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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

AN ACADEMY FOR LIARS x ONE DARK WINDOW x KATABASIS

She could only ever be a monster or a weapon…

🖤 A witch with a violent and volatile power threatening to consume her
🏰 An elite magical academy built on secrets and lies
✨ Where dark magic is turning witches into monsters

#DVpit #A #LGBT #POC

AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Sapphic ONE DARK WINDOW x AN ACADEMY FOR LIARS ✨

When Lola Knight accidentally causes a fatal accident with the violent and volatile magic running through her veins, she is forced to attend Le Fay Academy in an attempt to seek control before it kills again—or consumes her.

#DVpit #A #CF #LGBT #POC

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Always here for sapphic enemies to lovers! 🌈

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh I’m intrigued! Good luck ☺️

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Love this - good luck!

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Sapphic witchy ONE DARK WINDOW x AN ACADEMY FOR LIARS ✨

* Mixed race MC struggles with a violent and volatile magic
* Elite secret academy for magic
* Dangerous trials
* Alliance with the enemy 👀
* She can only ever be a monster—or a weapon

#DVpit #A #CF #LGBT #POC

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

I love the visuals! 🤩

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh I love anxious x chaos 🤩

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

ONE DARK WINDOW x AN ACADEMY FOR LIARS

Sapphic witches! 🔮

“With the cathedral-like academy behind her, the gothic towers soaring above the treetops, it felt like she was in a fairy-tale. But if that were true, she was no princess. She was the monster they had to defeat.”

#DVpit #A #CF #LGBT #POC

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

I can see loads of posts on the hashtag but mine aren't showing up. Do you know what I can do to fix this?

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

ONE DARK WINDOW x AN ACADEMY FOR LIARS

“At Le Fay, she could only ever be a monster or a weapon.”

- Sapphic enemies to allies to lovers
- Violent and volatile magic
- Elite university
- Secret society
- Magic-hunting monsters
- Secrets and lies and so much betrayal

#DVpit #A #CF #LGBT #POC

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh this sounds great!

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Love the sound of this!

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh that summary and imagery!!

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · 2d

Oooh this sounds great! Love Lockwood & Co.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 2d

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#DVPit Rules
-#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors
-Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025
between 8AM ET - 8PM ET
-Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project)
-Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio.
-Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag)
-A like from an agent = a query request
-A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent
-A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions
-Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or
quote-reposting their pitches
-Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

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AJS ✨ Querying @authorajs.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thank you! 🌈

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Author Kim Palmer @lovekimpalmer.bsky.social · Feb 12

An #epic #romantacy in which a princess and the assassin hired to kill her are bound by fate and a mysterious necklace; forming an alliance as they uncover the truth behind their mutual enemy and the force that draws them together. #F #RF #DR
#A
#Q
#WritingCommunity #questpit

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Christina Singh is Querying @christinawrites.bsky.social · Feb 12

UNDER THE CARPET: The House in the Cerulean Sea x Five Survive

Teenage orphans living under the eye of an institution’s vigilant faculty try to escape after discovering dark secrets and learning that their lives are at risk.

#Q #YA #SPEC #questpit

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · Feb 12

THESE WITCHES DON'T BURN x THE DOS AND DONUTS OF LOVE

When magical barista Jolie's feud with rival witch Levi gets out of hand, accidentally igniting a centuries' old dispute with local vampires, Jolie and Levi must work together to save their coven.

#QuestPit #YA #Q #agentsguide

An Agent's Guide to Lattes and Love Potions by Mackenzie Lyn Marr; YA contemporary fantasy; the background of all the pictures in this group is a pastel pink and purple cloud-like swirl with little white twinkly stars and a text bubble shaped like a cloud

The Pitch: When magical barista Jolie's prank war with rival witch Levi gets out of hand and accidentally ignites a feud with a group of vengeful vampires, they must work together to save their coven.

Comp titles:
ace self-discovery of loveless, contemporary witchy vibes of These Witches don't Burn, sapphic rivalry of The Dos and Donuts of Love, cute, cozy fantasy or the very secret society of irregular witches

What you'll find: rival teen witches, magical coffee shops, vampires, black cats, potions, crystals, tarot, and astrology, small town vibes, queer self-discovery, chronic illness rep

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.writes.fyi · Feb 12

BABEL x RIPE x ARCANE
Desperate to study at the Institute, graduate student Jim pitches rising star Professor Tanner a device that could revolutionize—or weaponize—medicine. Tanner wants to put it in everyone's pocket...and she doesn't care who it might hurt.
#questpit #A #Q #F #SF #H #SFF

Moodboard for an #amquerying manuscript featuring images of chemistry glassware; equations on a chalkboard; anatomical, botanical and medical diagrams; dark, lush foliage, and stars streaking through a night sky with long exposure astrophotography.

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Sophie Pinkoski @sophiemlpink.bsky.social · Feb 12

Daisy Jones x Gideon the Ninth

🤘A girl punk band
✝️A goth sibling duo
🎪An ex-circus troupe
💀A necromancer

…are invited to an artistic retreat in New Orleans, but their holiday becomes a living nightmare when a seance unleashes demonic forces intent on killing them all.
#QuestPit #A #Q #H #DF

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Madeline Nixon🇨🇦 @markedwithanm.bsky.social · Feb 12

Pushing Daisies x Louise Penny

When Maryl realizes she can talk to the dead, she decides to solve a decades old cold case at her university. She might solve the crime with the ghost’s own words ... or she might end up being the next school spirit

#QuestPit #A #Q #MY

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