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Raven Traylor ✨

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Writer • High School Therapist • LCSW • ADHD • Rep’d by Ramona Pina at BookEnds ✨🌈✊🏾🍉

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Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

🔥 WHEN YOUR HERO FALLS 🔥

COMPS: Into the Spider-Verse, Blood at the Root, Legendborn

#PosterPit #PosterPitOs #YA #F #editors

FROM WRITER RAVEN TRAYLOR AND AGENT
RAMONA PINA OF
BOOKENDS LITERARY AGENCY
"A FIERY,
POWER-FULL COMING OF AGE "
"A TWIST ON:
AFRICAN-AMERICAN FOLKLORE"
IN NEAR FUTURE ATLANTA, NAS AND HIS FRIENDS DISCOVER THEIR GENERATIONAL POWERS AND ACCEPT THEIR CALLING TO TAKE DOWN THE BILLIONAIRE WHO SEEKS TO USE HIS STOLEN POWERS AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH NAS' FATHER IS IMPRISONED BY, TO CAUSE CHAOS AND CIVIL WAR.
WHEN YOUR HERO FALLS:
ON SUB
Now
ART BY @JOLEANART

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Round Table Mentor @roundtablementor.bsky.social · Jun 12

Join a selection of RTM mentors next Tuesday, June 17 at 5pm EDT for a panel on navigating publishing while marginalized!

The panel will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel, with the recording posted afterwards.

Graphic of an open envelope with a letter promoting an event. Text: You're invited! Round Table Mentor Panel: navigating publishing while marginalized. YouTube, June 17, 5pm ET. Graphic includes the URL for the RTM YouTube channel, @RoundTableMentor.

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Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 20

Thank you so much, Jax!

Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you!

Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

This sounds like so much fun!

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Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you so much!

Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

😂 thank you lol!

Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

Thank you!

Raven Traylor ✨ @rstraylor.bsky.social · Apr 19

Very weird behavior on her part

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Amy Pepin @appleseed-amy.bsky.social · Apr 19

They played the game. Now the game is playing them.
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD X FEAR STREET 1994 X ONE OF US IS LYING
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #H

A poster for a novel called Eff Marry Kill with a melting pink cherry.

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Kayla Joy 🌻 @kaylajoyauthor.bsky.social · Apr 19

"You put me on just for the show, then dropped me off the air." 💜🔍🧡🔍💙

At a cast reunion party celebrating 10 yrs since the finale of a beloved sitcom, a former child star announces a tell-all memoir, and is found dead in the morning.

#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #M #T #NA #A

Static Background with a TV set. Yellow Text reads: Ten years on the air, ten years since, best friends on screen, but behind the scenes NONE OF THAT WAS REAL! A novel by Kayla Joy Half Murder-Mystery, Half Tell-All Celebrity Memoir. NOW QUERYING in the trenches near you.

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Q’Zion T. Gipson is ✨ON SUB! ✨ @qziontgipson.bsky.social · Apr 19

I’m pleased to present the movie poster of the YA science fantasy novel that has received 10 full requests and indie press interest! Introducing THE ROOTS OF DESTINY, complete at 92k words.

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #YA #F #SF

A movie poster with an image of an enchanted garden with a teal butterfly and an archway covered in blooms that leads to a blue unknown.

Above it, a heading says ‘THE ROOTS OF DESTINY by Q’Zion T. Gipson’ in large letters resembling vines.

At the top, there is a list of tropes within the novel:

- Botany school
- BIPOC representation
- Enchanted garden
- Found family
- Plant magic

At the bottom, the blurb is printed in all caps, as follows:

AFTER A FAILED EXPERIMENT TO MAKE PLANTS LIVE FOREVER, ALL TOXIC VEGETATION WAS BURNED FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY. IN 2091, WHEN 16-YEAR-OLD VEE DISCOVERS EVERGREEN, AN ENCHANTED GARDEN WITH ROOTS TO HER ANCESTRY, SHE MUST EMBRACE THE FORBIDDEN MAGIC BLOOMING IN HER VEINS BEFORE EVERGREEN AND THE HUMAN WORLD FALL TO AN ETERNAL DARKNESS.

Below it, the words ‘COMING TO YOUR QUERY INBOX’ are printed in large letters.

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Michelle Sanchez is AGENTED! @sanchezmm.bsky.social · Apr 19

MEXICAN GOTHIC + EDGAR ALLAN POE + PUERTO RICO

ONE box of human hearts hungry for blood
TWO men eager to steal Cora's heart
THREE dead bodies found missing their hearts

Ba-boom. Ba-boom. Ba-boom.

ON SUB SOON!

#posterpit #posterpitos #editors #ya #gothic #horror

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Charisma | Romance Author | Nigerian Characters @charismawilliams.bsky.social · Apr 19

💙THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
To get the biggest advances of their careers, 2 authors jump on a Love Island-esque competition hosted by their publisher.
They were only supposed to work together, but their past won’t stay ☠️ and to move forward, they’ll need to go back.
#PosterPitQ #A #PosterPit #R

This is a black and white romantic comedy movie poster. Three images are stacked above one another showing a couple in different moments. When they’re about to kiss, lounging in a pool and their faces are smooched together while laughing.
Over the images is the words: From the writer of THe Husband Agenda.
Under the images are: Naeem Adebayo, Jesutoni Fashola (the names of the characters)
The title is written in big bold letters: THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY.
Subtitle is: A story about falling in and out of love.
Then there’s the pitch and querying soon.

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James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social · Apr 19

Whilst honouring his estranged 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.

#PosterPit #PosterPitA #C #NA

A fake movie poster. In the centre is a black and white image of a drag queen smoking a cigarette, Across the top are the names Harri Forrester, Wilma Dickfit, Princess ThighAna, Westward Hoe and Jack Montague. At the bottom is the title The Dragnificent Seven and a 15 age rating sticker.

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Sophie Jane is querying ✨ @sophiejanebooks.bsky.social · Apr 19

BABEL X DIVINE RIVALS X Scottish mythology

A woman defies the odds to become a scholar in a kingdom determined to keep her in her place, only to find herself in a tense rivalry as she tries to unravel the secrets hidden in long-forgotten myths

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #F #R #NA

Mock movie poster for the New Adult novel The Whispers of the Rivers by Sophie Fitzpatrick. The image shows a woman in a flowing pink dress suspended underwater, her head tilted back toward the light above. The setting is dark and moody, evoking mystery and depth. At the top, bold text reads: "For fans of Divine Rivals and Babel." Above the title are thematic tags: "Dark Academia," "Feminine Rage," "Soft FMC x Cynical MMC," "Fallen Goddesses," and "Pansexual Representation." The title, The Whispers of the Rivers, is centered in elegant serif font. On the left and right sides of the image are laurel wreath graphics, each with five stars—one reads "Best Slow Burn 2025" and the other "Best Chemistry 2025." Below the title is a tagline: "She seeks the unknown. He seeks her." The synopsis underneath reads: "A woman defies the odds to become a scholar in a kingdom determined to keep her in her place, only to find herself in a tense rivalry as she tries to unravel the secrets hidden in long-forgotten myths." At the bottom: "a New Adult novel by Sophie Fitzpatrick" and the words "Querying Now" in bold.

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E.S. Hanson @erinsamhan.bsky.social · Apr 19

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #F #H #A

MOSSWOOD

An unusual town. A dark, eerie forest. A string of disappearances. Three misfits. A mystery they would die to solve.

THE RAVEN BOYS meets PIRANESI by way of David Lynch in this dark coming-of-age with queer & autistic representation!

A poster with an aged off-white background. In the center, a photo of foggy coniferous trees is overlayed with Josefa de Ayala's The Sacrificial Lamb painting. Above it, in a dark red sans-serif font, it reads "11-year-old Analía Monroe only finds solace in her small circle of misfits---her younger half-sister Rajel and best friend June---and the dangerous, magical world of Mosswood deep in the forests of their rural Oregon hometown, but their obsession may have deadly consequences." The photo is outlined with a dark red border. Above the border, in green sans-serif text, it reads "There is something in the woods." Below the lamb, there are dark red blood drips which give way to the title, a green serif font reading "MOSSWOOD" and then "a novel by E.S. Hanson." Below that, in the same red sans-serif font, it reads "Adult contemporary fantasy, folk horror, dark fae folklore, eerie forests." Bordering the image are small golden guardian angel figures.

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MechaniChris @chrisakins.bsky.social · Apr 19

HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE X CONSTANTINE

A man is murdered by a demon on his wedding day. With the help of the reaper who collected his soul, he must uncover who is releasing monsters from Hell if he wants to return to the life he was robbed of

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #A #F #Hu #H

“Movie poster” for Grim Portents featuring the two main characters Bill and Sonny. Bill is in a suit and Sonny is a corpse in a cardigan. Behind them are characters in monotone. A girl with glowing eyes in front of a book, another woman with a shotgun, two shadow figures and the face of a large ugly demon

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JLG Noga 🇵🇭 🇭🇰 @jlgnoga.bsky.social · Apr 19

SE7EN x THE WAILING x GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO x INCANTATION

A Hongkonger Taoist demon and a British Christian exorcist hunt a ghostly killer inspired by Buddhism’s five poisons.

#PosterPitW #PosterPit #H #A 💙📚 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #horror #agentsguide #asian #writing #OwnVoices

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · Apr 19

A poster for “Mark of a Magpie”! 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#Q #YA #NA #F #R #Dis
#PosterPitQ #PosterPit #amquerying

Picture is a movie poster for the book “Mark of a Magpie.”

In the background is a ship sailing across open waters, with two magpies flying at each other above it. Between the two birds is the title, “Mark of a Magpie.”

At the top of the poster, there are four tropes and themes that read: Thief x Assassin, Forced Proximity, Morally Gray, and Women’s Wrongs.

The very bottom of the poster reads, “A Young Adult Fantasy by Emilia Young.”

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Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · Apr 19

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS

A satire of both business and the supernatural, Virgil Mora, Hell's Consultant, must restore Heaven's faith in Hell by saving a vampire-run Ohio gas station in just three months to save his job and Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for.

#A #F #PosterPitW #PosterPit #LGBT

At the top is the text “Virgil Mora burns in Hell. It’s a pretty good job.”

On a background of red and orange flame, a black and white silhouette with of a man with a suit and tie sitting at a shiny marble table that covers the entire lower half of the poster. A white silhouette of an angel with wings spread is standing behind them.

In front of them is the title, glowing yellow, “Hell Is Work.”

In the reflection on the table is the title reversed, the angel is in yellow not white and has a dripping halo. The businessman is reflected in red and has horns.

At the bottom is the words “A novel by Zed Prospero”

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Jax Wolff Writes @jaxwolffwrites.bsky.social · Apr 19

Less than a week into his first adventure with his mage best friend (and crush), luckless Mick finds himself stuck with a god in his head and the body of a dragon. Now he and genius mage Eleanor must restore his humanity—before his existence triggers a divine war.
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #F #R #NA

A vintage-style poster depicting a red/orange dragon perched on a rock with a watercolor explosion in the background. Text at the top left reads: Ace Rep, Hopepunk, and Friends to Lovers in a new fantasy adventure!

At the bottom:
The Nameless Song
A Jax Wolff Presentation
Coming soon to the trenches!

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Mike Mizov @mizov.bsky.social · Apr 19

Her family is broke, the gardener is dead, the manor might be alive, and Lottie Bradbury has a blood curse to break before she becomes its next victim.

Do you dare see the slow-burn gothic horror of The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor?

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #Q #A #H #HF

The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor poster. It features a young girl burying a body in a cemetery while a young man looks on in abject horror while a manor looms over them in the background.

It reads:
Slow-burn gothic horror festival
Blood curse and gaslighting father fest
Cryptic diary and trauma bonding fest
Traking place in 1919 fest

The gardener is dead
The House is alive
Her family is cursed
Lottie Bradbury is
The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor

Now querying

There are two quotes
"Something about is resonated" - RevPit Editor
"I am wildly passionate" - Literary Agent

The Last Heir of Bradbury Manor movie poster featuring a young woman in a blue dress looking terrified as she falls down a well (or was she pushed?).

It has the tagline "You don't inherit a curse. You earn it"

Lottie Bradbury is "The Reluctant Heiress"
Gregory Winthrop is "The Wealthy Suitor"
Baron Thomas Bradbury is "The Lying Father"
and introducing Arthur as "The Forbidden Love"

It's 1919, the gardener is dead, the house is alive, and Lottie Bradbury must break a blood curse before it claims her mind, her future, and her soul.

Now querying

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Apr 19

CABIN IN THE WOODS×JOHN DIES AT THE END×KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must use their years of ttrpg experience to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign.
#PosterPit #PosterPitW #A #H #M

This is a movie or show poster for "Dad Bodies," a comedy horror murder mystery. The poster features several men with exaggerated expressions of shock, fear, and surprise arranged around the title.

The title "DAD BODIES" is prominently displayed in the center, with "DAD" in white text and "BODIES" in red. Above the title, text reads "STARRING DAVE VINCENT SAM HANK MARV & TROY IN" and below the title is the tagline "HOW MANY DADS DOES IT TAKE TO SOLVE A MURDER?"

The background has a reddish color scheme with what appears to be stylized monster teeth or jaws framing the image, giving it a horror aesthetic. At the bottom of the poster, it states "A CO(S)MIC HORROR MURDER MYSTERY BY B. VAN BOEGOM."

The poster combines horror and comedy elements with the expressions of the men suggesting both fear and humor, a comedic take on the horror genre centered around a group of fathers.

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Sara Duran ✨is querying✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · Apr 19

Coming to query inboxes July 2025 🏴‍☠️👑🧜🏿‍♀️

#posterpit #posterpitw #YA #F #LGBT #amediting

A mock-up movie poster for my YA fantasy novel, THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN.

This poster features a digital illustration of a dark blue wave carrying a tall galleon past a castle. Beneath the waves, a mermaid is subtly silhouetted above a lush coral reef. A lone bird flies above the ship, both silhouetted against the rising sun.

The poster contains the following text:

TOP: Amir (the pirate), Mira (the princess), John (for now*); * written in the colors of the trans pride flag.

A SHIP IN HARBOR IS SAFE
BUT THAT ISN’T WHAT SHIPS ARE BUILT FOR.

Middle: THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN

Bottom:
YA FANTASY. 82K. MULTI-POV.
ANTI-COLONIAL NON-WESTERN. POLITICAL INTRIGUE.
BESTIES TO LOVERS. FOUND FAMILY. PLATONIC TOUCH HER AND DIE.
STRONG GIRLS. BIG FEELINGS. SHARP PROSE.
DIVERSE. QUEER. MAGICAL

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Kanani O’Kelly @kananiokelly.bsky.social · Apr 19

An introduction to my Hawaiian-inspired, young adult fantasy.

“Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around the corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.”

#PosterPit #PosterPitW #YA #F #OwnVoices

A movie poster that displays the image of a sailboat beneath the reflection of the night sky. This is to showcase my novel “Whispers of the Sea.”

Across the top can be found a list of what to expect in the novel. The list includes: epic adventure, forced proximity, earth magic, and Hawaiian influences.

At the bottom of the poster is a summary that reads:
“Jasad Heir meets the Starless Sea in this young adult fantasy following a teen girl who embarks on a journey to uncover the whereabouts of her missing uncle. Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around every corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.”

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