds scattered. Flesh split wide. His light flickered and went dark.

But carved from ancient soil, fed on loneliness and rage, he was more than pumpkin—he rose. Terrible. Burning. Whole. House by house his vengeance was duly delivered.

By morning, the town was silent as a grave. No voices left to call him names. Except for one small house where Suzy slept, dreaming of jack-o’-lanterns.

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Sep 30

I am excited for a few agents to open their QT in a couple of days! #AmQuerying debut MG fantasy novel CATCHER KLINE.

At Alpine Academy, a secret school of magic-tech and spycraft, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must decode his family’s secrets to stop Acolytes from enslaving the Guardian Spirits and seizing the world’s most dangerous power source.

J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit@jjphillipsyo· Aug 11

Fun prompt for Manuscript Academy Summer Academy Workshop! Thanks, Ivan! #MSWL #MSA #MSASAW