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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · Aug 15

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In a dystopian megapolis, an underground café run by the enigmatic Barista serves karmic espressos, illicit tomato sandwiches, and the occasional life epiphany. But when her ex walks in, the past she buried threatens to unravel everything she’s built. #QueerPit #D #SF #A

Tropes and comps: cozy dystopia, found family, redemption, queer rep, Legends and Lattes, Midnight Diner

Quote: Life is bittersweet. Like a good coffee. Like the same family of plants that can give you golden fruit or deadly poison. And sometimes, it surprises you.

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Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · Aug 15

THE HEART DEVOURER’S SONG is an #ownvoices story that brings together the romance amidst brutality of THE SERPENT AND THE WINGS OF NIGHT by Carissa Broadbent, and the lush, Asian-inspired fantasy of IMMORTAL by Sue Lynn Tan.

#QueerPit #A #FR #F

Illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

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Leo and Jules @breadcrumbs-barrel.bsky.social · Aug 15

#queerpit #FR #A

UNMAKING PERCY

"Percy belonged to that noble breed of people for whom resentment aged like a fine wine."

🔮 chosen one isn't actually the chosen one
🏰 epic high fantasy
💚 queer romance
🧚‍♂️ subverted fairytale tropes

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · Aug 15

LEGENDS AND LATTES X MIDNIGHT DINER X BLADE RUNNER

☕️ Karmic coffee. Illegal tomatoes. And an ex who still looks way too good in leather. Welcome to the underground café where redemption comes with oat milk foam.

#QueerPit #SF #D (cozy dystopia—you read that right!) #A

The pitch again but make it neon and cute

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · Jul 21

They say write what you love. They also say write to market. I split the difference. I wrote what I love, but she’s wearing a marketable dress and false lashes and she’s not above stabbing someone in the back room of a palace.💅🏻🔪

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · Jul 15

Just sent something off to someone I deeply admire, and now I will go sit in a beam of sunlight like a cursed doll waiting to be loved. 🕯️🧸📮

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · Jul 9

shoutout to the writers who keep going even when their inbox is a graveyard and hope feels embarrassing. you are built different.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · Jul 6

“Canadian poetry—not actually written in maple syrup! Not entirely about beavers!” In a reading slump? Try these poets from up north.

10 Canadian poetry books to expand your mind.

Canadian poetry—not actually written in maple syrup! Not entirely about beavers! (Although I have certainly written about beavers.) Canada is a complicated place, living in the shadow of the U.S., …

buff.ly

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · Jul 6

me: i’m done being vulnerable online
also me: anyway here’s a book i bled for and now i’m offering it up like a sacrificial lamb to the inbox of someone who might not even open it😌

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 28

the worst part of querying isn’t the silence
it’s how easily I start to believe it means I never existed in the first place 🫩

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 28

Propaganda I’m not falling for:

black coffee

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 23

writing is weird because sometimes you think you’re building a plot and then realize, oh. I’m just making a place to grieve.

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 19

Describe your WIP like it’s a local urban legend. I’ll go first:

They say if you hear her singing in the pit, it’s already too late.

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 17

just a girl standing in front of a crypt asking it to open slightly
(for atmosphere. not trauma.)

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 16

listen, the typos are proof that I wrote it myself 😁

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T.L. Bodine @tlbodine.bsky.social · May 14

I'd feel real weird about the closet, the bathtub, under the bed. I'd check and check again and bolt the door and double-check the window panes and reassure myself that the rising sense of unease was just my anxiety.

But I'd completely miss the thing clinging to the ceiling. #HorrorWritersChat

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · May 14

Well, we're rocking now, eh, like we're gathering at a Eurovision contest! The timing was entirely undeliberate. As the best things usually are.
So #HorrorWritersChat bods, what would you notice first? Hmm?
Yes there's a theme this week. Clever me huh?

Question Two

You arrive in a small town with no map signal, no way out until morning. You're offered one place to stay - but it doesn't feel empty. What's the first thing you notice that's wrong?

#HorrorWritersChat

Quote post and don't forget the tag

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 15

The wallpaper is floral, and the petals keep moving.

Not in an obvious way. Just… breathing.

#HorrorWritersChat

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · May 14

Well, we're rocking now, eh, like we're gathering at a Eurovision contest! The timing was entirely undeliberate. As the best things usually are.
So #HorrorWritersChat bods, what would you notice first? Hmm?
Yes there's a theme this week. Clever me huh?

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 15

ngl that was me this week

#amwriting or, precisely, not

Roadmap Writers @roadmapwriters.com · May 14

🥴🥴

#scriptsky

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 14

I’m Aria Mora, from Québec. I write slow-burn horror about things you wish you hadn’t remembered.

My stories involve grief, trauma, and women who don’t stop singing even after they’re gone.

#HorrorWritersChat

Eryn McCee @erynmccee.bsky.social · May 14

Alright here we go.

#HorrorWritersChat, kicking off our Wednesday. Where are you from, and what do you write?

Question One

Tell us who you are, what kind of horror you write - and where in the world you're creeping in from tonight.

#HorrorWritersChat

Quote post and don't forget the tag

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Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 14

my WIP has:
– grief
– soft girls with sharp secrets
– music that kills (Tchaikovsky is the GOAT and I’ll die on this hill, beautifully)
– a secret cellar that rewrites itself

it’s fine. everything’s fine.

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 13

trying this again bc i need mutuals who like
• ghost stories
• unhinged girls with secrets
• chronic illness rep
• books that ruin your week in a good way

i’m aria, i write vibes and grief and thriller horror. let’s be friends?

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 12

Writing is weird because it’s all:
“Don’t write what’s trendy.”
“But also don’t be too different.”
“But also we want something fresh.”
“But also not that fresh.”

Anyway. I’m querying. If you dare.

Aria Mora @ariamora.bsky.social · May 12

Me: “This book isn’t even that personal.”
Also me, crying into a mug of peppermint tea at 2am: “They don’t *survive* each other, do they?”

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