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Isabelle Ranney

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INFJ dreamer, wife, mom of 2 kids and 4 cats, and writer of sweet romance with a time travel twist ⏳❤️ 📖FALLING IN TIME coming in February 2027 with Creative James Media!

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 11

🥰🎶Him: I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
😥🎶Her: Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
😄🎶Book: Back in Time - Huey Lewis & The News

He’s the man of her dreams living in the wrong century, but she can’t just let him go...💐👒⌛

#Playlistpitch #Rom #A

Fountain pen on notebook with cursive writing, modern thoughtful woman with coffee, Edwardian gentleman in 3 piece suit, old stone archway in front of trees.

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you so much!

Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Sep 10

I am thrilled to announce my time travel romance FALLING IN TIME will be published in February 2027 with Creative James Media! 😄❤️⏳📖

#writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #romancelandia #sweetromance #timetravel

Publishers Marketplace announcement of book deal for romance FALLING IN TIME by Isabelle Ranney with Creative James Media.

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Sep 8

I have not posted much lately because something is IN THE WORKS... Exciting news coming Wednesday! 😄😄

#writersky #writingcommunity #writercommunity #writerlife #amwriting #romancelandia

(This is my cat Teddy who is also excited! 😸)

My cat Teddy, an orange buff tabby who is closing his eyes while smiling.

Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Aug 10

Happy 9th Birthday to my youngest daughter! This is the giant inflatable Cheezit that she asked for 😂
#9thbirthday #writerlife

Very large inflatable pool raft in the design of an orange Cheezit cracker

Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is interesting, thanks! Also, I just took your book out from the library! I assume library purchases feed into book sales data, especially since libraries are likely to buy the rest of a series.

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Absolutely, and thanks again for the like! 😄😄

Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 14

Hi Lee! Thank you so much for liking my Bluepit pitch! My full is actually already with your fellow agent Anjanette Barr, she requested my manuscript after I sent a query in June. I really appreciate the love from Dunham Literary! 😄

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carlyhiebner.bsky.social @carlyhiebner.bsky.social · Jul 13

She serves five-star cuisine in LA. He thinks casserole with cornflakes is gourmet. When he insults her cooking at a mutual friend’s baby shower, sparks—and spatulas—fly.

#BluePit 📖 #A #R #W

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hello!! Nice to meet you 🌿

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Katie @katiemahood.bsky.social · Jul 13

#bluepit📖
When Harper’s worries threaten to consume her, she seeks solace in the branches of her tree, Esperanza, where she gathers strength to face the big problems in life that have no solutions.

A lyrical story about mental health that focuses on finding peace in nature.
#PB #Q

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Liz Lassiter✨️is querying✨️ @lizlasswrites.bsky.social · Jun 6

Here's the #AgentsGuide for THE BOOKERY, a 93k-word cozy romantic fantasy that I #AmQuerying since May 2025!

#litagents #cozyfantasy #romanticfantasy #fantasyromance #fantasy #romantasy

A graphic shows bread and books alongside an agent's guide to The Bookery by Liz Lassiter, a 93,000 word cozy romantic fantasy novel in which a high-society witch discovers the joy of living for personal fulfillment rather than social clout, thanks to her sweet-as-sugar pastry chef tenant and the judgemental phoenix nesting in his bakery’s oven.

A graphic shows bread and books alongside comparative titles for The Bookery by Liz Lassiter: The Phoenix Keeper, The Spellshop, Legends and Lattes, Howl's Moving Castle, and The House in the Cerulean Sea.

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 13

The best clothing!

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · Jul 13

Here’s my #agentsguide to A CROSSROAD OF LILIES, my complete YA romance with a speculative twist!

🍄A magical mushroom curse
🍄A friends-to-lovers romance
🍄A retired childhood actor
🍄A bullied scholarship student
🍄An otherworldly secret they both must keep

#Bluepit📖 #R #YA #Q

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you!

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Jaye Viner (she/her) @jayeviner.bsky.social · Jul 13

How far would you go for love? Justine thinks she can catch a husband by casting a spell. Instead, she snares is a charming but immature death god who tricks her into a deal she can only escape if she figures out how to beat him at his own game 📖 #A #F #P #DIS #bluepit

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Natalie G @ngwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

#BluePit 📖
MAGIC FLOWS GREEN

When a summer intern with a traumatic past accidentally strands her team in a magical world, she must face arrogant mages, hide from dragons, and, above all, she must guard her heart against the perfect guy who is promised to someone else.

#A #Q #WF #F

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nuzhatn.bsky.social @nuzhatn.bsky.social · Jul 13

“Poison Garden” x “The Wild Book”

At the end of a deserted street, sits an abandoned library. New to town, Salma decides to visit only to discover something strange: the library is alive. Can she convince her neighbors to save the Forgotten Library before it’s too late? #bluepit #PB #picturebook

a person 's hand is reaching for a book on a shelf

Alt: a person 's hand is reaching for a book on a library shelf

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ooh I love this!

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · Jul 13

Renegades x Back to the Future
Someone's altering the past. Jance, a 16YO goof who discovers he's part alien must clear Sammy, an alien with PTSD, to stop reality's ruin before she's jailed and he's erased from reality.
Too bad the suspect died 25 years ago.
#Bluepit #ya #q #SF

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Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ether—the culmination of space, time, mana, and life. Call it science or magic, but for those living in Etheri villages, harnessing their mana and practicing the old ways, time seemed to move slower than in the outside world.

Books, music & more! linktr.ee/sagetgreene

#BluePit📖 #P #NA #Action #F

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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 13

DOWNTON ABBEY x THE WAY HOME

After being thrown back in time Paige meets the man of her dreams, except for the fact that he lives in 1915 and she knows he’s going to die in a year. Will she risk changing history for love?

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #R #Q

1915 imprinted in metal, old-fashioned cursive writing, modern woman sitting, 19th century historical house, garden roses, Edwardian man in three-piece suit, old stone archway, old watch with roman numerals.

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Jul 11

“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone.” - Charles de Lint

Photograph: Our young brown spaniel swims in the River Teign amidst stars of summer light.

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T. Torrest Author 💙📚 @ttorrestauthor.bsky.social · Jul 11

𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭.
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘹.
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.

A WAY TO GET BY is an effed-up romance spanning 1969-1985 starring Brenda & Eddie from #BillyJoel 's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."

Soundtrack: bit.ly/44FVJYN

#PlaylistPitch
#A #NA #WF #ROM
#P but #unagented and #Q

They started to fight when the money got tight and they just didn't count on the tears... Italian restaurant table with 3D book cover of T. Torrest's A WAY TO GET BY and a Polaroid picture of Brenda and Eddie

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Cat Purcell, boldest of blood and wildest of hearts @thatcatpurcell.bsky.social · Jul 11

WILDERNESS OF THE HEART: Jane’s mission to study the aliens of Relleth leads to the discovery of Ezra, a man thought lost to the wilds. Caught between her mission the planet’s wilderness, Jane must choose between science, love, and survival. #A #ROM #SF #PlaylistPitch #Pitchevent #Agents #amquerying

Music Player screenshot of See Her Out There by Francis and the Lights

“Wilderness of the heart” a quad pic layout of someone in an orange astronaut suit, the milky way, a couple in a golden forest, and a couple about to kiss with a woman’s hand on his lips. (All pictures royalty free from Pixabay)

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