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@bernawrites.bsky.social
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Rom-com writer. Runs on coffee and spite. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Congratulations to all the #revpit winners. Go make your book babies shine 💝
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
I stand by it 😂😭 #revpit morning, the right one this time.
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
We wrote a book. Maybe multiple books. How freaking cool is that?!? #revpit #revpitwaiting
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
What also sucks is that #revpit day is tomorrow, not today 😂😂😂🫣
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Living in Europe suuuuuuucks on #revpit morning
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Alt: a woman wearing a white bracelet and rings holds her head in her hands
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
My writing friends, Oli, Berkeley, Jane, Valle, Jenee, Sarah, Lexi, Arien and all that I've forgotten right now. The writing community is the best 💕 Also a big thank you to the editors and organizers of #revpit!
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I like to outline by hand, free thoughts need to have the room to bloom all over the page in big, bold, sprawling letters. From there we go to a typed one, a detailed one, and it grows from there. But each story has its own notebook to fill with ideas, quotes and pictures. #revpit #revpitwaiting
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
One last vote, one last battle. Who will get bragging rights? This is one pair of bangin' titles that made it here to the end. - Macarons and Monsters - The Tide Calls for Traitors Cast your vote here: forms.gle/j7DmT47zzkkL... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026
RevPit title bracket 2026 edition. www.reviseresub.com
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
And here's round 30, our second last round. HOW DO WE CHOOSE? ⦁ Maybe Today, Satan ⦁ The Tide Calls for Traitors Cast your vote here: forms.gle/9JY7Cex65QuB... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026
RevPit Title Bracket 2026 Edition. The final four titles are "I still Dream in Indigo," "Macarons and Monsters," "Maybe Today, Satan," and The Tide Calls for Traitors."
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
*Squeal* 💕 #revpitbracket2026
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Very authorly
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Round 27! We're getting closer to our final four. Pick your favourite between: ⦁ Maybe Today, Satan ⦁ Fine Means Stop Asking Cast your vote here: forms.gle/stm4SCnjLgjh... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026
Bracket with "Maybe Today, Satan" and "Fine Means Stop Asking" circled in red.
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I'll admit, they are leftovers from #unhingedpit 😁 #MaybeTodaySatan #revpit #revpitwaiting
A meme showing a dialogue between Satan and a girlA couple of lycans, he asks her: ovulating all by yourself, beautiful?
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Yay! 💕
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Spoiler: The Grim Reaper kinda spoiled the moment. #MaybeTodaySatan #revpitwaiting #revpit
A quote from Maybe Today, Satan
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Round 21 of the title bracket: ⦁ The Necromancer's Wife ⦁ Maybe Today, Satan Cast your vote here: forms.gle/69TNxzk1j2Jx... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026
A bracket with room for 32 entries. RevPit Title Bracket: 2026 Edition. www.reviseresub.com
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Moving on in the bracket from rounds 9-12, we have: The Necromancer's Wife Maybe Today, Satan Fine Means Stop Asking The Vampire Always Bites Twice Congrats! These were some close votes. #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026
RevPit 2026 bracket, rounds 9-12 winners.
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I know I shouldn't, but I couldn't stop myself: I'm working on the second part of the Underworld-series with Definitely Today, Miss Satan. This time, Hell has a housing crisis. #revpit #revpitwaiting
A pitch card of Definitely Today, Miss Satan
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Please let it be #RevPit 🤞🏼🧿
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Meet Mau, who 12 years ago entered through the open balcony door and just never left. And since this is still #revpitwaiting, meet Cerberus, Rory's pet hellhound from Maybe Today, Satan 😍 #revpit
A cat on a deskA three-headed dog
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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Round 10 of the title bracket! Which one's your favourite? - Maybe Today, Satan - The Henry Haters Cast your vote here: forms.gle/49NRUZS94F6o... #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #RevPitBracket2026
A bracket with room for 32 entries: the first 20 are filled out. RevPit Title Bracket: 2026 Edition. www.reviseresub.com
Close up of a bracket: Maybe Today, Satan vs. The Henry Haters
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
My MCs in "Maybe Today, Satan" each have their own theme song Poppy: Leith - To Hell With You 💕 Rory: Hozier - NFWMB 😠 #RevPitWaiting #RevPit
Pic of a couple kissing, an audio player playing NFWMB by Hozier
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
#revpitwaiting #revpit
Ten books to get to know me. #revpitwaiting #revpit
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This excerpt from Maybe Today, Satan 🥰 How exactly do you flirt with the Lord of the Underworld? #revpitwaiting #revpit
An excerpt from Maybe Today Satan #revpit
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Maybe Today, Satan - the fluffiest version of Hell you'll ever get to read. #RevPitWaiting #RevPit
A collage with pictures of a man, a woman, twin sisters, a three-headed dog, the grim reaper giving forehead kisses and Magnum A collage with a two couples kissing/hugging, pet animals, pictures of heaven and hellA mockup movie poster for Maybe Today, Satan with a couple in front of lava
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Maybe Today, Satan - DUAL POV Meet POPPY, a shy pet zoo keeper who accidentally finds herself in Hell, where she meets RORY, the Lord of the Underworld, and secret cinnamon roll 😍 #revpitWaiting #RevPit
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Entered #revpit with Maybe Today, Satan. Let's gooo 🤞🏼🧿
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Mel Reynard @meljrey.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
JASAD HEIR/GODKILLER 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. #QuestPit #F #Q #A
A photo of a dark haired woman in the jungle. Title: An Agent/Reader Guide to The Breath of SIlence - A fantasy novel by M J ReynardA rainforest photo with the following text:
The Pitch
In a world where magic is forbidden, an outcast shifter & a broken soldier form a fragile alliance to smuggle a relic, but as betrayal leads to murder, they must stop a vengeful sorceress or lose all magic – forever! 
The Breath of SIlence by M J ReynardIllustrations of a POC woman in leather armour and a Caucasian man in a Regency style shirt and coat with brown hair.
The following quotes:
"He's a liar!"
"She's hiding something."
City in the sky!
Changelings & sorcerors
Magical Prejudice
Fish out of water
Two slow burn romances!
Immortals & Reincarnates
Dragons vs Tigers
The Breath of SIlence by M J ReynardA photo of a rainforest with the Title "Comps":
A Feather so Black - magical woman in a non-magical world
The Last Vigilant - A broken man with a life debt
The Jasad Heir - Forbidden magic
The Bone Shard War - life & death battles & creatures
One Dark Window - slow burn sub plots & immersive
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Millie Sun @milliesun.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
A Song to Drown Rivers meets How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days in LADY HAN'S MANUAL FOR MATRIMONIAL MAYHEM, in which the mischievous bride fights for divorce with chaos: 😈 unlikeable heroine ⚔️ enemies-to-lovers 💑 marriage of convenience 👑 political intrigue #questpit #A #RF #W (line editing for #Q soon!)
Agent's guide to Lady Han's Manual for Matrimonial Mayhem: 89K Adult Fantasy Romcom with low spicePitch: What can a girl do to escape an arranged marriage, but to prank her husband to hell and back in the hopes that he will divorce her?

In the Dazhen Empire, twenty-year-old Wen Anling’s comfortable life is turned upside down when her father forces her to marry Han Shiyan, the wealthy Lord of Qinglan. In a desperate bid for freedom, Anling fights chaos with chaos, by transforming herself into the nastiest wife possible.

Shiyan only married Anling to honour his mother’s dying wish. Had he known his new wife would send his simple life straight to mayhem, he would have thrown honour out the nearest window. But when his wife continues to get under his skin, he cannot help but grow intrigued by her eccentric nature—once he sees her irritating antics as what they truly are: harmless.

In the face of deadly threats, Anling must embrace her role as Lady Han and turn her cunning mind to their common enemies, or grab the freedom offered to her and watch the empire fall.Comps: The Darkness Within Us, A Song to Drown Rivers, How to Lose a Guy in 10 DaysExtract: Shiyan’s eyes widened for a heartbeat before he forced composure back onto his features. Her face was powdered with a thick layer of white, as if she had simply dunked it into a bowl of flour. Her bright red lip-paint smudged at the edges and… Heavens forbid women dab their cheeks with uneven blobs of pink.

Even the most senile and stern of his guests held their hands to their stomachs, straining to hold back fits of laughter. He would have gladly joined them, too, if he wasn’t the one with the honour of marrying this… this… buffoon.

He swallowed and recited the wise sayings of his forefathers: one should not judge a book by its cover; a woman’s beauty runs deeper than appearances; virtues are lasting while beauty is fleeting.

Oh, to hell with wise sayings.
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Soph @soph-pl.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
A sensible summer student begins a passionate, no-strings fling with her single-dad host in laid-back, leafy post-Cold War Berlin. But when love intrudes and summer ends, they face an impossible choice: give up career and duty… or each other. #Questpit #Q #A #R #RF
Moodboard. Center photo: A man and woman embracing (design by Freepik, freepik.com), overlaid with the word "romance". Surrounding it are 8 squares, arranged clockwise: 1. The word "heartfelt" on a grey background; 2. A street sign reading "Pariser Platz“ in front of the Brandenburg Gate (photo by Dietmar Rabich, 2013-11-23, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed); 3. The word "spicy" on a black background; 4. Wannsee beach (photo by Asif Masimov, 2018-04-22, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en); 5. The word "destination" on a white background; 6.  A DJ playing at the Tresor nightclub (photo by Angie Linder, 2015-08-20, licensed under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en); 7. The word "retro" on a black background; 8. A young boy sitting cross-legged and looking up (photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash)Moodboard. Background image: Berlin Victory Column (photo by Robert | Visual Diary | Berlin on Unsplash). Includes: Before Sunrise movie poster; Every Summer After (Carley Fortune) book cover; Heartless (Elsie Silver) book cover; Kilt Trip (Alexandra Kiley) book cover. Keywords: slow burn; friends to lovers; heartfelt; multicultural; '90s retro; spicy chemistry; single dad; forced proximity; destination romanceMoodboard. Background image: Berlin Victory Column (photo by Robert | Visual Diary | Berlin on Unsplash). Includes: Before Sunrise movie poster; Every Summer After (Carley Fortune) book cover; Heartless (Elsie Silver) book cover; Kilt Trip (Alexandra Kiley) book cover. Keywords: slow burn; friends to lovers; heartfelt; multicultural; '90s retro; spicy chemistry; single dad; forced proximity; destination romance
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN x AWGtFDAD Sometimes, hell is exactly where you want to be. Especially if the Lord of the Underworld worships the ground you and your twelve goats walk on. No wonder you'd go up against anyone to stay - even God and her stupid bingo nights. #questpit #q #MaybeTodaySatan
A collage of lava, a man, a woman, a couple out of focus kissing and the grim reaper
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Hallie Christensen | Author @halliechriswrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
If Gilmore Girls had magic… Studio Ghibli meets Anne of Green Gables Winnie, a 12-year-old magicless witch, hopes that spending the summer in her Nana's cozy small town will help her get through a recent family loss, find her voice, and discover her special magic. #QuestPit #MG #F #Cozy #OS
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Charlene Groome @charlenegroome.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
When a last-minute assignment takes her to an ex-boyfriend‘s brother‘s cottage for her interior design expertise, the job could lead to a promotion she desperately needs, but her secret of being a single mom might jeopardize her future with the man she’s always wanted. #QuestPit #R #Q
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Hallie Christensen | Author @halliechriswrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
SMALL SPACES x GRAVITY FALLS Maddie & her friends want to enjoy the fair & eat fried Oreos, not see a ghost in the carousel mirror & be cursed. Now terrifying things are happening. If they don’t solve the mystery & break the curse, it might just break them. #questpit #MG #PR #MY #AG
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Sara Duran ✨is AGENTED✨ @saraduran.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I’m excited to share this #pitchcard for THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, and JOHN, the YA fantasy novel I #amquerying, feat: 🏴‍☠️ LGBTQIA+ rep 👑 non-western setting 🌸 anti-colonial lens 🏴‍☠️ girls w/ swords 👑 besties-to-lovers 🌸 friendship > everything #QuestPit #YA #F #LGBT #Q
A pitch card for YA fantasy The Pirate, The Princess, and John by @saraduranauthor, marked “Now Querying” with a gold star noting “5 full requests and counting.” The book is a standalone, complete at 82,000 words.
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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections:

1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads:
"How much would you pay to die with a smile?"
The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background.


2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word.


3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom, in smaller capital letters, it says:
"A Novel by B VAN BODEGOM"
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BB Lorik (writing SFF 💀📖) @authorbblorik.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#QuestPit #A #FR Assistant to the Villain X Nightmare Before Christmas Dark times are upon Narissa’s charming town, with the Snow Queen’s antics freezing the economy, but a clumsy debut Overlord is about to change all that—IF Narissa can rally the townsfolk to believe in him
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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing
Agent guide for I Am Chosen, M/M paranormal romance. The picture is of a fiery orange and purple sunset over a highway. Photography and story by Dawn Berkoski 
Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance. From the top left, a glass of aged scotch surrounded by butterscotch candies, a CEO standing in a high rise office, staring out a window, a giant hotel clock surrounded by Christmas decor, a photo of art depicting demons rising from hell, a sunset with black, billowy clouds hovering over an orange stripe, a dirty cement staircase near a darkened entrance, and the city of London as viewed from the river. Photography, except the man, by Dawn BerkoskiPhoto of a vibrant sunset over a graveyard as seen from the window of a fast moving vehicle. 
It reads: PITCH:

IN A WORLD CONTROLLED BY CORPORATE VAMPIRES, TWO MEN STRUGGLE FOR AUTONOMY. WILL A CHANCE MEETING
LEAD THEM TO FREEDOM, OR A WEB OF SUBTERFUGE, WHERE EVERY THREAD BRINGS A MONSTER OFFERING DEATH OR PERMANTENT CONFINEMENT?

Photo by Dawn Berkoski Book vibes are all about the feel of the writing, setting, and story. 

The Blue Blood Series by Melissa de la Cruz Is used to represent the wealthy elite vampires living in New York, the fish out of water trope, dark secrets, and others.

The Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice is used to represent young vampires rebelling against old rules and customs. Travel and setting also play a role. A plot point was inspired by the novel. 

Yakuza, Japan’s Criminal Underworld by David Kaplan and Alec Dubro, is used to represent some of the vampire rivals business practices. It plays a role in the series arch. 

Photography at the bottom: A dark cement staircase and photo of the London Eye by Dawn Berkoski
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Trinity🪞is querying🪞 @trinitywrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
BLADE RUNNER x THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER Lonely hacker Renaya must help a kind android boy recover his memories so she can solve her father's murder - before those behind it get to her first. #questpit #Q #YA #SF
Black and gray background of the inside of a circuit board. Metal Bones, Plastic Heart. YA sci-fi, 85,000 words. 
White arrows point to the following:
Slow-burn romance
Dark cyberpunk vibes
Fast-paced plot
Grumpy x sunshine
Cast of messy, loveable teens
What does it mean to be human?
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Cordelia likes people, photography & observing Nate making cocktails. Nate hates everything, especially his sweet regular Cordy. But when his boss tasks them with creating a new cocktail menu, things get shaky, feelings get mixed, & everybody is craving a drink #questpit #rc #wip
A collage with a cocktail menu, a man and a woman, a girl with a camera, a man pinning a woman against the wall and kissing her and some wine bottles. #questpit
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Jenee Dutary @jeneedutary.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
My vaguely vague era is now over. I am thrilled to announce that my book baby, FIRE AND DEATH, will be published by ✨ Alex Parker Publishing ✨ in Oct ‘26 Oh. And the rest of the series 😉 alexparkerpublishing.com/blogs/news/d...
alexparkerpublishing.com
Deal Announcement: Fire and Water Series by Jenee Dutary
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Jenee Dutary’s Fire and Water series, a new young adult contemporary fantasy that will span three to four books. This captivating series brings together ...
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“You look very handsome today,” I said, taking in Death’s formidable form at my door. The black t-shirt hugged his bulky body, and the leather jacket was just tight enough to make me wish I was a dead cow hanging over his broad shoulders. #Joypit #SatanWip2 #RC #RF
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Boundaries, dude.
A black cat.
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Oh to be a cat on a table in the sunshine
a cat on a table in the sunshine
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
The cat and I going through all the awesome movie posters of #posterpit. What a fun, creative event! Thanks, @posterpit.bsky.social And thanks to everybody for the love on my pitches 🥹🌸
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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Gabriel is a witch. Sage isn't. Sure he's suspicious when the cute con-artist opens up a magic shop next to his apothecary. But when she's accused of murder through love potion, he reluctantly comes to her aid. How to catch a killer, when magic is in the air? #posterpit #wip
A witch in a gazebo. Title: Sage Against the Machine #posterpit #posterpitw
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