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Sammy Holden
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Sammy Holden @holdencreates.bsky.social · Mar 17
Arleth re-built her life after her sentient, rotting magic estranged her from her home and her love. But now she’s suspected of murder, and only one person can help clear her name—the girl who shares her magic, and broke her heart.

#PopUpPit #LuckyPit #PopUpPitE #A #F
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katchowrites.bsky.social
DVpit #querying Tip: As you scroll the feed make note of which agents like pitches in similar categories/genres as yours & add them to your general querying list! The feed is so busy, they might've missed yours, but if they're liking similar stories that means it's something they want in their inbox
October 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
holdencreates.bsky.social
Wonderful pitch!!
alexandrazlazar.bsky.social Alexandra Z. Lazar @alexandrazlazar.bsky.social · Oct 8
FROZENxWICKED

To free-spirited 13y/o Harriet, living Happily Ever After as a queen feels horrible. But if she unleashes her powers to break free of the Book of Fate, she’ll break the kingdom. Can she embrace her true self even if it means defying her sister, the Fairy Godmother?

#DVpit #MG #F #ND
October 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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dvpit.bsky.social
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 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
holdencreates.bsky.social
Happy #DVparty!! Here’s a moodboard for my adult fantasy that features:
- A dangerous quest to the lair of a god
- Complicated sapphic love triangle
- Political intrigue side plot
- Found family/ragtag anti-heroes
- Lots of magical eyes 👁️
October 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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dvpit.bsky.social
#preDV is tomorrow, MONDAY, September 29, 2025 from 8AM to 8PM Eastern Time!
Marginalized Creators join us to practice your pitches for #DVpit, get feedback from agented authors, give each other feedback & encouragement!
Make friends, polish your pitches & get excited for #DVpit! #writersky #booksky
#preDV September 19th, 2025 8AM - 8PM ET Join us for our practice event, #preDV on Bluesky! Come with your best pitches and receive feedback from agented authors. All participants are welcome to also give feedback and make friends during the community event before October 8th's #DVpit. More info at dvpit.carrd.co
September 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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dvpit.bsky.social
Excited to announce we've expanded the #preDV hours to mimic #DVpit
It will now be Sept 29, 2025 from 8AM ET-8PM ET
We hope this will give everyone a true feel for what DVpit will be like & practice their pitches together!
Plus, amazing agented/published authors have volunteered to give feedback!
#preDV September 29th, 2025 8AM - 8PM ET Join us for our practice event, #preDV on Bluesky! Come with your bst pitches and receive feedback from agented authors. All participants are welcome to also give feedback and make friends during the community event before October 8th's #DVpit. More info at dvpit.carrd.co
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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dvpit.bsky.social
Less than a month until #DVpit, a pitch event for marginalized creators looking to find an agent & get traditionally published! Here's a reminder of the rules!
For more guidelines & info go to dvpit.carrd.co
See you all at DVpit on October 8th, 2025!
#writersky #booksky
#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. Your pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use #DVArt) 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.
September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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cailinwrites.bsky.social
AIMEE BENDER X ETERNAL SUNSHINE

Based on beta reader reviews, you'll come to
THE MAGIC OF NOW for cults & Goat Tension™️ but stay for the existentialism & sobbing!

#A #Spec about a 62-year-old farmer, the 🐐 her sister is reincarnated into & the new age cult that could be behind it
#UnhingedPit #AG
The Magic of Now Beta Reader Comments for By: Cailin Barrett-Bressack Rep: Alex Land, MWLA I sat down after work today intending to read another fifty pages and ended up reading the whole ding-dang book. Holy shit this is such a good twist was not ready for this what i love most about this book is how it challenges your perceptions about existentialism and what it means to be human. Who knew hearing a goat's perception could make you think so deeply? i would die for these nuns this feels like her azula moment ok yas girlboss except goat tension
September 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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darellecowley.bsky.social
Something wicked is waiting in the woods...

...and she's hungry.

#PosterPit #A #AG #F #WIP
A poster mock up with a forest background, howling wolf in shadows with text. Text reads: Political Intrigue One Horse Fairytale Retelling Found Family Stolen Magic Something wicked is waiting in the woods Best Howl, Riveting Spell Casting, Worst Timing Project Fairytale 90% Outlined
August 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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cailinwrites.bsky.social
Aimee Bender X Eternal Sunshine (+ humor and goats 🐐)

THE MAGIC OF NOW is the story of:
✨a 62-year-old farmer,
✨the goat her sister may be reincarnated into,
✨and the new age cult that could be behind it.

#PosterPit #AG #SPF
A novel by Cailin Barrett-Bressack The Magic of Now woman-led Cult Goat Tension™ explorations of grief neuroscience Rep: Alex Land, Mad Woman Literary Agency The story of a 62-year-old woman, the goat her sister is reincarnated into, and the new age cult that might be behind it. “It’s like a new life-lens is forming for me as I read it.” “I sat down intending to read fifty pages and ended up reading the whole ding-dang book.” “I’m not crying, you’re crying” Best supporting Goat 2025 Meet the dream cast of The Magic of Now Frances McDormand As Gyla Skeptical farmer, will do anything for answers about her sister Tina–including join a cult Kathy Bates as Tina Deceased, but maybe reincarnated as a goat (?) Kathryn Hahn as Karana Neuroscientist turned new-age cult leader Guest Featuring: A Goat as The goat Rep: Alex Land, Mad Woman Literary Agency A novel by Cailin Barrett-Bressack
August 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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katylapierre.bsky.social
THE OTHERWOODS x creepy Candy Land

To win her wish come true and fix her ruined life, a 13yo plays the ultimate Game, leaping into a candy world laced with poison and riddles. But the Game is rigged, treats are torture, and she’s one wrong bite from being trapped forever.

#posterpit #mg #h #ag
A noose made of candy hangs over a dark forest background. White text reads: Twisted Treats. Deadly candy, even deadlier games.
August 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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cjvickwrites.bsky.social
SOUTHERN BOOK CLUBS GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES x HYSTERIA

💋middle-aged feminist rage
🛼campy 80s setting
💋body horror
🛼the darkest of deals
💋satanic panic backdrop
🛼dark humor
💋bubblegum horror

#PosterPitA #A #H #PosterPit #WIP
August 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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chezza.bsky.social
Demon queen Zhao Yao wants revenge on her mother's murderer, rival queen Gui Jing. But Jing's icy beauty and poisonous magic are too alluring, and soon Zhao Yao can't decide between stabbing the woman she's always hated...or seducing her.

Art by hisurii💙♥️
#PosterPit #AG #F
Poster for Blooms in Poison by Chezza Lee, an enemies-to-lovers romantic fantasy with xianxia cdrama vibes. The line between love and hate is drawn in blood.
August 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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katylapierre.bsky.social
UNDEAD GIRL GANG x BRING HER BACK

When Parker's family ink magic predicts her bff's death, there's only one option—cast a forbidden spell to resurrect her. But an ink demon lurks and one wrong spell cast will damn both their souls to an inky hell forever.

#posterpit #ya #h #ag
White text reading Ink Becomes Her. Background shows a girl collapsed on the ground and an inky dark hand reaching out to grab her
August 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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bookbabewriting.bsky.social
✨Boys are disappearing in Lyric's backwards backwoods town
🎀 her friend/crush Eleanor was the last to see them
✨Eleanor's cultish town nearby may be to blame
🎀 gives maneater a whole new meaning
✨more than just their friendship is changing...
#YA #H #R #posterpit #ag
A string of missing people and animal attacks, two best friends, one... KILLER SUMMER. Written by H.D> Pine, represented by Alex Land @ Mad Woman Literary Agency. Pink undertones, with images of girl licking red off hands, black and white corn fields, girl with lighter before mouth.
August 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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bookbabewriting.bsky.social
🌲 Spooky mountainside town
👀suspicious locals
🌲missing hikers
👀aloof and mysterious bartender with plenty of secrets to hide
🌲#ownvoice Indigenous, Queer, and Autistic rep
#PosterPit #A #AG #R #H
WOLF RIVER, written by H.D. Pine represented by Alex Land @MWLA. Sapphic romance, paranormal mystery, forced proximity, annoyances to lovers. Images of foggy mountainside river, moon, claw marks on building, and wolf howling
August 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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chezza.bsky.social
DAUGHTER OF MOON GODDESS x SONG TO DROWN RIVERS

Falling in love shouldn't be this difficult. When family and fate are trying to keep them apart, how far will Shizhi and Mingniu go to defend their love? To the stars above...or hell itself?

Art by hisurii❤️
#PosterPit #AG #F
Movie poster for A Fate Woven in Starlight by Chezza Lee. A feminist take on an epic Chinese love story about fate, sacrifice, and women reclaiming their place in their own stories.
August 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
holdencreates.bsky.social
WARCROSS x ONE OF US IS LYING

DEADLY ARCHETYPES is a fast paced, grounded YA sci-fi that features:
- a high-tech, high stakes VR competition game
- an unlikely group of allies
- the ticking clock of a mind control glitch
- hero x villain archetypes
#PosterPit #AG #SF #YA
August 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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katylapierre.bsky.social
THE OTHERWOODS x creepy Candy Land

To wish her wish come true and fix her ruined life, 13yo Nora plays the ultimate Game, leaping into a candy world laced with poison and riddles. But the Game's rigged, treats are torture, and she’s one wrong bite from being trapped forever.

#questpit #mg #h #ag
Collage of candy canes, a muddy bog, a watch, a lollipop, a girl lost in the woods, an image of a snake biting a hand with text that reads: trust no one; a noose shaped from candy, dark chocolate, a red necklace, a dark castle draped in fog. Text over a dark candy patterned background reads: spells gone wrong, "ah trust issues," magic watch, time to get questing, torture by lollipop, deadly candy even deadlier games, inconvenient crushes, sugar transformation body horror, bewitched necklace.
August 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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bookbabewriting.bsky.social
Jennifer's Body x Together We Rot
Boys start to disappear in Lyric’s backwards backwoods town and her best friend/crush Eleanor was the last person they were seen with, leaving Lyric to investigate if something is monstrously wrong with her friend.
#Questpit #YA #H #R #AG #Ownvoice
If you enjoyed these movies: Jennifer's Body, My Best Friend's Exorcism, Lisa Frankenstein, Ready or Not, Fear Street 1994, I Know What You Did Last Summer Books you would find on a TBR with Killer Summer: Together We Rot, The Unfinished, This Delicious Death, Devil in Ohio, I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me
August 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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kswrites.bsky.social
introducing my #editorsguide for FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, an adult urban fantasy/speculative ft. vampires, shady detectives & lost gods set in a fictional district in Taipei!

feel free to hit up my agent @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social or leave a ❤️/reply if interested!
An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with the words "An editor's guide to FOR THE DAYS WE NEVER HAD, adult urban fantasy by Kay Choo" An image of a road with two bus stands across from one another backlit by an orange evening sky. Text reads, "Pitch. Kai Le is a photography studio assistant; Ai Yu is a flower shop apprentice. Their lives are normal as can be, but they long for more. Then chance encounters with an entity at a bus-stand opens up worlds of possibilities for them. Ai Yu lives out the meet-cute of her fantasies; Kai Le stumbles upon an urban legend in the dark. What they want is within their grasp... But between lost gods, ambitious gangs, and horrors prowling in the shadows, the district they live in has more to offer than just their dreams. The most frightening thing about this new reality though? Learning about themselves - and the people they may become, if they allow it." An image of reddish-orange lights shining on a silhouette at night. The book cover for Velvet was the Night on the left, with text above that states "noir", "romance..?", and "Street gangs". In the middle, the book cover for The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, with text below that states "search for identity", "morally grey mc", and "lots of yearning". On the right, the anime poster for Durarara!, with text above that states "idyllic until it's not", "shady side characters" and "urban legends". An image of Taipei's urban nightscape with 7-Eleven on the right and street stalls on the left. In the middle is an image of the silhouette of a woman staring out at the sea, with text that reads "Featuring vampires, vagrant gods, dubious detectives, cutthroat gangs, sunshine x grump romance (..?)"
June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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ccfosterwrites.bsky.social
A grieving twin enters a converted halfway house for magical youth seeking answers for her brother's death. But something strange stalks the halls at Vignette, & if she's not careful, she'll become the academy's latest masterpiece.

#QuestPit #AG #Sapphic #YA #F #H #OnSub (soon)
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
holdencreates.bsky.social
SIX OF CROWS X A DARK & DROWNING TIDE
A flirty rogue & a haughty noble on a deadly quest must trust each other to gain power they desperately need—if only they’d stop lying to each other.
-Sapphic yearning/bickering
-Vicious gods
-Eye-centered magic system
#QuestPit #AG #F #A
August 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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ccfosterwrites.bsky.social
The Oval Portrait Retelling

A grieving twin is embroiled in a dark conspiracy when her late brother's journal leads her into the arms of his former rival--the best artist at Vignette Academy, & the one with the most to gain from his death.

#QuestPit #AG #YA #F #H #OnSub (soon)
Selena Lotus had mastered two very important things in her eighteen years of life: expecting the worst of every situation, and wearing her brother's skin.
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM