Mariann Evans
mevanswrites.bsky.social
Mariann Evans
@mevanswrites.bsky.social
Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 writer of YA mysteries that champion fat, queer and neurodivergent girlies. 🩷💜💙 Undiagnosed but pretty sure. Probably either baking, playing video games, or screaming into the void.

Represented by Hannah Andrade of Bradford Literary.
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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE x queer SCOOBY DOO

When five friends find themselves locked in a mysterious manor with the body of an eccentric puzzle master, they must play their way through the manor’s riddles and puzzles to escape with their lives.

#W #M #LGBT #agented #BluePit 📖
SUCH LOVELY SKIN x AGGGTM

When a famous streamer is murdered live in front of 1.7k viewers, rival streamers Keeley and Hattie must put their feud aside to hunt a killer who’s clearly still watching, before they’re both taken off air… permanently.

#W #YA #M #LGBT #ND #BluePit📖
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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QUEER NANCY DREW
17-yr-old Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mom's book event. She needs to get her life back and not get killed in the process.
💖 Sapphic crush
🕵️ Amateur investigation
🎃 Halloween vibes
📚Indie bookstore
🐈 Store cat
🌈Queer cast
#BluePit📖 #Q #YA #M #LGBT #OV
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Thank you so much! ♥️
January 13, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Honestly you are so right haha! Thank you so much!
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE x queer SCOOBY DOO

When five friends find themselves locked in a mysterious manor with the body of an eccentric puzzle master, they must play their way through the manor’s riddles and puzzles to escape with their lives.

#W #M #LGBT #agented #BluePit 📖
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
LIFE IS STRANGE x sapphic CEMETERY BOYS

When Addie discovers the ghost of Erin, a murdered girl tethered to a local lighthouse, the two must solve a decades old mystery before time runs out and Erin disappears… forever.

#W #M #LGBT #agented #BluePit 📖
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
CONGRATULATIONS!!! I’m so happy for you!!
October 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
lowkey never thought I'd reach this point on a draft again but A GHOST OF A CHANCE is complete!

Now just a few random scenes to add in, a quick edit pass, and then it's away!
August 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It’s me and my murder mystery inspired earrings against the world 🔪
August 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Six days left until our August Competition ends--the theme is "Resistance."

The challenge is to write a short story in 1000 words or under. It's friendly--the winner gets bragging rights and chooses the next theme!

If you're up for it, come join us below!

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky
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August 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Since Fight For Your Write begins soon #writingcommunity (check our pinned post for more information), we thought we’d finally introduce ourselves!

We are Writer’s Block: a fiction-focused community on Discord that’s been active since 2016.

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Join the Writer's Block Discord Server!
Check out the Writer's Block community on Discord - hang out with 744 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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May 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Hi #amwriting and #writingcommunity! It is almost time for FIGHT FOR YOUR WRITE (#FFYW) to begin—who’s participating? This is our first year on Bluesky and we’re so looking forward to it! This event is ideal for anyone seeking a #nanowrimo replacement.

More details below! 👇
May 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I LOVE the sound of this!!
May 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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📢 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢

my next YA mystery, THEY WANT US DEAD, releases on april 28, 2026!

if this sounds like something you'd enjoy, stay tuned, because more news is coming very soon! 💛🤍💜🖤
May 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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With the close of #nanowrimo, this is a shameless plug: Writer's Block hosts two similar events to NaNo. Fight For Your Write is a CYOG writing challenge in June and September. Hook to Book is a three month challenge in Mar, Apr, & May to write 75k. You are welcome to join us! #writingcommunity
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Check out the Writer's Block community on Discord - hang out with 622 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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#amQuerying: Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder

🧣 Cozy mystery
👯‍♀️ Female main characters
🧠 Witty banter
🥲 Grief & friendship
🕵️‍♂️ Amateur sleuths
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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It's Valentine's Day and we love you all very much, so here, have a submission call! Submissions are open for Issue Ten: Rooted now until April 14th, and we're taking short stories, flash fiction, visual art, poetry, and cover art for middle grade and young adult readers. Where do your roots lie? 🤎
February 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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It’s Valentine’s Day 🥰

Give someone you love a book 🥰 and then leave them alone so that they can read it 🥰
February 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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✨ THE GODS MUST BURN ✨ is on your bookshelf SPRING 2026

Over the moon to announce that my Princess Mononoke-inspired, enemies to lovers eco-fantasy will be published with @solarisbooks.bsky.social next year! Dreams really do come true!
February 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I am so thrilled to release the cover of my debut YA horror novel, HOLLOW, out with Peachtree Teen on September 30, 2025!!!
February 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
You know when you can just feel yourself becoming ill? 🥲 Please no, I don't have time for this... 🙃
February 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Coffee shop writing is fast becoming my favourite!
January 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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An agent's guide to THE DRAGNIFICENT SEVEN:
My HERE WE GO AGAIN x IT'S A SIN LGBTQ+ contemporary.

I now #amquerying so if you've liked a pitch for this project, it will be in your inbox. If you'd like to see it too, let me know!
Some full and partials are currently out there! 💃

#writingcommunity
January 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
My god I need this book in my life!
January 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Of course! Discord is probs better for me cos I very rarely use Insta but we can defo connect there!
January 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM