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Amara Cavahlo

@amaracavahlo.bsky.social

Book writer, designer, illustrator, cat petter. Always learning, always happy to talk (+ en español) ~ 2026 WNDB mentee ~ they/she ~ 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇺🇪🇸🇺🇸 Not super active on here. Find me elsewhere: https://amaracavahlo.wixsite.com/author

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Catherine Winters@catherinewinters.com · last yr.

WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, ship's cook Tai is stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #QueerPit #A #Q #R #SF

Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 110,000 words "Did you hear? There's a human on board." A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling. alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human)PITCH: Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist. Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway? That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no. PRIORITIES: make dinner remain cozy haul cargo go for drinks pull off one last score try not to fall in loveFIRST PAGE: “Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.” I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity. “Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.” “Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table. It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best. The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let themcome here.” The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?”COMPS: Murderbot by Martha Wells Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers TROPES: Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm lying to themselves non-human perspective (afraid of humans) neurodivergent main characters metaphorically disabled protagonist slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship disabilitynorm and queernorm setting found family lovable pet/terrifying monster
IvyBee 🐝@ivybeewrites.bsky.social · last yr.

To win the meds he’ll die without, Avery must win the world’s most competitive job interview: 🌏 return to the dead planet, Earth 🚀 build a spaceship from scraps 💫 fly it back to Titan 💔 team up with his rival ex 🗡️ kill him before landing 🖤 I said kill, not kiss… #QueerPit #A #SF #LGBT

Amara Cavahlo@amaracavahlo.bsky.social · last yr.

IRON WIDOW x SOME DESPERATE GLORY When 13yo Ahrin’s squadmate is murdered, she’s determined to take revenge. But this murder is the key to a tangle of secrets spanning star systems and centuries: revenge could not only change Ahrin’s universe, but consume her very self. #QueerPit #SF #YA

Illustration of a longsword silhouetted by a glowing green symbol of three concentric ovals. Title: "Odyssey's Wake", YA sci-fi by Amara CavahloComps: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao, Heartbreakers by Hana Zoe Mikuta, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh. Elements of these comps it includes are angry girl determined to burn the world (and military) down, revenge, ride or die but really need therapy, military space cult bad, autistic & queer rep, so smart yet so dumb, and swords plusagic in space equals epic action
AJ Super@ajsuper.com · last yr.

IRON WIDOW + song magic When the Chosen One lets a giant rift monster kill mech-pilot Aria's adoptive family, she swears to destroy the Chosen's position in the coven. But if Aria succeeds, she could lose her squad or worse. She could become the next Chosen. Demi & Disabled rep. #QueerPit #SF #F #A

Pictures clockwise from 12 o'clock: A thunderstorm. Clear crystals. The face of a machine against a desert. Someone walking in a desert. A desolate red landscape. Background: A desert. Reads: Aria Unsung. Everything beautiful is accompanied by something deadly.
Ari Wilde@ariwilde.bsky.social · last yr.

THE SCHOLOMANCE x RAVEN CYCLE 🖤Love interest with character arc inspired by Zuko 🦸🏻'Messiah'-like "Chosen One" figure, like The Avatar or Muad Dib ❤️demisexual homoromantic MC x gay love interest 🏇🏻Contemporary but perfect for the medieval y2k vibes #QueerPit #YA #F

An agent's guide to Inescapable LegacyComps, The Raven Cycle, Simon Snow Series, A Deadly Education The pitchA moodboard with quotes
Jason L.@jasonlangford.bsky.social · last yr.

DON’T LET THE FOREST IN x Over the Garden Wall Trans boy Owen has come home from an 11-month captivity in the woods by killing the monster that held him, but when he starts changing into something horrible, he realizes whoever kills the monster must replace it. #queerpit #YA #H

A nine image moodboard with a deer skull, a boy with his face blurred out, a wolf's maw, an ao3 note saying "this is gay", a boy being beckoned into a forest, a raven, hands digging into green undergrowth, two hands making a pinkie promise, and feet hanging over a ledge.
Amara Cavahlo@amaracavahlo.bsky.social · last yr.

IRON WIDOW x THE CLONE WARS When her squadmate is murdered, Ahrin will risk anything for revenge, even her chance at knighthood. But this murder is the key to a tangle of secrets spanning star systems and centuries: ‘anything’ is a much higher price than she could imagine. #QueerPit #SF #YA

Illustration of a longsword silhouetted by a glowing green symbol of three concentric ovals. Title: "Odyssey's Wake", YA sci-fi by Amara Cavahlo
Amara Cavahlo@amaracavahlo.bsky.social · last yr.

To celebrate hitting 25k on my newest WIP (the orange one, here's to hoping it'll turn out shorter than I think 😂), I thought I'd update my bookshelf graphic. 7 complete books and 1 complete season of television doesn't seem too shabby for 8 years' worth of writing ❤️ Here's a little guide: 🧵

A shelf featuring books I've written. There are 7 complete books; 5 are young adult sci-fis, two are adult fantasy. One book is in progress, and a completed season of television is also featured, as well as a timeline of when all of these were written.
Amara Cavahlo@amaracavahlo.bsky.social · last yr.

A reader messaged me unprompted yesterday to tell me my writing in this book is "intentional and masterful" so I'm just 🥹 going to be happy crying about that for a while 😭❤️ This book has gotten such unexpectedly positive feedback from everyone and I really couldn't feel luckier ❤️ #writingcommunity

Amara Cavahlo@amaracavahlo.bsky.social · last yr.

Introducing the #agentsguide for my #amquerying CLONE WARS x SOME DESPERATE GLORY project where a teenage knight's apprentice sets out to avenge her sister's murder, and might trigger an interplanetary war in the process...🚀🩸⚔️ #writingcommunity #agentguide #litagents #editors

An Agent's Guide to Odyssey's Wake, YA sci-fi by Amara Cavahlo. Image of sword against glowing symbol