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A.K. Browne

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Author, mama, caffeine enthusiast. WIP- Fool’s Gold querying now! WIP- AToBH currently drafting

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A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · Jul 9

My #UnhingedPit friends,

What if the BRIDGERTON’s social season took place in GILEAD? And the Diamond? She’s determined via culty bride auction.

FOOL’S GOLD:

Love interests X4
Blackmail
Sabotage
EVERYONE IS A “CHOSEN ONE”

#na #ya #q #dys

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A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · 10d

Need the perfect book to get you in the mood this spooky season? Look no further than Calderwood by Leila A.M. Martin; a gothic fairytale with prose (and a villain) to die for 🐍🚪💋 @leilaammartin.bsky.social

A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you!!

A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · Jul 14

Thank you!

A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you so much!

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Katie Bailey @emmacarelli.bsky.social · Jul 9

My favorite rejection for my ghost hunting book in all of its glory—because, really, that’s a badge of honor.

#unhingedpit #q #a #uf #horror #COMEDY

Rejection says, “Katie,
This is a bit dark for my tastes.
Best,”

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Jeanette is Writing @thewriterjo.bsky.social · Jul 10

What would you do if you found this note in your room, the only trace left behind from your one night stand with a handsome stranger? #UnhingedPit #Q #Mystery #YA

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SheenaWilsonAuthor⭐️ @authorsheenawilson.bsky.social · Jul 9

She thought she was a side character.
Turns out, she’s just a side chic in sunglasses—at night.
Unpopular in school.
Now she’s wanted—by everyone.
Dead or alive.
#UnhingedPit #A #F #SPEC #Q

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · Jul 9

Blasphemous, batshit crazy high fantasy brought to you by a chronically sleep deprived pansexual who really ought to be under some kind of supervision.

Consider yourselves warned.

#unhingedpit #f #wip

The background is a man in the water pointing a middle finger toward the camera. It is overlaid with a darkish purple

“Reasons why THE DYING RELIGION f*cking sucks”

Magic isn’t power. It’s a parasite.
The gods are *ssholes.
I rip religion a new one.
The MC and Villain are in love and very angsty, but no kiss.
So much cast diversity in terms of LGBTQIA, disabled and people of colour the Mango Mussolini would pop a vein.
The prose is so purple Thanos asks for skincare tips.
I’m the one writing it and I am, at best, mentally unstable.”

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Samuel Clark @samuelclark3.bsky.social · Jul 9

Extract of an interview found in 'The Burgandy Discord' filed under X. Never published and heavily censored.

#UnhingedPit #Q #H #F

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Mariah Stillbrook @mariahstillbrook.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ronnie is burdened by a secret deeper than the affair she had with her art professor this last semester. What she doesn't realize is that SHE is an enigma. A hybrid witch cursed by dragon blood and a fatal destiny.
#UnhingedPit #A #UF #Q

a green dinosaur with a pink mane stands in a field

ALT: a green dinosaur with a pink mane stands in a field

media.tenor.com

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Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · Jul 9

What if Barbie's Princess and the Pauper was a dark, bloody romantasy? Don't worry, I already wrote it.

#UnhingedPit #F #R #Q

A still of Preminger from Barbie Princess and the Pauper holding a mock book cover for What Bleeds Beneath by Anna Hirsch

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · Jul 9

I know they call this the trenches, but I never expected my own CHARACTERS to reject my queries 😅

#UnhingedPit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying

A mock query rejection email with a pearl bead background:

Text:
Dear Sara,
Thank you for wasting my time with your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. For future reference, please note that I'm only open to multi-POV YA fantasy where the sapphic childhood-besties-turned-lovers don't get a happily-ever-after.
Side note: A scorned ghost pirate trapped inside the head of a closeted princess until they both learn to help each other come out? How original.
Regrets,
Princess Mira

View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/give-up-dummy.

A mock query rejection email with a gold coin background.

Text:

Sara,
Thank you for considering me for the most torturously feel-good, insufferably hopeful-even-in-its-bleakest-moments novel I've ever had the displeasure of reading. I suggest you jump ship on writing and take on a more practical hobby like swashbuckling, rum drinking, or breaking the curse that has me stuck inside the head of this whiny princess (thanks for that, by the way).
Kick bricks barefoot,
Captain Amir

View your query status page at QueryTracker.net/portal/I-hate-you

A mock query rejection email with an ocean wave background.

Text:

Hi Sara,
Thank you so much for your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN. While I truly admired the 82,000 word count, non-Western fantasy setting, and LGBTQ+ representation, unfortunately, I will have to pass. I would, however, like to offer a minor suggestion to change the title to THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHANNA, as I believe this better reflects the titular character's gender identity.
Best wishes,
Johanna
View your query status page at
QueryTracker.net/portal/Protect-Trans-Kids

A mock query rejection email with a bloody background.

Text:

Ms. Duran,
The empire has scrupulously reviewed your query for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN, and has found that beneath the lighthearted, adventurous story of queer joy and acceptance is a truly blasphemous critique of the colonization of the Global South. We will be passing, but please do keep us in mind for any future projects featuring white, male, cis-het protagonists, preferably in settings inspired by medieval Europe.
Regards,
General Genovese
View your query status page at
QueryTracker.net/portal/is-this-one-pushing-it?-maybe-lol

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💫Meagan Thompson-Mann is zhushing up her manuscript 🌿 @thecrumpet.bsky.social · Jul 9

GILMORE GIRLS x WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

Wanna remember the worst college boyfriend you ever had? The one that still makes you wonder if you're actually capable of having your own shitty thoughts in your head instead of his? Well little lady, THIS ENDS NOW is for you! #unhingedpit #UM #A #Q

A very negative Yelp-style review of Lainey Pike's relationship with Gregory Shipp, her toxic mess of a college boyfriend.

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A.K. Browne @akbrowne.bsky.social · Jul 9

Omg. Cult books written by ALI (spelled the best way)! 🥳🤣

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Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · Jul 9

Brooke being gaslit by her cult-like church into never believing that her crush (the pastor's daughter) never existed/didn't go missing like:

#YA #YAThriller #querying #Q #UnhingedPit

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Stephanie Raye @stephanieraye.bsky.social · Jul 9

#AITA for Setting Up A Fake Wedding Agency?

My 3 friends & I began sabotaging the weddings of our former high school rivals by creating a fake wedding agency. Once a wedding went to shambles, we ran like hell & skipped town.

TL;DR #AITA or is karma really that bitch?

#UnhingedPit #A #WF #R

a woman wearing sunglasses and a scarf around her head is driving a car .

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a scarf around her head is driving a car .

media.tenor.com

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Catherine “Halloween meme participant” Winters @catherinewinters.com · Jul 9

#UnhingedPit #SF #LGBT #R #Q

A pixelated JPEG infographic:
STOP HIRING HUMANS

1. HUMANS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THEIR TERRITORY
2. Incredible strength and speed, constant hunger for flesh, etc.
3. Humans have OVER 160 TEETH
4. Insist on counting to TEN instead of normal amounts like eight
5. “PLACENTAL MAMMALS”??? (Laziness related?)
6. Irresponsible, addicted to TERRIBLE breakfast stimulants
7. Humans cause their crewmates to have WEIRD FEELINGS (You all get that too, right?)

LOOK at what your crewmates have to deal with (These are REAL Human traits, done by REAL Humans):
Gun, bad at space, sharp teeth, unsolicited nudes

“Hello I would like to eat food and stare at you”

They have played us for absolute fools

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · Jul 9

If my heroes and I were cats.😻

*Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚

Photo of three cats. One is dressed as a CEO, another as a bartender, and the third is reading a book. The first two represent Alex and Jason from the paranormal romance, I Am Chosen. The one reading a book represents the writer, Dawn Berkoski

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K. L. Geer | Speculative Author @authorklgeer.bsky.social · Jul 9

#UnhingedPit Side Characters in Dreams (a.k.a. #F “Altered Carbon”)

☀️The Sun is a Lady

👁️ 👄 👁️Kintsugi porcelain doll (life sized and ALIVE): Creepy Speaks in riddles? Of course. Love her anyway? You betcha.

👩🏾‍🦱👠Elegant (and slightly thirsty) librarian/BFF
Stupid Men™️

Pitch: song titles as the hook🎶

Spotify screenshot of a playlist titled Dreams No Mortals Dare. Description is “Gothic blend of horror, romance, and fantasy ~90k words. Standalone. Querying now.”
Songs:
Oops!…I did it again by Britney Spears
Car Crash by Three Days Grace
Wife Beater by The Plot in You
Breakin’ Dishes by Rihanna
A Raven by Shawn David McMillen
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
That Was Weird by Paul Mangan
Time to Sleep by 1000 Years
Lucid Dreams by Juice WRLD
My Sanctuary by Lord of the Lost
In a World of My Own from Disney’s animated Alice in Wonderland

A Spotify playlist. Songs:
Lilith by Halsey
Porcelain by Baby Bugs
Living Doll by John Eddie
My Only Friend by Ill Spector
Happy? By Mudvayne
Happy to Be Here by Wookiefoot
In My Dreams from Broadway’s Anastasia musical
When I Wake by Justin Hurwitz
Ain’t Got No Money by Justin Townes Earle
Starving by Jessie Paege
my husband hates me by citrusmilk
Who’s That Knockin’ At My Window by Those Darlins
Creepin Creeper Man by FunnyMike
Scary Hot by Ralph

A Spotify playlist. Songs:
When He Speaks by Anna Miriam Brown et. al.
POE by Ruger, BNXN
He’s Not Real by PansyVibes
First Nightmare by Stahlfrequenz
He Won’t Leave Me Alone by GMWA Mass Choir
Fuckin’ Up My Shit by Jay D
ROT by WesGhost, Jutes
DECAY by Jordan Adetunji
Get Rid of Him by Dionne Warwick
U Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer
Now I’m going crazy by Halfdead
Takin’ Pills by Pistol Annies
Flirtin’ With Disaster by Molly Hatchet
A.K.A. by CBC Story, Jaxaxe, Antknee
Raven Man by The Allen Sisters
I Am Not A Cheater by CR2 RUNITUP

A Spotify playlist. Songs:
It’s Because I’m Dreaming by Finique
And I’m Scared by Cyanotic
Just A Bit Horny by The Oracle of St. Vincent
Mostly I’m Just Scared by Amy Bezunartea
AHHHH by Blanco y Sancho
Spiders by System of a Down
Headache by Motionless in White
Who Am I (What’s My Name)? By Snoop Dogg

Larger text at the bottom: Edgar Allan Poe x Alice in Wonderland x Nevermore by Kelly Creagh

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Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

These Mortal Woes: If Twilight, Euphoria Season 1, and Misery became a thruple, then had a baby that grew up and had to unpack all their trauma.
#unhingedpit #A #H #Q

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Mandy ✨ is querying ✨ @insomniauthor.bsky.social · Jul 9

🔥 COVER REVEAL 🔥
He’s a prince with ZERO game.
Her BF literally just died.

That’s not going to stop chaotic (and hot) Tin Man from making sure these two get together. Never mind the existential threat looming on both sides of the veil between worlds.

#UnhingedPit #f #q

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Jessica DeLand - Author (is getting published! 😱) @delandjessica.bsky.social · Jul 9

Combine:

~2 cups panic attacks
~3 tbsp despair
~1 pinch ballet dreams

Beat on high with kidnapping and threats.

Add:

~3 cups grit
~2 cups spying
~1 cup empathy
~4 tbsp found family
~2 tsp slow burn

Bake in a pressure cooker until well scrambled by betrayal.

#unhingedpit #Q #YA #F #M #R #MH

GIF of Steven He hurling a remote onto the floor while sitting on a couch saying, "Emotional Damage." Added above are the words "When everyone in your life betrays you and you have no idea who to trust."

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Ari(adne) @earthkids.bsky.social · Jul 9

For fans of Danny Phantom, aaangst, Scooby-Doo, cellos, Anakin Skywalker, arson, Anna Dressed in Blood, biiiirds, This Savage Song, the power of friendship, Underwood Tapes, being insecure, Batman Beyond & betrayals!

Read about how Denny becomes everyone's problem.

#UnhingedPit #YA #H #DF #Q #LGBT

A meme with the top being Frodo as Guitar saying "What are we holding onto, Denny" and the bottom is Sam as Denny looking at Frodo as Guitar with a molotov cocktail saying "It's called a Molotov cocktail ad you're gonna want to throw it fast."

The darkest timeline meme from community. The top says "Sebastian: *seeing the future*" then below is the mess of one person putting out a fire poorly and spreading it and says "Denny starting fires" then the fire says "Problems made worse by Denny" there is a group of people huddled around a person who was shot ad it says "Denny almost dying (again)" and then someone watching from another room it says "Guitar pining for Denny"

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