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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey, I started drawing a thing. Gonna try doing some water color maybe? Kinda trying to branch away from digital stuff.

Hand-drawn, front-facing portrait of Sammy, a young woman with large intense eyes, thick eyebrows, freckles across her nose and cheeks, hoop earrings, and a neutral, guarded expression. A wide headband holds back her voluminous curly hair, which is still lightly sketched around the more heavily inked face. She wears a simple shirt and jacket with a small pendant necklace.

Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#ConversationsWithMySon Son: when is mom comming up? Me:ummm, 20 minutes... Son:20 minutes? That's like... 3 hours in the basement. Me: not quite, buddy... #NoConceptOfTime

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Oh, I totally forgot. Stan Rodgers is amazing if you havent heard of him. North West Passage is

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Chefs Kiss French Chef

ALT: Chefs Kiss French Chef

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I feel the same about folk music and country western. Marty Robbins was an amazing writer. "All drinking stopped and the tick of the clock said death would wait 12 seconds more" goes hard.

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J.J. Phillips | #SCBWI #KidLit @jjphillipsyo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

AMARI X ANDOR ➥Magic+Spycraft Hunted for his meteorite wand, 12yo Catcher Kline must master spell-hacked spycraft to find his missing parents and stop the Acolytes from weaponizing the star metal minerals that power all magic.  #Bluepit #MG #F #Querying Art collab @giaphoc.bsky.social

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J.J.W. Lovell (He/Him) @jjwlovell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NEVERMOOR x TURNING RED x TREASURE PLANET Two tiny purple creatures told him he was a Druid. He didn’t believe them. He was wrong. 🐻 Shapeshifting 🐉 World Mythologies ⚔️ Found Family ✨ Portal Fantasy 🗝️ Hidden Heritage #Bluepit #📖 #MG #F #Q

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Skyward x Back to the Future Jance didn't ask for alien powers, or to join Sammy — a wind-wielding alien with PTSD and a death glare. But nukes are vanishing. Time's breaking. If she takes the fall — he gets erased. Too bad the real culprit died 25 years ago… #📖 #Q #YA #SF #BluePit

Panel 1 alt text: A faux “CEDC Field Notes” dossier page for the YA sci-fi novel Ace Squad: ChronoGeist. The page includes a mission brief describing a sarcastic teenager discovering his father is an alien soldier and being recruited into a secret defense force. Handwritten notes from protagonist Jance joke about not knowing what a “ChronoGeist” is, alongside doodles of a ghost with a clock face and a Pac-Man labeled “time ghost.” A crossed-out “Lieutenant” title has “Captain” scribbled above it. The layout resembles printed intelligence documents pinned to a corkboard.

Panel 2 alt text: Character and suspect profiles from the fictional “CEDC Field Notes” for Ace Squad: ChronoGeist. Includes photo cards for Captain Jance Mace, Lieutenant Sammy Cupla, and Lieutenant Daniel “Dandin” Raven with humorous personality descriptions. Sammy’s file has red handwritten warnings not to use her full surname. Below is a suspect file for Regulus O’Coillte with the note “Died in a fire. Good for him.” A rough sketch of Regulus has devil horns drawn on it, surrounded by sticky-note arguments between Jance and Sammy about who added the horns.

Panel 3 alt text: A collage-style “Threat Assessment” and “Research Materials” page for Ace Squad: ChronoGeist. Threats listed include stolen nuclear warheads, forbidden black magic, and a man trying to rewrite history. A doodle references Sammy’s vine-like wrist tattoo and a corsage covering it at prom. Another page titled “Why This Might Be Your Thing” lists features like rivals-to-romance, found family, tactical problem-solving, and voice-driven YA sci-fi. At the bottom are cover images for Skyward, Aurora Rising, Victories Greater Than Death, and Back to the Future Part II, plus a denied requisition form requesting a DeLorean.

Panel 4 alt text: An “Author Intel” and “Final Note from Captain Mace” page for Ace Squad: ChronoGeist. The author bio humorously claims Andrew Whitesell is secretly part of an alien defense force and notes that he carves wood ducks, with a photo of a carved duck beside the text. Handwritten notes joke that “nobody asks about the ducks.” The final section includes sticky-note banter between characters arguing about whether Dandin’s computer was hacked, ending with the reveal that his password is “SabresRock1234” and a blue sticky note reading: “Note To Self: CHANGE PASSWORD!!”

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krista is writing like a maniac ❦ @kristaskrooked.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#bluepit #📖 #A #M #W #WF GTA V x SAINT’S ROW 2 x ATLANTA x DEF JAM FIGHTERS FOR NY 💅🏾mc awakes from a coma and gets thrown into mess (that she made) 💅🏾afro-surrealism 💅🏾multiple gangs, one city 💅🏾drugs that takeover mind and body for bidding 💅🏾if I had a damn to give I wouldn't give it to you

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Sab is making FINAL EDITS ✨ @sabrinamars.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

INUYASHA X SAILOR MOON Portal romantasy ❤️‍🔥 ft: ✨Midwestern college student becomes fated magical girl? ✅ ✨Arrogant (but hot?) daemon prince? ✅ ✨Forced proximity --> sexy sparring? ✅ ✨90s anime angst? ✅ ✨D&D wild magic? ✅ #bluepit #a #f #r #wip (Art by ginnystellart)

Two characters in an alley about to SMOOCH

Book tropes that say found family, portal fantasy, spicy slow burn, golden retriever bff and grumpy immortal guardian, CPTSD rep, SHE saves HIM, DBT coded magic system, power that just to hold, Midwest FMC x Disgraced prince MMC

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Sarah @selford.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

To Do: 1.Change name 2.Avoid Godmothers & Princesses 3.Find portal home 4.DO NOT GET MARRIED After an unwise wish Prince Charming wakes in a magical realm where there's a shortage of suitors for princesses. Godmothers are hunting him down, and his only ally is a talking frog. #BLUEPIT #📖 #Q #YA #F

Collection of pictures clockwise from top left.
A crown-wearing frog sitting on a lilypad. A crowned man with gold hands resting on his shoulders, instead of a face there's an oval showing a dimly lit corridor. A white horse in fog. A large tree with moss covered roots. A book with sparkles and light emitting from the pages. A close up of a red apple. A woman in a blue gown and cloak, with a tiara.

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What if saving Christmas meant giving up your own gift? 🦦 A 100° heat wave. A melting roof. One otter's race against the clock to keep Santa's sleigh in the sky. RUSTY'S MAGICAL CHRISTMAS — a rhyming ode to selflessness for the holiday shelf. #📖 #Q #PB #BluePit

Wide-eyed cartoon otter peeking up with a curious, playful expression against a red watercolor circle, rendered in a whimsical children's-illustration style.

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🦌⚓ They said a whitetail deer could never set sail... they were wrong. Meet BUCK, the deer with hooves for hands and a heart full of pirate dreams. From ridiculed fawn to legendary "buck-aneer," this is a rhyming tale about chasing your wildest goal — no matter who's laughing. 🏴‍☠️ #📖 #Q #PB #BluePit

A jaunty deer pirate in a red-and-white striped shirt and antlered tricorn hat stands on a wooden ship's bowsprit, pointing to the horizon as watercolor waves crash below, conveying a playful sea‑faring adventure.

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Kamela H is trying, okay @pamela-with-a-k.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TERMINAL CAFE x THE WIZARD OF OZ Four misfits flee a half-dead future Boston, following the call of a long-lost voice to a desert city no one can seem to remember. In its heart they will find out what "alive" really means. But first they have to save humanity. #BluePit #📖 #W #SF #LGBT #hopepunk

The background image is a high, curved sand dune; the sand is reddish-gold. Above, the sky is the sheer blue of rainlessness. At the top of the dune, there are tiny figures walking. The large text across the top reads "Working Title: The Thorn." Below, printed over a disturbed path in the dune, it says "releasing serially: patreon.com/kamela"

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Jance uses humor as a weapon. Sammy, the alien soldier with PTSD assigned to train him, does not find this charming. Together they have to stop a dead man from erasing reality. She's still not happy about it. #📖 #Q #YA #SF #BluePit

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Mariann Evans @mevanswrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

SUCH LOVELY SKIN x AGGGTM When a famous streamer is murdered live in front of 1.7k viewers, rival streamers Nora and Keeley must put their feud aside to hunt a killer who’s clearly still watching, before they’re both taken off air… permanently. #BluePit📖 #YA #M #LGBT #ND #W #agented

A nine block moodboard with overall dark and sinister vibes. A keyboard glowing with purple light, touch her and you’ll burn on a white background, stream starting soon on a black background, two girls embracing, currently offline on a black background, two girls with their back to the camera, a phone with an unknown number calling, “shut up” “make me” on a white background, a purple video game streamer setup

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Steph 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ | Editor 🦦✍️ @ottersediting.com · 13/07/2026

Fuck late-stage capitalism and GenAI! Join Lila as she leaves our shit world for a better one, a magical one. Lila must make some tough choices and keep her identity as a human a secret, all to stay in a world she believes is better than our own. #BluePit📖 #F #A #W #LGBT

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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Q ANASTASIA x SQUID GAME #BluePit📖 #YA #F #R #M #H #POC #OV #BluePit 🪄🩸Only the “worthiest” magical heir will survive the curse 🔒🔪 Locked room monarch murder mystery ✨🪦 Horror magic trials test heir weaknesses ❄️❤️ Love interest who knows too much about the curse 🫂♥️ Found family 🌪️☠️ killer twists

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Jocelyne Gregory @jocelynegregory.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

BRIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN KING Forbidden romance A cursed village A revenge plot lifetimes in the making Novella length fantasy, mystery, and forbidden romance #BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #R #H

Four pictures of a small town, a young woman covered in flowers, a tattooed handsome man, and a colourful temple. The middle says "Bride of the Mountain King"

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Bea 📖 🖊️ is querying @beaamade.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

#Q SQUID GAMExANASTASIA When a curse traps Artina’s newfound sibling heirs of dead monarchs in a palace, royal blood spills, one by one. Artina must uncover the truth before losing her new family & her court musician crush who knows too much about curses #YA #R #F #M #H #OV #POC #BluePit📖 #BluePit

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Siobhán is querying! 🏁 @siobhandorr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HEATED RIVALRY x NASCAR When rival drivers-turned-teammates Grayson and Corey are forced to road trip the season together, their biggest challenge becomes their secret romance and deciding what they want more: standing in the winner's circle alone or hand-in-hand. #BluePit📖 #BluePit #Q #A #LGBT

Moodboard for KISS THE WALL.

NASCAR Drive road sign.
Duct tape.
Checkered flag.
Pretty rainbow oil spills.
Tall marshy grass.
RV/motorhome.
Gears.
Crickets.
333.
Two men lying down together, smiling at one another.
Guy in a hoodie confused by a map.
NASCAR bumper sticker.

Quote from Grayson's POV: “My problem has always been this: I trust my gut a little too much, following impulses as easily as regretting them.” Backdrop is a moodboard for Grayson featuring mullets, the car number 69, wine glasses, cardinals, checkered flags, and soft sunsets.

Quote from Corey’s POV: “Growing up without much affection, I don’t know what comfort should feel like, so humidity is the clear thing I have.” Moodboard for Corey featuring wind chimes, crickets, turning gears, dark lake water, and Polaroid’s of porch swings.

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Stephanie Winter @wintersleep85.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

NAUSICAÄ X FF7 Hana is sure she’s the chosen one, even if her magic is resisting her and the previous chosen one insists she isn’t. But if it isn’t her destiny, then no one can save the world from poisonous dark magic, endless wars, and powerful demons. #BluePit📖 #A #F #Q #BluePit

A dark forest. A bird. A night sky. A fence. A person on a road. The back of a person.

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Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚 @galenbunting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ELIA IN ISOLA:THE STARVING SAINTS X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH: Elia doesn't want to take holy orders. After he enters the convent, his terrifying visions are confirmed when a murderer begins attacking women. #BluePit📖 #W #YA #H #HS #TR #SP #LGBT #OV #bluepit #WIP coming to the query trenches...

Banner for ELIA IN ISOLA Transmasculine Nun Venice, 1600S Gothic Horror/Speculative coming soon to the query trenches
Oil painting of hands with hemlock, young man, hand touching heart-shaped book, dried flowers, and an image of a nun and a friar speaking behind a barrier, with the background being the cloisters

a young nun novice folding his hands before a dark archway and has a gold halo, with the background the grand canal in Venice by Caneletto
A series of screenshots with the following text:
I'm being sent home early from the field trip for having prophetic visions

The prophetic perfect tense is a literary technique used in the Bible that describes future events that are so certain to happen that they are referred to in the past tense as if they had already happened.[1]

List of google search results:
how to console someone
how to express concern
how to show affection
how to give condolences

dont care didnt ask plus my psychic visions have predicted the outcome of this encounter

Speech bubbles surrounding text:
WHAT'S
YOUR OPINION ON BODY HORROR
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, ALL HAVING A BODY IS BODY HORROR

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Jessica Fisher Riches - is Querying and Drafting @prahajess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The Best Kisser in Prague Amid the gritty optimism of 1990s Prague, a party girl determined to be emotionally unbreakable and a disillusioned artist share a single night of connection that derails their kiss-and-run game plans. #BluePit📖 #W #A #R #BluePit #WriteSky

polaroid pics: beer, casette, couple kissing, Prague; text: The Best Kisser in Prague

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Father Matthias meets Ruin, a liminal nature spirit in his parish. Ruin comes with plums, a pulse, and a name he’s never known: “Mattie”. “He who opens wide his lips shall come to ruin…” (Proverbs 13:3) Not a fall from grace, but a love story. #BluePit #📖 #A #W #HS #SP #R #BluePit📖

Parchment with filigree borders.

Fruit of Ruin
literary historical with speculative and romantic elements
8ok words
by
Frankie Joy

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Premise
Father Matthias, an 18h century Bavarian priest, has served six months at St.
Florian's parish. When a being called Ruin appears beside a stream, he falls into a love his theology says should destroy him. Matthias must decide if the God he serves has mercy for all he's become-carnal sold under sin.

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Row of images: church, missal, chickens, plums, wheat field, tree in sunlight

Ambience
Matrix, Lauren Groff
The Diary of a Country Priest, George Bernanos
First Time / Francesca, Hozier
You and Me / Skin and Bones, David Kushner
Sinner, Benjamin Steer

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Favorite Paragraph

The breviary fell to his lap as his hands covered his flushed face, a smile pushing at his cheeks. A giggle broke loose between his palms. Never had he been kissed so. Forty years of age and the most his lips had met was the shy peck of a schoolgirl. They were tender and nine and plucking weeds between the rye stalks. Brief but stolen just the same. Last night, the eyes of his father had been replaced by those of God. He did see all...despite the dark, the walls of his rectory. Just as Matthias had as a schoolboy, he'd been left unscathed. Or God's punishment grew to be bestowed at a later time. His sin would fester, brew and boil in his belly, come up as some aged wine. Or brandy. That'd be the preferred taste, his mouth tired of so much wine from the Eucharist.

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Alexis ☕ is querying @abookishchai.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

HAZELTHORN X YELLOWJACKETS Lucas, a sullen painter working at his local community theater, must cooperate with Mira, a self-absorbed seventeen-year-old, to save his best friend from the theater’s botanical horrors. #Bluepit #H #SP #Q #YA #Bluepit📖 #📖

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Hope Engel 📚 @hopeengel.com · 13/07/2026

When his best friend gives him an ultimatum, college athlete Emerson has one shot to prove he’s ready for love. For Emerson, wanting something is the easy part. Keeping it is where everything could fall apart. Read now: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GWXYD77J #BluePit📖 #NA #R #P #BluePit

3x3 grid of images from top left: brick university building, orange background that says "At Your Pace", baseball and bat on a dirt field, a bookshelf, a young couple cuddling in bed, a sunset in a forest, a line of string lights, orange background white text that says 'Available now', a classroom with individual desks and a green chalkboard

orange background, white text: When his best friend gives him an ultimatum, college athlete Emerson has one shot to prove he’s ready for love. For Emerson, wanting something is the easy part. Keeping it is where everything could fall apart.

orange background. text says: comps. image of the novels night shift by annie crown and wilefire by hannah grace.

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Galen Bunting is querying 👽📚 @galenbunting.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

ELIA IN ISOLA: THE STARVING SAINTS X THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH: When Elia is deemed unmarriageable, his parents give him to the convent. But it is Carnival in Venice, and Elia longs to step outside the cloister. #BluePit📖 #W #YA #H #HS #TR #SP #LGBT #OV #bluepit #WIP coming to the query trenches..

A banner for Elia in Isola, A Transmasculine Nun of Venice. Transmasculine nun, venice 1600s, gothic horror/speculative, The images show nuns in a parlor set in a gold frame, more details, and a young nun novice folding his hands before a dark archway and has a gold halo, as well as the grand canal, as well as the caption coming soon to the query trenches.

A banner for Elia in Isola. Comparative titles, showing The Starving Saints, "otherworldly occurrences in a claustrophobic historical setting," The Spirit Bares Its Teeth: Historical Fiction: trans man must hide his identity and his gifts to survive in a hostile world, Nettle and Bone: Fairytale tropes turned on their heads, the cost of power, and in the background, an oil painting of the grand canal

A banner for Elia in Isola. background, an oil painting of a convent. Elia has always been plagued with ecstatic visions. It doesn’t help that he’s secretly transmasculine, so his parents give him over to the convent. But it is Carnival, and Elia longs to step outside the cloister walls.
When he’s cast in a male role in the convent’s play, Elia sees his chance. Then, he stops to speak to the courtesan Rosalina, and steps into the center of a political intrigue he doesn’t understand. Someone has been murdering young women like his new friend.
He’s been told his whole life he needs to be less, to avoid attracting attention. Now, he might have to do exactly that to draw out the murderer, to save Rosalina- and himself.

Images of a young nun in front of a friar, a young man, oil paintings, captioned Elia in Isola A transmasculine nun of venice, in golden frame, and the quote: On his last day of freedom, Elia Malesco watched the dawn bathe Venice in its pale tones and wondered if he'd ever see his beloved city again.

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Frankie | Querying & Drafting @byfrankiejoy.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

WEDDING PEOPLE x MARGOS GOT MONEY TRBLS 📚 librarian / camgirl 🖊️ buttoned up boss LI 🚫 book banning b plot 🔥 slow burn 🍬 gummy bears to cope 💄 lipgloss names = playlist #bluepit📖 #📖 #A #R #Con #Q #bluepit

Collage background with cutouts of a camera, lips, lipstick, strawberries. Gummy bears, sequence on the page.

SHAMELESSLY WANTING
90k words
Upmarket contemporary w/ romantic arc
By, Frankie Joy

Collage cutouts of a bee, lips, and flowers.

pitch
A LIBRARIAN MOONLIGHTS AS A CAMGIRL, BUT WHEN SOMEONE FROM HER PAST FINDS HER AND THREATENS TO EXPOSE HER, SHESATRISK AT MORE THAN BEING KNOWN; SHE COULD BE LABELED LIKE THE BANNED BOOKS KEPTFROM THE SHELVES.
DISCLAIMER: SLUT.

Collage cutouts of headphones, books, television, and music notes.

media comps
THE WEDDING PEOPLE
ALISON ESPACH
MARGO'S GOT MONEY TROUBLES
RUFI THORPE
FLEABAG
STRUT
EMELINE
CINDERELLA PT 2
CHIKA
I KNOW YOU'RE WATCHING
LILYISTHATYOU

Gosh paper and cutout of a flower. Sequence on the page.

favorite lines
HELP! IVE FALLEN INTO A REASONABLY
FORESEEABLE CRISIS OF MY OWN
MAKING...AND I CAN'T GET UP!

CONDORS, TO BE SPECIFIC. BIGGER, BADDER, WANTING ME TO DIE.

MANAGEMENT. MANAGE ME. MAN, FUCK ME

SOME GIRLS WOULD SAY THEY DIDNTKNOW WHAT THEY WERE WORTH -SHEDID. MOVIE NIGHT AND LINGERIE $25. MORNING O $10. BOUNCING IN SHEER$20.

SHE SAW HERSELF HOW HE MIGHT:
MELTED ICE CREAM, BURNT TOAST, SOMETHING SOURED ON THE COUNTER

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Catherine Winters @catherinewinters.com · 13/07/2026

When she picks the wrong pocket, Nia unlocks a magical talent she didn’t know she had. Now she’s posing as an heiress, a con man’s gone missing, and Nia and her band of would-be thieves are on the run from magehunters, mathematicians, and the governor herself. #BluePit #YA #F #LGBT #W #BluePit📖

A mood board of eight tiles and a centre square with lockpicking tools and ancient writing:
1. Always have an escape plan.
2. A swindler never lets herself feel like a fraud.
3. Don't look for the easy grab, look for the easy mark.
4. Never get involved with golems.

The pictures depict, clockwise from upper right:
A) A city of canals and towering footbridges. There are minarets and steeples and red-tiled roofs.
B) A market selling elaborate lanterns, all aglow.
C) A porcelain and gold hand, reaching upwards.
D) Two figures leaping across rooftops against the coming dawn.
E) A pocketwatch--or is it? Constellations and continents cover the front, the body of the watch engraved with runes. It's sitting on ancient parchment.
F) A wax stamp with removable chits that function as coins in a card game.
G) The lords of the city overlooking grand canals and issuing edicts. They are dressed in fine red robes and silks.
H) Assorted bones and shells used for divination and more.

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C.H. Schwartz @chschwartz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am currently in the final round of revisions of my cozy fantasy HEDGE MAGE FOR HIRE before querying. It features: - Chasing your dreams - Dad Issues - Friends to Lovers - Magical Animal Sidekick - A city built around a bottomless Pit - What truly makes you happy? #📖 #A #F #W #BluePit

Lady Artemisia, thirteenth in line for the throne, always hated her father’s plans for her political future. All she wants is to apprentice as a mage in the city-state of Pit’s Burg and study the bottomless pit it was built around. But when she finally runs away from home to chase her dream, she never considers the possibility that her application to the Convocation of Mages would be rejected.

Now with no one willing to teach her magic and in need of a way to earn enough coin to survive, Artemisia decides there’s only one logical choice: go into business as a hedge mage for hire and teach herself. What better way to learn magic than on the job?

Except it turns out running a shop isn’t easy, and magical knowledge isn’t free. Worst of all, her father is still looking for her, and if he finds her he’ll stop at nothing to force her to return to a life of boring state dinners and stuffy council meetings. Soon Artemisia is forced to ask herself just how far she’s willing to go to ensure her dreams come true.

Hedge Mage for Hire is a cozy fantasy about finding the happiness in chasing your dreams and the people who help make them come true.

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Ally Boyd @alboyd.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

DEATHBRINGER x SILVER ELITE x Netflix's WEDNESDAY (if it was produced by the early 2000s CW) ✏️forbidden student-professor relationship 😡forced proximity ❤️hate to love 🐈‍⬛two black cats 🙊unreliable narrators 🗡️murder mystery 🏰academy setting ☠️dystopian fantasy world #bluepit #Q #NA #A #F #R #M #DIS

An arched ceiling with the words, "Agent Guide, Dark Academia, Romantasy, 99k, NA/Adult, Unstitched, by Ally Boyd"

The Pitch, A spy-for-hire who can unstitch her soul from her body infiltrates a magical college and attempts to solve a string of gruesome murders while battling feelings for the main suspect, her attractive, off-limits professor.

The Comps: Nightshade by Autumn Woods, Netflix's Wednesday, Deathbringer by Sonia Tagliareni, and Silver Elite by Dani Francis

An Excerpt with a snake: What’s your name, ghost girl?” Carsten asks, his lips quirking up in a half-smile that feels like a challenge.

I try to seem unbothered as he takes his time, walking back to the leather loveseat across from mine. He sits down slowly, soaking in my attention, but I can’t take my eyes off him. His arms stretch out lazily on the back of the chair, a prince of darkness surveying his domain.

The room warms. So warm that sweat prickles the back of my neck. I glance at the clock over the fireplace again. Terror wraps around me like the snake dancing on his forearm. I need to get out of here.

He cocks his head to the side, waiting, and I debate lying. There are no benefits to a demon knowing your name. Except my mind is blank. I can’t remember any goddess-blessed name except my own.

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Dani Brooks ✨is Querying✨~ Author of Closed Door Sports Romance @danibrooksbooks.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

DEVIL WEARS PRADA x SWEET HOME ALABAMA on ICE Her hockey ⭐️ ex ghosted her. She rage built an empire to forget. Now he’s back & their Jumbotron spark went viral. Can she fake date him & style his team to win her dream job in fashion? Or will her 🩷 betray her for a 2nd chance? #Bluepit #A #R #Q #📖

A six-panel mood board collage set against a blurred, golden background.
Top row, left to right:
A silhouette of a person ice skating and playing hockey on a frozen lake against a sunset sky.
A blonde woman viewed from behind, standing in a field of tall, dry grass wearing a patterned sweater and jeans.
The lower half of a person walking across a crosswalk, wearing a tan overcoat, a leopard print dress, black tights, and black knee-high heeled boots.
Bottom row, left to right:
A close-up of a person's torso and hands, wearing a dark blue pinstripe suit, a gold bracelet, and a silver smartwatch with a white band.
An ice hockey player in a black, orange, and white uniform skating with a hockey stick on an indoor rink.
A woman with long reddish-brown hair sitting on a clear stool, wearing a blue denim jacket, a grey top, wide-leg denim jeans, and black pointed-toe heels.

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Amelia Savage @ameliasvgauthor.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

17yo Jess to-do list after kissing “The Jerk”: 💋 Use him to make crush jealous ✅ Help him get back with his ex 💔 Break up before playoffs ⚾️ Beat his team in the finals 🤐 Hide everything from her dad. 😱 Not fall for him… wait--what? #Q #R #YA #Bluepit

Grumpy boy in a field at night with a baseball bat.

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Just realized. That thank you shouldn't have a question. Should be "thank you!"

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jessicatanwrites @jessicatanwrites.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I, MEDUSA x PIRANESI He is the Greek god of heartbreak and will do anything to regain his stolen memories and escape a divine realm which means accepting he may be a monster deserving of his imprisonment. #bluepit #q #a #f

A nine grid with images related to Greek mythology. One grid has a work in progress title (Greek mythology), another has a quote (knowledge was his solution to solitude) and metadata (words 73k, genre literary / fantasy, status querying, audience adult)

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Symon Pude 🫜 - Master Watch is out! @symon-pude.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🤫 Secret government agency ♥️ Slow burn romance 🔫 Fast paced action 🏃🏻 Man on the run 🇦🇹 Taking place in real locations in Austria🏔️ 🖋️~120k words #MasterWatch, a speculative spy thriller Coming soon. #BluePit #W #M #SP #Thriller #📖 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Renaissance Italy-inspired fantasy always catches my eye. Wishing you lots of luck with BluePit!

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C.J. Subko @cjsubko.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

KNIGHT & THE MOTH x GODKILLER x Renaissance "Italy" If they steal 7 angel hearts, a secret witch and angsty witchhunter can kill the evil gods who conquered their kingdom. Win: They free their countrymen. Lose: they die and never get the chance to nurture their newfound bond. #A #F #BluePit 📖

polaroid of a couple kissing in black and white over a color portrait of the duomo church in florence

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Ange | Author A. M. Shilling @gunsmile.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE For readers who like: 🩸 married main characters 🩸 villain protagonists 🩸 unreliable narrators 🩸 criminal underworlds 🩸 occult conspiracies 🩸 terrifying body horror 🩸 the threat of an eldritch god Buy today: amshilling.com/books #BluePit #📖 #P #A #H

A black ink blot in the shape of a skull against a red background. White text says:

WHAT DOESN'T KILL THEM BETTER RUN.
THE DEVOURING
A. M. SHILLING

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Hilary Scarlett White @gohilary.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

THE ISLAND OF SYCORAX = CIRCE X THE CRUEL PRINCE Pregnant, half-witch Sycorax is exiled to a deserted island. An island with a grudge. 📚Classic retelling ☕️Cozy fantasy 🦸‍♀️Female power 🧚‍♂️Fae 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧Found family 💕Slow burn romance 🥷One vengeful island #BluePit #Q #A #F #WF #📖 #WriteSky #Writers

A mystical large blue face with gold eyes looms over the three lower images of a witchy woman holding a glowing orb, the book's title SYCORAX and an island in the mist.

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thanks. As a dad, I can't help making puns.

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Andrew Whitesell @wordsfromandrew.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Thanks! I hope it can speak to many people.

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