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GhostPit @ghostpit.bsky.social · Aug 19

#GhostPit will be happening October 30, 2025!

There is a black background with big circle with a smaller circle inside of it.

In the big circle at the top is #GhostPit 2 Ghosts to each side of that between that and the bottom words that read The Halloween Pitch Event.

In the smaller circle there are greeb and orange/gold stars. In front of them in a cute sheet ghost and in front of him is a pencil and an open green book with yellow pages.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 24

Thank you

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 24

We are a wrap! Great job everyone! If you have any requests or suggestions, post them here so we can make the November 22 #WIPPIT even better. We will also be back again May 23, 2026.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 24

If you'd like to learn about the disease she fought desperately but lost to, Lupus, or make a donation, I am posting a link here. This is not required or anything, just a worthy cause to give to & learn about if you would like. May is Lupus Awareness Month.

www.lupus.org

Help Us Solve The Cruel Mystery

The Lupus Foundation of America is the largest force in the fight to cure lupus. Read hundreds of articles and resources, and find dozens of ways to get involved. Join us.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 24

You still have a little time left before the end, but I just want to take a moment and thank all of you for spending today with me & making my sister's birthday so much fun and easier to bear. I know she would be so proud of each and every one of you. She was my biggest supporter. 👀👇

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 24

AI even prompted uses others' works. It trains on others' art illegally so it can do those prompts. It's become a huge problem in the art and writing community which is why we listed no AI. Not only that it's also bad for the environment.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 23

If you are caught knowingly breaking the rules, you will be banned from participating. I have had to do so once already today. AI is not allowed for text or pictures. AI steals from writers and artists alike. If you used AI for either, please take down your post.

Our stance on AI is firm and clear

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TJ Davies | Author @tjdaviesauthor.bsky.social · May 23

IF I SAY IM FINE (I'M LYING)
She just wanted to ace senior year & snag a spot in the premed program at her dream school. Instead she’s elbow deep in toilet pans & feeding tubes and hiding her dad's terminal disease from all her friends. But she's totally fine. #WIPPIT #Con #Ya #amwriting

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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · May 23

☀️Sol's Plan for the Week:
🐺 Visit best friend at the harbor
🧚🏽 Practice flying
📖 Have a chilling history lesson
👑 Welcome father home before bed
🌑 Unwanted guest kidnap my parents
🧑‍🤝‍🧑Find out I have a missing twin brother
🏰 Save the queendom
#WIPPIT #MG #F #LGBT #Q

Aesthetic board for one of the protagonists, a sun fae name Prince Sol.

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Asheree Vaughn @amourasher.bsky.social · May 23

👸🏽A pageant to pick the countrys next queen
🧝🏾‍♀️Mutants but everyone has an ability (almost everyone)
🕋A secret society
🗡️Assassination attempt
🫥MC that rather be invisible than thrown in the royalty

#WIPPIT #YA #DS #F

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Ryn Perkins @kateperkinswrites.bsky.social · May 23

A cursed kingdom, a lost princess, and a prince with a secret – trusting each other may be the key to survival – but whose?

❤️‍🔥Planned Duology
❤️‍🔥Dual POV and Hidden Identities of HEARTLESS HUNTER
❤️‍🔥Cursed Kingdom of SLEEPING BEAUTY
❤️‍🔥Feuding Kingdoms A RIVER ENCHANTED
#RF #PN #NA #WIPPIT #R

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Vanessa Stefaniuk 🍂 @quietsnooze.bsky.social · May 23

BLOOD ON OUR NAMES

Power corrupts.

Fed magic drop by drop, those who provide it make the call on what those lucky fey will do with it. As the chess masters tug the threads of fate, it’ll be all the more difficult to stop them with the tools they themselves have provided.

#WIPPit #F #A #LGBT

Blood On Our Names
A jumping illustration of the three main characters
Reluctant alliances
lovers to enemies
good is not nice
morally grey fey
Fey courts and political intrigue
Tangled in the threads of fate
Celtic folklore
dream weaving
slow burn and pining
don’t outlive your usefulness
masquerade found family
Druidic and shadow magic
A deal with the devil
Broken bird discovers her talons

Moodboard including a woman with orange hair looking out at an autumn landscape, a statue with bandaged eyes weeping blood, a spiderweb in an autumn tree, a tree axe hooked on a wall with autumn leaves blown in, a woman plunging into the watery depths, an autumn landscape, a plaid blanket on the rocks, a woman’s blurry bleeding bloodied hand, and hands close up kneading bread on a counter.

Mood board including a close up of a freckled woman doing her makeup, two women at the end of a spooky forest path, a silhouetted woman in a dark and empty estate staircase, a large estate in the forest, a woman performing magic over a miniature moon, black ooze on hands before smoke, a woman writing letters with a quill, a beautiful dagger sitting against and amongst the flowers, and a leather bound notebook over newspaper

Mood board including an animal skull in the forest, a shirtless man with flowers growing over him, a rustic greenhouse, a close up of a man’s red eye, blackened fingertips of close up hands, bright red rowanberries on a rowan tree, a raven in sunlight, a teapot and crowded tabletop, and a man hiding behind flowers.

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L. D. Rex is Querying @ldrexauthor.bsky.social · May 23

A group of fun college students are intrigued when a charming professor wants to take lessons off campus, but when friends end up dead, they get more than they bargained for. #WIPPIT #S #T #R

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JJ Robinson2 #amwriting #scifi @jjrobinson2.bsky.social · May 23

Continuum2: Main's War
by JJ Robinson II
(Moving, so late)

#WIPPit #W #SF
#writingcommunity #sciencefiction #writesky

Main, an accidental sentient, tries to prevent DISUNION, or at least make REUNION possible. She can't, because the "Engineers" she needs to find are a myth, but she'll try anyway.

A poster of Main, an accidental sentient, in her imposed self-image as "The Woman of Stars".

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Keren Dibbens-Wyatt @honeycombhermit.bsky.social · May 23

‪Mabel and her school bully are sucked into the fate of another world where an age-old prophecy about humans is coming true. One of them will either vanquish the evil or succumb to it. But which one? #WIPPIT #MG #Meta #HA #FBW #F

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Steph | Queer Horror Author @butmakeitsapphic.bsky.social · May 23

When life itself is a horror, you’ll do anything to break free.

Beauty and the Beast x Scrooge, with vampires. Project Vampire is a gothic horromance that leaves a bittersweet taste on your tongue.

#WIPPIT #H #R #LGBT #OWN #A

Project Vampire tropes: GOTHIC VAMPIRE HORROMANCE
• ENEMIES TO CONFUSED & CONFLICTED
LOVERS
• NB/FEMME PAIRING
• LIFE IS A HORROR
• PROTECT THE GIRL AT ALL COSTS WHEN SHE IS YOUR SALVATION
• MENTAL HEALTH REP (PTSD, TRAUMA)

SYLVIE'S FATHER OWES A DEBT HE CAN'T REPAY, SO SHE OFFERS HERSELF UP TO THE BEAST THAT HUNTS HIM INSTEAD. BECAUSE EVEN PAIN OF DEATH WOULD BE BETTER THAN HER LIFE IN RUSTHOLDE.
ONE LAST ASSIGNMENT, AND XANDER WILL BE FREE. BUT THEY KNOW THEY'LL HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A CATCH WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH DEMONS.
@BUTMAKEITSAPPHIC

If you enjoyed THE UNEXPECTED LOVE STORY OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST...
...THE TORTURED BACKSTORY OF ASTARION FROM BG3...
...AND THE TRAGIC HEARTACHE OF A BITTERSWEET ENDING...
...BUT MAKE IT SAPPHIC.

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Keren Dibbens-Wyatt @honeycombhermit.bsky.social · May 23

A group of tenants discover a neglected garden next to their tower block. As they tend it back to life, it might return the favour, teaching them the power of faith, friendship, hard work, love and begonias. #Con #R #A #Wippit #Ha #FBW

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bev (indie author) 👩🏻‍💻 @beverlyannemichel.bsky.social · May 23

#WIPPIT

CINDERELLA meets DRAG

👠 teacher by day drag queen by night
👠 gay mmc x transmasc li
👠 secrets
👠 costume parties
👠 bigotry doesn’t win

#R #A #LGBT #FBW

Photo collage:
Top Row: math teacher, nerdy chicks, calculator.
Middle row: drag queen, man in a sweater, long legs in red pumps and a yellow dress.
Bottom row: Seattle, Devon Rex kitten, coffee.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you to the author who found and pointed out a post to us. I'm a single person and I did miss it, but it was quickly rectified and the author who used AI is banned from further participation in our events.

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 23

If you are caught knowingly breaking the rules, you will be banned from participating. I have had to do so once already today. AI is not allowed for text or pictures. AI steals from writers and artists alike. If you used AI for either, please take down your post.

Our stance on AI is firm and clear

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WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 23

The rules have no AI in them, that stands for text or image as AI steals from artists and writers alike.

WIPPIT @wippit.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you. I missed this in my everlong scrolling. Repost has been removed and they will be blocked from participating any longer.

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Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · May 23

#WIPPITT #A #RF #FBW
A SYLVIAN TALE (working title)
The Little Red Hen x Assistant the the Villain X Slathbog's Gold
👩‍🌾Older FMC, 30, tall and plus sized
🌳Forest God falls for mortal
🧙Magician grifter and his team
🛌One bed at the inn
🔥Slow burn
🌶️Spice
💍HEA wedding

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Text: A Sylvian Tale (working title)
The WIP Pitch
During an act of kindess, Nin incurs the wrath of the God of the Forest, Cráeb, for trespassing, resulting in the curse of bad luck. When a traveling magician tells her he can remove the curse, but for a price, he tells her where she can find a hoard of gold. No one in her village is willing to help her on her quest, but while in the road, she meets a lone traveler, and out of the same kindness that resulted in her becoming cursed, helps him. This stranger, touched by her generous nature, helps her in her quest to find the gold so that she can return to her village, have the curse removed, and finally buy that plot of land where she can work the land instead of taking over the family brewery that she only works at out of obligation.

Silhouette of oak tree against green background.
Text: A Sylvian Tale (working title)
Tropes & Comps
Tall, Plus-Sized FMC
Close Proximity
God Falls for a Mortal
He Falls First
One Bed at the Inn
Slow burn
The Little Red Hen
Hard work taken for granted
Assistant to the Villain
Grifter magician & conmen
Slathbog's Gold
Adventure for hoard of gold

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Text: A Sylvian Tale (working title)
Quotes
Nin was sweet in nature, a bit too sweet, most often unable to say no when someone needed help or even the loan of a few gold pieces when pouches were light. Now she was feeling taken advantage of yet again, kicking herself for being unable to say no. When she tried to say no, she was often made to feel that she was being selfish.

She felt as hollow as a tree eaten away from within, her exterior the only thing holding her up from collapsing in upon herself.

Silhouette of oak tree against green background.
Text: A Sylvian Tale (working title)
Moodboard
Images: Women working in an ale house, an ale vat, a lone oak tree atop a hill, a brightly painted caravan wagon, a moss covered gnarled tree in the mist, a rural road with trees flanking both sides of the road thickly, a hoard of gold uncovered from the ground, a large tavern interior.

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Tali Shammas @talishammas.bsky.social · May 23

In 1900s Latvia, Stasi mixes blood with paint to create reality-shaping art, but when she enters a prestigious art competition and discovers wealthy elites are killing female artists, she risks her forbidden sapphic love and life to stop them.

#WIPPIT #HF #H #R #LGBT

The Colour of Blood, a feminist coming-of-rage 70k sapphic horromance, featuring Latvian mythology, examination of colonialism and misogyny, art school rivals-to-lovers, generational trauma, a unique paint-based blood magic system, and all the barbed banter ("Mind your step, lest you trip over my affairs.")

Excerpt from the Colour of Blood: I draw the imbuing knife across my palm and wince. My skin is accustomed to this ritual, dulled to the sting. But today, the blade finds something soft, something still capable of pain, and sinks its teeth in. Blood wells fast, eager, filling a shallow groove in my palette. I carefully pour water into the next. Flickering candlelight reflects on the pools. The water skitters under the light, but the blood is thicker, darker, slower to settle. Yellow may be my most loathed colour, but red has always been my favourite. The colour of love, of rage, of life. The colour of blood.

Tropes, themes, and comps, including Blood Over Bright Haven, Mexican Gothic, and Juniper & Thorn.

Blurb: In 1900s Latvia, female artists combine blood with paint to yield reality-altering art. Stasi, an ambitious artist, is selected to compete for a coveted year-long residency at the Von Nachtraben estate, home to Europe’s most powerful paint magnate. For Stasi, the competition is a chance to elevate her social standing, earn her emotionally distant parents' approval, and escape the brothel where she's secretly working.

But when a talented competitor suffers a gruesome death during the first trial, Stasi suspects the competition’s purpose is not recruitment but the elimination of the world’s strongest magical women. Stasi's unease turns to horror when she uncovers a hidden laboratory in the estate where the Von Nachtrabens craft a toxic green pigment engineered to weaken women who paint. And when she tries and fails to escape the estate, she realizes participation in the competition is no longer an option but a compulsion.

As a forbidden sapphic romance kindles between Stasi and her childhood rival—and more women vanish—Stasi must navigate deadly trials, competitors willing to sell each other out to advance, and the Von Nachtrabens’ insidious web of control. To stop the elite intent on silencing women who dare stand against them, Stasi will have to risk her love and her life.

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