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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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 📖
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
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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
Imposter syndrome, pain flares, and work have all been conspiring against me lately, but progress on edits has finally resumed.
January 28, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Bonus day off today because there were no trains running after Storm Éowyn but the words did not happen.

How I wish my ADHD didn't run on "oh the first draft is done, the task is finished" logic because... the task is definitely not finished 🥲
January 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky. Here is a great list of #litmags to follow!

PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!

#writer #writingcommunity

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January 22, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I just want to write my silly little stories in peace but I keep getting waylaid by stupid things like “having to work for a living” and “contributing to society” and “being a functional human being”
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Would you honour someone’s dying wish if it'd tear apart your family?

When Harri starts to reunite a late uncle's iconic drag troupe, he learns the truth about his adoptive mother. Now he must decide if six drag queens are worth more than the woman who first gave him a home.

#P2Ppit #A #UW #Q #C
January 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Thanks everyone for the BluePit support! I haven't had much of a chance yet to peruse everyone else's pitches since work has been mad, but it was amazing to see all the incredible stories on display!
January 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Crew Dynamics of The Expanse X deep PoV of the Luminous Dead X Stargate Vibes

Theme: What are we when we have no where left to call home?

Motifs: Loss, grief, coping

🚀 Retro Sci-fi Vibes
🌌 Galactic Empire
👑 Runaway Noble deurantagoinist 🛸 Alien Secrets
❤️ Found Family

#BluePit📖 #A #W #LGBT #SF
January 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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NO REQUIEM FOR THE LIGHT
~ dark fantasy tragedy ~

#BluePit #W #A #F #D #LGBT 📖
January 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Embers of a Lost Flame. 📖

“There are no new beginnings, just new directions.”

An exiled nobleman returns home from service only to fall into the machinations of his maternal figures, conspiracy, and a labor dispute that threatens to devour the city he grew up in.

#BluePit #wip #A #F
January 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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SQUID GAMES X MONSTERS WE MAKE📖

🖥️Tech Meets Supernatural

🦾Mismatched Team

🔥Touch Them and You Die

🌪️Meme-Worthy Chaos

🎥The Found Footage Aesthetic

😵‍💫“I’m Fine” (But They’re Not)

💤Books That Will Ruin Your Sleep
#BluePitHype #BluePit #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #W #H #T #LGBT #A
January 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM