BECKY CHAMBERS & TED LASSO meet over masala chai On Noumura, emotions are illegal. A fanfic-trained AI abducts a Singaporean therapist. (Universe's first intergalactic bromance, anyone?) They start a secret chai-fueled support group for aliens. But govt wants them erased. #SFpit #SSF #A

TED LASSO x MURDERBOT x WAYFARERS 🚫A planet that banned emotions 👤Geeky Singaporean therapist (over-feels) 🤖Snarky AI trained on fanfic (over-shares) 👽A found family of aliens refusing to conform ☠️The system wants their erasure ☕But healing happens over chai & group therapy #psyphi #SFpit #A #SSF

#DVpit, my first pitching event - what a ride. Four agents expressed interest so far for my cozy psy-phi debut, and I got to meet brilliant authors during this 12-hour marathon (an all-nighter for me). A true celebration of unity in diversity, each story with its own heart. Thank you everyone!

TED LASSO X MURDERBOT X WAYFARERS 🚫A planet that banned emotions 👤Geeky South-Asian therapist (over-feels) 🤖Snarky AI trained on fanfic (over-shares) 👽A found family of aliens refusing to conform ☠️The system wants their erasure ☕But healing happens over chai & group therapy #DVpit #A #SF #Asian #MH

(TED LASSO x MURDERBOT x WAYFARERS) + 🍵masala chai 🪐Planet that banned emotions 🧠Singaporean therapist starts secret group therapy 🌶️Spice wisdom => rebellion 🤖AI sidekick trained on fanfic 🌏Non-Western lens in #A #SF 💫Found family fights for the right to feel 🌈Queer/ND coded, #OWN #POC #IMM #DVpit

BECKY CHAMBERS & TED LASSO meet over masala chai On Noumura, emotions are illegal. A fanfic-trained AI abducts a Singaporean therapist. (Universe's first intergalactic bromance, anyone?) They start a secret chai-fueled support group for aliens. But govt wants them erased. #DVpit #SF #A #POC #MH

TED LASSO x WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT 🚫A planet that banned emotions 👤Geeky Singaporean therapist (over-feels) 🤖Snarky AI trained on fanfic (over-shares) 👽A found family of aliens refusing to conform ☠️The system wants their erasure ☕But healing happens over chai & group therapy #DVpit #A #SF #Asian #MH

WAYFARERS X MURDERBOT X TED LASSO 🚀Singaporean therapist's spice pouch gets him abducted. Across galaxies. 🤖His sidekick? An AI who learned feelings from fanfic 💔The threat? A regime that punishes joy with lobotomy ☕Their weapons? Masala chai & group therapy for aliens #DVpit #SF #A #POC #OWN #MH

BECKY CHAMBERS & TED LASSO meet over masala chai On Noumura, emotions are illegal. A fanfic-trained AI abducts a Singaporean therapist. (Universe's first intergalactic bromance, anyone?) They start a secret chai-fueled support group for aliens. But govt wants them erased. #DVpit #SF #A #POC #MH

What is 'psy-phi'? (psychology × philosophy) × sci-fi Authentic therapy tools meet sci-fi’s grand questions around consciousness, belonging, & humanity. My debut attempts to bridge the gap b/w evidence-based psychology and speculative storytelling. #Hopepunk #CozySciFi #AmQuerying #SFF #ownvoice

Welcome back, DVpit! While I'm closed to queries, I'm still looking for some particular stories, so please feel free to submit a query and full here if I like your pitch: querytracker.net/query/BeccaP... (and if I like a project that's already in my inbox, just message through QM to let me know 🙏)

TED LASSO x MURDERBOT x WAYFARERS 🚫A planet that banned emotions 👤Geeky Singaporean therapist (over-feels) 🤖Snarky AI trained on fanfic (over-shares) 👽A found family of aliens refusing to conform ☠️The system wants their erasure ☕But healing happens over chai & group therapy #DVpit #A #SF #POC #MH

Somewhere between stardust and chai steam, every soul just wants to be seen for what it really is. If my book had a theme song, it’d be True Colors by Cyndi Lauper. Because healing, begins when we stop hiding what makes us feel too much. #DVParty day 5 #SF #A youtu.be/LPn0KFlbqX8?...

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Aww (or AU-17). Alien AI. Narrator. Trained on Earth’s finest data: Reddit chaos, fanfic feels, & advice columns. He talks too much, feels too little. Until a chai-brewing human therapist becomes his bestie. Bromance unlocked. Turns out consciousness? Always a team sport. #DVParty day 2 #SF #A

Neil Kohli, therapist from Singapore. Loves masala chai, believes in Clark Kent more than Superman. Carries a pouch of spices & sands from his travels, mixed with his grandma’s ashes & cultural wisdom. A man who feels too much, suddenly asked to save a planet that feels nothing. #DVParty day 2 #SF

Aww (or AU-17). Alien AI. Narrator. Trained on Earth’s finest data: Reddit chaos, fanfic feels, & advice columns. He talks too much, feels too little. Until a chai-brewing human therapist becomes his bestie. Bromance unlocked. Turns out consciousness? Always a team sport. #DVParty day 2 #SF #A

Neil Kohli, therapist from Singapore. Loves chai, believes in Clark Kent more than Superman. Carries a pouch of spices & sands from his travels, mixed with his grandma’s ashes & cultural wisdom. A man who feels too much, suddenly asked to save a planet that feels nothing. #DVParty day 2 #SF #A

Querying can be such a lonely journey. The rejections and silence in between can make one feel like they're failing while everyone else succeeds. May be success stories are just louder than the daily frustrations. #preDV / #DVpit helped remind me we're not alone in this. #AmQuerying #authors

My novel's AI narrator Aww trained through Reddit threads & fanfiction. Writing his voice meant immersing myself in those spaces to understand how they shape perspective. Sometimes research is just reading r/AITA or enemies-to-lovers for hours and calling it work. #AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #SFF

A therapist from Singapore, a fanfiction-obsessed AI, and alien emotional outcasts form the galaxy's strangest found family. Their weapons against authoritarian emotional suppression? Masala chai and group therapy. #preDV #A #SF #OWN #POC #MH

BECKY CHAMBERS’ found family × MARTHA WELLS’ snark × TED LASSO’s kindness with the queer-coded hope across all. A therapist abducted to a planet without feelings & his snarky AI sidekick use spices & chai to teach alien misfits their emotions aren’t bugs but features. #preDV #A #SF #PSYPHI #POC #MH

On Noumura, emotions are banned. Meals & memories are powdered. But a quiet rebellion is brewing—literally. A human therapist, an AI, & a found family of alien misfits start group therapy over masala chai. But joy itself is illegal, and the regime is closing in. #preDV #SFF #A #POC #OWN #MH

A therapist from Singapore and a snarky,soulful alien AI banter their way to a bromance while starting an underground rebellion on a planet that has outlawed emotions. Their weapons? Alien group therapy, spiced chai, and a found family of outcasts who refuse conformity. #preDV #A #SFF #OWN #POC #MH

A planet that suppressed emotions to prevent collapse. A therapist who feels too much. An AI discovering sentience through connection. An oddball crew of aliens refusing to conform. Together they prove that healing a society means learning to feel together, not feeling nothing. #preDV #A #SF #MH

WAYFARERS X MURDERBOT x TED LASSO 👟 A midnight jog teleports a Singaporean therapist across the galaxy 🤖 His sidekick? An AI who learned feelings from fanfic 💔 The enemy? A regime that punishes joy with emotional lobotomy 🌶️ Their weapons? Masala chai & group therapy for aliens #preDV #SF #A #POC

Therapist and chai-lover Neil Kohli carries his spices across space. Aww, an alien AI, learns feelings via Earth's fanfiction and Reddit. On a planet that outlawed emotions, they teach rebels the galaxy's most dangerous skill: how to feel without apologizing for it. #preDV #A #SF #OWN #MH #Asian

BECKY CHAMBERS & TED LASSO meet over chai. On a planet that banned emotions, an oversharing snarky AI & an over-feeling geeky therapist guide oddball aliens to feel again with underground group therapy over spiced tea - before suppression shatters society for good. #preDV #SF #A #POC #MH #OWN

A world told to stop feeling. A therapist who never belonged on Earth, but finds purpose among aliens. An AI discovering consciousness through connection. Misfits bonding over chai. Hopepunk, queer-coded, geeky, cozy, and strange. Found family in the unlikeliest place. #preDV #SF #A #POC #MH #Asian

The countdown to #preDV begins. And for me in Singapore, it looks like an all-nighter from 8PM-8AM to practice pitching my cozy Sci-fi novel about teaching aliens how to feel- with group therapy and masala chai. So excited to see others in the #AmQuerying trenches. Good luck! #writingcommunity

As a therapist, I’ve seen what happens when people are told their emotions are ‘too much.’ My book asks: what if an entire planet was told the same? #SpecFic #SpecLit #Hopepunk #SFF #PsyPhi