Charli Rae
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I’m Charli Rae, a Baltimore-born author writing legacy-level stories for Black children to feel seen, safe, and celebrated. On the page and in real life. Repped by: Sara Megibow at Megibow Literary https://charliraewrites.carrd.co/
📝Signed. Sealed. Delivered. Thrilled to share that I am now represented by Sara Megibow of Megibow Literary! Beyond grateful and so excited for what's ahead.✨ #WritingCommunity #KidLit #AmQueryingNoMore #AmAgented #AmQuerying
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I was bracing for another rejection. Closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and then, BOOM. “The call” email. Still shaking. Query trenches are brutal, but if you're in them, don't give up. One email can change everything. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying
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3 months in and I finally realized I never said hi 👀 I’m Charli Rae, I write children’s books where Black kids get to be the superheroes, inventors, & magic-makers. Better late than never, right? 👋🏾
Feeling grateful today, my manuscript is out on full (4) requests. No matter what happens, proud this story is getting a chance to be read. ✨Sprinkling ✨agent dust over the entire writing community today. May the right eyes find your work at the right time. #WritingCommunity #amquerying
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✨ Queried my MG novel The Under on Aug 3 (2:43 AM). 📩 Full request hit my inbox less than 24 hours later. Excited. Grateful. Nervous as hell. 🫠 #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit #WritingCommunity
Imagine opening a book and finding your grandma’s 10th birthday. Or your classmate’s worst day. In The Last Blank Page, every book holds the last borrower’s memory… until the story starts to vanish. #PosterPitq #posterpit #MG
Jupiter Ascending (2015) X BRIGHT (2017) Coming October 25th: A captivating endling and the man obsessed with her find themselves at the center of an intergalactic plot to bring a bloodthirsty tyrant back to life. ARC signups: linktr.ee/author.salem #posterpit #sf #f #r #a #lgbt
After the shock of killing a classmate on the first day of school, Candy’s body begins to change. Now she must hide her new abilities from the scientists who are searching for genetic anomalies. #posterpit #Q #YA #SF #H
X Files x Ipcress File 🔫 High-stakes thriller 🔫 Time travel twist 🔫 Stale beer espionage 🔫 Weird science 🔫 Cold War subterfuge 🔫 Working class hero 🔫 Hunter➡️hunted 🔫 Antagonist from the future 🔫 Enemy turned ally 🔫 Proles vs privilege #A #T #SPF #PosterPit #PosterPitQ 🦋
While sitting shiva for her mom, Ava discovers her mother isn’t entirely gone yet… #PosterPit #YA #H #W
A photo album doesn't just hold memories, it traps them. Kiyah flips a page and falls into her mom's 1994 block party, living her life in real time. But the deeper she goes, the harder it is to find her way back. An ode to the 90's. #posterpitq #MG #PosterPit
CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly written campaign. #PosterPitQ #A #H #M #Posterpit
Slow Horses x Life on Mars When an intelligence agent is framed for the UK’s role in a temporal disaster, he must clear his name and seal a lethal time rift - before a Russian spy from the future gets everyone killed. #A #T #SPF #PosterPit #PosterPitQ
Three inner city kids stumble into a world beneath their neighborhood bodega, a place where reflections talk, bricks say your name, and goggles unlock hidden missions. But the brighter they shine there, the more they fade from home. #POSTERPITQ #MG #F #CL
Favorite line from my WIP: I didn’t cry at the funeral. Not because I wasn’t sad, but because in this family, silence is inherited. Like cheekbones. Or hypertension. What’s yours? #WritingCommunity
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🔥 Who’s in for a #PosterPit support swap? Like this and let’s boost each other up!
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If nobody told you today: I hope agents like your pitch, request your full, and fight over your manuscript. #QuestPit #WritingCommunity
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They shine in The Under. But every mission down there... makes them fade up here. 📍Baltimore block 🎯Middle grade speculative fiction 📖27K 🔥Identity, memory, and the quiet magic of being seen. #questpit #MG #KidLit #ownvoices
Thread of my #QuestPit pitches! #LGBT #F #R
ROMEO AND JULIET X WICKED X LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS #QuestPit #Q #YA #F A HARMONY OF WITCHES Featuring: - #ownvoices autism and trans lesbian rep - magic has a scent - everyone's gay - hilarious midpoint twist - childhood friends to lovers - second chance - grumpy x sunshine - emotional regulation
Told through journal entries, cassette tapes & found files, The Things We Don’t Say follows 13-year-old Niya as she breaks her family’s silence, uncovers queer erasure, and reclaims a love they tried to cut out. #QuestPit #UpperMG #YA #OwnVoices
What if your name finally lit up in a secret world... but your mama stopped calling it in the real one? THE UNDER is Black Mirror for middle grade. Power has a cost. And these kids are paying it. #QuestPit #MSWL #MG #KidLit #ownvoices #Q #amquerying
What happens when bedtime turns into a full-blown investigation? MY MAMA IS A MONSTER — a hilarious and heartfelt picture book about the myths we make up about the people we love. #QuestPit #BlackKidLit #HumorInKidLit #PBpitch