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Isabelle Ranney
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INFJ dreamer, wife, mom of 2 kids and 4 cats, and writer of sweet romance with a time travel twist ⏳❤️
📖FALLING IN TIME coming in February 2027 with Creative James Media!
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Isabelle Ranney @isabelleranney.bsky.social · Jul 11
🥰🎶Him: I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
😥🎶Her: Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
😄🎶Book: Back in Time - Huey Lewis & The News

He’s the man of her dreams living in the wrong century, but she can’t just let him go...💐👒⌛

#Playlistpitch #Rom #A
Fountain pen on notebook with cursive writing, modern thoughtful woman with coffee, Edwardian gentleman in 3 piece suit, old stone archway in front of trees.
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I am thrilled to announce my time travel romance FALLING IN TIME will be published in February 2027 with Creative James Media! 😄❤️⏳📖

#writersky #booksky #writingcommunity #romancelandia #sweetromance #timetravel
Publishers Marketplace announcement of book deal for romance FALLING IN TIME by Isabelle Ranney with Creative James Media.
September 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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I have not posted much lately because something is IN THE WORKS... Exciting news coming Wednesday! 😄😄

#writersky #writingcommunity #writercommunity #writerlife #amwriting #romancelandia

(This is my cat Teddy who is also excited! 😸)
My cat Teddy, an orange buff tabby who is closing his eyes while smiling.
September 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Happy 9th Birthday to my youngest daughter! This is the giant inflatable Cheezit that she asked for 😂
#9thbirthday #writerlife
Very large inflatable pool raft in the design of an orange Cheezit cracker
August 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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She serves five-star cuisine in LA. He thinks casserole with cornflakes is gourmet. When he insults her cooking at a mutual friend’s baby shower, sparks—and spatulas—fly.

#BluePit 📖 #A #R #W
July 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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#bluepit📖
When Harper’s worries threaten to consume her, she seeks solace in the branches of her tree, Esperanza, where she gathers strength to face the big problems in life that have no solutions.

A lyrical story about mental health that focuses on finding peace in nature.
#PB #Q
July 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Here's the #AgentsGuide for THE BOOKERY, a 93k-word cozy romantic fantasy that I #AmQuerying since May 2025!

#litagents #cozyfantasy #romanticfantasy #fantasyromance #fantasy #romantasy
A graphic shows bread and books alongside an agent's guide to The Bookery by Liz Lassiter, a 93,000 word cozy romantic fantasy novel in which a high-society witch discovers the joy of living for personal fulfillment rather than social clout, thanks to her sweet-as-sugar pastry chef tenant and the judgemental phoenix nesting in his bakery’s oven. A graphic shows bread and books alongside comparative titles for The Bookery by Liz Lassiter: The Phoenix Keeper, The Spellshop, Legends and Lattes, Howl's Moving Castle, and The House in the Cerulean Sea. A graphic shows bread and books alongside an excerpt from The Bookery, which reads: Ishana turned a full circle in the entryway to see what her grandfather had left her with. To the left of the door a maze of bookshelves sat atop plush carpeting, interspersed with oversized armchairs and mismatched reading lamps. The opposite side of the building held Dominic’s bakery, in which the main attraction—aside from the doughy but irritatingly delightful baker—was the massive brick oven that took up an entire wall of the shop. Neighboring walls were plastered with framed posters boasting corny, baking-themed sayings like ‘bake the world a better place’, ‘donut worry, be happy’, and ‘sweet treats cure crumby days’. “What…quirky decor,” Ishana commented, trying to get a read on the man grinning at her across the long, glass display case stuffed with freshly baked pastries. “Is that your brand? Pastries heal all wounds?” He laughed. “I don’t know if I’d call it my brand so much as my philosophy. Everything’s better with something sweet to snack on. Oh, speaking of which, I have a welcome gift for you!” From atop his workstation, Dominic plucked a basket so full the top flaps couldn’t quite shut. “I wasn’t sure what you liked, so I put in a bit of everything. Pretzels, bagels, muffins, bread, danishes… No nuts in anything in case you’re allergic. And if there’s something you like that I didn’t make, I gladly take requests.” Ishana’s mind whirred to identify his motive. Buttering her up, most likely. Hoping to garner her favor since she’d be his landlord—for now, at least.
June 6, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Here’s my #agentsguide to A CROSSROAD OF LILIES, my complete YA romance with a speculative twist!

🍄A magical mushroom curse
🍄A friends-to-lovers romance
🍄A retired childhood actor
🍄A bullied scholarship student
🍄An otherworldly secret they both must keep

#Bluepit📖 #R #YA #Q
July 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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How far would you go for love? Justine thinks she can catch a husband by casting a spell. Instead, she snares is a charming but immature death god who tricks her into a deal she can only escape if she figures out how to beat him at his own game 📖 #A #F #P #DIS #bluepit
Island of Dreams fantasy map Book cover of the Island of Dreams
July 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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#BluePit 📖
MAGIC FLOWS GREEN

When a summer intern with a traumatic past accidentally strands her team in a magical world, she must face arrogant mages, hide from dragons, and, above all, she must guard her heart against the perfect guy who is promised to someone else.

#A #Q #WF #F
Magic Flows Green
July 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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“Poison Garden” x “The Wild Book”

At the end of a deserted street, sits an abandoned library. New to town, Salma decides to visit only to discover something strange: the library is alive. Can she convince her neighbors to save the Forgotten Library before it’s too late? #bluepit #PB #picturebook
a person 's hand is reaching for a book on a shelf
Alt: a person 's hand is reaching for a book on a library shelf
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July 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Renegades x Back to the Future
Someone's altering the past. Jance, a 16YO goof who discovers he's part alien must clear Sammy, an alien with PTSD, to stop reality's ruin before she's jailed and he's erased from reality.
Too bad the suspect died 25 years ago.
#Bluepit #ya #q #SF
July 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Ether—the culmination of space, time, mana, and life. Call it science or magic, but for those living in Etheri villages, harnessing their mana and practicing the old ways, time seemed to move slower than in the outside world.

Books, music & more! linktr.ee/sagetgreene

#BluePit📖 #P #NA #Action #F
July 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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DOWNTON ABBEY x THE WAY HOME

After being thrown back in time Paige meets the man of her dreams, except for the fact that he lives in 1915 and she knows he’s going to die in a year. Will she risk changing history for love?

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #R #Q
1915 imprinted in metal, old-fashioned cursive writing, modern woman sitting, 19th century historical house, garden roses, Edwardian man in three-piece suit, old stone archway, old watch with roman numerals.
July 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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“I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we’re alone.” - Charles de Lint
Photograph: Our young brown spaniel swims in the River Teign amidst stars of summer light.
July 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘭.
𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘹.
𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬, 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺.

A WAY TO GET BY is an effed-up romance spanning 1969-1985 starring Brenda & Eddie from #BillyJoel 's "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."

Soundtrack: bit.ly/44FVJYN

#PlaylistPitch
#A #NA #WF #ROM
#P but #unagented and #Q
They started to fight when the money got tight and they just didn't count on the tears... Italian restaurant table with 3D book cover of T. Torrest's A WAY TO GET BY and a Polaroid picture of Brenda and Eddie
July 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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WILDERNESS OF THE HEART: Jane’s mission to study the aliens of Relleth leads to the discovery of Ezra, a man thought lost to the wilds. Caught between her mission the planet’s wilderness, Jane must choose between science, love, and survival. #A #ROM #SF #PlaylistPitch #Pitchevent #Agents #amquerying
Music Player screenshot of See Her Out There by Francis and the Lights “Wilderness of the heart” a quad pic layout of someone in an orange astronaut suit, the milky way, a couple in a golden forest, and a couple about to kiss with a woman’s hand on his lips. (All pictures royalty free from Pixabay)
July 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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#YA #Mystery #Thriller #MYS #POC #ND #OWN

Song: Evanescence’s “Everybody’s Fool”

“Just what we all need. More lies about a world that never was and never will be”

When Adelina’s bestie Jo vanishes after stalker texts, she teams up with Adam—only to discover Jo never existed.

#PlaylistPitch
July 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Time, Not Space
Merlin is working on a MIT experimental spaceship engine
No one knows the test fire accident sent him back 100 years to the 1950s
Can he get back on his own?

#PlaylistPitch #A #HSF
Let's do the Timewarp again!
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW

#writingcommunity #amquerying #agents #editors
a group of people are dancing on a red carpet with #timewarp written on the bottom
Alt: Movie clip: The Rocky Horror cast are dancing the Timewarp on a red carpet
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July 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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#WritingCommunity We’ve heard you and we’re listening to the feedback! #PlaylistPitch is going from coffee shop vibes to techno chaos. Like and repost until you blackout!♥️♥️♥️
a close up of a person 's face in front of a pink light .
ALT: a close up of a person 's face in front of a pink light .
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July 11, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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🥰🎶Him: I Want to Know What Love Is - Foreigner
😥🎶Her: Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler
😄🎶Book: Back in Time - Huey Lewis & The News

He’s the man of her dreams living in the wrong century, but she can’t just let him go...💐👒⌛

#Playlistpitch #Rom #A
Fountain pen on notebook with cursive writing, modern thoughtful woman with coffee, Edwardian gentleman in 3 piece suit, old stone archway in front of trees.
July 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Jonathan is the man of Paige's dreams, except for the fact that he lives in 1915 & is fated to die in a year. Will she risk changing history for love??❤️⌛

Him: I want to Know What Love Is-Foreigner
Her: Total Eclipse of the Heart-Bonnie Tyler
Book: Back in Time-Huey Lewis & The News

#Playlistpitch
Edwardian gentleman in old-fashioned suit, crumbling stone gate with trees, old diary with handwritten cursive and fountain pen, lady dressed in a white dress, white hat, holding pink flowers.
July 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Just submitted my #SmallPitch 😄 I'm hoping someone likes my magical realism romance with time travel and Edwardian hats 👒🕰️🌷 Good luck to all writers participating!
July 7, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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smallpitch.org
The #SmallPitch pitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours!

Key reminders:
- Unagented writers only
- Finished manuscripts only
- One pitch per manuscript only
- Up to 3 manuscripts per writer
- No hashtags in your pitch
- Comps & emojis are okay
- Check our website for full guidelines & FAQ
#SmallPitch Submission Form
Please use this form to submit your pitch. A few reminders: You can pitch up to three manuscripts, with a limit of one pitch per manuscript. One pitch per form submission. Reload the form after submi...
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July 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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#SmallPitch is in 3 weeks! A few reminders and news about this upcoming session.

- Like last time, authors will submit pitches via a Google Form (July 7-8).
- New: you will be able to receive a copy of your submitted pitches via email for your records.
- This session is for all unagented authors.
June 16, 2025 at 7:42 AM