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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 1h

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Man charged with setting deadly Palisades Fire in January

Acting U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California announced the charges on X.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 4h

Due to the technical difficulties with #DVpit hashtag searches this morning, we've increased the total pitch limit to 7 maximum pitches per project (please still only post once/hour)! Pitching still takes place between 8AM-8PM ET today, Oct 8th
For more complete rules/guidelines go to dvpit.carrd.co

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you! This has been a labor of love for a long time.

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 3h

Its the best genre!

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Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 6h

A few quick things!

Authors, please treat agent interest as an invitation to query, not a requirement. Pitch events are a great way to discover agents who weren't on your radar yet. Another is the @litagentsofchange.bsky.social's Equity Directory: www.equitydirectory.org

Lauren Bajek @laurenbajek.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to #DVPit tomorrow! If I heart your pitch, please query as normal (letter + ~25 pages), but add "#DVPit" somewhere in the subject line, and include the text of the post I hearted somewhere in your query letter. Can't wait to find projects I didn't know I wanted.

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 3h

🤱 Mommy Issues
🧙🏾‍♂️Black Wizards in a Arcanopunk Urban Setting
🛣 The Hood depicted in a fantasy setting
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexuals Everywhere
🫶🏾 Friends to Lovers
🔮 Political Intrigue
🪄 Magical Contest
🌇 Apocalyptic
🌍 Multicultural/Diverse Cast
💰 Anti-Capitalist Narrative/Capitalism is evil

#dvpit #poc #a #fantasy

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

I called Optimus Prime Black today. Just for the rush of pissing off nerds

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

Part 2 of the Pack:
go.bsky.app/DG2Xdpt

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

Hi #DVPIT loves.

Be sure to look at my Black Authors starter kit for names and pitches as well. This algorithim is weird next to Twitter's/Xs and so what I'm seeing is a lot of Black Authors fading out of the algo due to typical engagement.

#POC

go.bsky.app/Thz8U7e

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Shelly is participating in #DVpit today! @shellyromero.bsky.social · 5h

For #DVpit, writers if you are also not agents or editors, please do not like or repost pitching writers’ posts. Do not boost. We will look through the hashtag…

Shelly is participating in #DVpit today! @shellyromero.bsky.social · 5h

Hey y'all and Happy #DVpit day! If I 🖤 your pitch, please submit to me your query letter, upload your first 20 pages, and be sure to include your BlueSky handle as well as include DVpit in the pitch event line. So excited to review everyone's pitches today!
querytracker.net/query/shelly...

Query Shelly Romero at Azantian Literary Agency

QueryTracker.net

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

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R.H Aziz @reyinkbooks.bsky.social · 5h

BABEL x CITY OF BRASS x BOBH
Hadiqa thought testing into the best university of Baghdad would save her from Mongol invasion. But when scholars become war pawns she must choose: protect divine jinn-physics knowledge but crumble the Caliphate or seize power to win but embrace darkness
#DVpit #A #F #HF

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 5h

#DVpit #GN #A

Melody works from home as an artist, but when pursuing her goals drives a wedge between her and her partner, she's torn between being a "good partner" and a "good artist."

VIOLAPSE is about choosing yourself over a broken fantasy and breaking out of roles that other people give you.

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

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Evert Chandra @evertchandra.bsky.social · 5h

Six months.
One K-pop idol. One scarred CFO.
An impossible romance that heals them both—if it doesn’t destroy them first.
🎤Idol life
💼CFO heroine
❤️🔥Slow burn
💔Past Trauma
🕶️Secret love

#DVpit #A #CR #Asian

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

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Ash Arya | ऐश आर्या @iamasharya.bsky.social · 5h

HOTD × Raven Scholar × 3 DARK CROWNS

Two estranged flames backing rival sisters in a succession feud must join forces when pirates invade their magic-island

VIBES
💘Friends-&-flames to rivals-&-oh...wth
♟️Court intrigue × Found Fam
🧘‍♀️Magic with Consequences
🌈Bi & 🇮🇳Rep

#DVpit #F #NA #A #PoC #LGBTQ

A green gold & orange themed moodboard with 9 images representing the pitch.
1. A picture of an ornate palace doorway
2. A still from the movie Jodha Akbar
3. An el Doradoesque view
4. A golden chessboard
5. A woman experiencing power thru meditation
6. Sanskrit manuscripts
7. A magical staff in rock
8. Two royal ladies who "seem" like bffs
9. A lavish palace corridor

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

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Donald Sutton @donskreation.bsky.social · 5h

Sammy dreams of being a famous musician like his parents, but they don’t approve of his instrument of choice. Feeling rejected, he stumbles onto a magical land where music holds power. There, Sammy must learn to embrace his passions and understand what family means to him.

#DVPit #GN #MG #BVM #F

Boy playing harmonica against abstract musical background.

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 4h

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Nathalie De Los Santos @natadecocoa.bsky.social · 5h

When Joe immigrated in the ’60s, he was homesick and lonely. But he kept his mother close by cooking her dishes. FILIPINO-CANADIAN FEASTS is his legacy—shared now with his children, and yours. 3 generations keep her memory alive—adobo, sinagang & love on every page.
#dvpit #NF #Cookbook #POC #Asian

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Samuel Clark @samuelclark3.bsky.social · 5h

CARNIVAL ROW x Se7eN

In a post war gothic city, a detective and his partner go on the trail of a serial killer who murders black marketeers in search of illegal garlic for his Paleblood "cure". Should they stop him before he wipes out the population of ruling Palebloods? #DVpit #A #FM #Q

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Thenmozhi Soundararajan/Dalit Diva ✨️is querying✨️ @dalitdiva.bsky.social · 5h

WE SANG DOWN THE EMPIRE 85,000 Word #Spaceopera
🛸 Nesamma Abbas, a washed-up alien musician,
🎸 joins a rebel rock band to take down the Human Empire
✨with a martial art of sound ⚡🎶
.😢She must confront her pain,
🧘‍♀️ Master her powers
⚔️ & choose: revolution
❤️ or redemption
#WOC #Asian #SFF #DVpit

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Júlia C. Luiz @jcluiz.bsky.social · 5h

A man who has sought death for a 1000 years
A woman who doesn't wish to return to hell
A pact with the devil that ensures their wishes
A forced alliance neither wanted, but both desperately need
A search for a world-wreaking stone
What is worth more: their freedom or their souls?

#Dvpit #F #A #OWN

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Tiffanie Leung Abbott @tleungabbott.bsky.social · 5h

I CAN BE ALL THREE X SEOUL FOOD
The two halves of Tilly’s mixed-race family are meeting, but will she eat pancakes or dim sum? Wear a qipao or her spring dress? When the guest of honor arrives, she doesn’t need to choose—only with both halves can she introduce OUR WHOLE FAMILY. #DVPit #PB #Asian

Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 5h

☀️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
#DVPit #MG #F #Q #LGBT #HF

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Isha Jog @ishajog.bsky.social · 5h

ENCANTOxFIREBIRD

For kids crushed by extracurricular pressure: Kira’s perfectionist pursuit of Indian dance excellence becomes magical world tour → learns to dance with joy > anxiety.
Multicultural dance story + 1st Kathak picture book by real mother/daughter dancers 💃🏽

#DVPit #PB #SEL #POC #SA

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

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Kas is...querying 🪤🎥 @callmekas.bsky.social · 5h

REEL x TOMORROW AND TOMORROW AND TOMORROW

Inspired by classic animated films, three UCLA film students try to define their legacy in a film industry built on the shoulders of a forgotten golden era. They say never meet your idols? What do you do when you're related to them?
#DVPit #A #R #POC #WOC

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“Words of MEANING and of sweet melodies” @mndspeak.bsky.social · 5h

Elmo is my bestie tbh

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Steven Underwood @blaqueword.bsky.social · 5h

Now im thinking of a Kitten in a Sheisty

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 5h

important update: Adidas’ new Pet Collection

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