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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · 2d

#Agents if you are interested in PB books with heart, family, and #POC #OWNvoices, please take a look at my friend @JudyGoldmanMex who is looking for a new agent, as her agent Beth Marshea just left her agenting carreer.
#WritingCommunity #amquerying #PB #books #writerscommunity

Judy Goldman @judygoldman.bsky.social · 2d

My agent stepped away from agenting and I’m looking for a new one open to repping my picture books and middle grade mss. Set in Mexico, where I’m from, they are filled with the wonder of my country, its traditions, and its people. #SearchingForAnAgent

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 2d

What are you doing to get ready for #RevPit #10Queries?

What do you plan on sending in? Let us know and connect with fellow writers! #amquerying #amwriting #writersky #writersofbsky #writersofbluesky

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 17

Now quering!
A beautiful girl falls from a magic city, just to be helped by a wolf boy and a witch to return home. For that, they need faith, an ancient book, and a flying ship!
But beware, the Corruptor, lord of nightmares, is coming to capture them.
#Posterpit #MG #F #Q

Flying boat, two Kids, a witch and a monster

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 16

#PosterPit #YA #H #Q Rewritten.
Ixtab, the Mayan Death goddess, haunts a little Mexican town, dragging ppl to Xibalbá, land of dead. She got Gustavo at the bridge of lost souls, and his sister Alondra would do anything to save him... even descending to hell.

Mayan Death goddess Ixtab, with her jade armor and a skull penacho

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 16

I love this! Want to read it!!

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 16

This!!!!

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 16

Now on queries!
A beautiful girl falls from a magic city, just to be helped by a wolf boy and a witch to return home. For that, they need faith, an ancient book, and a flying ship!
But beware, the Corruptor, lord of nightmares, is coming to capture them.
#Posterpit #MG #F #Q

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 7

Hide&seeker x Mayan Myths

Ixtab is the goddess of dark sea,Lady Death. Hundreds were sacrificed in her honor at sea. Now,hungry and angered, the goddess lures people to die. Only Javier & Alondra can defeat her, save Alondra’s brother, or die trying

#YA #Q #QuestPit #H #rewritten

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 6

Mayan myths x hide and seeker.

On a lonely beach, a dark goddess is waiting to devour your soul. She has a siren voice, and has trapped most of your classmates in her underworld, Xibalba. Can you escape her power and rescue your brother before she gets to kill him? #questpit #Q #H #YA #rewritten

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Iris Andersi @goodwords.bsky.social · Aug 6

POTIONS UNINCORPORATED

Think HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x THE SPELLSHOP

💜 Chronic Illness Rep
🌱 Plant Magic
💚 Bisexual Witches
🐈‍⬛ A Snarky Familiar
😈 Evil Pharmaceutical Potion Company
☀️ Grumpy X Sunshine Romance
☕ Cozy Vibes

#QuestPit #Q #A #R #F #chronicillnessrep #ownvoices #LGBTQ #cozyfantasy

Potions Unincorporated is written on a black journal with ivy stems and a mushroom on the cover. The tropes are listed with arrows on the right side: Grumpy x Sunshine, Found Family, Evil Pharma Potion Company, Plant Magic, Chronic Illness Rep, Cozy Vibes

The Pitch is written on a lavender field background: A curmudgeonly witch with a chronic illness must work with a cheerful thief to stand up to a greedy pharmaceutical company

A garden of comps is written on a leaf. The background is brown soil with plants next to comp titles: Legends and Lattes, The Spellshop, Howl's Moving Castle, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches, and Under The Whispering Door.

A snippet highlights the main character's relationship with her familiar, Toad. In the snippet they discuss Linatta's ex girlfriend and Toad's hatred of hats. A book is open below the image and has wildflowers growing out of the inside spine.

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 6

You got me at "shadow sorceress " 🤩

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you, Melanie!

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · Aug 6

I’m excited to share this #pitchcard for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, and JOHN, the YA fantasy novel I #amquerying, feat:

🏴‍☠️ LGBTQIA+ rep
👑 non-western setting
🌸 anti-colonial lens
🏴‍☠️ girls w/ swords
👑 besties-to-lovers
🌸 friendship > everything

#QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q

A pitch card for YA fantasy The Pirate, The Princess, and John by @saraduranauthor, marked “Now Querying” with a gold star noting “5 full requests and counting.” The book is a standalone, complete at 82,000 words.

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · Aug 6

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing

Agent guide for I Am Chosen, M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski

Photo of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle.
It reads: PITCH:

IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING
LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT?

Photo by Dawn Berkoski

Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story.

The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others.

The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel.

Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch.

Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Aug 6

Fairy Oak x The girl who drank the moon
Silena longs for her home, a realm where everybody has wings, but her.
Since she fell into the dark forest, Ull has help her retrieve her memories.
But to get home, she needs a magic ship & defeat the Corruptor ready to devour her light #QuestPit #Q #MG #F

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Jun 6

Fairi Oak x The girl who drank the moon
Silena longs for her home, a magic realm where everybody has wings, but her. Since she fell into the dark forest, she got lost. A wolf-kid & a witch rescued her. But the Corruptor is ready to destroy their dreams #JoyPit #POC #MG #Fantasy

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · Jun 6

When ghost pirate Captain Amir’s violent plan to break her curse threatens 2 queer teens, she must choose: escape her fate or protect the 1st crew she’s ever loved.

But curse-breaking means more than survival—it means accepting she might deserve love, too.

#JoyPit #YA #F #LGBT

A moodboard for Captain Amir, showing a crying eye, a sultry pirate captain, a bottle of mysterious elixir, leather boots kicked up on a treasure chest, wooden barrels and dusty glass bottles of rum, a treasure chest, a face wiping blood from their lower lip, and a pirate ship with a joyful crew sailing into the sunset. A pirate flag is subtly superimposed over the image.

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karimecc.bsky.social @karimecc.bsky.social · Jun 6

FAIRY OAK x THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON
A fantasy and lyrical story featuring:
🌟 A girl searching for her memories found a family instead
🪺 A good witch protecting a magical valley
🐺 A dark force lurking in the forest, waiting to trap the girl and steal her light
#joypit #MG

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Feb 21

Announcing our 2025 annual contest editors!! 😍 #RevPit

Check out each editor's #MSWL and the contest schedule! Submissions open March 13th 🥳

reviseresub.com/editors

Editors

In this contest, authors will be eligible to receive feedback and full edits on their manuscript from professional editors, ensuring their works are polished and ready for those agent inboxes.

reviseresub.com

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Feb 21

🚨!!!!TODAY!!!! 🚨

Stay tuned for our editor announcements! #RevPit

Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Feb 14

Soon... 👀 Keep an eye on this space in the next couple weeks to meet the editors featured in our annual contest opening March 13th! #writingcommunity #RevPit #writersofbluesky

Blue image. Text reads: RevPit Editor Announcements coming soon.

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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · Jan 27

LEGENDBORN X AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

When fighters start disappearing from an underground elemental tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament’s secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate.

#2025Pit #YA #F #Jewish

A collage featuring a hooded figure standing in an underground tunnel that has the four elements on the walls and floor.

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John W Treviño @johnwtrevino.bsky.social · Jan 27

🔥 FIX YOU 🔥

🔥 Latina Representation
🔥 Catholic High School
🔥 Enemies to Lovers
🔥 Sapphic Love Triangle
🔥 Slow Burn
🔥 Mental Health Rep
🔥 Passionate Sports Girl
🔥 Serial Killers
🔥 Love Conquers All
🔥 Cooper the Corgi

#2025Pit #YA #agentsguide #litagents

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · Jan 27

When Larkin discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child.

#2025pit #A #R #RM #F #LGBTQIA #ace

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Tricksy Wizard @tricksywizard.bsky.social · Jan 28

WALK ON, WEETRILL

One fateful breakfast, Weetrill tumbles from a tree and lands smack dab on top of a giant locket. Magpie Witchbird thinks it’s the key to recovering Weetrill’s lost memories, if he’s brave enough to journey beyond her grove.

THE HOBBIT X NEVERENDING STORY
#2025pit #YA #GN #F #AA

PAGE FOUR AND FIVE:

1 - PULLED-OUT TWO PAGE SPREAD OF A MASSIVE DECIDUOUS TREE WITH A LONG BRANCH EXTENDING TOWARD THE PINE TREE WEETRILL NOTICED. THERE ARE MULTIPLE TINY WEETRILLS ON THIS TREE. HE CLIMBS THE TRUNK, PAUSES ON THE TOP BRANCH TO GAUGE THE DISTANCE TO THE PINE TREE, AND MAKES A MASSIVE LEAP FROM THE DECIDUOUS TREE TO THE PINE TREE.

NARRATOR: A BAUBLE FOR A START AND THEN A QUEST IN NEED OF MINDING.

2- TOP DOWN SHOT OF WEETRILL CLIMBING HAND-OVER-HAND THROUGH THE THIN NEEDL-Y PINE BRANCHES

3 - WEETRILL CLINGS TO ONE BRANCH AND STRETCHES OUT HIS HAND TO TRY AND GRAB THE RED BERRY

NARRATOR: AND GOLDEN RARE’S THE MORNING WHEN…

4- THE BRANCH WEETRILL IS HOLDING FOR BALANCE SNAPS IN TWO.

PAGE SIX:

1 - TOP DOWN SHOT OF WEETRILL FALLING AND REACHING UP TO TRY AND CATCH HIMSELF. HE’S SCREAMING AND HIS EYES ARE AFRAID. THE BRANCHES OF THE CANOPY ARE ALL AROUND HIM AND THERE’S DARKNESS BEHIND HIM

NARRATOR: THY FATE WILL GUIDE THE FINDING

2, 3, 4 - THREE SHOTS OF WEETRILL HITTING THE GROUND, ROLLING DOWNHILL, AND LANDING FLAT ON HIS BELLY WHEN HE FINALLY COMES TO A STOP

PAGE SEVEN:

1, 2 - TWO SHOTS OF WEETRILL RECOVERING FROM HIS FALL. HE WINCES AND GRASPS HIS JAW

3 - WEETRILL FREEZES IN SURPRISE, NOTICING SOMETHING ACROSS THE FOREST CLEARING FROM HIM

4 - LARGE SHOT OF A GOLDEN HEART-SHAPED LOCKET. IT’S HUMAN-SIZED, WHICH MAKES IT ABOUT THE SIZE OF WEETRILL’S TORSO. THE LOCKET IS WEDGED INTO THE DIRT AND WEETRILL IS LAYING ON HIS BELLY IN THE BACKGROUND STARING AT IT

5 - CLOSEUP OF WEETRILL TAKING UP THE LOCKET IN BOTH HANDS AND STARING DOWN IN WONDER

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Dear Nicoletta in the trenches @dearnicoletta.bsky.social · Jan 28

HOUSE OF HUNGER x BLOODBORNE

Taken from school and sold to a convent, Flora is a pawn in a war between the church and the reviled monstra, but she sympathizes with the beasts she's supposed to hate. Once she falls in love with a carnivorous unicorn, all bets are off.

#2025pit #A #DF #R #LGBT #Q

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