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Dawn Berkoski
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Writer, photographer, and traveler on this road called life. linktr.ee/dawnberkoski 💓Safe Space💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · Jan 24
PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom~or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? #YouDeservepIt 📖 💙📚 #Q #R

Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy Bartender
Comp Board I Am Chosen by Dawn Berkoski PITCH: In a world controlled by corporate vampires, two men struggle for autonomy. Will a chance meeting lead them to freedom, or a web of subterfuge, where every thread brings a monster offering death or permanent confinement? Power Hungry CEO x Abandoned Puppy, Bartender COMP TITLES Interview With The Vampire A Blue Bloods Novel Yakuza I Am Chosen By Dawn Berkoski 77,000 M/M Paranormal Romance Dark and a little spicy meets silly-sweet Think: Blue Bloods (minus the angels and school) x Interview With The Vampire (add more humor) x Japanese Yakuza (cracking skulls in London) Tropes * Forbidden Love * Fish Out of Water * Forced Proximity * Dark Secrets * Unequal Power Structure * High Action Chase Scenes * Emotional Growth Arcs + Satisfying End Quotes "He was leaving. He was leaving New York for good. But instead of freedom, he wondered if he was headed toward greater danger." ~Jason Allard (Protagonist) "Now that he has chosen you, Alexander has all but forsaken our protection!" ~Tristan De La Salle (Thwarted Lover) "Alexander and I have unfinished business." -Shigekazu (Japanese Business Rival) MAIN CHARACTERS Alexander Grant Jason Allard CEO of M-Corp Bartender Control Issues Anxiety/Clingy Likes: Likes: Power + Money. Video Games +Pizza Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn Berkoski Photo by Dawn Berkoski of a car speeding past a cemetery.View is from the driver’s perspective, looking out the side window.
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 1d
Come with me as I search for vampires in Romania at the Royal Court in Targoviste where Vlad Dracul, Vlad The Impaler, held reign.

#TravelTuesday #Dracula #Writing #Inspiration #Photography #History #VladTepes #VanpireBook #ParanormalRomance #Ravens #SaintBenedict #SunsetTower #Medieval #Relics
Târgoviște, Romania
It started out as a bit of fun, searching for vampires and life beyond. But, as the line from J.R.R. Tolkien says, perhaps I’d “delved too greedily and deep.” Troubled thoughts pl…
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 7d
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 8d
lol. So you went on two trips today. One to Peles Castle with me, and the other down a rabbit hole! 😁 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 8d
lol. Too funny!

That’s true love! 💓😁
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 8d
Roam the hallways of Peles Castle with me this #TravelTuesday as I search for vampires in Transylvania and accidentally wind up in a scene from The Shining or Crimson Peak?

#Writing #Dracula #VladTepes #SppokyPlaces #Haunted #Travel #Photograpjy #ParanormalRomance #Art #Sculpture #WoodCarvings
Peles Castle, Part Two, Sinaia, Romania
I went to Peles Castle searching for vampires and the heart of Princess Marie, but I wound up wandering endless halls of blood-red carpet. Not the hexagon design from The Shining, or other spooky h…
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 10d
Had a blast at the Edgar Allen Poe Experience listening to the spellbinding readings of:

The Cask of Amontillado, Annabel Lee, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Masque of Red Death.👺🐦‍⬛🕰️

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Photo of a Raven in front of a smoky mirror with a candelabra from the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. The stage at Guild Hall bathed in red lighting during the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. Photo by Dawn Berkoski. The stage at Guild Hall taken from the back upon entering the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. Photo by Dawn Berkoski. Photo of Edgar Allen Poe next to a stuffed Raven. Props at the Edgar Allen Poe Experience. Photo by Dawn Berkoski.
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Too funny! 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
“Obviously before. How on earth would I do it after?”

😂 Too funny! 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
“Chuck Norris doesn't cry tears, he cries badgers.”

😂 Too funny! 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
😂 But it sounds awesome. 👏
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
“ I had an affair with my art prof, but that's not what my story is about.”

😂 I laughed out loud at that opening. Love it! 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
That’s a brilliant, unhinged prequel pitch. 😁⭐️
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
(if the Giving Tree had a husband that mourned her death for 1,000 years)
So good! 💓⬆️
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
WANTED
To be read by me. 😁💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Definitely unhinged of you. 😁
Just teasing! Never too late. 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Funny and clever! 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Either way, 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
lol. Love this! 💓
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Intruders Beware! 😁
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Me looking for the vampire-run gas station. 😁
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
Love it!

Little worried about the frost thing….😁
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
When you bring a pizza box to a sword fight.

I Am Chosen~A different kind of paranormal romance. *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #R #Q
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #R #A #Q #writing 📖 I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance by Dawn Berkoski. Art and photography by Dawn Berkoski depicts a katana in a pizza box.
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 15d
One comp, Interview With The Vampire, is 49 years old! Am I unhinged for using it? Yep. But Anne Rice mixed history, paranormal, and decadent descriptions of culture and cities around the world. Like a vampire, her books keep moving beyond the grave.🌹 *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #R #Q
I Am Chosen: Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him.#writing 📖 #PR Movie poster concept for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. Art and photography by Dawn Berkoski depicts a man in a hoodie (Jason) walking in a dark alley towards a man in a suit. (Alex)
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