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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much! <3

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for liking one of my DVPit pitches yesterday about VR/OCD. I queried you a few weeks ago with HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE PEOPLE (it was requested by an editor @ HarperCollins during PitchDis last month for when I’m agented). I listened to a lofi alternative 90’s playlist when I wrote it.

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

When actively writing, I always listen to lofi music, and each MS gets a specific lofi song or playlist. When I’m looking to be inspired, I listen to artists who sing about mental health, fitting in, and repression. Music plays a very important role in my writing.

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

When she loses access to FDA-approved VR therapy to manage her OCD and writer’s block, Emmy turns to dark web imitation VR therapy in pursuit of self-optimization—and pays a heavy price. A near-future upmarket speculative domestic psychological thriller. #DVPit #A #LF #SF #SFF #OWN #LGBT #DIS

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

SEVERANCE X THE TRUMAN SHOW. While searching for her missing android daughter, Tina enters a parallel dimension inside the frozen pizza aisle of her supermarket and uncovers a chilling corporate conspiracy that makes her question if she’s ever been human at all. #DVPit #A #LF #SF #LGBT #DIS

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

When an idealistic school leader tries to rescue neurodivergent teens trapped in a school-to-prison pipeline, she battles suppression from dismissive bosses & vindictive unions, her mental health & career on the line. Hybrid whistleblower memoir with education research & law #DVPit #A #MEM #DIS #OWN

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Love this! It's an important lesson for children and adults.

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry AND thank you so much! I've been querying this one for a long time...still waiting for the publishing world to care about these types of stories.

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Teens w/ disabilities piss in corners & choke e/o
as teachers text.
Students get locked away in tiny blue rooms
while bosses say
EVERYTHING HERE IS GREAT.
When I speak up for us
the unions retaliate.
They try to muzzle our disabled voices
but one day we will be heard.
#DVPit #A #MEM #DIS #OWN

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

When Emmy’s FDA-approved VR therapy is suddenly terminated, her spiraling OCD & paralyzing writer’s block push her to a black-market alternative where she risks her data, finances and sanity. A grounded speculative thriller about mental health and digital control. #DVPit #A #LF #SF #LGBT #DIS

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Em!

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Set in 1997 & 2000. Aimless 18 y/o Charlotte falls for her closeted female principal, Abby. 3 years later, a scandalous performance brings them face-to-face, forcing them to confront their past—and each other—to decide what they’re willing to risk for a chance at love. #DVPit #A #HF #LF #LGBT #DIS

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much!

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Cut off from a VR treatment that helps her OCD & writer's block, Emmy turns to the dark web—where the pursuit of wellness and healing spirals into obsession and addiction. A near-future speculative domestic psychological thriller about control and digital exploitation #DVPit #A #LF #SF #LGBT #DIS

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

haha understandable. Thank you!

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

In the late 90's, 18 y/o Charlotte is directionless after her mom takes off. Landing a job at an alternative high school, she develops an all-consuming attraction for her female principal. If MISTAKES WERE MADE, QUEENIE & NORMAL PEOPLE had a messy, sapphic baby #DVPit #A #HF # LF #LGBT #DIS

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much!

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

When Emmy loses access to FDA-approved VR therapy to control her extreme OCD and writer's block, she turns to the dark web—risking her data, finances and family's well-being. A near-future speculative domestic psychological thriller about technological overreach. #DVPit #A #LF #SF #LGBT #DIS

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Aimless & adrift after her mom leaves, 18 y/o Charlotte takes a job as a teacher’s aide & falls deeply for her female principal, Abby. A messy coming-of-age darkly funny story about queer desire, self-discovery & healing. MY DARK VANESSA × QUEENIE × NORMAL PEOPLE but sapphic #DVPit #A #LF #LGBT #DIS

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jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much!!

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!

jwawrites.bsky.social @jwawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much!