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Jason

@jason-antares.bsky.social

Just trying to live my best writer life. 📚 QUERYING: Insured (Cyberpunk Sci-Fi A) QUERYING: How I Met My Demon (Urban Fantasy A) QUERYING: Beholders: Zion (Fantasy MG)

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Ayesha Ali (she/her)@azali-avenger.bsky.social · 5d ago

In preparation for #RevPit #10Queries next month, I wrote a blog post on crafting a memorable query. These tips aren't rules but a starting point for you to come up with your own. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #AmWriting #blog writingpowerup.com/2026/09/17/h...

How to Make Your Query More Memorable - Writing Power Up

Want to elevate your query? Here are some tension-based tips to make it memorable and go beyond the basics.

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#SmallPitch@smallpitch.org · 2mo ago

The publisher request window is now OPEN! Publishers have until Sunday, July 19, 11:59 pm ET to submit their requests. If a publisher likes your pitch and invites you to submit, you will receive the request directly in your inbox from smallpitchteam@gmail.com.

#SmallPitch@smallpitch.org · 2mo ago

And the submission window is now CLOSED! We almost made it to 800 pitches (the current count is 799). The publisher request window will open in 24 hours (if not sooner). We will announce it here when it opens. Good luck everyone!

#SmallPitch@smallpitch.org · 2mo ago

We hope you enjoyed #BluePit today! #SmallPitch continues for 24 more hours on our own platform. Guidelines, FAQ, and links on our website 👇

#SmallPitch, the big pitch event for small presses

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#SmallPitch@smallpitch.org · 2mo ago

The #SmallPitch pitch submission window is now OPEN for 48 hours! Key reminders: - Unagented writers only - Finished manuscripts only - One pitch per manuscript - Up to 3 manuscripts per writer - No hashtags in your pitch - Comps & emojis are okay

🍄 Rowan Alexander... is writing@writerofrowan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

✨️Hit List ✨️ If you like - 🌞Post Apocalyptic/Solarpunk 🎭Plot Forward ❤️‍🩹Found Family 🏳️‍🌈Queer Forward Society ❤️‍🔥Slow Burn 💋Unexpected Dynamics 🏴‍☠️Spice/Kink Then Fade Into You is the wip for you! #BluePit #W #SF #R #📖 #ND #LGBT #A

🍄 Rowan Alexander... is writing@writerofrowan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fade Into You 🐺 Sage has spent her life running. Astor has spent his life trapped. Secrets define them both. What happens when they discover one man pulls both their strings? This shouldn't be a love story, but maybe it is. #BluePit #W #SF #R #📖 #ND #LGBT #A

3x3 Photo collage/mood board Top row - female eyes with glitter overlaid by pink, a black and white photo of a murder board, male eye pale blue with dark eye brow and silver hair Middle row - neonnpink sign that says Inlicked it sonit's mine, a black background with the words who is in control?, a black square with pink letter that read fuck yeah it hurts Bottom row - pink and white pills with Smiley faces draw on the white part, money and loose bullets, a black wolf laying over a woman's throat
Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SERIAL DATING | Adult Horror Rom-Com Inverted Tropes: 🛏️Too Many Beds (it's a bunk bed situation) ❤️Co-workers to Friends to Lovers (No enemies here) ☠️Neither FMC or MMC are Serial K!llers (but everyone else is) ☀️Perfect, Sunny Weather (no dark & stormy nights) #Bluepit #W #A #H #R #DIS #📖

Background: Trees. Text: Agent Guide, Adult Horror Rom-Com, Projected 70K, Current 20K, Serial Dating, By Ally BoydBackground: boulder half in the water, half on the sand. Text: The Pitch, While vacationing at a remote lakeside cabin, the daughter from a dynasty of eccentric k!llers struggles to shield her new boyfriend from her family’s gruesome legacy, but the sunny lakeside retreat turns deadly when a k!ller from her past turns the camp grounds into hunting grounds. Background: Trees reflecting on lake. Text: The Comps, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Ready or Not (2019 Film), Dating & Dismemberment by A L Brody, Book of Knives by Lise Hanes.Background: Trees. Text: The Opening, I’m pretty sure the guy I matched with is a serial k!ller. I knew it the moment he picked me up. His hair is combed too straight, his blue button down shirt is overly starched, his khakis pressed with military precision, and his nails neatly trimmed to the quick. I can almost hear my best friend, Kayla’s voice in my head, ‘It’s find Maddie. He’s a nice guy. Why are you always trying to find the faults?’ It’s not like I’m doing it on purpose, it’s just that I have a type. And I really, really want to get away from my normal type and find a nice guy. “You look beautiful,” he says as he presents me with a bouquet of flowers. White lillies. The flower of death.
Brooke@tryhardmushroom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

D&D X THE STORMLIGHT ARCHIVE A young woman gets possessed by a sentient sword, another seeks power after being exiled from her homeland, and a third grapples with an arranged marriage. All three must navigate the political machinations of opposing secret societies. #BluePit #📖 #A #F #W #LGBT

Mood board featuring imagery that resonates with a high fantasy adventure setting: a dreary medieval castle, men and women in armor, a mysterious sword, a human skull, a glittering crown, a woman's hand reaching towards a snow-white flower, and a noble woman gazing longingly out of a window.
Jason@jason-antares.bsky.social · 2mo ago

All my #bluepit #📖 in one place! How I Met My Demon: Adult Paranormal Insured: Adult Sci-Fi Beholders: Zion: Middle Grade Magical Realism

Jason@jason-antares.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FABLEHAVEN x JANITORS Zion National Park hides more than beautiful trails and cliffs—it's a haven for magical Unseen creatures. When the Veil separating our worlds unravels 15yo Ranger Samantha and 12yo Jr. Ranger Terrance must stop Zion from becoming lost forever. #bluepit #📖 #MG #Q #F #ND

Moodboard: Top Left Image: Picture of Angels Landing in Zion National Park and the chain hikers follow in order to get to the summit. Top Right: A picture of Zion Lodge showing the wide green front lawn and the red canyon peaks set behind the wooden lodge itself. Middle Left: An image of the Great White Throne, a large mountain in Zion with a white top for which it got its name. Center: A piece of tape reading "Beholders: Zion" Middle Right: An aerial image of Walters Wiggles, a portion of the Angels Landing Trail that is a bunch of switch backs climbing up the canyon. Left Patch: A National Park Services patch in the shape of an arrowhead. Right Badge: A wooden Jr. Ranger badge made of wood earned if doing the Jr. Rangers program at Zion. Bottom left: A crumpled piece of paper with a feather taped to it, and text on the paper reading "It's our world to protect. Whether we see it or not." Bottom Right: An image of the Lower Emerald Pools in Zion and water from the Middle Pool falling from the rock overhang. Background: A geographical map of Zion National Park. Made with Canva
Jason@jason-antares.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My whole life changed when Mom walked out the door, leaving me and my little sister forever. Well, it wasn’t her. Not anymore. It was whatever rich Insured prick now wore her body ✨Cyberpunk ✨AroAce MC ✨Twisted Rags-to-Riches ✨Eat-the-rich ✨Revenge ✨Angel with a Shotgun #bluepit #📖 #A #LGBT #Q #SF

Juno@juno.luckyraven.cc · 2mo ago

The Viridian Sphere, an enchanted necklace, augments heroes with vast magical power. They transform heroes, become weapons in their hands, and more. But Viridian is conscious, and wants something more than being anchored to another's heroism. They want their own destiny. #bluepit #📖 #NA #F #W

An infographic showing different stages of the Viridian Sphere's evolution. Text: I am the Viridian Sphere, an echanted relic searching for my champion and an answer to why I was forged. I take on many shapes.An infographic showing monsters of the Relicverse. Text: My job is to aid my wielders in times of great need. I don't have to be just a sword, but it comes in handy a lot...An infographic showing other relics and secondary characters of the Relicverse. Text: I'm not alone, there are others like me. Cerulean and Amethyst claim that our ultimate technique, 'infusion', augments our champions. I'm not sure I'm ready for the consequences though... Infusion combines a relic with their wielder, granting new skills and new strengths--but also combines the conscious minds of both.An inforaphic showing characters from the town of Quinn's Peak. Text: All I really want, though, is to get back to Janine, my first champion. We saved her hometown together, and we were going to do legendary things until I was stolen. I'm doing everything I can to return to her... I miss her.
Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SERIAL DATING | Horror Rom-Com 💀 She's from a Family of Unalivers 📷 He's a Nature Photographer When a psycho k!ller hunts her lakeside family vacay, will these star-crossed lovers survive, or are they destined to d!e while they sleep in bunk beds? #Bluepit #W #A #H #R #DIS #📖

Background: trees reflecting on the lake. Text: The Comps, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Ready or Not (2019 film), Dating and Dismemberment by A L Brody, and Book of Knives by Lise Hanes.
Jason@jason-antares.bsky.social · 2mo ago

RATATOUILLE X VENOM With an abusive boss and struggling marriage getting kidnapped wasn't the worst thing to happen to Richard—until he heard the voice of a demon named Kevin in his head. Possession was bad enough, but this is Kevin's first time, and he did it wrong. #bluepit #📖 #A #ND #Q #PN #F #OV

Movie post like image fractureded into three pieces like broken glass Left most Image: A black and white silhouette of a man with demon horns. Middle Image: A black and white shot of Chicago at night. Right most Image: A colored image of a vanilla milkshake with whipped cream, sprinkles, and a cherry. Top text: “Every Demon has their first possession”: In Red Middle Text: “Kevin did his wrong”: In Red Bottom Text: “How I Met My Demon”: In Grey Made in Canva
Jason@jason-antares.bsky.social · 2mo ago

FABLEHAVEN x JANITORS 12yo Terrance thought Jr Rangers earned badges—not fought monsters. When a magical storm traps him in Zion, separating him from his family, he and 15yo Ranger Sam must face a world he was never meant to see before the Park and his family are lost forever. #bluepit #📖 #MG #Q #F

Main image of a mountain in a desert with a blue sky and clouds in the background and trees around the base. Top has four laurel surrounded texts. From left to right the read "Upper MG Fantasy, Revpit 2026 Longlist, 67,000 Words" Main title says "Beholders Zion, A Novel By Jason Antares Below that is a tear in the image and under that is a piece of map with Angels landing prominent. Below that are the comps "Fablehaven X Janitors" Below that the text "Will they survive where only angels dare to tread?" Bottom has the main characters. Terrance Green as the brother Raven Green as the sister, Sam Curtis as the beholder, and Winston Sharp as The Ranger. Below that is the text "Now querying. Images from the NPS government website. Made with Canva