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Francesca Luisa @francescaluisa.bsky.social · Jul 13
Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can.
#BluePit 📖 #Q #NA #A #SF
Top image of a woman dressed in dark clothes walking down a city street. She is facing away from the camera and has a backpack slung over her shoulder. In the center of the image is the text THE DYNAMIS CODE in red. Below, in black text on a white background are the details of the manuscript: complete at 128k words, a crossover sci fi thriller, and the words "an agent's guide." An image of a train in a dimly lit subway tunnel sits under the story pitch: "On a job for her revolutionary uncle in Northern Italy, Linnea stumbles upon a potential key to translating the Voynich manuscript. At the same time Seth causes a car crash in rural Connecticut, blowing his cover and endangering the program he has been writing to translate the same manuscript. Now, the two of them race to uncover the secrets within the text, and—unwittingly—within their own tangled history." An image of a lake at sunset sits on the bottom of the image, while above are the first 150 words (approximate) of the manuscript: "1 — May 2014; Blevio, Italy “How long are we waiting?” “Be patient choupette,” Roxana turned, lowering binoculars from her round green eyes. Half-moon indentations were left on her cheekbones, a darker brown against her tawny skin. “It’s only been twenty minutes.” Linnea slid down in her seat so that her feet were set against the dashboard, elbows resting on her knees. “He’s sending us on a wild-goose chase.” Roxana exhaled hard, her brow flattening to a thin line. “Yes, your suspicion of Volpi has been noted, darling. I would like to think that Jack and I have a little more experience in these situations than you.” Linnea opened her mouth to reply, but Roxana had already turned back to the windshield, peering down the steep roadside with those large binoculars again. “I see Eamon.” Linnea sat back up, straining to look down over the treetops to the villa far below. They were near the top of a low mountain, car ensconced in the foliage as they waited for Eamon to finish his reconnaissance of the estate perched at the shores of Lake Como." 4 small images of books that comp this one: top left is THE MINISTRY OF TIME, comp'd because it's sexy, fast paced, and grounded sci fi. Upper right is THE BOURNE IDENTITY, comp'd because it's a European thriller with high stakes fight scenes. Lower right is A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, comp'd because of its dealings in secret history and untranslated texts. Bottom left is SIX OF CROWS, comp'd because of the found family and heist tropes.
francescaluisa.bsky.social
😮‍💨 two more query rejections today, so wish me luck while I try to deal with it be working on my Novel November project instead of doom scrolling 💪🏼 #novnov #writesky
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
Officially got the whole first row of badges for this smutty little magic school novel! (It's about a group of teachers who band together to try and save the hot new teacher from having his position eliminated at the end of the school year. Spice! Hijinks! Intersectionality!) #novnov #writesky
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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But CoNsErVaTiVes aRe gOoD fOr tHe eCoNoMy
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I have some mixed feelings about ProWritingAid as a whole—I'm not using the extension because writing "helpers" feel gross to me (I don't even like when Google tries to finish my emails). Still, I am really enjoying logging Novel November progress and getting badges every day! #novnov #writesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
I'm cleaning out old photos to free up storage and I cannot for the life of me remember the context in which I drew this graphic for my students?? Also which kid said "there's incredible friction in the void"? I love it, but why did I write it down? What does it MEAN? #writesky
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
Am I slightly behind on my Novel November word count for today? Yes. Am I also cuddling the most majestic queen while I make my plodding progress? ALSO YES. #novnov #writesky
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Novel November is off to a solid start! I'm just past 1200 words towards today's goal, and am breaking for a trip to the dog park.
November 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
Highly recommend grocery shopping with Mando.
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
@erniechiara.com Thank you so much for the query guide posted on your website! It's the most clean, complete, and confident querying info I've seen about querying. Question tho: is having the metadata at the bottom a hard and fast rule, or personal preference? I've always seen it at the top.
October 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
A while back I was hyper-fixating on the environmental impacts of dams and I ended up writing my favorite short story yet: www.wattpad.com/1581468829?u... #clifi
Why I Voted to Blow the Dam - Wattpad
Read story Why I Voted to Blow the Dam by RafaelaLuisa (Rafaela Luisa) with 8 reads. grief, romance, environment. I came back here to tell you that I voted to...
www.wattpad.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Reposted by Francesca Luisa
francescaluisa.bsky.social
In an effort to combat the constant bummer that is querying, I've decided to post all my silly short stories online. Here's one I wrote in 2015...can you guess which big box store I worked at? www.wattpad.com/story/401447... #shortstory
Code Adam - Rafaela Luisa - Wattpad
A minimum-wage worker having a quarter-life crisis finds themself intervening in a potential kidnapping in progress.
www.wattpad.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
Have you ever seen the sweetest baby kitten to ever exist?
September 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
In an effort to combat the constant bummer that is querying, I've decided to post all my silly short stories online. Here's one I wrote in 2015...can you guess which big box store I worked at? www.wattpad.com/story/401447... #shortstory
Code Adam - Rafaela Luisa - Wattpad
A minimum-wage worker having a quarter-life crisis finds themself intervening in a potential kidnapping in progress.
www.wattpad.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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propublica.org
ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Published 2021)
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes,…
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Reposted by Francesca Luisa
osbornforne.bsky.social
Members of Congress should be PROHIBITED from trading stock. Why?

Because our representatives attend nonpublic hearings, learning privileged information about the direction of government long before we the public do. Here's an example:
August 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Reposted by Francesca Luisa
maddow.msnbc.com
"...reaching with one hand to embrace his young child who is in the back in his car seat.

“Mommy’s coming,” he said.

The video doesn't show the child exiting the car. But in a later clip, Khanbabazadeh is alone in the vehicle when ICE agents break his window..."

www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
‘Mommy’s coming’: Video shows what happened before ICE arrested parent outside Oregon preschool
Mahdi Khanbabazadeh, 38, was arrested by immigration authorities last week.
www.oregonlive.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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pkuper.bsky.social
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social
First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
July 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
francescaluisa.bsky.social
Holly appears to be making progress re: not playing too hard with Remus #catsofbluesky #meow
July 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Is anyone surprised that Ricketts has the WORST grade this guy has done so far? He wasn't even elected, he was appointed by the governor to fill Sasse's seat. Vote Dan Osborn, independent for Senate, 2026! @osbornforne.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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karenaparker.com
N.K. JEMISIN x AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER

A grieving witch, a righteous killer, and a conflicted prince must embrace their monstrosities in the coming war between their world’s old gods, or else they’ll never reach their destined collective enlightenment.

#bluepit📖 #A #NA #F #Q #LGBT #POC #ND
A mood board for #FeatherWIP featuring from left to right: The Taj Mahal, a dagger on an elaborately designed carpet, ripples of desert sand, black feathers, ocean waters, a rope with a knot, and Petra, Jordan mountain carvings. In the center box reads "Introducing #FeatherWIP, now querying @karenaparker.com".
July 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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francescaluisa.bsky.social
Linnea needs to stay hidden to stay safe. When an informant hands over a potential Rosetta Stone for the Voynich Manuscript, her relative safety in the shadows is shattered and she plunges headfirst into an intercontinental race to translate the text before her enemies can.
#BluePit 📖 #Q #NA #A #SF
Top image of a woman dressed in dark clothes walking down a city street. She is facing away from the camera and has a backpack slung over her shoulder. In the center of the image is the text THE DYNAMIS CODE in red. Below, in black text on a white background are the details of the manuscript: complete at 128k words, a crossover sci fi thriller, and the words "an agent's guide." An image of a train in a dimly lit subway tunnel sits under the story pitch: "On a job for her revolutionary uncle in Northern Italy, Linnea stumbles upon a potential key to translating the Voynich manuscript. At the same time Seth causes a car crash in rural Connecticut, blowing his cover and endangering the program he has been writing to translate the same manuscript. Now, the two of them race to uncover the secrets within the text, and—unwittingly—within their own tangled history." An image of a lake at sunset sits on the bottom of the image, while above are the first 150 words (approximate) of the manuscript: "1 — May 2014; Blevio, Italy “How long are we waiting?” “Be patient choupette,” Roxana turned, lowering binoculars from her round green eyes. Half-moon indentations were left on her cheekbones, a darker brown against her tawny skin. “It’s only been twenty minutes.” Linnea slid down in her seat so that her feet were set against the dashboard, elbows resting on her knees. “He’s sending us on a wild-goose chase.” Roxana exhaled hard, her brow flattening to a thin line. “Yes, your suspicion of Volpi has been noted, darling. I would like to think that Jack and I have a little more experience in these situations than you.” Linnea opened her mouth to reply, but Roxana had already turned back to the windshield, peering down the steep roadside with those large binoculars again. “I see Eamon.” Linnea sat back up, straining to look down over the treetops to the villa far below. They were near the top of a low mountain, car ensconced in the foliage as they waited for Eamon to finish his reconnaissance of the estate perched at the shores of Lake Como." 4 small images of books that comp this one: top left is THE MINISTRY OF TIME, comp'd because it's sexy, fast paced, and grounded sci fi. Upper right is THE BOURNE IDENTITY, comp'd because it's a European thriller with high stakes fight scenes. Lower right is A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES, comp'd because of its dealings in secret history and untranslated texts. Bottom left is SIX OF CROWS, comp'd because of the found family and heist tropes.
July 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Reposted by Francesca Luisa
niabrown.bsky.social
LEGENDBORN x STRANGER THINGS x ATLANTIS

A girl and her maddeningly charming childhood friend shelter a young star who falls to their sinking hometown while also trying to solve a string of disappearances surrounding a local lab.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #agentsguide #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND
A purple background with light colored stars. The text reads "An Agent's Guide to Starfallen By: Nia Brown YA Low Fantasy 115K Words" At the very bottom is the tagline "The sun by day. The moon by night. Recite these words. Release the light. This post is split into two sections. On the left side is a collage of eight square images. Image 1 is of a glowing figure with no distinct features. Image 2 is of a pair of hands, cradling a glowing purple object. Image 3 is a picture of the universe tinted purple. Image 4 is a close-up of a dark-skinned individual focusing on their eye which has a violet iris. Image 5 is two people standing in the middle of a road in the woods with backpacks. Image 6 is of an empty street lined with trees and lit by light blue otherworldly light. Image 7 is of a dark-skinned individual with short afro-textured hair, white eyes, and a serious expression. They are wearing an accessory that covers their face in a lattice pattern with miniature diamond emblems at each intersection. Image 8 is a still shot of a young animated figure running towards a star in the distance with their arms spread. To the right is text that reads "the pitch" is in all caps. Beneath it reads Legendborn x Stranger Things in all caps. Beneath that is the pitch which reads "Three years ago, Jada Fraser fled to her hometown after having nearly burnt it to the ground, but returns to find it now subject to flood waters rather than flames. She is convinced their saving grace lies in wish-granting stars—but they haven’t come to Earth in decades... That is until one falls from the sky—her chance at redemption. The only problem? It’s just a kid that can hardly control its magic. She teams up with her (maddeningly) charming childhood friend, Khalil Kirkwood, to protect the star which is being hunted by forces both human and celestial. But there are other odd happenings. Strange disappearances. Constellation beasts in the woods. And North Star Labs whose scientists are all hiding something. It's either sink or swim as a catastrophic flood threatens to take everything before summer’s end." On a blue background are two navy boxes. On the left it has an underlined title that reads What To Expect. Beneath that, there are bulletin points that read celestial magic. Snarky, supernatural kid. Something is wrong in the woods. Slow burn+friends to lovers+mutual yearning. Literary themes w/ commercial appeal. Main cast: BIPOC, disabled, neurodivergent (diabetic, ptsd, anxiety, fat, burns MC rep) In the box to the right, the title reads Literary Comps in all caps. Beneath it are images of three books. Tracy Deonn's Legendborn which has an illustrated cover of a black girl with her arms wreathed in glowing magic on the cover. Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning which has an illustrated cover of a girl standing with her back turned in front of an older looking desk in a room of rising water. And Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek which has an illustrated cover of a young woman wearing a dress standing in lush woods while a figure with antlers stands behind her in the shadows. Beneath each of the books is more text. Under Legendborn it reads Black FMC, Modern Magic, and Small Southern Town. Under A Study in Drowning, it reads Compelling Mystery and Real World w/ Fantasy Elements. Under, Where the Dark Stands Still, it reads Lush Atmosphere and Unsettling Forest. On a blue background is a navy rectangle. At the top of it in blue capital letters it reads Opening Scene and is framed by stars on either side. Beneath it is a screenshot of a scene which reads: Jada Fraser always found herself on the wrong side of the law. Today was no exception. The contents of her bag beat against her back with every pounding step. Binoculars, camera, and her trusty notepad—everything she needed to procure proper proof. “Stop! You’re trespassing on private property!” A glance over her shoulder revealed an officer hot on her heels. He raised his arms, leveling a taser directly at her back. “Any further and I’ll fire!” Jada dove behind a tree, just in time to hear a sharp whine pierce the air. Silver wires struck a nearby trunk and electricity crackled beneath the bark. The acrid scent spurred her back into motion. Through the branches, she finally caught a glimpse of blue. If she could just reach the lake, she’d finally prove to everyone that something strange was going on—that she wasn’t crazy. “This is your last chance!” the officer shouted. He was right. This was her last chance. She couldn’t afford to stop now.
July 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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jademasonwrites.bsky.social
#Writers: If you have X, help build agent momentum for #bluepit! Spread the word to #litagents for #bluepit📖

#writesky #writingcommunity

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#Writers: If you have X, help get agent momentum for #bluepit! #bluepit📖 #writesky #writingcommunity https://x.com/masonofjade/status/1944381791365734547?s=12
July 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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taralewiswrites.bsky.social
He’s blacking out.
She’s chasing whispers.

Ritual crime scenes.
A boy who vanished. A man coming undone.

The deeper they dig,
the more the truth claws to the surface—
fractured, buried, and wearing his face.

WHERE THE HOLLOW BREAKS
#BluePit📖 #A #T #Q

#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
WHERE THE HOLLOW BREAKS Adult Psychological Thriller • 74,000 words Detective Dominic Calhoun is no stranger to darkness—but nothing prepares him for the ritualistic murders terrorizing Gravemont County. The victims are posed, mutilated, and marked with eerie symbolism. The deeper Dominic digs, the more unsettling the case becomes. And when he begins losing time—waking up disoriented, with memories that don’t match—he’s forced to question what’s real, and what he’s forgotten. As his grip on the case—and himself—begins to slip, Dominic teams up with a journalist chasing leads of her own. What they uncover points to buried corruption, a pattern of overlooked victims, and a past neither of them is ready to face. WHERE THE HOLLOW BREAKS is a haunting psychological thriller about fractured identity, buried trauma, and the weight of truth. Perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and Sharp Objects, it asks: What if the killer you’re chasing… is already inside the house?
July 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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lilithwrites.bsky.social
DISSONANCE

A psychological thriller for readers who like

🩸Protagonists who can't trust their own mind
🩸Family secrets that come back to haunt them
🩸Small town lies
🩸Psychological warfare

Bonus excerpt attached! #BluePit 📖 #A #H #W #LGBT #DIS #WF #ND #OV
Excerpt “Before we do the press conference, I need to go somewhere.” “Where?” “Montgomery.” Zack’s head tilts downward, shadows casting over his eyes. “To talk to that teacher?” His tone probes at her, and even though it was a question, it feels much more like a threat. “You’re not investigating, are you? You know how dangerous that is, right?” She expected nothing less from him. After all these years, he was still their protector. Alex leans close to him, palms resting flat over her thighs and holding on desperately. “Please,” it strains her to hold eye contact, skin tingling, but she persists in boring her gaze into Zack’s. She begs, she challenges. Do not fuck with me. Please give me mercy. “Just take me?” His stare holds just as firm. Where Alex is a scrappy, determined thing, Zack has looked into the maw of something darker. His irises are inky and he uses it to barb through her. She blinks first.
July 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM