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𝐔𝐧𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Carie Juettner @cariejuettner.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

✅ kid sticks a paperclip in his eye ✅ kid puts on clown makeup during my lesson ✅ the mascot has ringworm ✅ crazy parents, covid, weird lost & found All this and more in... Twenty Years in the 7th Grade: A Memoir Told in Haiku (Mostly) #haiku #memoir #teachers #humor #nonfiction #UnhingedPit #Q

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Juniper Woodbury @juniperwoodbury.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Glowing feedback from a critique partner regarding my MC, a feral-girl goddess trapped in a human body ✨ “she is quite unlikable (sorry)” 💕 “she’s so mean!” 🔪 “I was especially upset when she had Elias chop off his hand” 😇 “everyone is mean” #UnhingedPit #A #F #R #Q

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ALT: a man in chain mail is screaming with the words no mercy written below him

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KatherineMcRea @listentomelovelett.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Jack only had to wait TEN YEARS for her NBD. Bonus points for accuracy in the British countryside vibes. #amquerying yolo #UnhingedPit #R #romystery

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Pamela Jeong 🫜💙🧡 @pamelajeong.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

One of the clearest pitches I’ve come up with, tbh 🤣 Just sprinkle on a little dystopian fairy dust and a pinch of grounded magic, and we’re set! #UnhingedPit #F #SFF #CS #BIPOC Agent’s guide to THE BOOKMAKER OF PELLMELL in my pinned post ✌️

Venn diagram with three circles:

Top circle - The Bookmaker of Pellmell (my book!)
Left circle - Batman
Right circle - Helena Bonham Carter

Top-left overlap - love/hate vibes for their city
Top-right overlap - Fight Club
Left-right overlap - wears a lot of black
Center overlap - can’t resist a dark FMC

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Groundhog Day+Eternal Sunshine Ocher's killer has trapped her in a time loop and only partnering with a handsome detective can free her. The problem with that is they're falling in love, but he can't remember her from loop to loop. #questpit #a #t #Q

An Agent's Guide to Mortally Coiled, a time loop thriller with fantasy elements.

The pitch: Ocher's life resets every time her killer catches her. No matter what she does, he finds her and sends her back to the first night she died. But she's falling in love with the detective helping her, and she must escape before their relationship is erased.

Tropes: time loop, violence isn't the answer...or is it, how far would you go to save the ones you love, bittersweet romance.

The comps: A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen, Happy Death Day, Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The bluesky debut of my #agentsguide to Mortally Coiled, a time loop thriller. Very excited to be getting this through betas and to querying soon!

The pitch: Ocher's life resets every time her killer catches her. No matter what she does, he finds her and sends her back to the first night she died. She's falling in love with the detective helping her, and she must escape before their relationship is erased.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

The bluesky debut of my #agentsguide to Mortally Coiled, a time loop thriller. Very excited to be getting this through betas and to querying soon!

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Happy Death Day+Eternal Sunshine Ocher's murderer has trapped her in a time loop and only partnering with a handsome detective can free her. But she's falling in love with him, and she must escape before the killer erases their relationship. #questpit #w #a #t

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Ocher's life resets every time her killer catches her. No matter what she does, he finds her and sends her back to the first night she died. But she's falling in love with the detective helping her, and she must escape before their relationship is erased. #questpit #w #a #t

Collage of photos: hands holding bloody pieces of glass, a lunar eclipse, a red exit sign, a woman and two children hugging (blurry), an hourglass in front of a red background, the silhouette of a man and woman in front of a door. Included are the words "together forever."

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

You guys I really wanted to hang around and support all you lovely writers also pitching today, but work is literally exploding. I'll come back later!

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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

THE RIVER HAS TEETH BUT IT'S CALIFORNIA IN 1988 AND THE MAIN CHARACTER IS TRANS #questpit #Q #A with #YA crossover potential #h #r

an agent's guide to saltwater in their veins. the background is of the ocean and a lighthouse, with a purple sky behind it. this is the background for the rest of the images, too.

the pitch: in 1977, ash st. jude drowned. he was dead for two minutes, until a whale-shaped ocean god saved his life. it's 1988 now, and for the past eleven years, he's heard its constant chanting in the back of his back. Its blessing allows him a glimpse into the future, where the ocean has flooded the world. only he and the girl with the golden eyes, who he's only ever met in his dreams, will survive.

for fans of: the raven cycle. 80s glam metal. donnie darko. the river has teeth. my dearest darkest. california gothic. the lighthouse. summer sons.

themes & tropes: faith vs free will. coming of age and self-discovery. small town, big trouble. found family. mental health rep and queer rep. prophetic dreams.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Reminder to comment on that art post or fanfic, and drop a review of that book. Telling creatives what you think, even if it’s just a one line sentence, truly does make a difference! And I don’t just mean ‘engagement’. I mean it will make their day. Tell someone when you love their work 🤍

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Vanessa Grossmann @vanessagrossmann.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Suffolk was living her best solitary, curmudgeonly life until she found a fey orphan beside the corpse of his murdered mother. She’s now on the run, dodging government agents and assorted eldritch horrors, but she has never once regretted her decision to keep him safe‬. #YouDeservePit #A #F #WIP

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Lily Bryce writes regency murder mysteries set in Brighton @lilybryce.com · 24/01/2025

Dear #litagents let me introduce you to Lovelace 1 Fighting injustice to restore her name, a lady detective is faced with a horrible decision: catch the culprit who killed a cruel man or turn a blind eye ... 🕰️ 1824 🕵🏻‍♀️ Lady detective 🌊 seaside town 🔪 revenge? #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #M #HF

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Alex Is Writing @alexfromawen.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

FOREVER IS A VERY LONG TIME ⚔️Enemies to Lovers 🏳️‍🌈Butch/Femme Pairing 🏳️‍⚧️Non-binary & Trans Rep 😡Vengeance Era Women 💀Flirting Thru Decapitation 🏴‍☠️So Many Gay Pirates 🩸Blood Drinking As Eating Your Feelings 💔Broken (Stabbed) Heart 🧜‍♀️Mer-folk Will Eat You 🫂Hurt & Comfort #YouDeservepIt #WIP #A #F #H

FOREVER IS A VERY LONG TIME
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‘All children, except one, grow up.’ That is how the classic line goes.
When I was nineteen-years-old, however, I learned the tragic lesson that that wasn’t always the case.
Disease ruthlessly ravages innocent lives, while famine mercilessly snatches away their dreams. Violence lurks within the depths of strangers' hearts or, more tragically, a family member’s. And let us not forget the sheer cruelty of random happenstance, which has regularly inflicted its unspeakable horrors upon them. Throughout the annals of time, no demographic has endured more anguish and torment than those innocents who never had the chance to experience the complexities of growing up.
And amidst this unfathomable sorrow, for longer than our history can even dare to measure, there has existed the enigma of Pan, the taker of children…my tormentor…
Artwork from Peter & Wendy (1911 ed.) by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by F.D. Bedford

An all natural product guide to Gwen Dale, main character #1 of ‘Forever is a Very Long Time’ a sapphic dark fantasy/horror reimagining of Peter & Wendy.
When Gwen was a girl called Wendy Darling, she met someone who promised her freedom and love, and all it cost her was her humanity and everyone she ever loved. A century later, she’s trying to claw some of it back thanks to a 15yo named Mona, who’s awakened a long lost sense of family.
Locations: London to Neverland to London to Vancouver to Neveland to ???
How She Got Like This: 1. Was born Wendy Darling, older sister to John & Michael. At 12, met a magical being called Peter Pan.
2. Was made a blooddrinking immortal at 19 by Pan to keep her from growing up. Her first victim? Her fiancé Archie.
3. Fled Neverland and spent more than 100 years watching over the descendents of her brother John, always remaining apart.
4. Unexpectedly became the sole guardian of her great niece, Mona, reminding her of family. Then Pan returned and took her.
Ingredients: Grey Morality, Generational Trauma, Bloodlust, Neurodivergent, Patchwork Heart, Regret, Unexpected Maternal Streak, Bisexual Disaster, Does She Want to Kill or Kiss the Infuriatingly Beautiful Pirate Captain?

GWEN DALE
~Natural Ingredients~
Aged 134 Years

An all natural product guide to Capt Hook, main character #2 of ‘Forever is a Very Long Time’ a sapphic dark fantasy/horror reimagining of Peter & Wendy.
When Capt Hook was a girl called Rosie, she met someone who promised her adventure, and all it cost her was her family and sense of security. After twenty years of fighting monsters shaped like children, this pirate captain is running out of steam, until her long-time nemesis gives her an ultimatum she can’t refuse.
Location: Neverland. Around and around and around again...will it ever stop...?
How She Got Like This: 1. Was born the youngest of 3 in Canada to Haitian immigrants. Was known as a tomboy and troublemaker.
2. Taken to Neverland as a teen by Pan & nearly turned until she was rescued by the crew of the Jolly Roger. Became a pirate.
3. Worked her way up to Captain through guile, swagger & determination. She became Pan’s fave nemesis/playmate.
4. At 33 she’s feeling burnt out, wondering how long she can do this. Then she’s reminded of family, lost 20 years earlier...
Ingredients: Swagger & Smugness, ‘Doesn’t Do Feelings’, Different Girl Every Night, Complex PTSD, Isolated by Command, Burnout, Will Shoot a MF, Should Kill The Monster She Just Met...So Why Does She Want To Kiss Her?

Captain Hook
~Natural Ingredients~
Aged 33 Years

Comps & Tropes:
The cover of the first edition of Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie x the cover for S.T. Gibson's An Education in Malice.
Underneath is written:
*Wendy Darling (but not how you remember her)
*Captain Hook (but she's a masc lesbian)
*Non-binary Peter Pan
*What happened after...
*Pirate Disaster Gays
*Dark Reimagining
*Spicy Sapphics
*Dual POV
*Enemies to Lovers
*Vampires (Pan-pires?)
*Hurt & Comfort
*Generational Trauma
*Found Family
Artwork from Peter & Wendy (1911 ed.) by J.M. Barrie, illustrated by F.D. Bedford

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T.N. Lee (she/her) @authort-lee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Whale x Outlander A failed scholar-turned-florist is suddenly reborn as a noble in an alternate ancient East Asia. Having no romance nor accomplishments in his 1st life, he now seeks simple love & comfort despite familial obligations & a curse to harm loved ones. #A #WIP #Up #Spec #R #YouDeservepIt

This is a 2x3 moodboard. All pictures have lines that align together to help them flow more into each other and seem more connected. On the left are darker, warm-tinted modern scenes featuring a young man with his arms crossed in a field, a locked rusty door, and a street. On the right are lighter, cool-tinted ancient scenes featuring a young woman delicately embracing flowers, a closeup of a slightly ajar ancient paper door, and a traditional walled cityscape

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

An #agentsguide to Baking Your Heart Out, a Sapphic Christmas story--like if you mixed Bake-Off with Hallmark and lesbians #youdeservepit #uw #q #a #r #lgbt

Background for all following pictures: light green background with Christmas trees, a tray of cookies, a gingerbread house, and two women (all illustrated). Text: an agents guide to "Baking Your Heart Out" by Bethany Perry, sapphic adult contemporary romance 62k words.

The pitch: Angela and Starr just met and they're already bitter rivals in a sweet Christmas Bake-Off. Angela's reputation and Starr's business are on the line, yet only one can win the competition. What they didn't bet on was losing their hearts instead.

Tropes: Bake-Off, celebrity judge, the dreaded ex, queer af, Christmas

The comps: Jack and Frost Bake Off, Love and Other Disasters, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. For adults who enjoy sweet queer romance, baking, and Christmas.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Trans rights are human rights

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

An #agentsguide to Baking Your Heart Out, a Sapphic Christmas story--like if you mixed Bake-Off with Hallmark and lesbians #P2Ppit #uw #q #a #r #lgbt

The comps: Jack and Frost Bake Off, Love and Other Disasters, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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Amelia @ameliagthorn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

The Dying Religion No one expected orphans to survive the war meant to end magic, let alone win it. Victory’s cost? The death of their God. When war returns, intent on slaughtering the remaining gods, the boys raised as Holy-War cannon-fodder must decide if they’re worth saving. #P2Ppit #f #UW

An aesthetic divided into 8 diagonal parts, at the centre on a black box is the quote “do you know what it costs to be loved by a god?”

The images are as follows, described from top left and following around in a clockwise manner,
- a man crouched to the ground, covering his ears.
- a dragon setting ablaze a town
- a man struck through the chest by lightning
- a ship afloat on the waters, on fire
- an army split down the middle to create a path
- an eye with fire burning in place of the iris
- a volcanic erupting
- old, rusted clocks

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Ceci Li @writerceci.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

It’s Only Me, a YA contemporary romance: Raised by her strict Tiger Mom, Maggie Wang fake-dates the hockey team grump to make her crush jealous, only to fall for the wrong guy and risk breaking all her mom’s rules. #P2Ppit #UW #Q #YA #R #C #ComingOfAge #bipoc #writingcommunity #amquerying

Nathan listening to music with eyes closed. Kindness rocks. Maggie falling asleep studying. Nathan playing hockey. Nathan kissing Maggie’s hair. Rose bouquet. Nathan cooking. Bunny hugging teddy bear. Thanksgiving feast. Blue Monster ice cream. Nathan and Maggie hugging. Maggie playing keyboard. Preschool. Nathan and Maggie skating.

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✨💜 king 💜✨ @king-reinhardt.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

An #agentsguide to Saltwater in Their Veins THE RIVER HAS TEETH BUT IT'S CALIFORNIA IN 1988 💙✨Urban romantasy with horror elements✨💙 #P2PPit #UW #W #A with #YA crossover potential

an agent's guide to saltwater in their veins. the background is a lighthouse against a starry purple sky

for fans of: the raven cycle, donnie darko, my dearest darkest, the lighthouse, 80s glam metal, the river has teeth, california gothic, summer sons

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES+QUEER HALLMARK Angela and Starr just met and they're already bitter rivals in a sweet Christmas bake-off. With Angela's reputation and Starr's business on the line, one must lose the competition, but both will lose their hearts. #P2Ppit #uw #q #a #lgbt #R

Photo collage, top L clockwise: a woman holding a red mug too her lips, a plate of cookies, a woman blowing snow out of her cupped hands, another plate of cookies, a snowy town square.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Man y'all I started to enjoy it here but then all the people moved from Twitter and a bunch of scammers showed up and now it's not really much better than Twitter. In fact there's more politics in my feed here than there. Sad face.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I've been fighting an idea from taking over but against my wishes, my brain has been working on it in the background and now it has a mood board lmao

Photo collage, top left clockwise: hands holding bloody glass, blood moon, red exit sign, blurry image of a woman with two small children, an hourglass with a red background, the silhouette of a man and woman in front of a door, with a red overlaid streak running down from the top. The words are "together forever."

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

My 2024 in writing: January: published a book March: published a short story in a collection April-December: did a little craft reading and started 2 projects (about one chapter each) That's all, that's been my year

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 10/12/2024

Scam alert: A scammer has created a fake Irene Goodman Literary Agency website (irenegoodman.org - the real agency site is at irenegoodman . com) & is impersonating a former IGLA agent with fake publishing contract offers requiring large upfront fees

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LITERARY AGENCY

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Angela and Starr just met and they're already bitter rivals in a sweet Christmas bake-off. Angela's reputation and Starr's business are on the line, yet only one can win the competition. What they didn't bet on was losing their hearts instead. #cheerpit #a #r

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I was ill-prepared for #cheerpit so I'm just posting what I have! Happy holidays from my Christmas romance! Angela and Starr both love baking Christmas treats and losing Whamageddon. If they weren't competing in a bake-off, they'd be perfect for each other. #a #r

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Lexa's looking for the find of a lifetime, the treasure that'll set her up to retire. But she sold its key and getting it back is the just the start of her problems. Indiana Jones in space + Three's Company #booksky Free on KU! www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHR9T953

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Lexa Dean and the Wellspring (Dr. Lexa Dean, Exoarchaeologist Book 1)

Amazon.com: Lexa Dean and the Wellspring (Dr. Lexa Dean, Exoarchaeologist Book 1) eBook : Perry, Bethany A., Press, Cloaked: Kindle Store

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questpit || next event: NOV 4th @questpit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Seasons greetings! We’re so happy to announce our 2025 #questpit event list! We hope you all are having a lovely start to your December and we hope to see you here starting in February next year.

a pink background banner litter with candy canes and simple wreaths with red bows. A green box is in the center and white lettering reads “Our 2025 Event List: February 12th, May 7th, August 6th, and November 5th”

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CP Ashton - querying FIREFLY x PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN @cpashton.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

It's not official, but who here is up for #cheerpit December 9th on Bluesky? #litagents, are you here? Are you game? Can we all spread the word #writingcommunity? With Twitter changing the AI policy to train with our info, no way to opt out starting 11/15, I didn't want my book there anymore.

Image shows cheer pit guidelines. 12/9 8-8 est, 8 pitches per author, query-ready and agents authors. Include appropriate hashtags

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Jo Conklin Author @joconklin.com · 30/11/2024

If you’re looking for a free way to support an author, did you know you can ask your library to stock a book you want to read that they don’t have yet? And usually it’s a very basic online form? Google your library name plus the words “request a title” or “suggest a title” to find yours.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/12/2024

Reminder: Don’t just block on Bluesky, report. This place actually will ban trolls and harassment. Second pro-tip: My comment section is a great place to practice this.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Tis the season! Enjoy my #agentsguide to my sweet, sapphic, Christmas romance! #amquerying

Illustrated background in green with a tray of cookies, Christmas trees, and two women. Text reads "an agent's guide to Baking Your Heart Out by Bethany Perry. Sapphic adult contemporary romance 62k words."

Illustrated background in green with a tray of cookies, Christmas trees, and two women. Text reads "the pitch: Angela and Starr just met and they're already bitter rivals in a sweet Christmas Bake-Off. Angela's reputation and Starr's business are on the line, yet only one can win the competition. What they didn't bet on was losing their hearts instead."

Illustrated background in green with a tray of cookies, Christmas trees, and two women. Text reads "tropes: Bake-Off, celebrity judge, the dreaded ex, queer af, Christmas."

Illustrated background in green with a tray of cookies, Christmas trees, and two women. Text reads "the comps" followed by three book covers: Jack and Frost Bake-Off by Amanda P Jones, Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly, and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. Bottom text reads "for adults who enjoy sweet queer romance, baking, and Christmas."

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I had a really tough November as far as writing goes. I am obsessed with three different ideas, I had to travel for work for a week, and this week is all baking and cooking. There's a reason why nano never worked for me. Hoping to get one of these ideas off the ground in December.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

One Halloween night, a woman shows up at the ER, half dead. What she doesn't know, can't remember, is that she is a demon. And the nuns who take her in have secrets of their own. Link below to this dark fantasy where every main character is a woman ⬇️ #Halloween    #books #fantasy

Give Me Grace by Bethany A Perry. Features the interior of a cathedral with a person outlined in light coming from the altar area.

Fanart of Grace, a woman with short hair and scars on the left side of her face.

Fanart of Monica, a woman with longer curly hair and an eye patch over her left eye.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

#FirstDraftFall accountability thread. Day 1: 1081 words

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Reading a book and thinking about the characters I've killed, the trauma I've inflicted on others. I'm sorry about a lot of it, but I wouldn't change it. It was never a mistake to kill the ones I did.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Bluesky seems to be kicking off. Quote with one thing you've written everyone should read

Reclamation, by Bethany A Perry. Black background with a knife covering top to bottom. Inside the knife is a sunset and the silhouette of a woman walking away down railroad tracks.

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

I voted early! Good thing too, the lines were long today so imagine how they'll be in November!

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Bethany Perry @bperrywrites.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

show off your workspace in a quote! ✨ Right behind my writing desk is where I build my minis, so here's both!

A small ladder desk with books and plants and a small workspace just big enough for a computer, in front of a window.

Card table with miniature builds next to it and Winchesters on the wall in front of it. The kind from Supernatural, not the rifles.

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