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Jeannie Marschall 🍇🫐🍏🍋🍊🍓 @jeanniemarschall.bsky.social · Aug 15

Potion for disaster:

🧑‍🌾 1 witch
🏡 1 witch's garden (alive/undead?)
🛣️ a crossroads of ancient faerie paths
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 2 new neighbours
🛠️ 1 very ill-advised fence
🧚🧌🧝1 unstoppable annual migration
1️⃣ that inch that no-one will give

#A #F #H #MYTH #N #QueerPit

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Just a they/them causing mayhem @hollyollybeeee.bsky.social · Aug 15

The world ends, but people keep living. Now two women separated by time and space must work to figure out how to fix what's broken... or, if it's even worth fixing.

We Expected More is a queer found family story complete at 82,000-words.

#queerpit #A #SF #SPF #CLI #D

some buddies on a roof at sunset getting abducted by aliens; they seem happy about it but you can only see their shadows. the title We Expected More

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Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · Aug 15

When Leah (the pastor's daughter), goes missing, Brooke (her secret girlfriend), has to navigate their cult-like church to find her. One problem: no one remembers who Leah is.

#QueerPit #lesbian #ya #thriller #querying

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Siobhán is querying 🏁 @siobhandorr.bsky.social · Aug 15

ICEBREAKER x POLE POSITION

🏳️‍🌈 Rivals to lovers
🏁 Forced proximity
🏳️‍🌈 Flirting via playlists
🏁 Horny pining

#QueerPit #R #RC #A

AN AGENTS GUIDE TO 'KISS THE WALL' 97,000 word queer sports romance

THE PITCH: When NASCAR rivals-turned-teammates Grayson Steele and Corey Wilder are forced to road trip the season together, they grow closer than ever thought imaginable and must decide what they want more: being the sole championship winner or being with each other.

THE COMPS: POLE POSITION by Rebecca J. Caffery, ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace, YURI!! ON ICE

THE TROPES: Enemies to lovers, forced proximity, only one bed.

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Author A.J. Torres @ajtorresauthor.bsky.social · Aug 15

Sol, the fae crown prince to his mami’s throne, has never known danger, but when an attack on the Crystal Palace envelops Draíocht in darkness, secrets are unearthed, learning he had a twin brother that was taken soon after they were born.
#QueerPit #MG #F #Q #LGBT

Aesthetic board for one of the protagonists in my middle grade fae high fantasy story, his name is Prince Sol, a sun fae.

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

SAPPHIC CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
🧶🪄 Magical textile
😡➡️👩🏽‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏿 Enemies to lovers
🧙🏿‍♀️ A NB Willy Wonka of magical textile looking for an heir
🥼Autistic, STEM obsessed love interest
🏳️‍🌈😾Diabetic lesbian protagonist
🐏 Great ruminant heist
#QueerPit #F #YA #R

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Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

Her life? Traumatic
Her decisions? Poor
Her reaction to getting bit by a vampire? Let’s just hope Casey can break the cycle once and for all.
#queerpit #A #H

A recipe card for These Mortal Woes, a horror novel, with the ingredients: 1 cup desperate young woman
3 tbsp drug deal gone wrong
1 tbsp handsome vampire rescuer
A pinch of supernatural creatures hiding in plain sight.
Isolation for topping
Mix all together and serve with a bag of blood.
A picture of a man with vampire fangs and the tagline "Is a pretty face worth throwing away her agency?" underneath.

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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · Aug 15

#agentsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲
This romantic fantasy has:
🐻‍❄️ A setting inspired by the Canadian subarctic
🌋Roots in animistic religion
⚡️A physics based magic system
👵🏽 Crotchety immortals
🏠 Complex family dynamics
🗺️ Neurodivergent MMC #ownvoices #OV

#A #F #R #FR #QueerPit

An Agent’s Guide To
The Land of Undying Summer
by Ivy T. Woods
Adult Romantic Fantasy
103,600 words

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With a picture of a mountain, forest, and a lake on the left and text on the right:

Pitch
When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with the wandering mage who nearly killed her, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust of the newcomer escalates into a full-scale uprising. His presence risks the lives of the only family she has left, leaving her to choose once and for all: is she beholden to the living, the dead, or herself?

With roots in animistic religion and a setting inspired by the Canadian sub-arctic, THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is a stand-alone romantic fantasy

Comps
The atmosphere and vibes of:
The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon
Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang

The Humour of:
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

Chapter One - The End of Darkness
By the time Tilaani stepped through the Wolf’s Fangs, the screaming emptiness of her abandoned soul was almost bearable. Cool air gusted across the mountain, whipping her face with snow. Instead of barely cresting the horizon like she had expected, the sun was high overhead.

“Shit!” She snatched her cloak from an icy stalagmite and darted into a slim crack in the cliff face. The frozen stone was jagged from when the cliff had split last century and the edges tugged at her shirt as she sidled through, cloak still clutched in one hand.

Time warped within the cavern, stretching and compressing at random. Sometimes she would emerge to find that only a few minutes had passed outside. Today, the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living. The dead delighted in wasting her time, especially when she had actual duties to perform.

Allak would be insufferable if she was late.

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 15

SEAFORTH + beta comments

A story of two girls whose worlds collide—literally—and the aftermath of a deadly curse that threatens their livelihood. Featuring: villains, a romantic search through an abandoned ship, and an attempted coup.

First in a completed duology!

#QueerPit #YA #F

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 15

This sounds amazing!

Andrea Mariana 🏳️‍🌈 is ON SUBMISSION! @andreamariana89.bsky.social · Aug 15

EDITORS - London, 1755: Theodora, a destitute young shopkeeper, partners with a company of "mollies" - queer s*x workers - to build a thriving "coffeehouse" ☕️👀

But where hot drinks - and hot love - are for sale, danger is just around the corner...#QueerPit #HF #A #ACE #OWN

Top from left: Copper coins, man in pink 18th C. clothing, purple flowers
Middle from left: close up of 18th C. painting, chess piece, pink 18th C dress
Bottom from left: lavender plants, pink fan, close up of 18th C. stockings and skirt

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 15

The world needs more queer Nancy Drew!

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · Aug 15

QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mother’s book event. She needs to get her life back & not get killed in the process.
💖Sapphic crush
🎃Halloween vibes
📚Indie bookstore
🕵️Amateur investigation
🌈Pansexual FMC
#Queerpit #YA #M

Mood board: Blonde girl holding a pumpkin, halloween candy, woman dressed like Harley Quinn, Woman in a bookstore, murder board, yellow crime scene tape, police car, woman holding a coffee cup, books with a single light hanging down.

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 15

Vengeance is always best!

Loretta Kate @lkate-montierth.bsky.social · Aug 15

FOR SHE IS WRATH X ARCANE

Two sisters, one a bloodthirsty legend come to life, the other a trophy in a gilded cage, converge on the same path: vengeance on the man who has controlled their lives for too long. Success for one, means the end of the other.

#QueerPit #FR #A #NA

From top left to right: ocean cliffside with black birds flying in mist, a broken and gray statue of a human with waving hair and an agonized expression on their face, an open mouth with full lips and sharp teeth.
From center left to right: a woman with wet long dark hair pulling herself from a raging ocean, a woman holding up another woman’s chin.
From bottom left to right: a woman crouched in an offensive position with a double bladed staff held behind her and long blonde hair flying around her, a stone mask being lifted from wide and terrified eyes, an ornate palace staircase with intricate stone work and columns surrounded by gardens.

pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 15

Beta feedback like this is the best!

austin (🛤️ is querying 🛤️) @austinsgrace.bsky.social · Aug 15

HOW TO COME HOME: Beta Comments Edition

aka, live reactions from my beta readers in their reading journey!

#queerpit #amquerying #HF #HR #A

HOW TO COME
BETA COMMENTS EDITIONS

A digital painting of two men, one with dark curly hair and wearing a maroon sweater, one with blond hair and wearing a shirt with suspenders and glasses around his neck, both seated at a piano. Credit: nikespera

Beta comments:

YOU MUST KNOW that I am gobbling up these little details with manic enthusiasm
oh but I bet there’s some sexy rogue out there with a big thing for numbers. and other things
cheering comparable to scoring a touchdown
goddamnit Austin!!! you’ve made me cry twice tonight!
This whole scene. Every word. Magic.
THIS is how men who love men write men
it's not even 10am and I’m an emotional wreck. Thanks.
This entire passage is just literature gold
LONG ENDLESS DREAMY SIGHHHH
look, I have to be honest, this book should already be agented and on final edits toward publishing. It’s got all the makings of a classic. Just absolutely phenomenal.
I stan a short king what choice do I have
BRACING FOR IMPACT
SEXY PIANO PLAYING
You just need a sugar daddy who isn’t being hunTED BY THE PROHIBITION ERA MOB
Doctor, this man needs therapy STAT

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'll swap! I'm so stoked for this!

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 14

“I’ll see you soon,” Niamh promised, climbing up onto the baluster.
Roan looked at Niamh standing on the edge of the ship, ready to dive into the water, and thought to herself: how is she my enemy?
#WIPSnips
#Seaforth

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · Aug 14

The #WIPSnips word for August 14th is "enemy"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
August 14 - enemy
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 13

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 13

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 12

There was a splitting sensation at [Niamh's] thigh as one leg became two, then three, then four. Each leg bent itself over, small midnight blue cups lining the ends. The other leg split at her thigh until eight long tentacles braided themselves together in the water, rippling around her.
#WIPSnips

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · Aug 12

The #WIPSnips word for August 12th is "split"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
August 12 - split
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 12

So excited for #QueerPit! I feel like this is just what my querying journey needs!

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'll swap! I'm so excited for this.

pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'll swap support. We deserve this!

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Aug 12

A twt user found in the blue sky!

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Jul 17

Roan's thoughts...

Roan committed this face to memory as she moved over, giving the woman plenty of room. She sat slowly, the woman sinking down beside her after a minute. Their hands nearly brushed. Roan could sense the beads of water still clinging to her fingertips.

#Seaforth

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · Jul 16

🎶 Midnight... not a sound from the pavement... has the moon lost her memory? 🎶

You all had to know that's where my earworm was gonna go today...

The #WIPSnips word for July 16 is "memory"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
July 16 - memory
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Jul 15

Marion begins to worry...

Marion wanted to believe it, but she couldn’t be sure. “I am growing old, Lorcan. I need a successor. I needed your sister to stand tall and face her future head-on. If she doesn’t rise to take my place, it will fall into other hands.”

#Seaforth

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · Jul 15

The #WIPSnips word for July 15th is "sister"

Remember synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine!

(Sorry for the scheduling account mixup. Two accounts on buffer.)

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The #WIPsnips word for July 15 is “sister”

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pirate is querying SEAFORTH @ibethepirate.bsky.social · Jul 15

KER

Liam’s laugh was a low rumble. It wiped the smile off Ker’s face. It wasn’t funny. It was clever. He did everything right. He waited, he watched, he struck when the time was right. There was no luck in this outcome; only a careful layering of steps got him to this moment.

#Seaforth

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · Jul 14

And we're back here again at Monday with a new week of #WIPSnips

To kick us off this week, the word for July 14th is "rumble"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts