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amwriting2025.bsky.social @amwriting2025.bsky.social · Mar 18

WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS X THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS

While threatened by a cruel husband and an assassin’s blade, Hatshepsut goes to war against foreign invaders, and spills treasonous blood into the parched sand.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #YA #Q

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Kirsten E Bell @kbellwrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

❄️CLARA❄️
A witchy Nutcracker retelling for people who love the "-ber" months.

#YA #F

✔️ Winter Solstice/Yule
✔️ Coming of Age
✔️ Cozy Mystery
✔️ Folklore
✔️ True YA
✔️ Magical woodland creatures (otters and frogs carry notes between witches through a creek, sooo...)

#LuckyPit #popuppitA #popuppit

six pictures of the winter soltice and yule celebrtions.

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Kristen Renee @kristenrenee.bsky.social · Mar 17

The love lives of two sisters become complicated after they develop the ability to sense love and as they navigate a world where direct use of magic has been banned they become all the more curious about the unknown of forbidden magic

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #F #R #A

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💫Meagan Thompson-Mann is zhushing up her manuscript 🌿 @thecrumpet.bsky.social · Mar 17

THE WEDDING PEOPLE x THE PAPER PALACE

THIS ENDS NOW: Ditching perfectly good husbands is a bad look, especially for a wedding planner. But there's no breaking the cycle until Lainey Pike confronts her clever, cunning 1st love, who's still dying to put her in her place. #A #WF #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

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Baillie Puckett @bailliepuckett.bsky.social · Mar 17

MY FAIR BRADY x THE LOVE CURSE OF MELODY MCINTYRE

Emma auditions for Romeo & Juliet to win back her ex BF. Turns out she shouldn't have underestimated the power of stage magic.

Bc instead of rekindling her ex's flame, Em's having confusing feels for her female costar.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #YA

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Kala is Querying @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · Mar 17

My #agentsguide to CARELESS WHISPERS, a romantic suspense set on a Greek island.

REBECCA x RIVIERA x THE PERFECT COUPLE
The woman knew secrets; now she's dead. Everyone has a motive...
Secrets, Slow❤️‍🔥, Unrequited love, Betrayal, Murder

Longlisted for Joffe Books Prize 2024

#LuckyPit 🍀 #PopUpPitA

Page 1 - An Agent's Guide to Careless Whispers, Romantic Suspense, and piece of dialogue: '...our very own Greek tragedy,' says Troy. 'It has it all. Sex, money, adultery. Even - if you believe the rumours - murder.'
Photo alongside it is a of a woman's pressing finger to her lips signifying secrecy.

Page 2 - The Pitch with a blurred photo of a drowned woman alongside it.

'She's always tried to do the 'right thing'. But when a death becomes a suspected murder, a PR exec must decide how far she'll go to protect the people she loves who all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband, the man she's in love with.'

Page 3 - Snippet with a photo of a man alongside it.
An unpleasant smile warps his face. He steps closer and leans forward as if they're conspirators. His voice is low and soft, the words a sneer. 'I'm guessing you've not been fighting him off.'
It's hard to breathe. He's too close, his breath on her skin smoky with whisky and cigarettes. She fights the urge to thrust him away. 'No,' she says in a hard voice. 'But then he's not you.'
His head snaps back. The dull flush in his cheeks is evident even in the gloom. 'And you,' he says nastily, 'are not Rianna.'
She gives a humourless laugh. 'From what I gather, that's not a bad thing.'
'He better not hear you say that. He loved her, you know.'

Page 4 has Tropes & Themes - du Maurier's Rebecca vibes; Found family; Loss; Slow burn romance; Obsession; Unrequited love; Secrets; Betrayal; Murder

And The Comps – Nanny Wanted by Lizzy Barber, End of Story by AJ Finn, The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand, Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier and the Sky Atlantic series Riviera

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Chantel is ON SUBMISSION ✨ @cpearsonwrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS X WHEN THE MOON HATCHED

"Tell me, child, what do you know of the gods?"

NA Fantasy retelling of SEA folklore
⚔️ Badass FMC
⚔️ Rich World Building
⚔️ Found Family
⚔️ Forbidden Love
⚔️ An Unforgettable Relic Quest
⚔️ So. Much. Yearning.

#RF #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #NA #R #F

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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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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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Elise Betz #amquerying and seeking representation @elisebetz.bsky.social · Mar 17

#PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit
THE SUN DIAMOND PRINCESS & THE BLIND ASSASSIN
#agentsguide #A #RF
Brienne of Tarth X Daredevil X Tristan & Isolde
👸Biracial #POC Princess who doesn't look perfect
👨‍🦯 #Dis Blind romantic Interest
🔥 slow burn/angst
🌞👰🤵‍♂️🌶️#HEA w/ spice

Gray background with silhouette of warrior princess and sword.
Text reads:
Agent's Guide to
The Sun Diamond Princess & the Blind Assassin
A 99K Adult Romantacy, light fantasy, featuring a bi-racial princess with facial scars, a disabled blind romantic interest, he falls first, slow burn, plenty of emotional angst, double climax, a Happily Ever After, and dual POV.

Gray background with a picture of a rough, tumbled yellow stone in a simple wire setting.

Text reads:
The Pitch
A blind former assassin saves a facially disfigured princess from an assassin sent by her mother, the queen regent. On the run together, the princess brokers peace with a warring country, offering herself up for marriage with hopes of returning home and deposing her tyrannical mother. The princess is torn between her love for her country and her love for the blind assassin.

Gray background with pictures to go with comps

Text reads:
Tropes and Comps
Image from painting of Tristan & Isolde embracing
Text says "Tristian & Isolde: political marriage keeps lovers apart"
Image of Daredevil
Text says "Daredevil: blind former assassin with principles"
Image of Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones
Text says "Brienne of Tarth tall, strong, warrior royalty, not a "pretty" princess, virgin."

Tropes text:
Against the Odds Romance
Bachelor Auction (Brothel)
Beauty & the Beast reversed
He falls first

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Text reads:
Quotes

If beauty was a currency for women to procure
a husband, Princess Myra was a pauper.

“You have given meaning to the words poets use to
describe the ethereal rapture of a kiss.”

The sting of Arzhang’s heartbreak was worse
than any sting of the lash.

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Angelique Russell - Querying 💫 @angie-r03.bsky.social · Mar 17

The cruel prince X red queen
A CURSE OF BLOOD AND DARKNESS 🌑✨
66,000-word YA Fantasy novel,

💀 Betrayal, Revenge, and Power Plays 💀
🎭 Masquerade Balls & Deadly Politics 🎭
👀 The Court’s Most Dangerous Secret? Her. 👀
#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #YA #agentguide

A curse of blood and darkness - 66K Young Adult fantasy

Pitch: The seelie court calls her their spy. The unseelie call her their weapon. Alethea walks a knife's edge between both. But power is never given, it's taken. If she wants to claim it she'll have to decide whether she wants to become a queen or a monster.
Comparative titles:
The cruel prince
The shadows between us
These hollow vows
Ruthless vows

Tropes:
friends to enemies
Enemies to lovers
Myth becomes reality
Anti-hero heroine
'burn it all down'
Thief to warrior

Note: book includes diverse characters and bi-representation

“Time to step out of the cage,” he replied. Her brows furrowed. “You remind me of a little bird,” Silas continued, his tone shifting slightly, as though the words had a deeper meaning than he was letting on.
“A little bird?” Alethea scoffed, her chin tilting up in defiance. “And what’s that supposed to mean?”
He shifted on his feet, his voice lower than before, “Yes. The cage is open, and yet you still don’t fly.”
Alethea’s lips parted, the words cutting into her like a sharp blade. “Birds with clipped wings fall. They don’t fly,” she retorted, her voice tinged with bitterness.
Silas’s lips curved into a sly smile, his eyes gleaming with something dark and knowing. “Oh, you’ll fly… trust me.”

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Kayla Hebbon 🌙💕🔱 🫧 @khebbon.bsky.social · Mar 17

MY GIRL X THAT’S SO RAVEN

A loner girl who works as a reaper must keep her latest assignment, a popular classmate, from falling for her (and keep herself from doing the same) before she’s set to collect his soul in 30 days.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit

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Helen Pratt @helenapratt.bsky.social · Mar 17

KINGDOM AWAKENING

✨️Adult romantasy exploring themes of love, betrayal, & sacrifice

✨️The rich emotional contour of Jennifer L. Armentrout's FROM BLOOD AND ASH meets the toe-curling tension of Ali Hazelwood’s BRIDE

✨️Standalone with series potential complete at 112k

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA

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Carys Leah is querying 🪽✍️ @carysleah.bsky.social · Mar 17

Evermore isn’t a school. It’s a deadly game where students compete for a place in the afterlife.

Every move is counted. Every mistake is recorded.

Arabella wants out, even if escape means trusting the daemon who could destroy her.

Caraval x The Atlas Six

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

Comps dark academia romantasy pop up pit popuppit

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AT Plumm @atplummauthor.bsky.social · Mar 17

When a spacecraft crashes on a planet with a poisoned atmosphere, Thea and her team have ten days to find it before it's too late for possible survivors. It should be an easy mission, but the monsters she faces are not all from her planet's ecosystem.

72K A SF SFF

#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

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Jade Mason @jademasonwrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

BEACH READ X REP ALBUM X THE WEDDING PEOPLE

When Nellie’s career crashes, she must face harsh truths about starting over, confront her messy past & figure out how to pay next month’s rent—while reluctantly reuniting w/her former work rival. #AgentsGuide #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #WF #BookClubFiction

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Christie Curry @christiecurry25.bsky.social · Mar 17

A human sexuality professor is blindsided when she's paired up with her childhood crush, now a PhD candidate, to organize a SEXTIVAL, only to face fierce opposition from the university's biggest donors: her conservative parents.

Editor's Guide, on sub soon!
#PopUpPitE #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #A #romcom

Moodboard
An editor's guide to LOVE BETWEEN THE LECTURES
Sexy male professor with messenger bag
Timid female professor with briefcase
University
Sex written with chalk
Road trip
Condoms
Class of students
Sex toys
Gummy worms
Woman in robe with arms crossed looking at guy in work shirt
Intijster sex with fingers laced together
Health & Human Services building

LOVE BETWEEN THE LECTURES
The Pitch
On the brink of tenure, a human sexuality professor is blindsided when she's paired up with her former childhood crush, now a hotshot PhD candidate, to organize a sexual health event on campus, only to face fierce opposition from the university's wealthiest donors:
her conservative parents.

LOVE BETWEEN THE LECTURES
Comps

NOBODY WANTS THIS:
SEX POSITIVITY
COMMUNICATION
LA BACKDROP
VIBES

The PARADISE PROBLEM:
BANTER
LAUGHS
CHEMISTRY
VOICE

MY FAVORITE HALF-NIGHT STAND:
BOTH FACULTY
COLLEGE SETTING

LOVE BETWEEN THE LECTURES
Tropes & Vibes
Second Chance Romance
Brother's Best Friend
Forced Proximity
Road Trip
Only One Bed
Female Friend Group (aka The Bang Gang)
Sex Positive + Healthy Communication

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Debbie exton @extondebbie.bsky.social · Mar 17

DIAL A FOR AUNTIES x LISTEN FOR THE LIE x DEAD ROMANTICS

When Edie finds a body above a grave, her prime suspect is the hot guy she just met.

Unfortunately he thinks the same about her.

To have a shot at love, they must find the real killer.

Or die trying.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #A #R #PopUpPitA

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Michelle Sanchez is AGENTED! @sanchezmm.bsky.social · Mar 17

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit
I'm an unlucky girl trapped in Grandfather's cliffhouse,
caretaker of his magic box with 3 human hearts I must feed blood.
They die? I die.
Handsome Duke Lugo offers a blood bargain, but he's hungry to expose the secrets of Casa del Demonio...and me.
#PopUpPitE #YA #Gothic #H

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Amelia ✨is Querying✨ @reinhardtwrites.bsky.social · Mar 17

Excited to be a part of my first ever #PopUpPit event! Can't wait to see everyone's creativity on here!

This is my guide to the manuscript I'm querying titled OVER THE LINE, a YA contemporary novel filled secrets and suspense 👀
#LuckyPit #amquerying #WritingCommunity

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Rebecca Leigh @rebleighauthor.bsky.social · Mar 17

DIVINE RIVALS X LOVELY WAR

🎞️ dual POV
🕰️ historical fantasy
🕯️he falls first AND harder
🎻 found family
🧳 unread letters / poetry
🪖 “I would become human for you x I would become a monster for you”

#YA #W #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #agentguide

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Anaïs Garnett (Writer) @anais-garnett.bsky.social · Mar 17

THE RAVEN BOYS x S.T.A.G.S

A series of murders at an elite private school in Ireland spark an aspiring journalist, a burgeoning psychic, and a rebel with a cause to investigate, confronting their privileged lives and sceptical beliefs.

#PopUpPit #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #YA #Mystery #Supernatural

Moodboard of a YA Dark Academia Supernatural Mystery

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Beth Michaela...querying writer. @bmfwriter.bsky.social · Mar 17

COVET x FAIRYTALE x ACOWAR

REIGN OF NIGHTMARES- dark romantic fantasy

A headstrong young woman and her sister must harness newly awakened magic to defeat a depraved god hunting them to consume their rare power. 🖤🫀❤️‍🔥

#PopUpPitA #LuckyPit 🍀 #popuppit

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · Mar 17

🐦‍⬛📖 MARK OF A MAGPIE 📖🐦‍⬛

When a small-town thief crosses paths with the kingdom’s big-shot assassin, an unlikely partnership is born; but can their goals align before their egos and secrets land them both a spot on the gallows?

#LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitA
#YA #NA #DIS

There is a collage of pictures in front of ocean water.

Picture one is of a boy crouched down with his head covered as a fire burns in the background. Picture two shows an old piece of parchment with unreadable script. Picture three shows a group of rich party-goers climbing a marble staircase. Picture four shows a person wrapping up the wounded hand of another. Picture five is of a chair by the window of a ship, looking out on ocean waters and a ship in the distance. Picture six shows two hands tied to a pole on the beach. Picture seven shows an old tavern shelf shocked with whiskey. Picture eight is of an island with a castle and small village surrounding it. Picture nine is of a girl on the run with a dagger in hand.

Surrounding the collage are gold outlines of flowers.

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