iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit #F #HF #NA #LGBT After an arrest turns into a tentative partnership, a thief and a noblewoman must set aside their differences to defeat a common enemy 🌊Slow burn rivals to lovers 🌊Second world historical fantasy 🌊Pirates and sea adventures 🌊Self discovery 🌊Sword fighting lesbians

100

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit #F #HF #NA #LGBT A bloodthirsty wannabe dictator, overreaching governments, magic rules, pirate crews, clifftop duels, and two women who may or may not be able to stop snarking each other long enough to handle it all. Here’s what happens when a thief and a noblewoman have to join forces.

300

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit #F #HF #NA #LGBT An honorable thief and a noblewoman vigilante must begrudgingly work together to end a pirate’s reign of terror. 🏴‍☠️Slow burn rivals to lovers 🏴‍☠️Second world historical fantasy 🏴‍☠️Pirates and sea adventures 🏴‍☠️Rebellion and self discovery 🏴‍☠️Swordfighting lesbians 🏴‍☠️All-women crew

300

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit #F #HF #NA #LGBT Systemic magic elitism is on the rise and a murderous pirate is on an unchecked rampage. Victory over both hinges on a virtuous thief and a noblewoman vigilante working together long enough to see their mission through. It may be harder than it seems.

101

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#DVpit #F #HF #NA #LGBT Kiana robs the rich to give to those in need. Emeralda left her noble life behind to be a seafaring vigilante. The unlikely duo must cooperate long enough to take down a bloodthirsty pirate. Through magic, duels, and opposing crews, they get along better than they expected.

601

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#DVparty day 6! The next book draft I’m working on is currently titled The Anomaly, a sci-fi story far into the future where an intern on a space station accidentally stumbles across an intergalactic conspiracy while studying strange creatures!

1140

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#DVparty day 5!! I like the idea of Salute by Little Mix being a theme song for Of Gemstones and Divinity! I really should make a playlist for it though!

060

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

#DVparty day 4! My story as a gif or meme! A little late in the day because I was trying to find a gif that wasn’t directly related to Pirates of the Caribbean haha

2140

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#DVparty day 3! “Near silence. Gentle waves lapped at the docks, as well as the hull of a lone ship. Light winds blew through the grounds nearby, hardly disturbing the noble House that sat at the center. In the calm dark of night, peacefulness surrounded the Salvian estate. Almost.”

091

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#DVparty day 2! I’ve got two main characters; Kiana, a Robin Hood-style thief who takes pleasure in disrupting the status quo, and Emeralda, a noblewoman turned seafaring vigilante who wants to make real change in the world! #NA #F #HF #LGBT

1100

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Day 1 of #DVparty!! I’m very excited to participate with Of Gemstones and Divinity!! These are a couple moodboards I made a while ago for #QueerPit, but I still love them! I look forward to meeting other creators!! #NA #F #HF #LGBT

3140

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Final day of #PitchDis! Day 21! “Share anything about your book!” I made quite a few graphics and moodboards for #QueerPit a little bit ago, and here’s a variation of one that I didn’t share! I had a lot of fun doing the 21 days of PitchDis, and I’m very excited to submit my pitch!!

A moodboard to showcase the vibes of my current manuscript. There are nine images in a grid.
Upper left image: An old-fashioned looking ship on the water, with the horizon in the background.
Upper middle image: Two women waist deep in the sea, a woman with dark hair on the left and a woman with light hair on the right. They’re embracing and kissing.
Upper right image: A nondescript paper map with a compass overtop of it.
Center left image: A brown woman facing right with her head tilted slightly downward. A couple strands of hair obscure her face slightly, her hands are clasped together in front of her face.
Center middle image: Two longswords crossing in a duel. The background is a nondescript wooded area.
Center right image: A white woman facing left with her head tilted slightly upward. One of her hands is holding a strand of her hair.
Bottom left image: A close-up shot of the helm of a ship. Only the top half of the ship’s wheel is visible, there are ropes and sails in the background.
Bottom middle image: A hand with two large rings, one on the pointer finger and one on the ring finger. The hand rests on top of a paper map.
Bottom right image: A shot of an old-fashioned looking ship from behind and slightly to the right. The ship is on the water.

040

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Day 20 of #PitchDis! “What’s your favorite thing about your book?” It’s really hard to pick just one thing! But if I must, I’m a little biased, but I love the banter between the two main characters. It was fun to write and I hope it will be fun to read!!

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Day 19 of #PitchDis! “What would your main character’s Halloween costume be?” Kiana (thief character) would be something spooky, maybe like an elaborate ghost or zombie. Emeralda (noble lady character) would be something like a nymph, where she could cover herself in flowers!

020

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Day 18 of #PitchDis! “Do you prefer writing alone or with other people?” Usually I write alone, which is just fine for me because I enjoy the peace and focus that comes with that. Though I do enjoy writing with other people around as well, it makes me feel more accountable for my task!

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Day 17 of #PitchDis! “How did you come up with your main character’s name?” Honestly, for both, I did research on names until I found one I liked for each haha

020

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Day 16 of #PitchDis! “What genre do you plan to write next?” Well I’m planning a sequel to the historical fantasy I’m querying, though in the meantime, I’ve started a sci-fi novella that takes place on a space station!

020

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Day 15 of #PitchDis! “What’s your favorite book with a disabled/neurodivergent/chronically ill character?” Wonder has a special place in my heart! Unfortunately, I don’t have too many books with disabled rep on my shelf, drop some in the SFFH genres if you have any!

020

Reposted by Jadyn

E.M. Kerkman | 🏴‍☠️☠️🔥 @emkerkman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Black Gold is out today!! I’m so excited for everyone to get to read it—thank you to Apex Magazine for making that possible!

074

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Also late but #PitchDis day 14! “Give a shoutout to your favorite critique partner/reader” It’s hard to have a favorite critique partner, since I love and appreciate them all! However, I think my favorite reader is one of my best friends, who always has the best reactions to my writing!

120

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Day 13 of #PitchDis! “Tell us about your book using only emojis” 🏴‍☠️🌊⚔️👩🏼‍🤝‍👩🏽👩🏼‍❤️‍👩🏽⛵️⚓️🗺️💎🪄

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

A little late but #PitchDis day 12! “If your book was a song title what would it be?” By only the title, I’d say ‘Always On the Run’ (by Lenny Kravitz) since one protagonist is on the run from the law, and the other is on the run from her family. Could probably also make a Hozier title work!

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Day 11 of #PitchDis! “Tell us about your favorite secondary character in your story” She’s a pirate captain of an all-women pirate crew with little tolerance for male shenanigans. She’s intelligent, clever, cunning, and a lot of fun to write!

030

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Day 10 of #PitchDis! “Did something in particular inspire you to write this story?” Yes! The clifftop sword fight scene in The Princess Bride inspired the first scene that I wrote in my book. The thought was ‘what if I added even more homoerotic tension?’

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Day 9 of #PitchDis! “Are there any animals/pets in your story?” For the book I’ll be pitching, unfortunately no! However, I’m thinking of adding a pirate dog to the potential sequel :)

040

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Day 8 of #PitchDis! “Do you usually overwrite or underwrite?” Honestly it varies, I’m really not sure if I lean more toward one or the other. Sometimes there will be writing I skim on, other times there will be writing I fluff up way too much

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Day 7 of #PitchDis! “Do you have a favorite writing spot?” Honestly, I wish I had a more consistent writing spot, but it’s wherever I can be unbothered in my house haha

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Day 6 of #PitchDis! “Are you a plotter or pantser?” I definitely try to be a plotter I more than I realistically am haha, I like having a roadmap for where my book is going, but sometimes the vibes are leading the way

020

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Day 5 of #PitchDis! “Tell us about your main characters” Kiana is a Robin Hood-style thief who enjoys getting back at the system, and Emeralda is a noblewoman turned seafaring vigilante who wants to do good in the world. Together, they end up doing a bit of both!

050

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Day four of #PitchDis ! “Is there a common theme in your books?” A couple of things that tend to pop up quite a lot in my writing are queer representation of all kinds, and fighting against systemic norms/an oppressive system. The novel I’m going to query for this event has both!

010

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Day 3 of #PitchDis ! “What genre are you pitching?” I’ll be pitching my first finished novel, a queer historical fantasy!! It comes with lesbians, pirates, magic and more!

030

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Day 2 of #PitchDis ! “How long have you been writing?” I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember, since I was a kid. Definitely over a decade! I always had a bunch of unfinished stories to work on when I was younger.

030

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Day 1 of #PitchDis ! I’m Jadyn, a fantasy and sci-fi writer and recent graduate. I’m currently querying a sapphic historical fantasy novel, and I’m really excited to meet people through this event!

0120

Reposted by Jadyn

E.M. Kerkman | 🏴‍☠️☠️🔥 @emkerkman.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

#PosterPit #W #SF #SPF #A #NA #PlanesWIP On the floating city she calls home, Terrah just wants to race planes and join the air force to make a better future for her family. Then things start exploding.

Text on poster: "De Terra Ad Infinitum: A new adult science fiction novel by award winning author E.M. Kerkman. One central mystery, Two worlds colliding, Three narrative POVs. Terrah always knew she would fly. She never expected to fall." Along the side, the repeating text reads "Omnes aequales sub astris. Pax diu". The background image is a real photograph of a North Vietnamese MiG-17 aircraft being hit by 20 mm rounds from an Air Force F-105D on June 3, 1967. Photo credits: USAF via National Archives

0264

Jadyn @jaystraigis.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

It was really fun to participate in the #QueerPit event!! Thank you to the hosts, and to everyone who interacted with my pitches, I hope to have the book to show for it in the not too distant future! 🩵🩵

040

Reposted by Jadyn

H. L. Docherty (Updates Only) @hldocherty.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS x A BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES Featuring: ❤️‍🔥Star-Crossed Lovers ❤️‍🔥Messy Families ❤️‍🔥Lovers to Enemies ❤️‍🔥Class Divide ❤️‍🔥Fated Mates with a Twist ❤️‍🔥Queer-Norm World ❤️‍🔥Mental Health Rep ❤️‍🔥Monsters & Horror Vibes ❤️‍🔥Dystopian Fantasy #QueerPit #NA #D #DF #FR #Q

119

Reposted by Jadyn

Madelyn Knecht ✨🌈 @madelynknecht.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

ARCANE x FMA x CRIERS WAR 🦾metal-based magic system 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨queer romance 😱anxiety rep 💀anti-colonialism 🤖the dangers of propaganda #queerpit #YA

An Agent’s Guide to This Metal War - YA Science Fantasy LGBTQ+

The pitch: When an anxious mechanic named Circuit is recruited into the war between science and magic, he uncovers the truth about the war and his own abilities that puts him at risk of execution by the hands of the very army that conscripted him. To survive, he makes a pact: help the volatile and frustratingly handsome bot Asher get revenge on his creator.

For fans of Crier’s War, Fullmetal Alchemist, Gear Breakers, Iron Widow, Cinder, anxiety rep, queer romance, boy/girl friendship, challenging the government, bi rep, reluctant allies to friends to ????, m/m pining

256

Reposted by Jadyn

Sarah "Neila" Elkins @neilak20.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#QueerPit #M #SPF #AC #Trans #T #H #BodyHorror #A Genderfluid shapeshifter, Page Simmons, has just been hired by a detective to help on a case involving the first instance of a child with shapeshifting powers. What sort of detective do you turn to when the culprit can be anyone or anything?

014

Reposted by Jadyn

Ali Z @alizagame.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Brooke knows the pastor's daughter -(and her secret girlfriend) -Leah wouldn't disappear without saying goodbye. But when no one at their cult-like church seems to remember Leah, Brooke is forced to not only prove Leah's murder, but her very existence. #QueerPit #YA #Thriller #querying #lesbian

055

Reposted by Jadyn

tarragonthedragon.bsky.social @tarragonthedragon.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

1000 years ago, the world was broken. Now, THE CITY OF 1000 ALTARS watches over the scar. Two strangers vie for the gods' forgiveness, unaware of the secrets their chance meeting will unravel. - older trans fallen god - autistic rebel priestess - badass fat female demigod #queerpit #a #ef

A moodboard showing: a woman's hand with a gold snake wrapped around it, an Aladdin-style oil lamp, a young woman removing a white mask, wine being poured from an antique jug, a fantasy cliff receding into mist, two figures in robes leaping over rooftops, a priest approaching an altar, a woman shooting lighting from her hands, an approaching sandstorm.

133

Reposted by Jadyn

IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win the world’s most competitive job interview: 🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth 🚀 build a spaceship from scraps 💫 fly it back to Titan 💔 team up with his rival ex 🗡️ kill him before landing 🖤 I said kill, not kiss… #QueerPit #A #SF #LGBT

3410

Reposted by Jadyn

Rachel @raeblainewrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

After the shock of killing a green classmate on the first day of school, Candy’s body begins changing. Now she must control her new ability before the scientists find out about the pure red girl who can shift between biological sexes and survive in the toxic sun. #QueerPit #YA #CLI #D #H

Images of red skies and sun.

Pure Red
A YA Dystopian Horror
Can she hide long enough to get away with murder?

0912

Reposted by Jadyn

Ori 🌈🪞📚💐 @dandelori.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

ROCOCO EDUCATION IN MALICE 🐍🎀 In an alternate 1790s where empty palaces are schools for guillotined aristocrats' heirs, exhausted tutor Ambroisie thinks she's just imagining the cursed island haunting her — until the magnetic leader of a secret cult tells her how to sail there #QueerPit #A #FR #HR

Center illustration by @em_niwa on instagram

A collage set against a sun setting over the ocean. Has muted, twilight moon-garden color palette. Includes pictures like stone statues in a garden, magical waterfalls, classical paintings, and multiple historical lesbians kissing.

List of comp titles:
The Familiar - Leigh Bardugo
When We Lost Our Heads - Heather O'Neill
An Education in Malice - S.T. Gibson
Les Miserables
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

024

Reposted by Jadyn

AmaraJLynn 🦹 drafting Fire & Feathers @amaralynn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

NON-BINARY WONDERLAND x BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Alois falls down the rabbit hole and finds fearsome beast Jabberwocky is nothing like the poem—they're kind, gentle, & love books. If they want a fairy tale HEA with Jabber, they must end the corrupt Red empire’s destructive reign. #A #FTA #FR #QUEERPIT

Text: agents' guide to Alois.
a fairytale romantasy.
Wonderland x Beauty and the Beast with a primarily non-binary cast.
86k words.
Imagery: an illustration of Alois falling down the rabbit hole, and an illustration of a rose.

Text: the pitch:
When enby bookworm Alois falls down a rabbit hole, the last thing they expect is to find where they belong and fall for the fearsome Jabberwocky. Jabber is nothing like the poem Alois read as a child; They're kind, gentle, and love books.

If Alois wants their happily ever after, however, they must bring an end to the corrupt Red rule and their own mother’s destructive reign of Wonderland.

Illustrations: Alois holding a book and walking down a hallway with three paintings, and an animal skull

Text: comps.
Imagery: the title pages for Uprooted and Belle REVOLTE, movie covers for Howl's Moving Castle, and The Ancient Magus' Bride. Image of Belle and Beast dancing from the live action Disney movie, and a drawing depicting Beast turned human and Belle holding a knife with a speech bubble saying "Belle it's me" and "change back".

Text: tropes/themes
enemies to lovers
monster love interest
the monsters aren't the villains
bookworm MC
Touch them and die
queer acceptance
Illustrations: Alois reading under a tree, and two stacked books.

0110

Reposted by Jadyn

Bee 🐝 has a BOOK DEAL! @beemorris.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#QueerPit #Q Alice can see ghosts... she'd really rather not 👻 🏳️‍🌈 Queer & trans rep 🧠 Autistic lead 🧽 Cleaning haunted houses 🔪 Serial killer mystery 🌊 Ghosts by the sea 🎭 Dark humour

media.tenor.com

a close up of a cartoon character wearing glasses and a scarf .

ALT: a close up of a cartoon character wearing glasses and a scarf .

3216

Reposted by Jadyn

R. E. McManus @earthkids.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Reach Out has everything: 👻Ghosts! 👾An ace monster hunter (as in asexual) 🪦Death! 🎸A cellist named Guitar 🐦Birds! 🔪A Lesbian who feeds boys to monsters ❌A Missing Sister! 🎻A psychic who only sees the future of men (gender affirming) 📺90s Vibes! 🔍A girl obsessed w/ true crime #QueerPit #YA #H #M #F

A collage image that says An Agent's Guide to Reach Out a 85,000 word YA horror/fantasy with mystery elements. The collage is made up ripped papers that are black or have words on them then in the top right corner is a polaroid of a girl in a hoodie climbing into an empty pool then in the bottom right are colorful tarot cards of death on a white horse, the fool walking off a cliff and wolves howling at the moon, in the bottom left is a cassette tape labeled "In case I disappear"

Lined paper with a polaroid of a mauseleum in the top left corner. The top says "The Pitch" and it is circled in red with the following words: Well, Denny sure messed up this time. He had one goal. One goal! And failed. Somehow, rather than finding his missing sister, he released a serial killer ghost with a penchant for drowning people.

And if that wasn’t already a lot, the one person in town who can see ghosts would rather play the cello than save strangers.

Lined paper that is split into two sections the first says Tropes/Rep and is circled in red then a torn out note page is taped to the paper that says the following: Found Family
Epistolary Interludes
Rewind, Replay, Repeat
Witchcraft
Meddling Kids
Missing Person
Unsolved Mysteries & Urban Legends
Ghostly Goals
90s Vibes

Underneath is another taped ripped page featuring the following pride pins: Trans, Asexual, Lesbian, Progress Pride

The other side says Comps at the top and is circled in red then there are photo booth style images hanging. The left from top to bottom: A random image of a maseleum and then Enid and Wednesday from Wednesday over the image; A building with an old sign out front with the Mystery Gang from Scooby-Doo; A cemetery photograph with the cast from IT (2017) standing there; a long white hallway of a bomb shelter and the two characters from Dead Boy Detectives.

The right from top to bottom: The Underwood Tapes by Amanda Dewitt book cover wih two people facing opposite ways and tape around them from a cassette; The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson book cover which is a blue and white with a faded scene of a street; Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake book cover with a woman's back as she stands in fog looking at a building; Dead Flip by Sara Farizan book cover with several characters looming over an arcade

Lined paper that says a snippet at the top and is cirlced in red and beside it is a destroyed casette tape then the following words: Dear listener who is probably just Denny.

I bet you’re chuckling now ‘cause I’m right, aren’t I?
Anyway, this is my ‘in case I disappear’ tape but the rest is a real treat for you.

It’s some impressive project I’ve been working on.
Though if I am missing, tell mom it wasn’t the monsters, but I’m, like, studying archeology at some college where I’m on some research trip with the professor to find the amulet. Then really buckle down and be all like ‘You know, the amulet? How do you not know about the amulet? What kind of mom are you?’ until she cries or something then you can tell the truth. I want her to feel bad for always being ‘too busy.’ "

115

Reposted by Jadyn

Lucy is querying @lliuwrite.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

A fox demon bard seeking to become human. A demon hunter with a wish of his own. And a race to the top of a wish-granting mountain in this Asian-inspired romantic fantasy where love might just be the deadliest obstacle of all. #QueerPit #A #FR #F

Illustration of a smiling bard and stern hunter standing underneath pink blossoms.

316