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Sadie A Lindgren

@sadiealindgren.bsky.social

Writer | Fairytale Retellings | Mom in Survival Mode

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Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 3w ago

UNSTITCHED | 99K | NA Romantasy She's pretending to be a student, secretly working a job. He's a professor, hiding a dark secret. Their alliance relies on mutually assured destruction, but will it be enough to uncover the k!ller wreaking havoc on campus? #PitchDis

#PitchDis@pitchdis.com · 3w ago

Day 5 of 12 Days of #PitchDis! Here is today's prompt: Tell us a little about the book you're pitching. Make sure to include the #PitchDis hashtag in your reply and search the hashtag to see the replies of other participants.

#PitchDis logo and words "Day 5 Tell us a little about the book you're pitching."
Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 4w 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? #QuestPit #W #A #H #R

Picture of trees reflecting off a lake. Text: The Comps. Lights Out by Navessa Allen, 2019 film Ready or Not, Dating & Dismemberment by A L Brody, Book of Knives by Lise Haines
Eylorett@eylorett.bsky.social · 4w ago

OUABH 💔 x Heartless In this dark and whimsical Snow White prequel, an aspiring singer named Elba strikes a lethal deal with a dark immortal, twisting her musical dreams into the tragic origin of the most ruthless Evil Queen of all fairytales. #questpit #YA #Fantasy #Q

Sadie A Lindgren@sadiealindgren.bsky.social · 4w ago

When the groundskeeper’s daughter is framed for a royal assassination attempt, she escapes & returns disguised as a princess suitor to clear her name. But she needs the help of the devious pirate who framed her in the first place. 💚 ND FMC 🇸🇪 Swedish folklore 📖 Standalone #questpit #W #A #F #RF #HF

A split watercolor background of a castle and the ocean with a boat. There is text in the center featuring the title, “A Thousand Threads.” Below this is a picture frame showing a peasant who transforms into a princess. To the right is a pirate and to the left is a prince. At the bottom it reads, “Princess and the Pea Twisted Retelling”
Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · 4w ago

DEATHBRINGER x SILVER ELITE x Netflix's WEDNESDAY (if it was produced by the early 2000s CW) 🏰academy setting 🗡️murder mystery 🪄unique magic 😡his father un-alived her family 💀she knows his secret ✏️forbidden student-professor relationship 🙊unreliable narrators/ dual POV #QuestPit #Q #NA #A #F #R #MY

Picture of rotunda. Text: AGENT GUIDE, DARK ACADEMIA, ROMANTASY, 99K, NA/ADULT, UNSTITCHED, BY ALLY BOYDPicture of castle. Text: The Pitch. A spy-for-hire who can unstitch her soul from her body infiltrates a magical college and attempts to solve a string of gruesome murders while battling romantic feelings for the main suspect, her attractive, off-limits professor.Picture of a library. Text: the comps. Nightshade by Autumn Woods, Netflix's Wednesday, Deathbringer by Sonia Tagliareni, and Silver Elite by Dani Francis Picture of a snake. Text: An excerpt. “What’s your name, ghost girl?” Carsten asks, his lips quirking up in a half-smile that feels like a challenge. I try to seem unbothered as he takes his time, walking back to the leather loveseat across from mine. He sits down slowly, soaking in my attention, but I can’t take my eyes off him. His arms stretch out lazily on the back of the chair, a prince of darkness surveying his domain. The room warms. So warm that sweat prickles the back of my neck. I glance at the clock over the fireplace again. Terror wraps around me like the snake dancing on his forearm. I need to get out of here. He cocks his head to the side, waiting, and I debate lying. There are no benefits to a demon knowing your name. Except my mind is blank. I can’t remember any goddess-blessed name except my own.
Jules@jules.northsky.social · 4w ago

THE SHADOWS (WIP in 3rd Draft) #W #F #A #QuestPit A middle-aged shopkeeper & retired magical con artist takes one last job to save store & family. She could end the corrupt power of the Skyborn mages. She could end up losing herself, her magic & all she holds dear. Talk about a midlife crisis.

Moodboard for The Shadows WIP. Upper left: Illustration of a crowded, cramped city alley. Upper mid: Four black-clad people with face masks in a warehouse. Upper right: Shadowed cobblestone alley with someone at the mouth sweeping. Mid left. Two memes. "A niche character trope I like is the person who is nice, a good person and acts well-adjusted, then they do something where it's like oh you're secretly a little bit insane actually. Middle: A shadowed portrait of a woman with sparks coming out of her hands. Mid right: A meme: Original poster: "80% exhaustion 10% sarcasm %20 don't care" Reply poster: "that's 110 percent". OP: "20% of me doesn't care." RP: "should've seen that coming." Bottom left: Warmly lit storefront doorway on a cobblestone street. Bottom mid: Painting of fancy buildings on islands floating well above the ground. Bottom right: Cramped thrift store with shopkeeper.The Shadows: The Pitch The worst day of Ania’s life was when her beloved cousin Piren was dragged off to the floating towers of the Above to serve as a source to the Skyborn mages. The second worst day was when he was returned. Discarded. Drained of his magic and broken in spirit. Ania left behind her rebellious past to support her cousin as he once supported her. In a city where any display of magic makes you a target of the Skyborn, keeping your head down and your magic a secret, taking care of your friends, your family and your neighborhood is the only safe way to survive. But now, everything she’s built over twenty years of safe, carefully constructed life is falling apart. To recover what she’s lost, Ania takes on one last dangerous heist that strikes at the heart of the Skyborn’s power. She may end up losing herself. She may just bring the entire system crashing down.The Shadows: Comp Titles MA Carrick: Mask of Mirrors. Con artist MC out to save her family (and maybe the world). Shannon Chakraborty: Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi. I'm retired. Really. Okay, fine, one last job. Robert Jackson Bennett: Foundryside. Magical technology, a corrupt ruling class and problematic heists. Fonda Lee: Last Contract of Isako. I'm too old for this shit but no one else can do it.“Except you can help me without bringing the bluejackets and their hunters down on my head!” Ania yelled, throwing her arms in the air. “All I’m asking you for is money. You’re asking me to risk my life! My family’s life!” She glared at him, grinding out her words through clenched teeth. “You want me to dust off magic I haven’t used in twenty years! How is that fair?” She spat the last word. “It’s not fair!” Verasi spat back at her. “None of this is fair!” He flung a hand out. “Our people, our friends and family, our neighbors, are ripped from their homes in the middle of the night. They’re enslaved, ridden so hard they break. Maybe it takes a year. Maybe it takes five. Maybe it only takes a couple of months.” He continued in a harsh whisper. “We live in constant fear that it’ll be one of us. If not one of us, someone we know. Someone we love. Their propaganda machine is turning our own people against us. You know they’re not even testing people to see if they have any magical talent now? They’re just rounding people up at random and carting them off Above. None of them come home, not the same way they left.”
Alyssa Matesic@alyssamatesic.bsky.social · last mo.

I've edited hundreds of novels, including bestsellers, and here's something that might surprise you... Some of the most talented writers I've ever met are still unpublished. Because they let imposter syndrome paralyze them. Because they gave up after 30 rejections.

Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · last mo.

SERIAL DATING | Horror Rom-Com Lights Out X Ready or Not (2019 film) X Dating & Dismemberment 💀 She's from a Family of Unalivers 📷 He's a Nature Photographer 🧳 Family Vacation 🏕️ Camp-y Lakeside Cabin Vibes 🔥 Steamy Romance 🏹 Hunters become the Hunted #Bluepit #W #A #H #R #DIS #📖

Background: forest. Text: Agent Guide, Adult Horror Rom-Com, Projected 70K, Current 20K, Serial Dating by Ally BoydBackground: boulder, half in murky water, half on sandy beach. 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 in lake. Text: The Comps, Lights Out by Navessa Allen, Ready or Not (2019 movie), Dating & Dismemberment by A L Brody, Book of Knives by Lise HanesBackground: 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.
Sadie A Lindgren@sadiealindgren.bsky.social · last mo.

A THOUSAND THREADS #BluePit #📖 #F #A #W “Princess & the Pea” retelling—but what if she’s not a princess? What if she’s a fugitive in disguise just trying to clear her name & get back to her plants? And there’s pirates. 💚 ND FMC 🇸🇪 Swedish folklore 📜 1790s vibe ⚔️ Reluctant allies 🌱 Plant-based magic

A collage of photos set on a dark teal and black background. There are photos of a red castle, a late 18th century male royal outfit, a small old-fashioned ship, an 18th century aristocratic woman with a fan, a fancy bed, and a cliff overlooking the ocean. There is also a white rose, scattered dandelions, torn book pages, and a spool of gold thread. In the corner is the title, “A Thousand Threads.” In the center there is a parchment scrap with the text “a twisted retelling of The Princess and the Pea.”
Ally Boyd@alboyd.bsky.social · last mo.

DEATHBRINGER x SILVER ELITE x Netflix's WEDNESDAY (if it was produced by the early 2000s CW) ✏️forbidden student-professor relationship 😡forced proximity ❤️hate to love 🐈‍⬛two black cats 🙊unreliable narrators 🗡️murder mystery 🏰academy setting ☠️dystopian fantasy world #bluepit #Q #NA #A #F #R #M #DIS

An arched ceiling with the words, "Agent Guide, Dark Academia, Romantasy, 99k, NA/Adult, Unstitched, by Ally Boyd"The Pitch, A spy-for-hire who can unstitch her soul from her body infiltrates a magical college and attempts to solve a string of gruesome murders while battling feelings for the main suspect, her attractive, off-limits professor.The Comps: Nightshade by Autumn Woods, Netflix's Wednesday, Deathbringer by Sonia Tagliareni, and Silver Elite by Dani FrancisAn Excerpt with a snake: What’s your name, ghost girl?” Carsten asks, his lips quirking up in a half-smile that feels like a challenge. I try to seem unbothered as he takes his time, walking back to the leather loveseat across from mine. He sits down slowly, soaking in my attention, but I can’t take my eyes off him. His arms stretch out lazily on the back of the chair, a prince of darkness surveying his domain. The room warms. So warm that sweat prickles the back of my neck. I glance at the clock over the fireplace again. Terror wraps around me like the snake dancing on his forearm. I need to get out of here. He cocks his head to the side, waiting, and I debate lying. There are no benefits to a demon knowing your name. Except my mind is blank. I can’t remember any goddess-blessed name except my own.
Sadie A Lindgren@sadiealindgren.bsky.social · last mo.

A THOUSAND THREADS A “Princess & the Pea” Retelling for adults who grew up on Shannon Hale & Gail Carson Levine and still comfort-binge THE PRINCESS BRIDE. ⚔️ Reluctant allies 💚 ND FMC 🏹 Robin Hood-esque MMC 🏴‍☠️ Pirates 🌱 Plant-based magic 🇸🇪 Swedish folklore Querying late 2026 #BluePit #📖 #F #A #W

A background image of being underwater. Fancy gold swirls with flowers and leaves line the edges. Built into these swirls are the images of a boat, a very tall bed, and the profiles of a man and woman. There is text at the top center featuring the title, “A Thousand Threads.” Below that it reads, “When the reclusive groundskeeper’s daughter is framed for an assassination attempt on the Prince, she escapes and returns disguised as a princess suitor in a scheme to clear her name and reclaim her quiet life. But the only person who can help her succeed is the devious pirate who framed her in the first place.”
Sadie A Lindgren@sadiealindgren.bsky.social · last mo.

My advice from my (*checks profile) very limited pitching experience is: - Post early. Also, don’t live in California and be behind everyone time zone-wise 😂 - Prepare instead of frantically crafting your graphics & posts day of 😅🤦‍♀️ - Relax & make connections #BluePitHype #WriteSky #Writers

Meme with a man charging into battle with a spear. The caption reads: Anti-social writers preparing for a social media siege
#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event@bluepit.bsky.social · last mo.

Welcome to the fourth day of #BluePitHype! It's only 2 days to #BluePit on July 13th! So, join us for our Q&A! Today is ADVICE SHARE day! Share your best advice for pitching! We also have our own tips to share for #BluePit! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #AmQuerying #GameDev #Comic #TTRPG

Alt Text: #BluePitHype Q & A JULY 11th ADVICE SHARE Pitch contests can be overwhelming. What’s some of your best advice for #BluePit? From crafting a pitch, to what to do after the event - we want to hear your thoughts! 2 DAYS To #BLUEPIT ON JULY 13th! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL