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Madeline ✨ is querying
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Writer. Reader of fantasy and romance. Animal lover. Let’s talk morally gray protagonists, heart-pounding romances, and feisty dragons 🐉 🗡️ #amquerying
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Madeline ✨ is querying @madeline02.bsky.social · Mar 17
An #agentsguide for My Forsaken Divine!

Where Zuko and Katara’s conflicted boy and ambitious girl dynamic meets a gritty dark academia world filled with mystery ✨

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #F #M
An Agent’s Guide to My Forsaken Divine, a YA dark academia fantasy mystery Pitch: To rid herself of the kingdom's most feared forsaken god, Hartlen must find the murderer attacking her classmates-but as more students die without a culprit in sight, she becomes the prime suspect, which could not only cost her her future, but her life. Comps: This Vicious Grace, These Violent Delights, and A Lesson in Vengeance Excerpt: The greenspace is a field of golden dandelions surrounding the picture of a smiling Idalia. Pure joy lights her face as she combs her hair back with her hand. It was taken earlier this year, her hair shorter and forearm not tattooed. I remember how excited she was in the days leading up to her photography session since those with two Blessed parents were doing it. She would've wanted it to be her mourning photo. I'll do it, I say. I'll find the murderer. Who says my offer still stands? Don't play with me, I quip, not bothering to hide the cut in my tone. He hums, unbothered. This deal is binding. Once you start, there's no going back. I never thought I'd stoop this low, but I'm desperate. For money. A new Divine. Vengeance. And that makes people like me do stupid things. I don't care anymore. Finding him is larger than both of us now.
madeline02.bsky.social
When your God's reputation is worse than your Wi-Fi so you have to solve your school's murder mystery to get rid of him

Alexa, play Heathens by Twenty One Pilots

#UnhingedPit #YA #F #M #Q
a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat in front of an emergency exit sign
ALT: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits in an orange seat in front of an emergency exit sign
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March 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
madeline02.bsky.social
THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THIS VICIOUS GRACE

Hartlen must find the murderer killing her classmates before people begin to believe the extremists claiming her forsaken god is using her to carry out the murders. If she fails, she could be executed.

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA
A mood board with pictures of a church, suspect board, angel statue, and the forest. The text reads: "Find the murderer, and I'll grant you your freedom"
March 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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jalwrites.bsky.social
Here We Go Again x It's a Sin

Whilst honouring his uncle's dying wish to reunite six drag queen activists, a young gay man hears the truth about his adoptive mother. With her past about to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
On the left, the title THE DRAGNIFICENT SEVEN is written, with the text angled vertically. To the right is a 9 square moodboard. In the four corners are images of drag queens. Top middle is an image of an LGBTQ+ rights protest in black and white. Bottom middle is a picture of a piece of colourful modern art. Middle left is a road map with a magnifying glass and set of car keys resting on top. Middle right is an image of a young man with medium length hair walking through a city at night. In the centre is a pile of newspaper cuttings with the words 'are the dragnificent seven back?" written over the top in a fake headline style. On the right hand side and acting as a background image, is a drag queen waiting in the wings. If you use a screen reader or rely on alt text, I always aim to make picture posts as inclusive as possible. If I can improve in any way to make my posts more accessible to you, please do reach out and I will take your feedback on board for future posts.
March 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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hannahbashir.bsky.social
My MC Athena from OF WISDOM
an Athena origin tale 🦉

⚔️fiercely protective
🦉strategic thinker
🏛️likes the finer things
🪡enjoys crafting
💭 ‘war is necessary, but it is not always just.’

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #HF #agentsguide
March 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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atplummauthor.bsky.social
When a spacecraft crashes on a planet with a poisoned atmosphere, Thea and her team have ten days to find it before it's too late for possible survivors. It should be an easy mission, but the monsters she faces are not all from her planet's ecosystem.

72K A SF SFF

#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
Moodboard with photos in white blue and black, and 3 blocks of text "When a spacecraft crashes on a world with a posioned atmosphere, two teams from rival cities are sent after it. They face the hostile ecosystem, the politics between their respective homes and bosses with personal agendas, in a race to find it first. They have ten days before it's too late for possible survivors. 72K, A SF SFF" "Abilities for a chosen few Cinematic fights Planet will kill you Domed cities/ Nomads Friends to enemies/ Enemies to friends Some romance Enviro suits/ Altered bodies Betrayed trust/ loyalty under scrutiny Imperfect world, but it works Small scale/ not epic Small group under pressure Multiple POV Scifi, but they have powers" "Quotes One's irrational fears weren't supposed to materialize. A palm's length away, the darkness moved. Golden particles swirled and bloomed between the tree trunks. They were coming. "Tell her what colourful things they call you", he said and smiled, the way the wild things smile. "It's a tough world, out there, without smart suits, without changed bodies. They need to learn to respect that, and know their limits, and use their heads." Behind him the slab ended into nothing, the steep slope below hidden in soft wet greyness. Mist swirled around them. For one moment, it was just boy and beast, stark outlines against the sky. "You're not lost. Not yet. No more than I am"."
March 17, 2025 at 1:33 PM
madeline02.bsky.social
THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x THIS VICIOUS GRACE

To rid herself of a forsaken god, Hartlen must find the murderer attacking her classmates-but with extremists making others believe her god is using her to kill them, doing so puts her life at risk

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA
A moodboard with a church, suspect board, angel statue, and the forest. Text reads: "Find the murderer, and I'll grand you your freedom."
March 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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maggiesbooks.bsky.social
EVERY SUMMER AFTER X NORMAL PEOPLE

Was he the one who got away, or was it just teenage lust? Two exes reunite for a wedding ten years after family drama and a fatal accident tore them apart.

🇨🇦 set in Quebec
🌶 3/5
📆 2 timelines
💔 family drama
⭐️ 2010s nostalgia

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA
moodboard of summer love
March 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social
Be like Ru.

When you're the hero of the story BECAUSE of your disability, not despite it.

Stranded pirates, a riddling sphinx, a mermaid who can't swim, the only boy around, & lost treasure.

Yet, RUTABAGAS DON'T BUILD TREEHOUSES...

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #MG #F #DIS
March 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
Orkney, 1909: Twenty-five years ago, men made history. Now, one woman will change it…

🔥 Feminine rage
🪢 Twisty plot
🌊 Atmospheric setting
🧜‍♀️ Fading folklore
❤️‍🔥 Vengeance and redemption
💫 Chronic illness rep (own voices)

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #A #H
March 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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hbrookswrites.bsky.social
Cadence doesn’t believe in ghosts or true love. But when her aunt rents the family’s gothic manor to a paranormal psychologist, Cadence must choose: admit ghosts are real or remain a skeptic and lose the man she’s falling for to a hungry ghost.

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA
March 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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nattykbrown.bsky.social
The Antiquity Affair x Sherlock Holmes x The Oregon Files

💎So many lies
💎Tight circle of suspects
💎Heists
💎Strong female protagonist
💎Love triangle
💎Rep: @roseclifflit.bsky.social

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE #A #T #Heist
Pitch card. Large central diamond. Title: Base Lies. Genre: International heist thriller. Pitch: Amanda is a human lie detector. Comps: Oregon Files x Oceans 8 Moodboard: Images showing museum vault crossed with lasers, spilled diamonds, Mexico City, Koln in Germany, woman sitting in centre controlling everything
March 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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suzannealbanis.bsky.social
POPPY WAR x SHADOW OF THE GODS x SCARLET THRONE

🌊grimdark
🪸anti-imperial
🏛 inspired by greek history (ancient to modern)
🏺gold touch (not a retelling!)
🧿political fantasy
🌋dying gods and demon worship

📧Represented by: @bookfairyangus.bsky.social

#PopUpPitE #LuckyPit
March 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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arienskyewrites.bsky.social
💀 stolen inheritance
💀found family
💀romantasy
💀 magic, tradition, and essential oils

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #MR
March 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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jenniferluce.bsky.social
A mortal woman teams up with the God of Light to put a stop to a power-hungry shapeshifter. But as she falls for his charms and nears uncovering the enemy's identity, she's forced to choose between love or duty—before the world & everyone she loves—falls to darkness
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #RF #NA
3 by 3 grid of pictures: a woman in a forest with a giant wolf; a silhouette of a woman; an image of a hand with puppet strings; a woman reaching out to light; two hands touching; a woman surrounded by a phoenix; art of a winged person saving someone falling; silhouette of couple kissing in the sun; a crown and dagger
March 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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katyreadsromance.bsky.social
Technically Yours x The Paradise Problem x The Hangover ♠️♥️♣️♦️
 
Becca has 3 weeks to raise $100k and save the job she loves-if she can survive a worktrip to Vegas with her ex’s hot best friend first.
 
♥️ gambling lessons
♥️ meddling coworkers
♥️ millennial-themed nightclub party
 
#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit
Agent guide header Agent guide pitch Tropes Snippet
March 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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nikostevens.bsky.social
TRULY, DEVIOUS X DON’T LET THE FOREST IN
An amateur sleuth who can control ghosts accidentally becomes a prime suspect in a murder. Now, he must catch the killer before more students die.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #FM
March 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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eliwoodsgheist.com
CAMP DAMASCUS x NETTLE & BONE

Girl meets boy. Girl meets monsters. Girl has to save the town. Sometimes what you don't know can kill you in BLUDEYE BEACH.

🤷‍♀️Character driven
❤️Slow-burn romance
👻Monster menagerie
🫂Found family

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #H #A
A picrew portrait of a young woman wearing glasses overlaid on a beach. The name Edie Grayson is on top, with a block of text to the right reading: She hated gym class, scary stories, green beans, and movies where the female love interest never got any of the good lines. She didn’t have a lot of friends, but sometimes, in group settings, she had the satisfaction of saying something really funny, usually on purpose. A picrew image of a young man over a beach with text reading Milo Vance at the top. To the right is a block of text that reads: “If you’re scared, I’ll do it with you,” Milo said. He said it as though it were the most natural thing in the world. When Edie looked at him, he was holding out his hand, and watching her with a sincerity she didn’t think she’d ever seen on anyone’s face. If it had been anyone else, at any other time, she would have thought they were making fun of her; but not Milo. A picrew image of a young woman over the ocean with text reading Catarina Novikov at the top. To the right is a block of text that reads: “I don’t know. We didn’t know any better. But maybe we do now. Maybe Edie’s wrong, I don’t know. But I sincerely hope that I never get to a point in my life where I can’t admit when I’m wrong. And if I am, I can’t change anything I've done, but maybe I can stop myself from repeating the same mistakes. Isn’t that worth at least considering?” A picrew portrait of a young man wearing sunglasses overlaid on a beach. The name Manny Torres is on top, with a block of text to the right reading: “You’re right about that. Grief just…becomes this thing inside of you. Like every time you want to see them, or talk to them, it just goes into this hard, black lump, somewhere deep down in your guts. Because those thoughts can’t go anywhere else. They just collect there, stuck inside of you. I think they say grief makes a hole inside of you because we’re all too scared to see what’s inside of it.”
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
TREASURE PLANET×THE EXPANSE
A bookworm dreams of escape from a pirate-run space station. With his friend, a tech genius, he finds an ancient wrist computer tied to his family and a legendary lost starship. As they seek answers, so does a notorious captain.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #YA #SF #M
ink drawing of Jak Sterzand, a teenage boy, crawling towards the viewer in a ventilation or maintenance shaft type tunnel. His name and title of the book JAK STERZAND above him, and underneath in smaller letters, the subtitle: ESCAPE FROM FREEPORT All in black and white
March 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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rachelblaine.bsky.social
🥵 climate fiction
🏳️‍🌈 queer friends to lovers
🫂 found family
🧬 her DNA sample will save us all

Candy has managed to hide her unique biological sex her whole life, too bad she can’t hide her skin color too.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #writingcommunity #YA #SF
AN AGENTS GUIDE TO PURE RED YA ECO SCIENCE FICTION 82000 Words By Rachel Blaine THE PITCH Sixteen-year-old Candy has been hiding her unique ability to shift between male and female her whole life, now she has the government hunting her for the one thing she can't hide, her skin color. After a new discovery is made public that only those with pure red skin can survive another onset of catastrophie climate change, Candy, a pure red, embarks on a journey to find her birth parents hoping they can help her understand how to better control her ability so she can stay a girl and avoid spending her adolescence as a science experiment. Comparable Titles THE LAST BOOKSTORE ON EARTH LILY BRAUN-ARNOLD DUSTBORN ERIN BOWMAN SWEET TOOTH THE EXCERPT If I stare at my bowl of dried crickets long enough, perhaps they'II come back to life and write this useless essay for me. Though, not sure what the cricket population would have to say about the experience of being a pure red girl. I guess I'll just have to write this myself. For the fifth year in a row. Seriously, teachers need to think of another way to showcase the anniversary of The Great Coloring. Why must we always write about why our skin color makes us special? I dread this moment every year. No matter the school I'm at. No matter the friends I've made in the short time I've graced them with my presence. It always sucks to stand up in front of a class full of secondary colors to spout off the many reasons I love being the only pure red in the school. Why I love being the only one here whose lineage can be traced all the way back to that special time in our history. The one color everyone else collectively hates.
March 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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mizov.bsky.social
After returning to her family’s crumbling estate and finding the gardener dead, a reluctant heiress partners with his son to break a generational curse before it claims her too.

🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts
🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #H #A #Gothic
Nineteen-year-old Lottie Bradbury is called home to her crumbling family estate with an ultimatum: marry or let the Bradbury name die. But in a post-war world where old traditions are crumbling and women are claiming new independence, Lottie refuses to be controlled. Her introduction is disrupted when the gardener is found dead, his skull shattered on the manor steps. His son, Arthur, warns Lottie that the house is hungry, that it killed his father—just as it did her mother a decade ago. And it’s not finished. Determined to seize control of her own fate, Lottie digs into the manor’s past, only to realize the house has other plans. Strange footsteps at night. Whispers slithering through the halls. Shadows shifting where none should be. Arthur insists the manor is alive, feeding on the sins of her ancestors, that her family is cursed. But he’s not the only one keeping secrets, and the deeper she digs, the harder it is to know who to trust. THE LAST HEIR OF BRADBURY MANOR is a slow-burn gothic horror set in 1919, blending the creeping dread of The Hacienda with the sentient menace of Starling House. A tale of inheritance, obsession, and a house that refuses to let go. The manuscript is complete at 96,000 words. Comps for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor: Starling House: Dark inheritance, Family secrets, Sentient house The Hacienda: Unresolved grief, Psychological unraveling, Supernatural dread Crimson Peak: Decaying grandeur, Gothic vibes A mood board for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor with... A decaying, messed up sitting room A spooky staincase with a girl walking A girl climbing out of a well A book on fire A cozy Edwardian dinner party A spooky gothic dinner party Text that reads: breaking the curse means losing him forever. Embracing it may damn her soul Tropes for The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor 🖤 Manor With a Mind 📖 Cryptic Diary 💀 Generational Blood Curse 🕯 Gaslight, Gatekeep, Ghosts 🏚 Slow-burn 🖋 Arranged? Meetcute? Ghostly Trauma Bonding? 🔥 If the House Doesn’t Kill You, Love Might 🕰 1919 but Make It Haunted ⚰ Who Needs a Dowry When You Have a Death Curse?
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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rammwriter.bsky.social
Slow Horses x Dark Matter

When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK's role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed.

#A #T #SF #PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #litagents #agentguide 🦋
Dark blue background with time-delay image of the night-time stars. They resemble a tunnel. Text reads: An agent's guide to: Out of Time By Gert Ramm Espionage/time travel/Thriller Images from Pixabay. Dark blue background with time-delay image of the night-time stars. They resemble a tunnel. Text reads: 1972 has been a rough year for intelligence officer Eddie Fletcher, and it’s only January. First he discovers the Cold War is really about time travel, then he’s framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster. Sealing a lethal time rift is the only way to clear his name - much easier said than done when he’s being hunted by the British government. Then there's a Russian spy on a mission so vital he’s travelled from 1997 to complete it. Pitch: Slow Horses X Time Travel Images from Pixabay. Dark blue background with time-delay image of the night-time stars. They resemble a tunnel. Text reads: Comps: Slough House Series (Mick Herron) Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Gillian McAllister) Four Minutes (Brian Andrews/Jeff Wilson) Dark Matter (Blake Crouch) TV Comps: The Ipress File Day of the Jackal Life on Mars Callan Images from Pixabay Dark blue background with time-delay image of the night-time stars. They resemble a tunnel. Text reads: The text in the left-hand panel reads: Themes: Loyalty Betrayal Sacrifice Power Trust The text in the right-hand panel reads: First page: His coat smelled of Hermès Caleche, a heady reminder of his last embrace with Friede. She was the reason he'd come to this forgotten place tonight, but he couldn't be distracted by her. Taking his eye off the ball would get him killed. Edmund Fletcher's attention snapped into focus as he forced his lover from his mind. He padded through the disused sewer, catching the occasional whiff of human effluent still lingering in the brickwork, his penlight illuminating a narrow arched tunnel stretching ahead into darkness. Water trickled down the walls to form black, glistening pools on the floor and he shivered, quickening his pace. It was always cold so far below ground, heavy snow in the streets above had lowered the temperature further. He'd used this labyrinthine system often enough to know the layout by heart. He was directly below the Berlin wall now, Soviet territory lay only thirty feet ahead. While he held East German security services in the highest esteem, after four years in the smuggling business he knew how to stay ahead of them. Images from Pixabay
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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maggiesbooks.bsky.social
If you love someone, let them go. Avoid them for ten years until you're invited to the same wedding. Don't ruin everything again. Unless they do it first.
She broke his heart and wants him back. He doesn't trust her, but maybe she shouldn't trust him either.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #writesky
An Agent’s Guide to None of This Was Real Adult Contemporary Romance 82,000 words The pitch: When reunited with her ex after a fatal accident tore them apart ten years ago, Jasper must decide if she should just let go of teenage lust or let herself fall back in love with the one that got away, who maybe she shouldn't trust so easily. every summer after, seven summers, normal people, happy place, how to hide in plain sight Excerpt: “Oh, and you come to my house to just hang out?” he said. “Yeah?” I said. “Where else am I going to go? Ask my mom if I can borrow the car so I can avoid the family overstimulating me?” “I’m your only option?” “No, there’s always your mom,” I said. He rolled his eyes. “I’m busy,” he said. “Doing what?” “I have shit to do for work,” he said. “And the cat sitter keeps calling me about things that are not an emergency. And you show up and you just want to hang out. I don’t have any new trauma to dump on you today.” “So, you want me to leave?” I said. “Please, Jasper, get out of my room before I do something without thinking it through,” he said. “We’ll both get hurt.” “Oh, so you want to f*** me, don’t you?” I said. “I don’t know if I can do this again,” he said. “I gave you everything and you threw me away.”
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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abookishchai.bsky.social
Here's my #agentsguide for A Crossroad of Lilies!
#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

🌻 65k YA Contemporary Romance w/ Speculative Elements
🌷 Middle-class Daughter X Actor's Son
🍀 Found Family, Girls Support Girls
🍂 Real Teen Issues: Bullying, Fitting In, Grief
March 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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nckayauthor.bsky.social
DARK x RECURSION but metafictional
#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

Deep within the murky Roman baths, a murder keeps looping: same method & motive, hundreds of years apart. Now a detective & a plant lady must solve it & break the loop—before the world rewrites itself & they're the next victims.
Two moodboards back to back, one cozy and comfy for the plant lady, the other dark and mysterious for the detective.
March 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM