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Victoria L. Bilstein is ✨ ON SUB
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Midwest funeral director, embalmer, and author sharing my publishing journey and enthusiasm for mortuary science! ⚰️🌈🫀🖋️✨ | Rep Ciara Smith @ Spencerhill Associates
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Victoria L. Bilstein is ✨ ON SUB @victoriabilstein.bsky.social · 9d
#editors, A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE is a 97K cozy, adult fantasy novel mixing whimsy with the macabre, soft fairytale elements, and found family. Perfect for lovers of the strange, magical, enchanting, & gothic!
#questpit #F #A #OS #LGBT #agented
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When you had too much fun and put an itty bitty crossover scene in your current WIP rough draft, but now you’re editing and things are getting serious so you have to take it out and file it away to *hopefully* be used later 🥹
#roughdrafts #editing
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November 13, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Thought I would jump on this trend even though I’m super late!

#unfortunatelyIdolove #cozyfantasywriter #funeraldirector #embalmer
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Give Diane your vote - her book is great!
dianebillas.bsky.social Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 4d
Today is the last day to vote for the Indieverse Awards! My book SUPERFICIAL is up for:
Book Categories:
-Our Storytelling: LGBTQIA+ Representation
-I Feel Seen
-Chosen One I'm Glad Was Chosen
-What a Debacle
Social Categories:
-Newsletter I Love To Read
More info below!
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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kikumi67.bsky.social
Japanese-American teen Misa navigates abuse at the hands of a deceased family friend, risking her family's clean image in their culturally insular community—where silence is conformity—if she speaks up

🎌Immigrant story
🌸Coming of age
🫂Family tension
❤️First love

#QuestPit #YA #OWN #Q #agentguide
November 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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gracelizaa.bsky.social
Maisie speaks to dead people, almost exclusively. Living people terrify her.

Stacy, biologist by trade and skeptic by nature, knows better than to trust anyone but herself.

But when a blood-drained body is found in Foggy Dell, they’ll have to work together to unravel the truth.

#QuestPit #Q #PR
Alt text: A cork board with photos of the forest and ocean and notes pinned to it. The notes: “Vampire???”, “Time of death: midnight”, and “Tremulous Oak Sanctuary: might not be a cult (but also might be)”.
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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chezza.bsky.social
SONG OF THE SIX REALMS x YOU
A courtesan with no emotions ventures to an immortal’s palace to heal her broken soul—but the palace is hiding seven imprisoned women, and they all look exactly like her.

🔥Soul dualism
🔥Obsession/entitlement
🔥Self-destruction

#questpit #AG #F #W
Photo of a woman in red robes with her back to the camera. There are two copies of her. TO POSSESS THE FLAME. Quote: “A bee alone cannot produce honey,” she said, turning to catch his gaze. A breath of wind caught the soft scent of the tree’s blossoms. “And I am not willing to be your flower."
November 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🤓Nerdy rock collector
🌎A society deep in the earth
✨Dream fueled magic
👾Ancient life-sucking monsters closing in
🤫All tangled around a terrible secret
#QuestPit #YA #Fantasy #Q
November 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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THE LIGHTHOUSE + BLOOD IN THE BAYOU

Callum Point, a queer transman moves to a dead-end fishing town only to find it full of semi-mad townsfolk, monstrous fish, and an ever-present fog that whispers to him.

#QuestPit #Q #A #H
A moodboard consisting of 9 images. They're outlined in black. The background is of a grey ocean. Two images are quotes of black text on a grey background. They read "I have the sea foam in my veins, I understand the language of the waves" and "The sea and I are long time lovers" A foggy seaside shack, with an abandoned boat leaning against it. A hand reaching through murky water. On a piece of grey paper is a sketch of a compass in black ink. A pile of grey fish. On dark blue waves, with a dark blue sky and seagulls flying around it, is a fishing boat. A view of a grey ocean through a porthole.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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THE GOTH GIRL WHO SAVED THE WORLD
Witchy 1980s high school adventure: A goth music-obsessed teen unearths a secret coven’s plot to summon a demon king, Charlotte risks her life to save the people she loves, even as confronts uncomfortable truths about them.
#questpit #Q #YA #F
The Goth Girl Who Saved the World - a music-fueled YA contemporary fantasy set in the 1980s Charlotte Sumner loves 1980s post-punk music - high school, not so much. But while working her after-school job, new classmate Ian Morris alt-rocks her world. Not only is Ian a good witch, but an evil coven operates at their school and plans to summon a demon king! The only thing standing between earth & apocalypse is a teenage girl in black lipstick and Doc Martens. Meet the Characters: Charlotte - The lonely goth girl finds herself in an ancient rivalry between two covens of witches: one good and one evil. Ian - The mysterious new kid in the Depeche Mode t-shirt. Ms. Moore - Charlotte's mentor and after-school boss. Mrs. Allison - Charlotte's mean trigonometry teacher and Charlotte's anxiety fuel. The Grindylow Coven - the evil witches! Charlotte must discover what they are up to. Tropes: Unlikely hero. Coming-of-age. High stakes. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Pretty in Pink. Supernatural Young Adult high school adventure with a 1980s post-punk soundtrack.
November 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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meloniewithano.bsky.social
PJO XTrumanShow
Being the gods' pawn isn’t new to 15y/o Mia Miller, an anxious girl w/ music magic. But when a quest to Nashville is derailed by a book where she’s the MC, Mia & BFF must find the author & salvage her quest, before Olympus finds out.
#QuestPit #Q #YA #F
Moodboard with alternating images between black and white and vivid color. A greek statue, a raven, a girl crying, a girl with hand lifted, an oracle, a light magic, a face statue, Nashville neon lights at night. Text: Music will be the death of me.
November 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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authorjennylane.bsky.social
HELP! I'm pretending to be my sister at a summer wilderness internship. But her rival is SO HOT and I kind of want to kiss them. (It's giving Simon Snow v. Baz)
#QuestPit #NA #R #OS
Alice lunged forward with a splash. “You don’t get to act like this isn’t confusing! One second you hate me—” “I do hate you.” “You helped me today.” “I regretted it instantly.” “You looked at my mouth!”
November 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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arlenrenwrites.bsky.social
He's the only thing standing between college students and certain death. Unfortunately, teen monster hunter Daniel is responsible for more civilian deaths than monster kills, and unless he can find the key to a power he doesn't believe in, his new friends will pay the price...

#QuestPit #YA #Q #UF
a picture of two teenage monster hunters - a white boy with white hair and an Asian girl with black and blonde hair - by artist iLiibra, next to the title "An Agent's Guide to The Tithe That Binds by Arlen Ren" YA. Paranormal. 78k. When an inept teen monster hunter is sent undercover to a prestigious college, he's horrified to discover that he's the only thing standing between its students and certain death. Failing to find his power, he instead finds a girl with powers she shouldn't have...who he shouldn't be falling for. Longlisted in the 2024 Times Chicken House competition. It was crouched on the edge of the building, instantly recognisable by its ashen skin and lipless mouth, eyeless sockets and gleaming fangs. Vampire. For fans of Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy, The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski, and First Kill by V.E. Schwab. Shared themes are monsters drawn to hunters, forbidden feelings, action-packed fight sequences and a secret monster-hunting society.
November 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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natalielouise83.bsky.social
When a lonely stained-glass artist is invited to restore a set of windows depicting the haunting story of Tristram and Isolde, he must reassemble the fractured pieces of his memory before his own budding romance ends in tragedy.

#questpit #A #G #T #Q
Image of a woman’s face half displayed and cut away to reveal a skull. Floral vines frame the central image. The text reads ‘Woodbine’ with the d and b forming a heart.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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brisolyn.bsky.social
The Gumdrop Getaway 🍬 🎄

After winning Red Carpet Moment, fashion designer Sandy Cane is plumb out of luck until she lands the opportunity to design a dress for movie star Ginger Dash.

Sandy is living the dream… until the dress goes missing on the night of the movie premiere.

#QuestPit #MY #A #W
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
victoriabilstein.bsky.social
#editors, A STRANGER KIND OF MORTUARY SCIENCE is a 97K cozy, adult fantasy novel mixing whimsy with the macabre, soft fairytale elements, and found family. Perfect for lovers of the strange, magical, enchanting, & gothic!
#questpit #F #A #OS #LGBT #agented
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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kirabruner.bsky.social
Just found out I made the 2025 Gertrude Warner Long List for Middle Grade Fiction (as did a friend of mine) 📚 very exciting in the midst of waiting to hear back from queries. Now we wait to see if I’ll make the short list 👀
November 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
victoriabilstein.bsky.social
It’s always so fun when writer friends ask me to beta read and edit scenes related to my profession. Can’t wait to dive into a formaldehyde related scene for a friend this week! I love to help fact check ☺️
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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chezza.bsky.social
New guide for A FATE WOVEN IN STARLIGHT!✨
A Cowherd & Weaver-inspired romantic fantasy about fate, storytelling, love, and freedom.
🕊️Star-crossed lovers (HFN)
🕊️Myth retelling
🕊️Diverse world // 3 realms
🕊️Hell quest

Rep: Alex Land at MWLA✨
#editorguide #readerguide
A guide to A FATE WOVEN IN STARLIGHT by Chezza Lee. Represented by Alex Land at MWLA. Pitch: an epic love story across lives. In a feminist reimagining of an Asian folktale, rebellious Shizhi runs away with the farmer she's forbidden to marry, but when a jealous Celestial Empress forces her to live a past life that spans three realms, Shizhi must confront madness, tragedy, and hell itself to reclaim her freedom and save the man she loves. Comps: IMMORTAL, ARIADNE, A SONG TO DROWN RIVERS, THE SCORPION AND THE NIGHT BLOSSOM. Tropes/themes: romantic fantasy, non-linear narrative, cdrama vibes, journey through hell, female friendships, forbidden love, Asian myth retelling, spiritual magic, mythological beasts, generational trauma, red thread of fate, angst and blood. Snip: “A troublemaker, and a clumsy one at that.” Mingniu inspected my palm as I relished the feel of his fingers on mine. His hands were warm and soft, still new to the work that would form a lifetime of calluses and cracked skin. I momentarily glanced at the place where our hands were joined, but my eyes were drawn back in an instant. A ghost of a thin red line was tying our wrists together, almost too faint to see, as if the moonlight was playing tricks on my eyes. I blinked, and it was gone. Drawing a handkerchief from his robe, Mingniu looked at me with eyes full of intensity, and my breath caught in my throat, the red line forgotten. “This will hurt.” All I could do was nod.
November 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The rough draft of my spooky, cozy fantasy WIP is completed at 65 K! Now, onto editing it into drafts 1 & 1.5 in November, with a target word count of 85 K after revisions and rewrites before draft 2 😅

#drafting #writerlife #dyslexicgirlie #timetoedit #roughdrafts
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November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I shared a sketch version of this yesterday, but today is Halloween! So here's the full B&W drawing of THE GOTH GIRL WHO SAVED THE WORLD, my witchy YA Contemporary Fantasy WIP. @emilystmarie.bsky.social did an amazing job! #amquerying
From The Goth Girl Who Saved the World, 16-year-old Charlotte Sumner works at her after-school library job and listens to Siouxsie & the Banshees on her Walkman. The mysterious new boy at school, Ian Morris, is behind her...
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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🌊✨ I’M PUBLISHERS MARKETPLACE OFFICIAL 🌊✨ and I have a UK deal!! I am so thankful my Annabel Lee retelling featuring cursed sisters, ghostly suitors & a crumbling castle will be published by LBYR/Hachette US & Hachette Children’s/Hachette UK! 🌊👻 coming Winter ‘27!
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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dianebillas.bsky.social
QUEER NANCY DREW
Welcome to the Halloween party you'll never forget. It will make you question everything you've ever known. Did your sapphic crush, your boss, or your ex kill your arch nemesis? And who poisoned the chili? Oh, and don't forget your costume...
👻 #Ghostpit #YA #Q #MY #LGBT #OWN
Murder Mystery Party, Everyone's a suspect, is it your sapphic crush, your boss, or your ex? October 31, 2025, The Final Chapter Bookstore, Green Barrow, PA, RSVP to Diane Billas by requesting her manuscript. Don't forget your costume.
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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brisolyn.bsky.social
Gorgon and Gallows 🧪🕯️👀

Poppy Gorgon and Gemma Gallows are perfectly normal twelve-year-olds who assist their fathers in a perfectly normal family candle shop.... except the candle shop is a cover for a dark artifact business hiding a powerful secret. #GhostPit #MG #F #Q
October 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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GOTHIC BRIDGERTON x BELLADONNA x HOUSE OF SALT AND SORROWS 🌊👻

Annabel Lee & Lenore Evermore must uncover the truth behind their family’s curse when their castle’s ghosts are brought back to life during their weeklong ball—or risk joining them in their tomb by the sea #GhostPit #ya #f
October 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
Epic Grimdark meets Romantasy in The Land of Undying Summer
Forced to work together, a half-dead priestess and a wandering mage develop a reluctant camaraderie. That is, until he triggers an uprising that leaves her to choose between saving either the living or the dead
#F #R #FR #GhostPit #Agented
A moodboard that contains images of: - a cavern full of stalagmites and stalactites - ice covered twigs - a sandy and rock covered shore with coniferous trees and more trees in the horizon - a mountainous landscape with coniferous trees in the foreground - a woman with black hair, dressed in black, dragging green tinged smoke around herself - a shiny brass compass on a map - two five-petaled blue flowers - an eye, the iris half-fire and half-lightning - herbs hanging to dry - a bonfire on a shoreline
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM