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Michelle Ogilvy

@michelleogilvy.bsky.social

Australian writer of fantasy and romance stories about LGBTQIA+ characters with lots of angst and banter. COMING IN available now. https://michelleogilvy.com/

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Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 7d ago

Dean: a mutual friend introduced us. Facts: This ‘friend’ asked Dean out, Dean panicked and invited the guy home to meet his girlfriend, pretending to misinterpret the question. Embarrassed, the guy agreed but brought his two housemates for back-up. One was West. Cute? 🤔 Awkward? 💯 #SumLuv

📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · 7d ago

"In which somebody runs into somebody else, and then something falls, and they begin to talk, and their eyes meet and they realize they are attracted to one another" —Rodger Ebert Do you have a classic one? Or one that passes 😆 Did you avoid altogether? Snips welcome! #SumLuv

Romance Writers Summer of Love #SumLuv @EllieYellu Day 3: The Meet Cute. How do you feel about it? Do you have one?

Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · last wk.

Here are the three leads for The Great Throuple, my #amquerying MMF, bi4bi4bi, new adult poly romance. They're young and still figuring things out but together they're great. And feel free to laugh with Trish and West at Dean for giving them that nickname (the great throuple). #SumLuv

Leads: Three images with names and descriptions. Dean: Introverted over-thinker who worries too much about how others see him. Image is of nervous looking young man leaning against a brick wall. Trish: Snarky, confident but full of insecurities when it comes to men. Image of young woman with long red hair and an unimpressed expression. West: Loud and hyper, tendency for inappropriate jokes and to underestimate his worth. Image of young man in hat with cheesey grin. In the middle is a triangle with hearts linking them.

📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · last wk.

Who are you writing about? What makes a romantic story about them interesting? Note there will not be a character art or face cast prompt, so feel free to do that here if you'd like! Don't forget alt text for images if you post them. #SumLuv

Romance Writers Summer of Love #SumLuv @EllieYellu Day 2: Character Introductions. Who are your romantic leads?

Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · last wk.

Hi everyone. I'm Michelle, an Australian writer of angsty, banter-filled LGBTQIA+ romance. I had an MM romance published by NineStar a while back, called Coming In, and currently querying an MMF poly romance. Both are New Adult. #SumLuv

Cover of book titled Coming In by Michelle Ogilvy. Image is purple with a shirtless man looking angsty.

📚 Ellie Rhymer! Spaceships and Scoundrels 📚@ellieyellu.bsky.social · last wk.

Welcome to 🧡 Summer of Love 🧡 a daily prompt game for everyone writing in the romance genre! What's up? What are you working on? How long have you been writing? Tell us everything! Well, tell us enough 😅 I'm excited to chat with you this month. Don't forget to tag #SumLuv

Romance Writers Summer of Love #SumLuv @EllieYellu Day 1 Introductions: Welcome! Introduce yourself!

Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dean and his girlfriend want to explore polyamory. They meet a cute, funny guy they both like a lot. 😍 Dean is not out as bisexual so it needs to be secret. 🤫 The guy lives with Dean’s classmate, who also likes Dean. 😰 Things are about to get messy. 🫣 #Questpit #Q #A #R #LGBT #agentsguide

N. Sowers @nsowers.bsky.social · 2w ago

CEMETERY BOYS x THE SPIRIT BARES ITS TEETH A goth trans sorcerer tries to weasel out of his contract with Hell and accidentally resurrects a corpse, rescues a child, and reconnects with his humanity along the way. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #H #LGBT

A black background with flames on the bottom. White text reads: YA Horror Fantasy, 85k words. A Not Yet Corpses Agent's Guide

A black background with flames on the bottom. A Tropes/Comps graphic for Not Yet Corpses. Various orange arrows point to the cover in the center, depicting a pale, white-haired teenager wielding a knife and a handful of flame. Tropes: Annoyances to Friends to ???, Devil Deals (with red devil graphic), Stabby Trans MC (with cover of Ander Joseph White's The Spirit Bares Its Teeth), Goths Gays and Theys, Found Family, Accidental Resurrections (with cover of Aiden Thomas' Cemetery Boys), Combatting Oppression (with cover of H.E. Edgmon's The Witch King)

A black background with flames on the bottom. Excerpt from Not Yet Corpses:
“So what do I call you?” he asks.
“Roy.”
“Just Roy?”
Even under the sepia light of the streetlamps, he radiates life. It’s off-putting. Downright annoying, when I think about it too long.
“Unless you want to call me Riordan Payne.”
He laughs. “Weird—I like it. Monster Hunter, Riordan Payne.”
“Not a monster hunter.”
As much as I want to punch him every time he opens his mouth, I can’t shake the pride settling in my bones, watching him do something as simple as running a hand through his hair. You’d never know he was dead an hour ago. I did that, and I'm not even sure how.
Beneath that pride, a primal fear coils inside me. If my patron ever finds out what I’ve done, there’s no telling what he’ll do to the corpse. But I’ve got a pretty good idea what he might do to me. I have to dump this undead body the first chance I get.

A black background with flames on the bottom.
Pitch: After Riordan Payne accidentally resurrects an amnesiac corpse, he'd do anything to get rid of it. He didn’t think ‘anything’ meant making friends with it, rescuing a kid wizard together, taking a road trip across the desert, or reawakening his humanity.
Graphic Title of Not Yet Corpses in white at the bottom, with skulls for O's

L. D. Rex is Querying @ldrexauthor.bsky.social · 2w ago

While ice-fishing, Cameron falls through a hole and his young grandfather saves him in the 60's. They play carnival games together. But he can't stay in 1963--he needs to come to terms with his Granddad's declining memory and return home before it's too late. #Questpit #Q #MG #F

Exciting Zipper Carnival Ride in Action

Alt: Exciting Zipper Carnival Ride in Action

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M is queer-ying MG @notonlyicarus.bsky.social · 2w ago

Summer 1920. 8 children. 1 house. 1 games master. He’s a kid too, but this is his house, and it answers to him alone. Trapped in his games, they’ll have to get creative if they want to survive. 🐊 RevPit 25 winner 🐊 big 5 editor interest ✉️ in your inbox 👀 #QuestPit #Q #MG #H

The bottom one has a hand reaching through tree bark; painting of Icarus as he falls by Gowy; a hand reaching to grasp berries; a lightbulb attracting butterflies; a tree grove; a piano in a greenhouse; Houasse painting of Daphne’s hand growing foliage; painting of crows on a branch; hands reaching through lily pads.

Black quote on white background: “Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could kill! You knew, didn’t you? I’m part of you.” Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Melissa Bergum @writingbubbly.bsky.social · 2w ago

BROKEN DOLL’S + SPIRITED AWAY After spiteful younger sister Samara unplugs 13yo Eve’s nightlight, she unknowingly lets the monsters that’ve been hunting Eve for years finally get her. Now Eve has to survive in the world of her nightmares while Samara figures out how to save her. #QuestPit #Q #MG #F

Julie Brydon @jbrydon.bsky.social · 2w ago

John Tucker Must Die x The Craft HEX GIRLFRIENDS CLUB: A lesbian witch teams up with her nemesis to curse the girlfriend who has been two-timing both of them, but as their revenge plot heats up, sparks fly, making the coconspirators wonder if they should be more than frenemies. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

Fall-themed background of wood and orange leaves with images of a blonde teen girl, two witches facing away and embracing in front of a fire, a goth teen girl, tarot cards, and mixing spell ingredients in a small cauldron.

Chaylee McCleese- Author✨️🍑@thatgirlchaylee.bsky.social · 2w ago

DON’T FLAKE OUT ON ME is my #ownvoices #YA romance written for young patients struggling to accept their new normals. This novel highlights the importance of patient stories and how sick people deserve to be loved too. (Promise they don't die at the end) #Q #questpit

Here is a guide to Chaylee’s new 68k-word YA contemporary romance, sick lit novel titled: Don’t Flake Out On Me.

Pitch for Don’t Flake Out On Me: Seventeen-year-old President of Sullivan High, Lydia Ronald, thinks she has her future set as long as she keeps her grades up. But as she begins experiencing debilitating symptoms, her academic rival and treasurer, Tanner Jenkins, points out her shortfalls. When doctors can’t figure out what’s wrong, Lydia gives up until the person she least expected to understand somehow does. Tanner and Lydia must team up to find her diagnosis before it’s too late. Comps: The Fall of Whit Rivera, Joined at the Joints, Turles all the Way Down, I hope this doesn’t find you, Sick Kids Love, and Begin Again.

Vibes include: academic rivals to lovers, planning Sadie Hawkins, navigating the healthcare system, student council and sociology class, chronic illness rep, grieving your old body, Corn Mazes & Friendsgiving, learning to use mobility aids, and Batman references.

Quote: “He nods, and while we’re both in pain, our determination never quavers. We’re both try-hard academic weapons who refuse to give up. Not because we’re warriors or inspirations but because we have to. We place one foot in front of the other. Slow and steady. We win the race– together.” Check out the playlist at https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5s1sGkqBul3YqLuHYmSRTn?si=7bPCV9h-Q_y0hStqcVpCHQ

Florrie Auclair - Querying and Drafting @florrienne.bsky.social · 2w ago

MEETING OF HONESTY — 100K Adult Romantic Sci-Fi ARRIVAL X PARKS & REC A burnt-out lawyer escapes Earth expecting to build humanity's future, only to discover first contact is just another office job—with stranger coworkers, messier politics, and exponentially more paperwork #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #R

Moodboard of a clipboard for Meeting of Honesty

100K Adult Romantic Science-Fiction by Florrie Auclair

A polaroid showing a pastel monet painting labeled monet inspired planet

Another polaroid shows a snippet of an alien man with iridescent hair, moth antennae, and a long elfin ear with gold jewelry. His shirt is slipping down his slutty shoulders while a human hand cradles his face.

A post it note titled tropes/themes
- first contact
- queer rep
- humans = space orcs
- workplace rivals-to-lovers
- grumpy x flirty
- corporate satire

Another post it note titled playlist
- Petals on the Moon by Wasia Project
- Coming of Age by Durry
- PINCH ME by young friend

A page with an excerpt of the first chapter is covered by stickers and post its

Kat is querying!@katgoestoshows.bsky.social · 2w ago

ETERNALLY DEAD 🩸🧛‍♂️🎸 After an injured guitarist travels to the Vampire Realm and meets an all-vampire rock band, she's given the chance to fulfill her once foregone rock star dreams - but only if she performs for monsters. Meet the band below! #questpit #a #f #pr #rf #q #amquerying

Red and black background with white text snd large red title that reds THE OPENING. Below the title is the opening of the book, which reads: Celia Sharpe slammed her palm against the closed subway doors, trying to pry open the cool metal with sweaty fingertips. The train had finally – finally – made it to the station, and she needed to get off. Now. When the doors opened at long last, she burst through them like a bat out of hell, charging towards the exit.
She couldn't miss the opening of this show, or it might be her last.

Below the opening is the word EXCERPT in large red letters, and below is text in white font. The following excerpt reads:
Caliban knelt beside her and took her hand, her breath hitching at his touch. A warm sensation transferred between his fingertips and her scar, a tingling feeling moving up her whole arm. She pulled back on instinct.
“What did you do?” she trembled, awestruck. The scar had vanished.
“It’s only temporary. Please play,” he said, his green eyes wanting.
The pain was gone. Gone. As if it had never been there at all. Her left hand curved around the guitar neck, hugging the strings. Overcome by the magic of it, Celia grinned.

Marie Rios | QUERYING SLASH & SIGN 🔪@marierios.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP x BLACK SHEEP in SLASH AND SIGN, a darkly funny slasher about a burned-out horror author whose weekend at BloodCon turns deadly when a staged murder becomes real and she realizes someone is playing by the rules of the genre she made a career writing. #questpit #q #h #a

Erica Noel @ericanoelz.bsky.social · 2w ago

ECHOES OF YOU | 62K YA Speculative Romance A boy dies. His spirit wakes up in someone else’s body. And the girl who loved him has no idea she’s falling for him twice. #Q #YA #S #RF #R @questpit.bsky.social #questpit

Meta data giving the genre in Word count. Speculative Y romance. 62K. Comps are freaky Friday, before I fall, and see you yesterday.

Kath Rothschild Author @kathrothschild.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE DEAD ROMANTICS x PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION in haunted New Orleans 🫶🏼 feminist historian 🍃 bayou storyteller 🔥slow burn 🖤 rivals to lovers 🎠 set in the big easy DON'T GHOST ME (Spec Romance w/ upmarket 82K) #questpit

@mtmpitner.bsky.social · 2w ago

❤️☠️-My Zombie Girlfriend Only Eats Tofu-☠️❤️ A ton of witty fun?✔️ #LGBT themes/characters?✔️ A diorama of Highschool drama?✔️ Shady corpos doing shady corpo things?✔️ Cute zombie girls who’re more thot than rot?✔️ A love story that puts the romance back into necromancy?✔️✔️ #Questpit #YA #R #PR #Q

Tate-Madison Bell @tatewrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

🌈 HEARTSTOPPER X THE KISSING BOOTH 🌈 When Willow agreed to serve as her best friend's beard, she never imagined she'd fall in love with his sister in the process 🌈 Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli #ya #questpit #q

Willow Hawkin's Lessons in Bearding
Clipart rainbow image
YA LGBTQ+ Contemporary 75k words
When Willow agreed to serve as her best friend's beard, she never imagined she'd fall in love with his sister in the process.

Comps
Book cover image of Thanks for Listening by Molly Horan, non-actor theater kid portrayal
Book cover image of I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston, theme of having a complicated relationship with the place you call home
Book cover image of Kings of B'More by R. Eric Thomas, celebration of platonic love

Tropes and other fun things
High school musical GIF of Troy putting necklace on Gabriella and she asks, "T as in Troy?"
Fake dating
Romance between theater kid and athlete (the sapphic remix of High School Musical you never knew you needed?)
Save the school theater program from budget cuts
MC wants to be an entomologist and has two pet ferrets
Small town in Washington state

liz difranco @lizdifranco.bsky.social · 2w ago

Ok soo, what would you do if your arrogant glasses-wearing coworker started showing up in your romantasy manuscript?? ASKING FOR A FRIEND. (HE’S NOT THE LOVE INTEREST I PROMISE) (I mean, he’s BLONDE) (So he could never be the love interest) (Right? RIGHT?!) #questpit #w #r

S.K. 📚 🐭@thebookmouse.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE LOST STORY X THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA A fantasy novel aficionado discovers he’s the reincarnation of a revered Mage from another realm, and must uncover his past life memories to save his newfound home before it’s decimated by a horde of soul-devouring beasts. #QuestPit #Q #A #F

Michelle Ogilvy @michelleogilvy.bsky.social · 2w ago

First year university. Add in: 🥰 A not-so-secret crush 🙉 Housing that's never quiet, empty or drama-free 🫢 A drunken confession she can’t take back ❤️‍🩹 Her first sapphic date/dating disaster. All on an anxiety overloaded brain. Lucy’s fine. Stop asking. #Questpit #Q #YA #LGBT #agentsguide

Background image of young woman with hands covering face. Text reads: Fine Means Stop Asking, Upper YA contemporary, Michelle Ogilvy, 76,000 words.

Title: Pitch
Last year, eighteen-year-old Lucy’s anxiety reached new levels and her life fell apart. She’s now desperate to fit back into her old friend group and convince everyone she’s coping just fine on her own. Actually being fine might be impossible with the stress of first-year university, the stream of housemate dramas, and the increasingly obvious crush on her unobtainable female BFF.

Underneath is a subtitle of ‘the housemates’ with four images. The first is two young women with their arms around each other, labelled ‘Jaime - messy BFF/crush’. Second is an excited young man making a lot of noise, labelled ‘Robin - chaotic good BFF’. Third is of a young man with his back turned, looking away, labelled ‘Will – man with a secret’. Last image is of an indistinct figure labelled ‘?? – the secret’.

Title: comps
Three covers of books underneath.

Book 1: Kind of Sort of Fine by Spencer Hall. Text reads: THEME: Finding your place after mental health struggles

Book 2: Unnecessary Drama by Nina Kenwood. Text reads: Setting: First year university in Australia.

Book 3: Then Everything happens at once by M-E Girard. Text reads: Messy emotions: Attraction to your unattainable BFF.

Title: Opening
Text:
Lucy was the last of them to arrive at the house. She had warned the others that she wouldn’t be able to make it until after the movers had been and gone. Not that she was busy. But just the thought of having to deal with all of the coming and going and the mess and the directing of strangers, and… well, she hadn’t had to explain her reasons to Jaime or Robin. And once Will had secured possession of the room with exterior access, he hadn’t particularly cared what anyone else was going to be doing on the day.

At the foot of the driveway, Lucy stopped, staring up at her new residence. It was two-storey, large for a uni student share house, but she knew it would feel smaller once Robin started to fill it with all his friends. Their friends. Another thing for Lucy to get used to.

The exterior was plain, bare brick. Robin had threatened to have it painted in murals, but knowing him, he’d forgotten about that already. There was a small garden that would probably be dead soon as none of them had wanted to take responsibility for it when they’d tried to assign chores. And the letterbox, a slight thing that had been cemented in on a lean because, for some reason, Robin and Will had insisted on putting it in themselves.

It was familiar in the way that it was a place Lucy had been to a number of times, but it didn’t feel like home. She didn’t feel like she was coming home. At what point did a house feel like a home and not some place you were visiting and could leave?

Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE+LEAP YEAR I (39F) think a ghost is haunting my college reunion at a sprawling Irish coastal inn, but the only person who believes me is a grumpy (40M) local man I can't decide if I love or hate. AITA? #Questpit #A #H #T #R #Q ✨Recently revised✨agent/editor interest✨

a collage of dark photos including a beach, a ghost in a chair, women dancing, a Gothic window, a couple embracing, a woman looking scared and a woman in the water

Emmaline Evans-Querying Author & Illustator @talesfromknotwood.bsky.social · 2w ago

🍼QuestPit Submission CURSE THESE SKINNY WITCHES 75k Cozy Fantasy x New Motherhood x Wellness Satire Think WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, but it’s about two postpartum witches counting curses instead of kicks. 🌿 Plant Magic ✨Fantasy Ozempic 📚Witch HOA from hell #questpit #A #F #S #CozyFantasy

Eri Webb | they/she @weaverwebb.bsky.social · 2w ago

🌃 00s Chicago 🧙‍♂️ An arcane underworld 🔥 A trans combat alchemist 🎸 His hex-slinging punk ex-best friend 💥 A magic mass attack ☄️ A strongman's political rise 👹 A meme-loving doomsday cult 🖤 A girl with a literal hole in her heart ...the end of the world as we know it? #Q #A #F #DF #SFF #QuestPit

WIP unofficial book cover for Those Who Create and Destroy by Mabel Harper and Eri Webb, featuring protagonists Jules Nimri and Rory Navarrete. Art by Eri Webb.

🍃sage owen🍃@sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Cory just met the most beautiful man he’s ever seen at his cousin’s wedding. But Matthew is in secret unrequited love with the groom. Messy bisexual cowboy himbo x closeted disaster mechanic 🌶 bad behavior 🌶 fight chemistry/fuck chemistry 🌶 oh no I got what I wanted #QuestPit #A #LGBT #R #W

Gert Ramm 🦋@rammwriter.bsky.social · 2w ago

The UK government frames an intelligence agent for a temporal disaster, putting him in the crosshairs of ruthless state assassins. To save his skin he must seal a lethal time rift, before a Russian spy from the future uses its secrets to start a war that will destroy everything. #QuestPit #Q #A #SF

sierramoeykens.bsky.social @sierramoeykens.bsky.social · 2w ago

In an alternate, magical Regency era, Lucy Korvas must hide her "improper" wings from high society while finding a cure for her curse, or she will be transformed into a crow forever. 📖 Pride & Prejudice x 🐦‍⬛ Howl's Moving Castle x 🪷 Graceling #Questpit #Q #YA #HFR #F #RF #HF #R #HR

A woman with large black wings attached to her shoulder blades.
Text: Pluck by Sierra Moeykens. Pride & Prejudice x Howl's Moving Castle x Graceling

An illustrated lady in a Regency era dress with large black wings over a ballroom background.

Text: The Pitch
Nineteen-year-old Lucy Korvas has worse problems than complying with high society’s tedious etiquette — she must steal a diamond necklace from the Duchess of Thistal, or her cursed father will perish.
In an alternate, magical Regency era where ladies and gentlemen with improper magic are shunned from high society, Lucy Korvas has hidden a pair of giant, unladylike crow wings beneath her dresses for years, but tonight she risks exposing them to save her cursed father. She needs that diamond necklace to afford his cure. How dastardly it is, then, when she discovers soft-spoken Lord Simon pilfering his own mother’s jewelry first.
But when Lucy and Simon are cursed while trying to steal the necklace, Lucy slowly transforms into a crow and Simon starts dissolving into flower petals. Lucy must find a cure while posturing as the presentable, composed lady that she isn't before she loses her cursed father, the shy gentleman she's becoming smitten with, and her humanity.

Three transparent symbols, a heart, a scroll, and a banner, with lists in each symbol. The background is a photo of white feathers.

Text: Romance. Slow-burn & Yearning. Cinnamon Roll x Chaotic Flirt. Touch-Starved. He Falls First. Historical. Witty Regency banter. Literal Ladybird (she's transforming into a crow). Dukes, Duchesses, and Pirates. Fantasy. Repressed Magic. Curses. Magical flowers with restorative properties.

Three book covers with an arrow under each of them describing their properties. The background is a photo of a lotus.

Text: Comps. A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting by Sophie Irwin. Dry humor and witty voice. Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater. Accessible, creative world-building & magic. A Fragile Enchantment by Allison Saft. Regency romance with an abundance of yearning.

hali hyland 💋@haliwriteswords.bsky.social · 2w ago

When Farrah is approached with the promotion to senior reporter on a silver platter, she’ll do anything to secure it—which includes writing the coveted tell-all feature article on Jack Winters, America’s star quarterback and the sharpest thorn in Farrah’s side. #QuestPit #Q #A #R

Nicole Field 🧛‍♀️🏺🏳️‍🌈@faerywhimsy.bsky.social · 2w ago

THE FOX AND THE DEVIL X HELL'S HEART In a vampire normative future, government control and restriction of gender affirming medicines start Delaney on their quest to becoming one of the changeless undead. It seems the better option. #Questpit #LGBT #SFF #A

Mood board reads: The Monster They'd Courted. At the top it says 'Part twisted vampire horror'. At the bottom it says 'Part sapphic sci-fi schenanigans'. The four comp titles appear as Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, The Fox and the Devil, Volatile Memory and Hell's Heart

Athena Lambrou @athena-lambrou.bsky.social · 2w ago

An #AgentsGuide They Hate Each Other x Imogen, Obviously 💘Bi MC & Bi LI 🛏️Forced proximity (have to share a room) 🏀Basketball jocks ❤️‍🔥Rivals to lovers 😘He calls him pretty boy 💖Secretly yearning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Set in Cardiff, Wales ✨Big 5 imprint editor interest #QuestPit #YA #R #Q