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YA Dark Fantasy/Horror Author. Graphic designer. Harpist. Antique collector. Mother of two rabbits.

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Gabi @gabiwrites.bsky.social · Aug 16
POWERLESS X THE SHADOWS BETWEEN US X FABLE

Caught in a maelstrom of morals, a ship captain must decide what she desires most—to resurrect her sister, or kill the boy she’s grown to care for and let her wicked heart feel again.

#PosterPit #Q #YA #F
White Text on top says Brutal Betrayals, Enemies to Lovers, and Treacherous Seas. Photo of a girl with a double-exposure pirate ship on her face on a snakeskin background. Title reads Purely Wicked Souls. White review text reads A young Adult Dark Fantasy Doused with Betrayal reviewed by readers around the world. Large yellow text reads Querying Now.
gabiwrites.bsky.social
I wrote those two satisfying words a few days ago, sealing the end to the first draft of CameraWIP! Looking forward to diving into revisions that’ll make this manuscript really shine ✨📸

#WritingCommunity
September 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Reached 55K in #CameraWIP! The initial draft of this project should be finished by next month 🙌

#WritingCommunity #amwriting
September 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
I plan to participate in #1stLinePit! Lets support each other on Instagram 🤗

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August 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
POWERLESS X THE SHADOWS BETWEEN US X FABLE

Caught in a maelstrom of morals, a ship captain must decide what she desires most—to resurrect her sister, or kill the boy she’s grown to care for and let her wicked heart feel again.

#PosterPit #Q #YA #F
White Text on top says Brutal Betrayals, Enemies to Lovers, and Treacherous Seas. Photo of a girl with a double-exposure pirate ship on her face on a snakeskin background. Title reads Purely Wicked Souls. White review text reads A young Adult Dark Fantasy Doused with Betrayal reviewed by readers around the world. Large yellow text reads Querying Now.
August 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
A teen who can see ghosts searches for her missing sister in the same town her parents disappeared in, only to uncover secrets about other vanishings tied to grotesque photographs taken by a demon.

#QuestPit #W #YA #H
A girl with curly hair and glasses stares at the camera with scratched out eyes. The ocean is behind her. White text reads CameraWIP.
August 6, 2025 at 2:53 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Caught in a maelstrom of morals, a ship captain must decide what she desires most—to resurrect her sister, or kill the boy she’s grown to care for and let her wicked heart feel again.

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #DF
Girl in a purple dress walking along the beach with a sword on her shoulders. White text reads Purely Wicked Souls.
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Here’s a #moodboard for the MC from my #amquerying novel for #MoodboardMonday!

Harnessing the power of shadow, Mara is driven to resurrect her sister and destroy the man who killed her family.

#WritingCommunity
August 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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eruditorumpress.com
For 99% of people, the only advice you need on writing your book is "actually write it."

Like, there's loads of advice I can give you on it once you've done that. But for the most part "stop fantasizing about it and put words on a damn page" is the correct answer.
July 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Spending some time today working on a new YA Horror #WIP. For me, Halloween is all year round 👻

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July 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
I changed my “Rejections” folder in my querying Gmail inbox to “Redirections” because that’s what rejections are - redirections to the agent/publisher who will say YES!

#WritingCommunity #amquerying
June 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Sharing a #moodboard for #WIPWednesday! My new #amwriting project is a YA Horror set in a creepy old town where people mysteriously vanish 👀 📷

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June 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Wanted to share a short excerpt from my #amquerying project for #SnippetSunday!

#WritingCommunity
I caught the prisoner’s stare and chuckled, “You’ll break soon, they always do.” The visual contact struck me with something warm and pure, sparking the antithesis of my soul. My laughter died, and I pulled my stare away from him, heat creeping up my neck. The feeling disappeared as quickly as it came. But even after I’d shut my captee away in solitude, a muted tingle remained in my chest. One I couldn’t ignore, no matter how hard I tried.
June 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
An #agentsguide to my #amquerying project PURELY WICKED SOULS, a YA dark fantasy featuring:

💔 Brutal Betrayals
⚔️ Enemies to Lovers
✨ Shadow Magic
🗡️ Heists
🌊 Treacherous seas
🐍 A viper sidekick

#agentguide #litagents #WritingCommunity
May 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Received my proofread manuscript from @andiesmithbooks.bsky.social, which means I’ll start querying this week! I’m so excited to have finally reached this step of my writing journey and look forward to seeing how it pans out. Thank you for all of your help, Andie!

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May 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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kaitlynabdou.com
Okay, I'll play!

A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES

An entirely true account of 18th century piracy in which everything is totally made up.
- or -
How I cleverly became a pirate by accident.

Maybe add it on Goodreads? www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

#questpit #P #AG #YA #LGBT
An image of an 18th century seaport with text over that says: "A Reader's Guide to A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES, by: Katie Abdou - Coming to Port Summer 2026" A faded image of a seaside town with artwork by Tasia MS of two men--a brown-skinned pirate captain with dark brown locks and a charming smile, and a bronze-skinned gentleman in blue finery looking at him with admiration. The text says "Back Cover Blurb Kit Davenport is in trouble—not that this would surprise anyone who knows him. Headstrong, reckless, and utterly unsuited for the stodgy House of Lords, Kit has spent years dodging his father’s stern disapproval and delighting in clandestine rendezvous. But time is running out. With an arranged marriage looming and the confines of white wigs and stiff decorum closing in, Kit is desperate to escape a life that feels completely wrong for him. His solution? A wildly impulsive decision that lands him aboard the Deliverance, a galleon captained by the infuriatingly charismatic Reggie Sharpe. With a devil-may-care attitude and a delicious grin, Captain Sharpe commands the waves with his crew of misfits . . . who all turn out to be pirates. Before Kit can say “wrong ship,” he’s trading ballroom etiquette for rum-soaked camaraderie, explosive gunfights, and, perhaps most excitingly, heart-stopping kisses under the stars. But life at sea holds just as many secrets as treasures. And when Kit’s past catches up with him, he’ll have to decide who he truly wants to be: a gentleman, or a pirate?" An image of an 18th century seaport with text over that says: "Snippet: He bumps his nose against mine, and I know without him saying a word that he’s waiting for my permission. I could cry. Perhaps I do. My whole face is so hot I’m not sure I could tell either way, but I can’t bring myself to speak, so I nod and bring my hand up to rest on his neck, just under his ear where I might brush my thumb along the stubble at his jaw. And then our mouths collide, and I am lost in him. It isn’t a slow, gentle kiss like the first time I kissed Katherine. It’s fierce, and intense, and wonderful. For a moment, I imagine this is exactly how it feels to be drawn into the ocean by a siren’s kiss and drowned as they steal the breath from your body. When we finally break away, we are both panting. He presses his jaw to my temple and holds me tight to his body, his fingers massaging at that tender spot on the back of my neck in a protective, possessive way. I know in this moment I would give myself to him without hesitation, and without regret." A faded image of a seaside town with text that says "If you liked these... 1. Our Flag Means Death 2. A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue 3. Treasure Planet Then Add A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES on Goodreads today!"
May 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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tamaratoday.bsky.social
🌊 THE BAD ONES X DREDGE 🌊

After an ancient curse is unleashed on their sleepy seaside town, six teens must find a way to break it.

This YA Fantasy Horror features:
👥Dual POV
📜A Deadly Deal
😈Ravenous Monsters
🤫Secrets With Severe Consequences
💔Exes to Allies to [redacted]

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F #H
Left to right. Top row: hands reaching out of the water. A doll head. Human hands with sharpened nails. Middle row: A lighthouse shining through fog. “Are you afraid?” An eerie figure standing beside a tree with a noose. Bottom row: Hands reaching towards each other in the water. A sea creature with glowing eyes and sharp teeth. Multiple hands reaching out of the forest brush.
May 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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mariettav.bsky.social
For #questpit, here's the #agentsguide to Dandelions Don’t Die. It has...

💔 Family curse that breaks hearts
🤍 Messy sisters in two generations
👻 Haunted home
🖊️ Diary entries from the past
🖤 Girl sworn to loneliness
🪦 Summer job at an abandoned cemetery

#Q #YA #SPEC #R #H
Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature. Text: An agent’s guide to Dandelions Don’t Die, YA speculative romance with horror elements, 82K words Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature. Text: Pitch: 16-year-old Stella is cursed to die if someone breaks her heart. Forced to take a summer job at an abandoned cemetery with the one boy she can’t afford to fall for, she must fight against her growing feelings or risk an eternity as a ghost. Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature. Five book covers and text attached to them with curving arrows: Practical Magic - Subtle magic The Wicked Deep - Dual ghost timeline House of Hollow - Atmospheric horror For the fans of The Nature of Witches and Wild is the Witch Background: An eerie image of an old tombstone, which is slightly tilted and taken over by nature. Text: Dandelions Don’t Die has: Ghosts Sisters Generational curse Complicated family dynamics Diary entries from the past Loneliness Forced proximity Angsty slow burn He falls first She saves him
February 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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simplyfabs.bsky.social
#questpit #BIPOC #DR #NA #A #W #EDITING #AmEditing

TITLE: the villain's muse.
COMPS: god of fury x king of sloth x perfect addiction
GENRE: bipoc dark romance!
WORD COUNT: est. around 90k+ after dev edits!

The devil took what he wanted—including the woman haunting his every waking moment.
working synopsis of the book! tropes of the book! the fmc and the mmc! the fmc is bangladeshi, the mmc is puerto rican <33 the comps of the book!
May 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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sampeil.bsky.social
My agent’s guide to THE DENTIST in which three bi disasters navigate the zombie apocalypse.

#horror, headshots & hookups 🏳️‍🌈🧟💖🔪

#questpit #H #na #a #q #agentsguide
Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist. White Text says: AN AGENT'S GUIDE TO THE DENTST By Sami Peil 82k Words ADULT/NA HORROR Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist. White text says: THE DENTIST Sami Peil @sampeil THE COMPS Image of colorful book cover of the Z word Image of cover of season one THE LAST OF Us show White text says: Three bi disasters confront their (previously) hot dentist and far-right extremist zombies at the end of the world. • Love triangle • Survival shenanigans • Headshots • Hookups • Busted bunker Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist. White text says: THE DENTIST Sami Peil @sampeil Graphic of torn notebook paper with black writing: FROM THE JOURNAL OF STETSON JOHN MATTHEWS April 27, 2025 Donner party @ Black Hile bunkers, current population 24ich. White text on black over the dentist says: Reader Comments "Love this description. Impeccable delivery, so cinematic* "Obsessed" I'm hooked. so hooked on this book. I need it on my shelf." "OMINOUS" "VICERAL" "I literally cackled" "I was not prepared "Sharp, shocking, love it" "Seriously this is so fucking cinematic wth" "I love him" "IF YOU EVER CHANGE THIS FIRST LINE I WILL FIGHT YOU" Bloodied white coat on the torso of a man, the dentist. White text says: THE DENTIST Sami Peil @sampeil The Pitch Stetson was built for survival. After two decades of blending in with the straight boys and enduring his father's relentless prepper training, he's better prepared than most when the ENVI-24 pandemic becomes the zombie apocalypse in a matter of months. Stetson saves the only other survivor at his parents bunker settlement-a tween girl with a mouth full of braces, a judgy attitude, and a Bible. In a desperate search for community to help raise Harper, he makes his way to Queen City, killing zombies and dodging a zealous preacher bent on collecting women and children for his compound. Meanwhile, the dentist ambles across Queen City with a group of zombies eager for fresh flesh. While raiding his dentist's abandoned office for supplies, Stetson encounters Dove. She looks so good that she might just be a trap set by the Preacher, so Stotson zip-ties her first and asks questions later. All that might even be fine with Dove if it weren't for the fact that she's got Vivvi, her OG apocalypse protector back at their functioning community. If Stetson wants to join them and have help raising Harper, he'll have to prove his zombie-killing worth and move past that whole handcuffing thing. Oh, and also avoid getting exterminated as a threat to the Preacher's regime and the dentist's growing horde.
May 7, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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emhenn921.bsky.social
If you love:

🐉accessible magic
🐉friends to enemies to lovers
🐉palace intrigue
🐉feminine rage
🐉Viking vibes
🐉one dragon

this is for you!

#questpit #W #romantasy
Raegan, an aspiring mage, is forced to give up her dream of protecting the realm after the king betroths her to Prince Arlon, the boy who broke her heart the night her mother perished. As Arlon’s icy exterior thaws, Raegan learns the true nature of his cold shoulder, and with time the walls around her heart begin to crumble. But with war looming across the sea and secrets around every palace corner, Raegan must choose between trusting the boy she loved, and protecting her heart and fleeing for good.
May 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Caught in a maelstrom of morals, a ship captain must decide what she desires most—to resurrect her sister, or kill the boy she’s grown to care for and let her wicked heart feel again.

(This project will be ready for querying next week!)

#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
May 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Brainstorming a new #WIP idea! It’s as of now a dark fantasy romance, and I’m planning for it to have a twisty ending 👀🥀
#WritingCommunity
April 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
I’m SO excited to say that my WIP for the past two years is finally finished! I’ll be ready to query later this month ✨
#WritingCommunity
April 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
I’ve managed to cut my manuscript by over 10K words! Now I’m finally at my max word count for the novel 🙌
#WritingCommunity
March 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
gabiwrites.bsky.social
Sophie is so happy that I’ve finally started working on a new WIP (or 2)! After working on the same project for over 2 years, it’s nice to finally start some new ones ✍️
#WritingCommunity
March 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM