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Racquel Kechagias

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Aspiring Author Editing: The Unsainted 🦇🗡🩸 WIP: Silk and Steel 🗡👑👗

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Aug 6

TSATWON X THE LAST OF US Pt2

When the world fell Aurathia was the sole survivor. Now, the only ones left are the vampires, the starving ones and the hunters that stand against them.

"Life’s shit and then you die so make peace with the time you've got"

#Questpit #W #A #F #Apocalyptic #Queryingsoon

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · 5d

Here is my Q4 goals for the Bitter End of 2025!

I am already one week into this quarter and I've crossed off two tasks off of my list!

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · 17d

Oh I know 😉 My love to hate villain is OP 😂

Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · 17d

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · 17d

#unhingedpit #A #F #H #dystopian

"Vampire Academy" X 1984

In a world fallen to pieces, only the strongest, the sexiest and the most unhinged will survive! 😉

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · 20d

I've read the first 3 chapters and I can't stop thinking about this book! I can't wait to dive back into Hotel Adair!!!

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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 22d

The new Agent's Guide to
MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project.

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At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable.
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MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR comps and tropes

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Sep 7

Tomorrow I get to draft a new scene for Unsainted and I am so excited! 😁

Hint: location is somewhere new that we haven't seen yet in the MS

#amwriting ##amediting

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just sent my first 90ish pages to one of the most talented writers I know! How she isn't repped already is beyond me 🙃

I'm fine...
This is fine...
Ahhhhh!!!!

#writingcommunity

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Sep 3

This week I've been line editing and getting ready to send my Act 1 (first 90ish) pages to some people!!!

I am currently on chapter 5 out of 7 and will finish it up tomorrow.

I am very excited but anxious about their feedback and especially that one scene 👀 that is very nosfuratu (2024)-esq!

🩸🗡🦇🥵

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Shoutout to @kjsilver.bsky.social for being the BOMB for reading my first act (and that ✨️climatic✨️ end of Act 1 moment in all of its unhinged glory)!

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Aug 26

After all the snips and weeks of waiting, I am so excited to read this 😁

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Aug 26

This is absolutely stunning

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Gave about 60ish pages to @kjsilver.bsky.social last night to have a read through and not only is she halfway through but she has just left the nicest comments on them that has made my morning! 🌄🥰 #amediting #amwriting

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Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hi i just found out about your workshop today. Are there still spots available?

Racquel Kechagias @racquelk.bsky.social · Aug 17

I can't Thank you enough @kjsilver.bsky.social for your constant support!!! 🩷🩷🩷

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing.

#posterpit #q #wf w/ #r #amquerying #filipinorep

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting @prahajess.bsky.social · Aug 16

🌙 Previous Moons - A young druid is determined to prove his missing father is alive. To save him, he must travel to a dying world—one his powerful mentor will stop at nothing to control.
#posterpit #PosterPitW #YA #F

Previous Moons: image of a young man looking through a window from a black and white world into a magical blue world; Previous Moons - Modern Druids; by Jessica Fisher Riches

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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · Aug 16

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN X a bisexual BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL
When Minna’s marriage is arranged, she reluctantly moves onto her betrothed’s ship, only to fall for the pirate that wants to sacrifice Minna and her entire crew to the monster she worships
#A #F #R #FR #W #LGBT #OV #posterpit

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In the centre of the poster is an image of a woman lying in water in a white dress, a woman’s eye with lightning in the iris, and a man holding a bow. A red octopus is over top of the three, reaching out for them.

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A monster. A mage. A mariner.

Work in progress

Sculptor of the Waves

Unless they can stop a god, the world will drown

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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · Aug 16

Avanis has long since left humanity behind. Serving the god that made her is easy—especially when It will kill her if she doesn’t. But when Avanis is captured, she must decide if it would be better to die than to make the mage she was trying to kidnap a monster too
#A #F #R #FR #PosterPit #W #LGBT

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By Ivy T. Woods
A monster. A mage. A mariner.

Bisexual love triangle.
Pirates. Monsters. Magic.

Sculptor of the Waves
They can save their world from a cataclysmic tsunami, but only if they can kill a god

Work in progress

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) is querying ya fantasy @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · Aug 16

#PosterPit #YA #F #C

A transfemme plant-killer garden witch works with a rival music witch to supply magic to an ancient flower for three months. When MC’s autistic meltdown turns the flower sentient, she must learn to regulate her emotions to conceal the scandal.

Anime style poster for A Harmony of Witches. Girl with curly hair, flowers, music and hand holding. So… were you gonna consult me before working with our mortal enemy?
The jig is up.
Yeah, no shit, Melody

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Ivy T. Woods @ivytwoods.bsky.social · Aug 16

When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with a wandering mage, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust escalates into an uprising, risking the lives of her family and leaving her to save either the living or the dead.
#A #F #R #FR #PosterPit #Q

A black background with an eye in the center. Half of the iris is fire and half is lightning. The text says:
A disillusioned death priestess. Romantic fantasy. A wandering cartographer.
They can save the dead, the living, or each other
The Land of Undying Summer
A novel by Ivy T. Woods
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Bree Buonomo @breebwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Casey barely survives the everyday horrors of a druggie mom + bank account in the red, but when her own drug deal goes wrong, she's bitten. Rescued by a vampire, charming & aloof, Casey fears she might be trading one trauma for another.
#PosterPit #Q #A #H

A woman with fangs screaming towards the sky. "A refreshing exploration of the vampire trope" and "now querying" at the top of the page, " the title "These Mortal Woes" in the middle, and the comps and tropes at the bottom.

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Things aren’t going according to plan for Nellie:

🤐 Laid off, hiding it
🇵🇭 Afraid to disappoint her Filipino dad
💸 Can’t afford BFF’s wedding
🏠 Rent’s rising
💕 Keeps running into ex–work rival (groom’s brother)

Maybe falling apart is exactly what she needs. #posterpit #q #wf w/ #r

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Kim Cayley @kimcayley.bsky.social · Aug 16

Coming Soon to the Query Trenches!
✨✨FATED FAKES✨✨
Remi is a terrible psychic, Asher's a grieving skeptic.
It was supposed to be fake—but what if it's fate?

#PosterPit #W #A #R
Agent's Guide 📌

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Kim Cayley @kimcayley.bsky.social · Aug 16

✨ ✨ FATED FAKES✨ ✨ features:
🔮 terrible psychic FMC

🙅 science teacher / skeptic MMC

👻 a haunted school

🛌 disturbing, nonsensical prophesies

📖 it was supposed to be fake, what if it's fate?

#PosterPit #W #A #R
#QueryingSoon

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