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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Promoting your book feel much like wearing a trench coat and hissing to strangers “hey, buddy, I’ve got a spicy romantasy for ya here. Not too long. Fresh off the press too.”

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

New favorite author moment unlocked: watching my PR Box in unboxing videos. TAG ME. I BEG.

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Erica Rose Eberhart @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

When fairytale creatures escape into reality, an orphan w/ trust issues must rely on 2 ppl who know the original story: his privileged ex-bf & a girl who bleeds ink. If they can’t get ahead of the plot, they’ll be trapped forever in a world of monsters. #QueerPit #YA #NA #DF

Three images: a boy in water, a book burning, and lighting with the words “she was as real as paper” written across.

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Erica Rose Eberhart @ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Selwyn rarely accepts help. The orphan knows people are undependable, but as soul-eating creatures attack his town & time freezes, he must lean upon the mayor's son (his ex) & a paper-made girl who bleeds ink in order to save all he loves & himself. #QueerPit #YA #DF #NA

A mood board of deep forests, burning books, and people lost in them with the quote: “dreams aren’t nothing. Desires aren’t pointless. choice is what makes us human and alive.”

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

THE TWISTS IN THIS ONE 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 📣THRILLER AGENTS - SNATCH THIS ONE UPPPPPP

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I had the honor of beta reading this and it has my FULL STAMP OF APPROVAL. 📣AGENTS— snatch it up!

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

THE SCREAM I SCREAMED. How freaking cute is this?!?! AMAZING.

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

STOP. The stepping on the feet is TOO CUTE. 😍

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

THIS POSTER?! Holy crap. The VIBES on this!

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

I LOVE a good bi-flag color scheme. 😍 this whole thing is *chef kiss*

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

✨PUBLISHING NEWS✨ I am THRILLED to announce that I’m now represented by Lauren Spieller at Folio Literary Management! Her excitement and passion for The Corruption of Astoria Rose blew me away. I could not have found a better business partner to navigate this industry with! #agentedauthor #romantasy

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

ASSISTANT TO THE VILLAIN x A WITCH'S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING A DEMON ☀️Sunshine & Cinnamon Roll 💞Love at first sight 🥰Cozy comedic romantasy 🤝Dual POV 🔥Set in Hell (and Heaven) 🐐12 Goats, 2 Alpacas, 1 Three-Headed dog #luckypit #popuppit #amquerying #MaybeTodaySatan

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Imagine you're Satan and hate your job. Wouldn't you too prefer to enjoy eternity with the cute pet zoo keeper that accidentally landed in your lap? Even if it means going up against God? Or teaming up with your sweetheart's evil twin? #PopUpPit #luckypit

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Oli 🌼 @oliviariesling.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

OUTLAWED x Anastasia Notorious outlaw Roberta “The Raven” Eastmont teams up with her immortal ex-lover to rob a train and avenge her mother. (still a WIP, but it felt weird to exclude it)

a simple mood board with the title "a bird in hand" in the center on top of a prairie background. On the left is a photo of a blond man in a suit labeled "ex-beau, gambler, cowboy, and...?" On the right is a photo of a young woman brandishing a pistol labeled "wanted outlaw, eldest daughter, blessed or cursed?"

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Oli 🌼 @oliviariesling.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Supernatural x American Primeval Rescued from a job gone wrong, Morn finds herself falling for her savior only to encounter the violent supernatural cult he’s running from. #LuckyPit #PopUpPit #PopUpPitE

a simple mood board with a background of desert mountains in a storm. The title "Morning rises" is in the middle. To the left is a photo of a woman with her head down, face covered by a cowboy hat. It's labeled with "lady sheriff, hard of hearing, chaotic bisexual." To the right is a photo of a man hunched over a book. It's labeled with "former cult member, dysfunctional sibling, scholarly & soft."

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Poppy wouldn't have expected to accidentally end up in Hell & date Satan, yet, here she was. Thankfully her new beau is willing to do anything to get her back when she is ordered to Heaven - even team up with her evil sister & go up against God. #luckypit #popuppit #amquerying

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Aspen Andersen @aspenandersen.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

TAYLOR JENKINS REID X JENEVA ROSE A documentary producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile the discrepancies between it and her interviewees to find the truth about an icon's untimely death—before her own dark past resurfaces. Agent Guide on profile ❤️ #popuppita #luckypit

A collage of images including a bloody fingerprint, a red carpet, a girl in a bathtub; an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, a living room, a starlet on the red carpet.

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

PSA for all my querying friends: the London Book Fair is next week. If you’re querying UK agents, know that they are slammed with this massive event. If you get an offer and you’ve got your eye on an UK agent, consider asking for 3 weeks instead of the standard 2 weeks.

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

*clears throat* ATTENTION PLEASE 📣 I HAVE SUBMITTED MY COPY EDITS TO MY PUBLISHER. PLEASE CLAP.

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Aspen Andersen @aspenandersen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

TAYLOR JENKINS REID X JENEVA ROSE A documentary producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile the discrepancies between it and her interviewees to find the truth about an icon’s untimely death—before her own dark past resurfaces. Agent Guide on my profile ❤️ #WSPit #WSPitQ #A #T #LGBT #Dis

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Berna is querying 🧿 @bernawrites.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Gabriel is a witch. Summer isn't. Sure he's suspicious when the cute con-artist opens up a witch shop next to his apothecary. But when she's accused of murder through love potion, he reluctantly comes to her aid. How to catch a killer, when magic is in the air? #wspit #wspitw #rc #conwitchwip

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Maisie Bannion 🩷 writer @maisiebannion.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

IN NIGHTFALL x SPELLS FOR LOST THINGS x BUFFY 💜 friends to lovers 💼 workplace romance 💀 bookstore / oddities shop 🌙 witches vs vampires 🔮 salem vibes 👫 short king mmc + tall fmc 📟 00s nostalgia 🩸 got blood? #WSPitQ #YA #P #R #agentsguide

Agent's Guide to The Jinxborough Vampires, YA Paranormal Romance, 95,000 words. (Image description: character art of a witch girl and vampire boy, embracing and smiling at one another)

PITCH: Eighteen-year-old Laurie Loveday is having a rough night—apparently, she’s a witch, vampires are real, and they’re in Jinxborough. Oh, and their bites freakin’ hurt. Trying to connect with locals doesn’t mean having someone’s teeth at her neck. Unable to sass her way out of the predicament, she breaks free with her latent magic but is pushed to the ground. Right before she becomes human à la mode, Vincent, her coworker from the bookstore, appears and kills the attacker.

Vincent Fraley hates being a newbie vampire, but he’s grateful his sharp instincts saved Laurie. The transition from rebellious mortal to upstanding bloodsucker has been difficult. What’s more challenging is hiding the murder—and shielding Laurie from his obtrusive, anti-witch mother. Falling for his natural enemy is a big blunder, but Laurie makes Vincent feel human again.

They can’t get too distracted by their mutual attraction, since the slain foe’s family, House Greaves, will seek vengeance if the murder comes to light. Just when they think they’re in the clear, a ne'er-do-well vampire comes forth with photographic evidence of their transgression. Juggling their growing connection and a dwindling deadline, they must steal and destroy the images before they’re forcibly initiated into the blackmailer’s unruly clan—and a surprise guest from House Greaves has a front row seat to the “party.”

Workplace love / friends to lovers / against the odds

COMPS & VIBES: In Nightfall by Suzanne Young (suspense & action, evil vampire gang), Spells for Lost Things by Jenna Evans Welch (eccentric setting in MA, heartwarming romance, generational family secrets), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (teen angst & sass, antics & mischief, early 00s nostalgia), Practical Magic (murder cover-up, magical mishaps)

MOODBOARD: image collage of a cobblestone Salem sidewalk with fall foliage, fanged mouth dripping blood, ouija planchette, sheet ghost chilling with sunglasses and a cat, white rose splattered with blood, a couple kissing on a dark snowy night, blue and green spellbooks, a blue neon bookstore sign, and a bedazzled flip phone next to a tube of lip gloss

Bsky & Insta @maisiebannion / maisiebannion.com

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Bookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Here is my #agentguide for my SmoochPit story that has now hit the trenches. If any #litagents are interested in seeing this in their inbox let me know! #WSPitQ #YA #H #R #LGBT #BIOC #Own

An agent's guide to Killer Summer by Bookbabewriting YA horror romance selected for 2024 SmoochPit Mentorship program.

Pitch : Boys start to disappear in Lyric's backwoods backwards hometown and the last person they were seen is her best friend and unrequited crush, Eleanor. After a bloody encounter Lyric questions if the connection is all in her head but as the boys start to turn up dead, Lyric must investigate the cultish town Eleanor calls home and if there is something monstrously wrong with her best friend.

For fans of: Jennifer's Body poster, Devil in Ohio poster, Together We Rot cover, This Delicious Death cover, The River Has Teeth cover.

Cult town in Canadian Prairies, cannibalism as a metaphor for love, friends to lovers bubblegum horror vibes, sapphic pining, toxic codependent friendship, touch her and die, monstrous romance, black cat x golden retriever vibes, #ownvoices queer and Indigenous rep

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Millie Abecassis @millieabecassis.com · 25/02/2025

Today is the day! DAUGHTERS OF THE BLUE MOON is out and available everywhere books are sold. Get your copy now: millieabecassis.com/buy-daughter...

A visual of the book in paperback and ebook, over a background of a forest. The text reads "out today, order your copy now!"

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Omgggg LOVE a good thriller 😍

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Guidelines for our first ever Author Hype Event #WSPit #WIPSnips has always been about growing community. You all show up everyday (some since day one) sharing pieces of your writing. Here's the chance to go beyond snips and pitch your work! More infographics to come, but here's a start

Text: What? #WSPit. Author Hype Event. Industry Participation welcome. When? February 26, 2025, your time zone. Where? Bluesky only.

Authors: Please do your due diligence to vet anyone who requests your materials before sending it.

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General Guidelines: Regular #WIPSnips participation not required. Pitch must fit in single post. All imagines use alt text. No Generative AI. Published works, thread any links or direct to link in bio. Limit three posts per work. Use appropriate hashtags. Be kind. Like, respot, comments Highly encouraged.

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To make indsutry participation easier or help readers find published books, use the special hashtags to note where you are in the process. You can use only #WSPit but it may affect indsutry visibility.

WIPs: #WSPitW, Querying: #WSPitQ, Agented(but not on sub): #WSPitA, On submission: #WSPitS, Published: #WSPitP

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Other hashtags

Age range - please include: Adult - #a, New Adult - #NA, Young Adult - #YA; Middle Grade - #MG; Picture book - #PB

Optional: Crime - #C; Fantasy - #F; Historical - #Hi; Horror - #H; Humor - #Hu, Lit-fic - #L; Memoir - #Me; Mystery - #M; Non-fic - #NF; Paranormal - #P; Poetry - Po; Romance - #R; Sci-fi - #SF; Thriller - #T; Women's Fiction - #WF; 2SLGBTQIA+ - #LGBT; BIPOC - #BIPOC; Creators who are disabled - #Dis

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Adding an unachievable author goal to one day have Katherine Heigl read one of my books was not on my 2025 manifestation bingo card but here we are

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Just TWO MORE DAYS until the #smoochpit showcase closes and they’re going to be the longest two days of my life. Please send thoughts, prayers, and patience because ya girl is about to lose it. 🫠

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

“Sell me your book in 5 words or less” She’s magic, they’re friends, but… #romtantasy #comingsoon #bookrecs #romancereaders #romantasyauthor

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Britt Middleton @brittmiddleton.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I'm thrilled to share this guide to my 90K rom-com, a retelling of Taylor Swift's "Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince" packed with heart, heat and a swoony country-pop soundtrack. 🎨: @legendsofaukera.bsky.social  #agentsguide #amquerying #writingcommunity #swifties #booksky #romancebooks

A pink and red background and graphic with cowboy boots and paisley print with text describing a romantic comedy manuscript called Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince.

A pink and red background and graphic with paisley print with text describing a romantic comedy manuscript called Miss Americana & The Heartbreak Prince. Next to it, a character drawing of a Black woman with braids embracing a white blond man wearing a guitar.

A pink and red background and graphic with paisley print and images of comparable movies, TV shows and books including Insecure, Sweet Home Alabama, The Wedding Date and Yours Truly.

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day from Star and Ethan 💖 A Game of Fallen Stars is coming Sept 30, 2025 🌟 fantasy set in our world 🌶️ spicy romantasy 🌞 grumpy/sunshine 🥵 extreme pining 💖 he fell first and harder 👾 creepy AF monster villains 💞 she’s magic and he’s human Art: @/suusliks @cityowlpress.bsky.social

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Happy Smoochpit Showcase week to all!

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The rain is pouring. The coffee is steaming. It’s a wonderful day to write, if only my day job wasn’t so insistent that I show up. 🙄

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Sara Harte @saraharte.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

When Edwardian heiress Celia accidentally makes a deal with a charming demon, she must break the contract before his presence threatens her advantageous betrothal—and her heart. EMILY WILDE x HALF A SOUL Slow burn, reluctant allies-to-lovers, forbidden romance #QuestPit #Q #A #HR #PR #RF

Eight images depicting a blonde haired man, a painting of a demon, an open book, a hand touching a woman's chin, a man and woman in period clothing sitting beside each other, a classical painting of a woman, a formal old fashion room, and the back of a brown haired woman's head wearing Edwardian attire

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

An agent's guide to THE CORRUPTION OF ASTORIA ROSE. Fully revised and coming to the SmoochPit Showcase this Friday! - 109k Romantasy - Queernorm World - Unrepentant Villainous FMC - ✨Everyone✨ Kisses - Single, Close Third Person POV #questpit #Q #RF #A #agentguide #smoochpit #litagents

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Koren/K. M. Enright @kmenright.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This delicious spicy romantasy is *chef’s kiss*, if I do say so myself

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Nicole Nagaki (Author) @nicolenagaki.com · 12/02/2025

JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE meets SILICON VALLEY as a millennial unites her colleagues to take down their mutual cheating ex at their Big Tech employer's pickleball tournament, and recruits a hot-nerd doubles partner who's making revenge even sweeter. #Q #A #R #questpit

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Bookishbabeiswriting @bookbabewriting.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot Lyric's best friend/crush Eleanor swears she isn't in a cult but as the boys Eleanor was chasing start to disappear from their backwoods town, Lyric must investigate the cultish town and if there is something monstrously with her friend. #Questpit #Q #YA #H #R

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Emily is writing @emilylwrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

When Carter starts to fall for another contestant on a popular dating show instead of its female lead he must decide between his original plans and where his heart is pulling him while facing what it means to be famous in a franchise whose audience can turn on a dime. #QuestPit #Q #A #R #LGBT

Moodboard: a man holding a TV camera, a line drawing of holding hands with a rainbow bracelet over a snowy background, clinking glasses of champagne, a figure behind a bisexual flag, the view out an airplane window, Bachelor mansion. Two stickers are a lipstick kiss and boyfriends, one carrying the other. On image text: Tropes, Bi 4 Bi, Forced Proximity, Kidney Donor MC, Slow(ish) Burn. Reality TV shenanigans, Anxiety Rep.

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Kayla Hill @kaylahillbooks.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

He’s a threat to the crown they both serve. 👑 ⁣ She’s a threat to more than just his heart. 💔 As the web tightens, the Spinners always come first.⁣ 🎻 THE SPINNERS' GUILD, an adult romantic fantasy #QuestPit #A #F #RF #Q

A violin hidden behind a web. Text says: An agent's guide to THE SPINNERS' GUILD

DEAHNNA’s music gifts her the power to Spin listeners under her spell, compelling them to reveal secrets she can use to protect her city. After two years spent abroad as a diplomat, she uncovers news of a brewing revolution that sends her rushing home, where she’s tasked to root out the rebels—only to discover that the one behind it is none other than her once great love: Zephyr, the monarch’s own son.

ZEPHYR’s city is flooding and he will do anything to save his people, even if it means overthrowing his own tyrannical mother. When the monarch closes the borders, shutting off the city’s final hope for aid, he must decide if he can trust Deahnna with his secret, or if she’s a threat to more than just his heart.

Together, they’ll have to work through old heartbreak and incite a rebellion if they want to shatter the sovereign’s grip on the city before it sinks beneath the waves.

The tropes: music-based magic system, second-chance romance, glittering political intrigue, ballroom mayhem

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

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S. E. Berkeley @seberkeley.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

THE VIBES I BRING TO THE FUNCTION✨🌘☕️👀✨ with a new author photo drop! Same me just with a lot more make up and chaos. She’s very demure. Very mindful. Very ✨casual✨ #vibesibringtothefunction #author #romantasy #authorphoto #romanceauthor

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