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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Feb 12

An agent's guide to THE CORRUPTION OF ASTORIA ROSE. Fully revised and coming to the SmoochPit Showcase this Friday!

- 109k Romantasy
- Queernorm World
- Unrepentant Villainous FMC
- ✨Everyone✨ Kisses
- Single, Close Third Person POV

#questpit #Q #RF #A #agentguide #smoochpit #litagents

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Aug 30

New favorite author moment unlocked: watching my PR Box in unboxing videos. TAG ME. I BEG.

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Erica Rose Eberhart @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social · Aug 15

When fairytale creatures escape into reality, an orphan w/ trust issues must rely on 2 ppl who know the original story: his privileged ex-bf & a girl who bleeds ink.

If they can’t get ahead of the plot, they’ll be trapped forever in a world of monsters. #QueerPit #YA #NA #DF

Three images: a boy in water, a book burning, and lighting with the words “she was as real as paper” written across.

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Erica Rose Eberhart @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social · Aug 15

Selwyn rarely accepts help. The orphan knows people are undependable, but as soul-eating creatures attack his town & time freezes, he must lean upon the mayor's son (his ex) & a paper-made girl who bleeds ink in order to save all he loves & himself. #QueerPit #YA #DF #NA

A mood board of deep forests, burning books, and people lost in them with the quote: “dreams aren’t nothing. Desires aren’t pointless. choice is what makes us human and alive.”

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Aug 15

THE TWISTS IN THIS ONE 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

📣THRILLER AGENTS - SNATCH THIS ONE UPPPPPP

Aspen Andersen @aspenandersen.bsky.social · Aug 15

While filming a doc on the era’s most iconic actress, a producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile contradictions between it and her interviews to find the truth about the star’s untimely death—before her own dark past destroys all she’s worked for. #QueerPit #Q #A #T

A collage of images including a bloody fingerprint, a red carpet, a girl in a bathtub; an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, a living room, a starlet on the red carpet.

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Aug 15

I had the honor of beta reading this and it has my FULL STAMP OF APPROVAL.

📣AGENTS— snatch it up!

Erica Rose Eberhart @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social · Aug 15

18yo Selwyn collides w/ an eerily familiar girl made of paper who bleeds ink. Now a story is cut loose; & they must outrun the plot before it devours them.
🏳️‍🌈bi4bi
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒found family
🩼disability rep
💗slow burn
🪾dark forests
🕷️nightmare monsters
☀️summer vibes
#QueerPit #YA #DF #NA

A mood board for the book Blood Like Ink. It depicts forests, people within them, and ink splattered across the image while the words “I am wood. I am rot. I am, I am, I am. Tree. Leaf. Root. “You’re real to me.” Real to who? Tree. Leaf. Root.” Is printed across the image.

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

THE SCREAM I SCREAMED. How freaking cute is this?!?! AMAZING.

Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · Apr 19

Gabriel is a witch. Sage isn't. Sure he's suspicious when the cute con-artist opens up a magic shop next to his apothecary. But when she's accused of murder through love potion, he reluctantly comes to her aid. How to catch a killer, when magic is in the air? #posterpit #wip

A witch in a gazebo. Title: Sage Against the Machine #posterpit #posterpitw

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

STOP. The stepping on the feet is TOO CUTE. 😍

Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · Apr 19

THE HATING GAME x MISTLETOE & MR. RIGHT

🙄 Annoyemies-to-lovers
⛈️ Grumpy vs Sunshine ☀️
🎄Hallmarky Christmas Vibes
🛌 There’s only one bed (and he yeets her out of it)
❄️ Clumsy FMC, protective MMC
👠 Fierce bestie meddling

#posterpit #posterpitq #rc #a

Movie poster for Very Begrudgingly in Love

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

THIS POSTER?! Holy crap. The VIBES on this!

Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · Apr 19

"Isn't scaring me your job?"
"I'm the Devil, not the Boogieman, Sweetheart."

#posterpit #posterpitq #romantasy

A movie poster with a couple in front of lava.

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

YES YES YES PLEASE!!! The goat?! Perfection!

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

MY BABIES 😍😍😍

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

I LOVE a good bi-flag color scheme. 😍 this whole thing is *chef kiss*

Aspen Andersen @aspenandersen.bsky.social · Apr 19

You are cordially invited to the red carpet premier of TWO LIES AND A TRUTH, an upmarket psychological thriller with an unreliable narrator. Code #amagenting gets you free admission💄🩸👠💋

#PosterPit #PosterPitQ #T #A #NA

A graphic depicting a mock movie poster for Aspen Andersen’s psychological thriller, TWO LIES AND A TRUTH, showing a camera and its viewfinder displaying an image of a woman that is glitching so she looks like two different people. The graphic has the following text: AUTISM
REP, FOUND FOOTAGE, UNRELIABLE NARRATOR, FEMININE RAGE, LGBTQIA+ REP, 27 CLUB APPROVED, MILLENNIAL/GEN Z ANGST, CERTIFIED UNHINGED, "I SUSPECTED EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME." -THE NARRATOR
"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, NOT A MURDER"
-LAW ENFORCEMENT
Two Lies and a Truth
PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY ASPEN ANDERSEN
PITCH WHILE FILMING A DOCUMENTARY ON HER GENERATION'S MOST ICONIC ACTRESS, A YOUNG PRODUCER INHERITS ARCHIVE FOOTAGE AND MUST RECONCILE CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN IT AND HER INTERVIEWEES TO FIND THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STAR'S UNTIMELY DEATH-BEFORE HER OWN DARK PAST RESURFACES AND DESTROYS EVERYTHING SHES WORKED FOR. WORDS 97K COMP LISTEN FOR THE LIE COMP THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO COMP YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME HERE
IN AGENT INBOXES NEAR YOU

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Apr 19

SO OBSESSED!!! Love it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Mar 21

✨PUBLISHING NEWS✨
I am THRILLED to announce that I’m now represented by Lauren Spieller at Folio Literary Management! Her excitement and passion for The Corruption of Astoria Rose blew me away. I could not have found a better business partner to navigate this industry with!
#agentedauthor #romantasy

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Mar 20

✨THING✨ signed. It’s actually happening. 🥹

Announcement tomorrow.

a woman wearing a shirt that says the green team

ALT: a woman wearing a shirt that says the green team

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN x A WITCH'S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING A DEMON

☀️Sunshine & Cinnamon Roll
💞Love at first sight
🥰Cozy comedic romantasy
🤝Dual POV
🔥Set in Hell (and Heaven)
🐐12 Goats, 2 Alpacas, 1 Three-Headed dog

#luckypit #popuppit #amquerying #MaybeTodaySatan

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

Imagine you're Satan and hate your job. Wouldn't you too prefer to enjoy eternity with the cute pet zoo keeper that accidentally landed in your lap? Even if it means going up against God? Or teaming up with your sweetheart's evil twin? #PopUpPit #luckypit

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Oli 🌼 on sub @oliviariesling.bsky.social · Mar 17

OUTLAWED x Anastasia

Notorious outlaw Roberta “The Raven” Eastmont teams up with her immortal ex-lover to rob a train and avenge her mother.

(still a WIP, but it felt weird to exclude it)

a simple mood board with the title "a bird in hand" in the center on top of a prairie background. On the left is a photo of a blond man in a suit labeled "ex-beau, gambler, cowboy, and...?" On the right is a photo of a young woman brandishing a pistol labeled "wanted outlaw, eldest daughter, blessed or cursed?"

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Oli 🌼 on sub @oliviariesling.bsky.social · Mar 17

Supernatural x American Primeval

Rescued from a job gone wrong, Morn finds herself falling for her savior only to encounter the violent supernatural cult he’s running from.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE

a simple mood board with a background of desert mountains in a storm. The title "Morning rises" is in the middle. To the left is a photo of a woman with her head down, face covered by a cowboy hat. It's labeled with "lady sheriff, hard of hearing, chaotic bisexual." To the right is a photo of a man hunched over a book. It's labeled with "former cult member, dysfunctional sibling, scholarly & soft."

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

Poppy wouldn't have expected to accidentally end up in Hell & date Satan, yet, here she was. Thankfully her new beau is willing to do anything to get her back when she is ordered to Heaven - even team up with her evil sister & go up against God.
#luckypit #popuppit #amquerying

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Aspen Andersen @aspenandersen.bsky.social · Mar 17

TAYLOR JENKINS REID X JENEVA ROSE

A documentary producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile the discrepancies between it and her interviewees to find the truth about an icon's untimely death—before her own dark past resurfaces.

Agent Guide on profile ❤️

#popuppita #luckypit

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Mar 15

I finally put my substack together after [checks notes] nearly 9 months of thinking about it. Please clap.

substack.com/@seberkeleya...
#authorgoals #didthething #romantasy #newsletter

S. E. Berkeley | Author | Substack

S.E.Berkeley resides in California with her loving partner, feral children, & psychic cat. When she's not fetching snacks for small children, she enjoys hiking through her beloved state's wilderness &...

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Mar 3

PSA for all my querying friends: the London Book Fair is next week. If you’re querying UK agents, know that they are slammed with this massive event.

If you get an offer and you’ve got your eye on an UK agent, consider asking for 3 weeks instead of the standard 2 weeks.

S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · Mar 2

*clears throat* ATTENTION PLEASE 📣 I HAVE SUBMITTED MY COPY EDITS TO MY PUBLISHER.

PLEASE CLAP.

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Aspen Andersen @aspenandersen.bsky.social · Feb 26

TAYLOR JENKINS REID X JENEVA ROSE

A documentary producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile the discrepancies between it and her interviewees to find the truth about an icon’s untimely death—before her own dark past resurfaces.

Agent Guide on my profile ❤️

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #T #LGBT #Dis

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