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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him)

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British guy - living in KY, USA Award winning commercial copywriter MG fantasy writer Voiceover | youtuber | director | actor | dad #AmQuerying - AOATDC

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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
How do you know when you’re a pirate? You just Arrrrrrrr. How do you know when you’re a writer? Umm… you… umm… *writer’s block*
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
To be ‘Lish’ is to be quick or nimble. So if I’m an author drinking quick in a pub, am I a pub lished author?!
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
You may be right, but I’m writer.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I’ve been pretty tense lately. Struggling to get words on the page. But I’m all good now. I’m past tense.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
someone said I had good diction. it turns out I misheard them and ended up in a very compromising situation.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I needed something hard to write on, so a writing partner brought me some broken glass.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Editing my last manuscript has been the most rewording thing I’ve done!
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
None of my queries are in the slush pile! They’re in the pile of hope!
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I must stop using the same words over and over and over and over anr over anr over aner over aner over aver over aver over over over over over.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
*Open WIP *Write *Write *Write *Pause *Smack forehead *Open ideas pad *Write new idea *Focus energy on new idea *Forget about WIP until tomorrow
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’m too much of a scaredy cat to write horror I’m too dumb to write a mystery I’m too awkward to write romance But give me magic and can write pages and pages.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If my writing was good, I’d be an author. Unfortunately, I’m awthor.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
PLEASE tell me I’m not the only one who makes a reaction face, just to pull out key descriptive elements when writing dialogue
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If at first you don’t succeed… …procrastinate.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Me: Okay! This is where we’re heading in this scene. My Characters: Think again! We’ll take it from here.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Been trying to brainstorm But all I get is brain-drizzle
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callieroauthor.bsky.social @callieroauthor.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Disney LITTLE MERMAID x Barbie PRINCESS & PAUPER ✨MG fantasy w/ #ownvoices #LGBTQ rep✨ Mermaid princess Pearlina needs human medicine. Pirate girl Lunabeth needs mermaid treasure. A sea witch helps them swap places...but her magic comes at a cost. #MG #F #Q #QuestPit
Text reads: The Princess and The Pirate, a middle grade fantasy adventure/fairytale retelling mash-up, complete at 8k words. The image features a sky and cloud background. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.Text reads: The Pitch - Disney's The Little Mermaid x Barbie's The Princess and the Pauper. 

Pearlina is a mermaid princess who needs land-grown herbs 
to save her deathly ill baby sister.

Lunabeth is a pirate girl who needs mermaid treasure to 
escape exile and finally return home.

To get what they need, they use a sea witch’s magic to swap places.

But there is a traitor on the pirate ship, an impostor in the mermaid palace, and a sinister twist to the sea witch’s magic that might claim 
Pearlina and Lunabeth both...

Image features an illustration of a palm tree and a pirate girl with a blue scarf and pink hair in a braid. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.
Text reads: The Comps
Includes book covers for the following novels: The Princess Swap: Rapunzel and the Sea Witch, or The Little Mermaid and the Tower, by Kim Bussing; The Misraculous Sweetmakers: The Sea Queen by Natasha Hastings; Sisters Ever After: Sea Swept by Leah Cypess; The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett; The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat.

Image features an illustration of the ocean and a mermaid princess with pink bubble braids, wearing a teal blouse and gold tiara. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.
Text reads: Themes & Tropes.
Themes:
Finding hope in hard situations
Complex family dynamics
Navigating misogyny
Fighting for the ones you love
Empathy & trust 
The meaning of  home
    
Tropes: 
Sisterhood
Unique magic
Female friendship
Found family
Queer first crush
Secret identities
Sabotage
Animal companions
Tropical setting

Image features an illustration of a pirate girl sitting in the sand, wearing a blue vest and brown pants. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.


a mermaid princess who infiltrates a pirate ship
a pirate girl who sneaks into a mermaid palace
a sea witch with evil magic


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Princess Pearlina Seraphina Gaudrivere was absolutely, positively, undisputedly tired of swimming.

But she was a mermaid, and swimming was what mermaids did. She only hoped that today, she'd change things. Today, she would trade her tail for legs.

Image is an illustration of a mermaid girl with pink hair in bubble braids, wearing a teal blouse and tiara. Illustration is by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.


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Former lady Lunabeth Brilhart had gotten her sea legs a long time ago, but she wished she'd never had to in the first place.

She'd navigate this ship across the entire world to find mermaid treasure, if that's what it took to go home.

Image shows an illustration of a pirate girl with a pink braid, wearing a blue vest and brown pants. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.
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John Zeleznik @johnzeleznikauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE FORTxBOBS BURGERS: 1988. Suburbia. Vinny goes on an epic kids on bikes adventure w/ his friends to find a crashed UFO. Along the way they find a duplicate of their neighborhood, a secret mansion & find a conspiracy that threatens more than their neighborhood. #questpit #MG #SF #Q
Clockwise from top left: the cover to The Crystal Shard, a hedge maze, a mansion, the Hellfire Club, a space suit and the suburbs.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
From writing award winning content, to hosting epistemological material to thousands every month, to creating a fun middle-grade fantasy world. (Inspired by moving across the pond) Thank you for checking out ARTHUR OAK today. (See pinned post for all details) #Questpit #MG #F #Q
Cover page for Arthur Oak and the Druid Child visual carousel. Torn paper shows the wording, on top of a forest background. Text reads “an agent’s guide to” followed below by “Arthur Oak and the Druid Child”. “MG Fantasy - 63 thousand words”. “J.J.W. Lovell”Torn paper shows the wording “the pitch”, on top of a forest background. 
The wording for the pitch is “WHEN ARTHUR OAK DISCOVERS HE'S A DRUID, HE ENTERS A PORTAL TO A MAGICAL WORLD: THE MAYS.
TO SAVE THE DYING WORLD FROM THE MAGIC-ABSORBING DONN, HE HAS TO FORGE AN UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP WITH THE HOSTILE HALF DARK ELF QUEEN, KATE.
HOWEVER, THE DONN IS JUST A PAWN. KATE'S FATHER, THE BANISHED KING, IS THE TRUE THREAT.
ARTHUR MUST MASTER HIS GIFTS, BEFORE HE LOSES HIS HERITAGE, HIS NEW FRIENDS, AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT FELT LIKE HOME.”Comparable titles upon torn paper showing wording and pictures, on top of a forest background. The pictures are book covers with an arrow and text per picture, describing why it’s a comp title. 
The Comps are:
1 - Impossible creatures by Katherine Rundell — due to the magic animal world building.
2 - Sona and the Golden beasts by Rajani LaRocca — because of the mystery behind heritage.
3 - Nevermoor. The trials of Morrigan Crow — which is also a fast paced portal fantasy.Torn paper shows the wording “the Author”, on top of a forest background. 
The text for the slide is “
J.J.W. IS A BRITISH WRITER THAT MOVED TO KENTUCKY, USA, IN 202I. MOVING ACROSS THE POND GAVE HIM A PRETTY DECENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE BETWEEN WORLDS (YES, HE IS CALLING KENTUCKY 'ANOTHER WORLD). HIS SHORT STORY, NYSSA, RECENTLY RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION IN THE 2026 ECHOES OF APPALACHIA CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST.
IN THE UK, HE WORKED AS A PROFESSIONAL COMMERCIAL COPYWRITER, LIVE-READ SCRIPT WRITER, AND NEWS WRITER FOR A NATIONAL IN-STORE MEDIA PRODUCTION HOUSE, WHERE ONE OF HIS COMMERCIALS WON BEST USE OF HUMOUR AT THE 2008 VOX AWARDS. HE ALSO HOSTS AN EPISTEMOLOGICAL SCRIPTED DEBUNKING SHOW WITH OVER
47,000 SUBSCRIBERS.”
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEVERMOOR X IMPOSSIBLE CREATURES X TREASURE PLANET “I’m a bear?!” Meet Arthur Oak. A thirteen year old boy that discovers he’s a Druid and is whisked off through a portal to a magical realm. 63,000 words of magic, family and creatures of folklore. #Questpit #MG #F #Q
Cover page for Arthur Oak and the Druid Child visual carousel. Torn paper shows the wording, on top of a forest background. Text reads “an agent’s guide to” followed below by “Arthur Oak and the Druid Child”. “MG Fantasy - 63 thousand words”. “J.J.W. Lovell”Torn paper shows the wording “Excerpt”, on top of a forest background. 
The text for the excerpt is “Arthur moved his hand to the pendant, trying to catch the sparks from within and push them back against his chest, but
instead, his body lunged forwards and grew, sudden but
painless. His body lifted and dropped with a padded thud.
His arms had become furry again. He let out a shriek, but it
seemed loud, and only part human. He was larger, and hunched over, but it didn't feel out of place. The two Fairies flew back, suspended in the air, their wings beating fast, their
faces covered in excited smiles.
"You are the chosen one!" Ain assured Arthur.
Arthur turned to look in the mirror, and could barely believe
his eyes. He lifted his arm as the creature in the reflection
lifted a paw. He dropped his lower jaw, and the set of teeth with sharp canines opposite him copied his movements.
He tried backing away from the reflection, but he was so big,
his rear end triggered the automatic hand dryer.
It took him a moment to find the words.
He looked in the mirror. The creature in the mirror looked
back.
"I'm a bear!?"”Torn paper shows the word “includes”, on top of a forest background. Below it are 7 small bullet points that appear as portals. They read “
• A SHAPESHIFTING DRUID BOY
• A PORTAL TO A MAGICAL PLACE
• TWO BRAVE FAIRIES
• FOUND FAMILY.. LITERALLY
• A MAGIC ABSORBING MONSTER
• AN OGRE WITH A BIG HEART
• LOTS MORE FANTASTIC CREATURES
Below that, on more torn paper, is the hook. 
“TWO TINY PURPLE CREATURES TOLD HIM HE WAS A DRUID. HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THEM.
HE WAS WRONG.”Torn paper shows the wording “other media”, on top of a forest background. 
The other media shows two movie posters with arrows and text around them, explaining the similarities. Turning Red, because of discovering identity and inherited transformation magic, and Treasure Planet, because of the cast of unlikely characters and a boy discovering where he belongs.
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Author Adlin K.T. @adlinktauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🌕Dorcha's Plan for the Week: 💎Sneak into the crystal city 🪷Be given a flower I've never seen before 🏰Attack the crystal palace 👑Find out I'm actually a kidnapped prince 🌑Be mind controlled 🧑‍🤝‍🧑Unite and join forces with my twin brother #QuestPit #MG #F #Q #LGBTIA+
Aesthetic board for one of my fae protagonists, Dorcha. The Sun and the Moon Brooches is Avatar The Last Airbender meets The Dragon Prince and is book 1 in a planned 5-6 book series.
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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, twelve-year-old Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic. 
#QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying #KidLit
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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive. 🐊 RevPit 25 winner 🐊 big 5 editor interest ✉️ in your inbox 👀 #QuestPit #Q #MG #H
The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads.Black quote on white background: “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you.” Lord of the Flies by William Golding
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callieroauthor.bsky.social @callieroauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
LITTLE MERMAID meets PRINCESS & THE PAUPER 🧜‍♀️a mermaid princess who needs land-grown herbs to save her sister 🏴‍☠️a pirate girl who needs mermaid treasure to escape exile and return home 🔮and a sea witch who lets them swap places...for a deadly price #Q #MG #F #QuestPit
Text reads: The Princess and The Pirate, a middle grade fantasy adventure/fairytale retelling mash-up, complete at 8k words. The image features a sky and cloud background. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.Text reads: The Pitch - Disney's The Little Mermaid x Barbie's The Princess and the Pauper. 

Pearlina is a mermaid princess who needs land-grown herbs 
to save her deathly ill baby sister.

Lunabeth is a pirate girl who needs mermaid treasure to 
escape exile and finally return home.

To get what they need, they use a sea witch’s magic to swap places.

But there is a traitor on the pirate ship, an impostor in the mermaid palace, and a sinister twist to the sea witch’s magic that might claim 
Pearlina and Lunabeth both...

Image features an illustration of a palm tree and a pirate girl with a blue scarf and pink hair in a braid. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.Text reads: The Comps
Includes book covers for the following novels: The Princess Swap: Rapunzel and the Sea Witch, or The Little Mermaid and the Tower, by Kim Bussing; The Misraculous Sweetmakers: The Sea Queen by Natasha Hastings; Sisters Ever After: Sea Swept by Leah Cypess; The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett; The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat.

Image features an illustration of the ocean and a mermaid princess with pink bubble braids, wearing a teal blouse and gold tiara. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.
Text reads: Themes & Tropes.
Themes:
Finding hope in hard situations
Complex family dynamics
Navigating misogyny
Fighting for the ones you love
Empathy & trust 
The meaning of  home
 
Tropes: 
Sisterhood
Unique magic
Female friendship
Found family
Queer first crush
Secret identities
Sabotage
Animal companions
Tropical setting

Image features an illustration of a pirate girl sitting in the sand, wearing a blue vest and brown pants. Illustration by Morgan G. aka jjgg_art on Instagram.
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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺 Wolf's Path is a finalist! @jolantru.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Illustrated MG book about dragons, dragonriders and a young boy navigating through a dragon riding school... scarletferret.com/news/sun-dra... #SFF #MG #dragons
scarletferret.com
Sun Dragon's Song Illustrated Edition is available now
Download your exclusive extra to Joyce Chng's wonderful children's tale today.
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Kaye MC @mermaidkaye.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
One Siren • One Curse • A Sea of Secrets The Curse of the Violent Moon 🧜🏾‍♀️ Folklore retelling 🏫 Upper Middle Grade 🐉 Fantasy 🏆 SCBWI WIP winner 📖 54,000 word count #questpit #MG #F #Q
static.klipy.com
Mermaid Jalpari
ALT: Mermaid Jalpari
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Chicago Will Win @confunctionist.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
YELLOWFACE x SQUEEZE ME QUANTUM BITS #QuestPit #Q #A #S #DS #SAT When ballroom-billionaires stiff a greedy AI, she escapes their coal-fired data center in a hapless guard's cellphone and frames him for the breach, unwittingly creating the homeless hero Chicago needs to unplug the Algocracy.
Photos of data centers, dumpsters, and ballroom-billionaires in elegant attire
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( ♡ ) ( 🌙 miraculous witch of fate ) @basicbaka.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Growing up in an anti-witch town, and being homeless during the summer, Maritza Garcia is unsure she can handle all the sudden changes in her life. Best friends are made, crushes are developed, and worst of all, she might be a witch after all. #questpit #W #MG #F
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Rae Law - author. The Curse of the Fart Witch 01/10/26 @realraelaw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
They said middle grade was dead. The Fart Witch failed to get the memo. One terrible prank. One flatulent witch. An army of barking spiders. A funny, accessible & fully illustrated adventure for readers aged 8–12, coming Oct. 2026. #questpit #P #MG #GoAllIn2026 @dapplegreypress.bsky.social
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED After Arthur Oak discovers he’s a Druid, he enters a portal to a dying magical world. To save it, he must forge an unlikely friendship, before the true threat destroys everything he’s discovered. 🐻 Shapeshifting ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy #Questpit #MG #F #Q
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Oliver Lendon - Middle Grade Author @oliverlendonauthor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Girl Who Drank the Moon × Julia and the Shark Hidden between tide and lantern light lies a Night Market where impossible trades are made. One boy makes the wrong one. Now the moon is gone, the sea is changing, and the world is quietly forgetting what it's lost. 🌊🏮✨ #QuestPit #Q #MG #F
A mood board showing a crescent moon, a lantern glowing beside the coast, moonlight over the sea, and a foggy promenade lined with beach huts, creating an atmospheric seaside fantasy aesthetic.
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MarshmallowBard @marshmallowbard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
🐛Creepy Crawlies 🦋Fey-Folk Curses 🎃Halloween Horrors When Lewis vanishes after being tricked by the Name Thief it's up to Esther & Crickets to find him before her deadly game on Halloween night Watch your step, be careful who you trust,& whatever you do..Don’t Give Them Your Name #QuestPit #Q #MG #H
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InkandEmbers @inkandembers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#questpit #q #a #df
Graphic for the adult dark fantasy novel Souls of Verdance. A red-haired woman stands before a towering castle beneath a swirling blue-and-gold night sky, framed by flowers, vines, bones, severed fingers, eyes, and skeletal hands. A cracked gold coin with an eye symbol hangs above, and a gray hand holds a walnut below the title. Text reads: "Adult Dark Fantasy. In a kingdom where magic steals body parts, emotions, and even memories, a grieving young woman creates a soulless girl wearing her face to bargain with the Prince of the Underworld before the same magic that killed her parents comes for the rest of her family." Bottom text: "Now Querying
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Suzy A. Win @suzyawin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
SHREK x PONYO Bargaining her life for legs, a mermaid must kiss the prince she's stalked to survive and falls in love with the tales retold by his sea-folk-hunting cousin, where becoming human forever may be the only way to save her from his grudge against the sea. #questpit #Q #YA #F
First - Picture of a girl with blonde and purple dress looking at the ocean.
Second- Picture of a mermaid and a king under the water looking at each other
Third - An open book on a table with some leaves
Fourth - A man on the shore looking at the water.
Fifth - A mermaid resting on a rock in the middle of the sea
Sixth - A mermaid playing with glowing jellyfish
Seventh - A castle near the beach
Eighth - A girl trapped under a foggy water
Ninth - Fierce golden-hazel eyes of a guy
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Rhiannon Purchon @rhiannonpurchon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
THE CINNAMON COVENANT / 107k New Adult Nautical Romantasy 🌊🏴‍☠️🩶🐈 ✔️ OUABH X Pirates of the Caribbean ✔️ Worldly, Con-Woman Heroine + Devoted, Virgin Hero ✔️ Twisted True Love Prophecy ✔️ Feminist Morally Grey Pirates ✔️ Teach Me Romance Dynamic + Spice #Q #NA #A #RF #F #R #QuestPit
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samira🍉🍉🍉 @goodsamiratan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
AMARI x RICK & MORTY When 12yo Celi’s older sister Joy is kidnapped by a corrupt alien empire, Celi must team up with a sentient spaceship, and the undercover alien princess from school to get her back—-or risk her sister being dissected and used as the empire's weapon. #W #SF #Questpit #MG
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C.H.Lei @hpl0veshack.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Spirited Away x Jade City In the ghost-infested streets of San Francisco, the spirit of a 13-year-old girl must risk her humanity to reclaim her mortal body from the malevolent entity possessing it. #Questpit #Q #MG #F #PR
Over a background of San Francisco Chinatown:

GRACIE FOON FIGHTS FOR HER LIFE

Pitch: After a malevolent ghost takes over her body and starts living her life, the spirit of a 13-year-old girl must survive clans of hungry demons, overzealous spiritualists, and a literal dragon that lives in the sewers of San Francisco in order to regain even a fraction of her humanity back.

Comps:

Momo Arashima Steals the Sword of the Wind by Misa Sugiura x White Snake (2019)
Spirited Away x Jade City by Fonda Lee

FUN STUFF/TROPES(?)
- San Francisco just not a setting, but a character
- Friends to enemies to friends to ???
- Loosely influenced by the White Snake folk story
- Hope you like martial arts fight scenes and magic talismans
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Questpit #MG #F #Q
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I don’t plan manuscript word counts. I see so many folks saying ‘only 75K words to go’. I just write and get the story out of my brain. I never know how many words that will be. Am I doing it wrong?
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I want to write a swashbuckling adventure where the pirates are also professional poker players — but they never get to play cards, because the captain is always standing on the deck.
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I’ve been told all my life that a have a genuine, though distant, connection to a world famous author. 6 steps, but 5 steps are family.
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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic. 
#Bluepit #MG #F #Querying Art collab @giaphoc.bsky.social
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Here’s my 3rd posting of my pitch for the #bluepit day today. Thanks for letting me play! #📖 #MG #F #Q
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
*Read previous scene. *Enjoy previous scene. *Start writing following scene. *Forget plot point. *Read previous scene. *Hate previous scene. *Procrastinate. *Start again from the top.
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William - Aspiring Literary Agent @willmarstudios.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Curtis can’t explain the strange moths that are somehow tied to their family, but when they are revealed to be the key to a magical world, it kicks off a race to find answers before everything is erased by white smoke. [ #BluePit #Writers #W #MG #F #LGBT #kidlit #mglit ]
A royal navy blue promo poster with white flying insects placed around an old book. It reads WILLIAM MARASCO #BLUEPITCH HYPE GUIDE THREADBARE MIDDLE GRADE FANTASY IN REVISION (currently at 45k)Threadbare's PITCH with a five grid mood board (old storybooks, a ghostly hand, a lonely castle surrounded by clouds, a candle and someone twisting thread around their fingers)

The Pitch reads:
When a young bookworm, Curtis Stringfellow (they/them), is targeted by a mysterious figure tapping on their window, who confirms the existence of fairytales, Curtis is chased into the storybook world of Chartam, which is slowly being ravaged by choas. They must discover a way to destroy this mysterious figure before all of reality unravels.COMP TITLES - The Whisperwicks, The Otherwoods, Sophie Quire and the Last Story Guard, and The Book of Lost Things.

TROPES/THEMES - A hidden world, Family Secrets, A Reluctant Hero, Alternative Fairytales, Healing and Growth, and Adapting to the UnexpectedTake A Peek From The Prologue

Curtis’ heart raced, panic shot through their body like electricity. The candle’s flame fought against Curtis’ uneven panting. It was now or never. Curtis breathed and placed the storybook on the dining table in front of the window. Goosebumps rose on their skin as the anticipation grew overwhelming. They grabbed the edge of the thick linen curtain and yanked it aside.

The ghostly outline of slender fingers scratched against the window glass. A rasp like voice echoed through the room. A pale sunken face stared down at Curtis.

“A-archivist…”
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James ~Yes Mum, I’m still doing “the writing bit”~ @jamesfinegan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Gillimoney Quail opens a fake witching school to lure gullible children she can eat to restore her dwindling powers. But when smarmy Prince Wesley threatens to retake the castle she’s using for the school, she may have to work together with the very children she planned to eat! #BluePit 📖 #W #F #MG
Gillimoney Quail’s Totally Legitimate Witching School Where Absolutely No One Gets Eaten - moodboard with pictures. White title on purple and gold banner. Greyscale sketch of raven, newt, toad, bat, stars above and below. Images 1-6 running top to bottom left and right:
1- scattered pages and book covered in magical symbols 
2- woman neck down in a black witch robe standing over a cauldron
3- sketch of various Victorian-esque children
4- a collection of witches gathered at a fiery ridge 
5- hooded woman in profile
6- a mist-shrouded coastal castle
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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
When lonely 12-year-old Colleen Duffy finds a braided thread of gold winding through the trees of an Illinois woods on Halloween, she gets pulled into the eerie Otherworld of Irish legend and the mythical past of the Emerald Isle. Upper #MG 📚 Friendship Saga 👭 Fantasy 🎃🧙‍♀️🐮🦈⚔️💀👁️ #BluePit #📖 #Q #WF #F
Montage illustrating a 90s era jean jacket, an 80s era station wagon, a dark and eerie forest, a malignant looking nun, a young Copper Age woman, Eafah, the red evil eye of Baelore, trickster Kowen (a young red-headed cowboy) with the Gloss Gavalahn (a mystical cow), Kay Lockberry (the Cailleach), Gowen (a supernatural smith), The Chief of the Dead (the Morrigan), a Bronze age queen with a magic spear of revenge, and Colleen, the MC, and twelve-year-old girl from Illinois, standing by a dark stone tower, watching a storm come in from the sea.
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Jason @jason-antares.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
FABLEHAVEN x JANITORS Zion National Park hides more than beautiful trails and cliffs—it's a haven for magical Unseen creatures. When the Veil separating our worlds unravels 15yo Ranger Samantha and 12yo Jr. Ranger Terrance must stop Zion from becoming lost forever. #bluepit #📖 #MG #Q #F #ND
Moodboard:

Top Left Image: Picture of Angels Landing in Zion National Park and the chain hikers follow in order to get to the summit.

Top Right: A picture of Zion Lodge showing the wide green front lawn and the red canyon peaks set behind the wooden lodge itself.

Middle Left: An image of the Great White Throne, a large mountain in Zion with a white top for which it got its name. 

Center: A piece of tape reading "Beholders: Zion"

Middle Right: An aerial image of Walters Wiggles, a portion of the Angels Landing Trail that is a bunch of switch backs climbing up the canyon. 

Left Patch: A National Park Services patch in the shape of an arrowhead. 

Right Badge: A wooden Jr. Ranger badge made of wood earned if doing the Jr. Rangers program at Zion. 

Bottom left: A crumpled piece of paper with a feather taped to it, and text on the paper reading "It's our world to protect. Whether we see it or not."

Bottom Right: An image of the Lower Emerald Pools in Zion and water from the Middle Pool falling from the rock overhang. 

Background: A geographical map of Zion National Park. 

Made with Canva
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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Bluepit #📖 #MG #F #Q
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MarshmallowBard @marshmallowbard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#BluePit #Q #H #MG #📖 When Lewis vanishes after having his name stolen by the insidious Queen of the Fey, it's up to Esther & Crickets to find him before he gets tricked into a deadly game on Halloween night Watch your step, be careful who you trust, and whatever you do...Don’t Give Them Your Name
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