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Marnie is querying a dragon heist romantasy! @amcrollwriter.bsky.social · Oct 1
after amicably parting ways from my previous agent, I'm seeking representation for this YA Romantasy featuring dragons, heists, betrayal and romance!! agent's guide below

#amquerying #agentsguide #romantasy
An agent’s guide to: How to Steal a Dragon (YA Romantic Fantasy) Pitch: Teenage pickpocket Kit is hired by the King to infiltrate a gang of thieves. The heist? To steal and liberate the King's dragons from captivity. The problem? The leader of the gang is Kit's ex-best friend who she might be falling back in love with. First lines: The clanging bells of Buckstone's civic watchmen shattered the peace of the night. They announced that somewhere in town, a crime had been committed. It was a warning for citizens to take extra care, lock their doors and shut their windows; it was a signal that danger was nearby. But Kit Galanis didn't hear warning, or danger. She heard an opportunity. Six of Crows (heist novel, found family); A Language of Dragons (political intrigue, morally grey FMC); Heartless Hunter (romance+betrayal, slow burn)
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four agent likes AND big 5 editor interest 🤩🤩🤩
amcrollwriter.bsky.social Marnie is querying a dragon heist romantasy! @amcrollwriter.bsky.social · Oct 1
after amicably parting ways from my previous agent, I'm seeking representation for this YA Romantasy featuring dragons, heists, betrayal and romance!! agent's guide below

#amquerying #agentsguide #romantasy
An agent’s guide to: How to Steal a Dragon (YA Romantic Fantasy) Pitch: Teenage pickpocket Kit is hired by the King to infiltrate a gang of thieves. The heist? To steal and liberate the King's dragons from captivity. The problem? The leader of the gang is Kit's ex-best friend who she might be falling back in love with. First lines: The clanging bells of Buckstone's civic watchmen shattered the peace of the night. They announced that somewhere in town, a crime had been committed. It was a warning for citizens to take extra care, lock their doors and shut their windows; it was a signal that danger was nearby. But Kit Galanis didn't hear warning, or danger. She heard an opportunity. Six of Crows (heist novel, found family); A Language of Dragons (political intrigue, morally grey FMC); Heartless Hunter (romance+betrayal, slow burn)
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
A Language of Dragons x Crimson Moth

Pickpocket Kit is hired by the King to infiltrate a gang of thieves. The heist? To steal and liberate the King's dragons from captivity. The problem? The leader of the gang is Kit's ex-best friend and she’s falling back in love with him.
#dvpit #YA #F #DIS #lgbt
October 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
YA Romantasy SoC x Crimson Moth

A teenage pickpocket is recruited as a spy to thwart a plot to steal the King’s dragons—except the leader of the thieving crew is her former best friend, and she’s falling for him

🐉 friends to enemies to lovers
🐉 betrayal angst
🐉 found family

#dvpit #YA #F #DIS
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
Artemis Fowl x The Thief of Farrowfell
11-yo Billie works with a hard-boiled fairy detective to work out who is killing fairies to sell their magic to humans. Power in the wrong hands is dangerous—if Billie fails, it’s not just the fairy world at risk; it’s her human home too.

#F #MG #dvpit #lgbt
October 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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thelincoln.bsky.social
Starting my October horror posting...

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Shirley Jackson and the Eerie Omniscient Narrator
Some thoughts on the horror classic The Haunting of Hill House
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October 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
YA Romantasy/Murder Mystery

Meredith is a human forager; Bracken is a faery. They’re rivals pickers in the once-a-year bloom of magical fungi, but when they discover a dead body they must put aside their differences to find the murderer before they’re the next victims…

#YA #F #dis #dvpit
October 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
the joy of agent likes ✨🤩
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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amcrollwriter.bsky.social
YA Romantasy SoC x Crimson Moth

A teenage pickpocket is recruited as a spy to thwart a plot to steal the King’s dragons—except the leader of the thieving crew is her former best friend, and she’s falling for him

🐉 friends to enemies to lovers
🐉 betrayal angst
🐉 found family

#dvpit #YA #F #DIS
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
TO STEAL FROM THIEVES meets FOURTH WING + CRIMSON MOTH

two former best friends
three betrayals
forty dragons to set free
one life-or-death heist

#YA #F #dvpit #lgbt #dis
October 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
A Language of Dragons x Crimson Moth

Pickpocket Kit is hired by the King to infiltrate a gang of thieves. The heist? To steal and liberate the King's dragons from captivity. The problem? The leader of the gang is Kit's ex-best friend and she’s falling back in love with him.
#dvpit #YA #F #DIS #lgbt
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
YA Romantasy SoC x Crimson Moth

A teenage pickpocket is recruited as a spy to thwart a plot to steal the King’s dragons—except the leader of the thieving crew is her former best friend, and she’s falling for him

🐉 friends to enemies to lovers
🐉 betrayal angst
🐉 found family

#dvpit #YA #F #DIS
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
will be participating in this and boosting as many people as i can 💛
dvpit.bsky.social #DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · Oct 7
TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines. #DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers: Andrea Brown Lit Ash Literary Azantian Literary Agency Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Folio Literary Management Gallt & Zacker Literary Gelfman Schneider Literary Hachette Grand Central Publishing Little Brown Books for Young Readers Harper Collins Harlequin Hanover Square HG Literary Inked in Gray Press Jill Grinberg Literary Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Macmillan Feiwel & Friends Farrar, Straus & Giroux Roaring Brook Press Saturday books Wednesday books Mad Woman Literary Neighborhood Literary New Leaf Literary & Media Open Book Literary Page Street Publishing Park, Fine & Brower Penguin Random House Ballantine Berkley Delacorte Labyrinth Road Penguin Workshop Viking Root Literary Simon & Schuster Aladdin Atheneum Atria McElderry Sheldon Fogelman Agency Sourcebooks Stonefruit Studio Triada US Writers House Zando
October 8, 2025 at 7:35 AM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
after amicably parting ways from my previous agent, I'm seeking representation for this YA Romantasy featuring dragons, heists, betrayal and romance!! agent's guide below

#amquerying #agentsguide #romantasy
An agent’s guide to: How to Steal a Dragon (YA Romantic Fantasy) Pitch: Teenage pickpocket Kit is hired by the King to infiltrate a gang of thieves. The heist? To steal and liberate the King's dragons from captivity. The problem? The leader of the gang is Kit's ex-best friend who she might be falling back in love with. First lines: The clanging bells of Buckstone's civic watchmen shattered the peace of the night. They announced that somewhere in town, a crime had been committed. It was a warning for citizens to take extra care, lock their doors and shut their windows; it was a signal that danger was nearby. But Kit Galanis didn't hear warning, or danger. She heard an opportunity. Six of Crows (heist novel, found family); A Language of Dragons (political intrigue, morally grey FMC); Heartless Hunter (romance+betrayal, slow burn)
October 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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amcrollwriter.bsky.social
🦋 YA dystopian sapphic romantasy 🦋

In a city built on inequality and policed by magical robots, a master thief and a climate activist team up to take down Panergy—the volatile, pollutive magic that is secretly destroying the world—in one explosive heist.

#FR #YA #D #Agented #Editors #QueerPit
an editor's guide to... Burn The Moths YA fantasy/dystopia Six of Crows (heist novel, found family), Fable for the End of the World (dystopian society, sapphic romance), Blood over Bright Haven (complicity + corruption, magical secrets)
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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amcrollwriter.bsky.social
Artemis Fowl x Deep Dark
11-yo Billie joins a hard-boiled fairy detective to work out who is killing fairies and selling their magic to humans. Power in the wrong hands is dangerous—if she fails, it’s not just the fairy world at risk; it’s her human home too.
#F #MG #Agented #Editors #QueerPit
A collage moodboard of: purple and blue toned cityscapes, purple and blue butterflies, a crime scene sign, a fingerprint, some stars, ‘the moon’ tarot card, a text reading ‘I was being like 99.9 percent sarcastic’ and a cartoon drawing of a young girl in dungarees with fairy wings
August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social
18yo Selwyn collides w/ an eerily familiar girl made of paper who bleeds ink. Now a story is cut loose; & they must outrun the plot before it devours them.
🏳️‍🌈bi4bi
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒found family
🩼disability rep
💗slow burn
🪾dark forests
🕷️nightmare monsters
☀️summer vibes
#QueerPit #YA #DF #NA
A mood board for the book Blood Like Ink. It depicts forests, people within them, and ink splattered across the image while the words “I am wood. I am rot. I am, I am, I am. Tree. Leaf. Root. “You’re real to me.” Real to who? Tree. Leaf. Root.” Is printed across the image.
August 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
Artemis Fowl x Deep Dark
11-yo Billie joins a hard-boiled fairy detective to work out who is killing fairies and selling their magic to humans. Power in the wrong hands is dangerous—if she fails, it’s not just the fairy world at risk; it’s her human home too.
#F #MG #Agented #Editors #QueerPit
A collage moodboard of: purple and blue toned cityscapes, purple and blue butterflies, a crime scene sign, a fingerprint, some stars, ‘the moon’ tarot card, a text reading ‘I was being like 99.9 percent sarcastic’ and a cartoon drawing of a young girl in dungarees with fairy wings
August 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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celticxpanda.bsky.social
SILVER IN THE BONE X SAILOR MOON

👑 Reincarnated King Arthur, but make it Magical Girl
👑 Knights of the Round Table as Magical Weapons
👑 Trans boy Merlin? Trans boy Merlin
👑 All myths are true, and they’re coming to kick Mordred’s ass

#QueerPit #NA #F
A moodboard featuring art by SandraGHart, an image of a sword stuck in a stone, ancient books, peach roses, a crown, and the Scottish Highlands
August 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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jalwrites.bsky.social
A young gay man learns dark truths about his adoptive mother whilst finding love on a road trip to find members of his estranged uncle's 80's drag collective. With her past set to impact his future, he must choose—his uncle’s legacy or the woman who raised him.

#QueerPit #CON #A
A graphic poster that is split in half, with a yellow background on the left and a pink background on the right. In the centre are a pair of dark drag queen eyes, with the title EAST END BOYS AND WEST END GIRLS underneath. At the bottom is the text "an outrageous adult lgbtq+ road trip romcom looking for editors: on submission this September". Four names of characters are in blue at the top of the cover: Harri Forrester, Jack Montague, Wilma Dickfit, Princess Thigh-Ana
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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leonahwrites.bsky.social
Olena has spent her whole life hiding, but the woods call upon her true self.

🌞missing someone you barely knew
🪻luck, betrayal, longing
🕷️bone & nature magic
🪻a band of magical misfits
🌞who are you when no one is looking?

here’s some reader reviews!
#QueerPit #agented
dark green background with white text reading “READER REVIEWS of The Bone Collector” review from taylor: "...like Once Upon a Broken Heart, but different? More death. Darker. Narnia too for the young adult adventures." - taylor review from suzanne: "I f-ing love bone collector, i really do. Can't wait to give it to my (hypothetical) baby." -suzanne review from mina: "imagine being FIFTEEN, an illegitimate PRINCESS, whose father pits you against your brothers, with a DEADLY disease around, and you experience GAY panic at the first pretty girl to look at you, and you have to go on a QUEST while on your FIRST PERIOD... i'd end it" - mina olena is in the bottom right corner: a very pale 15 year old girl who looks incredibly tired. she has dark hair under a silk scarf that’s covered in art of lions and dragonflies. she’s wearing a dark blue cloak and dark dress and is fiddling with a bone.
August 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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annahirsch.bsky.social
SERVANT OF EARTH x PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE

Drawn into a bloody scheme by their own quests for power, a half-fae pauper in disguise & a disenfranchised queen must untangle a centuries-old web of lies before it destroys their mountain for good.

#QueerPit #DF #F #FR #A
An Agent’s Guide to What Bleeds Beneath, 114k Adult Fantasy. A Dark Tale of Romance and Revenge. What lies within: Multi-pov, MF & FF romance, rivals-to-lovers, only one bed, fae vs humans, blood-letting magic, literally magic mushrooms, sentient forest. Comparative titles: The dangerous fae & high-stakes competition of Servant of Earth by Sarah Hawley, the sapphic royals & epic scale of The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, and the campy court politics and rags-to-riches protagonist of The Foxglove King by Hannah Whitten. Chapter one: This was not the first night Breena had imagined poisoning one of her clients. It would be so easy to slip something into their expensive Vergeist, her hand hidden by the blue smoke wafting off the top of the bottle. The noblemen would weather the bitter taste, wishing to impress the others. And when their vision blurred and the hallucinations began, they would mistake it for the side effects of drinking magic. But if Breena could afford a poison capable of taking out five men, she wouldn’t be working in a gambling den.
August 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
to break the curse binding her to the ghost of a vengeful pirate, princess mira must fall in love with her best friend, john

there’s just one problem:

mira’s heart already belongs to princess dorothea

🩷🧡🤍

#queerpit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying
Princess Mira (Black, braided hair, wearing a sky blue gown with pearl beads and silver tiara) and Princess Dorothea (white, wavy red hair, wearing a dark green gown with a gold tiara) gazing at each other on a ship’s deck at sunset, with a quote from THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN: “It didn’t matter that the very idea was treasonous. For Dorothea, Mira would break any rule.”
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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authorkateduarte.bsky.social
To pay off her father's debt, Frances must become a vampire's feeder. But when she's attacked and left for dead, her supernatural rescuer turns her into a succubus instead. Now, she must rely on her sire to defeat the pious hunters targeting both.

#A #QueerPit #FR #Agented
August 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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lettysharpepitches.bsky.social
✨VEILED ENCHANTMENTS✨

All Blake wants is to have the same power as the other teens at Holtsworth Academy. But as a mere hedge witch, she only has two options: stay in the shadows or steal the magic and status she has been denied. Sapphic subplot!

#QueerPit #YA #F
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM
amcrollwriter.bsky.social
🦋 YA dystopian sapphic romantasy 🦋

In a city built on inequality and policed by magical robots, a master thief and a climate activist team up to take down Panergy—the volatile, pollutive magic that is secretly destroying the world—in one explosive heist.

#FR #YA #D #Agented #Editors #QueerPit
an editor's guide to... Burn The Moths YA fantasy/dystopia Six of Crows (heist novel, found family), Fable for the End of the World (dystopian society, sapphic romance), Blood over Bright Haven (complicity + corruption, magical secrets)
August 15, 2025 at 12:01 PM