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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

So is YA kind of dead right now? I’m noticing it’s absence in a LOT of agents’ MSWL and I’m concerned for my query package 😅

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David R. Slayton (He/Him) @drslayton.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

If you got to the end of Stranger Things and said "I wish I had more stories with a gay sorcerer from a small town fighting an eldritch power while crafting a found family," then I've got you covered. Three series, urban/rural and high fantasy available however you read. davidrslayton.com/books/

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Yet another reminder that AI sucks and does not belong in the arts. What a slap in the face 🙃

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Gave up my free Friday to listen to Gaga’s new album instead of writing and I don’t have a single regret. We’re so back 😍

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I think I’m into Magic the Gathering now 🫣🫣🫣

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Made some bookish Paint-themed valentines just in time for the holiday! 🤪

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

When theatre program rivals Felix and Simon are forced to compete together, they must learn to put aside their differences in order to earn the top score & leave a legacy after graduation, their newfound chemistry creating romantic tension on & offstage #QuestPit #Q #YA #R #MSWL

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pussyfullawasps 🗡️ joa (they) @pussyfullawasps.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

today is a good day to repost this

black and white photo of a ACT UP protestors holding up black coffins, main one in foreground “WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER, WE HATE THE FUCKING PRESIDENT” held by visionary writer and poet Assotto Saint (with coffin), protest an appearance by then-president George H.W. Bush, New York City, July 1990. Photo © @dona_ann_mcadams

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AJ Super @ajsuper.com · 17/01/2025

IRON WIDOW + CODE GEASS 🤖 Giant Mechs 🐙 Metal-and-Flesh Monsters 🏳️‍🌈 Demi & 🦾 Disabled rep 🔥 Anti Chosen One 🤐 Secret Society/Political Intrigue 🌎 Dystopian Second World 🎶 Musical Witchery 🪄 🥙 Stuffed Flatbread & 🤗 Found Family #P2Ppit #Q #A #SF #F #LGBT #DIS

Pictures clockwise from 12 o'clock: A thunderstorm. Clear crystals. The face of a machine against a desert. Someone walking in a desert. A desolate red landscape. Background: A desert. Reads: Aria Unsung. Everything beautiful is accompanied by something deadly.

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Chase Grayson is Agented🌙 @adropofmagick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

ONE DARK WINDOW x IMMORTAL DARK Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic & the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most. #P2Ppit #UW #YA #Q #F

A Memory of Moonkissed Malice
Villain Era Protag
Frenemies to Lovers
Queendoms
Found Family
Fantasy Dark Academia
Vampires
Rage & Revenge
Corrupted Moon Magic

The Pitch
18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school’s guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic, and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most.

Chapter One
The rain made it easier to rob his grave.
My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night’s whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us.
Us.
As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth.

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🟣S.L. PrayersforPeace🙏🏼🌻 @stpolishook.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

TENDER IS THE FLESH + THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS As a wild human, Rachel’s flesh is considered a delicacy. Captured & sold at market, her fate now rests on her ability to convince her not quite human buyer that she is worth more alive than on his dinner plate #P2Ppit #Q #A #SF #H #SpecFic

Mood board showing farm animals & butchers knives. Creepy vibe

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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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Ziv @zivmontenegro.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Agents/Editors guide to my YA literary sci-fi book 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? #P2Ppit #YA #literary #scifi #book

Additional comps is NOPE and FIFTH WAVE.

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

When two theatre program rivals are forced to compete together their senior year, they must learn to put aside their differences in order to earn the top score & leave a legacy after graduation, their newfound chemistry creating romantic tension on & offstage #P2Ppit #YA #UW #R

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Bruce Buchanan @bbuchananwomble.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

First book review of 2025 - PAINT by @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social ! PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story w/ a relatable main character, a well-told story & plenty of heart. Can college freshman Tucker Peterson find love, happiness & a place he feels celebrated? www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Bruce Buchanan's review of Paint

5/5: PAINT is a YA Queer coming-of-age story with a relatable main character, a well-told story, and plenty of heart. Tucker Peterson is a small-town Florida kid starting college in Orlando, having n...

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Posting an updated #amquerying guide to my dual-POV YA LGBT Romance, FOR THE LAST TIME, featuring a diverse cast of messy high school teens, an underdog theatre program, a competition setting, and the choice between being authentically you or giving in to others’ expectations

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Terry J. Benton-Walker (he/daddy) @handle.invalid · 11/12/2024

I wrote a fantasy series where a twelve-year-old Black gay boy gets to be a superhero. And he goes up against the four horsemen of the apocalypse with two Black queer friends. Inspired by X-Men: Apocalypse and perfect for fans of Percy Jackson, who want more Black queer rep. #booksky #blackbooksky

The cover of Alex Wise vs the End of the World by Terry J. Benton-Walker

The cover of Alex Wise vs the Cosmic Shift by Terry J. Benton-Walker

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Two chapters in for my new holiday romance and it’s super cute so far! 😍

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Adam Sass @theadamsass.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Give the gift of QUEER REBELLION this year! Now thru Dec. 16, you can get my book SURRENDER YOUR SONS for 50% off by using the code GIFTOFREADING at checkout at my publisher's site: northstareditions.com/flux/surrender-your-sons

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Surrender Your Sons - North Star Editions

When an assassin kills Princess Jiara’s older sister Scilla, Jiara takes her sister’s place as the bride to the king of a faraway country—hoping she can catch the killer before her sister’s vengeful g...

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Blue Sky add a bookmark feature so I can come back to this post when I finally have an agent offer challenge

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Lol kinda forgot I had this account. Welcome, book friends migrating en masse from The Other Place™️!

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

Is Tw*tter not working for anyone else? 👀

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

Y’all ready for some gays and gore? 🤭🧟‍♂️🩸

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

This is the face of someone who just FINISHED WRITING HIS SECOND BOOK!!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 But coming soon… The revisions begin👹

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2023

I’m on chapter 31 of 33 (including the epilogue) of this YA theatre kid rivals-to-lovers story and if I don’t make myself finish this soon I’m going to THROW UP

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

I had the day off yesterday, so I told myself I’d start Heartstopper S2… and then I binged the whole thing. I don’t know what to do with myself now 🥲

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

I’m starting from scratch… again 😅 I’m a queer author that writes and reads queer books. If that sounds like you, let’s be friends!

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BlindCoyote 🔜 IX @blindcoyote.com · 29/07/2023

Me trying to find old Twitter mutuals on every new social media

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Colin Brooks @colinbrooksbooks.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

*claws out of the ground* I MADE IT

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