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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a wonderful pitch event. Thank you to the #DVPit team and all the wonderful authors and illustrators who participated to make it so enjoyable. Now that it's over, I want to share some slides I made since images were discouraged during the event. Namely character art and comps slide. 🧡

To the left, a couple is illustrated in early 19th century clothing, the man stands behind the woman and is handing off a book. The image is framed by wisteria. The title of the book is at the top and reads "Promises and Pageantry". The pitch is on the right and reads. "When Celine Wycliff makes a plan to avoid a match for herself, she enlists the help of fellow book-lover and social recluse, Daniel Moore, a trans man tired of living on the fringes of society. The two scheme to set up Daniel's friend, a marquess with Celine's older sister. The two pretend to court, and through their scheming, they become unexpected confidants to each other. Unfortunately, their secrets catch up with them, and it all comes to a head when the reason for Celine's determination to set up her sister comes to light."

Four books are set up as comparative titles, framed by ornate gold wooden frames. The first is A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander, the text next to says "Trans male lead" and "Gender identity explored through social expectations And customs".

The second book is Don't Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban. The text next to it reads "Matchmaking Schemes and antics" and "Friends to Lovers".

The third book is The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow. The text next to it reads "Books as a love language" and "Oddball romance".

The last book is The Duke and I by Julia Quinn. The text reads "Fake Courting" and "Classic regency romp for modern readers".

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💞🏳️‍⚧️BRIDGERTON x A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN 🏳️‍⚧️💞 When fellow book lover & misfit, Celine waltzes into Daniel's life, he must decide if indulging in love is worth risking the consequences from a society that isn’t ready for a trans man to exist, or worse yet, worth risking a broken heart #DVPit #A #HR #TV

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PROMISES AND PAGEANTRY Queer Regency Romance COMPS 🏳️‍⚧️ A Gentleman's Gentleman (2025)—trans MMC 🪤 Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (2024)—matchmaking mischief 📖 The Other Bennet Sister (2020)—book nerds & poetry 💞 Bridgerton (2000-2006)—ensemble cast bodice ripper #DVPit #A #HR #TV #LGBT #OWN

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💗PROMISES AND PAGEANTRY💗 When hopeful spinster, Celine Wycliff must make a match by the season's end or face destitution, she enlists the aid of fellow book lover & recluse, Daniel Moore for a fake courting ruse. Unfortunately, the unthinkable occurs: she falls in love. #DVPit #A #HR #TV #LGBT #OWN

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💞 PROMISES AND PAGEANTRY 💞 Trope & Rep Menu 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans MMC 💜 Demi FMC 🤝 Fake Dating 🪤 Matchmaking Schemes 👩‍❤️‍👨 Friends to Lovers 📖 Book Nerds in Love 🌶️ Bodice Ripper Spice 🛏️ Only One Bed #DVPit #A #HR #TV #LGBT #OWN

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Promises and Pageantry A GENTLEMAN'S GENTLEMAN X BRIDGERTON Daniel Moore, a trans man in 1812 London, had accepted seclusion to protect his secret until fellow intellectual misfit, Celine Wycliff introduces him to a world of mischief, friendship, & eventually romance. #DVPit #A #HR #TV #LGBT #OWN

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Siobhán is querying! 🏁 @siobhandorr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

HEATED RIVALRY x NASCAR 🏁 Rivals to lovers 👀 Tense road trips 📸 Cherished candids 🏎️ Vroooom vroom 🛣️ Forced proximity 🌶️ SPICY🌶️ #QueerPit #A #R

Moodboard for KISS THE WALL.

NASCAR Drive road sign.
Duct tape.
Checkered flag.
Pretty rainbow oil spills.
Tall marshy grass.
RV/motorhome.
Gears.
Crickets.
333.
Two men lying down together, smiling at one another.
Guy in a hoodie confused by a map.
NASCAR bumper sticker.

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PJ (he/him) is querying... @pjwrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

THE EVERWINTER KING Desperate to find his missing sun god, a former holy king returns home to compete in trials meant to bring the god back, and stop the onslaught of an endless winter. 🏳️‍🌈 Queer norm world ☀️ Light-based magic 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans love interest 👑 Hidden royalty #amquerying #agentsguide

Title page for an agent's guide to THE EVERWINTER KING. The title is placed over a moodboard featuring a Mediterranean inspired setting and royalty imagery. In addition to the title the page reads "Adult Fantasy Standalone. Queer normative world. MM romance subplot. 98,000 words."

THE EVERWINTER KING's pitch.

PITCH
A former holy king does the one thing he swore he’d never do in search of his missing god. He goes home.

Malachi was born with God’s voice in his head. When God vanishes in the midst of a decade-long winter, Mal breaks the oath he made to himself and returns to the home he abandoned—the city where he was raised to be king. There, he’s marked to compete in trials meant to select God’s new emissary. His replacement.

After succeeding in the first trial, Mal demands entry to the royal temple, where he learns the skies are empty. God has stopped speaking to his priests and Mal alike. With no other avenue for answers, Mal must win the competition for God’s favor and assume the throne he never wanted, or risk losing his oldest friend for good and damning the world to a worsening everwinter.

An excerpt from THE EVERWINTER KING. Next to the excerpt is character art of the main character. He has light bright skin, dark brown hair, facial hair, and a simple jerkin over white shirt. His eye is glowing like the sun.

EXCERPT STARTS BELOW

“My head hurts,” Malachi mumbled into his drink.

“They say King Ridaris’ eye glowed like this.”

Did they? Malachi shuffled through his memories for any mention of that from his mothers, or the history books, and found nothing.

“I think it means God knows who you are.” Sen lowered her voice, eyes shifting toward the surrounding priests. Kinder to pretend she did it out of concern for his headache. “You need to be careful.”

“Aye.”

“It hasn’t stopped glowing. Everyone else’s did.”

He raised a hand to cover his eye, pausing to marvel at the light pouring over his fingers and palm. It spilled into every crack, crevice, and scar his hand had to offer, like liquid pooled against his skin. Malachi closed his fist around the cold light and pressed it to his face. “Hurts.”

“Close your eyes,” Samara offered. “Rest. We’ll handle it from here.”

For once, he did just that.

A page listing comp titles.

Comp titles for THE EVERWINTER KING include: "The Raven Scholar" by Antonia Hodgson, "The Raven Tower" by Ann Leckie, "WITCH KING" by Martha Wells, and "The Red Winter" by Cameron Sullivan.

Similarities include: godly shenanigans, political trials, queer-norm worlds, queer male leads, messy homecomings, and a second chance subplot.

Bonus comp! Dragon Age 2.

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K.L. Lempereur is Querying! @kllempereur.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Trapped on a tyrant's spaceship, Calypso must avoid the attention of the god-king and her cult long enough to stop them. ⭐️OwnVoices ⭐️Enemies AND lovers ⭐️Toxic sapphics THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY: a butch lesbian god needles a sheltered bisexual woman into trying to kill her #QueerPit #SF #F #A

A group of comps for THE BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY, including some non-book comps. Books are TLT series, Some Desperate Glory, and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil. Then Mad Max: Fury Road (yes it's a cult, but make it aesthetic), and the Borderlands video game series (futuristic mayhem, space travel, and magic)

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TJ Davies | Author @tjdaviesauthor.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

He thought winning The Lottery would save his brother. She thought The District was home. What they find is a lie built to harvest hope... And sell it back to the highest bidder. #posterpit #posterpitq #ya #na #sf

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Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The job had 1 rule: don’t open the car’s trunk. Should have been a 2nd rule: don’t give your friend a lift or she will absolutely break the one rule. Now, an interdimensional smoke monster is free and hungry for souls. Who has our disaster bi been working for? #PosterPitQ #F #A

Poster with image of woman surrounded by smoke. Words at top: magic & monsters, snarky banter, sapphic romance, female friendship. Middle: Riding in Cars with Monsters. Adult contemporary fantasy by Michelle Ogilvy. Bottom: One rule: Don’t open the trunk.

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Gert Ramm 🦋 @rammwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The Strangehorn mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery conceals a time machine - a one-way ticket to Victorian London. When three cousins become stranded in 1860, their search for a way home is threatened by a gang of necromancers - and their grandfather is a prominent member. #A #F #PosterPit #PosterPitW

Against a black background is the form of a man wearing a gas mask and holding a flaring red torch aloft. The smoke from the torch is rising to form the image of a red, distorted human skull. Above the image, text reads: “When I drink Italian wine, I see dead people”

Below the image, text reads:

Resurrection Men
A novel by Gert Ramm
A time portal inside a mausoleum sends three cousins to Victorian London, where they must rescue their grandfather and stop a necromancer from raising an army of the dead.
Coming soon to the spirit aisle

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Emilia Young | Author @emiliayoung.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A poster for “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? #Q #YA #NA #F #R #Dis #PosterPitQ #PosterPit #amquerying

Picture is a movie poster for the book “Mark of a Magpie.”

In the background is a ship sailing across open waters, with two magpies flying at each other above it. Between the two birds is the title, “Mark of a Magpie.”

At the top of the poster, there are four tropes and themes that read: Thief x Assassin, Forced Proximity, Morally Gray, and Women’s Wrongs.

The very bottom of the poster reads, “A Young Adult Fantasy by Emilia Young.”

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Sophie Jane is querying ✨ @sophiejanebooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

BABEL X DIVINE RIVALS X Scottish mythology A woman defies the odds to become a scholar in a kingdom determined to keep her in her place, only to find herself in a tense rivalry as she tries to unravel the secrets hidden in long-forgotten myths #PosterPit #PosterPitQ #F #R #NA

Mock movie poster for the New Adult novel The Whispers of the Rivers by Sophie Fitzpatrick. The image shows a woman in a flowing pink dress suspended underwater, her head tilted back toward the light above. The setting is dark and moody, evoking mystery and depth. At the top, bold text reads: "For fans of Divine Rivals and Babel." Above the title are thematic tags: "Dark Academia," "Feminine Rage," "Soft FMC x Cynical MMC," "Fallen Goddesses," and "Pansexual Representation." The title, The Whispers of the Rivers, is centered in elegant serif font. On the left and right sides of the image are laurel wreath graphics, each with five stars—one reads "Best Slow Burn 2025" and the other "Best Chemistry 2025." Below the title is a tagline: "She seeks the unknown. He seeks her." The synopsis underneath reads: "A woman defies the odds to become a scholar in a kingdom determined to keep her in her place, only to find herself in a tense rivalry as she tries to unravel the secrets hidden in long-forgotten myths." At the bottom: "a New Adult novel by Sophie Fitzpatrick" and the words "Querying Now" in bold.

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LK Morgan @lkmorganx.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

A teen's selfish deed is causing a rift between the living and the dead, one podcast at a time. Death is Live - The Podcast 🎤👻 Shortlisted for #RevPit 2025 🥳 #PosterPit #YA #F #T #R #PosterPitQ

Fake movie poster for unpublished book - DEATH IS LIVE - The Podcast. Guy walking from the shadows into the light

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Querying soon, this Historical Romance puts a spin on the classic "parent trap" style antics with trans and ace rep in the Regency era. Scandal, heartbreak, and plenty of poetry awaits. #Posterpitw #R #A

An image in the style of a movie poster done in a classic Regency era. There is a woman in a white dress with a white gloved hand on a pile of old books. The Title Reads "A Season of Promise". There is a brief description of the book that reads, "When Celine Wycliff makes a plan to avoid a match for herself, she enlists the help of fellow book-lover and recluse, Daniel Moore. The two scheme to set up Daniel's friend, the Marquess, Lord Elias Amesbury and Celine's older sister, Adelaide. The two pretend to court, and through their scheming, they become unexpected confidants to each other. Unfortunately, their secrets catch up with them, and it all comeS to a head when the reason for Celine's determination to set up her sister comES to light."

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Upsides of Bsky: Not being inundated with a wave of bots and scams in DMs after pitch events. Downsides: I forget about it cause I have the memory of a goldfish. That's more of a "me" downside, honestly.

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Crissie (C.T. Wood) @crissthecreative.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Greek Mythology: A Family Affair, Part 1 This is SO the tiniest tip of the iceberg… Disclaimer: I am NOT a classicists. I have NOT studied mythology in any formal setting. This all comes from layers of the google machine. #mythology #pjo #writertok #writingcommunity #writesky #booksky

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Aaaaand we're live! Drop by for chill beats, somewhat chill chats (there will be ace things said), and chill peeps! Click through the link to join the open chat. :D #writingcommunity www.youtube.com/live/YF0Q3XZ...

youtube.com

Night Writes - 4/6/25

YouTube video by Jax Wolff Writes

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

So overwhelmed (positive) with all the support I got through 1stLinePit. What a wonderful community! I can't wait to go through all the likes and posts. I'm already seeing so much talent~

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Kala is ✨️querying✨️ & ✍️🏽something 💫new💫 @kpbooksnstuff.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

When she hears the footsteps behind her, she doesn't rise from the lounger or turn her head. Just rolls her eyes and takes another gulp of wine. 'I told you to leave,' she slurs. 'There's nothing more to say.' 'I've plenty to say.' Her head whips round then. She smiles. #1stLinePit #Q #A #R #S

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. They all have a motive. Especially the dead woman's husband, the man she's in love with.

Page 3 - Photo of a man alongside a snippet.
SNIPPET -

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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Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

“Gran has always known my future.” Don’t Let The Forest In x Final Destination If she touches him—it Burns If he kisses her—he’ll Die Death is Coming THE TRUTH OF FEAR 🖤Tarot & Hauntings & Hexes 🖤Bi 4 Pan Cursed Love 🖤Coming of Age & Rage 🖤Feminist Horror + Romance #1stLinePit #YA #H #R #SPF #Q

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𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 🍃 @charscrawls.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

🎸 daisy jones x knives out 🗡️ “it begins with a murmur drifting upon the wind.” seven suspects. one the killer of renowned rock star sam corvi. but who? only they can tell you #1stLinePit #A #LF #M (almost) #Q

a moodboard detailing nine images related to my book ALL THE DEVILS aka devilswip. in order from right to left they are: london notably the landmark big ben, a band performing on stage, a sheet of music, a record store, the silhouette of a rockstar, some musical instruments scattered on a bed, two men running, a pile of evidence and finally a hand holding a cigarette

the first pages of ALL THE DEVILS:

prelude
21st august 2016

it begins with a murmur drifting upon the wind.
at first, it’s small—unnoticeable, but soon that murmur, that slick sliver of sound that could one day change the world reaches humankind and becomes a hurricane—an untamed clamour among the silence. it ripples. it taunts. It waltzes upon the breeze like the destructive force it is and, in the end, is unstoppable. It cannot be contained. It’s there forever, a permanent echo in a vacuum, a scratch on a record, a soundbite of time. today, the murmur begins its devastating dance outside a block of flats overlooking the river thames. a white flurry of forlorn forensics leave the building with disbelief carved onto their weary faces. an unsettling stillness suffuses the space as the murmur passes from person to person.
it’s him, rumbles the murmur. it’s sam corvi. he’s dead.

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Emily is QUERYING a romantic fantasy and writing romantasy 🐉 @emhenn921.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Shayne always said I was terrible at sneaking around." #1stLinePit #Q #NA #F #R

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Helen Pratt @helenapratt.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"My fingernails bit into my skin as I gripped the hilt of my dagger." #Q #A #RF #1stLinePit

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Dawn Berkoski @dawnberkoski.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

“The company had become his pride and joy, malleable to his command.” I AM Chosen by Dawn Berkoski PITCH: Alex, a power-hungry CEO penned in by corporate vampires, meets an orphaned bartender who helps him get the fangs to fight back. #1stlinepit #PR #A #Q BlueBloods x Yakuza

Several photos are shown in this Moodboard for I Am Chosen, a paranormal romance written by Dawn Berkoski. 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 Berkoski

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Jax Devora (is writing) @jaxdevora.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Mick Martin was halfway through writing the words “coq au vin” when an eight-foot-tall rock golem rampaged after a rooster down the street just beyond the terrace of his family’s café. #1stLinePit #WIP #NA #F #R

Moodboard of eight images.
Top left: A figure plays a violin in a dark room. The image is shot in such a way that only the violin and one of the player's hands is visible.
Center left: A man stands in darkness; his head is on fire.
Bottom left: A wireframe of a dragon against a bright orange background
Top/mid center: Alphonse Mucha's Emerald, featuring a woman staring intensely at the viewer as she leans against the head of a snarling serpent. A white line is drawn straight through the image to neatly divide the woman's head from the serpent's.
Bottom center: The Lovers, from the Art Nouveau Tarot deck, featuring a couple just about to kiss. The card is lying on a white space, surrounded by red/white roses.
Top right: A figure in white robes wanders through a very green forest.
Center right: A bolt of lightning arcs above a mountain range in a very violet sky.
Bottom right: A black hole swirls in a sea of violet stars and nebulae.

When magicless Mick agrees to go adventuring with his mage best friend (and crush) Eleanor, the last thing he expects is to be stuck a dragon and bound to the gods' dead adversary. Now he and Eleanor must restore Mick's humanity, before his existence triggers a war.

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

"Marriage was a fine thing. A very fine thing indeed, one that most proper young women in England might strive to achieve. It was also, however, just the sort of thing Celine Wycliff knew would never find her." - A SEASON OF PROMISE #1stLinePit #WIP #A #HR #LGBTQIA

A moodboard for a Regency Romance novel is surrounded by handwritten-style font of the various tropes found in the book There are 7 in total, consisting of "Fake Courting, Parent Trap Style Schemes, Friends to Lovers, Book Nerd 4 Book Nerd, Trans and Demi Rep, Regency Romance, and Bodice Ripping Spice." There is the title "A Season of Promise" at the top of the image.

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Bailey is Querying 😬🙏📃 @bribooks.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

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