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Kari Sullivan is querying
@karisulli.bsky.social
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writing 📝and querying YA SFF with 🌈 romance
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Kari Sullivan is querying @karisulli.bsky.social · 29d
An adolescent girl must accept a terrifying new body or allow humanity to perish.

❄️ climate change
🐉 body horror
🌋 volcano magic
♀️ matriarchal dragons
😚lovers to enemies
🛏️ only one bed

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F #R
Moodboard with title 'Serpent Skin' and images in orange: a rose, a flying dragon, a couple at sunset about to kiss. Also in greyscale: icicles, a snowy city, and lovers facing away from each other.
karisulli.bsky.social
Ugh, just woke up from a bad dream about Epstein’s island. I’m sure I’m not the only one having nightmares
February 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
karisulli.bsky.social
Three swans fight an unarmed human in an enclosed space.
🧍🦢🦢🦢
Who would win?
(The swans have human-level intelligence and are very angry)
#WritingCommunity #Writing #AmWriting
February 1, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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mariahstillbrook.bsky.social
Witchcraft in a small IA town, a closeted lesbian, a band of theatre geeks, 2 missing kids, and a returning football player recently found dead with an athame in his eye. Who's the killer? And do these murders have anything do w/ a mannequin named Betsy?

#BluePit #BluePit📖 #A #Q #H #LGBT
January 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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voiquinn.bsky.social
If you fancy cozy comfort, mellow vibes, and witchy stew,
There’s a Little Witch ecstatic at the thought of meeting you!

#LittleWitch
#WriteSky #BluePit #BluePit💥
#DigitalArt
#Comic #WritingCommunity
#Q #PB #F #PO
Digital art, two witches stand on either side of text, looking excited. The witch on the left is in a blue dress with an orange apron and hat. The witch on the right is shorter, and wears an orange shirt and yellow hat. Text reads: soft and gentle story telling, cute and cozy art, an abundance of puns, fun witchy weirdness, Voiquinn. Digital art, an assortment of anthropomorphized ingredients free float around the text. Text reads: A Little Witch is tasked with gathering important ingredients for the evening's spell: dinner. Determined, she ventures into the garden and encounters a medley of punny produce to harvest from. A cute, cozy, and complete story told through rhyming couplets and accompanying illustrations, all made with the magic of one human artist. Voiquinn. Digital art, assorted anthropomorphized ingredients free float around text. A small bubbling cauldron sits beneath the text. Text reads: Little Witch by Voiquinn
January 13, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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rosemaryvictus.bsky.social
👑 Kiss the prince by midnight or become Jaxis's prisoner forever. 🐇

In this Cinderella retelling, the "fairy godmother" is a dark fae hellbent on kidnapping Lenora for himself.

(still can't think of a title)

#BluePit 📖 #W #A #R #F #Romantasy
Lenora didn’t think fae existed and now one is insisting that she belongs to him. Now that he’s on the human side of the border, he and Lenora are magically linked. Jaxis can’t go home until he’s made a bargain and he won’t settle for anything less than bringing her back as his captive. However, Lenora can force him to take the form he had when she carried him across the border: a bunny. After all, bunnies are good for digging holes and eating weeds, so why not annoy Jaxis until he gives up? When Lenora falls for a prince, she would do anything to get to the ball...even make a deal with Jaxis. Kiss the prince by midnight, or become Jaxis’s prisoner forever. Includes: Love Triangle Prince in disguise Found Family Possessive fae Devil’s bargain Forced Proximity Forcing a would be kidnapper into the form of a bunny and making him do chores Kombucha girl meme Getting the romantic kidnapping treatment from a dark fae turning him into a bunny and forcing him to do chores
January 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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isaacxisaac.bsky.social
Gay crimes!
Trans wrongs!
Enemies to enemies!

Back again with my #OV #LGBT #HU #YA(?) #W IP for #BluePit 📖! A romp through a colorful, heightened #HS torical playground.

Can one defeat the patriarchs with the very weapons of masculinity? Well, one angry trans boy can sure try stabbing them a lot.
"L'entrée du prince de Ligne à Londres 1660", painted by François Duchatel in 1660, depicting the arrival of a great procession of ambassadors walking in fine clothes and riding in coaches, watched by a huge crowd of Londoners. Text over it reads: THE DUEL IN 1660: a queer swashbuckling farce. "The arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, may 24 1660" by Lieve Verschuier, showing many ships with the Flag of Holland/States Flag. The grand ship bearing Charles II has his royal arms carven on the stern. Text over it reads: England, 1660: the restoration of the monarchy. In Charles II's triumphant wake, a Royalist family quietly returns, but not with their single daughter—instead, with their single son. 15-year-old Alexander—vain, hot-tempered, and warm of heart—expects to strut in as an aristocratic peacock. But when his ambitions are frustrated, he's sucked instead into intrigues of questionable honour and forced to reckon with what it really means to be a man. "Man Writing a Letter" by Gabriël Metsu, painted around 1665. A Dutch young man, beautiful and androgynous with long blond hair, wears black doublet, breeches, and stockings and a luxurious white shirt and falling band. His expression is tranquil and far-off as he writes a letter on a table draped with an imported carpet. Text over it reads: Pray enjoy this tempest in a teapot, crafted of the purest tropes and set in the Age of the Rakehells, featuring: glamour and grime of 17th century Westminster. goofy action punctuated by primal screams of rage. problematic characters for miles. petticoat breeches parkour. queer mentorship. romantic friendship (or maybe 'tis just gay, oops). boys who cry. a lot. and somehow, everything turning out all right in the end. Detail of "View from the Mussel Pier in Amsterdam", painted by Ludolf Bakhuizen in 1673, showing a peaceful sky over a ship with two gulls. Text over it reads: Alexander stood at the edge of the deck, one hand clutching the railing, the other fastened tight on the brim of his hat as he leaned out over the waves. He was not much afraid of falling in, though he had never swum anything choppier than a pond. Rather, he was afraid that his Acadian fur hat, the most expensive for sale in the shop on the Kalverstraat, might fly off his small crown and flap with its feathers all the way to water—which, like the sky, could not quite decide between blue and grey. There was no one to see him aside from the sailors and now Klein, climbing up from below. Still, he had meticulously dressed that morning, down to every last ribbon. He’d had a very specific vision of himself when the suit was being ordered: the azure he’d picked was not just brighter than everything around him on the fluyt but even the true sky itself, and he sparkled with silver, when the wind tugged his doublet and loose breeches, and gold, when the little light managed to catch on his sword’s hilt. It was imperative, one must understand, that he look extremely stylish doing battle, should pirates suddenly appear to satisfy his fantasies. And indeed, at fifteen, he thought himself quite the dashing young man—not the boy he was.
January 13, 2026 at 5:17 AM
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victoriajayneoh.bsky.social
THE HONEY WITCH X LATE BLOOMER

A disabled witch hires a butch werewolf grocer to save her failing apothecary, but as they fall in love, a ghost torments the shop, pinning the blame on the grocer! The witch must solve the haunting to save the town and her hot new gf.

#bluepit #q #fr #a
Collage with butchfemme couple and winter candles apothecaey and magic
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM
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saranadosfiction.com
JS & MN x SIX OF CROWS

In the snowbound fog-shrouded city of Sacaan, an invitation to the Midwinter Ball drags student magician and unwitting sorcerer Jonathan Fest into a clandestine world of secret societies and shadow wars
saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a...

#BluePit 📖 #A #F #P #LGBT #Dis #TR
Argentum in Aqua (Finn McLellan) Blood on the Snow, Silver in the Ashes, Fire in the Sky • Queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy • Werewolves, vampires, magicians, and a whole lot of blood, swearing, and tea • Bisexual vampire gentleman scholar • Disabled transmasc assassin/thief • Lesbian werewolf bodyguard/lady’s maid • Deeply out-of-his-depth anxiety-ridden autistic vampire student (who’s ace, he just doesn’t know it yet) • Culturally (and personally) Significant Knives • Fog-shrouded streets, rooftop chases, fights in alleyways, mysterious boxes… Ongoing web serial: read online at https://saranadosfiction.com/ or in ebook form at https://finn-mclellan.itch.io/
January 13, 2026 at 7:57 AM
karisulli.bsky.social
A dark, queer fairy tale with a knitting-based magic system.

🦢 based on “The Wild Swans” by HC Andersen
👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 princesses in love
👸 complex villain
✨ dual timelines
🧶 lots of knitting (but NOT cozy 🤣)

#BluePit📖 #Revising #A #F #LGBT #ND
An angry princess knits while a woman in a green outdoorsy outfit beckons to her, and two swans fly overhead. Text: 'A queer fairy tale retelling with a knitting-based magic system, UNRAVELED'
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
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catherinewinters.com
F/NB WAYFARERS x MURDERBOT

Everything fell apart when the human came aboard. Instead of nice meals and quiet cargo runs, Tai's stuck with bickering crewmates, sinister criminals, explosions, and worse, a human who wants to be friends. #BluePit #BluePit📖 #SF #A #Q #R #LGBT
Mood board/Agent's guide for my novel CARGO - a queer SF/heist/romance - 113,000 words "Did you hear? There's a human on board." A graphic of the wall of a spaceship with sticky notes and polaroid photos taped up. There are twinkle lights hanging from the ceiling. alien ship's cook (fussy, anxious) + terrifying monster (ordinary human) PITCH: Tai’s terrified of humans. Everyone is. Violent pack hunters, humans are notorious for their strength, sharp teeth, and carnivorous appetites. But the ship’s cook is safe among the multispecies crew of the cargo hauler Coreward Baker: everyone knows the warrior species rarely leave their own space. Then Captain Raz hires Clarke, a human horticulturist. Even after Tai overcomes their fear, they can’t stand Clarke. She’s bossy. Annoying. Useless in the galley, bad in a space suit. She might as well be cargo. Worse, she’s intent on befriending Tai—and why can’t they stop thinking about her, anyway? That’s when things go wrong. As Tai starts to realize their feelings for Clarke, they’re horrified to learn that nobody on their crew of dropouts and runaways is quite who they seem, least of all Clarke. And it’s no coincidence. Raz reveals they’ve each been handpicked for a heist he’s spent years planning—and no one’s allowed to say no. PRIORITIES: make dinner remain cozy haul cargo go for drinks pull off one last score try not to fall in love FIRST PAGE: “Did you hear? There’s a Human on board.” I choked on my noodles and turned to stare at the diners at the next table. Like most of the restaurant’s patrons, the pair had hidden their profiles, a halfhearted attempt at anonymity. “Gross,” the speaker’s crewmate said, oblivious to my alarm. “I hope it leaves soon.” “Don’t let it hear you say that,” the first worker laughed. She made a show of looking for Humans, her eyes darting from table to table. It. I frowned. I knew the workers’ language distinguished between people and things, and ‘it’ was an unkind choice of words at best. The second worker shuddered. “I don’t know why we let them come here.” The first laughed. “Are you going to stop them?” COMPS: Murderbot by Martha Wells Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wisewell The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers TROPES: Non-binary narrator masking anxiety with sarcasm lying to themselves non-human perspective (afraid of humans) neurodivergent main characters metaphorically disabled protagonist slow-burn friends-to-lovers and enemies to lovers in the same relationship disabilitynorm and queernorm setting found family loveable pet/terrifying monster
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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mkfshard.bsky.social
His mother's a dragonslayer, his father a mage, but Pathi is a failure. In reaching for magic, he is traumatically changed into a fire-breathing drake... and he's not the only one.

Feat.
🐉 Dragons!
💫 Transformation
🪄 Symbol-based Magic System
😈 Enemies-to-Friends

#BluePit #F #Q
A red dragon dangling a panicking blue dragon off a cliff
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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smossman.bsky.social
PIRANESI x SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN

A murdered cat tries to become a god for revenge. Unfortunately, rage alone isn't enough to survive limbo.

🔪 Revenge plot
🏚️ Liminal Spaces
🐈⬛ Cat POV (in a human body)
🎭 Depression, autism rep
💣 Messy friendship

#BluePit 📖 #A #F #H #DF #W #DIS #POC
A moodboard for the adult dark fantasy GODCAT featuring eerie black cats with glowing eyes in various poses, and a magpie eye in the middle.
January 13, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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bvbodegom.bsky.social
THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA × BEST SERVED COLD × THE BUTCHER BOY

When a Court Jester snaps and brutally murders the tyrant king, he must perform and slay his way out of a kingdom in chaos, hunted by loyalists, hailed by rebels, while his sanity slips and fractures.

#BluePit 📖 #A #D #F #H #W #DIS
Book cover for "Mark of the Jester" by B. van Bodegom (author of Dad Bodies). Dark fantasy novel. Features a split jester mask in black and white halves with a red smile on the white half. 'The' runs vertically down the center, with decorative silhouettes of roses framing the mask. High-contrast graphic design in black, white, and red.
January 13, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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zprospero.bsky.social
A dark romance that drives a man to madness.

After the horrific death of his lover, R.M Renfield receives a letter from the mysterious Count Dracula calling him to Romania to help the Count to manage his affairs. He didn’t expect to become one.

A prequel to "Dracula"

#BluePit 📖 #P #F #R #D #LGBT
A top down view of an old wooden desk covered in old papers and envelopes and a leather bound book titled “Life Before Blood” featuring a tintype photo in an ornate frame featuring Dracula and Renfield facing each other. Dracula’s hand is around Renfield’s throat as Renfield stares lovingly at the Count.
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
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juliemarchbooks.bsky.social
⚒️ PREORDER NOW ⚒️
On a remote mining colony where bodies tend to pile up, one disabled convict and his squad of underdogs are tired of catering to mega-capitalists' feelings.

OMEGA SQUAD: A novella, out 2/28/26
#BluePit📖 #A #SF #P #DIS #OV
juliemarchbooks.itch.io/omega-squad
Cover of "Omega Squad" by Julie March on top of a photo of an ice cave. White text around the cover reads: "Disabled Wrath;" "Gang of Underdogs;" "Evil Corporation;" and "Novella." At the bottom, white text reads, "Pre-order now. Releases 2/28/26," along with the logo for itchio and the word "wide." Cover description: Book cover for "Omega Squad" by Julie March, part of the "Archives of the VerdTech Resistance" series. Background is a silhouette of a man holding a ring light over his head like a halo, overlaid against a composite image of four red moons in space. All text is white and futuristic. The title is bold and semi-transparent. All other text is thinner, opaque, and reminiscent of a digital clock or old computer program.
January 13, 2026 at 5:19 AM
karisulli.bsky.social
An adolescent girl must accept a terrifying new body or allow humanity to perish.

❄️ climate change
🐉 body horror
🌋 volcano magic
♀️ matriarchal dragons
😚lovers to enemies
🛏️ only one bed

#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #F #R
Moodboard with title 'Serpent Skin' and images in orange: a rose, a flying dragon, a couple at sunset about to kiss. Also in greyscale: icicles, a snowy city, and lovers facing away from each other.
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 AM
karisulli.bsky.social
Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you.
Solid black opal from Lightning Ridge which I cut and polished myself from the rough, then set in sterling silver.
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
karisulli.bsky.social
Oo! A query rejection after 923 days! I was so confused because I've queried three manuscripts since then.
January 8, 2026 at 1:28 AM
karisulli.bsky.social
Apparently if you do multiple random things for money, it’s called a “portfolio career”. Honestly I love it 😻
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM
karisulli.bsky.social
I asked him in a friendly manner to please pay a little more attention to his elbow. He said, “no problem” and continued to deny me the use of my arm
Man’s elbow is holding my arm down, extending way over the armrest into my paid seat
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 AM
karisulli.bsky.social
Nobel Laureates aren’t tested for drugs. Pulitzer Prize winners aren’t tested for drugs. What makes elite athletes so f^cking special?
January 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
karisulli.bsky.social
This title sounded amazing: SCORING WITH THE FOOTBALL STAR, FALLING FOR HIS FAKE FIANCEE and SAVED BY THE RELUCTANT BODYGUARD
… but it’s a trilogy, not one book 😅
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
karisulli.bsky.social
That’s a ‘maybe’ pile if I ever saw one
Rejections on QueryTracker with a highlighted space for my manuscript
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
karisulli.bsky.social
It's true you have to spend money to make money. However, it is also possible to just spend a lot of money.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM