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Meghan Spelbrink is QUERYING 📚❤️🤞
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Romantasy Writer
❤️President, Bay Area Romance Writers: https://www.bayarearomancewriters.com/
🎓SHU Writing Popular Fiction '24
🥇The Emily 2024
👩‍💻Developmental Editor: https://www.spelbrinkeditorial.com/
✍️WIP: HEIR OF NIGHT
#amquerying #romantasy
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3 year old: “Mommy come in here.”
Me in other room: “I’m drinking my coffee.”
3yo: “You can drink and walk!”
Me: …touché little dude. Touché.
October 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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So what are y’all reading right now? #booksky #writersky
Currently reading: Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren and Beautiful Nightmare by Katee Robert
October 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Ahhhhh!!! MY SHORT STORY
GOT ACCEPTED FOR AN ANTHOLOGY!!! 🥳 First acceptance ever! 🥰😱🤪🥳
September 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Thanks Shannon! 🥰 Happy I could help!
shannoneichorn.bsky.social Shannon Eichorn @shannoneichorn.bsky.social · Sep 8
Shout out to whoever will listen.

@mspelbrinkwrites.bsky.social gave me excellent feedback on a back cover blurb yesterday, and her rates are *extremely* reasonable.

My stable of editors and freelancers is growing.
September 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Which film reminds you most of your childhood? 🎥
August 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Quote with a gif of the last show/movie you watched.
August 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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#WritingLifeMonthly - Day 13

Both. I start by discovery writing to get the vibe and voice of my characters, what they want, where they’re headed, what their chemistry feels like. Once I have it, I stop and plot the rest.

#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky
traceyleewrites.bsky.social Tracey Lee @traceyleewrites.bsky.social · Aug 13
❤️#WritingLifeMonthly August Day 13❤️

Do you know how the heart-pounding moments are going to go, or do I write what comes in the moment?

#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky
August #writinglifemonthly Romance Day 13 Do you outline, or let the sparks fly organically? Build Community - Share. Like.Comment in Group. @traceyleewrites
August 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#WritingLifeMonthly - Day 12

Definitely characters. Romance and tension only make sense and feel organic if they flow out of those characters and who they are.

#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky
traceyleewrites.bsky.social Tracey Lee @traceyleewrites.bsky.social · Aug 12
❤️#WritingLifeMonthly August Day 12❤️

What calls to you when you start a romance project - the characters or the possibilities offered by romantic tension?

#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky
August #writinglifemonthly Romance 12 What comes first for you: the characters or the romantic tension? Build Community - Share. Like.Comment in Group. @traceyleewrites
August 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Bookish checkpoint 🥰🥰🥰

📚 Last book you read: Long Live Evil
📚 Current read: Book Lovers
📚 Last book added to your tbr: Voidwalker
📚 Next Read: Accomplice to the Villain

What's yours? #booksky #books #surveys
duke-of-earth.bsky.social JG Duke @duke-of-earth.bsky.social · Aug 9
Bookish checkpoint

⭐ Last book you read: Legends of Exorcism, Vol 2.
⭐ Current read: Peerless, Vol 1.
⭐ Last book added to your tbr: I Said This, You Heard That
⭐ Next Read: Peerless, vol 2.

What's yours? #booksky #books #surveys
bookspotlight.bsky.social Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Aug 9
bookish checkpoint 🕯️

🔸 last book you read: Insatiable. Missed Steps. Belladonna.
🔸 your current read: A Simple Mistake. Forever Night. The End of the Rainbow. Perils of the Past.
🔸 last book added to your tbr: Protocol of Valor.
🔸 next read: Foxglove. The Scour.

quote with yours! #booksky #books
August 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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A princess disguised as a man competes for her stolen throne to defeat a demon possessing the dynasty of kings, while fighting against monsters, societal conventions, and her own growing feelings for a competitor.

DAMSEL’s feminine rage x A SONG OF WRAITHS AND RUIN x 🌶️🌶️

#Q #R #F #NA #QuestPit
August 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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HEIR OF NIGHT #agentsguide tropes:
💖 NA/A Romantasy
👩‍❤️‍👨 Dual POV
🖤 Rivals to lovers
🫂 Found family
🏠 Forced proximity
📖 Buried history
🤬 Feminine rage
👑 Disguised Royalty
🔥 Touch her and die
🦅 Side characters with MC energy
🐦‍🔥 Mythology
✨ Lost magic
☠️ A deadly competition
🏜️ Non-Euro-style setting
💍 HEA
August 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#writinglifemonthly Below is a condensed version of my meet cute for HEIR OF NIGHT. 🥰 It’s one of my favorite scenes.

#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky #meetcute #writersky
August 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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#writinglifemonthly My goal for this month is to draft and submit a short story for a villain anthology. It’s started but needs some fleshing out. Feels good to be writing again. #writingcommunity #romantasy #writersofbsky #romancewriters #writinggoals #writersky #romanceauthors #authorgoals
traceyleewrites.bsky.social Tracey Lee @traceyleewrites.bsky.social · Aug 1
❤️#WritingLifeMonthly August Day 01❤️

What are your goals for this month, my lovelies?

#WritingCommunity #romancewriters #romantasy #romanceauthors #writersofbsky #writinggoals #authorgoals
August #writinglifemonthly Romance Day 01 This month's writing goals Build Community - Share. Like.Comment in Group. @traceyleewrites
August 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Love love love. You’ll pry them out of my cold dead hands.
August 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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My friend Kevan has a kickstarter up for his MG fantasy King Midas retelling. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kev... #booksky #writersky
The Golden Curse
A young girl. A dangerous gift. A kingdom bound by gold and lies.
www.kickstarter.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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#WritingQ #WritingCommunity #Writersky

I love a good One Bed trope. I’m here for it! And yes, I’ve also used in my writing. 😉
shadowsparkpub.bsky.social Shadow Spark Publishing @shadowsparkpub.bsky.social · Jul 15
Welcome to our new weekly trope chat! Every Tuesday, we'll post a trope and you can share what you think of it! Do you like this trope? Hate it? Have you used it in your writing? Can you think of a time when you saw it used well?

This week's trope is: ONLY ONE BED

#WritingQ #WritingCommunity
Tuesday Trope Treasures: Only One Bed Image of a chest full of treasures against the Shadow Spark logo
July 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Beetlejuice X Phantasma

👹 The villain is an allegory for oppressive societal views of women
🖤Latina FMC
🌴 FL island resort
🔮 Conniving coven & their politics
👩🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏽 Sapphic romance
🧘🏻 Mental health rep
🫀 Mean mommy trauma
🐦‍⬛ Fantasy but with horror undertones

#BluePit📖 #Q #A #F #H #R #OV #LGBTQ+
July 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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THE BRIGHT SWORD x LADY MACBETH

Abandoned to the court of the young King Arthur, Morgan must ally with the man she hates most: the wizard Merlin. But when past sins breed new evils, this witch will have to use all her wits, intelligence and charm to set things right.

#bluepit📖 #W #A #HS #F
Cutouts from classical art depicting a man in dark robes carrying a book and a woman in a jeweled dress and white cape. Their faces are cut off at the top of the image, and they are on a leafy green patterned background. Yellow medieval-styled text over the image reads: "Have I told you lately what an asshole you are?" "I always appreciate your reminders."
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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LEGENDBORN x STRANGER THINGS x ATLANTIS

A girl and her maddeningly charming childhood friend shelter a young star who falls to their sinking hometown while also trying to solve a string of disappearances surrounding a local lab.

#bluepit #bluepit📖 #agentsguide #YA #F #R #SF #M #SP #Q #OV #POC #ND
A purple background with light colored stars. The text reads "An Agent's Guide to Starfallen By: Nia Brown YA Low Fantasy 115K Words" At the very bottom is the tagline "The sun by day. The moon by night. Recite these words. Release the light. This post is split into two sections. On the left side is a collage of eight square images. Image 1 is of a glowing figure with no distinct features. Image 2 is of a pair of hands, cradling a glowing purple object. Image 3 is a picture of the universe tinted purple. Image 4 is a close-up of a dark-skinned individual focusing on their eye which has a violet iris. Image 5 is two people standing in the middle of a road in the woods with backpacks. Image 6 is of an empty street lined with trees and lit by light blue otherworldly light. Image 7 is of a dark-skinned individual with short afro-textured hair, white eyes, and a serious expression. They are wearing an accessory that covers their face in a lattice pattern with miniature diamond emblems at each intersection. Image 8 is a still shot of a young animated figure running towards a star in the distance with their arms spread. To the right is text that reads "the pitch" is in all caps. Beneath it reads Legendborn x Stranger Things in all caps. Beneath that is the pitch which reads "Three years ago, Jada Fraser fled to her hometown after having nearly burnt it to the ground, but returns to find it now subject to flood waters rather than flames. She is convinced their saving grace lies in wish-granting stars—but they haven’t come to Earth in decades... That is until one falls from the sky—her chance at redemption. The only problem? It’s just a kid that can hardly control its magic. She teams up with her (maddeningly) charming childhood friend, Khalil Kirkwood, to protect the star which is being hunted by forces both human and celestial. But there are other odd happenings. Strange disappearances. Constellation beasts in the woods. And North Star Labs whose scientists are all hiding something. It's either sink or swim as a catastrophic flood threatens to take everything before summer’s end." On a blue background are two navy boxes. On the left it has an underlined title that reads What To Expect. Beneath that, there are bulletin points that read celestial magic. Snarky, supernatural kid. Something is wrong in the woods. Slow burn+friends to lovers+mutual yearning. Literary themes w/ commercial appeal. Main cast: BIPOC, disabled, neurodivergent (diabetic, ptsd, anxiety, fat, burns MC rep) In the box to the right, the title reads Literary Comps in all caps. Beneath it are images of three books. Tracy Deonn's Legendborn which has an illustrated cover of a black girl with her arms wreathed in glowing magic on the cover. Ava Reid's A Study in Drowning which has an illustrated cover of a girl standing with her back turned in front of an older looking desk in a room of rising water. And Where the Dark Stands Still by A.B. Poranek which has an illustrated cover of a young woman wearing a dress standing in lush woods while a figure with antlers stands behind her in the shadows. Beneath each of the books is more text. Under Legendborn it reads Black FMC, Modern Magic, and Small Southern Town. Under A Study in Drowning, it reads Compelling Mystery and Real World w/ Fantasy Elements. Under, Where the Dark Stands Still, it reads Lush Atmosphere and Unsettling Forest. On a blue background is a navy rectangle. At the top of it in blue capital letters it reads Opening Scene and is framed by stars on either side. Beneath it is a screenshot of a scene which reads: Jada Fraser always found herself on the wrong side of the law. Today was no exception. The contents of her bag beat against her back with every pounding step. Binoculars, camera, and her trusty notepad—everything she needed to procure proper proof. “Stop! You’re trespassing on private property!” A glance over her shoulder revealed an officer hot on her heels. He raised his arms, leveling a taser directly at her back. “Any further and I’ll fire!” Jada dove behind a tree, just in time to hear a sharp whine pierce the air. Silver wires struck a nearby trunk and electricity crackled beneath the bark. The acrid scent spurred her back into motion. Through the branches, she finally caught a glimpse of blue. If she could just reach the lake, she’d finally prove to everyone that something strange was going on—that she wasn’t crazy. “This is your last chance!” the officer shouted. He was right. This was her last chance. She couldn’t afford to stop now.
July 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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When marine biologist Josie Lark returns home temporarily to support her pregnant little sister and save Pelican Cove's coastline, unfinished business with her first love – Will Mercer – threatens to turn her carefully planned escape into a reason to stay.
#BluePit #BluePit📖 #W #A #R
At the center of the image is a blurb that reads: As a marine biologist specializing in sea turtle conservation, Josie Lark has spent her entire life chasing the next coastline, the next job, determined to put as much distance as possible between this version of herself and the grief of her childhood. But when a call from her pregnant little sister drags her home to the sleepy island town of Pelican Cove, Josie returns with a set itinerary: pack up their late mother’s house, put together her restoration proposal for the Gulf Conservation Center, greet her baby niece, and board a flight to her dream job in Australia eight weeks later. Will Mercer is not part of that plan. Will is the boy she once loved. He’s her childhood best friend, her first kiss and her first heartbreak, and the one person Josie never quite stopped regretting. While she ran off to college, Will stayed, tied to his family marina and a life Josie didn’t want for herself. With Pelican Cove’s fragile ecosystem and coastal economy in crisis, Josie’s project at the Conservation Center puts her directly in Will’s orbit. The electric chemistry is still there, but so are the ghosts of who they used to be—and the reality that Josie is leaving. Again. As summer stretches into fall, between long days on the water and a storm that changes everything, Josie begins to question where she truly belongs—and what it would mean to stay. The background is a pale blue to darker blue gradient from left to right. The bottom of the image reads “@indesii”.
July 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Dune X The Library at Mt. Char

In a city of psychics Sylin was born to be a killer.
She prepares to join the Guild who will do anything to protect her home.
Even turn her Guildmate into a monster.

All while visions of 'strangers' threaten to bring ruin upon them all.

#BluePit #A #F #Q
Even in a city filled with telepaths and telekinetics Sylin was born to be a killer. She is nearing her initiation to the Char-Tesh Guild and is preparing to set off into the desert to defend against the reptilian Stalkers who threaten her home. While this should be a time of pride and passage the Guild is plagued by visions of the ‘Strangers’ who come to bring them ruin. She must rely on her found family and Guildmates to survive a battle they have long odds of winning. At the same time the Guild Masters play a shadowy game of power and politics where the ends always justify the means. Even if it means taking her fellow Guildmate and turning him into a monster.
July 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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"My whole life changed when Mom walked out the door, leaving me and my little sister forever. Well, it wasn’t her. Not anymore. It was whatever rich Insured prick now wore her body.

✨ Cyberpunk
✨Aroace MC
✨Twisted Rags-to-Riches
✨Stolen Immortality
✨Angel with a Shotgun

#bluepit📖 #A #SF #Q #LGBT
Top Right: Insurance Tower, dark and dominating over the rest of Nexus, red light from the streets below illuminating it like fire. Middle Top: A skyline shot of Nexus where you can see the towering Cyberpunk style mega structures and The Needle, left over from old Seattle. HUVs are flying through the sky with mount Rainer in the background. Top Right: Richard in Brian Lord's office in New Life Towers staring out at Nexus, The Needle in the background Middle Image: A wide image of The Board meeting in Insurance Tower while out the window the city of Nexus can be seen, mega towers dominating the sky Middle Box: "Insured: Death is conquered--for a price." The text is surrounded by a computer chip, blood dripping down. Bottom left: Sil with her eyes closed in a dive terminal ice bath Middle Bottom: Celeste (left) and Goliath (Right) in the Undercity, standing in the circular tunnel of the Spillway Bottom Right: The Needle in the forefront of the city of Nexus. Made with Canva
July 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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WREN MARTIN RUINS IT ALL x THE SOUND OF STARS

🏳️‍🌈 pan MC, trans LI, ace BFF
🎭 teens stream their own show
🎶 music connects us all
✨ space opera, but MC's terrified of stars
🧑🏾‍🔧 competent MC (usually)
😍 Romeo's got no game
🕵🏾 search for saboteur
👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏻 crush-to-friends/found family
#BluePit 📖 #YA #SF #LGBT #Q
July 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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ATLA x WICKED

Calypso must steal 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies.

Villain FMC
Hero MMC
Elemental Magic
Destroy the world, dont save it
Hate at first sight

#BluePit 📖 #Q #YA #F
A vilain rises pitched as ATLA x Wicked Ya fantasy, 106k words the background is our solar system planets aligned in a straight line with starts on the outer edges The pitch: Calypso must steak 12 divine amulets in order to regain her powers and seek revenge against her enemies. Pictures of four books: Heartless Hunter, One dark window, the prison healer, poweless the background is our solar system planets aligned in a straight line with starts on the outer edges Themes: villain fmc, elemental magic, destroy the world, dont save it Tropes: secret identity, forbidden love, hate at first sightthe background is our solar system planets aligned in a straight line with starts on the outer edges First lines: Calypso Morana was five when her world burned. Later that cruel night, with tears and ash staining her face, she vowed every person involved in the destruction of her realm would die by her hands. Thirteen years later, that time has come. The night is still as Calypso plunges her dagger into the bark of a Red Tree, carving deeper as the trunk squirms with each cut. Thick branches above her shake, dropping a crop of crimson leaves in protest. A low warning echoes from the depths beneath the soil as the ground shifts. Slowly a root snaps up, lifting itself to freedom, slithering toward her like an eyeless serpent.
July 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM