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Stacy Milbourn

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Feminist genre writer (currently querying my debut YA fantasy novel), Writers’ Assistant/Script Coordinator, avid YA reader, Yooper, co-writer/producer of the Lord Serpent’s Library podcast (www.rss.com/podcasts/lordserpentslibrary)

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

BURN DOWN THE WORLD is…

DEFY THE NIGHT x REDEMPTOR

👯‍♀️ a love story about sisters
👸 royal teens
✌🏻dual POV
👣 body swapping
👹 monsters
🗡️ sword fighting
🌱 nature-based magic system
💖 enemies-to-lovers romance
🌥️ dark but hopeful

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F

Purple background with an orchid, mountain, and potion bottle. Text reads: BURN DOWN THE WORLD. YA Fantasy. A dark version of Freaky Friday with the tone of Defy the Night and the Underworld quest elements of REDEMPTOR.

In a world where magic is forbidden and soul-sucking monsters lurk in an alternate dimension beneath the earth, Princess Leese secretly swaps bodies with her sister, Queen Arie, taking her place on a deadly underworld quest to save Arie’s life and their kingdom. But monsters come in more than one form, and Arie is forced to fight off a coup while struggling to do the impossible: get Leese back to this world alive.

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · 12d

Such a great mood board!!

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solacesylum.bsky.social @solacesylum.bsky.social · 12d

#DVparty #A #F
🩹 She's a part-time medic, full-time sneak
🗡️ bound to a sentient necroblade.
🐺 He's supposed to keep magic on the far side of the Boundary,
🖤 but being a conduit for her mana is addictive.
⚔️ He needs her for revenge.
💔 She just wants to be free.
💀 Blood or soul, the blade will feed.

A series of nine images, three rows of three. Upper row: A ghostly shadow in the mist; a hooded young woman glancing over her right shoulder with a determined expression; an astronomical clock brightly-lit by sunlight. Middle row: A masked thief in a dark room stealing a red amulet; a silver dagger with a ruby eye on a black background; a female mage with long hair half-disappearing into blue magic as she sneaks up on a guard in a castle hallway. Bottom row: A glowing blue magical circle containing stars, moons, and runes, set against a black background; a cloaked male warrior on a horse with fire glowing in its cheeks, in a foggy forest; an eerily twisted and leafless tree back-lit by a green-glowing sky.

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · 22d

Used to dream of winning an Emmy, now I just dream of getting a staff writer job.

Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Sep 12

Congratulations!

Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Sep 2

Am I supposed to be doing, like, 3 edits on my spec feature? Yes. But did I start a new novel in order to avoid doing those 3 edits? Also yes.

Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Aug 4

I used to post a lot about being a Script Coordinator on Twitter. I don’t know where those people are here. But showrunners: give your Script Coordinators freelance eps! Reading every version of every script makes us some of the best writers I know. #scriptcoordinator #tvwriting #showrunners

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Yasmine ☀️🍊 لِلآ يَاسمِين @yasminejibril.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking for all of my booktwt mutuals on twitter & new writing mutuals! If you can RT this and spread the word, I’d really appreciate it.

Hey, everyone! I’m Yasmine, a medic & writer of glittering historical fiction & visceral feminist gothic horror. I have a massive love for Mediterranean history.

Selfie of me in my room, wearing a black top and golden hoop earrings

Moodboard for my book — circuswip

A circus tent strewn with fairy lights
The silhouette of a carriage and coachman in fog
A ringmaster’s uniform
A victorian woman’s dress
Multicoloured balloons
The silhouette of Victorian men on the streets
A woman with melting clown makeup
A scene from The Greatest Showman: an acrobat up in the air with a man singing below
A brown man’s hazel eyes

Moodboard for my historical fantasy featuring

A woman’s face, a mask, a steampunk butterfly, a forest spirit, steampunk paros, shadow figures, a man’s embroidered waistcoat, a lion’s chin, and a man’s eye

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 17

👯‍♀️ ✨ ⚔️ 👹 👑

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Rissa Allen (is querying) @honeyscribbles.bsky.social · Jul 13

AGGGTM X Cruel Summer TV series

2 missing teens. 2 reluctant allies. 1 night full of secrets. If Lennie and Lysander can’t figure out how to trust each other and prove they didn’t have anything to do with the disappearances, someone’s going to end up dead.

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #Q #YA #M

Art by me!

Illustration of boy and girl sitting in the rainy forest

Character sheet for Lennon Torres with character art

Character sheet for Lysander Hayes with character art

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Mandy S Knight is Querying! @mandysknight.bsky.social · Jul 13

LEGENDS AND LATTES x A FATE INKED IN BLOOD

Rivine's questing to bring her dad back from the dead. Grenar's looking for a missing paladin.

They form an unlikely alliance, meet friends along the way, & adventure together as long as their quests align.

#Bluepit #Bluepit📖 #A #F #R #Q #LGBT

Three animated images.

Left: a thick blue dragonkin with horns. He is wearing brown leather armour, carrying two hand axes, and no shoes, revealing his bare clawed feet.

Centre: a blue-skinned demon-touched woman with purple hair, horns, and a tail. She is wearing a pink and purple doublet, purple knee high boots, and dark blue leggings. There is a lute in her arms and a rapier at her waist. Behind her is a large mastiff-like dog.

Right: a greeny-grey skinned half-orc paladin. His hair is dark brown, dark eyes, and two small tusks. He is wearing heavy armour, a tabard with a blue diamond on it, carrying a round wooden shield in one hand, and is resting a large Warhammer across his shoulders.

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Sam Peil 🧟😈 @sampeil.bsky.social · Jul 13

THE DENTIST in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse.

#horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟💖🔪

#BluePit 📖 #q #a #nd #own #lgbt #h #agentsguide

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.

White Text says:

AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO THE DENTST
By Sami Peil
82k Words
ADULT/NA HORROR

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.
White text says:

THE DENTIST
Sami Peil @sampeil

THE COMPS
Image of colorful book cover of
the Z
word
Image of cover of season one
THE LAST
OF Us show

White text says:
Three bi disasters confront their (previously) hot dentist and far-right extremist zombies at the end of the world.
• Love triangle
• Survival shenanigans
• Headshots
• Hookups
• Busted bunker

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.
White text says:

THE DENTIST
Sami Peil @sampeil

Graphic of torn notebook paper with black writing:
FROM THE JOURNAL OF STETSON
JOHN MATTHEWS

April 27, 2025 Donner party @ Black Hile bunkers, current population 24ich.
White text on black over the dentist says:
Reader Comments
"Love this description. Impeccable delivery, so cinematic*
"Obsessed"
I'm hooked. so hooked on this book. I need it on my shelf."
"OMINOUS"
"VICERAL"
"I literally cackled"
"I was not prepared
"Sharp, shocking, love it"
"Seriously this is so fucking cinematic wth"
"I love him"
"IF YOU EVER CHANGE THIS FIRST LINE I WILL FIGHT YOU"

Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist.
White text says:

THE DENTIST
Sami Peil @sampeil

Stetson was built for survival. After two decades of blending in with the straight boys and enduring his father's relentless prepper training, he's better prepared than most when the ENVI-24 pandemic becomes the zombie apocalypse in a matter of months. Stetson saves the only other survivor at his parents bunker settlement-a tween girl with a mouth full of braces, a judgy attitude, and a Bible. In a desperate search for community to help raise Harper, he makes his way to Queen City, killing zombies and dodging a zealous preacher bent on collecting women and children for his compound. If Stetson wants to join them and have help raising Harper, he'll have to prove his zombie-killing worth and move past that whole handcuffing thing. Oh, and also avoid getting exterminated as a threat to the Preacher's regime and the dentist's growing horde.

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

This sounds so cool & and I love these vibes!

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · Jul 13

Here’s my #agentsguide to A CROSSROAD OF LILIES, my complete YA romance with a speculative twist!

🍄A magical mushroom curse
🍄A friends-to-lovers romance
🍄A retired childhood actor
🍄A bullied scholarship student
🍄An otherworldly secret they both must keep

#Bluepit📖 #R #YA #Q

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thanks!

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Prof Emily but Spoopier Now @professoremily.bsky.social · Jul 13

ATLA x THE SELECTION

Mireia didn't want to be a goddess, but when she's chosen as the new Sea Mother, her simple life is upended. Now she & her alleged true love, Kena, must deal with politicians, cults, & their feelings for each other, on an island whose days are numbered.

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F

Atlantis Moodboard featuring:
Ancient board games, temples with waterfalls pouring into pools, neat ancient fantasy cities, forehead kisses, frolicking in canals amid a palace, beautiful island coastlines, more ancient cities, and cool statues of strange gods.
CENTER TEXT: The Gods of Atlantis, YA Fantasy, Part 1 of 3

Cover of THE GODS OF ATLANTIS with various tropes pointing to it:
TENSION TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS
TOGETHER IN EVERY LIFETIME
SUNSHINE BOY x CHAOS GREMLIN
FATE VS FREE WILL
THE REAL VILLAIN IS BIGOTRY
FLAWED UTOPIA
FANATICAL CULTISTS
DOOMSDAY PROPHECY
"CHOSEN ONE" PLAYED WITH/SUBVERTED
THE POWER OF NARRATIVES

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

Ooh this is specifically for me— a big fan of Jane Eyre & murder mysteries. Love this idea!

Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

Thank you! ❤️

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Jazmin Conde Nuñez @jcondenunez.bsky.social · Jul 13

CASTLEVANIA x DEVIL MAY CRY

Family reunions always have drama, but when Ehren meets his estranged father, The Lord of the Underworld, he also learns that he has a half-brother, Xavier, who plans to unleash Hell upon earth—and Ehren is the only one who can stop him

#BluePit #Hs #F #R #Q #BluePit📖

moodboard alt text: from top left clockwise, foggy picture of london, a rose on fire, a closeup of a hazel eye, a sword, a vampire, rome, a woman with red lipstick and a veil over her eyes, a wolf howling, a silhouette of two people about to kiss with a red and black color scheme, and THE BLOOD OF A DIVINE in the center

Set in 1899 London, Paris, & Rome 🎩

Gods of the Underworld &
their complicated family drama 💀

A major slow-burn romantic subplot ft. steamy kiss scenes in cemeteries 🌹

Vampires, ghosts, & werewolves—
oh my! 🦇👻🐺

A literal journey to hell 🔥

BIPOC & LGBT+ rep 🌈

Breaking cycles of generational trauma 💔

& like all the best gothic horror tales,
while this book is literally about gods
and vampires, it is most importantly
a book about love ❤

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · Jul 13

an #agentsguide to #Thoroughfare ♡
.°˖⋆ ℧ 𓃗 .°˖⋆

A western gothic horror in which a sunshine Apostle must work with a grumpy outlaw to save the western towns from an eldritch horror spreading a virus of death.

♡ This is a novella! 26,500 words ♡
#BluePit 📖 #A #H #SP #Q #DIS #amquerying

"Western-themed image titled 'An Agent’s Guide to Thoroughfare' features a cowboy on horseback under a starry night sky, flanked by illustrated revolvers."

The pitch section with a background picture, aesthetic, and short pitch.
Text: An Apostle shunned away in a Creedance amongst mountains and snow is summoned to assist an outlaw hiding amongst the desert plains..."
A mysterious night scene with a glowing moon above a cowboy on horseback. A church is depicted alongside, with ominous red streaks. Text overlays describe a tale of an apostle aiding an outlaw against a monstrous threat. The mood is tense and atmospheric.

A dialogue scene/snippet shows two people. Theodora, a woman with an intense expression, questions life after death. The Apostle, a blonde man, suggests life’s meaning lies in present love, not afterlife, adding a tone of reflection and calm.

Alt text: A graphic with "COMPS, THEMES, TROPE" in bold.
Left shows covers of "Tombstone," "What Moves the Dead," "Red Dead Redemption II," and "The Brothers Karamazov."
Center features vintage and Western images as an aesthetic moodboard.
Right lists themes like "Female rage" and tropes "Grumpy x Sunshine."
Background shows a moody, dark setting with a church.

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Stacy Milbourn @stacymilbourn.bsky.social · Jul 13

This sounds amazing! I need it immediately!

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Dannye Chase is querying queer romance @dannyechase.bsky.social · Jul 13

#BluePit 📖: Queer romance FOREWARNING: A psychic nonbinary prince facing a royal murder mystery must hide his romantic feelings when his guardsman best friend (& forbidden secret crush) becomes his bodyguard. Like Odd Thomas as an upbeat queer romance. 54k. 3 agent requests.
#Q #A #OV #LGBT #F #T #R

A list of tropes for Forewarning with a mockup of a cover that shows a photo of two hands clasping in rainbow light

NB/M Prince/Royal Guard
Forbidden romance but the entire internet ships it
Best friends to lovers
Royal murder mystery
Psychic powers
Bodyguard romance
Seeing gorgeous half-naked men in your future but also death omens :/

A pitch for my novel

Queer Romance FOREWARNING

Prince Cole doesn't know why he psychically sees people's doppelgangers acting out the future, but it does come in handy. Cole's other secret not so much—he's desperately in love with his childhood best friend, royal guardsman Lucas, not least because Luc staunchly supports Cole being an openly nonbinary royal.

Unfortunately, Cole can't marry a guardsman, and sweet, introverted Luc would never want to be a royal spouse anyway. But when a head of state is murdered and Cole's life is threatened, Luc steps in as Cole's 24/7 bodyguard.

Together they must find a legendary weapon of mass destruction that threatens their own lives—and millions more. (And really, it would be easier for Cole to concentrate if his gorgeous bodyguard wasn't wandering around their room half-naked, but whatever. It's fine.)

A mood board for Forewarning:

A 3x3 grid of 9 squares

Top L: a photo by Ana M. on Pexels of a woman's hand holding a crystal ball in the woods. The trees are reflected upside down in the ball.

Top center: the words "Prince Cole and Captain Lucas"

Top R: a photo by Tide_trasher_x on Unsplash of the right side of a dark-haired man's face. He wears a broad stripe of glittery rainbow makeup from forehead to chin.

Center L: a photo by Alexander Mass on Pexels of a glittering tiara nestled in dark hair.

Center: a photo by Ray Bilcliff on Pexels of a brown castle on a lake with pink and purple sunset hues

Center R: a photo by Pixabay on Pexels of a royal guard's torso wearing a red and gold uniform, holding an upright sword.

Bottom L: a photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels of two hands clasping in rainbow light

Bottom center: the words "Rumors of close bodyguarding behind palace doors"

Bottom R: a photo by Nadin Sh on Pexels of a blurred woman walking past a gold curtain

Details of Forewarning:

Logline: A psychic nonbinary prince trying to solve a royal murder mystery must hide his romantic feelings when his guardsman best friend (and forbidden secret crush) becomes his bodyguard.

Genres: Queer Romance, Low Fantasy, Adult, Contemporary

Length: 54,000 words

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char 𖤓 @charyoung.bsky.social · Jul 13

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️

the songstress, the high-flyer, the gambler, the sweetheart, the watcher, the matriarch and the rogue. seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rockstar sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you

#BluePit #Q #A #LF #M #BluePit📖

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book: a neon rock n roll sign, london (notably big ben), a man playing the guitar, someone punching a mirror into shards, a man staring into the camera with his face concealed, someone walking down a hallway, stars falling from the sky, photos hanging from the ceiling and finally, an audience at a gig. all nine images have a red hue.

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Milo (he/xe) 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇨🇦 @milosometimes.bsky.social · Jul 13

FROM THE SEA FRET

Callum Point just wants to leave his past behind. He moves to a town rife with conspiracy, and an ever-present bank of fog.
In this new town, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly mystery, which threatens to pull him beneath the waves.

#BluePit📖 #W #A #H #LGBT #TR

Outlined text over a dark blue ocean. The horizon is obscured by fog.
The text reads: From the Sea Fret. A queer horror novel

A moodboard consisting of 5 pictures, each outlined in navy blue. The 5th picture is in the centre.
A foggy wooden dockyard at night.
The inside of a tackle shop. Nets, buoys, and fishing paraphernalia hand from the wall and ceiling.
A pile of grey fish.
A hand reaching out of grey water, the sky above is overcast.
A fishing boat on the ocean. Seagulls swarm it in the air.

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · Jul 10

Answering for the same character, he's very coordinated as an athlete who started out in gymnastics very little, moved to swimming and diving. (That helps more than a little bit when he's fighting off monsters/threats.)

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · Jul 10

It's Day 3 of #BluePitHype!

Today, we have some questions for your characters!

This is QUESTION 2: SKILLS. The final question will be posted in 30 minutes!

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

#BluePitHype
Q & A
JULY 10th

CHARACTER INTERVIEW

For today, we have some questions for your characters!

Question 2:
What’s your character’s main skill? What do they wish they knew how to do? How would they use that skill?

3 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JULY 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

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