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Erin Burd
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Mom of two awesome kids
Middle school English teacher
So basically full time Chaos Coordinator
Writer of kid lit fantasy because kids and magic are … magic!
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"I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages"
reviseresub.bsky.social Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Oct 10
Meet the editors who are giving feedback for this round of #RevPit #10Queries!
RevPit 10Queries participating editors. Allison Alexander, Ash P, Ayesha Ali, Carly Hayward, Demi Michelle Schwartz, Hannah Kate Kelly, Jeni Chappelle, Laura Galan-Wells, Leah Rambadt, Madelyn Knecht, Maria Tureaud, Nicole Frail. Don’t forget to sign up for substack
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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It's time!!! Enter #RevPit #10Queries for your chance at winning free feedback on your query + first 5 pages!

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#amwriting #writersky #amquerying
RevPit #10Queries is Now Open. Don't forget to Sign Up for the Substack
October 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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#DVpit. #mh. #ya. #f. #r.
Based on Arthurian Lore, while training as a knight, Alex falls for her squiremate. Problem is, he thinks she’s a boy, and he’s the other chosen one who’s supposed to bring balance to her sword’s power before it consumes the kingdom and her. She’s the Man X Knight’s Tale
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Are you ready? 5 days left until #10Queries is here.
reviseresub.bsky.social Revise & Resub @reviseresub.bsky.social · Oct 6
THIS FRIDAY!!! Are you excited, #RevPit?! If you're gearing up to enter RevPit #10Queries, here's everything you need:

⭐Complete query letter
⭐First 5 pages of manuscript

The query and first 5 pages will need to be uploaded to the form in one document and should be a standard manuscript format
What do I need ready for RevPit #10Queries? Don't forget to sign up for substack and follow on bluesky
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
erinburd.bsky.social
#DVpit. #mh. #ya. #f. #r.
Alex will do anything to protect her baby brother, including train as a knight in the guise of a boy, venture on seven deadly quests for the sword in the stone, and not fall for the prince. Well, maybe 2 out of 3. She’s the Man X A Knight’s Tale
Rivals to lovers.
October 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
erinburd.bsky.social
#DVpit. #mh. #ya. #f. #r.
Bow and arrow over bows and ballgown? Check. Dress as a boy and throw a mean right hook? Check. Fall for a fellow squire and risk exposing her identity? Gulp. Face deadly quests for a legendary sword with said boy to save the kingdom? Cursed bloody moons!
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
erinburd.bsky.social
#DVpit. #mh. #ya. #f. #r.
In this Legendborn meet Tamara Pierce’s Alanna, two chosen ones must seek the sword in the stone. While one is summoned to wield the power, the other must bring balance or they risk their kingdom and their hearts.
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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💃THREE more days! 💃

Submissions open in three(!) days for your opportunity for FREE feedback from our lovely editors on your query letter + first pages.

Question of the day: have you queried this manuscript before? What's your journey been like? #amquerying #amwriting #writersky #writersofbsky
#RevPit #10Queries Opens in 3 days. Don't forget to sign up for Substack
October 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
erinburd.bsky.social
#DVpit. #mh. #ya. #f. #r.
If King Arthur was a teenage girl masquerading as a boy, battling a crush for a fellow squire, and facing deadly quests of a giant spider, rune riddles, head-multiplying beast, and the lady of the lake turned warrior siren all before the elf hybrids invade the Kingdom.
October 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
erinburd.bsky.social
#DVpit. #mh. #ya. #f. #r.
When the Fae threatened the kingdom, humankind’s only hope is a legendary sword in the hands of a teenager girl who’s never wielded a blade, but confess her crush for the prince- give this girl a three-headed serpent any day. Inspired by Arthurian Lore.
October 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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When the Fae threatened the kingdom, humankind’s only hope is a legendary sword in the hands of a teenager girl who’s never wielded a blade, but confess her crush for the prince- give this girl a three-headed serpent any day. #LuckPit #PopUpPit
March 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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✨ I'm a developmental editor based in CA, and I work with all things enchanting, eerie, and eccentric!
📝 I'm open for Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, and Romance manuscripts this year.
📚 Check out MSWL info below! Let me know if you have any questions!
#MeetTheEditor
March 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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It’s time for my #MeetTheEditor session! I’m kicking it off with this photo of an adorable fox, because I love animal companions but can’t have my own. Consider me THIS curious about your novel! #RevPit @reviseresub.bsky.social
A fox staring curiously at the camera. Photo by Sunguk Kim / Unsplash.
March 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Excited to chat with you all during my #MeetTheEditor session later today! 😊💫
I'm aiming to hop on around 3pm ET / 12pm PT, but if you have questions before that (or after today's session), just tag me! 📚
#RevPit
March 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Hi Revelers! I’m so excited to do my #RevPit #MeetTheEditor session. First, would you like to learn five fun facts about me? Of course you do! Check out the video and the rest of this thread for more. @reviseresub.bsky.social 🤍
March 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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THE LITTLE MERMAID if Ariel was a goddess determined to destroy the prince’s kingdom.

⚡️ Meddling gods
👑 Courtly intrigue
🗡️ Enemies-to-lovers
🖤 Tension and yearning
✨ Fairy tale vibes

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #NA #F #R
kendallstern.bsky.social Kendall Stern @kendallstern.bsky.social · Feb 26
Luxia is a fatepainter— a lesser goddess with the power to alter human fate. When her godly scheming results in a political disaster for humankind, her immortal masters banish her to the human realm with one demand: Destroy the court of a handsome enemy prince.

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #NA #F #R
A mood board that includes images and drawings of: snowy landscapes, a palace, masked figures dancing around a fire, a woman surrounded by stars, a moonlit lake, and a river of gold. A guide to THE FATEPAINTER. Text in image: 120,000 word adult romantic fantasy. Determined to win the approval of her immortal masters, a lesser goddess with the power to alter human fate embarks on a mission to destroy a mortal prince’s court. Comp Titles (images of book covers): THE FOXGLOVE KING by Hannah Whitten A FATE INKED IN BLOOD Danielle L. Jensen SPINNING SILVER by Naomi Novik * Meddling gods * Courtly intrigue * Enemies-to-lovers * Tension and yearning * Fairy tale vibes * Unique mythology/magic
February 26, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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SHE FOES BAREFOOT IN THE SNOW
A Snow Queen Retelling

🎂Coming-of-age
🫶M/F Platonic Love
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩F/F First Crush
⚔️Enemies to Lovers
🌍Real World Adjacent
🤱Mommy Issues
❤️‍🩹Adopted Family
♀️Magical Women
🌟The Power of Friendship
🫂 Redemption/Forgiveness
❄️The Cold Never Bothered Her Anyway

#WSPitW #YA #F #LGBT
Snow Queen Moodboard feat: Frosty roses, beautiful snowy woods, a shattered mirror, a cold girl standing in front of an ominous ice palace, a frozen ice lady, a boy & girl hanging out and reading a book on the ledge between their windows, a girl on a reindeer saying goodbye to another standing in the snow, a girl walking through a hallway with a couple of ravens and some phantom dream-horses flying above her head Center text reads: "There is no help I can give her, no magic which would be more powerful than what she already carries inside her. The girl is far more powerful than she realizes. She could turn the Arctic into a rose garden if she willed it hard enough."
February 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Two women at the mercy of politicians and the Gods stand at the crossroads of war and peace. Will they save their nations, or destroy them?

🤼dual POV
✨forbidden magic
🌈sapphic fantasy
❤️‍🩹enemies to lovers to "it's complicated"
🏛️political intrigue
🐉shadow dragons
😼magic cats

#WSPitW #A #F #LGBT
The text "When a woman with a powerful Blessing of persuasion finds herself at the mercy of a corrupt politician, she finds connection in the most unexpected place: a vengeful woman from the enemy country. As they find themselves caught up in the schemings of those who’d use their gifts for evil, they are the only ones who can prevent the centuries-old tension from finally boiling over" is written over a drawing of a shadow dragon. "Cursed Blessings" is written in the lower right corner.
February 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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oliviadesimone.bsky.social
How far would one woman go to save the family who betrayed her?

Expect:

🤘 Sicilian Folklore
♾️ Autistic Representation
🌈 Queer Romance
💀 Cult of Reanimated Corpses
🍋 Nature-Based Magic System
💤 A Deteriorating Dreamscape
🫒 Magic-Infused Olive Oil (Lots)

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #NA #F #LGBT #Own #Dis
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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EMILY WILDE x UPROOTED

Natural historian Heidi has a plan: scorn her suitor, keep his money, and start her original research - it’s perfect, if she can survive long enough in the ancient cursed forest to finish her thesis.

🏳️‍🌈 Non-binary love interest
🍄 Cozy fantasy (with teeth)

#WSPitQ #A #F #LGBT
A collage of four images, which going from top left clockwise: (1) a magical looking apothecary shop with stained glass windows and shelves of vials, jars, and books, (2) a shiny purple beetle walking on a rock, (3) a crumbling castle on a seaside moor, (4) a drawing of a women with her back turned, reaching towards the night sky as if to pluck a star.
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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🏺 CIRCE x MIDSOMMAR 🪷

What happens to a spoiled muse who loves meddling with mortals after a mysterious cult learns to resist her divine influence?


📜 Ancient Babylon vibes
⌛ Immortal / mortal romance
✨ Trickster goddess
🐐 Butcher who loves animals
🥀 Estranged sisters


#WSPitQ #WSPit #A #F
February 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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#WSPitW #A #NA #F #R

Radiance x All the light we cannot see with a sprinkling of Wuthering Heights

Childhood friends to lovers 🖤
Arranged marriage 💍
Found family 💖
Second chance 💔
Animal companion 🐺
Dark hidden magic ☠️
Disability rep 👩‍🦯
LGBTQ+ rep 🏳️‍🌈
A guide to This Fractured Soul. A second chance, adult gothic romantasy Pitch: When a visually impaired woman is saved by an arranged marriage to the boy who broke her heart, she must face the demons of her past if she’s to forgive him whilst harnessing the darkness lurking within to defeat the enemies clawing for his life and throne. Snippet: His hand brushed mine. “You’d have done the same for me.” “No, I wouldn’t.” He leaned forward, and turning my head I caught his expression. A wry grin lifted up the corner of his full lips. “Are you telling me,” he said, “You’d let them throw me into the molten lava. Just stand by as I suffer a horrendously ghastly death?” “Of course I wouldn’t stand by and watch you die,” His fingers relaxed their hold on the reins as a smile tugged the corner of my mouth. “I’d fucking push you.” Matthias laughed. A deep, rich rumble ran through me and I blocked out how much I loved that sound. For fans of: One Dark Window, Carving Shadows into Gold, Radiance, The Foxglove King. Second chance, Disability rep, Animal companion, Arranged Marriage, Childhood Friends, Hidden Magic
February 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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THE GODS OF ATALANTIS
ATLAxThe Selection

🎂Coming-of-age
🫂Tension to Friends to Lovers
❤️‍🔥Cozy slow-burn
🌞Sunshine Boy LI
🔮Fated(???) Lovers
🌟What even is a Chosen One?
👶Squishy Human Gods
💎Magic Crystals Go ✨✨✨
💀Fanatical Cult
😡Colonialism Bad
🫅Fantasy Politics
🫠This Will Not End Well

#WSPitQ #YA #F
Mireia didn’t want to be a goddess. She wanted a lot of things in life—she wanted to have exciting adventures, to see as much of the world as she could. She wanted to have a thrilling romance, to get married, to have children. She wanted to do something that would be remembered forever. She wanted to leave her mark. But she didn’t want to be a goddess. Perhaps she should just pretend she couldn’t do it. She could put on a show of trying to catch one, but deliberately fail. The strangers would never know better. And yet… What if it’s me? It couldn’t be her. It couldn’t. And yet… Mireia was bending down and sliding her hands into the water before she even realized what she was doing. For a few moments, she shut off her mind and closed her eyes, letting herself drift off to the place she usually only went when she was in the sea. She wasn’t even trying to catch a fish, really. She was merely letting her hands float in the water, feeling the slippery scaled bodies slide against her fingers. She imagined that she was their mother. She pictured herself, the mother of everything—all the lands, all the creatures, all the people. She was the spirit that crashed playfully against the rocky shore, the arms that carried the fishers in their boats day after day, the raging tempests that ravaged the land and devoured lost ships, the dark abysses that hid all the deepest, wildest secrets of the earth, the mother that cradled the dead and carried them to the threshold of the Deep World. It was only a pretend, a lie she was telling herself. But for that moment, Mireia swam in it, allowed it to seep into her soul. I am the Sea.
February 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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When the heir to the throne is the only royal without powers, she must marry to solidify her kingdom's future. But the future is much more complex when you are unaware that you can't remember your past.

🏹Marriage Competition
✨Secret Romance
🔮Meddling Mind Magic

#WSPit #WSPitQ #A #F
February 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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juniperwoodbury.bsky.social
Picture a Tom-and-Zendaya dynamic, but he’s a vegan butcher & she’s a ruthless goddess

In this ancient Babylon-inspired romantasy, you'll find:

✨ A cold-hearted muse
🥐 A cinnamon roll boy
🍷 Mysterious cult rituals
🥸 Immortals disguised as humans
🏺 Mesopotamian mythology
#WSPitQ #WSPit #A #F
An illustration of ancient Babylon featuring the Ishtar gate in the center, with a person holding a stick in the foreground to the left. Text that says: "HOW THE SKY IS BORN 90,000 word adult romantasy When a muse’s divine influence over her mortal playthings stops working, she goes to earth to fix it — but finds herself falling for the last mortal who still bends to her whims." over a background that is a collage featuring a plate of dates, an illustration of a market, an illustration of a woman kneeling drinking from a cup, an illustration of the Ishtar gate, an illustration of a woman leaning against rocks, an illustration of a man playing the lyre.
February 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM