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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 18d

✅ kid sticks a paperclip in his eye
✅ kid puts on clown makeup during my lesson
✅ the mascot has ringworm
✅ crazy parents, covid, weird lost & found

All this and more in...

Twenty Years in the
7th Grade: A Memoir Told
in Haiku (Mostly)

#haiku #memoir #teachers #humor #nonfiction #UnhingedPit #Q

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Juniper Woodbury ✨ is querying ✨ @juniperwoodbury.bsky.social · 18d

Glowing feedback from a critique partner regarding my MC, a feral-girl goddess trapped in a human body

✨ “she is quite unlikable (sorry)”
💕 “she’s so mean!”
🔪 “I was especially upset when she had Elias chop off his hand”
😇 “everyone is mean”

#UnhingedPit #A #F #R #Q

a man in chain mail is screaming with the words no mercy written below him

ALT: a man in chain mail is screaming with the words no mercy written below him

media.tenor.com

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 18d

Shirtposting #unhingedpit #q #t

Eleanor talking to Chidi:

"What if it was like a time loop but it only restarted when she got m*rdered? And she was like, falling in love with the hot guy helping her but he couldn't remember her?"

"You mean Happy Death Day or Eternal Sunshine?"

"No! You're not getting it and my thing is different, so shut up."

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KatherineMcRea @listentomelovelett.bsky.social · 18d

Jack only had to wait TEN YEARS for her NBD. Bonus points for accuracy in the British countryside vibes. #amquerying yolo #UnhingedPit #R #romystery

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 18d

Fairly accurate depiction of my writing process 😂

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 18d

Lol thank you!

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Pamela Cochran @pamelaelaela.bsky.social · 18d

One of the clearest pitches I’ve come up with, tbh 🤣 Just sprinkle on a little dystopian fairy dust and a pinch of grounded magic, and we’re set!

#UnhingedPit #F #SFF #CS #BIPOC

Agent’s guide to THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL in my pinned post ✌️

Venn diagram with three circles:

Top circle - The Bookmaker of Pellmell (my book!)
Left circle - Batman
Right circle - Helena Bonham Carter

Top-left overlap - love/hate vibes for their city
Top-right overlap - Fight Club
Left-right overlap - wears a lot of black
Center overlap - can’t resist a dark FMC

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 18d

Hahaha thanks!

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 18d

Me, trying not to get distracted #unhingedpit #q #t

Pedro Pascal for Vanity Fair, facing the camera with arms crossed. Over his torso reads, "me, trying to write a super awesome plot about a serial k*ller, a time loop, and a woman trapped," but in the mirror behind him is a distractingly nice ass, with the words "the romantic subplot" over it.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Aug 18

That darn gay agenda

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

Groundhog Day+Eternal Sunshine

Ocher's killer has trapped her in a time loop and only partnering with a handsome detective can free her. The problem with that is they're falling in love, but he can't remember her from loop to loop. #questpit #a #t #Q

An Agent's Guide to Mortally Coiled, a time loop thriller with fantasy elements.

The pitch: Ocher's life resets every time her killer catches her. No matter what she does, he finds her and sends her back to the first night she died. But she's falling in love with the detective helping her, and she must escape before their relationship is erased.

Tropes: time loop, violence isn't the answer...or is it, how far would you go to save the ones you love, bittersweet romance.

The comps: A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen, Happy Death Day, Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Jul 23

It always surprises me when people say this. I have a chapbook including mine and my late father's poems which I pubbed on 'zon so family could have it. I literally never promote it, yet it sells at least a couple copies a month. Every month for 6 years. Easily my best seller lol

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

The bluesky debut of my #agentsguide to Mortally Coiled, a time loop thriller. Very excited to be getting this through betas and to querying soon!

The pitch: Ocher's life resets every time her killer catches her. No matter what she does, he finds her and sends her back to the first night she died. She's falling in love with the detective helping her, and she must escape before their relationship is erased.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

@mxcarmilla.bsky.social doesn't! And her covers are amazing.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

Really excited about this book!

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

The bluesky debut of my #agentsguide to Mortally Coiled, a time loop thriller. Very excited to be getting this through betas and to querying soon!

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 8

Thanks for the like on my WIP! I'll be sure to send it to you when it's ready! It's going to betas in June so it should be done by late summer 😊 Excited to share it with you!

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 7

Blue ice cream from Smurf Island at Carowinds, an amusement park now owned by Paramount (fun fact, it was in R3!). I think it was pistachio but I'll never know because Smurf Island no longer exists 😭

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 7

Happy Death Day+Eternal Sunshine

Ocher's murderer has trapped her in a time loop and only partnering with a handsome detective can free her. But she's falling in love with him, and she must escape before the killer erases their relationship. #questpit #w #a #t

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 7

Ocher's life resets every time her killer catches her. No matter what she does, he finds her and sends her back to the first night she died. But she's falling in love with the detective helping her, and she must escape before their relationship is erased. #questpit #w #a #t

Collage of photos: hands holding bloody pieces of glass, a lunar eclipse, a red exit sign, a woman and two children hugging (blurry), an hourglass in front of a red background, the silhouette of a man and woman in front of a door. Included are the words "together forever."

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 7

Thank you! I'm obsessed with it haha

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 7

You guys I really wanted to hang around and support all you lovely writers also pitching today, but work is literally exploding. I'll come back later!

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king is indecisive 💙✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · May 7

THE RIVER HAS TEETH BUT IT'S CALIFORNIA IN 1988 AND THE MAIN CHARACTER IS TRANS
#questpit #Q #A with #YA crossover potential #h #r

an agent's guide to saltwater in their veins. the background is of the ocean and a lighthouse, with a purple sky behind it. this is the background for the rest of the images, too.

the pitch: in 1977, ash st. jude drowned. he was dead for two minutes, until a whale-shaped ocean god saved his life. it's 1988 now, and for the past eleven years, he's heard its constant chanting in the back of his back. Its blessing allows him a glimpse into the future, where the ocean has flooded the world. only he and the girl with the golden eyes, who he's only ever met in his dreams, will survive.

for fans of: the raven cycle. 80s glam metal. donnie darko. the river has teeth. my dearest darkest. california gothic. the lighthouse. summer sons.

themes & tropes: faith vs free will. coming of age and self-discovery. small town, big trouble. found family. mental health rep and queer rep. prophetic dreams.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · May 7

Groundhog Day+Eternal Sunshine

Ocher's killer has trapped her in a time loop and only partnering with a handsome detective can free her. The problem with that is they're falling in love, but he can't remember her from loop to loop. #questpit #a #t #w

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