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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thank you so much 🥹🥰

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you!

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Aug 6

🐍 MEDUSA DOESN’T DIE IN THIS VERSION 🐍

May I present this short comic made by my amazing friend @thewaffledraws from a scene in my Speculative retelling of Ovid’s Medusa that I am currently querying. 👀

#questpit #Q #A #S

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you!!

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Aug 6

🐍 MEDUSA DOESN’T DIE IN THIS VERSION

The infamous Gorgon, Medusa, lives a life of solitude in New Olympus and starts attending therapy to address the nightmares that plague her nightly. But what happens when her new neighbor appears to want to be friends?

#questpit #Q #A #S

A collage with various photos starting from the top left corner: a graphic of eyes staring at a red pair, Florence Pugh angry with years in her eyes, a picture of street in NYC, a picture of a Black woman’s brown eye, a drawing of Medusa and Ruth, a drawing a White person with a yellow snake eye and sunglasses, a green snake, and text reading Medusa Doesn’t Die in This Version with white text with a plum purple background.

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Heather Carter @hlcarterauthor.bsky.social · Aug 6

CRIMSON PEAK X THE MIRROR (🔊on!)
Trapped in a ghostly limbo w/no memories, Alloson & John must escape a haunted house that comes to life nightly w/a 200 y/o ball. They must break the curse or face starvation ... if the entities don't kill them first.
#Questpit #A #Q #PR #R #H #F

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Heather Carter @hlcarterauthor.bsky.social · Aug 6

CRIMSON PEAK X THE MIRROR
Alloson & John must escape the ghostly limbo of Radfield Hall or face a dark fate. Passion flares between them, but a book bearing a sinister prophecy threatens to tear them apart. A haunting tale of love, possession, & death
#QuestPit #A #Q #PR #R #H #F

a crypt cover with pink flowers and the quote: "If we have to go through the darkness, we'll dance through it together"

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Heather Carter @hlcarterauthor.bsky.social · Aug 6

CRIMSON PEAK X THE MIRROR
-Adult Gothic Romance with fantasy and horror elements
-Trapped in a ghostly limbo with no memories
-Decrepit haunted mansion -A 200 y/o ball that repeats nightly
-Possession
-Flooding & freezing rooms
-Spice
#Questpit #A #Q #PR #R #H #F

A dark set of stairs with images of four comp book covers surrounding text that reads: HEATHER CARTER'S ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL. ALLOSON AND JOHN ARE TRAPPED IN A DECREPIT MANSION THAT COMES TO LIFE NIGHTLY WITH A TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD BALL. AMID FLOODING ROOMS, DEMONIC LIONS, AND VIOLENT ENTITIES, THEY MUST BREAK THE CURSE OR BECOME GHOSTS THEMSELVES. 99,000 WORDS, DUAL POV, ADULT GOTHIC ROMANTASY, COMPS BOOK COVER

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · Aug 6

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × KNIVES OUT

When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign.

#QuestPit #A #H #M #Q

The image shows a horror-comedy novel cover titled "DAD BODIES." The top of the cover reads "THE GAME JUST TOOK A DAD TURN" with "DAD" in a different color.

The background features a haunted house with multiple towers and illuminated windows against a dark backdrop. At the center is a 20-sided die (D20) used in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons, with visible numbers including 1, 7, 13, and 19. The die is surrounded by red blood splatter effects.

At the bottom of the cover are six men with expressions of terror and shock. One man is wearing a white shirt over his head. These men are the dads referenced in the title.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Aug 6

MEDUSA DOESN’T DIE IN THIS VERSION | 96,800 words

🐍 speculative retelling of Ovid’s Medusa
❤️‍🩹 healing from trauma
💥 female rage
💜 romance subplot
🌻 grumpy bisexual x sunshine lesbian

#questpit #Q #A #S

A drawing of Medusa and Ruth with the words “Querying Now” in white text about their heads and text “A Novel by Addy Lopez Medusa Doesn’t Die in This Version” in white text below their heads.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Jun 1

✨ manifesting an offer for MESUDA DOESN’T DIE IN THIS VERSION for Pride ✨

Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · May 27

Planning a wedding, moving, querying, and working a 9-5 has forced me to face my perfectionism. 🫠

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · May 23

Received the nicest rejection letter ever. 😭🥺

Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Apr 30

Working on a new story is weird. I feel like I’m cheating on the story I just finished LOL.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Apr 18

Thank you everyone for your support and patience over the years. 💜 I can still hardly believe I’m one step closer to getting Medusa, Ruth, and the rest of MDDTV into your hands.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Apr 18

I AM OFFICIALLY QUERYING THE MEDUSA NOVEL!! Which finally has a title! 👀

For those that are unfamiliar with the publishing process, that means I am reaching out to agents to represent me and my book for publishers.

I’ll be posting more updates on my newsletter (link in bio) and social media.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Apr 5

"Medusa hates wearing sunglasses––despises them. But if she doesn’t wear them, anyone who looks into her golden snake eyes will turn to stone."

#1stLinePitch #WIP #NA #SPF

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Feb 27

My therapist called me ✨ neurospicy ✨ during our session today. LOL

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suzanne albanis (agented!) @suzannealbanis.bsky.social · Feb 26

🍄Gothic CottageGORE CARMILLA retelling 🐦‍⬛

Last witch of her line, Marsha Braun must sell her family’s estate, free her ancestor’s souls—or risk becoming a servant to a vicious immortality-seeking cult. There her path crosses with the night gardener with secrets intertwined with her own
#WSpit #F #A

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Heather Carter @hlcarterauthor.bsky.social · Feb 26

Chloe is trapped in a haunted house, marked as the future bride of a ruthless Underworld prince who claims they are fated. She has 3 weeks to break the bond or she'll be his forever. An alluring ghost helps her quest, but destiny has other plans.
#WSPitS #A #F #R #Gothic #Dis #OWN

A dark, floral background with white text that reads: Fixing his gaze on mine, Grey sank down on the edge of the bed beside my thigh and pivoted toward me. My heart sped up when I realized how close he was. Close enough to kiss me if he wanted to.
“Chloe Mullins, would you like me to haunt you tonight?”

A DEATH WITHOUT YOU, HEATHER CARTER, ON SUBMISSION NOW

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Damian is ✨️drafting✨️ @d-s-saavedra.bsky.social · Feb 26

HELL FOLLOWED WITH US X BLOODBORNE

🏳️‍⚧️Transmasc MC
❤️‍🔥Poly monster romance
🥩Cannibalism
🩸Religious horror
🫀Body horror
🔥Trans rage

#WSPitQ #A #F #LGBT #Own #AgentsGuide

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Feb 26

Art cred: Annalise Jensen

Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Feb 26

🐍 SPECULATIVE MEDUSA RETELLING 🐍

Almost 5 years after being cursed by the Goddess Athena and ostracized by everyone in New Olympus, Medusa has accepted that she’ll be alone for the rest of her life. That is until a new neighbor moves in across the hall.

#WSPitW #NA #LGBTQ #F

A mood board of various images such as a city sidewalk in the fall, a graphic of eyes staring a set of red eyes in the middle, hands covered in clay, digital art of a person with a yellow snake eye, digital art of Medusa and Ruth (a Black woman), a green snake, and the Empire State Building.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Feb 26

This sounds so good!! Finally, a story against the fated trope.

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Addy Lopez is revising @addythelopez.bsky.social · Feb 13

Oh no! I’m so sorry :(

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