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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

DARK ACADEMIA X MAGICAL CHERNOBYL
An ambitious med student with a troubled past must work with his rival, a powerful magical heiress, to reunite his soul with his body in an Ottoman-inspired world where magic grows more dangerous by the day
#F #A #NA #DVPit #MH #LGBT #ND

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE

When a grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.

#DVpit #SF #A #D #lgbt #MH

Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

NB Willy Wonka of magical textile is looking for an heir.
Dolly and Lana, sworn enemies from rival families, must work together to steal the mythological Golden Ram if either of them wants to win.

#dvpit #YA #F #R

Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

DARK ACADEMIA X MAGICAL CHERNOBYL
When his body and soul are separated, Yasmin, an ambitious med student with a troubled past, must stop sentient, malignant magic from destroying the world like it did his home.
#DvPit #F #NA #own #MD #ND

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

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
#DvPit #F #YA #UF #own #F #R #dis

Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE

When a grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.
#DVpit #SF #A #D #lgbt #MH

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

DARK ACADEMIA X MAGICAL CHERNOBYL
When his body and soul are separated, Yasmin, an ambitious med student with a troubled past, must stop sentient, malignant magic from destroying the world.
#Dvpit #F #NA #A #own #MH #ND #lgbt

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

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
#DvPit #F #YA #UF #own #F #R #dis

Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE

When a grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.
#DVpit #SF #A #D #lgbt #MH

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

MAGICAL CHERNOBYL X DARK ACADEMIA
🇹🇷Ottoman-inspired world
🥼 autistic and ace protagonist
🥼trans secondary protagonist
🏥Magical medical school
🌫️ Island covered in permanent fog
✨🏭 Industrialization of magic
😾➡️😺enemies to friends
✨ Magic is sentient and angry
#Dvpit #NA #A #F #own #MH #ND

Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Dolly, a bitter crochet prodigy, must work with her arch nemesis Lana from a rival knitting family to steal the magical golden ram if either of them wants to win a Charlie and the Chocolate factory-like competition.
#DvPit #YA #F #R #own #lgbt

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE

When a grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.
#DVpit #SF #A #SF #lgbt

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 1d

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
#DvPit #F #YA #UF #own #F #R #dis

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 19d

preorders are here!
If you want a story about two girls trying to break into the sexist world of cliff diving in the historical town of Mostar, this is just the book for you!
#yabooks #books #book
ninestarpress.com/product/swal...

Swallows of Mostar

Two years after she moved to Mostar, a historic small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina, eighteen-year-old Franka Garcia still struggles with loneliness, language barriers, and terrible grades. After …

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · 28d

Do you want to hear about how I go from an empty page to a novella in less than a month?
Of course you do, so I blogged about it.
neirawrites.com/2025/09/11/f...

From an empty page to the first draft: a case study with Neira

I recently did the math and realized I wrote 12 full length novels. Not counting complete rewrites and translations, edits or novellas. 12 fully “original” novels, from start to finish,…

neirawrites.com

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 22

Look, as an #amquerying writer, I have to occasionally write something I won't even try to sell.
Is this novella I'm writing good? Surprisingly, yes.
Will anyone ever read it? Nope.
But I'm having fun and reminding myself why I'm even doing this. 10/10, would recommend.

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

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
#PosterPit #F #YA #R #Q

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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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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

DARK ACADEMIA X MAGICAL CHERNOBYL
When his body and soul are separated, Yasmin, an ambitious med student with a troubled past, must stop sentient, malignant magic from destroying the world.
#QueerPit #F #NA #A

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

Three #queerpit likes today.
Agents, are you ok? Did my mom tell you to like my pitches?
You can tell me, I won't be mad 😳

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE

When grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.
#queerpit #SF #A #D

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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

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Aug 6

SAPPHICS GONE GIRL IN SPACE

When grieving widow Amani wakes up half way through a century long space mission, she must uncover the mystery of why she was awoken in the first place, haunted by an android with her dead wife's eyes.
#questpit #Q #SF #A

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Jul 9

If querying doesn't work, maybe bribe will.

If you chose to represent my #YA cosy fantasy book about magical crochet with sapphic enemies to lovers romance, this hand-made plush of Chris, the magical golden ram, will be yours.

#UnhingedPit #F #Q

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Neira @neirawrites.bsky.social · Jun 18

She's researching hydra, I'm researching fish. She has lovers to enemies to lovers with her mentor, so she has it better than me.