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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Apr 12

Looks great! And the cat is an excellent finishing touch 😂

Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

Carter glances at his sister’s list of rules one last time before finally deleting it from his Notes app. He doesn’t need it anyway. It’s burned into his brain, along with reminders like don’t make eye contact with the cameras, it’ll ruin your entrance and iron your t-shirts.

#1stLinePit #A #R #Q

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Apr 2

NECESSARY TROUBLE
@booker.senate.gov

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Apr 1

Two men walk into a bar.
But it’s actually the cocktail party for a dating show.
Where they’re supposed to be competing for the lead.
It should be fine, right?

#ChaosPit #LGBT #Q #A #R

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Apr 1

Did you go an a dating show and fall for your competition or are you normal?

What’s a not-really-closeted-but-not-out-on-TV bisexual guy supposed to do?

Bi4Bi MM romance
The Bachelorette
Only one mansion
Kidney donor MC

#ChaosPit #LGBT #Q #A #R

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Mar 30

Knowing fun facts about the molasses flood of 1919 (like the fact that it happened).

#ChaosPit #writingcommunity

Hayley @haylswrites.bsky.social · Mar 30

#ChaosPit Party Question 2 - like before, feel free to quote repost with your answer or put it in the comments below.

#writesky #writingcommunity

Chaotic elmo in the bottom corner. The text reads: #Chaospit Q&A
Q2: what is the least important thing that is very important to your main character?
Join us for the second annual #ChaosPit on 4/1/25 from 10a-8p est. Find out more: chaospit.org

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Mar 30

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maia @maiacatalpa.bsky.social · Mar 28

Put a finger down if 1. you're a disaster bisexual who 2. has to pull a con on an unreasonably handsome man you don't like AT ALL so 3. you can steal his stuff and flee the country and 4. you *won't* join your staff's found family because 5. you fear to love again.

Quick: 🖐️✊

#UnhingedPit #R #Q

angsty dancing meme: "they don't know I'm not a housekeeper, I'm a con artist stealing as much as I can from our employer so I can get away before the police show up and clap me in irons for a (different) crime"

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Mar 28

Did you go an a dating show and fall for your competition or are you normal?

What’s a not-really-closeted-but-not-out-on-TV bisexual guy supposed to do?

Bi4Bi MM romance
The Bachelorette
Only one mansion
Kidney donor MC

#UnhingedPit #LGBT #Q #A #R

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Mar 19

I loved this last time and I will love it even harder this time.

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fresh from #SmoochPit!
When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular reality dating show, he must decide between his original plans and the direction his heart is pulling him or he may ruin both in the process.
#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #R #LGBT

Mood Board with: TV cameraman, illustrated hand holding with rainbow bracelet over snow, champagne, silhouette behind a bi flag, view out an airplane window, sticker of a M/M couple, Bachelor mansion.
Tropes: Bi 4 Bi, Forced Proximity, Kidney Donor MC, Slow(ish) Burn, Reality TV Shenanigans, Anxiety Rep.

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Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · Mar 17

SONG OF ACHILLES meets THE IRON GIANT in a 95k YA fantasy where a 17-yr old inventor’s apprentice must destroy a weapon of mass destruction with the face and body of a handsome young man, preferably before he falls in love with him.

🏳️‍🌈 Asexual protagonist

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #PopUpPit

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Emily is QUERYING a romantic fantasy and writing romantasy 🐉 @emhenn921.bsky.social · Mar 17

Rowan never believed witches still existed, but when her fire magic awakens after her twin’s capture, she must learn to accept who she is and harness her power, to save not only him, but all magic. No pressure, right?

#PopUpPitA #NA #fantasy #amquerying #LuckyPit

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

Fresh from #SmoochPit!
When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular reality dating show, he must decide between his original plans and the direction his heart is pulling him or he may ruin both in the process.
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #R #LGBT

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Feb 18

I'm excited to share my #agentsguide for my adult queer romance! After some intense revision work during #SmoochPit it's time to get back to the query trenches.

#amquerying #writingcommunity #agentguide #querying #booksky #LGBT #romance

An Agent's Guide to Finding Mr. Right
88,000 Words
Queer Romance

When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular reality dating show instead of its female lead, he must decide between his original plans and the direction his heart is pulling him—but being reality-TV famous in a franchise with an audience that can turn on a dime could cost him his cause and the man he's falling in love with.

Comps:
covers for The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, Here for the Wrong Reasons by Annabel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, and Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston.
(They're all pink. That's just how it works.)

Tropes: Kidney Donor MC, Bi 4 Bi, Slow(ish) Burn, Reality TV shenanigans, Forced Proximity, Anxiety Rep.

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Feb 12

Thank youuuu!!

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Feb 12

When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular reality dating show, he must decide between his original plans and the direction his heart is pulling him or he may ruin both in the process.

#agentguide #QuestPit #Q #R #A #LGBT

An Agent's Guide to Finding Mr. Right
88,000 words
Queer Romance
Coming back to the trenches 2/22/25

Pitch: When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular reality dating show instead of its female lead, he must decide between his original plans and the direction his heart is pulling him—but being reality-TV famous in a franchise with an audience that can turn on a dime could cost him his cause and the man he's falling in love with.

Comps:
covers for The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun, Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, Here fore the Wrong Reasons by Annavel Paulsen and Lydia Wang, and Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Note: (They're all pink. That's just how it works.)

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Feb 12

When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular dating show instead of its female lead he must decide between his original plans and where his heart is pulling him while facing what it means to be famous in a franchise whose audience can turn on a dime.

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #LGBT

Moodboard: a man holding a TV camera, a line drawing of holding hands with a rainbow bracelet over a snowy background, clinking glasses of champagne, a figure behind a bisexual flag, the view out an airplane window, Bachelor mansion. Two stickers are a lipstick kiss and boyfriends, one carrying the other. On image text: Tropes, Bi 4 Bi, Forced Proximity, Kidney Donor MC, Slow(ish) Burn. Reality TV shenanigans, Anxiety Rep.

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Nov 18

10 shows to get to know me (that I’ve probably watched too many times)
1. Taskmaster (UK)
2. Heartstopper
3. Taskmaster (NZ)
4. The Bachelor
5. Bridgerton
6. The Bachelorette
7. Criminal Minds
8. Bachelor in Paradise
9. Leverage
10. Friends

Stephanie Binx @stephwrites.bsky.social · Nov 18

10 shows to get to know me:

1. I Think You Should Leave
2. Supernatural
3. Parks and Rec
4. Babylon Berlin
5. Better Than Us
6. What We Do in the Shadows
7. Rome
8. The Good Place
9. Frasier
10. Rage of Bahamut: Virgin Soul

VP is editing portal romantasy 💫 @vpwrites87.bsky.social · Nov 17

10 shows to get to know me:
(not in order 😇)

1. Arcane
2. Psych
3. Scandal
4. Grey’s Anatomy
5. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
6. Attack on Titan
7. My Hero Academia
8. Brooklyn 99
9. Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
10. Pasión de Gavilanes

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi #WritingCommmunity I’m Emily! I’m 28 and a queer romance writer living in Maine with my 2 cats. When I’m not writing I work primarily in graphic design. Currently I’m revising my first novel with #smoochpit

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