Maria Poppy
mariapoppy.bsky.social
Maria Poppy
@mariapoppy.bsky.social
Currently in querying hell requesting backup (please save me) 😇 #amquerying #amwriting #booksky
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✅ m/m romantasy 👨‍❤️‍👨
✅113000 words
✅Courtesan to investigator pipeline
✅Silver-tongued ex-courtesan MC
✅Assassin x king 👑🗡️
✅ King with divine gifts
✅Gods that do things
✅Slow burn + yearning ❤️‍🔥
✅Cults with magic 🪄
✅ Simp ML x black cat MC
#questpit #RF #F #LGBT #amquerying #MMromance
My main villain is a god who wants to be released from his eternal prison and thinks humans shouldn't have free will. He's charming but not necessarily likeable and with all he puts the main characters through, I think most people will find him interesting but ultimately very hateable.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Antagonist day! Are they likeable?

Would it surprise you if your antagonist was someone's favorite character?

Were they written to be cathartically hateable? Sympathetic but flawed? Somewhere in between?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Kresimir is a March Aries and would totally be represented by the five of wands and ten of wands because he's argumentative and petty but also carries way too much responsibility. My boy is tired. He needs some four of swords energy in there. Let him rest (I say as if I'm not the one writing him)
#AllHandsOnDeck

We're matching up our work to the Minor Arcana Tarot Cards. Tell us how your characters (or places, things, or events) match up!

First, we need to define our suits! Today's suit is: WANDS

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
110k #romantasy #pitch practice
Marvellous Light x Mask of Mirrors

Vengeful courtesan-turned-assassin Kresimir Zaheriev has his eyes set on killing the king. The king has his eyes set on making Kresimir join his band of magic investigators. Both get more than they bargained for.
February 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
What are people's favorite tips for trimming a manuscript? I want to cut out 10k from my manuscript 😭.
February 3, 2026 at 12:47 PM
For kresimir, it's his best friend, Iza. It used to be his parents before they died. And over the course of the story Athanasi becomes his home too.

Athanasi lost his home but is regaining it the more time he spends with kresimir. For both of them, home has always been the people they love.
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What does your character consider "home" to them?

Is it a place? A person? A feeling?

Are they often "home" or have they lost it? Are they searching for it?

Have they never felt at home before?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
February 2, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Kresimir would hate the paparazzi

#AwesomeCharacters
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 AM
This was my first #questpit and omg there is so much talent in this community! Love how supportive everyone is too. 🥰 Looking forward to the next pitch event!
February 1, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Kresimir would kill it. Athanasi would politely place it outside or even leave it in its place and name it (much to Kresimir's chagrin)
Can your original character handle spiders? If one got into the house, what would they do?

#OCASK #OCQOTD #OCSKY
February 1, 2026 at 5:32 AM
So far, probably leaving his best friend so he can pursue vengeance. Kresimir would do anything for Iza except prioritize his own wellbeing
What is the most difficult decision your original character had to ever make?

#OCASK #OCQOTD #OCSKY
February 1, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Reposted by Maria Poppy
DAWN OF THE CICADA
adult fantasy, 105,000 words
Disney-style enchantment with folklore teeth.

Her enemies wield steel; Lisara wields their darkest emotions, animating them into living weapons that could consume her as easily as her foes.

#questpit #F #Q #RF
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Reposted by Maria Poppy
#agentsguide
The Good Place x BEST HEX EVER with inspiration from Indian Mythology

✨ Second Chance Romance
✨ Millennial Married Couple
✨ Three Absurd tasks
✨ Slow Burn Romance
✨ Karmic cycle philosophy
✨ Soulmate Compatibility
✨ Scary Mermaids

#Questpit #F #R #A #Q
January 31, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Reposted by Maria Poppy
Hello, #QuestPit!

🌲🌱 Meet Project.Greenfield, a cozy slice-of-life fantasy!

~ My passion project
~ Multiple POVs
~ Status? Drafting! (130k words so far)
~ Part of a CHUNKY series
~ Cottagecore vibes
~ Covers heavy themes, but it’s full of hope

#W #F #Writing #Writesky #WritingCommunity
January 31, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Reposted by Maria Poppy
CASSANDRA × A MARRIAGE OF LIES

1 graphic designer faces
2 financial ploys & loses the trust of
3 friends bcoz of her
2 dozen paranoid episodes that culminate in
1 intruder aiming for her life & sanity
Now she depends on her home automation system & hyperosmia—both malfunctioning.
#A #T #QuestPit #Q
January 31, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Reposted by Maria Poppy
What? You wrote a Nordic adult romantasy without vikings? ✨gasp️✨

UNFATED is instead set in a John Bauer inspired medieval Sweden, steeped in folklore, mythology and authentic Swedish culture...not a horned helmet in sight 🫢

A 92,000k standalone novel

#questpit #Q #A #RF
January 31, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Reposted by Maria Poppy
Coming soon to agent inboxes!

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ANNIHILATION x BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

💫two exiled men (and their secrets)
💫one lunar prison (and its horrors)
💫a cosmic entity that wants them dead
💫the love they’ll lose if they don’t survive

#SF #H #R #LGBT #amquerying #QuestPit
January 31, 2026 at 5:00 AM
✅ m/m romantasy 👨‍❤️‍👨
✅113000 words
✅Courtesan to investigator pipeline
✅Silver-tongued ex-courtesan MC
✅Assassin x king 👑🗡️
✅ King with divine gifts
✅Gods that do things
✅Slow burn + yearning ❤️‍🔥
✅Cults with magic 🪄
✅ Simp ML x black cat MC
#questpit #RF #F #LGBT #amquerying #MMromance
January 31, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Was no one going to tell me I overuse adverbs??????? 500/114000 words. Don't get me started on just. Nobody talk to me.

#amediting again I guess 😑
January 29, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Nothing but respect for my King 👑

cares about his people ✅
eco-friendly king ✅
simp ✅
has divine powers given to him by an earth goddess because even she knew he passed the vibe check ✅
Second most beautiful man in Irisja (because Kresimir insists he is first) ✅

#amwriting #amquerying #myking
January 24, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Coffee for sure. It's less about the caffeine, more about the vibes. Lattes for life
#writinglifemonthly Day 13
#WritingCommunity, what's your beverage of choice when weaving words? Is it the comforting warmth of coffee, the soothing calm of tea, or something else entirely? Share your favourites.

#AmWriting #WriteSky #CreativeFuel
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM