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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 7h

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

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

The Pitch:

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

For Fans of...

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

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

An Excerpt:

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

Something was wrong.

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

THE WISHING WELL by Nefer Doane

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 8h

SPELLSHOP x KEEPER OF MAGICAL THINGS Nori can't wait to summon her familiar. But when the cantankerous shadow cat dislikes her and the Wishing Well remains open, they must find a way to close it, or a horde of wild familiars will break through and destroy their quiet seaside town. #DVpit #A #F

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 9h

Nori and her cantankerous familiar—along with the rest of the island—must find a way to close the Wishing Well, or a horde of unbonded familiars will break through and destroy their quiet seaside town. 📻 feisty antiques 🌷 found family & quiet romance 📚 forgotten history w/ humans #DVpit #F #A

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#DVParty: The first line of my manuscript, THE WISHING WELL, an adult cozy fantasy, complete at 80k words.

Shelves full of antiques and bases with a quote overlaid on top that says,

"The weekend was always rife with misbehaving antiques."
The Wishing Well
@neferdoane

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#DVParty Time! It's Day 3! Tease the projects you plan to pitch during #DVpit! Day 3 (9/27/2026): Post your opening line! As always have fun and be respectful! Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

#DVParty Day 3: september 27, 2026
Post your opening line

post on bluesky with #Dvparty hashtag. Open all day!
please use alt-text if you post images. No AI generated images allowed.
Have fun and make friends leading up to #DVpit
follow at @dvpit.bsky.social or go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's #DVpit month! #DVpit is a bluesky pitch event for unagented creators from marginalized communities to pitch their projects to literary agents and editors! And we've prepared a month of pre-events to help you prepare for the main event on Sept 30, 2026! Go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info!

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In honor of Black Cat Appreciation Day! 🐈‍⬛❤️ #blackcat #writingbuddy

Black cat sitting on a desk, looking out a window.

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 13/08/2026

Alright y'all, this is it! The final stretch for the game industry hardship fund. We've got $13k to raise in 14 hours to meet the final goal, I think we can do it. itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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🌈Opal✧.* @opalmutt.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Coyote del Desierto Pintado 2026 Acrylic and digital ·· ─ ·✶· ─ · · I'll have large and mini prints at my Furswap table in Seattle, Aug 23!

Painted illustration featuring a colorful, swirling desert, a bright pink sun, clouds of yellow and purple and a night sky with stars. there is a black coyote covered in painted markings in the foreground.

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Good grief, this hits home.

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#BluePit is coming up fast on July 13th! Stay tuned for the updated rules and #BluePitHype starting on July 8th! Also, remember we have a Starter Pack for all the accounts running pitch events here on BlueSky! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmQuerying #AmWriting #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN X YOUR BLOOD, MY BONES Portrait of a Fawn- YA Speculative Horror 🦌 #revpit 2026 Winner 🥀creeping dread horror 🥀bickering spirit hunters 🥀queer rep: bisexual fmc 🥀a haunted, forest-infested theater #Queerpit #YA #H #SPF

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Victoria Jayne (they/them) @victoriajayneoh.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#QueerPit #A #F #R LEGENDS AND LATTES x THE SPELLSHOP x THE HONEY WITCH - witch x werewolf - femme x butch - ♿️ AuDHD MC - nb half-satyr bff - coworkers to lovers - instalike but slow burn - cozy mystery elements - sapphic main cast - swoonworthy romance - journey to self-acceptance (disabled)

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YOU BLOOM IN WINTER 78k

Facing eviction from her apothecary in two months, a disabled witch seeks help in a grocer to run her shop until she clears the blight killing the town’s crops. As they fall in love, the blight kills a regular, and she must push through her pain to fight it.

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Elodie Turquois @elodiewrites.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#posterpit #A #F #H for fans of Heather Fawcett and T. Kingfisher, Macarons and Monsters follows a neurodivergent anthropology student terrified of fairies who discovers her sweet tooth and self-acceptance in Paris. What will scare her more: eldritch horrors or academia’s systems of oppression?

Movie poster with a teal background image of a Parisian riverside landscape with colourful macarons in the foreground, imps and cats decorating the corners. Title: Macarons and Monsters. A novel by Elodie Turquois. Logline: Paris has a dark sense of humour. Above title: ND/Queer Rep, Contemporary fantasy, Folklore creatures. Emily in Paris x T. Kingfisher. Below: Love triangle, Academic rage. Coming to inboxes this summer.

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Noor is ✨️Querying & Drafting✨️ @n-a-writes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet x The Expanse The galaxy is being destroyed & everyone's is pretending it's just another day. A crew of chaos, trauma & outcasts decide to save the galaxy that rejected them, because they found each other in it. But they won't admit it. #QueerPit #A #SF #H

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I am SOO excited about this!!! Ever since I read Anja's opening pages in the #RevPit showcase, I KNEW this was special. Seriously, go read her first five pages, so we can squee about this together!! 💖 👉 www.reviseresub.com/showcase/wha... #historicalthriller #gothicthriller #revpitshowcase

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What Remains of Aurelio

by Anja Hudson (@anjahudson.bsky.social) Adult Gothic Historical Thriller

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

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

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

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

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Ann Darlington @gradientcat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A snippet from my fantasy novel. #FridaySpark #amwriting #fantasy

Writing snippet: Odelle let out a sigh. “Kylie, whatever Gavin may have suggested, it's conjecture. I understand you're distressed about the fate of the Westriver route and this fantasy would save it, but nothing is simple. Traders have to work to be successful. Prince Julian and Farthington need you. Don't abandon him to go on a foolish fancy.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 23/06/2026

Anti-Prime Day starts…NOW! 🥳 Today through 6/26, enjoy free standard shipping site-wide, all while supporting local, independent bookstores.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 22/06/2026

"She glanced at the dark maw of the forest, having a horrible feeling she would soon disappear inside it herself. Thinking how inevitable it was she should someday enter it, after the way it had shaped her whole life."

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 21/06/2026

hey it's exactly one month until the release of my queer cozy horror THE LORD OF THE WOOD, soooooooo ask me anything? (trope map with additions by @vriccithode.bsky.social hehe) #ama

E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark blue background with gold leaves at the top, surrounded by text in yellow (from E) and blue (from Ness) reading (yellow) "plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; wound-tending; LI turning slowly into a beast; dual-POV brother/sister; Beauty & the Beast-inspired but not a retelling; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality" and (blue) "secret lesbians!!!!!; there's only one bed; knife lesbian!!!!!; forced proximity times two; 'long COVID' rep." The Lord of the Wood's cover is blue, paler in the center, darker at the edges, with a central image of a stag of foliage and flowers growing from a tree whose upper branches drip black ooze and the tagline, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

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Tramonte's TrailPhotos @tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

A calm section of the Deschutes River curved here in La Pine State Park in La Pine, #Oregon, aside a #trail mostly through woods that traced the river's edge in parts. For #ColorADay #GreenSat and #BlueSkyArtShow #Curve. #ECK #hiking #landscapephotography #rivers #outdoors #StateParks #WestCoastKin

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The #RevPit Showcase is LIVE! 🥳💜 My manuscript has come SO FAR since Jeni took it under her wing. A hundred thanks to her for all her insight, questions, and thoughtfulness! reviseresub.com/showcase/the...

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Looking for examples of successful query letters? Here's one for THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES (adult fantasy) by Julie Leong: www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/co... #Writing #Querying

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

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

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

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

A witch who tried to summon her familiar some twenty years ago, but no one answered her call, and she’s been alone ever since.

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

How do you write an engaging first line? First of all, don't sweat this, especially not during a first draft. Your first line only has to accomplish one thing: make your readers curious to go on to the next line. Here are a few tips on how to do that: 1/5 #Writing

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

Check out my winner’s showcase! @fantasyscience.bsky.social

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 14/06/2026

if you've been waiting to read THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS, now is a good time! June 14 through 16, get the e-book at your preferred e-book retailer for $1.99! personally, I prefer @bookshop.org : bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits: e-book sale, $1.99 June 14 through 16 across retailers. The cover features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with smoke drifting from the chimney, atop a tall green hill dotted with trees and yellow flowers, against a starry blue sky, with the tagline, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome..." Book and text are against pale pink watercolor on a deep greenish-blue background, with a yellow banner and sticker declaring the e-book sale.

E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits: "An old man cursed with immortality hunts ghosts rather than making mortal friends who will die one day. When residents of an Ohio town beset by a vengeful spirit adopt him as their own, he must decide: leave to protect his heart, or stay to save their lives? Beside the text is the book's cover, which features a lonely cottage, surrounded by headstones, with smoke drifting from the chimney, atop a tall green hill dotted with trees and yellow flowers, against a starry blue sky, with the tagline, "Living forever can be mighty lonesome..." Cover and text are in a translucent text box against a photo of yellow flowers in the sunset.

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E.M. Anderson | author & schism enthusiast too hot for Bluesky @elizmanderson.com · 13/06/2026

this seems like a good time to remind everyone that while you're waiting for my cozy horror THE LORD OF THE WOOD (six weeks to go!), you can read my cozy fantasy THE KEEPER OF LONELY SPIRITS and also you can put it on your Pride lists and stuff bc it's v gay www.elizmanderson.com/keeper-of-lo...

10 reasons not to read The Keeper of Lonely Spirits:
1. Most of the ghosts never take corporeal form.
2. "Cozy" but it's all about death and grief.
3. The immortal MC is a man in his seventies instead of a hot 25-year-old.
4. Everyone is queer and/or neurodivergent.
5. Do they ever kiss?? You don't find out until the last page.
6. Loads of yearning. Like. Just. SO much yearning.
7. The found family is just as important as the romance.
8. Everyone needs therapy (one of them actually goes??)
9. Home is a complicated concept.
10. Human connection is important, even though you can get hurt.
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits's cover and text are against a starry blue background.

Tweet of a one-star review of The Keeper of Lonely Spirits from E.M. Anderson: "Zero point five stars. Everyone is gay, the ghosts have no corporeal form, and the author is obsessed with death and grief. The immortal MC doesn't even look like a hot 25-year-old! I was promised a comfort read, but this is misery. also what's with all the waistcoats." Attached is a partial aesthetic for The Keeper of Lonely Spirits, with images of faded autumn flowers, someone's bare feet balancing on a log, an antique diary, old men holding hands, a sprout growing in a crack, a lonely cottage on a slope with a tree nearby, yellow flowers in the sunset, a man in silhouette sitting alone from the back, and a mortuary statue of a woman kissing the forehead of a corpse. Two text boxes read (1) "You get used to it" and "I hope I never get used to being alone" and (2) "That's what life is. You lose people you love and you love more people and you lose them too, and you" (text cuts off).

A trope map for E.M. Anderson's The Keeper of Lonely Spirits on a background of yellow flowers in the sunset, with text around The Keeper of Lonely Spirits's cover reading: "someone actually goes to therapy?? stop the presses!; tired immortal who just wants to die; straight people? I don't believe they exist; grump and sunshine; vengeful spirit; ghosts. like. so many ghosts; found family; 'I'm fine' (but none of them are fine); running competition to see who has the most tragic backstory; waistcoat enthusiast historian love interest; and ghost-hunting? ghost-therapizing?"

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

quarterlies due monday, freelance comrades

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Katie Gee Salisbury @kayteesal.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is Loving Day and the 59th anniversary of the decision in Loving v. Virginia, the landmark Supreme Court Case that ended the ban on interracial marriage in the U.S. This is a picture of my parents and me circa 1986—a family that would have been illegal in 16 states before 1967. lovingday.org

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Allison Alexander @aealexander.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Progress on Summer in the Valley. #CrossStitch #StardewValley

Half finished cross stitch project: a path beside an orange tree, flowers, and greenery inspired by Stardew Valley.

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anja is AGENTED 🫪🥳 @anjahudson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Also wanted to share this gorgeous art I commissioned of my main characters, Valerius and Aurelio ☺️🩷 #writingcommunity

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Jaymi @jaymiwrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

#RevPit Showcase is live! Check out my entry below.

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Jacqui Culler @cullerpictures.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I’m a little behind but sooo excited for the showcase and to read all these stories!!

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Natasha Hanova @natashahanova.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I had such a wonderful time working with @annadehwrites.bsky.social Her her enthusiasm for the craft was a joy. ✨ This #YAHorrorRomance Monsters Inc meets Nosferatu story drew me in right away and kept me hooked.

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Katie Hudson @katiebhudson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s live! Presenting LUST-BORN, a YA Romantasy! The Goddess of Love’s daughter must win the prize of immortality in her mother’s divine matchmaking game or else succumb to a death curse. reviseresub.com/showcase/lus...

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Kelly Earnest @kearnest56.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

It’s LIVE! Check out the query letter and the first five pages of THE STORYTELLER’S BACK PORCH! Then stick around and check out the other amazing manuscripts!!!

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

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

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

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Nefer Doane @neferdoane.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I'm so excited to share the query and first five pages with you! This story is near and dear to my heart, and I'm so thankful to Jeni for helping me make it SHINE. ✨ #RevPit #cozyfantasy

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Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The Showcase is LIVE! Agents, feel free to peruse and request! Writers, show support! #RevPit #RevPitShowcase reviseresub.com/showcase

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