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Sarah Dorko
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Writer | Corgi lover | 💜ace/aro spec🖤 | She/Her | writing contemporary romance and fantasy for upper YA | #amquerying and #amwriting
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When Gio’s BFF Sky falls down a sinkhole into another world, Gio follows to save her, but after becoming stuck herself, Gio must rely on her wit and D&D knowledge to rescue Sky, save their friendship, and get home. #QuestPit #YA #Q portal #F #agentsguide
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When Ben's cousin Sky falls down a sinkhole into another world, he rushes to her rescue, but the deeper he goes, the more Sky seems out of reach, the more familiar this underground world feels. If Ben doesn't find Sky soon, he might lose himself completely. #QuestPit #Q #YA #F
A moodboard of 9 images. From the top left, a hand holds a crystal rock. Second is an image of an older library--it's bright with marble floors. Third, blue D&D dice on a black background, they seem to glow faintly. Fourth, a sun sets in a dark sky, underexposed. Fifth, in the center, 5 silhouettes against a blue sky hike up a grassy hill. Sixth, a girl holds her hands in front of her face, her eyes are serious and aim at the camera and lights glow in-between her fingers. Seventh, a beam of light shines from a hole down into a cave. Eighth, a girl is silhouetted and looks out the bars of a cell. Ninth, is a closeup of the guard of a fencing sabre.
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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After 500 years, Tal will do anything to revive his lover. But when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up with a human girl lost in his world. Tal will have to help her friends on their rescue mission if he wants a chance to make his wish. #QuestPit #YA portal #F #Q
The upper two thirds of this moodboard feature a warm orange and black palette while the bottom third with more black and white with a close of on a fencing sabre’s guard, light shining down into a cave, and a crystal. The top two thirds have dice falling, an orange sub at sunset, abstract images that look like silhouettes casting magic, and in the center are three silhouettes backlit by an orange sunset, looking off into the distance.
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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STRANGER THINGS x A DOOR IN THE DARK

✨underground portal fantasy
✨multiple POV
✨D&D style party
✨tragic love across lifetimes
✨rescue mission
✨meddlesome gods
✨harmful magic
✨found family
✨a wish
#QuestPit #Q #YA portal #F
A moodboard with a gray blue background, light yellow flecks, and a variety of images and scraps of paper taped to each. At the top, one scrap says “Meet the Party.” On the left, an image of a cloaked figure pulling up their hood, silhouetted by a window. Scrap of paper is labeled “Shy Ranger + Shadow Corgi” above is a profile of a woman with long white hair and her label says “Bubbly Cleric” Near the bottom, bare feet walk through flaming coals as sparks jump into the air. Her label says “Flammable Warlock” next to it is an image of a fencing foil’s guard. The note says “Dungeon Master + Fighter” directly above is a pale image with a white hand. The fingers are stained black. The note says “Yearning Sorcerer” to the right is a silhouette of person playing the violin. The note says “Grumpy Bard” A color search is in the upper left corner and a set of 5 crystals is a graphic in outlines in the lower right corner.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
When Gio’s BFF Sky falls down a sinkhole into another world, Gio follows to save her, but after becoming stuck herself, Gio must rely on her wit and D&D knowledge to rescue Sky, save their friendship, and get home. #QuestPit #YA #Q portal #F #agentsguide
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Thank you to everyone to helped support my pitches today for DVPit! It was so fun connecting with other writers on here and seeing all the lovely pitches! ❤️
October 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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Percy says everyone’s doing a great job pitching today!
Percy is laying half on my and half on a green blanket. He’s a tri-colored corgi and he’s looking at the camera
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Talfein has spent 500 years trying to revive his dead lover, but when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up in the hands of a lost human girl. He’ll have to help her friends rescue her if he wants a chance to wish his lover back. #DVPit #YA #F
A moodboard with nine images. First is a bunch of books with one being flipped open. Second is a quill in an inkpot on a desk with books and scrolls on it. Third it a cave, glittering blue and a little orange in the opening that swoops like a wave. Fourth is a warm setting sun with a few clouds. In the center and fifth is a hood figure facing away and looking out over foggy mountains. Sixth is a closeup of a crystal, sparkling white and orange and a little blue and throwing off light. Seventh is an open book with a bunch of dried flowers lying in the crease. Eighth is a sparrow on a branch looking over its shoulder. Ninth, two hands are angled palm up dirtied by a dark liquid, could be blood or mud, and behind there is smoke.
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Gio & Sky’s friendship is threatened by Sky’s choice to leave for college. But when Sky falls into a magical sinkhole, Gio follows—only to be trapped in an underground world. With Sky missing, Gio must rely on her D&D knowledge to rescue Sky, save their friendship, & get them home. #DVPit #YA #F
The upper two thirds of this moodboard feature a warm orange and black palette while the bottom third with more black and white with a close of on a fencing sabre’s guard, light shining down into a cave, and a crystal. The top two thirds have dice falling, an orange sub at sunset, abstract images that look like silhouettes casting magic, and in the center are three silhouettes backlit by an orange sunset, looking off into the distance.
October 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
STRANGER THINGS x A DOOR IN THE DARK

✨underground portal fantasy
✨multiple POVs
✨D&D style party
✨tragic love across lifetimes
✨rescue mission
✨meddlesome gods
✨harmful magic
✨found family
✨a wish
#DVPit #YA portal #F
October 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Ben and Gio love their weekly D&D sessions, but they never thought they’d be caught in one of their own adventures! Because when their best friend falls down a sinkhole, of course Ben and Gio are going after her, even if they'll never be the same again. #DVPit #YA #F
The upper two thirds of this moodboard feature a warm orange and black palette while the bottom third with more black and white with a close of on a fencing sabre’s guard, light shining down into a cave, and a crystal. The top two thirds have dice falling, an orange sub at sunset, abstract images that look like silhouettes casting magic, and in the center are three silhouettes backlit by an orange sunset, looking off into the distance.
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
Talfein has spent 500 years trying to revive his dead lover, but when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up in the hands of a lost human girl. He’ll have to help her friends rescue her if he wants a chance to wish his lover back. #DVPit #YA #F
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Hype playlist - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ost 🎶

Meet the Party!
(If the cast were D&D classes)
✨ Yearning Sorcerer
🔥 Flammable Warlock
⚔️ Dungeon Master Fighter
🎻 Grumpy Bard
🖤 Shy Ranger & her Shadow Corgi
❄️Bubbly Cleric
#DVPit #YA #F
A moodboard with a gray blue background, light yellow flecks, and a variety of images and scraps of paper taped to each. At the top, one scrap says “Meet the Party.” On the left, an image of a cloaked figure pulling up their hood, silhouetted by a window. Scrap of paper is labeled “Shy Ranger + Shadow Corgi” above is a profile of a woman with long white hair and her label says “Bubbly Cleric” Near the bottom, bare feet walk through flaming coals as sparks jump into the air. Her label says “Flammable Warlock” next to it is an image of a fencing foil’s guard. The note says “Dungeon Master + Fighter” directly above is a pale image with a white hand. The fingers are stained black. The note says “Yearning Sorcerer” to the right is a silhouette of person playing the violin. The note says “Grumpy Bard” A color search is in the upper left corner and a set of 5 crystals is a graphic in outlines in the lower right corner.
October 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Gio & Sky’s friendship is threatened by Sky’s choice to leave for college. But when Sky falls into a magical sinkhole, Gio follows—only to be trapped in an underground world. With Sky missing, Gio must rely on her D&D knowledge to rescue Sky, save their friendship, & get them home. #DVPit #YA #F
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
Hyping up my new WIP for #DVParty!

DREAMS LIE BENEATH x KNIGHT & MOTH

An illegitimate son, Wolf will never see power. Worse, he might disappear once his family heir is named. So when the gods send a nameless boy to transfer the power of divining dreams to the new heir, Wolf takes it for himself.
A warm, light orange-ish colored moodboard. Like the color of old paper. A mix of that and black and white images. In the told left corner is the back of a man with long black hair tied back in a tangle. Below, dried flowers hang down from a roof beam. Below, a girl with a black shirt has an arm of tattoos. She sits sideways but looks over her shoulder, part of her face is obscured by long hair. In the center at the top is a black and white tarot card: the star. On it, two skeletal hands, one from the top, one from the bottom, reach toward a star in the middle. Below is a profile of a teenage boy with curly golden hair. In the last column, up top is a girl with a wavy black bob and a white button down shirt. Her hair falls across her face and her eyes are shut. Below is a sky after a sunset. The bottom half is light orange with stars dotting a darkening sky above. Below, two crows sit on the edit of a roof. They’re only silhouettes.
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Back again for #DVParty with character memes!
Three memes stacked on each other. First is the confused child in a blue shirt labeled Ben. Next is the disaster girl meme (a girl smiling in front of a house on fire) labeled Gio. Last is the sad man meme of a man on a swing, at a desk, and an empty space looking sad alone labeled Talfein.
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Opening line from CURSES, KISSES, AND OTHER COMPLICATIONS:

Every witch worth her salt knows blood on the moon means trouble’s on the horizon. Yet I ignore the glow drenching the clouds in crimson as I throw my car in park—let bad luck ruin someone else’s night. I’m busy.

#DVParty #Upmarket #R #A
Overlapping photographic images: Kissing couple, full moon, red candles, sand and shells, black eyes, woman hugging herself, more red candles and crystal ball, voodoo dolls.
October 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Opening line from FALL DAMAGE:

Wrapping up after a D&D session was a chaotic storm full of jokes and scrambling to jot down notes to remember for next week.

Tonight was different.

#DVParty #fantasy #YA
The upper two thirds of this moodboard feature a warm orange and black palette while the bottom third with more black and white with a close of on a fencing sabre’s guard, light shining down into a cave, and a crystal. The top two thirds have dice falling, an orange sub at sunset, abstract images that look like silhouettes casting magic, and in the center are three silhouettes backlit by an orange sunset, looking off into the distance.
October 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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My fake dating romance would smell like strawberries and maybe a little smoke!

But Fall Damage and Dream WIP both have magic that smells like ozone or like a storm. Otherwise Dream WIP would have to smell like blood 😬
slowlaurus.bsky.social Pumpkin Spice Laura @slowlaurus.bsky.social · Oct 3
Alright, #writingcommunity, if you could have whatever ridiculous collab you wanted, what would your book smell like?
An announcement that Jennifer Armentrout’s new book will smell like garlic thanks to partnering with Hellmann’s.
October 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Play hype playlist - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 ost 🎶

Meet the Party!
(If the cast were D&D classes)
✨ Yearning Sorcerer
🔥 Flammable Warlock
⚔️ Dungeon Master Fighter
🎻 Grumpy Bard
🖤 Shy Ranger & her Shadow Corgi
❄️Bubbly Cleric
#UnhingedPit #YA #F #Q
A moodboard with a gray blue background, light yellow flecks, and a variety of images and scraps of paper taped to each. At the top, one scrap says “Meet the Party.” On the left, an image of a cloaked figure pulling up their hood, silhouetted by a window. Scrap of paper is labeled “Shy Ranger + Shadow Corgi” above is a profile of a woman with long white hair and her label says “Bubbly Cleric” Near the bottom, bare feet walk through flaming coals as sparks jump into the air. Her label says “Flammable Warlock” next to it is an image of a fencing foil’s guard. The note says “Dungeon Master + Fighter” directly above is a pale image with a white hand. The fingers are stained black. The note says “Yearning Sorcerer” to the right is a silhouette of person playing the violin. The note says “Grumpy Bard” A color search is in the upper left corner and a set of 5 crystals is a graphic in outlines in the lower right corner.
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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A little #UnhingedPit meme for Dream WIP ✨

Because currently, these three are going through it. #W #F #YA
A take on the Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal meme where mirrored images of Nicolas Cage are looking at each other. One is labeled Wolf and says “Stole his brother’s power” while the other is labeled Aster and says “Kidnapped Wolf’s brother Below is the image of Pedro Pascal, labeled Fox and saying “Just became human like a minute ago.”
September 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Talfein has spent 500 years trying to revive his dead lover, but when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up in the hands of a lost human girl. He’ll have to help her friends rescue her if he wants a chance to wish his lover back. #UnhingedPit #YA #F #Q
It’s the four panel Gru meme from Despicable Me. First slide says “Break magic laws to create a wish.” The second slide says “Wish for partner’s lost soul.” The third slide says “Lose wish and babysit t kids on quest to get it back.” The fourth slide says the same but Gru looks at it with realization.
September 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
Ben and Gio love their weekly D&D sessions, but they never thought they’d be caught in one of their own adventures! Because when your best friend falls down a sinkhole, of course you’re going down after her. #UnhingedPit #YA #F #Q
Meme of a happy figure labeled Gio and Ben with extended arms to catch a yellow ball labeled rescuing bff from magical portal world. The next picture is of the figure swearing and looking back as a pink creature labeled magical portal world wraps its arms around them.
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Thank you everyone for the lovely support during #QueerPit today! I tried to comment as much as I can, but work was kicking my butt today. So glad I got to see so many awesome pitches! Hoping good things for all of you!
August 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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STRANGER THINGS x A DOOR IN THE DARK

✨underground portal fantasy
✨multiple POV
✨D&D style party
✨tragic love across lifetimes
✨rescue mission
✨meddlesome gods
✨harmful magic
✨found family
✨a wish
#QueerPit #Q #YA portal #F
A moodboard with a gray blue background, light yellow flecks, and a variety of images and scraps of paper taped to each. At the top, one scrap says “Meet the Party.” On the left, an image of a cloaked figure pulling up their hood, silhouetted by a window. Scrap of paper is labeled “Shy Ranger + Shadow Corgi” above is a profile of a woman with long white hair and her label says “Bubbly Cleric” Near the bottom, bare feet walk through flaming coals as sparks jump into the air. Her label says “Flammable Warlock” next to it is an image of a fencing foil’s guard. The note says “Dungeon Master + Fighter” directly above is a pale image with a white hand. The fingers are stained black. The note says “Yearning Sorcerer” to the right is a silhouette of person playing the violin. The note says “Grumpy Bard” A color search is in the upper left corner and a set of 5 crystals is a graphic in outlines in the lower right corner.
August 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
sarahdorko.bsky.social
After 500 years, Tal will do anything to revive his lover. But when he finally creates a Wishing Stone, it ends up with a human girl lost in his world. Tal will have to help her friends on their rescue mission if he wants a chance to make his wish. #QueerPit #YA portal #F
The upper two thirds of this moodboard feature a warm orange and black palette while the bottom third with more black and white with a close of on a fencing sabre’s guard, light shining down into a cave, and a crystal. The top two thirds have dice falling, an orange sub at sunset, abstract images that look like silhouettes casting magic, and in the center are three silhouettes backlit by an orange sunset, looking off into the distance.
August 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM