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⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying

@jscanwrites.bsky.social

author🪴 | artist🌈 | audiobook apologist📚 GOLDSPINNER 🪡🥀❄️ (shortlisted RevPit ‘26) PosterPit Fantasy Pitch Winner Project Calamity 🏛️⚔️🌌 (now drafting) #amquerying

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⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 3w ago

New WIP alert 🚨 Introducing my new WIP while GOLDSPINNER is in the trenches Calamity will be a standalone Adult Grimdark Fantasy! Game of Thrones X Gideon the Ninth 🌌🏛️⚔️ #amdrafting #workinprogress #darkfantasy #fantasyauthor #wip #textpost #oc Logline and more character intros below! 👇

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

#QuestPit #Q #F #RF #NA ⚔️🥀GOLDSPINNER 🥀⚔️ ❄️ fae domain of eternal winter 🥀 forbidden/doomed romance 🔮 magically binding deals and bargains 🌲 royal court intrigue 🪡 fate based magic system

Text: An Agent’s Guide to GOLDSPINNER by Jamie M. Scanlon
110k words | NA Romantic Fantasy
Background: woman facing away, standing on balcony of gothic castle

The Pitch: When the love of her life disappears, a college student must follow his trail from our world into a fae forest of eternal frost and rescue him before the young, power-hungry king who's set his sights on her decimates all she cares for.

Queen in a ballgown holding a sword aloft.
Text: Maddox is gone. And I am undone.

The Comp Titles: The Knight and the Moth (jaw-dropping twists & knights), The Everlasting (lyrical prose & yearning), The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (portal leading to eternal winter world)

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 3mo ago

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Resurrecting my #RevPit quote from April Fools because nothing encapsulates the chaos and absurdity of a human college girl navigating Faerie like this line 💀 #CampRevPit #OneLineMC #CampSparkleSkunks 💖

“I've never felt so small and helpless as I do now, trying to outrun monsters in a Subaru Outback.”
From Goldspinner by Jamie M. Scanlon

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good morning, #CampRevPit! 🏕️Let's start the day with your main character! Use #OneLineMC and share a line from your manuscript that tells us all we need to know about your MC’s personality.

On a grassy green hill, a bright green praying mantis, a black and orange firefly, and a small green caterpillar examine the mantis’s very tall pile of story notes. The firefly is measuring the stack of paper with a tape measure while the caterpillar looks concerned. The stack of pages is waist-high to the mantis. A Campy RevPit flag flies from the top of a nearby flagpole. There is a bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds in the background. The text above them reads, #OneLineMC

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

So honored to be among these talented authors and artists!! Thanks so much 🥹🩵 #PosterPit #WriterSky

PosterPit@posterpitevent.bsky.social · 4mo ago

BEST FANTASY PITCH 1st Place: @jscanwrites.bsky.social 2nd Place: Selisee Mowlind 3rd Place: Jelena Dunato

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My antagonist, Graham 🖤🥀 His song is “Blue” by Billie Eilish And he would benefit from some therapy for sure 👀🫣 #CampRevPit #CRPSparkleSkunks

University school photo of a male student with dark hair. Description reads “Graham Rosings, class of ‘26”
He’s surrounded by eerie images of castle spires, ghosts dancing, a crying eye, someone holding another by the wrist, an abandoned mansion, and hands on someone’s back

Jennifer Luce@jenniferluce.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello #CRPSparkleSkunks!! Today's question focuses on villains!! If you're canva-challenged like me, there are plenty of other options you can do instead!

4/21 Day 2

Whether we're writing cozy or the most high-tension, rollercoaster of a ride story, villains are an important part of storytelling! Their backstory, personality, goals, conflicts, relationships with others all add to enriching our stories! With many of us often focusing our time fleshing out our protagonists, let's spend some time thinking about the antagonist:

No rush on this:

Create and post a moodboard for your villain. I know this can be time consuming, so posting a meme, single picture, song, or playlist works too.

Bonus question: what's a writing craft book or podcast that you'd recommend?

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A map of my camp atm— it’s really dark, and I’m a little scared, and I’m not exactly sure where I’m going 😭 #CampRevPit #CampMap #CRPSparkleSkunks

Drawing of headlights on a dark road in the forest at night

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good morning, #CampRevPit! 🏕️ Today, please draw us your #CampMap: Use a visual metaphor to describe where you are with your project. Are you lost in the woods? Climbing a mountain? Sailing the seven seas?

On a grassy green hill beneath a starry night sky, the firefly clings to a branch and dangles a tied stack of story notes from a stick with the label “Darlings” written on the top page. The caterpillar reaches for the tied bundle of notes with mouth wide open, ready to chow down. Behind the tree, which still has bite marks from the caterpillar’s previous meal, the mantis holds her claws to her face in dismay. Dawn is beginning to tint the horizon red. The image has the text: Day 2: #CampMap

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

GOLDSPINNER is up for Best Fantasy Pitch! I’d be so so grateful if you voted for my poster 🩵🥀✨ #PosterPit #PosterPitAwards #WriterSky #amquerying

The #PosterPitAwards 2026 Voting Form!

Best Original Photo, Best Original Artwork, Spookiest Poster

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⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying@jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#PosterPit #Q #F #NA ❄️🥀GOLDSPINNER 🌲🪡 When her first love disappears, Wren must find and rescue him before the young, power-hungry king who’s set his sights on her decimates all she cares for. ❄️ fae domain of eternal winter 🥀 forbidden romance 🌲 royal court intrigue 🪡 fate based magic system

Movie poster for GOLDSPINNER featuring a woman in a deep red gown holding her sword to the sky. Golden threads wrap around the title and the sword.
Top Text: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure
Bottom Text: A film by J.M. Scanlon, coming soon to an agent inbox near you

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hi, I’m Jamie, and I write Speculative Fiction/Fantasy/Horror 🥀✨💀 My NA Romantic Fantasy GOLDSPINNER is now querying! ❄️ fae domain of eternal winter 🥀 forbidden romance 🌲 royal court intrigue 🪡 fate based magic system #CampRevPit #CRPSparkleSkunks 💖🦨

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Good morning, Campers! 🏕️ Let's kick off #CampRevPit with some introductions! Use #CampKickoff to tell us a bit about yourself and what you're working on. Pitch it in any way, shape, or form.

A well-fed green caterpillar sits on a little hill to the right of the screen, eating a pile of pages labeled with the words “story notes.” On the left, a Camp RevPit flag waves at the end of a flagpole. There is a blue sky with fluffy white clouds in the background. The following text is on the picture: Day 1: #CampKickOff

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hiiiiiii 💖 I’m Jamie, and my NA Romantic Fantasy GOLDSPINNER is now in the query trenches! I am a ✨beverage girlie✨ so I have at least 3 with me at all times: Fun/cozy- earl grey tea Energy- diet cherry coke Hydration- water :,( My favorite author is Madeline Miller! #CampRevPit #CRPSparkleSkunks

elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames and the word chaos is above him

Alt: elmo from sesame street is surrounded by flames and the word chaos is below him

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Jennifer Luce@jenniferluce.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hello again, #CRPSparkleSkunks! Are we all getting settled into #CampRevPit? Did you know that @zillawrites.bsky.social will be hosting 5am EST sprints daily with the hashtag #CRPEarlyBirds? To ease into our first day, here's our first daily prompt with some icebreaker questions!

4/20 Day 1

Reminder to use #CRPSparkleSkunks and #CampRevPit in your posts and to like and pin the CampRevPit SparkleSkunk feed so that your posts land in the correct cabin!
Don’t forget to follow each other on bsky!

Let’s get to know each other:
Introduce yourself & your project through gifs
Your go-to drink while writing
Share your favorite book or author

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New drinking game: take a shot every time Jamie comes up with a new WIP in the middle of drafting two projects and querying another. Now we all have to take 8 shots. Eight. I’m losing my marbles. #WriterSky #WIP

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#PosterPit #W #A #SPF #Horrormance THE LIGHTHOUSE GIRL This seaside gothic horrormance is calling you to dive in 🌊 🌊 sapphic love story 🩸 vampiric mermaids 🌊 chronic illness rep 🩸 feminine revenge 🌊 weird girl lit at its dampest

Poster for THE LIGHTHOUSE GIRL: A SEASIDE LOVE STORY WORTH DYING FOR featuring a woman in a grey-cast ocean as dark settles over the sea.

Top Text: A chronically ill FMC, a bloodthirsty siren evading greedy fishermen

Left Side Text: A Study in Drowning, Curious Tides, The Little Mermaid

Bottom Text: the darkest terrors lie not in the sea but in the hearts of men.

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I’m a natural pantser, but every project has called for a slightly different approach! I’ve been making a beat sheet for my current WIP, but my RevPit submission was fully pantsed on the first draft! #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Wednesday, 4/8: Tell us a little about your writing process! Do you discovery write, plan every detail, or a mix of the two?

#RevPit Waiting

4/8 - Plotter or Pantser

Tell us a little about your writing process! Do you discovery write, plan every detail, or a mix of the two?

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My writing set up changes depending on the day, but I’ve been trying to write more by hand lately! 📚 (Really, I just wanted to show my Frog and Toad tarot tapestry, but I also love my cozy writing set up) 🐸🤭 #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Open notebooks and a laptop on a green background

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Friday, 4/3: Show us your writing space! If you don’t feel comfortable taking pictures, tell us about your writing habits/rituals!

Blue and white watercolor background. Text reads: 2026 #RevPitWaiting. 4/3 - Writing Space. Show us your writing space! If you don’t feel comfortable taking pictures, tell us about your writing habits/rituals!

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

No one is more ready to see GOLDSPINNER on a bookshelf than I am, so I thought I’d take this opportunity to live out that dream (while letting you know a few more fun facts about where it would sit and why)! 🥀❄️🌲🦌🪡 #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Bookshelf labeled “the shelf.”
From left to right, the titles include The Cruel Prince, Once Upon a Broken Heart, The Knight and the Moth, The Second Death of Locke, and A Sorceress Comes to Call

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Thursday, 4/2: Choose your own prompt day! Show off secondary characters, a snippet you love. Let’s be creative 🪄

Blue and white watercolor background. Text reads: 2026 #RevPitWaiting. 4/2 - Wildcard. Choose your own prompt day! Show off secondary characters, a snippet you love. Let’s be creative [wand emoji]

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Every time… 🫣 #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #WriterSky

A girl smiling with text that reads “My main character finally having something good happen” but behind her is a house burning down with text that reads “The next chapter on the way to completely ruin everything”

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Wednesday, April 1: Today is the Meme-a-thon. Share any memes about your book! Don’t forget to include ALT text!

Blue and white watercolor background. Text reads: 2026 #RevPitWaiting. 4/1 - Memes. Today is the Meme-a-thon. Share any memes about your book! Don’t forget to include ALT text!

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This line definitely sets the tone for how our FMC feels about finding out she’s in a portal fantasy NOT a dark academia college romance: #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Onscreen text: “I've never felt so small and helpless as I do now, trying to outrun monsters in a Subaru Outback.”
From the WIP Goldspinner

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Tuesday, March 31: In honor of April Fool’s tomorrow, show us a quote that makes you giggle or LOL! We need some laughs!

Blue and white watercolor background. Text reads: 2026 #RevPitWaiting. 3/31 - Funny Quote. In honor of April Fool’s tomorrow, show us a quote that makes you giggle or LOL! We need some laughs!

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Today’s #RevPitWaiting theme is the Critique Partner shoutout, and there’s no one more deserving of that praise than @emily-isliterate.bsky.social! Goldspinner would only be a fraction of what it is without her thoughtful insights🩵 I can’t wait for the day E.E. Gordon is a household name!

bsky.app

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Two of my other active WIPs! Project Lighthouse 🌊 A Study in Drowning x HCA’s The Little Mermaid Project Circus 🎪 The Night Circus x I’m Glad My Mom Died #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #WIP

Half of the page is a moodboard with grey seas and a postcard of a lighthouse.

The other half reads: PROJECT LIGHTHOUSE— brainstorming, literary/dark fantasy, chronically ill FMC, slow burn/yearning

A man and his daughter keep house for a wealthy family during the off season, spending bitter winters by the frigid sea year after vear. Trapped inside due to her frail state, the daughter spends her days staring out the window. When she catches a glimpse of a person out in the surf... she must face her fears of the ocean and finally learn to swim.

Half of the page is a collage of circus elements including balloons, masks, clowns, and a ticket

The other half reads PROJECT CIRCUS: brainstorming/outlining, dark fantasy/suspense, historical Brooklyn, generational trauma

Kit Edison is not a bad person. Kit Edison is not a bad person, and yet she's running away.. again. This time, it will be for good- as she's told herself hundreds of times it will be. But when her family's circus comes to town, will she be able to stay away? Or will the claws of family dysfunction wrap around her throat once more?

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPetWaiting for Friday, March 27: Do you have/are working on other WIPs? Share some more about them! Moodboards are welcome!

Blue and white watercolor background. 2026 #RevPit Waiting

Text: 3/27 - Other WIPs
Do you have/are working on other WIPs? Share some more about them! Moodboards are welcome!

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Like most everyone, I find this question nearly impossible to answer, but here are a few authors that I draw inspiration from! ❤️📚✍️ - R.F. Kuang - Madeline Miller - Rebecca Ross - Ayana Gray - Oscar Wilde - Holly Black - Rachel Gillig - Ava Reid - M.L. Wang - Suzanne Collins #RevPitWaiting

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Thursday, March 26: Who are your favorite authors and why? Have any of them been a source of inspiration for you?

Blue and white watercolor background. 2026 #RevPit Waiting

Text: 3/26 - Fav Author
Who are your favorite authors and why? Have any of them been a source of inspiration for you?

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is my tortie cat, Spooky 🥰🐈‍⬛ She loves to sit on my keyboard and stand in front of my monitor when she can sense I’m trying to be productive, but I couldn’t ask for a better writing buddy 🩵🩵🩵 #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Wednesday, March 25: Be it the pets that live in your home, ones with angel wings, virtual, or anything in between. Share pics! 🐶

Blue and white watercolor background. 2026 #RevPit Waiting

Text: 3/25 - Pets
Be it the pets that live in your home, ones with angel wings, virtual, or anything in between. Share pics! [dog emoji]

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A small slice of my 3hr Goldspinner Playlist! But these songs are the heart of the story ❄️🥀🪡 #RevPit #RevPitWaiting

“Goldspinner Playlist by Jamie M. Scanlon” listed below are Francesca by Hozier, invisible string by Taylor Swift, and Halley’s Comet by Billie Eilish on a background of a woman in a veil with her hands over her face

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 4mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Tuesday, March 24: Do you have a theme song or a playlist for your book? Share it with us! 🎶

Blue and white watercolor background. 2026 #RevPit Waiting

Text: 3/24 - Theme Song
Do you have a theme song or a playlist for your book? Share it with us! [music note emoji]

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I was only able to narrow it down to 4! 🪶 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 🪶 The Shepherd King Duology by Rachel Gillig 🪶 Inkheart by Cornelia Funke 🪶 A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #BookSky

“My favorite books” with four book covers in gold frames on a bookshelf background. (The Picture of Dorian Gray, Two Twisted Crowns, Inkheart, and A Study in Drowning)

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Annnd we're back! Hope you all had a great weekend! #RevPitWaiting for Monday, March 23: What is your favorite book of all time and why? If you can’t choose one, give us all of them! 📚

blue and white background. title: 2026 #revpitwaiting

Text:
3/23- Fav Book.

What is your favorite book of all time and why? If you can’t choose one, give us all of them! [book emoji]

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Quotes from 🪡GOLDSPINNER✨ 🥀 the FMC 🥀 the Antagonist 🥀 the Fae #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #WriterSky #amquerying

Quote “I cannot push the nagging thoughts from my mind, the ones that tell me, no matter what I do, I’m as much a monster as any” over a background of a girl in armor

Quote “There is no end to imagining the horrors of what the witch will take from a person, and there is all the more to harvest from a desperate soul” over a background of light emanating from a woman’s fingertips

Quote “They don’t even know what they have. Power and poise balanced with the ease of a breath. That is the difference between them and me: I am just a human with death at my fingertips” over a background of people dancing in a ballroom

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Friday, March 20: What snippet are you most proud of, is most representative of your #revpit story, or holds a special place in your heart? 💙 This is our last prompt for the week. Check back Monday for more!

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My moodboard for GOLDSPINNER! 🥀⚔️❄️ #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #WriterSky #amquerying #moodboard

mood board with a winter forest, castle, and queen

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Thursday, March 19: Give us your vibes, aesthetics, gifs for your #revpit MS. Do you have a book trailer? Don’t forget ALT text! ✍️

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

GOLDSPINNER is a dual-POV Fantasy Romance told from the perspectives of Wren and Bastian. Wren- a human college student searching for her lost love 🥀📚 Bastian- the knight who would do anything for her— even if it means letting her go 🦌⚔️ #RevPit #RevPitWaiting #WriterSky #amquerying

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Wednesday, March 18: Single POV? Dual? Multi? Introduce #RevPit to your main characters! 👯‍♂️

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

GOLDSPINNER, a New Adult Fantasy Romance ❄️🌲🥀🪡 ❄️ fae domain of eternal winter 🥀 doomed/forbidden romance 🌲 royal court intrigue/drama 🪡 fate-based magic system 🦌 quest on magical elk ✨ curses, oaths, and bargains, oh my!

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Tuesday, March 17: Tell us about your #RevPit book! The heart, the vibes, the tropes! If you wish, include age range and genre to find others like you 🦋

Graphic with a light blue watercolor background. Title "2026 #RevPitWaiting" and 3/17 - Book Intro. Prompt: Tell us about your RevPit book! The heart, the vibes, the tropes! If you wish, include #s of your age group and genre to find others like you.

⋆ ˖ jamie scanlon ☕︎ ⋆ ˖ is querying @jscanwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hiiii 🩵 I’m Jamie, and this is my first time submitting to #RevPit ! My BA is in theatre and playwriting, but I’ve made the transition to being an author, and I could not be happier w that switch 🥹 Outside of writing SFF, I’m a painter, hot tea connoisseur, and cat mom. 🎨☕️🐈‍⬛📚 #RevPitWaiting

Revise & Resub@reviseresub.bsky.social · 5mo ago

#RevPitWaiting for Monday, March 16: Share whatever you want about yourself! Hobbies, passions, work, family. An intro to the friendships we’re going to make! 3/3