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Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷
@lbensonhadley.bsky.social
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Aspiring #YA author. Genuinely confused by adulting. Chronically behind on pop culture but Bad Bunny seems cool. MCAS/POTS/EDS/ADHD/OMG. I collect dx like Pokémon & I dress up my cats.

🏳️‍🌈💄🌎🌌🦓🩷♋️

🪶Querying: THE THRONE'S GUARDIAN
✍️WIP: ROMANCING THE CUBE
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Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷 @lbensonhadley.bsky.social · May 7
THE THRONE'S GUARDIAN

18yo Blakely discovers she’s heir to the protectors of a hidden world devastated by civil war, but in order to unleash the extraordinary powers she desperately needs to save it, she must conquer her greatest weakness: her paralyzing self-doubt.

#Q #YA #F #QuestPit #agentguide
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Update: King Potato’s heating pad has been turned ON. 👑 🥔 👍

#siamese #cat #warm
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Just a potato wondering why his heating pad isn’t already turned on.

#siamese #cat #catfashion
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
Just realized I was so excited about being drawn for the #RevPit #10Queries, I never even posted about it! 🤦‍♀️ 🫢 This has been such a difficult year for me, and I am so grateful at this little bright spot of luck. Thank you so much #RevPit! So excited to see everyone’s feedback!! 💗💗
lbensonhadley.bsky.social Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷 @lbensonhadley.bsky.social · Oct 11
I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
So incredibly 💔 by the loss of John Lodge of the Moody Blues. Classic rock is losing so many greats. 😔
two men are standing next to each other with their eyes closed and their hair is blowing in the wind .
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October 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Thanks to @jendiarenzo.bsky.social for this amazing drawing of my sea serpent Pooski giving encouragement. #querying is hard, & it was crushing not getting any #dvpit likes. It makes me question what I’m doing wrong, if my story is even wanted, if I even have any talent at all. Anyone else relate?
October 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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I just entered #RevPit #10Queries. Enter now for a chance to win free feedback on your query and 1st 5 pages!
October 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who supported me today during #DVPit! Loved meeting new friends like @emmalbwrites.bsky.social and @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social! Both such talented authors! Rooting for you!!! 💗💗 🌟
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Reposted by Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷
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That's a wrap on #DVpit 2025!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!
Thank you to everyone who pitched, supported, or volunteered for #DVpit 2025 follow @dvpit.bsky.social to stay in touch
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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#YA OUTLANDERxLEGENDBORN

In the fight to save her hidden world from a cruel sorceress, 18yo ADHDer Blakely must learn to wield a magical necklace whose unusual powers hinge on her biggest flaw: her lack of confidence.

🏳️‍🌈 #LGBT world!
✨Magic!
🦓 #DIS!
🔥Slow burn!
😂Humor!

#DVPit #CF #F #OWN #ND #CI
Illustration of a pendant with light blue, dark blue, and white swirls with an opalescent gem at the bottom
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
Blakely only remembers the hidden world she came from in her dreams. Then she stumbles across it and has to fight with her life to save it--and the boy she loves.

🌶️ #ND #OWN
✨Magic
🦓 #DIS
🔥Slow 🔥
😆Humor
🏳️‍🌈 #LGBT
😠x☀️
🍭Trope Spins
🦹‍♀️Female Baddie
🚫Forbidden 💜
🗡️Reluctant Chosen 1️⃣

#DVPit #YA #CF #F #CI
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
OUTLANDERxGIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS

18yo ADHDer Blakely must overcome self-doubt to unlock her extraordinary magic and save her queernormative hidden world, all while struggling to hold onto the relationship she’s always yearned for & figuring out where she belongs.
#DVPit #YA #CF #OWN #F #ND #LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The hidden world Blakely fled as a child is in ruins. She must give up her dream life & return, or there's no hope. If she can’t find the confidence her magic demands, Noríah doesn’t stand a chance--& its cruel sorceress will take her & the boy she loves down w/ it.
#DVPit #YA #CF #OWN #ND #CI
October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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LEGENDBORNxTHIS WOVEN KINGDOM
ADHDer Blakely discovers she’s key to stopping the ruin of the hidden world she fled as a child & must leave the life she’s always wanted. She’ll have to overcome her biggest flaw,linked to magic she needs to help a civilization counting on her.
#DVPit #YA #CF #OWN #DIS
Illustration of 2 young men and 1 young woman standing together. The woman is holding a blue ball of magic
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
OMG! This is incredible and sounds so amazing!! And you worked with the absolutely outstanding @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social?!?! 😱🙇‍♀️ Can't wait to see this on the shelves. So many congrats to you!!
natadecocoa.bsky.social Nathalie De Los Santos @natadecocoa.bsky.social · Sep 30
#dvparty this cover art of my novel Diyosa Mata was drawn by a friend, Naomi King back in the day 😍 i posted it when i was about to go to the lambda retreat this year! my mentor was aiden thomas, and i was part of the YA cohort. they all workshopped my book 💕 such an amazing time in august
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
What is a chronic illness, and why can’t you see it sometimes? A mother explains to her child what it means to be chronically ill, and that it’s okay to have lots of different big feelings about it.

#DVPit #PB #OWN #DIS #CI #LGBT #ND
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
Excited to meet some new friends during DVPit today!! #DVParty
October 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
ADHDer Blakely discovers she’s heir to the protectors of a hidden world devastated by civil war that she escaped as a child. Now she must conquer paralyzing self-doubt—her greatest weakness—to unleash her extraordinary powers and stop its utter destruction.

#DVpit #YA #CF #F #OWN #LGBT #ND #DIS #CI
October 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Reposted by Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷
jnealwrites.bsky.social
Survival will make monsters of them all.
🏳️‍🌈diverse & queer cast
🐍Multi-POV
☠️Volatile underdogs
❤️Slow burn
🫂Ride-or-die friendship
#questpit #Q #YA #F #h #agentguide
Title page: Agent guide for Vicious Miscreations YA Fantasy with horror and dystopian elements. By Jenn Neal Over a carnivorous plant. The Pitch: Lux is qualified to hunt a monster in exactly zero ways, but it’s his best chance to escape his indenture to the Ripper gang, and rid himself of the tracker tethered to his soul. If Kiana can kill the creature, she can save her people. For Fletcher, finding the creature means ridding himself of the magic that destroyed his life. Forced to work together, and hating every moment, the trio must survive a sentient forest, outwit a militant aristocracy, and fool the gods themselves. But when the hunters become the hunted, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice to survive: their humanity, their freedom, or each other. Only one thing is guaranteed. Survival will make monsters of them all. Tropes and Themes on green plant background: Found Family Queer normative world Only one bed with a twist Hurt/Comfort Morally Gray MCs Reciprocal Magic System Fresh Fantasy Setting Nature vs. Human Sentient carnivorous forests Diverse, complex Characters PTSD, Grief, Mental health rep Image of three teenagers on a moodboard surrounded by fire, carnivorous plants and creepy forest.
May 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
What if there was a world inside you that you had forgotten?

🏳️‍🌈Queernormative world!
✨Magic!
🦓Disability rep!
🔥Slow burn!
😂Humor!

#Q #YA #F #QuestPit
May 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
THE THRONE'S GUARDIAN

18yo Blakely discovers she’s heir to the protectors of a hidden world devastated by civil war, but in order to unleash the extraordinary powers she desperately needs to save it, she must conquer her greatest weakness: her paralyzing self-doubt.

#Q #YA #F #QuestPit #agentguide
May 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Reposted by Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷
saraduran.bsky.social
Pirates of the Caribbean—if Jack Sparrow were a vengeful sapphic ghost possessing a sapphic princess Elizabeth Swann, Will Turner went on a gender journey, and the curse could only be broken when two hearts meet the light—through love or bloodshed 🫀🗡️

#QuestPit #YA #F #Q #LGBT
A moodboard showing the pirate (Amir), the princess (Mira), and John. Amir silhouetted against a cloudy sky with a sword slung over her shoulder and a group of joyful sailors on a pirate ship. She has this quote: Continue to love Continue to forgive Continue to grow Mira is shown in the reflection of an ornate mirror. She is wearing long white gloves and a pink ballgown with her hair in a natural updo and the lesbian pride flag is subtly depicted over her photo. There is another photo of two girls kissing in the surf at sunset. Mira has this quote: We looked at each other a little too long to be “just friends” John is shown with his bare back to the viewer, facing the sea with the trans pride flag subtly depicted over his photo. He also has a close up of iridescent mermaid scales and this quote: Go bravely, go deeply, or do not go
May 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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wintersleep85.bsky.social
NAUSICAA X FF7

A young woman is blessed with magic that could restore life to a dying world. Allied with a mentor who thinks the world should burn, a ruthless noble with her own agenda, and an enigmatic prince, she must evade enemies and learn if she is meant to save the world.

#A #F #W #QuestPit
A foggy street. A vintage dress. A gas mask. Legs on rocky ground. A silhouette of a man and woman. Flowers in sunlight.
May 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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Plagued by the choice between duty to her people and following her heart, a competition for the princess’s hand in marriage holds the key to her Kingdom’s survival.

🏹Marriage Competition
✨Secret Romance
🔮Meddling Mind Magic
📚Secrets of the Past
💕Second Chance Romance

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF
May 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
lbensonhadley.bsky.social
In the fight to save her hidden world from a cruel sorceress, eighteen-year-old Blakely Sullivan must learn to wield a magical necklace whose unusual powers hinge on her biggest flaw: her crippling self-doubt.

For fans of LEGENDBORN and THIS WOVEN KINGDOM

#Q #YA #F #QuestPit
May 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Reposted by Laura B. | #OwnVoices YA Author | Querying! 🩷
rjvalldeperas.bsky.social
THEIR WILL UNDONE IS COMING TO A BOOKSTORE NEAR YOU MARCH 2026

✨Inca-inspired
☄️Slow burn
🔥 Coming of Rage
🔎Political Intrigue
🪄Dark magic & petty gods

#PosterPit #PosterPitP #YA #F #2026Debut
A movie poster with a dark haired couple hugging set against a reddish background, with words describing a new young adult fantasy novel that’s slow burn, coming of rage and set in an Inca-inspired world, perfect for fans of shadow & bone and an ember in the ashes, coming to stores in March 2026.
April 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM