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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I think conflicting motivations would ramp up the tension at the climax if the character is faced with an ultimatum: - Both decisions would satisfy the respective motivations. - Both decisions would come with some kind of repercussion. #WritingCommunity I made a meme:

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I need some help! What are your favourite mysteries? Film or books, please! Trying to research plot and character archetypes. I'm compiling a list! #WritingCommunity #WritingQ #WriterSky

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Finally going to have a bit of time to do some writing tonight! So excited! What's your favourite thing to have on-hand while you write? I'll copy the best answer! #WritingCommunity #WriterSky

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Alright settle a debate for me please. If a vampire's curse is broken, do they, a. Revert to the age they were when they were first bitten or, b. Rapidly age by however many years they've been alive? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Alright, how long does it usually take you to do an outline and don't you dare ask me about that bloody piece of string 😩 #WritingCommunity #WritingQ

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Do you also name every character in your #WIP '____' until you finish outlining or are you normal? #WritingCommunity #Writingq #Writersky

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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I figured I'd make a 🧵for my three #YouDeservepIt pitches! #litagents, if you're interested, you can click here to see each pitch 😚

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Hello new friends! Please tell me your favourite genre tropes! I'm an absolute sucker for a twist ending. #WritingCommunity

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lit agent tasneem motala @seraphecda.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

aight y'all we're a week out and since february is SHORT, let's kick things off early 💜 BLACK HISTORY MONTH QUERIES FOR BLACK AUTHORS ARE OPEN!! submit here! link will also be on my linktree, featured in my bio #writingcommunity #blacksky #blackwriters #blackhistorymonth

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Query Tasneem Motala at The Rights Factory

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Kiffils @kiffils.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

After ages of destruction, a god approaches a jaded soldier and her team on the frontlines for help, bringing with him a revelation that could return peace between the gods and humans, but only if they can trust each other to work together and see this new mission through. #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A

An image board including a silhouette of soldiers marching, hazy mountains with temple tops poking from the forest at sunset, a pitch black sky with grey-toned trees and ground in the foreground, a silhouetted figure stretching out a hand to the camera, someone helping another up a hill eclipsed by the sun, and text; When Gods Bleed | Even gods need our help

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A grieving, pansexual teen girl comes back to her haunted home & steals a second chance with the bi boy she’s cursed to kill *if* she kisses him again💀 & is desperate to hold on to her murdered cousin’s traumatized spirit, who’s threatening to end him before the hex can. 👻 #h #ya #YouDeservepIt

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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The literary feel & longing angst of DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X SHE IS A HAUNTING 17 yo Simone is Haunted & Hexed But she’s desperate to hold on to the bi boy she’s cursed to be the death of & won’t let go of Cousin Nina’s increasingly malevolent spirit. 🖤THE TRUTH OF FEAR🖤 #YA #H #R #Q #P2Ppit

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Rachel @raeblainewrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

THE LAST BOOKSTORE ON EARTH X DUSTBORN Pure reds are expected in the labs and this pure red has a secret biological sex that could save all of humanity from the sun. But can’t a girl just fall in love with her new cannibal friend first? #YouDeservePit #Q #YA #SF

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Kamela H is trying, okay @pamela-with-a-k.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

TERMINAL CAFE + THE WIZARD OF OZ Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #YouDeservePit #A #WIP #SF #hopepunk

On a background of a cracked desert with a solitary, gnarled tree float four pictures suggestive of the ensemble cast. To the left is Eden, a wide-eyed pouting beauty who recently found out that she was designed and created in a lab. Her picture is labeled "A literal manufactured pop star." At the top is Terrah, a butch-looking Black woman sitting at a computer in sunglasses. She is labeled, "A jaded security wrangler," as she has spent much of her career doing street-tough work in spite of her considerable tech skills. To the right is a robot-looking fellow, representing Cid, an ex-military guy who chose to replace his body with a mech, and lost quite a few memories along the way. His caption says "A smart-ass full-conversion cyborg." Finally below is a skinny figure crouching in front of a laptop, wearing some kind of headset with glowing red "eyes." The prodigy hacker of the group, like all of them, is not what she seems. Her caption says, "And a cat-girl hacker." Two text boxes provide more context. The first says: "In this hollowed-out world, they thought that this was as alive as they would get." The second says, "When they cross through the sand wall into the digital jungle, they'll learn more than they bargained for about the nature of life."

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Bunika Vampire @bunikanovel.com · 24/01/2025

In 18th century Slovakia, a young widow murdered and turned to vampirism by a herbalist sect must confront their elusive leader to reclaim her humanity. THE HISTORIAN X A DOWRY OF BLOOD 🖤🦇🖤 Agent's guide included 📖 #YouDeservepIt #A #H #Q #gothic #literary #vampire #writesky #folkhorror #LGBT 🏳️‍🌈

A visual with a dark blue background and dark grey border. To the left is an image of a empty glassless black chapel window looking from below with the text "The Black Cathedral Chapter XIV" beneath it. To the right is the text
"An agent's Guide to Bunika
A Gothic Novel by S. B. L. Grant
All art and photography original."

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"Introduction
BUNIKA is an adult Gothic horror novel set in 18th century Slovakia. It combines the period elements of Kostova’s THE HISTORIAN, the queer narrative of THE GILDA STORIES and the lavish literary style of A DOWRY OF BLOOD."
To the right is a photograph of an iron ouroboros on a black door with the text "Ouroboros Door Chapter II" beneath it.

A visual with a dark grey background and dark grey border. To the left is a map which says "Horné Uhorsko (Slovakia) 1712". To the right is the text
"Pitch
February 1712
After Marika is murdered at a witchcraft trial by a herbalist sect, she awakens as neochotný - “The Unwilling” - a half human/half vampire whose nature is in constant conflict.
Fleeing to Modra Castle she becomes smitten with its heiress Ruzena, but is informed that an elusive cult leader named Bunika has orchestrated her turning.
Marika must embark on a journey across Slovakia to confront Bunika, to be reborn into humanity and live peacefully with her lover.
She must unite her conflicting nature, become stronger than she knows, or remain eternally tormented by psychological strife."

A visual with a mid blue background and dark grey border. To the left is a photograph of a castle tower under a dark grey sky with the words "Hrad Červený Kameň, Slovakia (Basis for Modra Castle) Chapter III" beneath it. To the left are the words
"For those who enjoy:
Historical Gothic romance (86k words)
Remote European settings
Traditional vampire folklore
Gritty, uncompromising horror
Strong LGBT themes
Emotional erotica
Dilemmas of identity
Layered narrative and symbolism
Shocking outcomes
Moral relevance
Re-readability and discovery"

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Avinash R. L. Hall is writing! @avinashrlhall.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

One last push for our Writer's Group! We're six-strong at the moment and we're looking to form long-lasting, trusted relationships! Please see below a bit of what we have to offer! If you're interested, please join here! Lurker-friendly! discord.gg/2HY42fDA #YouDeservepIt #WritingCommunity

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Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

After his two best friends break up, 17yo comic nerd Zach gets stuck in the middle–just like with his parents. So he dresses up as his favorite superhero to patch their relationship incognito. His plan was foolproof. Though catching feelings wasn’t part of the plan. #YouDeservepIt #YA #R #WIP

The pitch: He’s slow. He’s awkward. But he tries hard.

Comps: Shipped. Tweet Cute. Not here to stay friends

Characters: awkward comic nerd. Insecure fangirl

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Alexandra Hidalgo @the-alex-hidalgo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

When her marriage hits the rocks, an Ivy League professor, her playwright husband, and her Broadway legend mother-in-law/best friend set out to rescue their imploding family by trying to make a hit musical despite the spectacular failure of their latest collaboration. #YouDeservepIt #Q #S #WF #A

A postcard for Alexandra Hidalgo's novel "GRAND GESTURES" with red, green, and blue rectangles. The top left red rectangle has white text that reads "UPMARKET WOMEN'S FICTION" with a black silhouette of a stack of books. The top right green rectangle reads " Drama runs in the family, but can they stage their own happy ending?” The middle left blue rectangle has a black silhouette of comedy and tragedy masks. The middle right red rectangle reads "GRAND GESTURES." The bottom left green rectangle reads "COMPS" with photos of the covers for Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld, the show Gilmore Girls, and Book Lovers by Emily Henry. The bottom right blue rectangle reads " Broadway Dynasties, Cozy Academia, Family Saga, Second Chances, Latina Protagonist, Multiple Love Stories, Empathic Friendships, Three POVs" with black silhouettes of man and a woman dancing and of a woman singing on stage.

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anna is ✨editing and drafting✨ @abananna.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Find my #YouDeservepIt posts here! ✨🧵

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Sophie Cass (is agented) @scasswriting.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🖤 Imperialistic religion vs displaced nomads 🖤 Dragons misused as weapons of war 🖤 Healing from personal & political trauma 🖤 Written from MMC's POV 🖤 Agonisingly slow burn enemies-to-lovers romance "𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘍𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘴; 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘚𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘶𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴." #youdeservepit #a #wip #f

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Artie Lynn Rosefinch @alynnrosefinch.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#YouDeservePit LOVE, SIMON x LIFE IS STRANGE ❤️ Opposites Attract 🎆 D-Day is Coming? 🏳️‍🌈 Openly Bi LI x Closeted MC 🎸 Musician LI ❤️‍🩹 Anxiety + Dyscalculia Rep 📺 Nostalgic Vibes 📚 Prestigious Private School #WIP #LGBT #YA #R

A 3x3 grid of burgundy photos: an electric guitar in the grass, a torn paper that says “dream” in glitter, disco balls, a neon sign that says “I have a crush on you”, a long-haired boy in a flannel with flowers, a neon sign that says “wilder thoughts”, a library, a neon sign that says “all your heart,” and a motorcycle on a pier.

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Sam (but Ennie nominated, though) @msbsandrs.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

GIDEON THE NINTH x THIS BODY'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US A demihuman private eye and her zombie frenemy must track a magical artifact past a shape-shifting millionaire, around a drunken necromancer, and through alligator cops...unless they want to watch the world burn. #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F

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Yavanna Brouwer ✨ Writing Age of Sail Romantasy @yavannabrouwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#YouDeservepIt is done for me! It's bedtime in the NL. I'll leave you with this from book 3 in the series I pitched today: “You've become an animal,” the Admiral noted. “Close,” Melina said. She raised her blade. “I'm a beast.” Good luck pitching and thank you all! #WIP #A #F #musclemommy

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anna is ✨editing and drafting✨ @abananna.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Lucy's life turns upside down when she steals the mysterious Keyring. Now hunted by Fae assassins & aided by a ragtag group of magic creatures—the fate of the magical world now rests on her reluctant shoulders and Lucy must decide if she wants to be the hero...or not #YouDeservepIt #wip #a #f

A collage of images, starting top left and moving clockwise. A woman with dark hair, cover half her face with a scarf. A white door in the middle of a green forest. A dark horse running in a foggy field. A large school of mermaids swimming through dark waters as seen from below. Three figures in dark cloaks and hoods wearing unique golden masks. A dark hooded, cloaked figure from behind with arms outstretched. At the center, laid over a dark, stormy sky is the words 'The Witch Thief'. A brass keyring with five skeleton keys is woven through the letters.

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Eliwood S(pooky) Ghost @eliwoodsgheist.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

DRESDEN FILES X BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER While meeting her dad, Edie Grayson falls in love with his seaside town. Unfortunately, there's a dark undercurrent here. Edie has to find out: what is wrong in Bludeye Beach? 🫂Found family 💕Slowburn romance 👻Monster menagerie #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #H #F

A tourism style poster showing several bright and cheerful images of sandy beaches and people playing in the water. The bottom image is a smiling girl with big red X's over her eyes. Over the collage are the words "Welcome to Bludeye Beach", and over that text a graffiti style phrase "something is wrong in bludeye beach"

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Welcome to The Witch and the Grocer, we’ve got: • #ownvoices disability rep • unreliable narrator • butches. loads of em. • at least two actual ghosts • femme/butch • nonbinary half-satyr bff • pining. oh the pining. • a blight? i guess? • orange cat #YouDeservepIt #RF #Q #A

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Abigail is Agented @abigailwadlington.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#YouDeservepIt An agent’s guide to my YA Tangled x Anastasia cozy fantasy, THE FORGOTTEN REALM, feat: 🪻Disability and LGBTQ rep 🧚Swiss folklore ✨Found family 🎊Whimsical festivities 🐶A really cute dog Querying in March! #WIP #YA #F

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Katie Collan @kancollan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

LEGENDBORN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER Either she fulfills her family's legacy, or she dies with it. 🤸‍♀️ Badass female protagonist 💧🪨🔥🌪️ Elemental magic system 🌆 Urban fantasy in NYC 🫂 Found Family 🗡️ Magic competition 🌈 Diverse ensemble cast #Q #YA #F #YouDeservepIt

Alt text: A title card with the text "An Agent's Guide to THE WINDWALKER - Katie Collan - young adult urban fantasy 105,000 words" over a person with a red cloak standing in the middle of a grassy field.

Pitch: "When fighters start disappearing from an underground tournament, a sixteen-year-old participant with wind powers must uncover the tournament's secrets before she loses a match and shares their fate."

A mood board featuring six panels with a corresponding color palette in the center. from left to right, top to bottom: a panel divided into four to represent each of the main elements (water, earth, fire, air); a skyline view of nighttime Manhattan; a red-haired girl in front of a gritty backdrop with the caption "Jewish air user"; a dimly-lit underground tunnel with the caption "underground entrance", accentuated by an arrow pointed to the final panel; a NYC subway track with the caption "hidden in plain sight", the arrow cutting through the image; a boxing ring that depicts two people practicing punches beyond the ropes.

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Yavanna Brouwer ✨ Writing Age of Sail Romantasy @yavannabrouwer.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Roan, a selkie, is forced aboard a pirate ship. A god offers to free him if he sabotages the crew. The problem? The captain is as captivating—and dangerous—as the monsters in the sea. #LGBTQIA+ romance | action-adventure | found family #OFMD x Irish Mythology #WIP #YA #romantasy #YouDeservepIt

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John W Treviño @johnwtrevino.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

📕SIX TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED 📗CRACKED UP TO BE 📘THROWAWAY GIRLS 🔥Latina Main Character 🔥Catholic High School 🔥Enemies to Lovers 🔥Sapphic Love 🔥Mental Health Rep 🔥Passionate Sports Girl 🔥Serial Killers 🔥Love Conquers All 🔥Cooper the Corgi #YouDeservepIt #YA #Q

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Ziv @zivmontenegro.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

INTERSTELLAR meets NOPE with the emotional appeal and first alien contact of ARRIVAL (2016), & the suspense and alien hostility of FIFTH WAVE Today is 2094 & dealing with grief. What worse could possibly happen? #YouDeservePit #YA #literary #scifi #book

This isn’t real nor is it an official announcement but I like to manifest. All names are made up—they’re based on my nicknames. It will be real. Soon.

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Aaron Cole has a Book Deal! @theaaroncole.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE x PERCY JACKSON 12 y.o. Félix gets body slammed to a parallel dimension where magic is real and his recently deceased mom is alive. But when a dark force threatens his new life, he must fight to stop it before it destroys both dimensions #YouDeservepIt #MG

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

For one Prince, the road to salvation is littered with corpses, and 3 equally bloody truths. That the voice that calls to him from the dark is no stranger. That this life of hell was no accident. and that the real monster was never the beast lurking under his skin. #YouDeservepIt #agentsguide #F

An agents guide to

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Young adult fantasy

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The pitch page of the agents guide.

The king had hoped to create the perfect weapon,what he made was the kingdom’s greatest threat.

After butchering his own mother 12 years ago, XXX accursed himself to a life of isolation in an effort to protect the remnants of his shattered family.

His chance to prove himself more than a monster comes in the promise of oncoming war. But the path to redemption is littered with corpses and equally bloodied truths.

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The tropes and comps page of the agents guide

Comps are king of scars, for the wolf and cujo.

The quote “grief was a blossom in his heart - the weed had taken root throughout,”

The quote “the world here reeked of death, like the earth herself had cracked open to weep it.”

And the books tropes which are:

Redemption arcs
Fated mates
Something’s wrong with the woods
Enemies to lovers
Demigods and forest spirits
Unravelling a monarchy

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Cara Nox 🗡️🍂 is writing @cara.ink · 24/01/2025

An achillean romantasy in a post-apocalyptic world reclaimed by the fae—fae who demand sacrifices to satiate their blood lust. 🗡️🌲🍄🍂 #YouDeservePit #A #F #SF #LGBT

"Nothing comes without sacrifice" written in the center square, surrounded by a dilapidated structure in a bluish hue with trees and buildings in the background, a bright green door propped open, a run down train station in a yellowish green tint, a stagnant fountain with greenery floating in it, an aerial view of a forest, an overgrown bridge, a foggy forest, and a tile of deep green leaves.

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Angie is ✨querying✨ @angie3tomatoes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

One Dark Window x Belladonna 🏠A sentient house 💀 A deadly curse 🦌 A mythical stag with eyes like death Tayah flees to Ravensford for a fresh start, but the town’s secrets—and a charming carpenter—may ruin her before she can escape. Gothic fantasy with a feminist edge. #youdeservepit #wip #f #a

Someone or something was trying to communicate with her

Craig cliffs, gothic village, art supplies, red doors, mansion, books, misty architecture, library, Ivy covered cemetery

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KB Archer ✨is querying✨ @kbarcherwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

🕵️‍♀️ROBIN HOOD meets DEATH NOTE & IRON WIDOW 🔴 w/ editor interest! 🌟 In the ultimate feminine rage escape, a smart and fearless 17-year-old girl takes "destroy the patriarchy" a little too literally #litagents #YouDeservepIt #YA #Q #T #booksky #writingcommunity

agent's guide to JUSTICE by kb archer, YA psych thriller 73k words

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Z. T. Fairfax @ztfairfax.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

✨ DON'T LET THE FORREST IN x THE MUPPETS ✨ Dear #litagents & #Editors, My 64,000-word YA horror with surreal, subversive, and slightly grotesque elements, THE HUGGLEBEEZ, is a cross between The Muppets and fandom mascot horror (FNAF, Amazing Digital Circus, DHMIS) #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #H #Spec #T

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Amber Baird @amberbairdpdx.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

KINSHIP, a pitch-black thriller with horror elements featuring queer characters, long-lost siblings, and (of course) murder. 6 literary agents are currently reading it. Wouldn't you love to read it too? #Q #A #T #H #YoudeservepIt

Amber Baird: KINSHIP, 84k word horror-thriller agent's guide. Subversion of gothic tropes, long-lost siblings, true crime podcast, prey, family secrets, psychedelic, unhinged queer female protagonist, generational trauma, predators, meat, bears, remote California location, dark humor.

KINSHIP blurb. Megan's already trying to avoid the heat for what happened to her girlfriend's husband back in San Francisco, and now she has to help her incompetent new brother clean up a murder he commits, because that's what family's for... probably. Now if she wants to get back to her lover in one piece, she'll have to navigate her brother's taboo affections and dodge multiple suspicious parties. So much for her quiet weekend away.

KINSHIP first lines. Driving all night across the state in a part of California no one vacations in, a part that still belongs to the animals, my eyes burn for sleep. Car flanked as it is by clear paths as far as I can see, would it be so bad to let my eyes drift closed for just a moment?

KINSHIP, for fans of: Maeve Fly by CJ Leeds (surrealism), My Sister the Serial KIller by Oyinkan Braithwaite (exploration of family), A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G Summers (dark humor), Blood Sugar by Sascha Rothchild (female rage).

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Taylor Renee @taylorrenee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Would you choose immortality? #youdeservepit I present to you House of Valentine. My adult dark gothic fantasy with comparables to the Hunger Games, Interview with a Vampire and a twinge of Romeo and Juliet. Blurb, Moodboard, and journal excerpt included: #A #Q #F #amquerying #querying

A moodboard with a cozy, vintage aesthetic labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections:
1. Open books with text in a serif font, layered on each other.
2. A picturesque village nestled in a lush green valley surrounded by mountains.
3. A minimalistic green wall with a framed painting, books, and candles arranged neatly on a table.
4. A wooden bookshelf filled with old, worn books in dim lighting.
5. Close-up of antique books with leather-bound covers in shades of green and brown, with visible gold detailing on the spines.
6. A café setting with small wooden tables, coffee, pastries, and an open book resting on one of the tables.
7. Handwritten text on sepia-toned paper, evoking a sense of nostalgia.
8. A person wearing red knit fingerless gloves and a cream sweater, touching a tree trunk with an attached piece of text.

The centersquare says house of valentine mood board

A dark, moody moodboard labeled ‘House of Valentine Moodboard’ at the center in elegant cursive text. Surrounding it are nine sections:
1. A hand with clawed nails dragging across wooden floorboards, leaving deep scratches.
2. Text on a textured background that reads, ‘When Night Comes’ in a serif font.
3. A close-up of a golden, cat-like eye with a vertical slit pupil, surrounded by shadowed skin.
4. A wide-open mouth with sharp, pointed fangs
5. A grand ballroom scene filled with people in elegant historical attire, dancing beneath ornate chandeliers.
6. A hand with long, deep red nails holding a glass of dark red wine
7. The word ‘Run’ written in bold serif font on a completely black background
8. A dagger with intricate designs on the hilt resting next to a single stemmed rose and a torn piece of paper with faded text.

Writing in a old journal looking page:

"If you could live for hundreds of 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."
-- Excerpt From Soren Valentine's Journal

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 romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.
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 romantic gothic fantasy filled with sharp fangs, fragile alliances, and a slow-burn romance that will leave you breathless.

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Sophie Cass (is agented) @scasswriting.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

When Olive’s nature-loving daughter goes missing, she reluctantly accompanies a grumpy half-beast mercenary on a journey through the Wilds to find her. 🍃 Eco-horror fantasy 🍃 Dual POV mum/daughter 🍃 Love, lust, life & death 🍃 Elemental second world 🍃 Everyone is morally grey #youdeservepit #wip #a

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Beth Michaela...querying writer. @bmfwriter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

An Agent's guide to REIGN OF NIGHTMARES. 🔥Adult Romantic Fantasy 🖤Gothic ☠️Horror vibes (but make it fun) ❤️‍🔥Slow burn/forced proximity 💫Fated mates 🕷Monsters & Magic 🗡High stakes 💔Betrayals & plot twists 💞Found family 🌈Diverse ensemble cast #YouDeservepIt #Q #A #F #RF

Mood board
Dark, Gothic, monsters, magic, villians, fated mates

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Liza Libes @pensandpoison.org · 24/01/2025

SUCCESSION X THE BELL JAR Following the suicide of her sales agent Rebecca Solomon, New York CEO Cassandra Feuerbach becomes entangled in the hypocrisies of the New York elite as she uncovers a controversial social experiment that took Rebecca's life. #UA #Q #A #YouDeservepIt

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Emma Liz @1storyteller.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Meet Lana, Chosen 1 of 4 Lana always knew she was special, so wasn’t surprised when she found out she was the Chosen One. Then she encounters 3 more heroes on the same quest. Can she learn to work with them before an earthquake destroys their homes? #YouDeservepIt #Q #mg #F

A series of grid panels. Left to right, top to bottom: A black outline of a dragon on a red background, a tree on a blue background, a gold crown on a purple background, a green backpack on a yellow background, a gold crystal on a black background, black text on a beige background that reads “I might have made things harder than they needed to be”, to cliffs with a gap between them showing the sky, a silhouette of a girl on the ground holding her knees with her head down on a dark red fading to far blue background, a dirt path through a forest, four hands with different skin tones clasping at the wrist on a purple background, a silhouette of a girl shorting an arrow toward the top corner (where the dragon is) on a purple background.

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Isaac ⚔ Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Gay crimes! Trans wrongs! Enemies to enemies! My #YA (?) #swashbuckler #WIP for #YouDeservepIt imagines us in the playground of a colorful, heightened past. Can one defeat the patriarchs with the very weapons of masculinity? Well, one angry trans boy can sure try stabbing them a lot.

"L'entrée du prince de Ligne à Londres 1660", painted by François Duchatel in 1660, depicting the arrival of a great procession of ambassadors walking in fine clothes and riding in coaches, watched by a huge crowd of Londoners.
Text over it reads:
THE DUEL IN 1660: a queer swashbuckling farce.

"The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, may 24 1660" by Lieve Verschuier, showing many ships with the Flag of Holland/States Flag. The grand ship bearing Charles II has his royal arms carven on the stern.
Text over it reads:
England, 1660: the restoration of the monarchy. In Charles II's triumphant wake, a Royalist family quietly returns, but not with their single daughter—instead, with their single son.
15-year-old Alexander—vain, hot-tempered, and warm of heart—expects to strut in as an aristocratic peacock. But when his ambitions are frustrated, he's sucked instead into intrigues of questionable honour and forced to reckon with what it really means to be a man.

"Man Writing a Letter" by Gabriël Metsu, painted around 1665. A Dutch young man, beautiful and androgynous with long blond hair, wears black doublet, breeches, and stockings and a luxurious white shirt and falling band. His expression is tranquil and far-off as he writes a letter on a table draped with an imported carpet.
Text over it reads:
Pray enjoy this tempest in a teapot, crafted of the purest tropes and set in the Age of the Rakehells, featuring:
glamour and grime of 17th century Westminster.
goofy action punctuated by primal screams of rage.
problematic characters for miles.
petticoat breeches parkour.
queer mentorship.
romantic friendship (or maybe 'tis just gay, oops).
boys who cry. a lot.
and somehow, everything turning out all right in the end.

Detail of "View from the Mussel Pier in Amsterdam", painted by Ludolf Bakhuizen in 1673, showing a peaceful sky over a ship with two gulls.
Text over it reads:
Alexander stood at the edge of the deck, one hand clutching the railing, the other fastened tight on the brim of his hat as he leaned out over the waves. He was not much afraid of falling in, though he had never swum anything choppier than a pond. Rather, he was afraid that his Acadian fur hat, the most expensive for sale in the shop on the Kalverstraat, might fly off his small crown and flap with its feathers all the way to water—which, like the sky, could not quite decide between blue and grey.
There was no one to see him aside from the sailors and now Klein, climbing up from below. Still, he had meticulously dressed that morning, down to every last ribbon. He’d had a very specific vision of himself when the suit was being ordered: the azure he’d picked was not just brighter than everything around him on the fluyt but even the true sky itself, and he sparkled with silver, when the wind tugged his doublet and loose breeches, and gold, when the little light managed to catch on his sword’s hilt.
It was imperative, one must understand, that he look extremely stylish doing battle, should pirates suddenly appear to satisfy his fantasies. And indeed, at fifteen, he thought himself quite the dashing young man—not the boy he was.

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Patricia Stover @patriciastover.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#W #YA #H #UA #YouDeservepIt Stranger Things meets IT meets Species. There’s a mystery in Locust Creek. Girls are missing. But who or what is taking them? When Star’s best friend/crush is murdered, she decides to investigate. But what she finds isn’t human. #QueerProtagonist #Feminist #Southern #80s

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Arien Skye is querying @arienskyewrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Posting my agent guide for #youdeservepit today!

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