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Phoenix Eliott
@phoenixeliott.bsky.social
book-lover, writer, suffering from wanderlust
home: the forest of NC
#amwriting #amquerying
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A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER meets THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW when 15yo Zuma uses old photographs to travel back in time and solve her aunt’s disappearance.

🕐time travel
📼90s nostalgia
🏘️small town vibes
😍romantic sub-plot
🕵️teen sleuth
🔀all the plot twists

#QuestPit #YA #My #Q #Agentguide
A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER meets THE UNMAKING OF JUNE FARROW when 15yo Zuma uses old photographs to travel back in time and solve her aunt’s disappearance.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #YA #M
February 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
To solve her aunt’s disappearance, 15yo Zuma must:
1. Track down suspects (ALL the stakeouts)
2. Not get caught by the bad guy
3. Oh yeah, travel back in time

#WSPit #WSPitQ #YA #M
February 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
Theo only exists for one hour a day. The rest belongs to "Theodore." But when he learns his condition isn’t neurological—he’s hosting a lost human consciousness—he must fight for his right to exist… before he’s erased for good. #YA #SF #WSPitW #WSPit
February 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Melting back into the crowd, I watch as the mayor pulls back a velvet sheet to reveal a bench in the courtyard, complete with a plaque in Adelaide’s honor. Well-wishers decorate the bench and its surrounding area with flowers, signs, and stuffed animals. It may as well be her tombstone.

#WIPSnips
February 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Making chocolate chip banana bread and watching the snow ☺️
February 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
She’s sounding more hysterical with every word.

Screw it. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.

“I’m going back in time to save Adelaide. I know that doesn’t make sense to you, Mom, but this is really happening and I need you to chill for a minute while I take care of things.”

#WIPSnips #YA
The #WIPSnips word for February 19 is "sense"

I am SENSING some forthcoming information about the #WSPIT (formerly WIPSnipsPit) Author Hype Event coming up in ONE WEEK.

February 26, 2025

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“I do not have a boyfriend,” I blurt out. “Not even close.”

“Despite your best intentions,” Avery singsongs.

Mom’s spoon clinks on her bowl. “Is that true, Zu-Zu?”

“No! There’s no one.”

“Jayden Lundberg is not a ‘no one,’” Avery muses. “He’s actually semi-popular.”

#WIPSnips #YA
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?”

He grimaces. “So much for beating around the bush. Hmm...well, I stole a candy bar when I was like four.”

I hold up my index finger. “That doesn’t count. Every kid does that. It’s like a rite of passage.”

#WIPSnips #YA
Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips!

The word for February 17 is "candy"

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“I’m serious.”

“So am I,” he insists, tugging the sweatshirt drawstrings so the hood cinches. He may as well be pulling on my heartstrings. Ugh, this is so messy. Even if I didn’t have the strictest mom known to man, I can’t start a relationship just to up and leave the state.

#WIPSnips #YA
February 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
His hand covers mine, pressing it to his chest, while he leans in for a kiss. It’s sweet and playful, filling my mouth with the taste of dark chocolate. I tangle my free hand in his curls, trapping him in place while his fingers tease the skin along my lower back.

#WIPSnips #YA
Happy Valentine's Day my lovely #WIPSnips peeps! (WIPSnippers? That makes me think of "whippersnappers" lol)

I hope you have a super SWEET day.

The #WIPSnips word today is "sweet"

#WriteSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I flip the light switch, plunging the room into pitch darkness before painting it red with the safe light. The printing process is easier this time around, now that I've done it twice. Developer, stop bath, fix, rinse.

#WIPSnips #YA
February 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
Jennifer's Body x This Delicious Death
Boys start to disappear in Lyric’s backwards backwoods hometown and her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate if something is monstrously wrong with her friend.
#questpit #YA #Q #H #R
February 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mother’s book signing. She needs to get her life back & not get killed in the process.
💖Sapphic crush
🧐Amateur investigation
🎃Halloween
☕️Cozy small-town
📚Indie bookstore
🐈Shop cat
🌈Pansexual FMC
#questpit #Q #YA #MY #LGBT
February 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
Four 1920s teenage girls go on a grave-robbing spree in search of a mystical artifact. Things turn deadly when they catch the attention of a secret society hell-bent on keeping the artifact buried.

Dark Academia
Found Family
Multi-POV
Diverse race, physical ability, ND

#questpit #Q #YA #F #HF #RF
February 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
FOR A FORTNIGHT
Contemporary Romcom
Querying Summer 2025

🫖Immersive Regency resort
🫖Historian MC undercover for job interview
🫖Brooding suitor actor knows she’s not a real guest
🫖Real feelings or all part of the act?
🫖Fake courtship
🫖Real swooning
🫖BRIDGERTON meets WESTWORLD

#questpit #w #r
February 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Need to solve your aunt's decades-old disappearance?

-Easy! Just travel back in time and stop her from disappearing

Not so easy?
-Identifying the bad guy
-Keeping your boyfriend a secret
-Getting home before curfew
-Making sure you aren't the next missing person

#QuestPit #YA #Mystery
February 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
FIVE SURVIVE X ONE OF US IS LYING
The Show Must Go On:

🎪 Murder mystery-thriller set at a circus arts academy
🎪 Found family; girls support girls
🎪 New England setting
🎪 Friends suspected of murder
🎪 Crime-obsessed teen who wants to defend her friend

#Questpit #Q #M #T
February 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
AN EMBER IN THE ASHES x SCORPIO RACES

A moon-blessed wilding girl must compete in the kingdom's horseball tournament to awaken her magical counterpart--the only way to stop her darkness-plagued brother from poisoning the realm ❄️🐎🌊 #questpit #YA #F #W
February 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
THE FORT X STRANGER THINGS
Kids on bikes.
1988 Setting.
A crashed UFO.
Mysterious millionaire.
Duplicate neighborhood.
Creepy mansion with a hedge maze.
Both dangerous & bumbling henchmen.
First crushes.
Old D&D references.
Ever seen the Bob’s Burgers ep Stand by Gene? Same idea.
#MG #SF #questpit
February 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
ANNABEL LEE x GOTHIC BRIDGERTON.

Annabel Lee & Lenore Evermore must uncover the truth behind their family’s curse when their castle’s ghosts are brought back to life during their weeklong ball—or risk joining them in their tomb by the sea. #questpit #ya #f #ag
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Zuma’s heard all about her Aunt Adelaide, who’s been missing for thirty years. She never imagined they’d have the chance to meet—until she travels back in time to 1993. If 15yo Zuma can solve the case, she could change history, or else she’ll be forced to assume Adelaide’s fate.

#QuestPit #YA #My
February 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
TANGLED x ANASTASIA

In a realm where people go to forget their worst memories, an orphan with Tourette’s recruits an infuriating pickpocket to help her win her own memories back, hoping to recall her lost family.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
February 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Reposted by Phoenix Eliott
LA LA LAND x ASAP

A rising pop star is on to her next move in Hollywood after a glistening year filled with record-breaking songs and a sold out world tour: starring in a romantic movie. The catch: the main lead is her ex-boyfriend.

#QuestPit #YA #Q #R
February 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
To solve her aunt’s disappearance, 15yo Zuma must:
1. Track down suspects (ALL the stakeouts)
2. Not get caught by the bad guy
3. Oh yeah, travel back in time

#QuestPit #YA #My #AgentsGuide
February 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM