Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · 16d

Awesome! Hopefully upcoming events can include agented authors on submission. It would be great to pitch to editors directly. It’s so hard to get visibility and DVPit has so much industry participation 🥹

1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · 16d

Hi! Are agented writers allowed to participate to attempt to receive editor interest? Or is this only for writers seeking agents?

1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ughhh such a good anime. Have you seen Kami Sama Kiss? Is the only I can think of that would make someone feel again after that banger. At least in terms of the romance 🥰

1 1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 18

Yeah I remember the migration. That’s when I created this account, but idk. Either I just didn’t do well at connecting or lots of us just stayed on Twitter because I haven’t noticed any interaction decline 🤷🏻‍♀️ test out the next pitch event. See how it goes.

1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thank you 😊

1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 18

I won second place for most original concept for #posterpit. I’m so honored 🥹🫶 thank you to yeh wonderful hard working hosts of this event as well as the community. #writercommunity

2 9

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 18

I’m mostly on Twitter and can attest that the hype and engagement over there were solid with a lot of the same consistent members of the community.

2 1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thank you ☺️

1

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 17

I’m now at 7️⃣ ✨ requests

#Litagents, if you’re still looking thru #PosterPit and are hungry for a spooky, speculative fantasy with a Beetlejuice like villain, a sweet sapphic romance between two witches, and a haunted island resort, check this out ⬇️

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 16

Bastalar—the resident demon at an island resort—has kidnapped Brisa’s mother. He wants to play a twisted game: if Brisa can find her mother in 4 days, he’ll safely return her. If she fails, her mother dies and Brisa must marry him for a miserable eternity. #PosterPit #A #F #H #R

1 7

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

L. D. Rex is Querying @ldrexauthor.bsky.social · Aug 16

After Elizabeth inherits two oil paintings from her wild grandmother, a phantom begins haunting her, guiding her closer to the truth about her family--one that lies behind the sanatorium of your worst nightmare in the Canadian woods. #PosterPit #A #PH #S #R Multi-POV

Poster says: A Portrait of Madness by L. D. Rex in cursive against a road in fog background with Coming soon to an inbox near you.. WARNING: Don't read this after midnight! in foreground in white with Paranormal Horror below. Picture of artist's easel with paintbrushes in a small picture at top left, and picture of creepy girl in portrait at top right.

7 25

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 16

Hi Thais. Thank you for liking my PosterPit post. I sent you my query, however, my brain glitched. The instructions for the upload at the bottom of query tracker said to upload my full. I did, but then remembered your bio said 20 pages. I’m so sorry! I tried to upload 20 but it doesn’t let me.

1

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Tyler is querying 👑🪲🌿 @tylerstasi.bsky.social · Aug 16

#PosterPit #F #Q

Amidst twisted magic and waxen leaves, a new moth queen rises...

But does she have what it takes to rule?

a 91,000 word adult fantasy featuring a tragic romance subplot, a lush treescape setting, and shapeshifting moth royalty

👑🪲🌿💫🌋

poster pit pitch for the mothblood queen, querying fantasy novel by tyler stasi; photo of a woman turned away from the viewer with moths climbing up her shoulder, neck, and hair

1 10 42

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thread of #PosterPit pitches for my querying novel:
bsky.app/profile/melj...

Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · Aug 16

JASAD HEIR/ONE DARK WINDOW
There's a reason magic was silenced. Who will bring it back? The sorceress who will tear down empires, the smuggler with split loyalties who doesn't believe it exists, or the warrior who would die to keep it secret? #PosterPit #Q #F #A

A movie poster for 'The Breath of Silence'. The title is printed over the top of a watery sun which puts a mountain, a floating sky city and a dragon in silhouette. Below there is a dark green forest. The sky is a sunset but stormy and red.
At the top there are three sets of laurel brackets with "Shortlisted Future Worlds Prize 2023", "Shortlisted RevPit 2025" and "Longlisted Write Mentor 2025".
Next there are two billing lines saying 'A secretive warrior' and 'a damaged smuggler'.
The tropes are listed like supporting cast:
Found family
Repressed magic
Tigers & dragons
Slow burn
Sorcerors & shapeshifters
Enemies to friends
Next, beneath the main imagery, at the bottom, it says "An Epic Fantasy".
In the review section with 5 gold stars it says "worldbuilding is rich... wanted more" - Judges Feedback.
The final line says "Coming to an inbox soon."

3 8 36

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Carly is ✨AGENTED✨ @cjvickwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES x HYSTERIA

💋middle-aged feminist rage
🛼campy 80s setting
💋body horror
🛼the darkest of deals
💋satanic panic backdrop
🛼dark humor
💋bubblegum horror

#PosterPitA #A #H #PosterPit #WIP

3 12 33

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Skylar Anthony | ARCs close Sept 30! | 🚀🧝‍♂️ @skylaranthony.bsky.social · Aug 16

Each of my #posterpit posts has a different vibe, and this one is pure creature-feature energy 🦇🌲|| A deadly secret. A heist gone wrong. Now, a cyborg assassin with stolen wings is on her heels. And she can't outrun him forever.

📩➡️ skylaranthony.com

#SFF #indieauthor #booksky #comingsoon 💙 📚

8 45

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · Aug 16

JASAD HEIR/THE LAST VIGILANT
If anyone finds out she’s a changeling they'll 💀 her. Finding a powerful relic could free her people from oppression & she’ll do everything to keep it. But failure to unearth its secrets will mean her death & the loss of all magic forever. #PosterPit #F #Q #A

Movie poster with a dramatic stormy sky, in black, purple and cornflower blue tones. A photo of James Cosmo in Shogun, holding a pistol, and a photo of Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie in Thor Ragnorok, are overlaid, side by side but back to back.
the logline "There's a reason magic was silenced."
Underneath there are three short sentences of text:
"His last smuggling job."
"Her last chance for freedom."
"Magic must survive."
The title appears in the centre: "The Breath of Silence - an adult epic fantasy."
On either side of the title, like billed names are the following tropes:
- magical prejudice
- revolution and revenge
- romantic subplots
- action and atmosphere
At the bottom there are three sets of laurel brackets with "Shortlisted Future Worlds Prize 2023", "Shortlisted RevPit 2025" and "Longlisted Write Mentor 2025".

4 16 44

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16

Nellie’s hiding more than a layoff. Struggling to pay rent and crushed by grief and expectations, she reconnects with her ex-work rival who helps her find what she truly wants beyond the role she’s been playing.

#posterpit #q #wf w/ #r #amquerying #filipinorep

4 43 100

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

P.S.C. Willis 🌈🖋️ Crying Out for Magic - Out Now! @pscwillis.bsky.social · Aug 16

When people-pleaser Jay gains guardianship of a curious tree spirit, she must find the joy in being human. But if Jay can't confront the lies and insecurities eroding her oldest friendship, she risks teaching the birch that life is about hiding who you really are.

#PosterPit #Q #YA #F

A spoof movie poster for the MS 'Dazed and Uprooted' (a YA contemporary fantasy about finding what you love). Three banners depict the main characters. Descriptors above them read 'Spreadsheet brain demi sexual' 'chaos brain bisexual' 'curious tree spirit.' Underneath, are compliments for the book framed by movie award laurels.

2 11 37

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · Aug 16

introducing my NA queer gothic horrormance wip:

🥀teaching the wrong student dark magic
🥀starting a cult to get attention from your favourite teacher
🥀angel summoning is an OCD metaphor

#PosterPit #W #NA #H #R

dark poster with art by @nelsnote of a man looking up holding a bloody book, the light on him is coming from an angel wing and there are eyes in the dark behind him. he has an awestruck expression. there is a quote at the top right “I need to eat the fruits they are too tempting and beautiful” from my favourite author. the title “forbidden fruits” is in gold cursive. underneath, NA gothic horrormance is written. alongside the drawing, on either side, the words “angel summoning as dark magic”, “corruption arc”, “violent longing has consequences”, “he’s not dead until I say so”, “Victorian secret societies”, “epistolary dual timelines”. underneath, EVOCATION x THE DEATH OF JANE LAWRENCE. underneath the following pitch : ‪“WHY DO YOU NEED AN ANGEL? according to the codex his teacher wrote, that’s the most important question to ask when summoning them. Simon knows his answer: there’s someone he worships—the teacher he built a cult around—and he won’t stop until he has him. ‬
years later, after an accident, Peter’s teacher is graciously caring for him, but Peter wants more than their fledgling friendship. rifling through his teacher’s letters, he discovers another student’s old obsession with the man they both love, and resolves to use this knowledge to get closer to him. He won’t stop until he has him—and the angels come to call.” Underneath, “coming to beta readers this autumn”.

3 6 29

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Author Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yeah, vampires aren’t what or who you think they are.

Det Karis has solved a murder in her fiancé’s small town. But he’s sabotaging her case, and a seductive local is trying to suede her beliefs in the supernatural.

Now she must choose: ‘justice’ or truth.

#QueerPit #A #AC #DF #MR #M #R #S #SN #T

1 3 6

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Aaron Olátunjie Cole is ✨Vague✨👀 @aaronolatunjie.bsky.social · Aug 15

THE SONG OF ACHILLES x HUNGER GAMES

Inspired by Central Africa's Underworld of Kalunga

A boy with blood magic must compete in a deadly competition to save his mom's soul from the Underworld, but his growing love for the Prince threatens to destroy the kingdom

#QueerPit #Vague #YA

19 9

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

wott is querying! @wottenmoss.bsky.social · Aug 16

When troublemaker and hobbyist scholar Magpie is chosen by the spirits, she breaks an ancient tradition to keep her best friend by her side, risking her only chance at her greatest dream–and the deadly consequences that follow.

#PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA

wott is querying! @wottenmoss.bsky.social · Aug 16

The last Conduit is dead—and Magpie of Lornwhen is thrilled about it.

#PosterPit #Q #PosterPitQ #F #NA #YA

A movie poster featuring a misty forest, a magpie flying over the blue mountains rising into the sky.
Text: Enter the spiritwoods. When the Magpie Flies, a book by M H Wottenmoss. Undiscovered magic, queer fantasy, chaotic academia. Querying now.

4 29

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

maggie @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 16

thread of my pitches for #posterpit!

#amquerying:
bsky.app/profile/magg...

maggie @maggiesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 16

After tragedy and family drama broke them up, Jasper and Brett moved on with their lives. Ten years later, they reunite for a wedding in the place they fell in love and fell apart. Has their dormant love story reawakened or are they just yearning for nostalgia?

#a #q #r #posterpit

None of This
Was Real
87,000 words - adult contemporary romance / book club
- for fans of emily henry, carley fortune & paige toon
or are they just yearning for nostalgia?
Was he the one who got away

1 7 34

Reposted by Marcela Marquez is *Agented*

Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · Aug 16

❤️ BEFORE SUNRISE x 🌶️ HEARTLESS

'97 Berlin. Shaking off its Cold War slumber to the beat of techno. Clocks on street corners and lakeside beaches.
And her larger-than-life yet adrift host… whose touch makes her wish this summer would last. But it can't.
#PosterPit #Q #R #A

Pic: Man and woman embracing (design by Freepik, freepik.com) + overlay: Berlin cityscape (photo by Stephan Widua on Unsplash)
Text:
Friends to lovers/Impossible love/Heartfelt & High Heat/‘90s retro/Destination romance
“I found myself rooting for them from the beginning”/“Propulsive & compelling without ever feeling rushed”/“Perfect mix of sensuality and humor”/“Definitely felt like I was there”
“A really heart-tugging story… great plot and great writing!”/“Can’t wait for this to be published”
One summer can change your life./But what do you do when the fall comes?
Only One Summer in Berlin
LL Murmures Littéraires 2025
’97. An ambitious French student reluctantly heads to Berlin to improve her German. When a housing mix-up lands her on the doorstep of a single dad grappling with his future, tense beginnings melt into friendship… and a growing attraction. As the mellow Berlin summer unfolds, they embark on a sizzling fling.
Love they can’t afford: to win custody of his son, he must stay in Berlin; her career path lies in Paris.

7 36 78

Marcela Marquez is *Agented* @marcimarquez.bsky.social · Aug 16

Bastalar—the resident demon at an island resort—has kidnapped Brisa’s mother. He wants to play a twisted game: if Brisa can find her mother in 4 days, he’ll safely return her. If she fails, her mother dies and Brisa must marry him for a miserable eternity. #PosterPit #A #F #H #R

2 11 40