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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

My career.
My debut memoir.
My adult friendships.
(My current job)

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 2d

Wife
Career
Masterclass

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Jade Wilburn @jadewrites.bsky.social · 2d

BRIDGERTON x LITTLE THIEVES

Selene knew becoming a Master Thief would be hard but she didn’t think it included

💎 stealing the Crown Jewels
🫅protecting a prince without falling in love
🥷 Fending off assassins
🚨 Staying out of jail
🪭 Using a fan to insult someone

#DVPIT #YA #booksky

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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C.C Georges @ccgeorges.bsky.social · 2d

BLACK MIRROR X RED RISING

Reagan Adair was raised to be a weapon for the empire.

They didn’t anticipate their weapon being fused, mind-to-mind, in a telepathic link with a colonized girl from the slums.

Now there’s a finger on the trigger, and it might not be hers.

#DVpit #SFF #SF #YA #NA #F

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Stephanie Raye @stephanieraye.bsky.social · 2d

When their former high school nemeses start tying the knot after a disastrous 10th year class reunion, 4 friends-turned-fake-wedding planners take revenge to the next level. Can they pull off the ultimate wedding chaos or will it sabotage their own romantic entanglements?

#DVpit #R #A #RomCom

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Nikki T. Grant @nikkitgrant.bsky.social · 2d

LOVECRAFT COUNTRY x PARABLE OF THE SOWER
17yo Samira strives to be the 1st Colored astronaut in 60yrs. That’s off the table when her sis is seen protesting. One Samira snuck out to. Now the family must flee to Mexico or die trying #DVPit #YA #CoA #D #H #SPF #T

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

17 year-old Ty is as arrogant a a Black boy has to be in his age.

He cares for his mother & his friend & his community and expects nothing but death in the end. That's all a Brown boy should. When a scheme some say fated forces him to choose, a new path ripe with betrayal opens
#DVPIT #Ownvoices

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

🤱 Mommy Issues
🧙🏾‍♂️Black Wizards in a Arcanopunk Urban Setting
🛣 The Hood depicted in a fantasy setting
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexuals Everywhere
🫶🏾 Friends to Lovers
🔮 Political Intrigue
🪄 Magical Contest
🌇 Apocalyptic
🌍 Multicultural/Diverse Cast
💰 Anti-Capitalist Narrative/Capitalism is evil

#dvpit #poc #a #fantasy

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

Like...

ONE INFINITY @one-infinity.bsky.social · 2d

www.wsbtv.com/news/trendin... -ONE.

Man charged with setting deadly Palisades Fire in January

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California announced the charges on X.

www.wsbtv.com

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 2d

Due to the technical difficulties with #DVpit hashtag searches this morning, we've increased the total pitch limit to 7 maximum pitches per project (please still only post once/hour)! Pitching still takes place between 8AM-8PM ET today, Oct 8th
For more complete rules/guidelines go to dvpit.carrd.co

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! This has been a labor of love for a long time.

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

Its the best genre!

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Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 2d

A few quick things!

Authors, please treat agent interest as an invitation to query, not a requirement. Pitch events are a great way to discover agents who weren't on your radar yet. Another is the @litagentsofchange.bsky.social's Equity Directory: www.equitydirectory.org

Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 3d

Looking forward to #DVPit tomorrow! If I heart your pitch, please query as normal (letter + ~25 pages), but add "#DVPit" somewhere in the subject line, and include the text of the post I hearted somewhere in your query letter. Can't wait to find projects I didn't know I wanted.

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

🤱 Mommy Issues
🧙🏾‍♂️Black Wizards in a Arcanopunk Urban Setting
🛣 The Hood depicted in a fantasy setting
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexuals Everywhere
🫶🏾 Friends to Lovers
🔮 Political Intrigue
🪄 Magical Contest
🌇 Apocalyptic
🌍 Multicultural/Diverse Cast
💰 Anti-Capitalist Narrative/Capitalism is evil

#dvpit #poc #a #fantasy

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

I called Optimus Prime Black today. Just for the rush of pissing off nerds

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

Part 2 of the Pack:
go.bsky.app/DG2Xdpt

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

Hi #DVPIT loves.

Be sure to look at my Black Authors starter kit for names and pitches as well. This algorithim is weird next to Twitter's/Xs and so what I'm seeing is a lot of Black Authors fading out of the algo due to typical engagement.

#POC

go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e

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Shelly Romero @ NYCC @shellyromero.bsky.social · 2d

For #DVpit, writers if you are also not agents or editors, please do not like or repost pitching writers’ posts. Do not boost. We will look through the hashtag…

Shelly Romero @ NYCC @shellyromero.bsky.social · 2d

Hey y'all and Happy #DVpit day! If I 🖤 your pitch, please submit to me your query letter, upload your first 20 pages, and be sure to include your BlueSky handle as well as include DVpit in the pitch event line. So excited to review everyone's pitches today!
querytracker.net/query/shelly...

Query Shelly Romero at Azantian Literary Agency

QueryTracker.net

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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R.H Aziz @reyinkbooks.bsky.social · 2d

BABEL x CITY OF BRASS x BOBH
Hadiqa thought testing into the best university of Baghdad would save her from Mongol invasion. But when scholars become war pawns she must choose: protect divine jinn-physics knowledge but crumble the Caliphate or seize power to win but embrace darkness
#DVpit #A #F #HF

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 2d

#DVpit #GN #A

Melody works from home as an artist, but when pursuing her goals drives a wedge between her and her partner, she's torn between being a "good partner" and a "good artist."

VIOLAPSE is about choosing yourself over a broken fantasy and breaking out of roles that other people give you.

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Evert Chandra @evertchandra.bsky.social · 2d

Six months.
One K-pop idol. One scarred CFO.
An impossible romance that heals them both—if it doesn’t destroy them first.
🎤Idol life
💼CFO heroine
❤️🔥Slow burn
💔Past Trauma
🕶️Secret love

#DVpit #A #CR #Asian

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Ash Arya | ऐश आर्या @iamasharya.bsky.social · 2d

HOTD × Raven Scholar × 3 DARK CROWNS

Two estranged flames backing rival sisters in a succession feud must join forces when pirates invade their magic-island

VIBES
💘Friends-&-flames to rivals-&-oh...wth
♟️Court intrigue × Found Fam
🧘‍♀️Magic with Consequences
🌈Bi & 🇮🇳Rep

#DVpit #F #NA #A #PoC #LGBTQ

A green gold & orange themed moodboard with 9 images representing the pitch.
1. A picture of an ornate palace doorway
2. A still from the movie Jodha Akbar
3. An el Doradoesque view
4. A golden chessboard
5. A woman experiencing power thru meditation
6. Sanskrit manuscripts
7. A magical staff in rock
8. Two royal ladies who "seem" like bffs
9. A lavish palace corridor

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Donald Sutton @donskreation.bsky.social · 2d

Sammy dreams of being a famous musician like his parents, but they don’t approve of his instrument of choice. Feeling rejected, he stumbles onto a magical land where music holds power. There, Sammy must learn to embrace his passions and understand what family means to him.

#DVPit #GN #MG #BVM #F

Boy playing harmonica against abstract musical background.

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Nathalie De Los Santos @natadecocoa.bsky.social · 2d

When Joe immigrated in the ’60s, he was homesick and lonely. But he kept his mother close by cooking her dishes. FILIPINO-CANADIAN FEASTS is his legacy—shared now with his children, and yours. 3 generations keep her memory alive—adobo, sinagang & love on every page.
#dvpit #NF #Cookbook #POC #Asian

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2d

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Samuel Clark @samuelclark3.bsky.social · 2d

CARNIVAL ROW x Se7eN

In a post war gothic city, a detective and his partner go on the trail of a serial killer who murders black marketeers in search of illegal garlic for his Paleblood "cure". Should they stop him before he wipes out the population of ruling Palebloods? #DVpit #A #FM #Q