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MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

For #questpit, here's the #agentsguide to Dandelions Don’t Die. It has... 💔 Family curse that breaks hearts 🤍 Messy sisters in two generations 👻 Haunted home 🖊️ Diary entries from the past 🖤 Girl sworn to loneliness 🪦 Summer job at an abandoned cemetery #Q #YA #SPEC #R #H

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Text: An agent’s guide to Dandelions Don’t Die, YA speculative romance with horror elements, 82K words

Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature.
Text: Pitch: 16-year-old Stella is cursed to die if someone breaks her heart. Forced to take a summer job at an abandoned cemetery with the one boy she can’t afford to fall for, she must fight against her growing feelings or risk an eternity as a ghost.

Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature.
Five book covers and text attached to them with curving arrows:
Practical Magic - Subtle magic
The Wicked Deep - Dual ghost timeline
House of Hollow - Atmospheric horror
For the fans of The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch

Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature.
Text: Dandelions Don’t Die has:
Ghosts
Sisters
Generational curse
Complicated family dynamics
Diary entries from the past
Loneliness
Forced proximity
Angsty slow burn
He falls first
She saves him

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MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I hear questpit is soon. Not yet sure if I'll be participating 🤔 Pitch events here are always so quiet, especially if the event is on Twitter as well.

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Only 1 day until the first chapter of LET ME BE YOUR VILLAIN! Follow the story on Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/story/389200...

The problem is that for a scheming villain, I’m absolutely clueless when it comes to trying to stop a hero determined to deliver justice for all the crimes I don’t remember committing.

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I know this is moving fast! I'm so excited to share with you the title and blurb of my Wattpad serial I'm working on for the Open Novella Contest 2025! Title: LET ME BE YOUR VILLAIN #serialfiction #onc2025 #opennovellacontest #wattpad #fantasy #lgbtfiction

Draven wanders The Library of All Things Never Written in search of his own deleted story before it’s forgotten, and he fades out of existence. But when the hero of his story breaks into the library to vanquish his escaped villain, Draven is forced to flee with an infuriating ghost librarian in tow. They must find the author who abandoned Draven’s story and convince her to complete it before her hero wreaks havoc on the library in search of a villain to defeat.

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Meg Anderson @megzbookz.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

My synopsis writing process always goes through five emotional stages: 1. Denial (I don’t need one) 2. Anger (this is impossible) 3. Bargaining (can I just send the whole book?) 4. Depression (I’ll never be a writer) 5. Acceptance (fine, here’s a terrible one) #writingcommunity

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MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Go preorder this amazing book! 🐙

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MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This sounds fun! I'm not looking for readers at the moment, but I might have time for beta reading something 👀🤩

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MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I’m excited to introduce the AGENT’S GUIDE to Dandelions Don’t Die, a YA speculative romance with horror elements. #litagents, if ghosts, slow burn romance and a curse that breaks hearts sound like a good fit, leave a 💔 #agentsguide #amquerying #YA

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MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

New FREE contest for writers of Young Adult Fiction — tinyurl.com/wdwcon1 — Judged by agent Eric Smith, via @writingdayworkshops. Winners get an agent critique of their work. Anyone else submitting your first page?

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First Pages Contest #2, Young Adult: Judged by Agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary

Submit the opening of your unpublished YA novel to our First Pages Contest #2, Young Adult: judged by agent Eric Smith of P.S. Literary.

MariettaV @mariettav.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Do agent's guides work? I'm thinking of finally making one.

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leona has an agent✨🦋 @leonahwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

here’s my moodboard tutorial transferred here! i think it’s what im best known for😭 okay, the highly requested moodboard lessons will begin! come with me for the first lesson taught by moi today: 9 picture moodboards i.e. my fav thing ever

a 9 picture moodboard for tvocs

top row, left to right: 1. a person holding an older (film) camera
2. lots of drawings of overlapping vampire teeth on a red background
3. a black and white photo of a computer, tablet, and notepad with a pen and phone on top

middle row (left to right): 1. a red moon and black background
2. a black background with a red neon sign reading “bite me”
3. the silhouette of a bat hanging from a branch with a red background

bottom row (left to right): 1. a picture of three stacks of news papers
2. a picture of a woman’s mouth with dark red glossy lips
3. a press badge on a white background

9 picture mood board. 3 pictures per row.

row 1: an orange hue lightning strike, a stone castle, a woman in leather assassin gear

row 2: a black and white picture of armor, silhouette of two people kissing or fighting (up to you), a black and white picture of hands swirling water

row 3: the bow of a boat, a stack of human skulls, an orange pendant necklace

a nine picture moodboard:
row 1, 3 pics: a closeup of a white dragons face, a closeup painting of a girl holding a steam of yellow flowers with green leaves, and a picture of two dragons dancing in the clouds
row 2, 3 pics: a golden painting of a person holding a candle over a stack of papers, a dark picture of a blonde girl facing the left, and a painting of a person flipping the pages of an old book
row 3, 3 pics: the silhouette of a dragon in the fog, a painting of a golden bow and a full black quiver, and a dragon looking off to the left in the fog

a nine picture mood board with three rows:

row 1: a white wolf growling, a hand passing through an ice wall creating shards, and a black and white picture of fog over a forest

row 2: a skull under ice, a wolf within the woods with crows surrounding it, and a girl huddling under ice

row 3: a black and white picture of a river cutting through a forest, a pale hand sinking into icy slush, and an image of a black wolf growling

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IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

VENOM x LOCKE LAMORA 🎲 D&D-feel heist adventure 🫶 Found family & lots of banter 🐲 Monstrous wasteland 🔥 Cinnamon roll wizard LI 😈 Stabby MC with a demon inside him The mission: close the gates of the abyss & stop a demon-invasion. Ignore the conflicts of interest. #A #F #YouDeservePit #LGBT #Q

A collage of images:

1. Sword scabbards laid out on a table
2. A horse from the back walking away with a rider on a red, burning ground
3. Dark clouds
4. A person in cloak, hands holding a sword, flames in the foreground
5. Flames in the middle of darkness
6. A man completely hidden in dark clothes and a hood raising a sword
7. A man's back with two swords crossing over
8. Dark leaves
9. The faces of two men looking at each other

A quote across the middle: The world can burn a little longer.

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Subtle magic of PRACTICAL MAGIC and the dual ghost timeline of THE WICKED DEEP 💔 Family curse that breaks hearts 🤍 Messy sisters in two generations 👻 Haunted home 🖊️ Diary entries from the past 🖤 Girl sworn to loneliness 🪦 Summer job at an abandoned cemetery #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #SPEC #R #H

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Courtney Reece @courtneywrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Someone needs to publish this soon because I need to read this!

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ADDIE LARUE x DIVINE RIVALS x DAWSON'S CREEK When Birdie & Lennon accidentally summon a trickster god, they unknowingly tangle the invisible threads of all three. 🌿coming of age 🌿multi-POV 🌿magical take on the string theory 🌿petty gods + politics #YouDeservepIt #q #a #f

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Mackenzie @mlynmarrbooks.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Magical barista Jolie plans to spend the summer making potions, getting her crush’s notice, & winning a prank war against rival witch, Levi. But when a prank gone awry injures a vampire, igniting a centuries old feud, Jolie & Levi must work together to save the coven #youdeservepit #YA #agentsguide

An Agent's Guide to Lattes and Love Potions by Mackenzie Lyn Marr; YA contemporary fantasy; the background of all the pictures in this group is a pastel pink and purple cloud-like swirl with little white twinkly stars and a text bubble shaped like a cloud

The Pitch: When magical barista Jolie's prank war with rival witch Levi gets out of hand and accidentally ignites a feud with a group of vengeful vampires, they must work together to save their coven.

Comp titles:
ace self-discovery of loveless, contemporary witchy vibes of These Witches don't Burn, sapphic rivalry of The Dos and Donuts of Love, cute, cozy fantasy or the very secret society of irregular witches

What you'll find: rival teen witches, magical coffee shops, vampires, black cats, potions, crystals, tarot, and astrology, small town vibes, queer self-discovery, chronic illness rep

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Kirsten is new here @kirstenj.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Eloise has heard all abt the Midnight Tea Party and is desperate for an invite. She will have to overcome her fear of the dark though if she wishes to attend. Readers will learn abt the heart and culture of Samhein & learn to overcome fears. #YouDeservepIt #pb #Q

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a mad hatter is sitting at a table with a bunch of cakes on it

ALT: a mad hatter is sitting at a table with a bunch of cakes on it

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Lynn Love @lynnlove.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

'CROWSTONES' BLY MANOR X THE BEGUILED 👭Female led 👻Ghost story 🗡️Murder mystery 🏔️Remote location ❄️The hardest winter on record “Here lies a poor distressed maid. Just in her bloom she was snatched away, Her clothing made of the cold earthen clay.”’ #YouDeservepit #H #HF #A

Photographs of a frozen lake, bare, winter trees, and a rundown wooden Shack by a tumbling river. A worried looking girl with red hair stares at the camera and spectral hooded eyes loom over a wood

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Jaimie 🎃 @jaimiehunter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

EXPIRATION DATES x JUNE FARROW Raine’s fiancé demands she become something she’s not, so she leaves. But “bye” makes her victim to a family curse: one love, one lifetime. Second loves die. Finding Mr. Right means breaking the curse—risking both their lives. #YouDeservepIt #A #Q #R #WF #BookClub

Mood board of a couple kissing, surrounded by pictures depicting symbols of witchcraft.

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💀Chris💀 @cotexican.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Galveston Island, 1900: Juliana Vargas married for love. Now, trapped in a crumbling house with a husband unraveling before her eyes, she wonders if love is just another word for ruin. CRIMSON PEAK x THE HACIENDA Agent Guide 👇 #YouDeservepIt #q #a #gothic #latinx #agentguide

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Jenny @kiffwrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

OUABH X CASTLEVANIA NOCTURNE X READY OR NOT ♠️An Alice in Wonderlandesque débutante competition 👑in a Versailles palace ✨with whimsical balls, 🦇deadly vampires 🩸& something even deadlier brewing in the basement #youdeservepit #f #crossover #wip

Three by three moodboard of my story including photos of Versailles, the wall of mirrors, a maze, a tea set, a clock, a vial of blood and both my mcs. Very bubblegum horror 💕

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(YA)Practical Magic 16-year-old Stella is cursed to die if someone breaks her heart. Forced to take a summer job at an abandoned cemetery with the one boy she can’t let too close, she must fight against her growing feelings or risk an eternity as a ghost. 💔👻🖤 #YouDeservepIt #Q #YA #SPEC #R #H

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How many pitch events is too many to use the same mood board? 🙄

IvyBee 🐝 @ivybeewrites.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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A DOWRY OF 🩸x A MARVELLOUS LIGHT Bi disaster & hedonistic artist Leo has never concerned himself with an early grave, until something from the grave tries to sink its teeth into him. ❤️‍🔥Bi angst 🧛Vampire art club 👻Ghosts & possession 🩰Ballet witches #P2Ppit #A #F #P #LGBT #Q

A collage of small images:

1. A canvas with drawing
2. A dark moon
3. An open book, a lantern and a skull on the ground under a tree
4. A burned piece of paper, "please" handwritten on it
5. A man's Victorian style shirt collar zoomed in, fingers touching the front
6. A hand reaching out into the sunlight
7. Someone lying on the floor, tried leaves around them
8. A hand with black nails holding a cup of red wine or blood
9. A foot in a ballet shoe

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River Ari, queer witchy editor/author @riverari.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Subtle magic of Practical Magic X dual ghost timeline of The Wicked Deep 💔 Family curse that breaks hearts 🤍 Messy sisters in two generations 👻 Haunted home 🖊️ Diary entries from the past 🖤 Girl sworn to loneliness 🪦 Summer job at an abandoned cemetery ❤️ Impossible love #P2Ppit #Q #YA #SPEC #R #H

Aesthetic mood board with a grid of nine images
Upper left corner: An old steam train in sepia colors chugging past.
Upper middle: A woman runs through a field of golden brown crops, her back facing the camera. Her hair is wild and nearly the same color as the crops, and she holds up her white flowy dress as she runs.
Upper right corner: An eerie image of the sun peeking behind a cloud, taken through leafless branches of a tree.
Middle left: A fluffy dandelion at the forefront of the image and behind it the orange glow of the setting sun.
Middle: An old spooky house with vines growing along the walls and moss on the roof.
Middle right: A shadow of a ghost in a white flowy white dress standing in darkness.
Lower left corner: Image from the inside of a vintage car.
Lower middle: An eerie image of a tombstone, which is taken over by nature.
Lower right corner: A girl with brown eyes and long brown hair, sitting on the passenger seat of a car with the door open, looking straight at the camera.

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Shard needs to con a $1 million code from a hacker in 3 days to save her daughter. But someone else is after her target. A shy, curly-haired, mathy someone. Someone with almost as many secrets as she. This is one battle of wits Shard can't afford to lose. #p2ppit #S #T #R

Red and black mood board with a woman in a sexy red dress, the same woman hiding with a gun, a broken wine glass, a man's folded hands, the silhouette of high heels, the spines of classic books, a chess scene with a pawn taking out the king, and a woman in a lace blindfold with a finger held to her red lips.
The middle has the opening quote, "Shard settled into today's identity like a second skin."

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This is such a beautiful and atmospheric book 😍

Jenn Lee Frances @jennleefrances.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

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“I want to know all the things you’re scared to say” THE TRUTH of FEAR Simone fears the curse her Gran cast on her & Jadriel— It burns when she touches him But if she kisses him it’ll kill him *If Cousin Nina’s overprotective spirit doesn’t end him before the Hex can #P2Ppit #YA #H HorrorMance #Q

Cursed teens touching as ghost watches from
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🍂 Michelle 🕯️ @mdkerkhoven.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

THE WICKED DEEP x MIDNIGHT MASS A suspected witch makes a pact with the captain of the ghost ship terrorizing her pious coastal town to break the ship’s curse & clear her name—only the town’s cryptic pastor will stop at nothing to keep the curse unbroken. #P2Ppit #YA #F #Q 🏳️‍🌈

(Tropes surrounding character art of two female MCs)

- Chronic illness rep
- Ghost ship
- Sleuthing lesbians
- Corrupt church
- Coastal town with sinister secrets
- Stabby x sunshine
- Witches
- A curse

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I've had the privilege of reading the first chapter of this one and it is GOOD!!

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