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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 4h

CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS He’s uptight. She likes to blow things up (literally). They do NOT get along. Too bad it’s up to them to save the world. 👫Slow-burn enemies to lovers 👺Mistaken identities 🧠Neurodivergent and LGBTQ rep 🤣Awkward humour #DVPit #RomCom #A #Q

A very well-executed sketch of a woman and a man arguing in front of a fume hood. The woman wears safety glasses and a lab coat. The man is tall and skinny with a bit of a beard and regular glasses.

In the fume hood, an Erlenmeyer flask sitting on a hot plate shoots out red flames (or liquid, hard to tell) that turn into little hearts.

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 8h

I'm thrilled to share an agent's guide for ✨THE WISHING WELL✨, an adult cozy fantasy, complete at 81k words. This is a story about found family, overcoming old prejudice, and belonging. 📻 feisty antiques 🌷 quiet romance 📚 forgotten history w/ humans Please reach out if interested. Thank you!

A photo of ceramic vases and other antiques on wooden shelves with a white overlay that says:

An agent's guide to THE WISHING WELL by Nefer Doane
adult cozy fantasy
81k words

The Pitch:

Nori Savens can’t wait for the Wishing Well to open so she can summon her familiar. But when the shadow cat instantly dislikes her and the Wishing Well stays open, Nori and Sebastian—along with the rest of the island—will have to set aside their differences and work together, or a horde of ravenous familiars will break through and destroy their quiet seaside town.

For Fans of...

The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
The Spellshop by Sara Beth Durst

with temperamental antiques, quirky friendships, found family, seaside town, and quiet romance.

An Excerpt:

"A strange growl vibrated through the Wishing Well, deep enough to echo against stone.

Something was wrong.

She stared, her chest tight with dread. The shadows sped faster, small sparks of flame shooting into the air. She scrambled back as the Wishing Well opened—and a lithe something jumped out."

THE WISHING WELL by Nefer Doane

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 11h

THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS x PROJECT HAIL MARY Make ammonia, save the world, fall in love. Easier said than done when your world doesn’t have the required technology, your bosses and their greedy corporate sponsors want you to fail, and the cults are getting violent. #DVPit #RomCom #A #Q

A moodboard on a teal background. "Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts" is written in the centre.

Images (rastering top to bottom from top left):

A woman welding; two women eating together and laughing; a bat hanging from a tree; the Toronto night skyline as viewed from one of the islands; an explosive warning sign; gas regulators; a notebook with crumpled paper and a pen ("Dear Boss, You suck" is written on the page); a man and a woman talking on the phone (the woman is shouting); a man and woman hugging; an explosion; a fancy plate of food with two wine glasses.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 13h

Two awkward scientists just want to be left alone to build a lawnmower. Instead, they must battle powerful corporations and doomsday cults to save the world from starvation. Plus, they’re catching pesky feelings… #DVPit #RomCom #SF #A #Q

Ombre poster (indigo-pink-orange).
A silhouetted man and woman face away from each other in argument. In the background, an Erlenmeyer flask spills a pink liquid that gathers into a heart in the air.

Text:

Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts
F. Irwin
a sci-fi rom-com with real chemistry
(in a laurel wreath) 2026 RevPit winner

Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts"

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Joanna S. 🌈 @joannaobviously.bsky.social · 13h

ONE DARK WINDOW x PIRANESI She can build impossible escape doorways to anywhere. But when one of her designs traps her inside a cursed house between worlds, she faces a maze of rooms only she could have created—and a stranger who claims her family built it and cursed his whole town. #DVPit #A #F

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Arielle Fenger @ariellefenger.bsky.social · 13h

Every rejection from Gavi tastes like burnt sugar. Every date tastes like molten chocolate. Adina's starting to think love might be worth the risk of burning something beautiful. #DVPit #A #CR #R #JV #CON

Moodboard:
Top row - assorted pastries, diamond bracelet, babka leaning against a wall.
Middle row - hands clapping flour, "Made from Scratch" against flour, a hand tracing two hearts in flour.
Bottom row - rugelach, shattered glass, assorted pastries

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Ash Arya | ऐश आर्या @iamasharya.bsky.social · 14h

Goblin Emperor X Poet Empress When forest rebel Sy's only ally—a crown-allergic prince—flees assassins & seeks her aid, she turns kingmaker to oust the tyrant hunting her. The red flag in her scheme? She's falling for this green flag prince AND the "good" power he represents #DVpit #POC #F #A #LGBT

A moodboard with images elated to South Asian history and royalty listing the book's tropes

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Arumi Writes @arumiwrites.bsky.social · 14h

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x MINDWALKER By day, Elowen is a celebrity influencer. By night, she’s a Valkyrie who hunts the corrupted dead and heals their mortal pain. To protect her city, she must defeat a Soul Reaper who seeks to devour them. Too bad she’s falling for him instead. #A #ND #SFF #R #DVpit

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I should be preparing #DVPit pitches. Oh well. Here's a dog who deserves all the raspberries. (No, he's not angry, that's just his face.)

A reddish-brown puppy glares at the camera. He's sitting beside a raspberry bush.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been absent for a while since I'm incapable of keeping up with 2 accounts at the same time. Anyway, I'm back. With a puppy.

A brown dog lies on a carpeted floor, staring balefully at the camera. He has chardin his mouth.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My dog tried to eat my Emotional Thesaurus. I don't know how feel about this.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Congratulations! This is so exciting for you both!

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My family thinks I want to name our (soon!) puppy Thor. It's Tor. So I can say things like: "Tor comes running when I call," and "I have Tor eating out of the palm of my hand." They want to name the dog Charles.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Husband, interrupting my editing: "Hi, Darling." Me: "Don't call me darling." H: "OK." H: "Why not?" Me: "Around here, we murder our darlings." #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just got beta feedback on my first 3 chapters. I can't stop grinning. @chloemarcus.bsky.social is the bestest. "It's funny, unique, and super weird" is an amazing compliment.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Wrapping up edits on my sci-fi romcom before querying, I found this essay on anticipated fertilizer shortages. www.science.org/content/blog... I guess my book about chemists working to stop global famine due to a fertilizer shortage is timely! (Way funnier than real life though.)

science.org

Nitrogen, Ammonia, and the Strait of Hormuz

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Really need to stop confusing "epigraph," "epitath," and "epithet." #WriterProblems

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The countdown is on!!! You have until 7 PM ET tomorrow to bid on this. Time is running out! The window is closing! Get it while you still can! 😂 www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 01/07/2026

F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT Ship's cook Tai is horrified to discover their new crewmate is a terrifying alien: an ordinary human woman. Now Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QueerPit #A #SF #R #HA

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 113,000 words

"Did you hear? There's a human on board."
A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling.
alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)

PITCH:
Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist.
Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway?
That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no.

PRIORITIES:
make dinner
remain cozy
haul cargo
go for drinks
pull off one last score
try not to fall in love

FIRST PAGE:

“Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.”
I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity.
“Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.”
“Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table.
It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best.
The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let them come here.”
The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”

COMPS:
Murderbot by Martha Wells
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

TROPES:
Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm
lying to themselves
non-human perspective (afraid of humans)
neurodivergent main characters
metaphorically disabled protagonist
slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship
disabilitynorm and queernorm setting
found family
loveable pet/terrifying monster

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

In CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS, two awkward scientists must overcome their mutual dislike to save the world. #QueerPit #A #RC #SF - Mistaken identities - Enemies to lovers - Fake dating - Black cat and porcupine - Explosive chemistry (both kinds)

Poster of a silhouetted man and woman facing away from each other, looking annoyed. Behind them is an Erlenmeyer flask leaking a pink liquid that turns into a heart. The background fades from blue through pink to orange. To the right, a wreath contains the words "2026 RevPit winner"

Title: Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts
Author: F. Irwin
Logline: a sci-fi rom-com with real chemistry

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Word has decided my novel is "formal writing," and wants me to expand all contractions. On the other hand, it has no problem with the many expletives.

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Olinda Brown @olindabrown.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A GUIDE TO LIVING WITH DRAGONS. enough said. #unhingedpit #A #F #cozyfantasy #amalmostquerying

Text: hold dragon gentle like hamburger.
Image: small, black dragon being held like a duck.

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SonnyZappa @sonnyzappa.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Hey you! Yeah, you! Don't you want a YA sci-fi where the main character is DUMB? Where heaven is PAY-TO-ENTER? And all the adults are DEPRESSED? Well, fear not, I bring you DANAKE, and you can take a personality quiz to discover which character you are! 🧵 #UnhingedPit

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Sam (but Ennie nominated, though) @msbsandrs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A cabal of MK Ultra leftovers tries to make Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer into a remote-controlled Captain America. She takes it personally. #unhingedpit #a #sf #t #q Yeah, both of my pitches involve Eliza Dushku. Sue me.

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Eliza Dushku as Faith: Tis The Season

Alt: Eliza Dushku as Faith from Buffy the Vampire Slayer standing in front of Christmas lights and saying "'Tis the season."

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Dierdre Cieran @dmcieran.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#unhingedpit #A #F #T #W BLACK TOWER OF DESTINY AND DOOM THE DARK CRYSTAL X THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVES

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Dierdre Cieran @dmcieran.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

BLACK TOWER OF DESTINY AND DOOM It's not all war, terror, and keeping your mind out of the hands of the enemy. It's also a love story. FMC sings "Everywhere" and MMC calls out "All You Wanted" both by Michelle Branch, as they navigate "Home By Now/No Matter What" by Meatloaf. #unhingedpit #A #F #W

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I've been pitching the romance side of CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS, so here's the science side. Apologies for profanity. My character's just like that. #UnhingedPit #A #R #SF #Q (almost) Uh, if any chemists look at this, please excuse my terrible electrochemical cell. Oops.

Two chemical formulae I don't want to write here without the ability to do sub- and superscripts. They're both about producing ammonia from nitrogen gas.

Then there's a (terribly incorrect) sketch of an electrochemical cell and the words "project fertile-as-fuck".

Then "Will a pressure cooker work?"

Finally, a picture of a bomb exploding and the word "BOOM!" followed by "Just kidding, George")

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Nat likes George but hates her reclusive boss. George likes Nat but hates his rebellious employee. George is Nat's boss. CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS: a sci-fi romcom with real chemistry. #UnhingedPit #A #R #SF #Q (almost)

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I love this title. I want to add "Doom" to all my titles now.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

But these titles aren't bad?? I love Willy. (Not a title, and not a double entendre.)

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We need more unskilled book art. (Though I wouldn't actually call this unskilled.)

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This amazing drawing sums up CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS. #UnhingedPit #AmAlmostQuerying

A sketch of two people standing in front of a fume hood. On the left, a woman in a lab coat and safety glasses has her hands on her hips. She's glaring at the man, who is very tall and skinny. His arms are crossed and he stares at her impassively. He's wearing normal glasses and has a bit of a beard.

In the fume hood, red liquid is exploding out of an Erlenmeyer flask on a hotplate. In the air it turns into little hearts.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

This is such a great story (by a great author).

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Laura Galán-Wells @lauragalanwells.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Check Fay’s showcase out here - I LOVE her novel, and know others will too 🥰🥰🥰 Kudos to all of the Revpit winners and their hard work 💪 www.reviseresub.com/showcase/che...

reviseresub.com

Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts

by Fay Irwin (@fantasyscience.bsky.social) Adult SciFi Rom-Com

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Tried to write a spicy scene this morning. 1000 words in, it's mostly about electric kettles. #AmWriting

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Calling all literary agents and acquiring editors! Our 2026 #revpit winners' showcase went live on Monday on reviseresub.com. Check out our query letters and the first five pages of our winners' manuscripts. A form is available to request more content if you see something you like! #amquerying

Are you a literary agent or acquiring editor? Don't forget the 2026 Revpit Showcase is live on www.reviseresub.com.

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Staring at a huge pile of edits, I feel the need to procrastinate by checking BlueSky. I mean, I feel the need to thank the entire #RevPit team. @jenichappelle.bsky.social, the face of RevPit and source of amazing tips (READ HER POST ON REVERSE OUTLINES); 1/n

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This might be the best compliment I've ever received. Squee!

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Kirsten | Fantasy Author @kirstenwrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Do you like prickly heroines, gothic mage schools, sarcasm, and a hint of romance? Come check out NOT A WITCH at the #RevPit showcase!: reviseresub.com/showcase/not... 🧙‍♀️ #YAfantasy #writingcommunity #amediting #amwriting

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

If Ali Hazelwood and Andy Weir wrote a book, it would be CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS, a sci-fi romcom with real chemistry. Two awkward scientists must overcome their mutual dislike to save the world. But their experiments - and their growing feelings - threaten to explode.

Poster with a blue, pink, and orange ombre background. Title: Chemical Solutions for Lonely Hearts.
Below that is written "F. Irwin" and below that is an award wreath with "2026 RevPit winner" inside. At the very bottom it says, "a sci-fi rom-com with real chemistry".
The image is of a silhouetted man and women facing away from each other (arguing) and an Erlenmeyer flask in the background spilling liquid that turns into a heart.

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anja is AGENTED 🫪🥳 @anjahudson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Wrapping up Day 7 of the #RevPit lineup with the loudest thank you to my editor, @raqueledits.bsky.social! Thank you for decoding my mind and loving my boys just as much as I do🩷🩷 #writingcommunity

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Fay Irwin (pen name) @fantasyscience.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#RevPit showcase starts tomorrow! Today, we thank our editors. @lauragalanwells.bsky.social has helped me temper my chaos just enough to turn CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS FOR LONELY HEARTS into a fast-paced RomCom with strong sci-fi elements that (in my very humble opinion) really shines. 1/n

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Levi A. @escapedscp.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

#revpit showcase countdown day five! i'm late tho lmao. highkey forgot bc i was watching the knicks game 😅 i have a lot of favorite lines from wretched, but this one gets a laugh out of me every time

graphic of a beige background with some text on it. red borders on the top and the bottom. text has three paragraphs with the first and third paragraph nearly fading into the background and the second paragraph in red. text reads

"What are you doing, why do you keep doing that?" Diosanto had the gall to sound exasperated with her.

"I'm trying to activate every single mental illness I have at once," Leia said. "Hoping it'll somehow cancel out my experience of reality and render me catatonic, even for just a single second."

Better to have loved and lost than never loved at all, or however that quote went. In Leia's case, it was better to have gone into a one-second coma and know true peace than to get the full brunt of her present situation.

Footer at the bottom has the title "Wretched Geniuses"

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anja is AGENTED 🫪🥳 @anjahudson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Happy Day 6 of the #RevPit showcase! Today is all about how I became a writer! So for me, I write to create stories that make me cry, laugh, and scream at my characters for making terrible choices that I absolutely forced them to make 😂 #writingcommunity

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