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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Kai Le’s life in Taipei is out of a drama. Urban legends roam the streets; his vampire employers are being hunted; his crush finally notices him. Yet what’s most frightening is learning about himself—and the person he may become, if he allows it. #questpit #AG #A #F

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

the four richly realised characters and their storylines coming tgt... with all the simmering political tensions and power plays... oof this one needs to be snapped up!!!

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

ADDIE LARUE x VELVET WAS THE NIGHT A hopeless romantic drags a grumpy college student with her to chase after an urban legend, and the rest is… A nightmare of scary men and shady gangs and bloodthirsty vampires. Well, this certainly isn’t the romcom she had in mind. #questpit #AG #A #SFF #S

A three by three moodboard. From left to right, top to bottom: a white table with dishes piled on it like oily dough sticks and silky bean curd, with the road in the background; a woman holding a guy's hand as they run past a Japanese food stall; a man holding a woman by the waist as they dance; a blue-tinged photo of a hand holding a person's neck and the person holding the hand; an image of a bus stand in the dark, whereby the bus stand is the only thing illuminated; a photo of three hands clinking three glasses of cocktails; a blue-tinged photo of a hand holding a cigarette up in a decrepit room; a red-tinged photo of a step of stairs leading up that is harshly shadowed; a red-tinged photo of a silhouette holding up a transparent umbrella by a building. In the middle of the moodboard, it states "adult upmarket speculative, FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD." At the bottom of the moodboard is @kswri.tes.

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Sammy Holden @holdencreates.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

GIDEON THE NINTH X THE FOXGLOVE KING A sapphic political intrigue fantasy that features: - a twisty murder mystery - sentient, decaying magic with a price - magical history lost to corruption - childhood friends-to-enemies-to-???? - women’s wrongs #QuestPit #AG #A #F

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Cailin Barrett-Bressack @cailinwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If you like grounded, speculative novels featuring woman-led cults, unique depictions of grief, off-beat humor, sister relationships, and neuroscience, then BOY do I have the book for you! 🐐 #Questpit #AG #A #S

Guide to: The Magic of Now
The story of a 62-year-old farmer, the goat her sister may be reincarnated into, and the new age cult that could be behind it.
By: Cailin Barrett-Bressack
Rep: Alex Land, Mad Woman Literary Agency

The Pitch
Gyla, 62-year old in mourning, encounters a mysterious goat on her farm that she suspects contains the consciousness of her recently deceased sister, Tina. Her quest for answers eventually leads to ReNewAll, a reclusive new-age community fixated on death and grieving– and with a goat on their brochures.
In addition to nonsensical classes like Stargazing with Your Eyes Closed and Untangling the Truth through Macrame, ReNewAll and its neuroscientist leader teach The Magic of Now, a practice that allows members to vividly revisit memories of their deceased loved ones.
As Gyla grows from skeptic and unlikely cult infiltrator to a willing member of ReNewAll’s inner circle, she must ultimately choose between immersing herself in an illusion of the past where Tina is still alive (and human), or dedicating herself to the imperfect (but tangible) version of her sister that is trapped inside the body of a goat.

The Comps
How to Age Disgracefully: quirky humor and warmly acerbic wit
Aimee Bender: surrealism used to highlight life’s bittersweet beauty
Catherine House: speculative exploration of insular communities
Eternal Sunshine: themes of memory and identity
comp cults: Teal Swan, Mother God, Elizabeth Holmes

A Snippet:
The Milky Way painted across the bowl of sky is technicolor and dizzying. The stars seem close enough that if she were to reach out and run her hands across the pricks of them, they’d snag splinters in her fingertips.
The wind grows louder. Gyla walks towards her pond, the forest pressing into the shore on three sides. Later in the spring, the pond's surface will be laced with pale green algae, but this early in the season the water is smooth glass, reflecting the night sky and also—the goat.
Gyla sees its reflection first, then draws her eyes up to where it stands motionless across the water. It’s hard to make out every detail in the muted blues of night, but she can tell who it is the moment she sees it.
“Tina?” Gyla whispers. The goat cocks its head to one side in response.
Gyla is not sure why she says her sister’s name aloud. It’s a physical knowing, the same way she senses weather changes in the marrow of her right knee. When she sees the goat, she feels her sister with her for the first time in months.
The goat approaches her cautiously. Its ear is pierced where an identification tag had been, but the tag is gone, and Gyla can see the stars reflecting on the surface of the pond through the small empty window in the cartilage.
Gyla knows she should be wondering if her mind is playing tricks on her. But she doesn’t waver in her conviction. Somehow, she can tell–this is her sister.
It’s Tina.

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

This was SO GOOD the tattoo magic, the worldbuilding, the POLITICAL INTRIGUE 😱👀

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Lily Wzy is drafting a mysterious new wip @lilywzy.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE DOUBLE x WATER OUTLAWS Armed with ten suns inked on his skin, Muduri ventures into enemy lands to restore his clan’s vanishing magic. But as centuries-old blood debts resurface, he's forced to consider: is their magic truly missing...or eluding those who seek it? #questpit #Q #F #A

Burning dragons whisper across his skin, awaiting to conjure a sun to demolish a city—A lotus-shaped platform before a gate encrusted into the side of a mountain. A man with a chest tattoo of a burning sun. A figure sitting at a tray table atop ashen stairs, calligraphy flowing in the grey air around. A woman bound by chains around her neck. A glowing, magical tome. A Mongolian girl wearing a loovuuz. A figure standing in a pond gazebo, gazing out. A red-robed swordswoman in a misty grass plain. An empty ancient Chinese street with red lanterns.

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

introducing my #editorsguide for FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, an adult urban fantasy/speculative ft. vampires, shady detectives & lost gods set in a fictional district in Taipei! feel free to hit up my agent @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social or leave a ❤️/reply if interested!

An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An editor's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo"

An image of a road with two bus stands across from one another backlit by an orange evening sky. Text reads, "Pitch. Kai Le is a photography studio assistant; Ai Yu is a flower shop apprentice. Their lives are normal as can be, but they long for more. Then chance encounters with an entity at a bus-stand opens up worlds of possibilities for them.

Ai Yu lives out the meet-cute of her fantasies; Kai Le stumbles upon an urban legend in the dark. What they want is within their grasp... But between lost gods, ambitious gangs, and horrors prowling in the shadows, the district they live in has more to offer than just their dreams. The most frightening thing about this new reality though? Learning about themselves - and the people they may become, if they allow it."

An image of reddish-orange lights shining on a silhouette at night. The book cover for Velvet was the Night on the left, with text above that states "noir", "romance..?", and "Street gangs". In the middle, the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, with text below that states "search for identity", "morally grey mc", and "lots of yearning". On the right, the anime poster for Durarara!, with text above that states "idyllic until it's not", "shady side characters" and "urban legends".

An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with 7-Eleven on the right and street stalls on the left. In the middle is an image of the silhouette of a woman staring out at the sea, with text that reads "Featuring vampires, vagrant gods, dubious detectives, cutthroat gangs, sunshine x grump romance (..?)"

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Lily Wzy is drafting a mysterious new wip @lilywzy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

As WHEN INK SWALLOWS THE SUN begins hitting agent inboxes, here's an updated #agentsguide, ft. 🪭An eldritch craving belonging 🏹A failing chosen one 🪭A pampered heir losing it all 🏹A saboteur of her own rebellion ❤️ this post or DM if interested! #agentguide #F #A #writingcommunity

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⟡ este @storiesofeste.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

A teenage girl crashes out from a friendship breakup. Her coping strategy? Become a supervillain to throw hands with her ex-friends. But with the city shaken by unrest, she may find herself in more trouble than it's worth. #SEAsianPit #W #YA #SH #UF

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

so... 🌟i'm agented!!🌟 @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social found my weird, cosy/creepy genre-blending story & saw the heart in not just this one book, but the rest of my stories as well🥹 i am so excited to work with her, and i can't wait to see what comes next! 💕

A blurry image of an urban landscape at night, with the words "KAY CHOO" written on the top, followed by a round image of the back view of a woman wearing a black jacket looking out into a lake, and the words "is now represented by ALEX BROWN, Mad Woman Literary Agency" below the picture.

On the top half of the image, text on a background of an urban nightscape that reads "For The Days We Never Had", followed by text against a translucent reddish background that reads, "After Kai Le and Ai Yu encounter a mysterious entity at a bus-stand, they find themselves getting what they wanted - and more. Thrown into the world of urban legends, they have to grapple with the monsters they have unleashed, both figurative and real. Are their dreams worth losing themselves over?"; "Adult Urban Fantasy - 94k words".

On the second half of the image is a 7-Eleven at dusk, with a row of pictures over it: the book cover for Velvet was the Night; the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue; and the anime poster for Durarara!

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Seren Kilig 🪉 @serenkilig.com · 30/04/2025

Ultimately, the Sword picks the Scribe — but I think @shannonlechon.bsky.social and I work better as partners, wouldn’t you say? After the most stressful month of my life, I thought I'd want rest, but no. We have so many more queer, cutting, and unflinchingly Filipino stories to talk about ~ 🪶

Seren Kilig is represented by Shannon Lechon at Azantian Literary Agency. Seren is depicted by a drawing from littlestpersimmon on Bluesky, which is of Seren’s character, Rivers. Rivers is a brown-skinned androgynous Filipino wearing a black cloak with cloth bandages around their neck. The background of the image is a grainy vintage picture of a university library.

APPARATUS, an adult Historical Fantasy by Seren Kilig. The background is a grainy 2x4 moodboard centered around 1920s imagery. This imagery includes a flapper girl in a sparkly red dress, text that says “body & soul”, a dagger hidden in a book, a tube of lipstick overtop handwritten letters, red wine pouring into a glass, a deck of tarot cards, text that says “coffee and cigarettes”, and a red die with a miniature crown.

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Peace Zodanou @peacezodanou.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

I need help surviving this year. If you're not in a position to donate, I understand. Please help by reposting. Please share with your circles. Every little donation helps. Thank you. gofund.me/19bc02b6

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Donate to Peace's Journey: Overcoming Job and Marriage Loss, organized by Peace Zodanou

[looking at the picture above reminds me of when I thought I could hol… Peace Zodanou needs your support for Peace's Journey: Overcoming Job and Marriage Loss

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Melanie is querying @melanielocke.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#Agents I started querying my gothic Sapphic fantasy! Shadow sorceress Evelyn has been having nightmares of a monster seeking to use her powers. Together with witch Lydia she must find out what the monster wants from her, before she loses herself to it.

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#SEAsianPit @seasianpit.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 📅 #SEAsianPit is back in 2025 ‼️ May 31, 2025 (all day, all time zones) The event will run on both this platform and the 🐦 app. Resources and FAQ's are up in our website (please check 🔗 in bio)

SAVE THE DATE
May 31, 2025
(All day, All Time Zones)

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

chezza is such an amazing writer (seriously, her story made me feel *so much*!!) and an even better friend, this is so deserved and I am so excited for her!! can't wait to see her books out on shelves! 💕

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Marginalized creators! Polish up those manuscripts, #DVPit returns October 2025 on bluesky with over 40 participating agents and editors! #booksky #writersky

returning october 2025
#DVPit
now on bluesky
40+ participating agents & editors (and counting)
follow us at @dvpit.bsky.social for more updates!

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.academics.blue · 05/04/2025

PROLOGUE: The shovel was old enough to be an heirloom, the hands gripping it trembling enough to be a child’s. Jim hadn’t been a child in a very long time. A forge exhaled into his left ear, eddies of heat forming words. *Be of use.* And then— —nothing. #1stlinepit #Q #A #F #SF

Digital painting of a blond man wearing a tank top and a toolbelt from behind, his hand on his hip. In the bottom right is the text SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines. In the upper left is the text "Adult STEM Postgrad Academic Fantasy, 107k words". In a green box in the upper right titled FIRST LINE is the text "To be Techniker was to be masochistic. Technikers worshiped at the altar of exhaustion, taking sick pride in toiling over a workbench or anvil until their bodies failed them. Glory lay in suffering for their craft, in creating small miracles powered as much by their own blood and sweat as the aether that underwove existence."

Pitch card for SEE IN ME THE WOLF by Gwendolyn Vines. Background top image is an anatomical diagram of a torso with left arm outstretched, bottom image is of dark nested ferns. Atop the image is a digital painting of a man with curly dark hair and medium skin tone, wearing dark green clothing and a gold hoop earring in his right ear, looking away from the camera. His hand rests atop a text box reading "When Institute graduate student Jim invents a device that could revolutionize medicine, his intoxicating suitemate Bash warns him it could be weaponized—and stops at nothing to prove his point. Are Jim's degree & the lives he could save worth staining his conscience?"

In the text box is the author's name and "Adult dark academic fantasy, 107k words." Below the textbox are cover images of the Netflix show Arcane (with Viktor's face), BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN by M.L. Wang, THE TWO DOCTORS GORSKI by Isaac Fellman, DON'T LET THE FOREST IN, by C. G. Drews, and RIPE by Sarah Rose Etter.

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

if these catch your fancy: - vamps running a photo studio - meetcutes & dancing w ur crush🥰 - a saviour you can't help but forget - a compulsion pulling you in, even while you're asleep u might just be interested in my #amquerying project here ⬇️⬇️ #agentsguide #agentguide

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

a fresh new #agentsguide for FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, an adult urban fantasy/speculative ft. vampires, shady detectives & lost gods set in a fictional district in Taipei! #amquerying, so leave a ❤️/reply if interested! tqsm @kassandratyst.bsky.social for the wonderful art! #agentguide

An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An agent's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo"

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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

To everyone doing the refresh dance for #revpitwaiting and/or revpit teaser posts: There's a feed if it makes it easier! This feed encompasses both #revpitteaser, #revpitteasers, and #10queries! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

So today was the official release day for my first traditionally published book. Out in Greenwood is an LGBTQ+ teen novel with humour, mixed with the emotions of realising you are gay at 15 but having to hide those feelings. Please retweet to help me get the word out.

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

my pitch card for my #amquerying adult urban fantasy, FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, ft. a discontented college kid and a hopeless romantic grappling with vampires, lost gods, gangs, and shady detectives leave a ❤️/reply if interested! #writingcommunity

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

She’s a hopeless romantic. He’s a grump discontented with life. Maybe chasing after an urban legend will get them what they want, if what they want is: 🌕 Midnight rendezvous 🌓 Monstrous vampires 🌒 Scheming gangs & shady detectives 🌑 The secret to controlling it all #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F

On a background of a city street at night, the words 'for the days we never had' is written on the top of the graphic. In the middle is a graphic of an orange-brown liquid in a cocktail glass. To the left of the glass is a graphic of a man in a hat smoking, with the words "Morally Grey" above it, then a plus sign and below it, the graphic of a heart-shaped sun with the words "Sunshine Romantic" written above it. Below that is a graphic of a woman in a cat with the words "Yearning God" written above it. To the right of the wineglass is a graphic of a silhouette of a cloaked figure with the word "Vampires" written above it, a silhouette of a man holding a magnifying glass with the words "Dubious Detectives" written above it, and a graphic of a dragon with the words "Cutthroat Gangs" written above it. On the bottom right of the graphic is the word "Genres", with five icons over a brown background below it: Silhouettes of a castle, a ghost, a gun, a magnifying glass, and a heart. They represent Fantasy, Horror, Suspense, Mystery, and Romance respectively.

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

ADDIE LARUE x TVD - vampires hiding their fangs - a lost god searching for identity - power-hungry gangs and dubious detectives - morally grey protagonist - regretting (?) what you wished for - realising what you truly are - in the speculative underbelly of Taipei #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #A #F

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Gwend💫lyn Vines @gwenvines.academics.blue · 17/03/2025

ARCANE x BLOOD OVER BRIGHT HAVEN All Jim owns when he arrives at the Institute is a battered briefcase & a pair of decaying boots. Little does he know that before classes end, he'll pack that blood-drenched briefcase to flee a nightmare of his own making. #PopUpPitA #A #F #LuckyPit #writing 💙📚

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3) When 2 awkward teenagers fall for each other during a coding competition, one must help her mother afford rent, confront a toxic ex-relationship, and come to terms with the possibility that she might be autistic. #YA #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

An illustrated image of five characters from The Syntax of Your Heart. From left to right, they are Mia, Owen, Ryan, Kiera, and Dmitriy. Mia is smiling and wearing a David Bowie shirt. Owen is wearing an Atari hoodie. Ryan is smiling, making a "peace" gesture with his hand, and wearing a Notorious B.I.G. shirt. Kiera is rolling her eyes, smiling, folding her arms, and wearing a Keith Haring shirt. Dmitriy has a subtle smirk on his face and is wearing a NASA shirt. There is an outline of a floating satellite in the background.
Artwork by Joy Ling.

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kay @kswrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3) To win a $100k coding competition, Mia Pan teams up with an autistic coding prodigy, who she’s crushing hard on. But falling for him makes her wonder: is she autistic too? #YA #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

Mia and Owen sit in a dark room illuminated by a TV screen. Owen is holding an Atari controller while looking at Mia, who is eating garlic bread.
Art by Joy Ling.

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Leigh Samuels @leighsamuels.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

WHEN YOU GET THE CHANCE X MATILDA X TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW 🎭 I always loved musicals so I joined my school's production of Legally Blonde. 👩🏻‍🏫 Except the director is a nightmare 👧🏻 Who loves to degrade me 😭 Is it worth giving up my dream? Find out in Undesired Spotlight! #LuckyPit #YA #Con #PopUpPitA

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Victoria Lilly @victorialilly.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

My new pitch card for the sapphic gothic horror novel I #amquerying With the economy crumbling and inequality skyrocketing, what can be more pertinent than a story about proverbially eating the rich 😁❤️ #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit #adult #horror #gothic

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Katie Bailey @katiebaileybook.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

When exorcising ghosts, it helps to have a medium with a cool head and sympathetic heart. Instead, we get unlikable, snarky Constance. In a blend of horror/comedy that gets darker as it goes, traveling ghost hunters get in too deep when the dead won’t RIP. #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #a #uf #h #spec

Cute sparkly purple background with adorable cartoon ghosts. Over it, it says “testimonials for CENTRAL AVALON” and, in speech bubbles, “SCOOBY DOO ASS FOUND FAMILY VIBES HELL YEAH -reader,” “this is a bit dark for my tastes. -literary agent,” “I didn’t entirely hate the protagonist by the end. -reader,” and “a subjective industry -literary agent”

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James A Lyons @jalwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Here We Go Again x It's a Sin Whilst honouring his uncle's dying wish to reunite six drag queen activists, a young gay man hears the truth about his adoptive mother. With her past about to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him. #PopUpPitA #LuckyPit

On the left, the title THE DRAGNIFICENT SEVEN is written, with the text angled vertically. To the right is a 9 square moodboard. In the four corners are images of drag queens. Top middle is an image of an LGBTQ+ rights protest in black and white. Bottom middle is a picture of a piece of colourful modern art. Middle left is a road map with a magnifying glass and set of car keys resting on top. Middle right is an image of a young man with medium length hair walking through a city at night. In the centre is a pile of newspaper cuttings with the words 'are the dragnificent seven back?" written over the top in a fake headline style. On the right hand side and acting as a background image, is a drag queen waiting in the wings.
If you use a screen reader or rely on alt text, I always aim to make picture posts as inclusive as possible. If I can improve in any way to make my posts more accessible to you, please do reach out and I will take your feedback on board for future posts.

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Ivy Lin | Querying Author @ivy-lin.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

SOMETHING MORE x TOMORROW (x3) When 16yo Mia Pan learns her mom can't afford rent, she must win a $100k coding competition to stay in NYC—her childhood home—while navigating feelings for her autistic teammate and wondering if she's autistic herself. #YA #LuckyPit #PopUpPitA

An illustration of Mia, the female lead, and Owen, the male lead, sitting together on a desk. Owen is typing on a keyboard and focused on his work. Mia is looking towards Owen and twirling her hair with her index finger.
Artwork by Joy Ling.

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