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✉️ rep: Elizabeth Pratt at Trellis Literary 🀄️ CONDUCT OF MAGES (adult fantasy) 🐦 wip: [PROJECT PIGEON] 💖 2025 Smoochpit Mentee
the SmoochPit mentorship program will be opening up again soon! BIPOC authors who are pursuing traditional publishing are highly encouraged to apply. if you have any questions, let me know! #smoochpit #mentorship #querying #queryingauthors #writingcommunity
I was blessed to get a sneak peak of this one and let me tell yall it’s SPECIAL 😈
brisbookblog 🫶🏾@bribwriter.bsky.social · last mo.RING SHOUT x DEVIL MAY CRY Titled: Hell Knows My Name When a demon murders her town’s mayor, Cal Henderson, a reclusive demon hunter must work to uncover the conspiracies surrounding their mayor’s demise as they are thrust into a game amongst those from below and above. #bluepit #A #F #OV #W
#BluePit is here for summer! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on July 13th, 2026! #BluePitHype starts July 8th! (TOMORROW!) #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents
don’t miss this opportunity to win a query and/or first pages critiques from agents!!
#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch@dvpit.bsky.social · last mo.#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway
Stay tuned for a fun announcement next week, Monday, July 13, 2026! Hint: Make sure to shine up your queries! #dvpit
every single one of these comps is singing to me!!! 🤖
Tiff Bartel@tiffbartel.com · 2mo agoPSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT X SORRY TO BOTHER YOU When a down-on-his-luck archivist takes a job from a shady tech company to save his robot friend, he uncovers a darker plot involving stolen memories while falling for a handsome anarchist with a grudge against his employer. #SEAsianPit #Q #SF #SFF #R
LOVE the sound of a mage guild & dragon shifters you say? 👀
Lily Rong@lilyrongwrites.bsky.social · 2mo agoEldest daughter Ning joins the foreign mage guild ruling her kingdom to secure a future for her family. But when loyalty to the guild means sacrificing her people’s freedom, she must choose who to betray. 🌊 Elemental magic 🩷 Slow burn 🏠 Found family 🐉 Dragon shifters #SEAsianPit #YA #F #SFF
Indonesian metrology AND time bending? yessss i need it
Natalia Wik is in her ✨querying✨ era@weavinguptales.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Untamed but sapphic x Indonesian mythology A time-bending hero makes a pact with a queen of monsters to save her cursed family. But in exchange for their free lives, she must cut out the heart of the one person she yearns for the most. Her best friend #SEAsianPit #YA #F
I have about 10 days left in this challenge and I’ve written 64K words 🙂↕️ stay tuned for the final results and reflections on my fast drafting challenge! open.substack.com/pub/trangngu... #writingabook #writer #firstdraft #writingchallenge #substack #substackwriter
I'm writing my first draft in 50 days
wanna join me?
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and for the lady, perhaps a list of questions to ask on The Call with a literary agent? open.substack.com/pub/trangngu... #querying #querytrenches #thecall #substackwriter #queryingadvice #queryingauthors
what to ask on "The Call" with a literary agent (and why)
with a notetaking template, of course
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agents, if you’ve been looking for witchy YA books 👀
Linda Maleh@lindamaleh.bsky.social · 4mo agoMeet my NYC witches! 16-yr-old witch Haley Thorne teams up with former-frenemy Alanna and cute new guy August to travel to a monster infested realm to stop a nefarious dead witch from resurrecting. PERCY JACKSON x LEGENDBORN #QuestPit #Q #F #YA
AGENTS PREPARE YOUR INBOXES
Sofia Trepp@sofiatrepp.bsky.social · 4mo agoRó always found eating hearts to be vile, even if it grants humans magical powers. But her town’s leader craves the heart of a seductive water spirit, and Ró yearns to impress. Succeed and earn a much-needed favor from the town leader, fail, and it’ll be her heart on a plate🫀 #YA #F #Q #W #QuestPit
![Painting of a hand holding a sword in the background. The text indicates that this book is perfect for fans of [Lady] Knights of the Round Table retellings and every Gilmore Girls stan who was rooting for Rory to end up with Jess Mariano. The image also includes the following text pitch: When the Lord she’s sworn to protect is poisoned, a headstrong guard reluctantly allies with a loathsome king to find the Holy Grail before the Lord dies or the relic falls into the hands of evil sorcerers.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2nahyk7x7shn7d4wfd2r4e54/bafkreie6n2b5hohokhi7dqbgfa6j6phxlzag4lnlhsgbuf5vmxoas3l6y4)
