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Chelsie Derman

@chelsiewrites.bsky.social

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✍️ low fantasy/magical realism/ sci-fi writer. 23. ✨Revising my YA Sci-fi

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

🧠Rare neurological disorder? ❌ Nope.
👥Split identity? ❌ Not quite.
🚨The truth? He’s sharing his body with a stubborn lost human soul
⏳3 weeks until one of them is erased.
Good luck evicting a tenant who doesn’t even know they’re living here.
#YA #SciFi #LuckyPit #PopUpPit

$Moldboard features: fall foliage (top left), brain scans (bottom left), hourglass (top middle), young couple embracing (center), fractured face of a teen boy (bottom middle), guy playing guitar (top right), psychic tarot cards (bottom right)$

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

I just started a writing TikTok account :) It’s just a chill account where I’ll be talking about relatable writing stuff, showcase my adorable maltipoo when I bring her home after Labor Day, and just post videos with good vibes 😅😅 #writing #YA #fantasy www.tiktok.com/@chelsiederm...

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PosterPit @posterpitevent.bsky.social · Mar 18

Hey all!

This is going to be the Bsky account for PosterPit! Our socials are under construction, but we appreciate your interest in this event <3

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Taylor Renee @taylorrenee.bsky.social · Mar 17

Would you choose immortality?
Of course you would.
But let me tell you:
It’s a lie. A cruel, promise.
Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.

House of Valentine - 98k words a gothic fantasy w/ a b-plot romance. #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #Q #F #G #R #booksky #LuckyPit

'House of Valentine' by Taylor Renee. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, overlaid with watercolor illustrations of a skull roses, daisies, and pine trees. The title 'HOUSE OF VALENTINE' is prominently displayed in large, elegant white letters. Below the title, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' and 'AGENT & EDITOR GUIDE' in smaller white font. The overall aesthetic is moody and romantic, with a gothic fantasy vibe.

The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, adorned with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The word 'EXCERPT' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by a poetic passage: 'If you could live for centuries—through famine and plague, through wars that razed cities and left ash in their wake, that not even a bomb crashing through your home could destroy you—would you choose immortality? Wouldn't you dream of such a gift? To remain as you were as the world crumbles around you, and rebuilds itself, endlessly? Of course you would. That’s the allure, isn’t it? The whispered fantasy of endless time, of infinite existence. But let me tell you: it’s a lie. A cruel promise. Because after enough centuries, you begin to wish for the plague to ravage your body, to tear through your flesh and wring you dry of life. You begin to long for the bomb to shatter you, burn away your skin until you’re nothing but bone and ash. You’d pray for the famine to hollow you out, for hunger to gnaw at your insides so violently that you might finally collapse under the weight of mortality. Because the hunger you live with—No, the hunger that you are—is worse.' The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.

The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, embellished with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The word 'BLURB' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by the blurb: 'When anthropology student Hazel Adler travels to a remote Swiss village for her thesis, she expects folklore and forgotten traditions—not a hidden world of vampires, deadly politics, and a centennial festival that’s more nightmare than celebration. She was never meant to survive it. Her only lifeline? Soren Valentine—a vampire with a past as blood-soaked as his fangs. As the lines between myth and reality blur, Hazel must fight to survive in more ways than one. Trusting Soren may be her only chance—but the monster who saved her life hides dangerous secrets of his own. Survival means risking everything. House of Valentine is a gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn b-plot romance that will leave you breathless.' The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.

'House of Valentine' by Taylor Renee, focusing on tropes, themes, and comps. The background features a vintage, textured design with faded text, adorned with watercolor illustrations of roses and pine branches. The text 'TROPES & THEMES & COMPS' is displayed at the top in large, elegant white letters. Below, the text reads: 'TAYLOR RENEE | 98,000 | ITSTAYLORRENEE1@GMAIL.COM' followed by a list of tropes and themes: 'ROMEO & JULIET, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, ALLIES TO LOVERS, MORALLY GRAY CHARACTERS, VAMPIRE SOCIETY, SLOW BURN.' The image includes three book cover comps: 'Interview with the Vampire' by Anne Rice, 'The Beautiful' by Renée Ahdieh, and 'A Discovery of Witches' by Deborah Harkness, each framed with a pink border. The bottom is decorated with a border of watercolor roses in shades of red and purple.

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

I love this!!

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 27

Yayy!! That makes me happy

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks!!

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 27

Thanks!!

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thanks :)

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Yay!! Thanks :)

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Ooh interesting!! I love this pitch of yours too

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

I’m obsessed with this. I need to read this story!! I love time travel stories and this sounds so heartfelt and different from time travel stories I’ve read

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L. D. Rex is Querying @ldrexauthor.bsky.social · Feb 26

A boy falls through a hole while ice fishing and is saved by his fourteen-year-old Granddad in 1963. A stranger from the present confronts him at a county fair, but he wants to stay to have adventures with his healthy granddad, because the one at home is sick. #WSPit #WSPitQ #MG #CON #F

a ferris wheel at a carnival with people riding it

Alt: a ferris wheel at a carnival with people riding it

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

That sounds like an adorable book

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Okay I love this

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Caitlin @awritingcaitlin.bsky.social · Feb 26

🎻Two women, each with different deals to the same god. Both on the same mission to steal a legendary violin out of a museum. But while one recognizes the price of failure, the other does not understand consequences. Can they sort out their differences before midsummer's end? #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F #ND

Moodboard featuring four photos:
Bottom left: view of a museum second floor. museum has columns and arches in the architecture.
Left: closeup of a violin as someone plays it.
Top right: Violin sitting on a dark surface.
Bottom right: artistic music staff with notes.
On the right is a color palette in browns ranging from dark to light.
A sticky note in the bottom right says: Finn's Fiddle

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thanks!!

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thanks!!

Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

I absolutely love this premise. Also love how you used he’s cinnamon roll in this post 😭 makes me think of the TikTok trend

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Okay I love how it’s set in the late 90s and early 2000s. And it’s about a writer

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · Feb 26

#WSPit #WSPitW #A #F #M #Hu #R #blackbooksky

THE WOLF AMONG US ❦ ONCE UPON A TIME

📖set in the late 90s-early 00s
📖red riding hood x big bad wolf
📖black mc who is struggling to write her next book
📖morally grey sheriff "protecting" the city
📖realm hopping to solve mysteries and save fairy tales

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

This is so interesting!

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Kelly Esparza Has a Pinned #DVPit Pitch! @kellyesparza.bsky.social · Feb 26

GLASS ONION but w/ ❄️+👻
When Abby attends a party in a snowy cabin in the mountains, she doesn't expect to:
⭐ face her sister during a year-long feud
⭐ run into her ex-boyfriend
⭐ get murdered at the party, become a ghost, & solve her own murder before other guests die.
#WSPit #WSPitW #T #A #M

mood board: snowy woods, woods, ghost, snowy cabin, blood, footprints in snow, eerie moon

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

Interesting!!!

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Chelsie Derman @chelsiewrites.bsky.social · Feb 26

This is an interesting premise!