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Alyse likes to ✨️Query✨️
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I teach and write queer romance.

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After The Lich Queen's Demise is in the Query Trenches now!
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Alyse likes to ✨️Query✨️ @itinerantginger.bsky.social · Jan 13
THREE'S THE SEASON: Contemporary Queer RomCom WIP

Hallmark Movie but make it Poly ;)

After suffering a humiliating public meltdown, a widowed lawyer seeks solace with her two best friends - only to be caught off guard by unexpected romantic feelings.

Querying soon!
#Bluepit📖 #W #A #LGBT
a mood board for the Work In Progress: Three's the Season. The mood board is on a holly themed background and features photos of Washington DC at Christmas time. As well as scenes of a Christmas tree farm. Two pictures one of three hands and the other of three forks, allude to the polyamorous themes of the novel.
itinerantginger.bsky.social
Hallmark Meets Poly: THREE'S THE SEASON

Grieving lawyer Charlotte enlists her 2 best friends to finish her late husband's last wish: the Christmas List. When unexpected romantic feelings emerge she'll have to decide whether to risk her found family for a second chance at love.

#QuestPit #W #A #R
In red text on a holly themed background: An Agent's Guide to Three's the Season! On the far left side is an image of two women and a non-binary person in front of the US Congress building. A red Santa hat caps off the title. Comps for a new novel: Three's the Season. These include KISS HER ONCE FOR ME due to the sapphic yearning with all the feels. TRIPLESEC for the polyamorous romance. A MERRY LITTLE MEET CUTE for the spicy yuletide shenanigans. The pitch: After suffering a humiliating public meltdown, grieving lawyer Charlotte seeks solace with her two best friends- only to be caught off guard by unexpected romantic feelings. By Christmas Day, she'll have to decide between starting fresh in a new city or risking her friendships for a second shot at love in this holiday RomCom set in Washington DC. The Snippet: I slide into my office: Charlotte Sanders-Stewart Esq. emblazoned on the door. The vinyl lettering is a bit chipped, but that’s to be expected after ten years. I take out my laptop from my sensible Kate Spade tote, slip out of my sensible sneakers and into my slippers. Yes, I have a pair of office heels in my bottom desk drawer, I wasn’t raised in a barn. But most meetings are on zoom anyway so my black Jimmy Choo's that I bought with my first ‘big girl’ paycheck have mostly been collecting dust for the last five years. By the way, my office is gorgeous, the floor to ceiling windows with an amazing view of the Washington skyline. Real romantic comedy shit. Like Katherine Heigl should play me in the movie they make about my life. Just make sure that it ends seven years ago with the big white wedding and not like now with the dead husband. Kind of puts a damper on the whole Nancy Meyers vibe you know?
January 31, 2026 at 7:23 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
This one is easy! Three's the Season is a queer romance with Hallmark Christmas vibes!

Griveing lawyer Charlotte embarks on a Christmas activities marathon but when she enlists the help of her best friends she might just end up with a second chance at romance!
questpit.bsky.social questpit || next event: APRIL 29th @questpit.bsky.social · 25d
Last one of the day!!
#questpit question number 3:

Is winter prevalent in your story? If not, how would it impact your story? (and if so explain a little :))
a dark blue background with snowflakes and ice sickles and text that reads “#QUESTPIT Q&A QUESTION #3: is winter prevalent in your story? if not, how would it impact your story?”
January 27, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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yrfatfriend.bsky.social
If the US can abolish USAID, we can sure as shit abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
I love Virginia politics. I love that one weekend everyone is pearl clutching because what will our first lady governor wear to her inauguration if the state protocols mandate a morning suit.

Then the next week we a senior state dem calling our dem senators cucks

Our beautiful commonwealth
January 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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prahajess.bsky.social
🧹 EARLY MAGIC 🧹

Mean Girls X Practical Magic
With Surfing

When a cocksure witch loses her magic to a cunning daemon, she hatches a plan to steal it back—betraying a grieving classmate who’s only just discovered the world of magic.

#BluePit📖 #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Q #F #YA #Querying #witch
Images: beaches, forests, and three witches
January 13, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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fantasyscience.bsky.social
If Andy Weir and Ali Hazelwood cowrote a novel, it would be CHEMPORTAL.

In this sci-fi romcom with real chemistry, two awkward scientists living in an alternate Toronto must overcome their mutual dislike to save the world from starvation.

#Q #A #SF #R #BluePit #BluePit📖
January 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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fantasyscience.bsky.social
Currently querying CHEMPORTAL, a grounded sci-fi romance with real chemistry.

Two awkward scientists battle time, doomsday cults, corporations, and their own hearts to save the world.

- Enemies(ish) to lovers
- Mistaken identity
- Family and friendship
- Not actually about portals
Moodboard. Central images is a steaming pressure cooker worth CHEMPORTAL superimposed. Bottom right says FAY IRWIN - SCI-FI ROMCOM. Images clockwise from top left: -a table with food and two colourful cocktails - typed text on a page with "chemistry" bolded -a woman working on a car engine - Toronto's skyline viewed from the Toronto islands -a stack of colourful books - a bright light shining through a partially-opened wood door - a bat hanging upside down from a tree - a plate of latkes
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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arachnereid.bsky.social
When marauders menace her village, an empath-scholar leads an odyssey across the climate-ravaged former US to retrieve a rumored key to peace, before her people are obliterated.

Clan of the Cave Bear x A Psalm for the Wild-Built

🔮 #EarthMagic
🌪️ #CliFi
🌷 #Hopepunk
#F #BluePit📖 #SP #Q #BluePit
Long after the dust settles, what will grow from the rubble? Seven generations after collapse, oceans have reclaimed coasts and civilization’s remains are rotting back to the earth. Extreme climate and violent humans threaten a peaceful community hidden in the Green Mountains. Niwa, a gifted yet timid young empath-scholar, is prompted by group vision to lead a perilous and mystical quest to retrieve a rumored key to peace. Using unique psychic gifts, archaic technology, and nature-based survival skills, Niwaju’s group traverses a depopulated but healing landscape to save their people from impending doom. The travelers draw upon their survival skills, varying levels of control over their own unique psychic gifts, and residual tech artifacts, encountering diverse, unique characters on crumbling highways and swollen rivers through the mountains of Appalachia, moody swamplands of “New New Orleans”, and the Rocky Mountains. As she finds her inner resilience, Niwa’s mission becomes about more than saving her People from destruction; it offers humanity a way forward in a world desperately in need of change. Incorporating mindfulness, sustainability, earth based magic, and wilderness skills, this tarot-themed journey offers a vision of hope, transformation, and growth in a narrative adventure guide to thriving civilization’s aftermath, with surprising twists. a hand drawn map of a route across a sea-risen US, superimposed over a background of hopeful leaves sprouting from trees in an sunset sky over the Earth elemental magic visions survival skills climate fiction #clifi indigenous futurism plant medicine meditation wilderness permaculture neotribalism community backpacking post-apocalyptic hopepunk
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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jundlife.bsky.social
DUNE X THE UNBROKEN
Those born with psychic gifts are conscripted into a guild to defend their home mysterious strangers prophesied in visions. Even if it means submitting to a Guildmaster who would rather the city burn than admit defeat.
"Monsters make Monsters"
#Q #BluePit #F #AgentsGuide
The Stranger's War - 94K Crossover Fantasy. Those born with psychic gifts are conscripted in a brutal guild to defend their home from a mysterious enemy only known as strangers. Sylin wants to survive and find her place, Nahara wants to reject his assigned life, and Viktus the guildmaster would burn the city to the ground rather than face defeat.
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
THREE'S THE SEASON: The Agent Guide!

Hallmark Movie but make it Poly ;)

After suffering a humiliating public meltdown, a widowed lawyer seeks solace with her two best friends - only to be caught off guard by unexpected romantic feelings.

Querying soon!
#Bluepit📖 #W #A #LGBT
This is the Agent Guide's title card for Three's the Season. This title card features a picture of the three main leads: Dax (a non-binary lawyer), Charlotte (a disaster bi), and Jessa-Lynn (the original cottagecore lesbian) The comps for Three's the Season. These include: Kiss Her Once for Me due to the sapphic yearning with all the feels. Triple Sec for the polyamorous romance. A Merry Little Meet Cute for the spicy yuletide shenanigans. The Pitch: After suffering a humiliating public meltdown, grieving lawyer Charlotte seeks solace with her two best friends - only to be caught off guard by unexpected romantic feelings. By Christmas Day she’ll have to decide between starting fresh in a new city or risking her friendships for a second shot at love in this holiday RomCom set in Washington DC. The snippet: I slide into my office: Charlotte Sanders-Stewart Esq. emblazoned on the door. The vinyl lettering is a bit chipped, but that’s to be expected after ten years. I take out my laptop from my sensible Kate Spade tote, slip out of my sensible sneakers and into my slippers. Yes, I have a pair of office heels in my bottom desk drawer, I wasn’t raised in a barn. But most meetings are on zoom anyway so my black Jimmy Choo's that I bought with my first ‘big girl’ paycheck have mostly been collecting dust for the last five years. By the way, my office is gorgeous, the floor to ceiling windows with an amazing view of the Washington skyline.
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
Meet the characters of THREE'S THE SEASON

Charlotte: Overworked but not underpaid widowed lawyer

After suffering a humiliating gingerbread themed breakdown seeks solace from her friends Dax (coolest queer in DC) and their wife Jessa-Lynn (OG cottagecore lesbian)

Querying soon!
#Bluepit📖 #W #A
A blonde woman is flanked by a woman with red hair on the right and a non-binary person in glasses on the left. They are in front of the US Congress Building with a Christmas tree.
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
THREE'S THE SEASON: Contemporary Queer RomCom WIP

Hallmark Movie but make it Poly ;)

After suffering a humiliating public meltdown, a widowed lawyer seeks solace with her two best friends - only to be caught off guard by unexpected romantic feelings.

Querying soon!
#Bluepit📖 #W #A #LGBT
a mood board for the Work In Progress: Three's the Season. The mood board is on a holly themed background and features photos of Washington DC at Christmas time. As well as scenes of a Christmas tree farm. Two pictures one of three hands and the other of three forks, allude to the polyamorous themes of the novel.
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
Hi #BluePitHype!

My name is Alyse. I write all things queer romance! My cozy fantasy mm romance is in the Query Trenches now. I'm looking forward to editing my contemporary Christmas RomCom that ends in a triad! I have loved every minute of writing my poly forward romance 💖
bluepit.bsky.social #BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event @bluepit.bsky.social · Jan 8
Welcome to the first day of #BluePitHype! It's only 5 days to #BluePit on January 13th! So, join us for our Q&A!

DAY ONE: Introductions

Tell us who you are! Make some new friends!

We can't wait to meet you and your stories!

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #GameDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying
#BluePitHype Q & A JANUARY 8th Introductions Tell us about yourself ahead of #BluePit! What inspires you, what genres do you write in, how did you become a writer? Pitch contests are also a great way to make/reconnect with friends. Remember to us the #BluePitHype tag! 5 DAYS TO #BLUEPIT ON JAN 13TH! @BLUEPIT.BSKY.SOCIAL
January 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
I need a mini series of this book now.
And I need Olivia Coleman to play Grace Forsythe
And I need NEED Diane Morgan to play Jennifer Hallet

(I know the ages don't quite work. I don't care)
January 7, 2026 at 12:23 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
Glen Beck: my GenAI Founding Fathers chatbot can allow you to have a conversation with George Washington!
The commonwealth of Virginia: like Colonial Williamsburg???
GB: well like a podcast
VA: LIKE THE JEFFERSON HOUR?!

This skeet is gold for like 3 people
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
Kind of bums me out that Rian Johnson was raised Protestant. After watching "Wake Up Dead Man" I really thought we had some shared trauma
December 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
I feel like Sylvester and Charlotte are actually pretty similar here.

Charlotte has a condo, Sylvester has a townhouse. They each live alone and struggle to make meaningful connections. They both live in bustling cities, but feel alone.

Main difference? Sylvester is a wizard lol
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social ❄️Charlie (Chelizabeth) Delta ☃️ @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · Dec 4
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

What is your character's living situation like?

Do they have roommates? Pets? Live with family? Alone in a mansion? On the road? On a ship? Other?

Are they happy where they are, or striving for something else?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
3 weeks ago I finished the first draft of this bad boy. It needs a lot of work but I'm excited for what the future holds for these three!

I feel like I often get stuck in "the next thing" mode and not taking time to celebrate my wins. Finishing the 1st draft of my 3rd novel is, definitely, a win
A blonde woman is flanked by a woman with red hair on the right and a non-binary person in glasses on the left. They are in front of the US Congress Building with a Christmas tree. Over their heads are the words "Untitled Christmas RomCom".
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
I love the San Diego Zoo podcast. But I feel a jolt of shame every time that they're like "tell the kids at home!" It reminds me that I am in fact listening to a podcast for children....
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
Gofundme but it's to pay people to follow Elon Musk around and sing about how much he sucks ala The #MuppetChristmasCarol
December 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" is obviously about a little girl seeing her dad dressed as Santa

Yes but have you considered??

open.spotify.com/track/46IzzV...
Santa Stole My Lady
open.spotify.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
You ever notice how Law and Order SVU consistently cast less conventionally attractive actors as defense attorneys...
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
The Italian greyhound because nature asked "what if a dog was just anxiety incarnate?"

#NationalDogShow
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
'Tis the Season for Christmas RomComs!

Charlotte and her best friends are working through her late husband's final gift to her: a marathon of Christmas activities! With romance in the air, she'll have to decide between staying just friends or risking a second chance at love!

#WIPPIT #A #R
Untitled Christmas RomCom is displayed over a snowy background of the US Capitol building. In the foreground a blonde woman in glasses is flanked on either side by her love interests: a non-binary goth with a side shave and a bubbly buxom red head.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
itinerantginger.bsky.social
People hate NPR because they are the only news organization dedicated to telling the hard truths!
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Nov 22
Part two of Jon M. Chu's splashy musical doesn't justify its own full-length movie, but it's clearly been made with love — and a deep commitment to the spirit of the material.
'Wicked: For Good': This all could've been just one good movie
Part two of Jon M. Chu's splashy musical doesn't justify its own full-length movie, but it's clearly been made with love — and a deep commitment to the spirit of the material.
n.pr
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM