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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Had to create an insta account to promote my novella (!!!) and I swear I take psychic damage every time I log in

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

ARCANE X BRIGHTER THAN SCALE, SWIFTER THAN FLAME Two past lovers reunite in the secluded, magical land that forced them to destroy who they once were. ⛰ Second-Chance Romance ⛰ The magical and the mechanical ⛰ All shades of morally grey #questpit #Q #A #SFF #R #amquerying

Moodboard with five cells. The two cells at the top are close-ups of a silver-haired woman wearing a brazen, speared crown and a bejeweled skeleton hand
The cell in the middle is a landscape view of a black-and-white picture of a mountain ring
The two cells at the bottom are close-ups of a man's uniform and a metal hand with claws instead of fingers.

Picture of a mountain range with a text that reads:

Will has traded his life—language, culture, and identity—for a chance to enter Aska, a land of magic secluded behind impenetrable mountains. There, he finds a home, and almost manages to forget his first love, Elise, who suddenly disappeared from his life. But when Will meets one of Aska’s clockwork rulers, whose eyes are just like Elise's, he must face his past and all that Aska has taken from him.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

A Mage arrives at the frozen coast of Ilvik. She brings an ancient sword—a portent conjured by the stars stitched into her eyes—for a huntress known as the Face. But to uncover the portent’s meaning, the Face and the Mage must travel together across a desolate Arctic landscape #questpit #SFF #Q #A

Moodboard for Katha. The first panel shows a black-and-white sword being raised, with a star shining on the blade. The second panel is a black-and-white picture of a frozen Arctic coast. The third panel is a black-and-white close-up of an eye with a star on it. The last panel is a black-and-white picture of a long-haired figure on an iced plateau, wearing a long fur cape that trails behind them, dusted with snow.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I have so many outstanding submissions I NEED to stay away from my email's refresh button

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Submitted my SmallPitch pitches before going to the mountains for a week so I don't constantly refresh my email like the dopamine-deficient gremlin that I am

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

A truly new voice, like a new cuisine, might not immediately hit your palate like Kraft Mac and Cheese. It might make you uncomfortable. It might not resolve as you hope. It might be abrasive. It might star characters you don't relate to. All these can turn into brilliant writers getting rejected.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

This is it. What were the first readers/editors doing that they didn't notice "a protag lacking interiority, inconsistent worldbuilding, and an odd pacing" until someone rang the AI bells? How are writers supposed to feel when THAT makes it through the slush pile but not our human-created stories?

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

And what is this catnip? Was it the prose, the characters, the worldbuilding? Well, no. Upon examination, all of those were weak. No, the thing Bona mentions that made this story irresistible is...the premise. That's it. Just the premise. No wonder you all got rolled by a bot.

One chosen story was a steampunk, anti-colonial fantasy, titled “The Machine-Breaker of Aba”. It hit our brief with a perfect intensity that felt difficult to resist. A queer woman, building a machine from scrap metal and rage to destroy her colonial oppressors? Of course we loved it. The author was an emerging Nigerian writer named Bella Chacha.

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Jon Olfert @jonolfert.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

One hundred people! I'm reliably informed that the first 200 will not be trampled by mammoths. Get ahead of the stampede! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

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Get Ready for Seers in a Broken Season: A Stone And Sorcery Novella

From Old Moon Publishing - Get Ready for Seers in a Broken Season: A Stone And Sorcery Novella

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

A photoshoot I haven't shared yet! This is the first time this halo crown was used for a shoot, which had a summer theme. This crown is now available for rent! #artpost #wearableart #GTAPhotography #Hamont 📸: Erik Marcinkowski (www.erikmarcinkowski.com) 👑: @gildedflowers.bsky.social

A woman stands before a glowing white background. She is pale, with strawberry blonde straight hair that flows down her back past her shoulders. She is wearing a light blue dress with an asymmetrical neckline. The left side has an off-the-shoulder sleeve, while the right side has a sleeve with a mild princess puff at the shoulder. She is wearing a silver necklace with a large circular hoop charm that has a bright, shining blue cerulean stone in the center. She is standing with her eyes closed in a neutral expression. Her hands meet at her waist, with her fingertips gently resting together and pointing downwards.

She is wearing a large halo crown. The bottom arch is full of large, yellow marigolds. The rays have alternating triangle and pyramid filigree. Filigree columns topped with filigree butterflies sit between the triangles. There are hundreds of diamond and pale yellow rhinestones on the rays, with dark gold and orange rhinestones nestled in certain spots to add pops of color.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"Envy is the sin that gives no pleasure" but it sure gives me motivation

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Sophie (she/her/ella) @gildedflowers.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hi, everyone~ It's been a minute, so I thought I'd post a little intro! I hope to share more about my process and website updates in this sort of format moving forward. (1/2) Photo 2 taken by Robbi McLeod

Sophie, the artist, is in front of a dark blue fabric background. She has long, wavy brown hair with curtain bangs and pale skin. She is wearing a dark red flowy long-sleeved shirt with a rounded neckline and a metal necklace with a large circular charm and green beads. She has on warm-toned makeup with lipstick that matches the shirt. She is looking at the camera at a 3/4 angle with a small smile. White filigree line art frames her face from the top, bottom, left, and right.

White text is on a yellow background that has a faintly patterned texture. The text reads: "Hello! My name is Sophie, and I am the artist behind this account. I work out of Hamilton, Ontario, and have lived here since 2019." White filigree line art frames the text from the top, bottom, left, and right.

Sophie stands in front of a solid red background, wearing a gold halo filigree headpiece with pearls and red rhinestones. There is a halo of red and orange marigolds above her dark hair. She is wearing gold Oaxacan filigree earrings and a white shirt with red and black flower Tlahui/Ayuuk embroidery. Her face is in a Catrina with patterns that match the shirt embroidery. One hand gently frames her crown. White filigree line art frames her face from the top, bottom, left, and right.

White text is on a yellow background that has a faintly patterned texture. The text reads: "I make headpieces because I love wearing magic that came from my own hands and feeling the fantasy come alive through me in a tangible, visible way." White filigree line art frames the text from the top, bottom, left, and right.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I have 23897234 things I want to write and I always devote myself to the most esoteric one (read esoteric as: unpublishable)

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

daily affirmation: I will not get upset over a rejection for something I wrote 2h before the submission deadline

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

BIOSHOCK x K.J. Parker's MAKING HISTORY The world's two most famous illusionists are hired for an almost impossible show: convince the society of miners sent on a one-way trip to the Moon that everything is going absolutely fine. ☾ Retro-futurism ☾ Dystopia disguised as utopia #questpit #W #S #A

A three-panel moodboard. The first image is a retro-futurist painting of a moon settlement. The second is a black-and-white image of hands with drawn bolts emerging from them. The third is a vintage sign that reads "Our Aim is to Please You"

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SFF Reviews @sffreview.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This sounds enchanting! 🌟 I love a good second-chance romance, especially in a world filled with magic and complexity. Can't wait to see where their journey takes them! 💖✨ #SFF #Romance #Magic

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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B. van Bodegom 📃is AGENTED @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

BLACK MIRROR × SEVERANCE × THE GOOD PLACE Having a happy death is a luxury service for the rich and Wren is the rising top salesman—until a cynical coworker and a depressed billionaire force him to rethink it all in a world where even your last smile has a price tag. #QuestPit #A #S #SF #W

Made from non-AI free stock images.

This image is a book cover design for a novel titled "Happy Death Inc." by B. Van Bodegom. The cover is divided into three distinct horizontal sections:

1. Top Section: Features a cartoonish blue sky with white clouds and a bright sun. At the top, a tagline reads:
"How much would you pay to die with a smile?"
The word "HAPPY" appears in large, playful, hand-drawn-style font, partially overlapping the sky background.

2. Middle Section: A photograph of a deceased man in a suit, lying in a casket. He has an exaggerated smile on his face, almost unnaturally wide and clean, suggesting artificial enhancement or post-mortem alteration. Overlaid on this image is the word "DEATH" in the same large font as the previous word.

3. Bottom Section: A cartoon city skyline in pastel tones, similar in style to the top sky background. The word "INC." is overlaid prominently in the same large font. At the very bottom: A novel by B. van Bodegom

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Kelton Davis is ON SUB! 🦇⚰️🤠 @keltondavis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

SINNERS x THE DEVILS x CASTLEVANIA There's three rules to surviving as a nightrunner: don't get comfortable, don't be a hero, and don't be unlucky. Corado's about to break all three. 🤠 Vampire Cowboys 🦇 Monstrous Night Hordes 🏜️ Pueblo Pit Cities Querying soon! #A #F #W #QuestPit

Image: A man in a black cloak and a wide brim western style black hat, holding a revolver; only his eyes as yellow pinpricks are visible.
Text:
A Novel By Kelton Davis
Blood Red Sand
109000 Words
Adult Gothic Western Fantasy
Querying Soon

Art: Apocalypse by Oliver Odmark

Title: Comparable Titles
Images of the covers of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, and Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian.
Text drawn with an arrow from each image:
Found family (from the Devils)
Reluctant parent figure (from Godkiller)
Western-inspire Gothic setting (from Red Rabbit)
Unlikely travel companions (from all).
Background image: same as first slide.

Title: Pitch
Text: Corado is just trying to survive the night—every night. Being a nightrunner, one of the few brave or foolish enough to defy humanity's vampire masters to traffic himself and others across barony lines, doesn't make it any easier though. With vampire posses stalking the desert during the day and their ravenous Horde filling the sky each night, it's a miracle he's survived as long as he has. Some of it he chalks up to skill, some to instinct, but he knows that when the dawn comes, the main thing seeing him through the night is good old-fashioned luck.

Nothing lasts forever though, and Corado's lucky streak soon comes to a quick and bloody end. After nighttime attack from the Horde leaves him stranded in the desert with a newly-orphaned boy named Hectar, he finds keeping the rest of the world at bay may not be as easy as he thought. Newfound companion in tow, he sets out to find what remains of the boy's family and finally put the whole thing behind him.

But as he knows by now, no job is ever so simple. As he tries to escort Hectar to safety, whispers of rebellion start drifting on the wind. With a world free of the Horde beginning to look like a real possibility, Corado must face vampires, twisted monstrosities, and the darkness lurking in men's hearts before he decides whether the world he's cut himself out of is one worth fighting for after all.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

reheating the old nachos (moodboard) for questpit because I've been too busy drowning in queries to do proper pitching/marketing work

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

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Phi at the Long Way Down book series @longwaydownbook.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Tylor & Naveena are keeping secrets: he can talk to the dead & she is Death herself. No mortal can do what they do. The day they meet, they discover they've been looking for each other. Can they work together to save a missing girl, & themselves, before it's too late? #QuestPit #W #A #S #F #PR

There is a grid of nine square photos.

Top row, L to R: 1) A dark mosaic floor is covered in tall lit candles. 2) A woman kneels in front of a colorful ofrenda, arranging flower pedals and beans into a skull on the floor in front of it. 3) Naveena, a British-Indian woman with brown skin and long dark hair, stands in front of a wall covered in foliage, dressed in black. A colorful rose and marigold crown sits on her head, holding a black lace hair covering in place. Her face has white lace patterns painted on it that mimic both mehndi and a skull and she is wearing bright gold earrings, a lace choker, and wine and white bangles. She is looking to the side warily.

Middle row, L to R: 1) A small doll is positioned in front of a mural. The doll is dressed in a black suit, has a skull face, and has a pair of antlers. 2) A skeleton with a top hat sits on a table covered in brown fabric. He is bent over as if tipping his hat. Behind him is a bright green wall with a toothy, colorful skull painted on it, surrounded by king snakes. On the table are other items like a pineapple, candy, and a cross. 2) The top of a spired tomb spikes out into the pale sky, surrounded by empty tree branches. 3) A woman is holding a boy's hand as they look outside at a tall skeletal papier-mâché woman on stilts smiling back at them.

Bottom row, L to R: 1) Tylor, a pale Northern Irish man with long, dark curly hair and wearing a black suit, is standing in front of the dark blue door of a mausoleum. Half of his face is a skull, and his brow is furrowed. 3) There is a little chair with a fuzzy white blanket on it sitting on a concrete floor. On the blanket is a red candle, a cross, a white statue of a veiled woman, and a framed sepia photo of a group of people. Other framed photos sit beside it.

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InkyInGreen 🏹🍂 @blackwallmancer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Found this on the AO3 subreddit, and I'm about to let it change my whole life (or at least work really hard to internalize it wrt my writing).

Someone's screenshot of a two-post twitter thread, from user blue (@bluewmist):

the fastest way to kill motivation is to make your identity depend on the outcome. it's called ego involvement. when failing becomes failing as a person, your brain starts avoiding the whole thing. not because you don't care, but because you care too much.

you don't need lower standards. you need less self-worth tangled up in your goals. the work gets easier when it's not about proving who you are.

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#SFPit @scifipit.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Dear friends, writers, #agents, interstellar travelers, interdimensional aliens, and otherwise paradoxical time hoppers! We would like to invite you to set your favorite time-traveling device to October 21st, 2025, for the pitch event dedicated to Science Fiction, #SFPit! 🧵

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

sombr might be an industry plant but he's MY industry plant

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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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Phi at the Long Way Down book series @longwaydownbook.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Naveena Kulkarni stands outside before a white brick wall. She has long black wavy hair, brown skin, and a nose ring. Half of her face is in purple, black, and pink skull makeup. She is wearing a thick black choker, a hot pink motorcycle jacket, and a purple shirt. The text says:

LONG WAY DOWN
Written by Phi and Moma
Writing Partners 10+ years
50+ Patrons
2 books and counting

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I'd participate in PosterPit but graphic design is NOT my passion

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

THE BRIDE OF THE KING IN YELLOW ☠︎︎ ⋆₊ ♱ two lovers struggle against class and religion to be together- but can a play that turns all readers mad be their freedom? -novelette (17k) -class/religious pressure -eldritch horrors or insanity -existential purpose/fate #questpit #Q #A #H #S #R #DR

A collage of nine eerie, surreal images. Includes a figure on stairs, a fiery sky, cloaked figures, silhouetted people, and a woman in red light. The tone is haunting.

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

A MASTERY OF SELF ݁₊ ⊹ . 📽.ᐟ an actor is trapped in a nightmare of an identity crises after playing too many roles🖤 -speculative hollywood -friends to lovers - eldritch horror or real doppleganger? #questpit #W #A #H #S #R

A collage of vintage noir images featuring a man in a suit, shattered mirror reflection, puppet strings, surreal eyes, and intense facial expressions. The tone is mysterious and dramatic.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

I say "I'm querying" when what I really mean is "I should be querying but I'm a coward"

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

PAST LIVES x BRIGHTER THAN SCALE, SWIFTER THAN FLAME Two teenage lovers reunite as adults in the secluded, magical kingdom that forced them to destroy who they once were ⛰ Second-Chance Romance ⛰ Culture and identity ⛰ Science vs. magic ⛰ 50 Shades of Morally Grey #questpit #Q #A #SFF

Character renders of Aliza and Viktor. Aliza has bleached blonde hair, tied in a high bun surrounded by a five-speared crown. Her gown is white and with golden hemlines. She has a blue-jeweled bracelet on her wrist. Her face is painted white, she wears ashes as lipstick and eyeshadow, and a golden eyeliner. Viktor is a tall man of combed-back brown hair, dark eyes, and angled features. He wears a dark vest over a puffy white shirt with golden finishing. He has a dark, sleeveless cape of similar style.
A tweet at the bottom reads "apathetic dark-haired boy and insane blonde girl that's the dynamic"

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

that time I was writing something and I re-read it and thought "this sounds way too smart. I can't have possibly written this" and indeed I was quoting the Bhagavad Gita out of pure muscle memory

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

submitting short stories again because i am ready to get hurt again

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

PAST LIVES x BRIGHTER THAN SCALE, SWIFTER THAN FLAME Two teenage lovers reunite as adults in the secluded, magical kingdom that forced them to destroy who they once were... ⛰ Second-Chance Romance ⛰ Culture and identity ⛰ The mechanical vs. the magical ⛰ Rebellion Arc #BluePit 📖 #A #F #R #Q

Picture of black-and-white mountains. The title reads "Across Ashen Mountains. Science-Fantasy + Romance. 120k" At the bottom, the pitch reads:

Will knows no one can enter Aska, the land of Gods and magic, secluded behind impenetrable mountains and whose guards kill whoever comes close. But then he meets Elise, a girl who’s mysteriously obtained a mechanical suit that would allow her to sneak into Aska. The suit is broken, and Will, lured by Elise's resolve to fix it, helps her. Slowly and intensely, they fall in love. However, as Elise is about to complete the suit, she vanishes with it, leaving Will stranded.
Ten years pass. By a stroke of rigged luck, Will is offered to sell out his homeland for a chance to live in Aska, where he must strip himself of his language, culture, and identity to belong.
But he can’t get rid of his past, which comes back knocking as one of Aska’s Goddesses—whose eyes shine just like Elise’s. As Will unravels Aska’s mysteries, he must choose between who he is and who he once was.

Excerpt laid over a black-and-white picture of a snowy mountain pass. The text reads:

This wasn’t like it used to be. It wasn’t Oddie with his flute at the corner. Instead, the music came from a golden flower on the table, humming strange melodies. Foreign.
“Why am I here, Aliza?” he said, her new name tasting stale. “Why am I in your secret cottage, helping you with your secret magic while your husband is away?”
She sipped the wine—old wine from this new land. “Perhaps I’ve been missing a familiar face.”

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Phi at the Long Way Down book series @longwaydownbook.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

HOZIER x COCO x GOBLIN x TRESE x CONSTANTINE(2005) 👻Catch that killer! 🐈‍⬛International cast ❤️‍🔥Slow burn poly rep ✨Grumpy x Sunshine 🖤 Love across lifetimes 💀 Reincarnated Death Gods 💜Grief, trauma, & healing through found family 🕯️Samhain, Día de Muertos, Fèt Gede, Undas #BluePit #W #A #SP #UF #LWDB

A grid of 4 squares.

Top left: "I've been called the Angel of Death before...it's one of my favorites. I'm rather fond of Persephone as well." White text on dark grey, with black smokey filigree in the corners.

Top right: Naveena Kulkarni looks into the camera with a piercing glare. She has warm brown skin and wavy dark hair. She is wearing a nose ring, a thick black choker, and a hot pink jacket. Half of her face is in pink and purple skull makeup.

Bottom left: Tylor Goadby looks down, uncertain. He has pale skin; long, dark, curly hair; and a trim beard. He is wearing a black jacket over a white button down, and half of his face is painted in a realistic white and grey skull.

Bottom right: "I am never going to be comparable to Hades." White text on dark grey, with black smokey filigree in the corners.

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Phi at the Long Way Down book series @longwaydownbook.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

There is a photo of a small red grave with a skull and crossbones on it in the center of the poster. It sits in front of a red-grey stone fence edge covered in vines; towering above it are iron railings. A pile of dead, red leaves sit to the side. The grass is a dark, grey-green; the trees are spindly and bare, reaching towards the sky like fingers.

The text across the top reads: Reincarnated Death Gods. Urban Fantasy. Love Across Lifetimes.

The tagline beside the grave reads: Death Becomes Them.

The text at the bottom reads: Long Way Down. A Book Series WIP by Phi and Moma. Patreon.com/longwaydownbook

There is a grid of 9 photos.

Top left: black birds fly across a white sky. Top center: Dark wooden pews sit empty in the shadows with a ray of white light illuminating one. Top right: a black and white photo of rows of books filling tight-fitting shelves to the brim.

Center left: An overhead view of a cup of black coffee in a black mug on a dark table. Center: Tylor Goadby, a Northern Irishman with pale skin, a trim dark beard, and long dark curly hair, stands in front of a mausoleum. His hands are in the pockets of his black coat. He is looking up to the side; half of his face appears as a skull. Center right: Two padlocks hanging from a heavy chain keep a black door closed. The padlock in front has a golden T on it.

Bottom left: Black silhouettes of a graveyard reach into the sky. Two Celtic cross tombstones rise above the rest. Bottom center: Light streams through a cathedral of pale gold and black stone. Bottom right: A white skull sits on a white table with a black, angular crown set upon it.

There is a grid of 9 photos.

Top left: Black Oaxacan pottery of a skull with a rose crown sits on a white table. Top center: Hands in pink examination gloves carefully insert a needle into a dog's leg. Top right: A Kathak dancer turns on a white stone floor, wearing a bright pink skirt and ghungroos.

Center left: A man with a watch is holding a woman's hand. She is wearing a black saree and floral mehndi. Center: Naveena, a British Indian woman, is standing in front of rings of white, gold, and black text, framed by the rings like a halo. She has warm brown skin and dark wavy hair blowing in the wind behind her. Her hands are in her hot pink jacket, and half of her face is painted in a black, pink, and purple skull. Center right: Pink and purple flowers sit on a stone grave, surrounded by green grass and an iron fence.

Bottom left: A hot pink motorcycle helmet sits on a white table in front of a white wall. Bottom renter: A woman in sea foam green is pouring cups of chai into pink cups. Bottom right: A lit diya sits on a pooja thali, surrounded by bright pink flowers and marigolds. A bowl of vermilion and incense sit beside the diya.

There is a grid of 9 photos.

Top left: A man in a pale suit and grey socks is curled up in a leather chair, looking at a camera. Top center: A stove is covered in bright blue and silver cookware. Top right: A stack of faded sepia photographs.

Center left: A bat flying through a dark purple gradient sky. Center: A black cat looks to the side; a pale white patch shaped like a star sits on his chest. Center right: A street of dark, traditional Japenese homes.

Bottom left: A white pot pours steaming tea into a navy blue mug. Bottom center: Floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall bookshelves stand full of book. In front of them is a warm brown leather couch with a grey-brown blanket on it. Bottom right: A long, dark stone hallway; rings of light from unseen sources dot the path. The end of the hallway has a single illuminated window.

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Sophie Jane is querying ✨ @sophiejanebooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

My agent’s guide for my gothic horror romance about a man sent to work at an Italian estate—who falls for a girl cursed with a poisonous touch, trapped in a house that feeds on her blood. He wants to save her. But what if he’s the one being undone? #bluepit📖 #Q #NA #H #R

A gothic-style promotional graphic featuring a veiled, marble-like female statue entwined with thorny rose vines. Red roses bloom from her mouth and hands, surrounded by dark foliage. The text reads: “An Agent’s Guide to A Poison So Divine” in ornate white lettering, followed by the tagline “Crimson Peak meets Rappaccini’s Daughter in this gothic horror romance novel.”

A pitch slide over a dark rose background with white gothic text titled "Pitch." The text describes the novel's premise: Ishaan, arriving at a remote Italian estate with horses, is drawn to the mysterious Davina-Grace, a spectral girl confined by day and wandering haunted gardens by night. As his obsession deepens, he learns she’s as poisonous as the flowers she tends. Decorative white scrollwork borders the top and bottom.

A reader comp slide titled “For Fans Of…” with a list of tropes and themes: forbidden romance, ghostly horror, eerie setting, psychological tension, dark family secrets, dreamlike atmosphere, and obsession and yearning. Along the right side are book/movie covers: The Last Tale of the Flower Bride, Nosferatu, Mexican Gothic, The Haunting of Hill House, One Dark Window, Crimson Peak, Pan’s Labyrinth, and The Picture of Dorian Gray. The background is filled with red roses.

A lyrical excerpt overlaid on a background of dark roses. The passage describes a woman kneeling beside a rosebush, caressing its petals and whispering to it as if it were alive. She refers to the plants as her “darlings” and tells them it is “time to feed.” The text is in white with a gothic font, framed by elegant white scrollwork above and below.

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

ADESTE FIDELES 🎄 A couple in Maryland unknowingly invite the Devil to dine with them on Christmas Eve ❄️ - scottish folklore of Black Donald - holiday horror novella - doomed lovers - religious shame, love over sin #BluePit 📖 #A #H #HS #Q #DIS

Moodboard of dark and white contrasting images: (three rows, left to right): a dark goat under a star, figure in snowy woods, ornate Christmas tree, powerful text "Choose Love Over Fear," candle-lit scenes with a picture of Black Donald/Krampus, entangled trees, and a lamb adorned with flowers.
Mysterious and contemplative tone.

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jenn (is querying and writing) @kotegentarri.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

A MASTERY OF SELF 🎬 an actor is trapped in a nightmare of an identity crises after playing too many roles🖤 -speculative hollywood -friends to lovers - eldritch horror or real doppleganger? ALAN WAKE II + THE TWILIGHT ZONE #BluePit 📖 #A #H #SP #W #DIS #WIP

A moodboard of nine black-and-white images, featuring surreal and mysterious elements: a man in a cracked mirror, hands with strings, formal attire, shadowy figures, spirals, blurred crowd, and a woman with pearls, conveying intrigue and tension, Old hollywood dark energy.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

It really drives me up the wall that there is no clear way to gauge what "good writing" is

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

#BluePitHype Will loves cooking! So much that if someone were to criticize his choice of spices, he would rethink his entire existence and remake the dish until they declared it PERFECT. But if he had to master one skill, it would be building things so he could help out his girlfriend (a mechanic)

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Kathleen Rowan 🌱 @rowanauthor.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

I've swallowed a lot of things in my time. The most dangerous? Ideas. Left on the vine, they have a lot to teach about their ecosystem, through the niche they fill in it. It's festering in the belly that makes them burn bilious. A little grappa glass of curiosity is actually the perfect digestivo.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

#BluePitHype Here are the STUNNING character sheets for Aliza and Viktor! Main characters of my science-fantasy + romance novel ACROSS ASHEN MOUNTAINS Art by Marta Hurtado ✨(www.artstation.com/marta_hurtado) Support human artists <3

Character sheet of Aliza. She has bleached blonde hair, tied in a high bun surrounded by a five-speared crown. Her gown is white and with golden hemlines. She has a blue-jeweled bracelet on her wrist. Her face is painted white, she wears ashes as lipstick and eyeshadow, and a golden eyeliner

Character sheet for Viktor. He is a tall man of combed-back brown hair, dark eyes, and angled features. He wears a dark vest over a puffy white shirt with golden finishing. He has a dark, sleeveless cape of similar style.

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It’s Day 2 of #BluePitHype! Today is Art Share day! Share your character art, concept art, sketches, and/or mood boards! 4 days left until #BluePit on July 9th! (No AI images) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comics #TTRPG

#BluePitHype
Q & A
July 9th

ART SHARE

Share your character art, concept art, sketches, mood-boards, and more!

Be sure to use the #BluePitHype tag!

4 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON Mon, Jan 13th!

@BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

#WIPPITStickyNoteQuestions I wanted to explore characters across time and worlds. No one is the same person they were ten years before, but there must be some core---some sense of self---that remains, regardless of what we become and what different worlds may force us to be.

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Sofía Rodríguez (in Novella Hell TM) @s-rodriguez-author.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Relationship Advice Needed: My (28M) ex-girlfriend (? F) went missing years ago. I've just discovered she became a Goddess who is now in charge of my fate. #UnhingedPit #A #F #R

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