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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 3h

After failing an exam, a duel is Ezeritha's only option to pass, and keep her magic powers. Too bad her opponent is a prince who hates her family. When he twists their duel into a protest intended to spark a rebellion, she's thrust into political fires too hot to handle alone.
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT #ND

J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 5h

He's hot, but he kidnapped you after trying to assassinate your whole family (of assholes).
He's a politics nerd, but... he makes a convincing case??
Is treason really a crime if your mother is a tyrant? Can joining his side really make the revolution less violent?
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT #ND

J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 6h

This sounds so good! Fantastic comps!

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 7h

Kidnapped by an enemy prince, Princess Ezeritha is prepared to die a martyr. But when he befriends instead of beheads her, sparks fly in a way she least expects. Now she must decide: Does she join his stand for justice and betray her family, or leave him behind?
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT #ND

J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 9h

Trapped in an icy court, an illegitimate Princess is willing to set her life on fire just to feel warm. But liquor’s burn & a lover’s mouth are fleeting as smoke—Only magic sets her blood ablaze. Magic... and the enemy Prince who wants to use her to spark a rebellion.
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 11h

Princess (illegitimate)
Bisexual (disaster)
Autistic (burnout—no really)
Ezeritha’s life is on fire when she’s kidnapped by an enemy prince with a tragic backstory and a dream of rebellion. Fantastic! Might as well add Traitor to her personal failings—if she joins his fight.
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 13h

Love this!!!

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 13h

An illegitimate fire princess is born into a royal house ruled by ice. When her mother threatens to snuff out her magic, she runs straight into the arms of a foreign prince who would like nothing more than to see her country burn.
#DVpit #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 1d

#DVparty day 6!

Queens don't make mistakes, but they do make enemies…

Meet Naomi and Natalie, two young queens who navigate:

👑Conniving courts,
🗡️Backstabbing consorts,
💃Fierce female friendship, and
💔A betrayal that sets two kingdoms ablaze

#AmEditing, #A, #F

The Queens War, an 80k world adult fantasy novel.

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 26d

🎉We're baaacckk!!!🎉

RevPit's #10Queries October event opens for submissions October 10!

#amwriting #writersky #writersofbluesky

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 4d

#DVparty day 3: Opening lines

The Peacock was a cacophony clouded with smoke and the humid musk of dancers doused in perfume. Ezeritha dropped her bookbag and all pretense of royal decorum at the door. Here she was Zer. Just a girl with fire in her veins, looking for a good time.

#A #F #ND #LGBT

Opening lines:
The Peacock was a cacophony clouded with smoke and the humid musk of dancers doused in perfume. Ezeritha dropped her bookbag and all pretense of royal decorum at the door. Here she was Zer. Just a girl with fire in her veins, looking for a good time.

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 5d

#DVParty day 2!
Meet Ezeritha, nickname Zer:
👑 Illegitimate Princess
🫩 Burnt out autistic
🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual disaster
🔥 Fire mage

Who believes in:
☮️ World peace (unironically)
🏃‍♀️ Running from problems (literally)
🍾 Wine, just wine

#A #F #ND #LGBT

Main character: Ezeritha who goes by Zer

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 6d

#DVParty day 1! 🎉
Here is a mood board for my fantasy novel EZERITHA featuring character art by Joanne Kwan.

Meet:

Ezeritha Trebin, an autistic bi disaster princess with a bleeding heart, and

Lykas Phyren, a stoic prince with the weight of the world on his shoulders and a savior complex

EZERITHA
Lykas: enemy prince who would burn the world for
Ezeritha: an illegitimate princess and autistic bi disaster.
Art by the late Joanne Kwan

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Alex the Headless Wordsman @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 6d

#DVparty Day 1! Moodboards! I made this a while ago for THE DISTANCE BETWEEN STARS AND SALT, my tragic sapphic seafaring fantasy novel.

WIND WAKER x THE TIGER'S DAUGHTER

#F #A #LGBT

An advertisement flier featuring various sea-based images.

"The Distance Between Stars and Salt | A Sapphic Maltese-Inspired Seafaring Fantasy Novel" is listed at the top, followed by two circular images. The first depicts an aurora borealis in the night sky, while the second depicts an overhead view of ocean waves. Beside this is an image of luzzu boats in a harbor. Below this is an image of rocky outcrops within an ocean. Beside this is "There was and there was not, in the oldness of time, a star-born woman and her hapless wife who ventured on an arduous quest...". Below this is an overhead view of a rocky shore. Beside this is a four-panel color palette.

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 8d

An illegitimate Princess trapped in a court of ice is willing to set her life on fire to feel warm. But liquor’s burn & a lover’s mouth are fleeting as smoke in her lungs. Only magic sets her blood ablaze. Magic, and the enemy Prince who wants to use her to spark a rebellion.
#PicantePit #PitQ

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 8d

An illegitimate fire princess is born into a royal house ruled by ice. When her mother threatens to snuff out her magic, she runs straight into the arms of a foreign prince who would like nothing more than to see her country burn.
#PicantePit #PitQ #A #F

Mood board for the book Ezeritha.
Hands touching. Looming castle. Old scrolls. Mountain top. Couple at sunset. Fire sparks. Crystals. Sandstone deserts.

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Alex the Headless Wordsman @authoralexharvey.bsky.social · 9d

Maltese WIND WAKER x THE TIGER'S DAUGHTER

A mortal woman returns from a dangerous quest—alone. To tell her island community what happened, she must also deliver to them a eulogy for her star-born wife and recount her sacrifice.

#preDV #A #F #LGBT

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 9d

Kidnapped and carried away to a foreign land, the Princess is prepared to die a martyr, but when the enemy Prince befriends instead of beheads her, sparks fly in the way she least expects. Now she must decide, can she join his stand for justice without betraying her family?
#preDV #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 9d

An illegitimate Princess trapped in a court of ice is willing to set her life on fire to feel warm. But liquor’s burn & a lover’s mouth are fleeting as smoke in her lungs. Only magic sets her blood ablaze. Magic, and the enemy Prince who wants to use her to spark a rebellion.
#preDV #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 9d

Princess (illegitimate). Bisexual (disaster). Autistic (burnout). Ezeritha’s life is on fire when she’s kidnapped by an enemy prince with a tragic backstory. Oh well. Might as well add Traitor to her list of crimes as she joins his fight for justice.
#preDV #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 9d

The prince hopes so, but she's more interested in his maid 😏

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 9d

An illegitimate fire princess is born into a royal house ruled by ice. When her mother threatens to snuff out her magic, she runs straight into the arms of a foreign prince who would like nothing more than to see her country burn.
#preDV #A #F #LGBT #ND

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J. Colvin 🐉 is querying 🐉 @j-colvin.bsky.social · 15d

You just kidnapped the enemy princess. How's your team holding up?
#A #F #LGBT #Q #UnhingedPit

The 5 stages of grief: Denial, Bargaining, Depression, Anger, Acceptance
#UnhingedPit

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