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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

guysss in a maybe pile that has me so excited and a bit anxious ngl but praying so hard that it turns into a full 🤞🏿 #querying #writing

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Manuscript Wish List® @manuscriptwishlist.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more: manuscriptwishlist.com/2025/01/the-...

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The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 26, 2026 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

all my #questpit posts are up so here's a thread of AWAKENING, the dual-pov upper YA Fantasy (110k) I'm querying! 💥ancestral power ⛓️forged family 💭foresight and visions ⚔️secret society 💔tragic siblings 🥀doomed, forbidden slowburn 🗡️betrayal agent's guide is pinned! 🫶🏿

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

*BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST* the main characters of my dual-pov upper YA Fantasy as quotes! 💥 ancestral power ⛓️ forged family 💔 tragic sibling bond 💭 foresight and visions ⚔️ secret society 🥀 lovers to enemies 🗡️ betrayal agent’s guide pinned to my profile! #questpit #YA #F #Q

AWAKENING by O.C. Umeghalu

main characers as quotes

Cindren - "There are two kinds of guilt: the kind that drowns you until you're useless, and the kind that fires yourself to purpose." (from Sabaa tahir's An Ember in the Ashes)

Nazar - "The most confused you will ever get is when you try to convince your heart and spirit of something your mind knows is a lie." (from Shannon L. Alder)

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST* “tropes & things” ft. chibi art of my MCs by miraxs_r on 📸! 💥 ancestral power 💔 tragic sibling bond ⚔️ secret society 💞 friends to lovers 💭 foresight & visions 🥀 lovers to enemies agent’s guide pinned to my profile! #questpit #YA #F #Q

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art of a girl named Cindren holding a dagger toward a boy named Nazar who's sweating with his palms up in defense

110k dual-pov upper YA Fantasy

chosen one(s)
complicated sibling relationship born of parental pressure and fear (ie: azula and zuko)
forged family with powers
the unpredictable journey with grief
“touch my sister and you’ll die”
budding love (friends to lovers)

exploring how guilt fuels resolve
rebellious uprising + secret society
female friendship that starts off rocky (ie: katara and toph)
a “banquet-turned-battle in a ballroom” scene
a doomed, slow-burn forbidden romance (yearning ✓, 🚫 spice)
betrayal :)

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

*BIG 5 EDITOR INTEREST* the main characters of my dual-pov upper YA Fantasy AWAKENING and their “names”/titles! agents, if you were moved by trauma-scarred Korra and wanted more of Zuko battling with his maturing moral compass, view the guide pinned to my profile! ⚔️ #questpit #YA #F #Q

photo of a girl named Cindren Alacaster with the "names"/titles: The Golden Eyed, A true Crimson, Cin and my virtue

photo of a boy named Nazar Heiron with the "names"/titles: Brother, Child, Scorned martyr and Crown Prince

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST* character comps for my dual-pov upper YA Fantasy AWAKENING + how they relate to my MCs! 💥 ancestral power 💔 tragic sibling bond ⚔️ secret society 💭 foresight & visions 🥀 lovers to enemies agent’s guide pinned to my profile! #questpit #YA #F #Q

character comps for my FMC Cindren

Katara - sense of guilt and responsibility over mother's demise, rage that requires an outlet and will become a "monster" to protect those she loves

Korra - grief and fear lording over her, overwhelming sense of powerlessness despite what her role of pre-destined champion says of her

character comps for my MMC Nazar

Zuko - unable to meet/exceed father's unattainable expectations and personal identity is lost in the midst of the "ideal prince" facade

Aang - guilt founded on believing his hands are stained by the blood of those killed unjustly and feels powerless despite his position on the world stage and what others believe he's capable of ("i'm just one kid")

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST* my #agentguide / #agentsguide for AWAKENING, the dual-pov upper YA Fantasy (110k) I'm querying ft. art by sen_verse! 💥ancestral power ⛓️forged family 💭foresight and visions ⚔️secret society 💔tragic siblings 🥀doomed, forbidden slowburn 🗡️betrayal

an agent's guide to awakening by o.c. umeghalu

themes/comps - looming global threat, grave birthright/ancestral responsibilities + journey towards battle, chosen bloodlines/chosen one(s), visions of predecessors + metal-bending, tragic sibling relationship, forged family + romantic subplot (doomed slow-burn + friends to lovers) and betrayal

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

tossing this into the void because querying is driving me insane - if there are any literary agents out there interested in a YA fantasy following a girl driven by guilt who finds she's a descendant of a legendary warrior and must battle an ancient threat, view my pinned guide! 🫶🏿 #querying

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Chantal Danieli — is querying MSU! 🕯️ @chantaldanieli.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

THE VISCOUNT WHO LOVED ME X THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Exiled to Lucerne by a scandal, disgraced Olivia Rooney falls for the one man she cannot love, and risks repeating the tragedy that once broke him. #BluePit📖 #W #A #NA #R

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Trinity🪞is querying🪞 @trinitywrites.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

16-year-old Jess, who sees people’s future corpses in their reflections, must race to change fate when her visions reveal that her only friend is about to be murdered. #bluepit📖 #bluepit #YA #M #SP #W

Girl with cracked mirror, wall of photos with red string, bff necklace, gothic woods, shadow of hand holding knife, two teens climbing a fence, headlights, and a girl whispering, also a cs Lewis quote saying you can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending

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Ann Chow ✨is drafting✨ @writerannchow.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In the afterlife of Chinese myth, a dead war general will face an eternity of torture—unless she can fool an immortal court into believing that she and her murderer are lovers. 💕Fake dating your own killer 👑Deadly court politics 🌟Pretty boy x ruthless girl #BluePit #BluePit 📖 #YA #F #R #W #OV #POC

Black and gold mood board. Pictures of Chinese calligraphy, a pagoda-style building, jewelry, and dragon statues. Center reads “This Twisted Eternity” and the quote reads “I’m nobody’s pawn, least of all his.”

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

for agents that loved: ⚡️mare barrow and the scarlet guard + maven’s betrayal 💨 aang grappling with immense guilt, grief and unavoidable duty 🌪️ korra’s tenacity + metal bending 🔥 azula and zuko’s estranged bond due to moral differences 🌦️ katara and toph's relationship #bluepit📖 #YA #Q #F #POC

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

HEIR x ATLA 🗡️ fugitive teens descended from legendary warriors racing against time to subdue a radical threat (ie: the Gaang) 🗡️ siblings whose strained relationship threatens to sever when they find themselves on opposite sides of a brewing war (ie: azula + zuko) #bluepit📖 #YA #F #Q #POC

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C.W. Rose @cwroseauthor.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

OUTLANDER x KPOP DEMON HUNTERS When asthmatic PT Briella’s brother vanishes, she’ll risk her last breath to find him—only to find he’s trapped in a world of sinister Chinese spirits. Her only lead? A dangerously alluring yaoguai assassin whose help can cost her life. #BluePit📖 #F #A #R #OV #POC

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

been pretty discouraged lately, especially after my most recent query rejections (one on a full + another on my birthday was fun 💀) but im trying to participate in bluepit and remind myself that my book does not, in fact, suck and publishing is just incredibly subjective 😭 #querying #writing

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

RED QUEEN X ATLA 🗡️ a girl with ancestral power and foresight whose grief will engulf her—or be weaponized to enact retribution's wrath 🗡️ a prince whose dying loyalty to the monarchy's puppeteer will alter his destiny—and fuel the fire of rebellion 🪞Korra + Zuko akin MCs #bluepit📖 #YA #F #Q #POC

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

posting my #writerpit post from 📸 over here because i love how it turned out 🥰 #querying #YA #F

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

An aspiring screenwriter drowning in grief and despair is given the chance to make her dreams come true, but the unseen challenge of competing against her estranged best friend for the winning title forces more than her talents into the spotlight. #WIPPIT #NA #Con

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

When sickness kills a third of the kingdom’s people, including the king himself, the scepter is passed to the next heir in line. But there’s something off about the king’s only son—and someone’s hellbent on finding out what. MULAN x DAWN OF YANGCHEN x APOTHECARY DIARIES x 🇳🇬 culture #YA #F #WIPPIT

photos of a person with their face covered by golden beads, a nigerian masquerade, poison powder besides a cup of tea, catacombs lit by lights, the phrase "secrets and lies", hands being dipped in golden liquid, old scrolls, a traditional igbo mask, the silhouette of two people about to kiss

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

did I commission art for my book while I query? yes! is that delusional faith in it get picked up? of course! do I regret it? ABSOLUTELY NOT I HAVE PERFECTION IN MY HANDS #amquerying

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

falling back into wanting to dedicate every possible second to writing and if I'm REALLY committed I could have a finished manuscript by the end of the year (WIP is mulan x the dawn of yangchen x apothecary diaries in a Nigerian inspired world) excited about this oneee (emoji hints - ☀️ 🥀🗝️☣️) #YA #F

photos of a person with golden beads over their face, a Nigerian masquerade, poisonous powder beside tea, catacombs, the phrase "secrets and lies", hands dipped in golden liquid, old scrolls, a traditional Nigerian mask, silhouettes of people about to kiss

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

3 query rejections in a day is a new record for me 😭 it definitely had me down and rethinking my life choices (not the best mindset to be in walking into an exam) but i practically aced it so my spirits are high 🌝✨ #amquerying #writersky

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

to agents still searching through #questpit, if you're a fan of chosen heroines burdened by guilt, yearning princes torn between duty and desire and world-shattering betrayals, my YA Fantasy (with Big Five editor interest) may be for you! ⚔️🥀 #amquerying #YA #F

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

loving the love on #questpit, but now that my pitches are all up, does anyone have advice for sifting through the likes/reposts on their posts for industry interest (here and on x)? this is starkly different from DvPit and I'm a little overwhelmed 😭

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST* REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR Amidst a tyrant’s reemerging rule, budding love and forbidden romance merge with betrayal to forge a warrior blinded by rage and a fallen prince burdened by grief who'll lead the world to victory or ruin. #Q #YA #F #questpit

photos of a golden eye, the silhouettes of two people standing intimately close, the quote "I am burdened with glorious purpose" by Loki, a silhouette removing a mask, "Awakening by O.C. Umeghalu", the phrase "poisoned love", two hands barely touching with the quote "we all broke our rules for someone", hands pulling strings attached to drawings of a brain and heart, a brown eye

the title "Awakening" against a dark crimson background with red florals surrounded by the phrases forged family, golden-eyed chosen one, betrayal, azula + zuko esque relationship, soft-hearted prince, budding love, ancestral power and forbidden romance

themes/comps - Forged Family (the Gaang, Quil and the others)

Reckoning with Inner Turmoil (guilt, indecision, shame, responsibility)

Ancestral Abilities (think Aang’s/Corayne’s birthrights)

Bloodied Crown (think Zuko grappling with the Fire Nation seeking to conquer the world/Corayne looking to close Spindles opened by her uncle)

Looming Global Threat (ie: Firelord Ozai/Taristan)

Romantic Subplot (different love interest for each MC)

Complicated Sibling Relationship (ie: Azula and Zuko)

Betrayal (ie: Aiz and Quil)

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST* An heir saddled by indecision & his sister with a hardened heart have always had a strained relationship, but as echoes of the last war to be fought morph into a battle cry, their differing stances risk severing their bond for good. #Q #YA #F #questpit

quote - "some children are simply born with tragedy in their blood"

photos of a crimson cloak, a golden eye, a hand full of mercury, the quote "anyone can betray anyone", "Awakening by O.C. Umeghalu", white masks, a crown held by bloodied fingers, a brown eye, hands pulling strings

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

*BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST* When a heroic ancestry and truths of an old war surface, a guilt-stricken girl races to free her imprisoned friend and subdue a radical foe while a hesitant prince debates whether remaining loyal to the crown is worth the moral turmoil. #Q #YA #F #questpit

"the pitch" - For Cindren Alacaster, guilt is her anchor as much as it is her jailer. Thrust upon a whirlwind journey to rescue her friend from certain death, she finds that the abnormality of her golden eyes speaks of a heroic ancestry whispered amongst the forsaken. Something once slumbering has manifested within her, forcing her hand in rallying against an emerging threat and painting her destiny as dark as the cloak she was born to wear.

As the country’s prince, Nazar Heiron should know better than looking to follow his own heart. But the stirring of longing he’s hidden deep within forces him to walk the razor-thin line of desire and treachery for the only girl he’s ever loved: his personal sentry. And when the truth of the last war to be fought on his country’s soil emerges, he must decide whether or not to put into practice once empty words that championed justice or finally step into the hypocrisy he’s believed to nurture.

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR Guilt is Cindren's anchor as much as it's her jailer, but her golden eyes speak of ancestry whispered amongst the forsaken. Something once slumbering has emerged within her, painting her destiny as dark as the cloak she was born to wear. #Q #YA #F #questpit

quote - "Fate. A word meaning destiny. Fate. A word meaning doom." ---Benton James Kessler

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

completely forgot about #questpit until an hour ago, but I threw some things together and I'll be participating here and on x!! #querying #YA #F

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

another day, another book idea to preoccupy the space of priority my four other WIPs should be 🌝 #writersky #querying

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

in two weeks, i'll have been querying for a month but it feels like i just started sending them out two days ago. it helps that i have classes to distract and keep me busy, but the impatience of awaiting responses still lingers even with it being so early on 😭 #amquerying #YA #F #writersky

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

for anyone in the industry still looking through #DVpit if you like fierce, chosen heroines with brewing power, cruel monarchs, forbidden romance and budding love, my project may be for you!! 🫶🏿 *BIG FIVE EDITOR INTEREST*

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

ended off my first #DVpit with 3 interested parties!! (saw an editor repost that left me completely STUNNED after an exam and i almost keeled right over 😭) so, so grateful for this opportunity and the support i received 🫶🏿

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR Cindren and Kasiel have always been close, his presence one of the few comforts that persisted after her parents were executed. But as they journey in the direction of fate's twisted strings, an ember of growing affection is given welcome fuel. #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR A prince should know better than being guided by his own heart, but the stirring of longing that emerges in Nazar forces him to walk the thin line of desire and treachery for the girl that's distraction and necessity both: Vris, his personal sentry. #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR A century's old war threatens to reemerge and the descendants of those that subdued the threat have risen once more. But with a monarchy's army on their heels and betrayal within their midst, accomplishing what their ancestors had may be forlorn. #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR When the histories he'd been taught begin to crumble beneath truth, Nazar, torn between loyalty to a cruel creed upheld by his family and what he knows is just, is forced to contend with a difficult question: am I willing to watch the world burn? #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR When once thought mythical saviors stir the heroic ancestry in her blood, golden-eyed Cindren must race against time to rescue her imprisoned friend while running from a traitor to the ancient line of warriors she finds herself apart of. #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR An heir saddled with indecision and his sister with a hardened heart harbor a tumultuous relationship, but as echoes of the last war to be fought evolve into a battle cry with a rising threat, their differing stances risk severing their bond for good. #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR Cindren's eyes morphed from dark brown to honey before the gilded color of gold that speaks of stories whispered amongst the forsaken. Something once slumbering has emerged within her, painting her destiny as dark as the cloak she was born to wear. #DVpit #YA #F #BVM

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#Dvparty Day 6 (part 2) - WIPs ✍🏿 Contemporary WIP 🎥 - a screenwriter struggling with grief + mother’s ailment x retreat where she sees ex-best friend for the first time in two years Romance WIP ❤️‍🩹 - up and coming baker x tech exec who paints x heartbreak x second chances #NA #romance #contemporary

Contemporary WIP - a screenwriter struggling with grief + mother’s ailment x retreat where she sees ex-best friend for the first time in two years

Romance WIP - up and coming baker x tech exec who paints x heartbreak x second chances

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#DvParty Day 6 - WIPs ✍🏿 YA Romance 💘- academic rivals x familial expectations x competitive Ivy League prep program x he fell first Suspense ⛓️‍💥- a woman suffering from brain fog starts to unravel a thread that paints the life she’s living as a carefully curated illusion #wip #YA #romance #suspense

YA Romance WIP - academic rivals x familial expectations x competitive Ivy League boot camp x he fell first

suspence wip - a woman suffering from persistent brain fog starts to unravel a thread that paints the life she’s living as a carefully curated illusion

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#DVparty Day 4 - aspects of the dual-pov YA Fantasy book i'm querying in memes ⚔️ (#1 for my FMC and #2 for my MMC) #YA #F #querying #writersky #booksky #BVM

when the crazy guy that shows up on your doorstep is the only plausible way of escaping capture

when your father’s the king and his rule is absolute but the girl you like wants you to defy him

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

i've literally only been querying for a week but being the impatient person i am i should obviously have at least 5 requests for fulls by now 😒 (someone pick me, choose me, love me plz i can bake you cookies) #querying #YA #F #writesky

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

#DVparty Day 3 - opening lines (+ another mood board 📖) for the dual-pov #YA #F I'm currently #querying 🗡️ REALM BREAKER x ATLA x HEIR

golden-eyed girl in center of top row with a crimson cloak and a hand full of mercury on either side of her. brown-eyed boy in center of bottom row with a bloodied crown and hands pulling strings on either side of him. play masks with the quote "every face wears a mask" on opposite sides of my opening lines ("Torch before us," a voice whispers. The cool refuge beyond from stifling heat beckons to me. His dark eyes narrow as the response rolls off my tongue. "Reveal our steps.") in center row.

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o.c. umeghalu ✧ is querying @ocumeghalu.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#DVparty Day 2 - introducing the MCs of the dual-pov #YA #F I'm querying FMC - determined to find her imprisoned friend and wants nothing to do with the ancestral ability her golden eyes points towards (main MC) 🗡️ MMC - good-hearted prince saddled by the expectations of immoral monarchy 👑 #BVM

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