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Libby Lineweaver

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I do science and write about dragons 👩‍🔬🐉📚 she/her | 🖤🩶🤍💜 #amquerying Cursed Blessings Currently working on: 📝 🌕 magic and ✨ gods

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · Aug 6

CRIER'S WAR x THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE

Perenne's rigged elections and patriarchal religion have only led to hate.

Solterna's oligarchy has only led to oppression.

It's time for two lesbians from the enemy countries to get their hands dirty in geopolitics.

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT

Agent's guide to CURSED BLESSINGS
97,000 word Adult Fantasy

Pitch: When a woman with a powerful Blessing of persuasion finds herself at the mercy of a corrupt politician, she finds connection in the most unexpected place: a vengeful woman from the enemy country. As they find themselves caught up in the schemings of those who'd use their gifts for evil, they are the only ones who can prevent a centuries-old tension from finally boiling over.

For fans of: Crier's War by Nina Varela, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

Tropes & Themes: sapphic fantasy, dual POV, gods-based magic system, enemies to lovers to "it's complicated," magical creatures, lots of cats

Next to the list of tropes is a panel of five pictures containing: two horseback riders on a beach, a dragon shadowed in mist, a black cat sitting on a tree branch, a cobblestone alley surrounded by ivy, a picture of redwoods looking up with the sun peaking through branches

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate the MMC moonlighting as a bard 😂

Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 3d

Two women under the fists of politicians and the gods stand at the crossroads of war and peace. Will they save their nations, or destroy them?

🐉 shadow dragons
😼 magic cats
🏛️ political intrigue
👩🏾👩🏼 badass women
🏋🏼‍♀️ morally gray shadow mommy
❤️‍🩹 enemies to lovers to "it's complicated"

#DVPit #A #F #LGBT

Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 3d

I'm obsessed with the Hollow Knight comp

Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 3d

THE PRIORY OF THE 🍊 TREE x THE FAMILIAR x CRIER'S WAR

Perenne's rigged elections and patriarchal religion have only led to hate.

Solterna's oligarchy has only led to oppression.

It's time for two lesbians from these enemy countries to get their hands dirty in geopolitics.

#DVPit #A #F #LGBT

Agent's guide to CURSED BLESSINGS
99,000-word Adult Fantasy

Tropes & Themes: sapphic fantasy, dual POV, gods-based magic system, enemies to lovers to "it's complicated," magical creatures, lots of cats

Excerpt:

Pulling her necklace from beneath her tunic, she brought the Shadow Dragon scale up to her lips and whispered the prayer to Solumbra in Solterna's original tongue, calling for her control over the shadows. Slowly, the shadowed forest wriggled to life. The near motionless shadows twitched, as though a sudden breeze had shaken the trees casting them.

Then they slithered.

The shadows ran over tree trunks and the forest floor alike. The intruders walked through the sunbeams that revealed the path and creek, making Aurelia's job all the easier as her called shadows skittered over to their prominent shadows trailing behind them, and Aurelia whispered a brief prayer of thanks to Solara for her bright sunbeams.

Then, with a clenching fist, Aurelia's shadows snaked around the intruders'.

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 17d

Man, these magic cats really have no sense of boundaries...

#UnhingedPit #A #F #LGBT #Q

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AITA for pretending to be afraid of my own shadow and confused about life to get Onesta to take care of me, so I could keep an eye on her?

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Olivia DeSimone ✨is agented✨ @oliviadesimone.bsky.social · 18d

THE GUILDED AGE #UnhingedPit #W #Dystopian #AG

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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

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 18d

"How was I supposed to know that the evil guy actually had an evil plan and wasn't just sending me on a quest to do evil things for shits and giggles?"
-Onesta, probably

#UnhingedPit #A #F #LGBT #Q

Evil politician that sent Onesta on an evil quest actually has an evil plan.

Onesta:
*Shocked Pikachu face* meme (screenshot from Pokemon anime zoomed in on Pikachu's face, where his mouth is open in surprise)

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 18d

Love me a jasmine tea

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Claire Kidwell @kiddyjoy.bsky.social · 18d

Listen, we’ve had our share of night-adjacent shadowy boys in romantasy. It’s time we got some queer rep! 🏳️‍🌈✨💕

(They’re the main love interest and literally the night sky trapped in a mortal form so 👀)

#UnhingedPit #A #Q #F #LGBT

Images of Pippin and Aragorn from Lord of the Rings in discussion with added text.
Pippin: “What about a night-coded love interest?”
Aragorn: “We already had it.”
Pippin: “We’ve had shadow daddies, yes. What about a shadow enby?”

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 18d

i know we have to "push back" or whatever but this administration has us saying the goofiest, most obvious shit. late night hosts are allowed to make jokes. actually, WE pay tariffs. no, that's not how tylenol works. could be solving climate change but instead we're debunking middle school rumors

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · 18d

7 reasons why you should NOT read Cursed Blessings

#UnhingedPit #A #F #LGBT #Q

Cursed Blessings Red Flags
1/5 stars
-Magic cats that have no concept of boundaries
-Morally gray shadow mommy
-Forbidden romance ruined by betrayal
-A dragon, because of course there's a dragon
-So much politics
-Too many emotions
-Did I mention all the cats?
Authored by: totally not a dog

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · Aug 15

Two women at the mercy of politicians and the Gods stand at the crossroads of war and peace. Will they save their nations, or destroy them?

🐉shadow dragons
😼magic cats
🏛️political intrigue
👩🏾👩🏼badass women
🏋🏼‍♀️morally gray shadow mommy
❤️‍🩹enemies to lovers to "it's complicated"

#QueerPit #A #F #LGBT

Agent guide to Cursed Blessings, 97,000 word adult fantasy.

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Juniper Woodbury ✨ is querying ✨ @juniperwoodbury.bsky.social · Aug 15

A sapphic GOOD WILL HUNTING set in a prestigious magic convent.

✨ gatekept magic
🗡️ ritual sacrifice
🚫 forbidden romance
🪷 hallucinogenic lotus flowers
🌞 seasonal gravity
#QueerPit #A #F #CLI

A collage on a stained glass cathedral background. Collage: a large monstera leaf, a group of people in purple and white robes with lace veils covering their faces, one holding a crucifix, a cactus with a pink flower, two nuns in black-and-white habits kissing, a close-up of red-liquid-covered fingers dipped into a silver cup.

A three-panel image with clips from three movies. The left panel is labeled "The Little Hours" and shows a nun (Aubrey Plaza) screaming at an employee (Dave Franco). The middle panel is labeled "Good Will Hunting" and shows Will (Matt Damon) solving a math problem on a chalkboard. The right panel is labeled "Wicked (if Galinda & Elphaba kissed)" and shows Galinda (Ariana Grande) embracing Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) while looking in a mirror.

A moodboard with nuns kissing, a leopard staring at the camera, a red ocean, a cactus with a flower, red fingers in a silver cup, foliage, purple-hooded people, and cathedral candles. Over the top, a white rectangle with the text: "A sapphic Good Will Hunting set in a prestigious magic convent.

Spinoza is the middle-aged High Vestra of the most renowned magic convent as far as the rainforest reaches. As High Vestra, she’s responsible for communing with the gods. Except, ever since a sacrifice gone wrong three years ago, she can’t hear the gods anymore. Fearing irrelevance, she fabricates messages they send her. When her patron loses faith in Spinoza’s competence, she’s forced to select and train a replacement. Determined to prove she’s irreplaceable, she devises a selection trial that should be impossible to pass.

Casuma is a young, rebellious maid at the renowned convent who resents her employers for deforesting her home and forcing their new religion on her family. To mess with the privileged acolytes, she completes a magical trial set out for them before any of them have even had the chance. But when her unprecedented success is discovered, she’s picked to be the High Vestra’s new apprentice. Though she loathes the High Vestra and everything she stands for, Casuma recognizes this as an opportunity to take down the religion from within.

While Spinoza trains Casuma, they each secretly plot to undermine the other. As they spend more time together, their secrets threaten to come to the surface: Spinoza’s lie that she communes with the gods, that, if discovered, would make her an outcast, and Casuma’s plot of rebellion that could result in her death, as well as her secret affair with Pironella, a devout acolyte, despite the convent’s strict rules against romance."

A stained glass cathedral background with three books overlaid. Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher. The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig. The Incandescent by Emily Tesh.

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · Aug 15

CRIER'S WAR x THE PRIORY OF THE 🍊 TREE

A shadow dragon and two magic cats melt the hearts of two angry, scorned women. Badassery ensues.

#QueerPit #A #F #LGBT

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Kendall Stern @kendallstern.bsky.social · Aug 7

This energy.

But she’s an immortal goddess sent to destroy your kingdom.

#Q #A #F #RF #questpit

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚨IMPORTANT DVPIT ALERT!🚨

Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse.
All the official information for DVpit only comes from this account, our discord, or dvpit.carrd.co
We implore you to be safe & protect your information

Important Alert! We are being impersonated

Unfortunately, the DVpit url has been claimed by an unknown party which is claiming to be us with services that we do not endorse.
We are NOT affiliated with Cecil Butler or his payday loans.

At this time, please be advised that all the official information for DVpit only comes from @dvpit.bsky.social, dvpit.carrd.co, or our discord server.

We implore you to be safe and protect your information.

Thank you!

Graphic showing dvpit.com is NOT AFFILIATED WITH #DVPIT at this time!

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🕯️✨Taylor Leigh✨🕯️ (is querying) @authortaylorleigh.bsky.social · Aug 6

One Dark Window X Locke Lamora

Con everyone. Dodge dragons. Save her sister at any cost.

💥 Disaster-Bi Visually Impaired FMC
👀 Betrayal & Thievery
🐉 Dragons (who might eat you)
🕯️ Broken Magic
🔥 Burned Desert Palace
🤫 Everyone Has A Secret
🔮 Magic w/ Consequences
🥰 Found Family

#Q #A #F #questpit

Black and grey background of desert sands
Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "The City of Dragon Glass Agent Guide". Upper right corner has an illustration of white jasmine and in the lower left a cream rose

Black and grey background of desert sands
Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "The Pitch" and "#OWNVOICES"
Upper Left corner has an illustration of white jasmine, lower right has an image of green bay leaves
Pitch reads:
Deeply inspired by my experience of going blind, THE CITY OF DRAGON GLASS (98k) is a standalone adult fantasy featuring a disability-normative culture, a burned desert palace, and a morally-grey bisexual protagonist.

Nefeli's gift of sensing magical relics has made her a world-class thief, but tapping into her power comes with a cost: her vision. With every use of her magic, her degenerative eye disorder worsens. But when her sister's fragile health crumbles, Nefeli must choose: her sight or her sister's treatment. To earn the money needed, Nefeli agrees to a dangerous con posing as a noble at a political summit crawling with dragons and other powerful magic. She only has a fortnight to find a missing relic before the palace closes for another century. If she's going to succeed, she must rely on a former fling's help, despite the risk of him blowing her cover at any moment. And with her vision tunneling in, completing the job will force Nefeli to confront her biggest fear: without her sight, who is she?

Black and grey background of desert sands
Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "Comps"
Upper Left corner has an illustration of white jasmine, lower right has an image of green bay leaves
Left Image: Cover of One Dark Window with text that reads "Broken Magic with Consequences"
Middle Image: Cover for A Dance of Lies with text that reads Everyone Has A Secret
Right Image: Cover fro Godkiller with text that reads Queer & Disability Rep

Black and grey background of desert sands
Tan overlay that looks like torn paper with the title "Snippet"
Upper Left corner has an illustration of white jasmine, lower right has an image of green bay leaves
Snippet reads: It would be a lie to say it was purely for that reason, though, that she memorized everything she saw. Every chance she got, she carved images into her mind—the way the port flags fluttered in the ocean breeze, the foamy white caps of waves, even the tiny footprints in the sand left by seabirds. She paid attention to the most mundane of images—the way someone's knuckles swelled from arthritis, the crescent curve of a smile, the way dirt looked when smudged across a forehead. Since she'd realized that one day her vision would go dark, she'd etched moments into her memory as deeply as she could, in hopes that they would never be stolen from her, even when she could no longer see.

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Kendall Stern @kendallstern.bsky.social · Aug 6

Luxia knows all about #JustGirlyThings

#Q #A #F #RF #questpit

Just Girly Things meme showing three women standing in a road in festival clothes. Text across image reads "Making deals with death gods."

Just Girly Things meme showing a woman writing in a journal. Text across image reads "plotting to destroy a kingdom."

Just Girly Things meme showing five friends posing for a photo. Text across image reads "uncovering a political conspiracy."

Just Girly Things meme showing a couple holding hands. Text across image reads "releasing your boyfriend’s enemy from prison."

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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · Aug 6

Are you looking for...?

🐉shadow dragons
😼magic cats
🏛️political intrigue
✨forbidden magic
👩🏾👩🏼badass women
🏋🏼‍♀️morally gray shadow mommy
❤️‍🩹enemies to lovers to "it's complicated"

Might I offer you CURSED BLESSINGS?

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #LGBT

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Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · Aug 6

I finished this "Book Overture" just in time for #QuestPit!

8 minutes of original music composed by beginner me for my #W #YA(?) #LGBT swashbuckling farce, THE DUEL IN 1660! Listen to meet the first half of the cast and feel the vibes and emotions!

The Duel in 1660 - Book Overture (Aug 6 2025)

I made this "overture" for my book, THE DUEL IN 1660 (working title)! It's a medley of character and concept themes mostly from the first half of the book. I'm a beginner composer, learning by…

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Aug 6

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE

Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag.

#QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections:

1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads:
"How much would you pay to die with a smile?"
The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background.

2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word.

3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says:
"A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"

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Anna is querying gothic horror 💌 @annahirsch.bsky.social · Aug 6

DAUGHTER OF THE FOREST x NOSFERATU

Ciarán’s family hasn’t trusted him since his cousin died in his care. So when he hears the family banshee warning of another death, he’ll do anything to prove his truthfulness—if he doesn’t fall for the banshee first. 🥀❤️‍🔥

#QuestPit #H #R #A #W

Graphic with a decorative victorian gothic border with a title that reads Don't Keen for Me: 70,000 word gothic horror by Anna Hirsch.
A mock book cover is featured in the center of the image surrounded by trope text callouts: He's human, she's immortal; byronic hero protagonist; only one grave; tragic ending; bubonic plague; Medieval Irish setting; uncovering lost memories.

Comps: the folkloric love story of Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid, the catholic guilt of The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, the family trauma of Haunting of Hill House directed by Mike Flanagan.

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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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Libby Lineweaver @libbylineweaver.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you!!