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james gemmill
@jameshgemmill.bsky.social
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trans + agender || writes adult horror + spec fic with queer MCs || writing my first novel || ghostface sun, blair witch moon, dracula rising || @roundtablementor.bsky.social mentee '25

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THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE x COME CLOSER x WE USED TO LIVE HERE

A closeted, disgraced investigative reporter follows the lure of a paranormal entity tied to her family to uncover the truth behind a decades-old tragedy haunting the small town her mother ran away from. #roundtablementor #UN #A #H #M
jameshgemmill.bsky.social
feeling so lucky for to have my @roundtablementor.bsky.social community today.

yesterday was the culmination of a year’s worth of work on my first book. sharing it was scary; receiving love & support made it less so.

and now? time to revise and prep for the query trenches in early 2026.
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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CIRCE X MIDSOMMAR

In an isolated commune formed by one immortal woman and her hundreds of magically-inclined daughters, a firstborn son must find a way to lock himself into a perpetual state of boyhood or else risk exile into the terrifying world of the Man-Beasts. #RoundTableMentor #A #F #H
October 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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safe to say i am so thrilled by every fellow @roundtablementor.bsky.social 2025 mentee's pitch and am excited to read every single book! what a fantastic bunch that i am truly honored to be part of!!

#roundtablementor
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A CITY FULL OF SANTAS X FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS, FOREVER

Novice baker Bonnie wants to gift her neighbor some holiday sweets. But after a series of kitchen catastrophes, she’s ready to give up until she learns a piece of home is a gift from the heart in DUMPLINGS FOR CHRISTMAS.

#RoundTableMentor #PB
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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AMARI x MEGAMIND

When a magical villain school recruits (aka kidnaps) 12y/o Carsen, she must win her freedom by becoming the best villain in her grade, or else the school will use Carsen’s strange magic to return her supervillain aunt to power. #MG #F #UN #roundtablementor
A mood board with the title "The Villainous Institute for Better Education" in the center, surrounded by graphics of dark towers, kids fighting with magic, and robotic creatures and dragons. Beneath the title it says "a middle grade novel".
October 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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20 years ago, Sloane’s best friend vanished in Widow’s Woods. It’s only one of the forest's strange tales, and when Sloane’s daughter Noah discovers an altar, she's led to the truth about her family’s role in a cult that once satisfied the forest’s bloody demands. #A #H #AG #roundtablementor #horror
A book cover-style graphic for "The Girls of Widow's Woods," a novel by E.S. Huberty on submission, with the descriptors, "Adult folk horror, Yellowjackets meets The Blair Witch Project, mother-daughter POVs, cults and generational trauma, and coming-of-age, coming-of-rage."
October 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Sailor Moon x The Untamed but sapphic x Indonesian mythology

A messy time-bending magical girl makes a pact with a queen of monsters to save her cursed family, but she must literally steal the heart of her true love to do so

🫀🗡️✨

#roundtablementor #YA #F #UN
Moodboard of 7 images including an open pocket watch held in a hand, two faceless girls in an embrace and wearing old-fashioned dresses, an Indonesian mythological figure with fangs and large eyes, an Indonesian dagger, hands clasping potion bottles, a body of water flowing, a dagger being held by a faceless figure in an old-fashioned dress
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Natalie pretends to be a good girl at the country’s most elite boarding school but secretly craves to hurt(kill?) people. Wouldn't that be more fun?

When new girl Aylin sees through Nat’s mask a game of cat&mouse begins where desire and danger blur.

Until someone dies

#roundtablementor #YA #T #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Meet NYMPH'S POND, mentored by @cjsubko.bsky.social! ♥

BOOK OF LOVE x OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA
🧜 an artist's coming of age
🧜 complex mom-daughter r/s
🧜 hostile small town
🧜 majority queer female cast
🧜 battles w/ self-esteem
🧜 water powers as a gate to past trauma
#roundtablementor #A #F #L
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Haunted by grief, Amara’s quest for death leads her to Xelan, the Black Widower. But when their union yields her survival and an unwanted soul tie, Amara and Xelan must navigate their new bond as they face Xelan’s perilous world, and the forces that were after her all along.
#roundtablementor #A #F
Mood board of the living wife: Top L-R: A close up of a man in medieval clothing, Two hands bound by a long red ribbon, a curly haired girl leaning on a statue. Middle L-R: Glowing amber eye, the words ‘The living wife’ in white against a black background, a sun globe lamp encased in branches. Bottom L-R: A close of a man in a white shirt holding a sword, a clock striking twelve, a bride clutching her bouquet to her chest.
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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STEPFORD WIVES x Tradwife influencers

Max infiltrates a tradwife cult to save her sister. But alongside sourdough and selfies, an ancient evil lurks beneath the cottage-core facade.

👰Cult leader
👹Neolithic god
🩸Sacrifices
👻Feminist horror
🤎POC MC
❤️‍🔥Sapphic Horrormance
#roundtablementor #YA #H #UN
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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When Larkin discovers she’s pregnant after a very out-of-character one-night stand with a man who turns out to be the Greek god Apollo, she must face monsters, vengeful gods, & most terrifyingly, her feelings for Apollo to protect herself & her unborn child.

#roundtablementor #A #R #F #Con #UN
A a graphic showing a temporary cover of a book called a Greek god got me pregnant by CT Wood showing the various tropes and themes of the book including one bed, Demi FMC #ownvoices, bi MMC, accidental pregnancy/force, proximity, nerdy girl and golden retriever boy, dysfunctional family (I mean, they are the great gods),love versus lust monster fights, sun related double entendres, forbidden love, and love is both medicine and poison
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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BIANCA TORRExLAMAR GILES

When town sweetheart goes missing, Etta can’t pass up the chance to fix her financial issues and debunk the town swamp monster. But when fact blurs with fiction, it leaves her overwhelmed questioning who—or what—she can trust
#roundtablementor #YA #M #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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To save her sister, Destiny joins a luck-bending alien in a dangerous Vegas con. His borrowed human body is breaking, her heart is unraveling, and every win brings them closer to ruin. Now it’s love or family. Either choice could destroy them both.
#roundtablementor #A #H #R #UN
October 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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PJO XTrumanShow
Being the gods' pawn isn’t new to 15y/o Mia Miller, an anxious girl w/ music magic. But when a quest to Nashville is derailed by a book where she’s the MC, Mia & BFF must find the author & salvage her quest, before Olympus finds out.
#roundtablementor #YA #F #UN
Image grid: Greek statue, a raven, girl crying, girl holding arm up with magic, an oracle, magic lights, a face statue, Nashville at night. Text: "Music will be the death of me."
October 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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AMARI X JUJUTSU KAISEN
13yo Maeve must strengthen the magical barrier protecting Earth from the Seven Deadly Sins’ imminent uprising:
Add in
🃏 A deadly trivia game
🕳️ Magical sinkholes
🪄 Illusion-filled forests
🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Rocky ex-friendships
⚱️ & a talking urn w/ generational secrets
#roundtablementor #MG #UN
A 13-year-old Black girl with light blue hair styled into cornrows. She has multiple piercings on each ear, including two dangling crescent moons. She has a mole under her eye. Her uniform is lilac and gold. A buttoned up lilac jacket, a gold vest with purple lining, a gold tie, and a plaid, purple skirt. She has a slight gap between her two front teeth. She holds a large gold sword that's around the same size as her. She wears white tights, with black shoes.
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Rhiannon risks it all to marry her enemy. When she’s told her newborn son is dead, she refuses to accept it. To bring him back Rhiannon must journey into the Otherworld and prove her worth in three impossible trials. If she fails, her son’s soul will be lost forever.
#ROUNDTABLEMENTOR #A #F #UN
A collage showing a saddened soldier, a maiden in a tower, and and dark king with the name Rhiannon
October 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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jamiesuwrites.bsky.social
Introducing my agent’s guide to THE ART OF COMMUNICATION, an adult rom-com! ☕️📸

FUNNY STORY x LUNAR LOVE x THE LOVE WAGER

Featuring:
💐 Friends to lovers
🥵 Slow burn
❤️‍🩹 Healing after heartbreak
🤝🏻 A strategic alliance
🫰🏻 K-drama vibes
💒 Need a date to a wedding

#agentsguide #roundtablementor #A #R #UN
An Agent’s Guide to The Art of Communication. Adult Rom-com. 91,000 words. Selected for the 2025 Round Table Mentor Program. Pitch: In need of a date to face her recently engaged ex, a shy, aspiring web designer strikes a deal with a charming freelance photographer to help each other score dates this summer—there’s just one catch: he’s also her ex’s wedding photographer. Comps & Tropes: The Love Wager by Lynn Painter, Funny Story by Emily Henry, the K-drama Business Proposal, Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen, and The Neighbor Favor by Kristina Forest. Featuring friends to lovers, slow burn, healing after heartbreak, a strategic alliance, K-drama vibes, and need a date to a wedding. Mood Board: A collage with five images. Image 1: A man and a woman lying affectionately on the couch together, next to a coffee table with a camera and scattered photographs. In one hand, the man is holding an open book and caressing the woman’s head with his other hand. Image 2: A man in a striped shirt looking at the camera he’s holding. Image 3: A smiling woman in a white floral dress. Image 4: An album cover of the song blue - with MINNIE by yung kai and MINNIE. Image 5: An album cover of the song Daylight by Taylor Swift.
October 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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BRIDGE KINGDOM x CRESCENT CITY

Monster hunter August Finch is hardly thrilled to work with the most feared monster of all to catch her mom’s killer. But as they close in on answers, she realizes there’s more to the murder—and to the monster she’s falling for.

#RoundTableMentor #A #F #UN
October 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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OLYMPUS PREP: APHRODITE blends the mythological reimagining of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN with the adolescent drama of JENNY HAN’s novels and the contemporary humor of SEX EDUCATION. Readers who enjoyed the PERCY JACKSON series as pre-teens will love Olympus Prep.

#YA #UN #F #R #roundtablementor
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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LET THEM *BE* CAKE 🍰
Under a fascist empire led by a queen whose touch can turn bodies into sugar, a grieving royal translator finds solace in outlawed books. But when caught, she must escape and lead the revolution inspired by her defiance, or face being turned into royal dessert.
#roundtablementor
October 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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shayalinsusan.bsky.social
🩸SHE IS A HAUNTING + THE HONEYS🐝

When 18-year-old podcaster Max infiltrates a tradwife cult in rural Utah to save her sister, she expects to fight barefoot farm girls with ring lights…

Instead, she comes face-to-face with an ancient god that eats women.

#roundtablementor #YA #H #UN
October 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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To break her waitlist curse, Leah sets off on a quest to address everyone who has made her a second choice. But a school trip to London and a cute British boy lead her to question if her happily ever after lies in her old dreams or new love #roundtablementor #ya #r
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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WATER MOON x ADDIE LARUE

An immortal mage takes bribes and fakes results for her soulmate business. It’s all for her goal: reincarnate the friend she lost centuries ago.

🌷morally gray aroace MC
💔a (shady) soulmate business
🔬whimsical STEM-based magic

#roundtablementor #F #A #UN
October 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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alysoncgreene.bsky.social
MAKE ME YOUR WITCH
A Sapphic rom-com about a single mom claiming to be a witch with

👵🏻👵🏽 Gen X romance
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 motherhood vs personal life
🏳️‍🌈 discovering queerness after divorce
🧙 found family of witches
🕯️hilarious mishaps with spells gone wrong

#roundtablementor #R #un
October 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM