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Rosemary MacArthur

@rosemac.bsky.social

She/her 💙 💻 Hopeful YA Fantasy author 🐎 Eternal horse girl 🎨 Sometimes artist In the query trenches with YA Fantasy THE SELKIE’S DAUGHTER

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Rosemary MacArthur @rosemac.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I am happy to share an #agentsguide for my YA Fantasy, THE SELKIE'S DAUGHTER. #amquerying #agentguide #yafantasy

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An agent's guide to The Selkie's Daughter
YA Fantasy Romance
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Pitch
When Meirta learns that the village she’s called home her whole life may be hiding secrets (one of which might concern her selkie mother who fled to the ocean years ago), she must count on unlikely allies to help her unlock the magic of her selkie heritage and discover what the village tried to bury.

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Neither of them let go of the other. But Lena did raise her other hand, & a second later, Meirta felt the pattern of the wind shift as Lena took hold of it. The snow swirled around them, caught in the flow of Lena’s magic, so it danced in restless, ever-changing mosaics. There was a bird, and then a butterfly, and then a deer. When Lena let the magic go, she took a step closer to Meirta, whispering in her ear.

“Now you try.”

Meirta shivered, feeling the warmth of Lena’s breath flutter down her neck, the ghost of her nose tracing her skin. She leaned towards her without thinking, not wanting Lena to move away.

Lena didn’t. She stood so close to Meirta that she could feel every breath the elf-girl took.

Meirta raised her own hand, trying to focus on the wind when everything inside of her was chanting fire, fire, fire, but this time it was a delicious sort of fire that she thought she would crave for the rest of her life.

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Comps
Isolated seaside small town setting
Sweet, slow-burn romance (but make it queer)
Uncovering lies
Girls with big, complicated emotions
Atmospheric prose
Creatures from Celtic mythology
Girls discovering their own anger

Beside the comps are images of four books. The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater, A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid, A Consuming Fire by Laura Weymouth, and A House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin Craig

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Rosemary MacArthur @rosemac.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

She’s here!!!

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Rosemary MacArthur @rosemac.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Every night my cat runs into the same problem. Either she stays on the floor, squeaking her little heart out for attention—or she jumps onto the bed & immediately gets attention & love & gasps of “oh! Hello!” It’s a tough choice. Scientists are searching for the answer. Until then, she squeaks.

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Rosemary MacArthur @rosemac.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Querying one book, drafting another. Spooky Horse WIP has so many pieces of my own experience in the horse world. The good, the bad, the ugly, the ghost horses. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Rosemary MacArthur @rosemac.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hi friends. I'm new to trying to post on Bluesky. You can call me Rosemary. I write books. Some of them are fantasy. Some of them have romance. Many of them have horses. None of them are published (but I'm trying). I have a horse (Geno) and a cat (Juniper). Currently querying THE SELKIE'S DAUGHTER.

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