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Yedith is querying✨
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they/she/he | Writer✍🏽 | Chicane | 🩷💜💙 | SmoochPit Mentee ‘24

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Happy pride month! Have a #sundaysnippet from my queer YA romance Good Friends 🥰
I make sure I have my phone and wallet and make for the door. But I pause when my hand touches the doorknob. Every single part of my body wants to stay right here. Ari’s laying on his side, arm hanging off the bed. He looks so hopelessly beautiful like this, his face peaceful, hair messy. I move a little closer to get a better look at his eyelashes.
June 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Posting a new #agentsguide for GOOD FRIENDS, my YA queer contemporary romance featuring best friends falling apart and falling in love.

#amquerying #WritingCommunity #YA #LGBTQ #Romance
An Agent's Guide to GOOD FRIENDS / A YA Queer Contemporary Romance / 83K words PITCH: Ruben Montoya and Ari Valdez are more than good friends–they’re best friends. They play on the same baseball team, finish each other’s sentences, and plan on being roommates in college next year. Ari is the one constant in Ruben’s life, which is why he’s fine pretending that being friends is all he wants and smothers his jealousy over how Ari outshines him in every way, from baseball to class. As long as Ari is around, Ruben will be okay. But when Ari catches the attention of a cute girl in school and a university scout halfway across the country, Ruben spirals, struggling to keep feelings he’s suppressed for years from crawling to the surface. As Ari prepares to leave and Ruben’s attempts at normalcy end in arguments and heartache, Ruben must confront his feelings and fears to prove he’s a good friend—and more—or risk losing Ari forever. Comps: Ryan and Avery by David Levithan cover, Icebreaker by A.L Graziadei cover, Playing for Keeps by Jennifer Dugan cover. Words surrounding covers: First love, self-discovery, mental health rep, baseball FIRST PAGE: Ari is unfamiliar when he stands opposite me on the field, and it makes me lose my balance. I fix my stance. I weigh the ball in my hand, trying to find my place again. It’s his dark eyes, the way they narrow as I hide the ball in my glove. It’s in the stillness of his body and his tight grip on the bat. He’s dissecting each move I make, but he’s not seeing me. The day is hot for spring in Oregon, and beneath his batting helmet, sweat dampens the collar of his shirt, brown skin glistening. The back of my own neck burns from the heat, but I feel it from a distance, like the sunburn is already a memory. When Ari looks at me like a stranger, I don’t know where to put my feet. It would be easier if I could look away, but since it’s not an option, I forget the thought, squeezing the baseball between my fingers until my hand aches. My worn glove hides my trembling. I take a deep breath. Steady. I can do this. Today is the day I strike him out. Today, I’m going to win. Ari blinks once, slow. I throw. He swings, and I can tell from the angle, the sound the bat makes when it connects—home run. Cheers sound all over the field, teammates turning Ari’s name into a chant as he jogs through the bases, his mouth a wide grin. I slip off the glove, press my shaking hands together, and try to make them still.
May 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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A boy who swallows his emotions and his words must confront his fears, feelings, and heart to win his best friend back in GOOD FRIENDS a #queer #YA romance novel. #PosterPitQ #C #R #PosterPit
Animated movie poster, background is light blue: Title reads, GOOD FRIENDS in bright green letters. Next to the title in smaller letters are the words, A Novel by Yedith Barraza. Tagline (dark blue) at the top reads, A boy who swallows his emotions and his words must confront his fears, feelings, and heart to win his best friend back. Tropes listed below the tagline read, Friendship breakup, messy boys / messy feelings, friends to lovers, sports romance. The graphics below the tagline, tropes, and title are of a baseball player, a boy brooding/blushing (with hearts next to his face), and another boy grinning (all faces cut off at the eyes). Speech bubbles read, "He's my best friend..." and "It's a secret I'll never tell." At the very bottom, in matching dark blue text are the words, Now Querying.
April 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Ruben and Ari are best friends, but when Ari is scouted by a faraway college baseball team and the cracks in their relationship begin to show, Ruben scrambles to keep his long-time crush and insecurities from ruining their friendship forever.
#PosterPitQ #YA #R #C #LGBT #PosterPit
A movie poster showing two teenage baseball players kneeling in a locker room. Title in bright yellow reads, Good Friends. Tagline below title reads, A novel by Yedith Barraza. Tropes listed near bottom read, Friends to Strangers to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Queer Awakening. Words below tropes read: Ruben and Ari are best friends, but when Ari is scouted by a faraway college baseball team and the cracks in their relationship begin to show, Ruben scrambles to keep his uncontrollable long-time crush and insecurities from ruining their friendship forever. At the very bottom are the words, Now Querying.
April 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Ruben and Ari have been best friends for years, but when Ari is scouted by a faraway college baseball team, Ruben struggles to keep his long-time crush and feelings of inadequacy from ruining their friendship forever. #PosterPitQ #YA #C #R #LGBT #PosterPit
A movie poster of two shadowed boys watching a sunset. Title in center reads, Good Friends. Tagline below reads, A Novel By Yedith Barraza. Below that are the words, Ruben and Ari have been best friends for years, but when Ari is scouted by a faraway college baseball team, Ruben struggles to keep his long-time crush and feelings of inadequacy from ruining their friendship forever. At the very top of the poster are the words, A Queer YA Romance. Directly below that are the following words: Childhood friends to lovers, friendship breakup, queer awakening, college romance, second chance, coming of age. In the center, between both boys are the words, "You're my best friend, you know that?" In the right bottom corner of the poster are the words, NOW QUERYING
April 19, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Fellas, is it gay to push away your best friend because you can't emotionally handle him moving away for college
#YA #LGBT #R #Q #UnhingedPit
Gru's plan meme. Text shows "Ruben" as Gru. Pic 1 text: Suppress romantic feelings for best friend / Pic 2 text: Remain best friends forever / Pic 3 text: He catches a college baseball scout's eye / Pic 4 text: He's moving away Two buttons meme. First button reads: Talk about your feelings. Second button reads: Sabotage your closest friendships. Bottom image: sweating, conflicted man with text reading "Ruben" Flex tape meme. Pic 1: man [text reads "Ruben" on man's shirt] standing next to leaking clear container [text over container reads "Abandonment issues"] Pic 2: a hand slapping tape over leak, text on hand reads "self-isolation"
March 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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If you like books that make you wanna scream and/or cry, then...
#YA #LGBT #R #Q #UnhingedPit
March 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Ruben and Ari are best friends–even if Ruben secretly wishes they were more. When Ari catches the attention of a cute girl and a baseball scout halfway across the country, Ruben becomes desperate to keep his feelings secrets, even if it means pushing Ari further away.
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA
Cartoon drawing of two guys holding hands. The following tropes are listed around them: coming of age, slow burn, friendship breakup, baseball, bipoc x bipoc, best friends to lovers.
March 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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When his friendship with his best friend begins to fall apart, a boy who swallows his emotions and his words has to confront his fears and heart if he wants to win him back.
Featuring:
❤️‍🩹Friends to strangers to lovers
⚾️Baseball
🤭Mutual pining
💓YEARNING
#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA
Upper left: A guy with his face in his hand, turned to the left Upper center: A hand grabbing hold of someone's arm Upper right: A baseball player sliding to a base Middle left: A guy flipping off the camera and drinking from a can Middle center: Text reading, "He's my best friend." Middle right: A guy smiling, head tipped slightly to the left Bottom left: A baseball player preparing to throw the ball Bottom center: Two people standing next to each other, one of them touching their finger to the other's hand Bottom right: A guy with his hand to his head, looking down
March 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Ruben and Ari have been best friends for years, but when Ari is scouted by a faraway college baseball team, Ruben struggles to keep his long-time crush and feelings of inadequacy from ruining their friendship forever. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA
A collage of photos featuring baseballs in gloves (one baseball with the words "I love you" written on it), a college campus, a boy smiling, shadows of two boys (one of them forming a heart with their arms, the other holding a phone), and boys leaning on each other or toward each other. Clippings of words read: "I'd be his, if he asked." / A little more than "just friends" / So this was love. / Friends to Lovers, Mutual Pining, Slow Burn / Oh. Oh (italicized).
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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An #AgentsGuide to GOOD FRIENDS:

Ruben and Ari are best friends, but when Ari is scouted by a faraway college baseball team, Ruben struggles to keep his long-time crush and feelings of inadequacy from ruining their friendship forever.

#amquerying #WritingCommunity
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Missed QuestPit (oops) but updating my pinned tweet anyway 😅

In the aftermath of a devastating friendship breakup, a boy who swallows his emotions and his words has to confront his fears, feelings, and heart if he wants to win his best friend back.
#YA #queer #romance #writingcommunity
February 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Quick but accurate description of my main character #writing
Text reads: He’s jealous of him but he also really wants to make out with him.
December 4, 2024 at 8:35 PM
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My gender fluidity is really like
October 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
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Hi! I’m Yedith. I write romance, horror, and fantasy.

Right now I’m revising a queer contemporary romance with my SmoochPit mentor, Sujin Witherspoon, about best friends playing baseball, being in love, and falling apart.

Here’s a moodboard for it 💕
#writingcommunity
Upper left: Picture of baseball bats leaning against fence Upper center: Text reading "I tried so hard to keep you guys from falling apart." Upper right: Picture of a bat, baseball gloves, a baseball helmet, and a baseball sitting on and next to a base Middle left: A guy smiling Middle center: Three people looking at the sunset Middle right: Guy looking into the distance Bottom right: Text reading "You were supposed to be my best friend." Bottom center: Guy with his hand against his lips Bottom left: Text reading "I can be the one to disappear for once."
October 18, 2024 at 3:03 PM