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Writer, lawyer, overuser of the 🫡 emoji. #amquerying
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Claire MacLachlan @clairecommemoi.bsky.social · 23h
A BOYFRIEND, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM is what you’d get if Ali Hazelwood turned National Treasure 2 into a romance novel. #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #R

⚔️Smithsonian x Library of Congress feud
📜Secret alliance
💃Rivals-to-lovers
📚Hunt for Jefferson’s lost library
🧠Mental health rep
Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: A BOYFRIEND, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM: A Contemporary Romance Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: After losing out on her dream job at the Library of Congress, Kathleen “Sour Grapes” Gallagher is done chasing things. Not jobs, not boyfriends, not Beyoncé tickets. If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen, and if not, she never wanted it anyway. So when a disgraced movie mogul taps her for a vanity project tracking down missing volumes from the Library of Congress’s original collection, Kathleen only accepts the gig to appease her well-meaning mentor. Never mind his hints that this might be her chance to escape academic exile. Across the National Mall at the Library of Congress’s archival arch-rival, Smithsonian historian Dr. Grant Ordoñez vows to get revenge on the Hollywood mogul who stalled his sister’s promising acting career by finding the missing books first. As the eldest son of a mixed-status immigrant family, Grant is used to playing catch-up, so he’s confident he can outpace an entitled librarian who doesn’t even have a PhD and seems immune to the concept of actual work. But Grant finds out that Kathleen isn’t some lazy nepo baby when his interference forces Kathleen to actually do her job—and to confront what she gave up by leaving her dream behind. As they chase leads around the Beltway and back, their frigid rivalry turns into a love affair steamier than a summer in the nation’s capital. But with their feuding institutions breathing down their necks, Grant and Kathleen learn that finding what you’re looking for isn’t the same thing as getting to keep it. Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: I’m halfway across the room when Grant speaks again. “Hey Kathleen, how tall are you?” “Five foot six,” I say automatically. Then I stop and turn around. “Wait, why? How tall are you?” “Five-eleven,” he says. “If you were actually five-eleven, you’d round up to six feet,” I challenge. “That’s small-minded of you.” He lowers his laptop screen. There’s a smile playing around his mouth. “I prefer to play the long game and round down to five-ten. Make the other five-elevens sweat a little.” I laugh. “That’s surprisingly diabolical. And you still haven’t answered my question.” Grant looks pointedly at the books in my arms and thumbs something into his phone. “I just want to be sure I’m giving the U.S. Marshals an accurate description of the midnight book thief.” “Oh my god, it’s not even six o’clock in the evening.” He peers around the desk hutch at me. “‘But wearing high heels, so… five foot nine?”
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clairecommemoi.bsky.social
Here’s some free advice from a Washington insider: behave yourself at that office happy hour. You never know what a Capitol Spill reporter might overhear…

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #R
Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books Text: Out-of-Context quotes from A Boyfriend, If You Can Keep Him: a contemporary romance Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books Text: Grant scoffs. “She was born at LA General, in a hospital sandwiched between a freeway and a McDonald’s! How much more American can you get?” “A megachurch across the street?” I suggest. Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books Text: “I’d want to die from something peaceful. Like when you’re really happy, and you sometimes think that if you were to die right there, that wouldn’t be so bad?” Stacy takes a contemplate sip of soup. “Yeah. When was the last time you felt like that?” My thoughts immediately jump to Grant, and I’m grateful Stacy can’t see the flush creeping up my neck. “Um, I don’t remember.” Stacy laughs. “Yeah, I’d want to die during sex, too. It’d be inconvenient for my partner, but what would I care? I’d be dead.” Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: “Sometimes being a librarian is like trying to hold onto a fistful of sand. The more you try to convince people of the truth, the faster they slip through your fingers.”
January 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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amandaburghart.bsky.social
Maggie was ready to start a family in the Philly suburbs w her college sweetheart. Instead, she's in her childhood bedroom mourning the life she lost. When her cousin invites her to Ireland, she books a flight ✈️ True happiness awaits. But is it too late to redefine her future? #BluePit 📖 #wf #q #a
A photo of cliffs in County Clare Ireland, jutting into the sea.
January 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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clairecommemoi.bsky.social
A BOYFRIEND, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM is what you’d get if Ali Hazelwood turned National Treasure 2 into a romance novel. #BluePit 📖 #Q #A #R

⚔️Smithsonian x Library of Congress feud
📜Secret alliance
💃Rivals-to-lovers
📚Hunt for Jefferson’s lost library
🧠Mental health rep
Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: A BOYFRIEND, IF YOU CAN KEEP HIM: A Contemporary Romance Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: After losing out on her dream job at the Library of Congress, Kathleen “Sour Grapes” Gallagher is done chasing things. Not jobs, not boyfriends, not Beyoncé tickets. If it’s meant to be, it’ll happen, and if not, she never wanted it anyway. So when a disgraced movie mogul taps her for a vanity project tracking down missing volumes from the Library of Congress’s original collection, Kathleen only accepts the gig to appease her well-meaning mentor. Never mind his hints that this might be her chance to escape academic exile. Across the National Mall at the Library of Congress’s archival arch-rival, Smithsonian historian Dr. Grant Ordoñez vows to get revenge on the Hollywood mogul who stalled his sister’s promising acting career by finding the missing books first. As the eldest son of a mixed-status immigrant family, Grant is used to playing catch-up, so he’s confident he can outpace an entitled librarian who doesn’t even have a PhD and seems immune to the concept of actual work. But Grant finds out that Kathleen isn’t some lazy nepo baby when his interference forces Kathleen to actually do her job—and to confront what she gave up by leaving her dream behind. As they chase leads around the Beltway and back, their frigid rivalry turns into a love affair steamier than a summer in the nation’s capital. But with their feuding institutions breathing down their necks, Grant and Kathleen learn that finding what you’re looking for isn’t the same thing as getting to keep it. Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: I’m halfway across the room when Grant speaks again. “Hey Kathleen, how tall are you?” “Five foot six,” I say automatically. Then I stop and turn around. “Wait, why? How tall are you?” “Five-eleven,” he says. “If you were actually five-eleven, you’d round up to six feet,” I challenge. “That’s small-minded of you.” He lowers his laptop screen. There’s a smile playing around his mouth. “I prefer to play the long game and round down to five-ten. Make the other five-elevens sweat a little.” I laugh. “That’s surprisingly diabolical. And you still haven’t answered my question.” Grant looks pointedly at the books in my arms and thumbs something into his phone. “I just want to be sure I’m giving the U.S. Marshals an accurate description of the midnight book thief.” “Oh my god, it’s not even six o’clock in the evening.” He peers around the desk hutch at me. “‘But wearing high heels, so… five foot nine?”
January 13, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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amandaburghart.bsky.social
FROM HERE TO CLARE - Upmarket Contemporary

🍻 Irish Pub
🎻 Trad Music
✈️ Vacation Abroad
✝️ Catholic Guilt
😣 Family Drama
💃Cousins partying
✨ Mid-30s Reinvention
💕 Finding Love Again
🫶 Found Family
👰‍♀️ Wedding
🌊 Beach
🍀 Ireland
🏙️ Philly

THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO x THE WEDDING PEOPLE #BluePit 📖 #Q #A#WF
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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lindsayallisonbks.bsky.social
Abby Jimenez + THE PRINCESS DIARIES - Genovia = HANNAH MCCOY TAKES A STAND

An adult coming-of-self romcom about an amateur violist who confronts her debilitating stage fright and the lies she believes about herself when she takes on a solo for her community orchestra.

#bluepit📖 #A #R #WF #Q
Character art featuring a tall white man with a violin, a shorter white woman with a viola, and a tall Asian man with a baton
January 13, 2026 at 1:44 PM
clairecommemoi.bsky.social
Here’s some free advice from a Washington insider: behave yourself at that office happy hour. You never know what a Capitol Spill reporter might overhear…

#BluePit 📖 #Q #A #R
Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books Text: Out-of-Context quotes from A Boyfriend, If You Can Keep Him: a contemporary romance Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books Text: Grant scoffs. “She was born at LA General, in a hospital sandwiched between a freeway and a McDonald’s! How much more American can you get?” “A megachurch across the street?” I suggest. Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books Text: “I’d want to die from something peaceful. Like when you’re really happy, and you sometimes think that if you were to die right there, that wouldn’t be so bad?” Stacy takes a contemplate sip of soup. “Yeah. When was the last time you felt like that?” My thoughts immediately jump to Grant, and I’m grateful Stacy can’t see the flush creeping up my neck. “Um, I don’t remember.” Stacy laughs. “Yeah, I’d want to die during sex, too. It’d be inconvenient for my partner, but what would I care? I’d be dead.” Background: shelves full of old-fashioned books. Text: “Sometimes being a librarian is like trying to hold onto a fistful of sand. The more you try to convince people of the truth, the faster they slip through your fingers.”
January 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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thecrumpet.bsky.social
HELLO BEAUTIFUL x SANDWICH

THIS ENDS NOW: Lainey can orchestrate perfect days but can't stay put in a marriage, no matter how good the man. Only one way to quit bolting: face the cunning ex who taught her love is a disappearing trick—and who still has his hooks in her. #A #UP #Q #WF #BluePit 📖
A collage of photos: row 1 (l-r): the interior of Yale University’s Sterling Memorial Library, showing a Gothic cathedral-like entrance; a classic red Vermont farmhouse in winter, covered in snow, nestled among bare trees; a woman silhouetted against a frosted window, while sunlight spills through the window; row 2 (l-r): two hands reaching for each other in low lighting against a black background; a dark-haired woman floating face upwards in water, surrounded by white flowers, her eyes open; Spilled glass candle with wax still aflame, flickering against a black backdrop; row 3 (l-r): Sunlight streaming through a quiet pine forest, illuminating a narrow dirt path; black and white photo of a person gripping the back of another person’s head from behind ; a man’s hand clasping a woman’s hand showing her wedding ring, with a snow-covered fir tree in the background; row 4 (l-r): three antique keys on twine; dark green leaves, covered in dew; the title of the novel, “This Ends Now” written on a scrap of spiral-bound lined notepaper.
January 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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speakermenin.bsky.social
We are doing everything we can to secure the immediate release of our @council.nyc.gov employee, who was detained today by federal immigration officials at a routine appointment, despite following the rules. We demand his return.
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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breiswriting.bsky.social
With one month to save her job on the newsletter at a soulmate testing company, an editor joins a writing group run by the local English professor. But when their chemistry develops into much more than words on paper, it's not only her job on the line—her heart is too.

#BluePit📖 #A #R #SP #Q
January 13, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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carlyhiebner.bsky.social
A RECIPE FOR ROMANCE 💘

If you love…
🔥 a chef with something to prove
📚 a small-town professor who hates surprises
🧇 kitchens that feel like confessionals
🚽 an awkward meet-cute
🏡 towns where everyone knows your business
❤️ banter that turns into oh no, I’m in love
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #R #Q
January 13, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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katiecarlsonwrites.bsky.social
👫Two childhood best friends
💍One marriage pact

IF WE'RE STILL SINGLE, a contemporary romance
Querying soon!

#BluePit📖 #W #A
a backlit image of two people kissing in the snow, with the words "An Agent's Guide to If We're Still Single, A contemporary romance by Katie Carlson" The Pitch: When Fiona unexpectedly ends up celebrating her thirtieth birthday by moving back to the tiny Wisconsin hometown she always dreamed of escaping, the one bright spot is the chance to reconnect with her childhood best friend, Henry. After a drunken night of remember whens, they agree to fulfill the marriage pact they made at seventeen. The pair sets out to rebuild the magical friendship of their youth, armed with a list of things the internet tells them all couples must do before they walk down the aisle: try each other’s hobbies, cook together, travel, even... (gulp) have sex. Soon, the feelings Fiona’s always had for Henry can no longer be ignored. But Fiona never intended her stay to be permanent, and she’ll have to figure out if she’s ready to redefine what--or who--home is to her. Excerpt: What I really want is to settle next to him on the roof outside his bedroom window, tall evergreens our only witnesses as I tell him every single thought I’ve had over the last year, every question I tried to answer on my own, every choice I tried to make, every worry, every tiny heartbreak that chipped away at me. There’s a pang of sadness that comes with the knowledge that we’ll never do that again, but still… the fact that he and I are sitting here together makes me feel lighter than I have in years. I don’t say that though. Instead, I rest my hand on his and enjoy it when he rotates his wrist, twines his fingers with mine, and squeezes. Comparable books: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry (Best friends to lovers, Burying feelings for years tropes), Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn (small town, Checking off a list tropes), and You, with a View by Jessica Joyce (grief and healing, self-discovery tropes)
January 13, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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brittneyjoan.bsky.social
GOOD BOYS ONLY is a tender, funny slow burn where the dogs behave better than the exes, and the crackling chemistry is impossible to ignore 💚

🌿 confident plus-sized fmc
🐾 black cat x golden retriever
🌿 she’s his dog sitter
🐾 found family
🌿 facetimes & texts
🐾 tattooed MCs

#BluePit📖 #Q #A #R
Green background with the text "He falls first. His dogs fall harder." Images of a plus-size woman, a tattooed man, and a golden retriever + corgi. Sample text from the book: The text is accompanied by the cutest picture of Pawvel and Crouton curled up on my be—no, not ‘my.’ Laying on the guest bed. Owen: i think the boys like you more than me Owen: they won’t leave your room Owen: they miss their new mom Fighting the upward curve of my lips is impossible. Syd: Maybe if you were nicer? Fed them more snacks? They love me because they get cute accessories and snuggles Owen: maybe if you were here to snuggle it would be better? ;) Syd: You want your dogs to humiliate you in person? They would definitely choose me Owen: oh i think all three of us would choose you, no question Text at the bottom: GOOD BOYS ONLY, adult plus-size romcom, dual POV
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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brittneyjoan.bsky.social
GOOD BOYS ONLY🐾🌿

A plus-size baddie dog sits to survive after her ex leaves her—then she meets a guy in the personal care aisle who’s everything her ex wasn’t: loyal, patient & in desperate need of a dog sitter…which might just ruin her plan to swear off love forever

#BluePit📖 #Q #A #R
Good Boys Only cover page. Stock images of a plus-size white woman, and a plus-size white man with tattoos. Agent's Guide, 89,000 words, adult-plus-size rom-com. Images of polaroid pictures with stock images, including tattooed hand-holding, a Red Wings game, and a corgi + golden retriever. On a green background with Sydney and Owen repeated in a transparent deboss over the background Good Boys Only pitch. Includes a stock image of a man with tattoos, and a plus-size woman. Emoticons of a pawprint and leaf. Split green background with sage green and light green. With this text: After her boyfriend of six years moves out, retail manager Sydney Bennett is barely hanging on—juggling long shifts and a side hustle dog-sitting to tide her over. When she meets Owen Sutton in the personal care aisle after a rant about two “demonic Pomeranians,” he’s instantly charmed—and in need of a sitter for his own, much better-behaved dogs. What starts as a business arrangement turns into something gentler and deeper: a slow-burning romance between two people still healing from betrayal. But as Sydney faces losing her apartment and the past comes back to haunt Owen, they’ll have to decide if the safety they’ve found in each other is worth risking their hearts for. Sample page and comp titles. Well, Actually by Mazey Eddings. You, With a View by Jessica Joyce. Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen. Young & Hungry (TV Show). Text: “I hate to admit it, but you might be onto something,” I say with a small smile. “A compliment? From the chef herself? Whew, I’m gonna need to sit down.” Owen beams at me, and it’s a blast of electricity straight to my heart. “But think about it—you can finally get out of retail hell. I can help you, too. With a business plan. I’m kinda good at that stuff.” His grin turns sheepish before he dips his pinky finger into the sauce, sneaking a taste. My body processes the feeling before I do, and I lean closer to him, a newfound buoyancy floating across my limbs. “You’d do that for me?” “I’m not sure when you’ll get it through your pretty head that I’d do anything for you, Syd. Literally anything you asked.” He steps toward me, body radiating heat like the oven, casting me in a warm glow. His words have my stomach sinking to the bottom of the ocean. Tension circles the space between us, grasping the string and yanking us impossibly close. I scan across him, the art decorating his perfect form, and it’s suddenly a bucket list item to be part of his canvas. “Would you get a tattoo for me?” Owen’s nostrils flare and he squeezes his fists, as if he can feel the sting of the needle inking me onto him. “What’d you have in mind?” he chokes out. I crane my neck. He’s so close, eclipsing the steam from the pan surely teetering toward burnt. I can’t find it in me to care. “I think a sage leaf sprig would suffice, since you do love using my middle name.” “I’m not opposed. Where would you want it? Somewhere hidden? Where you’d only see it if I let you? Maybe front and center for a daily reminder of you?” He shifts. Our chests brush. Breathing is an illusion, a magic trick. I’ve never drawn in a breath in my life. Good Boys Only Tropes: black cat x golden retriever, stranger to lovers, she's his dog sitter, confident plus-sized FMC, facetimes & texts, found family, he falls first his dogs fall harder, set in Michigan, starting over at 30, when the spice hits... The Couple. Two images with Sydney Sage Bennett text over a plus-size woman, and Owen James Sutton over an image of a tattooed man. Text: 30, Aquarius | Retail Ops Manager Empathetic. Competitive. Amazing cook. Loves hockey. Sarcasm as a shield. Pilates girlie. Brunch is her love language. Poor spending habits. Younger sister. Sworn off relationships to focus on herself. 31, Cancer | National Events Manager. Patient and loyal. Flirty. Loves hockey. Bottles everything up. Former company co-founder. Amazing dog dad. Acts of service. Takes care of his elderly neighbor. Older brother. Prone to emotional spill-overs.
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
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sgwyn.bsky.social
As a new crew member of the World Cruise, Reese wants to see the world & find out who she is after a toxic relationship, NOT fall for the grumpy guitar player onboard.
Who knew a life at sea meant tipsy tourists, swinger passengers, rocky seas & lots of crew drama?!

#bluepit📖 #A #Q #R #WF
Map background featuring two polaroid images. The first is of a young woman on a cliff staring out at the sea. The photo is labeled “274 Nights by Samantha Gwyn”. The second, smaller photo, is of a group of young people standing on a mountain and overlooking a sunset, the woman has a hand in the air celebrating. The photo is labeled “A contemporary rom-com at 76,000 words”. Map background featuring they following text: The Pitch As a new crew member of the World Cruise, Reese wants to see the world and find out who she is after escaping a toxic relationship, NOT fall for the grumpy guitar player onboard. Who knew a life onboard meant tipsy tourists, swinger passengers, rocky seas and ALL the crew drama?! Map background. Labeled Comps & Tropes. Featuring book covers of The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry and Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman. Below it are Themes and Tropes: Reluctant co-workers to lovers A self-discovery journey Quirky side-characters Nicknames & banter Grump x sunshine Flirting with a K-pop star Exotic locations Series potential Dual POV Elements of suspense Map background featuring the following text: The first few lines… Reese stared at the giant ship in front of her. Boat? Vessel? Whatever it was, it was huge. Her bulging suitcase and backpack sat at her feet as heat from the cement radiated up to her already warm face. Anxiety rolled through her as she stared at her new home and workplace. Thanks to the Miami humidity, sweat ran from her temples and she brushed it away with her fingertips while staring up at fifteen decks of the largest ship she had ever seen.
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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lilithwrites.bsky.social
PRETTY GIRLS x BRIGHT YOUNG WOMEN x SHARP OBJECTS

When Alex's sister goes missing, there is nobody in her small town she can trust. She must cut through lies, secrets, and her own paranoia if she wants to save the little that's left of her family.

#BluePit📖 #A #H #W #LGBTQIA+ #DIS #WF #ND #OV
An agent’s guide to "Dissonance" An adult psychological thriller (Work In Progress) by Lilith Murphy Comps Include: Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter - Protective sister dynamic - Prior trauma/haunted by the past - Paranoia Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn - Domestic thriller - Complicated family dynamics - Family secrets dragged into the open Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll - Imperfect victims - FMC who isn’t believed by men An arrow connects the following bullet point to both Pretty Girls and Bright Young Women: - Beauty and its influence on the treatment of women The Pitch Three years after the death of their parents, former psych student Alex Doyle’s life is turned upside down by the kidnapping of her younger sister Charlie. Unsure of who to trust, Alex must unravel the secrets of their small hometown to find her before it’s too late. Tropes: Unreliable narrator Unhinged women Small Town/Insulated community Secrets dragged to the surface Past haunts the present
January 13, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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scarletvmitchell.bsky.social
On a grand antique space station, the cheerful new butler might be slowly catching feelings for his boss's prickly secretary.
Only problem? She's vowed to never look sideways at a man again.
Are their hearts doomed to orbit, or can they ever land?
Cozy sci-fi friends-to-lovers
#BluePit📖
#A #R #SF #W
Moodboard for The Moon and Mr. Rabbit (aka: HermitageWIP) Cozy sci-fi romance Images are a space station, a butler, a tray of tea and an astronaut on one side, an apple, a sweet kitchen, and a thatched-roof cottage on the other. In between is a shining star and a silhouette of a couple kissing.
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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writerlaurabee.bsky.social
CYRANO DE BERGERAC X THE LIGHTNING BOTTLES
In 1984 the media pressures a singer’s muse to face her complicity in his disappearance 10 years ago. While his bassist must decide whether revealing the truth is worth losing the woman who inspired all the hits he wrote. #Bluepit 📖 #A #R #HS #W #WF #ND
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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starkicker.bsky.social
After high school, Julie and Izzy went their separate ways, but their mutual attraction never did. Now they have a second chance to say what they really want.
🧊 estranged friends
🎸 musicians
🌈 #LGBT
🦥 slow burn

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #R #W #A #WF 🌈✒️ #lesfic
And These Words Remain Unsaid. After their band and friendship fall apart, Julie and Izzy go their spearate ways--until a return home reveals their attraction never actually went away, and forces them to deal with the hurt for one last chance at saying what they want. slow burn, (Estranged) friends to lovers, second chances, music, 90s nostalgia, small town & big city, lying to themselves. A contemporary queer romance. Draft 2 is complete. ca 118,000 words The image has a section of writing from And These Words Remain Unsaid. It reads: Her jaw dropped. “Did she say left again?” “It said left,” Julie confirmed. “Why does it want us to go left? Left is east. We’re supposed to be heading west!” “In fifty meters, turn left,” said the GPS, serene and unbothered. “What left? Does it want me to plow through this field?” “Turn left,” the British voice commanded again. The GPS, clearly confused about where the car actually was, began repeating “turn left” at an irritable interval. “What fucking left? There’s no left, Kate! There’s no road here!” Izzy huffed. “Turn left.” “There. Is. No. Left!” “Turn left.” Julie dissolved into peals of laughter. “Where the hell does she think we are? It’s just spinning in circles like it’s drunk.” As if on cue, the GPS spoke again. “Recalculating. In two hundred meters, turn left, then turn left. Then turn right.” “So make a U-turn. Is that what you want? Just say U-turn!” Julie looked at Izzy with apologetic eyes. “I swear she’s not like this in LA. Maybe she’s confused by the metric system?” “Does she think that east is west in metric?” Izzy asked, growing increasingly rattled. “Turn left.” “But there’s no left!” Izzy pleaded almost as if to herself. “I can’t turn left!” she glared at the GPS. “Recalculating…” “I swear to god, if she says turn left, I am going…” “Turn left.” “GAH!” Izzy hollered. - And These Words Remain Unsaid, chapter 22, pg. 181 an image with text and a drumkit. The text reads: Julie Gatensby and Isabell Brewer have been friends since Julie saved Izzy from a mishap with some iced tea. When they start a band together, they finally start to feel like the cool kids they knew they were. After a concert at a local bar, their friendship is put to the test—and fails. Several years later, Julie returns home in the hopes of regrouping after a disastrous breakup from her band, her job, and her boyfriend. She also hopes she can revive a friendship that had long since ended. Izzy, however, is less receptive to Julie’s overtures. Years of hurt on both sides make relationships strained. Thankfully, everyone else around them seems to see what the women simply cannot: they are meant to be together. If only Izzy could admit her feelings. If only Julie could get over her self-hate. If only one of them would say what they really want. If only someone would turn off the home shopping channel. And if only everyone would stop telling drummer jokes!
January 13, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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emmalbwrites.bsky.social
Erin & Liv Are Not (Not) Together
🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️queer ensemble cast
🏡LGBTQ+care home
💖fake dating/friendship love
🍩doughnuts
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒found family
🩷queer joy and chaos
🚩healing from toxic relationships
😶‍🌫️ complex family dynamics
🐱 cheddar the therapy cat
#BluePit 📖 #YA #Q #R #OV #LGBT #DIS #ND @bluepit.bsky.social
Collection of images around book title Erin and liv are not (not) together including rainbow flag, bench, doughnuts, therapy season, beach huts, hand holding
January 13, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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elizabethtitus.bsky.social
🔥WHAT will GROW from the ASHES?

A young woman's quest across ruins of former US becomes larger than saving her village from raiders. It offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change.

Nature will reclaim the land🌱We create anew
#CliFi
#Hopepunk
#BluePit
#BluePit📖
#Q
#A
#SP
a Death tarot card I drew titled "What rises from the ashes" with death on a moped, a sun tarot card, a lovers tarot card, a color Hermit tarot card (I did all the art) quotes: "Every end is a beginning" - Tai Gong Diao "Protect your spirit, for you are in a place where spirits get eaten" - John Trudell a variety of photos from my travels (+one dilapidated shack I did not capture myself) of reflective water in various landscapes and urban decay and plants growing through, swamp, fire, bridges tarot cards from my novel, created by me fantasy map of the US post 60 m sea level rise in background over a sunset sky with leaves growing from dead branches elemental magic visions survival skills climate fiction #clifi indigenous futurism plant medicine meditation wilderness permaculture neotribalism community backpacking post-apocalyptic hopepunk
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Reposted by Claire MacLachlan
ottersediting.com
ANIMORPHS X HUNGER GAMES

The clock is ticking for Raquel to become a Touranimal champion before she loses her ability to transform into a bird. When a recruiter arrives, she gets her chance.

Can she and her team, The Underdogs, overcome a rigged series of games in time?

#BluePit📖 #W #YA #ND #F
A collage of photos (right to left, top to bottom): a flying bird of prey, a green maze, a large sports stadium crowd, a green viper, a clownfish, and a dog obstacle course.
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Reposted by Claire MacLachlan
thecrumpet.bsky.social
ALL FOURS x WRECK

THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But Lainey won't stop bolting until she takes down the cunning ex who convinced her she was never enough—and won't let her go without the fight of her life. #A #UP #Q #WF #BluePit 📖
A collage: Row 1: Snowy red covered bridge surrounded by bare winter trees and icy branches; close-up of a person removing a gold wedding ring from their finger; vintage map of Northern Vermont showing towns like St. Johnsbury and Walden in pastel tones; text in white serif font on a dark green background: “This Ends Now,” accented with a red and orange autumn leaf graphic. Row 2: a woman kneeling on a windowsill, peering out a rain-flecked window next to 2 lit candles, with city lights glowing outside and icicles hanging from the window frame; a vase of pink carnations on a desk beside a stack of hardcover journals and scattered trinkets including a journal with pressed flowers. Row 3: A man and a woman embracing on a couch in low lighting, with the woman kissing his forehead while she sits on his lap; a dimly lit, narrow library aisle lined with tall shelves, dissolving into a well-lit vanishing point, an image from Yale’s Sterling Library stacks; a woman reading a typed document marked with red handwritten editorial notes; a hand holding a lit match in darkness with the flame casting a warm glow.
January 13, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Reposted by Claire MacLachlan
itinerantginger.bsky.social
THREE'S THE SEASON: Contemporary Queer RomCom WIP

Hallmark Movie but make it Poly ;)

After suffering a humiliating public meltdown, a widowed lawyer seeks solace with her two best friends - only to be caught off guard by unexpected romantic feelings.

Querying soon!
#Bluepit📖 #W #A #LGBT
a mood board for the Work In Progress: Three's the Season. The mood board is on a holly themed background and features photos of Washington DC at Christmas time. As well as scenes of a Christmas tree farm. Two pictures one of three hands and the other of three forks, allude to the polyamorous themes of the novel.
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Reposted by Claire MacLachlan
morgan-writes.bsky.social
Kira and Xavier have two things in common: neither is in a place to start a relationship and they're very attracted to each other.

Naturally, they become friends with benefits.

All too soon, they're torn between following their hearts, or risking everything.

#bluepit 📖 #q #a #r
The image shows a woman hugging a man. To the side, the title How to Heal A Broken Heart is to the side, with the genre contemporary romance underneath. Kira Larson is newly single and hating it. For the past 2 years, her identity has been wrapped up in being one half of a pair. Lost, confused, and still in love with her ex, she's willing to do whatever it takes to get over him. Xavier Herrera has no time for relationships. He's determined to make fire captain in the next five years, and he can't afford any distractions. Let alone one that will force him to reevaluate what he's willing to sacrifice to save others. But neither of them can deny the insane chemistry between them. Desperate to forget about her ex, Kira suggests a solution for their problems: free reign to explore their physical connection with no expectations. After all, the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else... Right? The image shows a blonde woman, smiling softly at the viewer. Comp titles: Business Casual by BK Borison Funny Story by Emily Henry Next to You by Hannah Bonam-Young Tropes: Dual POV Idiots in love Initial attraction Friends with benefits to lovers A bead of sweat trails down my forehead as I walk towards the door. What in the world could be so urgent at four pm on a Monday? I have half a mind to chew out whoever’s on the other side of that door. Probably more missionaries trying to convince me to join their church or some salesman peddling insurance I have no need for. I throw the door open with a bag, my protest already on my lips. “No, I have no interest in accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and– Kira?” The sight of her makes me freeze. She looks so put together that I’m suddenly embarrassed to be greeting her in sweats and a tank top. Her blonde waves are pulled up in a well-styled bun, held together by a carefully positioned clip. I have the irrational urge to get rid of that stupid clip and wrap her hair around my fist instead. God, what the hell is it about this girl? Okay, it definitely doesn’t hurt that her short pumps and navy pencil skirt are making her legs look fantastic, but I completely forget how to function around her. She offers me a hesitant smile. “I was considering converting to Satanism myself.” “And you need me to do what? Be a willing sacrifice?” Kira’s blue eyes roam my body as I invite her into the apartment. “That wouldn’t work, they usually want virgins.” The image shows a man with long dark hair, casually seated against the corner of the frame.
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Reposted by Claire MacLachlan
amandaburghart.bsky.social
A teacher trades post-divorce shame for a trip to Ireland. Cue family reconnection, trad music sessions & a fling w a barman. When tragedy calls her back to Philly, she can maintain blood ties or break free from lifelong expectations. THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO x THE WEDDING PEOPLE #BluePit 📖 #Q #A#WF
January 13, 2026 at 12:17 PM