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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

#BluePit is back for the summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025! And #BluePitHype starts July 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype/Pitch Event

What It Is:
An event designed to uplift storytellers of any media. All works are welcome, regardless of the stage (e.g., Drafting, Editing, Querying, On Submission, or Published).

When:
July 13th, 2025 and will run the full 24 hours!

#BluePit Rules:
Limit 3 posts per WIP; multiple works allowed.
Include correct emojis to appear in media specific feeds
Use appropriate tags (see Tag list)
All images must include ALT text. No AI.
Everyone is encouraged to like and repost
Use the #BluePit feeds to find and support others.
Agents, editors, and publishers are welcome to participate and can also use #BluePit feeds without a BlueSky account

#Emojis for custom media feeds:
Writing (e.g. “#bluepit 📖”)
Game Dev (e.g. “#bluepit 🎮”)
Comics (e.g. “#bluepit 💥”)
TTRPGS (e.g. “#bluepit 🎲”)

Questions:
BluePit.Carrd.Co
@BluePit.Bsky.Social
@ZProspero.bsky.social

#BluePit Tags

MEDIA:
#BluePit 💥 - Comics
#BluePit 🎮 - Game Dev
#BluePit 🎲 - TTRPGs
#BluePit 📖 - Writers

STAGE:
#W - Work In Progress
#Q - Querying
#OS - On Submission
#P - Published

AUDIENCE:
#PB - Picture Book
#MG - Middle Grade
#YA - Young Adult
#A - Adult
#NA - New Adult

REPRESENTATION:
#OV - Own Voices
#LGBT- LGBTQIA+
#DIS - Disabled Creators
#WF - Women's Fiction
#POC - Person of Color
#ND - Neurodivergent
#TR - Transgender

GENRE
#F - Fantasy
#R - Romance
#H - Horror
#SF - Sci-Fi
#M - Mystery
#PN - Paranormal
#C - Crime
#HS - Historical
#SP - Speculative
#PO - Poetry
#NF - Non-Fiction

GAME SYSTEM:
#D20 - 20-sided die based
#D6 - 6-sided die based
#D100 - 100-sided die based
#NAR - Narrative based
#DUN - Dungeon Crawler
#RO - Rogue-Like

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 05/06/2025

The Pink Hydra #4 is live!!! As always a blend of tones, styles and lengths to suit, but I particularly want to recommend starting with "Edelyn's End," an #ownvoices heroic fantasy novelette by 24-year-old trans British writer Beth Cleaton. 🏳️‍⚧️ thepinkhydra.com/issues/0201202506

Vol 2 No 1 cover of The Pink Hydra, a new magazine of unreality, featuring a black-and-white photo of swirling mists on a forested mountain

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Realized a while back my novel needed to switch primary protagonists as the love interest had the stronger narrative drive. It felt like a small change at the time but after feedback I'm realizing how much work I need to do to shift the original plot to reflect this change. #writing

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Anyone else's #writing process gets completely thrown if they realize they understand very little about a topic related to their world building and then proceed to go into heavy research mode? Because... yeah, I'm now deep into the history of fashion and clothing and I didn't plan to be.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

#AskAnAuthor I always loved reading and would make up my own stories. But it was only when I was 15 and found fanfiction on an Inuyasha fan site I realized you could do more than imagine. Before that I'd never even thought about writing down my ideas. It was like a switch went on in my head.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My goal for this year is to finish one of my #WIP novels. So clearly the best #writing strategy should be writing two different novels at the same time right. I mean they're set in the same world, just centuries apart, so this totally won't drive me insane trying to keep it all straight.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

My book for the evening at the silent book club

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Hi friends- raising for awareness, my dear friend @thereluctanthermit.bsky.social 's amazing doggo Pippin is quite ill and they could use any support in this difficult time. Even just passing this link along would be appreciated greatly. www.gofundme.com/f/pippin-nee...

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Donate to Pippin Needs Your Support for Recovery, organized by Hermit Reluctant

Hi friends, On the 3rd of January our beloved dog, Pippin became grievousl… Hermit Reluctant needs your support for Pippin Needs Your Support for Recovery

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Read my first book of 2025, and it was a true gem! Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett is charming and sweet, yet holds both the grimness of the old fairy tales and the honest heart of any good novel. Definitely recommend!

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Finally done with this monster of a short story in time for the holidays. I'm pretty proud of this one, but I know I need at least one or two rounds of edits before its fully polished. This was one where the characters told me their ending as I was writing it, which is always fun. #writing

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Finally seeing the end of this short story (at this point a short novella) that's taken over my brain for the last couple months. Then I can get back to my WIP novels. Taking this break from them has given me fresh motivation and ideas. Anyone else have that happen? #writingcommunity

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

That moment when you strike upon an idea that makes your story flow so much better and resolves lingering issues, but also makes you realize you now have pages and pages of rewrites to do. I did that to myself twice yesterday for two different novel ideas. #writingcommunity

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Early christmas present from @jensilvo.bsky.social . I'm only a few pages in and this goes so hard. I don't know why Japan loves the French Revolution as much as I do but god bless them for it.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is the first time I've had a physical copy of my work in my hands. I had a blast being part of Nat1publishing's Write, Wrong or Otherwise event, and I'm super happy to be part of this anthology. #writingcommunity

Anthology book for 2024 from Nat1publishing

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Anyone else in the #writingcommunity get paranoid about the things they search for while doing research? Like I swear officers I'm looking up this gruesome execution method so I can accurately portray the scene since, you know, a lived experience isn't possible to obtain 😅

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

No matter what else, ruining Ohio State's season makes this Wolverines season a success. Please keep Ryan Day forever OSU.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

As someone who works in corporate America, I've either A)been a cog in the machine to implement "the brilliant idea that will fix everything", B)been its victim, or C)been a bemused spectator (Usually I'm A). Which makes this ep so enjoyable with how beat for beat it captures this experience.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

#49ers are an injury riddled disappointment, the Warriors can't maintain leads, and... the #sjsharks crush the Kings 7-2? How is hockey now my one light in the sports darkness?

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Went with my lovely fiance ( @jessredolfi.bsky.social ) to see one of our favorite #musicals, Come From Away. Not only is it one of the most beautiful stories in any medium, it is also one of the ones that always leaves me with a sense of hope for us as humans.

Mug that says "A Candle's In The Window And The Kettle's Always On"

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This story beautifully conveys the real impacts of revolution beyond the barricades and guillotines we think of, and how survivors, even the most broken, can try and do the very simple but oh so necessary things that help us all heal. In this current climate, these types of stories matter.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy I don't believe in many things but I do believe when this man tells you it's game over, it's over

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I successfully completed another #writingbattle. This time I was given the following prompts: #cozyfantasy, observatory, girl next door. What came out was the short story "The Wonder That's Keeping The Stars Apart". Please check it out! #writingcommunity www.writingbattle.com/story/debrie...

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Writing Battle — The peer-powered story contest

The writer's colosseum. A competitive writing platform for storytellers around the world. Every story receives oodles of feedback. Join the most supportive writing community on the web. ...

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you I swear this sometimes felt like a fever dream I had from watching too many power rangers episodes and reading The Once and Future King

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I am mentally blown away that the head writer of one of my all time favorite youtube series is also the author of one of the best Warhammer books I've read, the Infinite and the Divine. What a crazy crossover.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Finally started watching Arcane this week. Things I like: its a complex, deeply personal story (tragic friends to enemies stories everywhere!) set in a dungeonpunk techno-magic world (which I'm a sucker for) Things I dislike: It somehow tricked me into updating League and I might play again

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Having an absolute blast with #unhingedpit. Where has this been all my life. I did three pitches for different novels (all of which are set in the same world, though none are connected). And I read some amazing stuff from the #writingcommunity which inspires me for next time. 100% doing this again

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

That magical school franchise x Murder Mystery x various anime You, an experimental weapon turned child terrorist who's now in hiding, get invited to a preeminent magic Academy because the principal believes your long lost sister murdered a teacher and wants your help catching her. #unhingedpit

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

He was an Emperor, Who made her a widow queen, Can I make it any more awkward? He conquered her people, She did it for her kids, I guess I did. He married her, She'd never fall for him, That's what she said. But all of her people, Called her a traitor They had a problem with surrender #unhingedpit

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

My ex/rival treasure hunter may have killed our contact. I swear I’m just trying to solve the murder so I can get the artifact he was selling before this murderous necromancer gets to it first. My samurai partner doesn’t believe me, and thinks I’m doing it for the girl, as usual. #unhingedpit

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Just learned about #unhingedpit and its due tomorrow?! Time to use all my cramming under pressure skills from school to get a pitch together!

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hi #writingcommunity! I've had my bluesky account for a bit but decided to fully join things out here. Looking forward to meeting my fellow writers. (Some of) my favorite books: The Traitor Baru Cormorant The Dresden Files The Lions of Al-Rassan The Silmarillion The Dark Forest

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

I'm sad. But the sun rose this morning. Life keeps moving. Another day to do something positive and keep fighting the good fight. Take care of yourselves. Spend time with people you love. Find what gives you the strength to keep going. Its when the fight is hardest that these things matter most.

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra 🔞 @thepinkhydra.com · 05/11/2024

So for anyone who needs distraction... or just something new to read, I'm **giving away** my books on Ko-fi for the next 24 hours! No need for a Kofi or Paypal account, just follow the link, download, and enjoy 💖 Happy V November! 🔥🧨 ko-fi.com/thepinkhydra...

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Visit The Pink Hydra's Ko-fi Shop!

I've opened a Ko-fi shop. Come take a look!

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

It was a crazy busy week but I was able to get my next #writingbattle submission done before yesterday's deadline. I'm very proud of this one as I pushed myself into doing a number of things outside of my normal wheelhouse.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

Just finished James Islington's "The Will of the Many", holy hell what an ending. Such a refreshingly original story, I cannot wait to see what happens next.

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Now that I'm active here I also want to plug my story, "Girl of Blades", which was featured in @thepinkhydra.bsky.social 's September 2024 issue and was my first publication. Thank you again to the editors of The Pink Hydra who took a chance on me! www.thepinkhydra.com/issues/01032...

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The Pink Hydra | The Girl of Blades - Teddy Patino

The Girl of Blades by Teddy Patino

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

I had the honor of participating in Nat1publishing's Write, Wrong or Otherwise challenge. It was a wonderful experience writing and giving feedback in a creative community. You can find my story "Tide and Trouble" in the anthology, out now on Amazon! Write, Wrong or Otherwise: 2024 a.co/d/6RSYE74

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Teddy Patino @ypaladin.bsky.social · 19/10/2024

Hello world! This is my first post here. I'm known by a few names on the interwebs, I am the writer Teddy Patino and the streamer YPaladin. Pleasure to be in the sky with you all.

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