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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 1h

another day, another book idea to preoccupy the space of priority my four other WIPs should be 🌝

#writersky #querying

O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 3d

🫶🏿🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 3d

in other news, I started a substack (aka another place for me to ramble) ✍🏿

#substack #querying #writing #YA #F

about O.C. Umeghalu 🌝📖

get to know a little about me!

ocumeghalu.substack.com

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 3d

thank you!! 🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 3d

in two weeks, i'll have been querying for a month but it feels like i just started sending them out two days ago. it helps that i have classes to distract and keep me busy, but the impatience of awaiting responses still lingers even with it being so early on 😭

#amquerying #YA #F #writersky

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 6d

thank you!! 🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 7d

for next time, you can schedule posts in advance using the app “buffer” 🫶🏿🫶🏿

O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 8d

for anyone in the industry still looking through #DVpit

if you like fierce, chosen heroines with brewing power, cruel monarchs, forbidden romance and budding love, my project may be for you!! 🫶🏿

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST*

O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

A century's old war threatens to reemerge and the descendants of those that subdued the threat have risen once more. But with a monarchy's army on their heels and betrayal within their midst, accomplishing what their ancestors had may be forlorn.

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 9d

thank youuu 🥹🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 9d

ahh love this for youu

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 9d

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST*

the #agentguide for the dual-pov YA Fantasy (109k) I'm currently querying! 📖

AWAKENING is a story on the effects of guilt, the consequences of betrayal and the summons of destiny 🗡️🥀

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

#YA #F #querying #agentsguide #BVM #writing #litagents

an agent's guide to awakening by o.c. umeghalu

the pitch - For Cindren Alacaster, guilt is her anchor as much as it is her jailer. Thrust upon a whirlwind journey to rescue her friend from certain death, she finds that the abnormality of her golden eyes speaks of a heroic ancestry whispered amongst the forsaken. Something once slumbering has emerged in totality, painting her destiny as dark as the cloak she was born to wear.

As the country’s prince, Nazar Heiron should know better than looking to follow his own heart. But the stirring of longing he’s hidden deep within forces him to walk the razor-thin line of desire and treachery for the only girl he’s ever loved: his personal sentry. And when the truth of the last war to be fought on his country’s soil emerges, he must decide whether or not to put into practice once empty words that championed justice or finally step into the hypocrisy he’s believed to nurture.

themes/comps - Forged Family (the Gaang, Quil and the others)

Reckoning with Inner Turmoil (guilt, indecision, shame, responsibility)

Ancestral Abilities (think Aang’s/Corayne’s birthrights)

Bloodied Crown (think Zuko grappling with the Fire Nation seeking to conquer the world/Corayne looking to close Spindles opened by her uncle)

Looming Global Threat (ie: Firelord Ozai/Taristan)

Romantic Subplot (different love interest for each MC)

Complicated Sibling Relationship (ie: Azula and Zuko)

Betrayal (ie: Aiz and Quil)

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 9d

ended off my first #DVpit with 3 interested parties!! (saw an editor repost that left me completely STUNNED after an exam and i almost keeled right over 😭)

so, so grateful for this opportunity and the support i received 🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

alright, thank you! 🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

hi--dropping this here because I'm a little lost in regards to contact you. I received a like from you on my pitch (still struggling to get myself off the floor!!) but I've submitted a query to an agent at writer's house that hasn't been replied to yet. would I still be able to send my query over?

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

this sounds like such a nice read to curl up with rn 🫶🏿

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

Cindren and Kasiel have always been close, his presence one of the few comforts that persisted after her parents were executed. But as they journey in the direction of fate's twisted strings, an ember of growing affection is given welcome fuel.

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

A prince should know better than being guided by his own heart, but the stirring of longing that emerges in Nazar forces him to walk the thin line of desire and treachery for the girl that's distraction and necessity both: Vris, his personal sentry.

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

A century's old war threatens to reemerge and the descendants of those that subdued the threat have risen once more. But with a monarchy's army on their heels and betrayal within their midst, accomplishing what their ancestors had may be forlorn.

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

one of my favorite shows of all time!!

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

When the histories he'd been taught begin to crumble beneath truth, Nazar, torn between loyalty to a cruel creed upheld by his family and what he knows is just, is forced to contend with a difficult question: am I willing to watch the world burn?

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

When once thought mythical saviors stir the heroic ancestry in her blood, golden-eyed Cindren must race against time to rescue her imprisoned friend while running from a traitor to the ancient line of warriors she finds herself apart of.

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

An heir saddled with indecision and his sister with a hardened heart harbor a tumultuous relationship, but as echoes of the last war to be fought evolve into a battle cry with a rising threat, their differing stances risk severing their bond for good.

#DVpit #YA #F #BVM

O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

i love your art stylee

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

love this!!

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O.C. Umeghalu is querying a YA Fantasy✨⚔️ @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10d

the art is beautiful and the story sounds great!!

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