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zilla @zillawrites.bsky.social · Sep 19
The new Agent's Guide to
MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR, my The Haunting of Hill House x The Shining #A #H project.

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At Hotel Adair, the rooms are luxurious, the deaths are creative, and the check-out time is non-negotiable.
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MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR pitch MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR comps and tropes MURDER NIGHT AT HOTEL ADAIR first page
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litagentsofchange.bsky.social
Every reader deserves to see themselves reflected in the pages of a book. Join us this Giving Tuesday in our work to recruit and keep underrepresented literary agents in publishing. Read more and help us change the industry for good at the link in our bio ❤️

#givingtuesday #literaryagentsofchange
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
zillawrites.bsky.social
I’ve realized that I am not made for mountains. I need more air and humidity in my life.

But the hot chocolate is helping.
Hot chocolate cup in front of red hot chocolate bar sign
November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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julesnickerson.com
I am so thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency! I am looking forward to working together on IVORY TOWER, a psychological horror and dark academia novel.
November 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
zillawrites.bsky.social
It’s not hard to feel so grateful when you have this view for morning sprints.
Blurred computer screen with mountains in the background
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
zillawrites.bsky.social
IT'S WRITERS' RETREAT WEEK!!

I cannot wait to hang out with my CPs and immerse myself in the words this week!
a woman in a red shirt is standing in front of a bookshelf
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November 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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reviseresub.bsky.social
Don't forget to send us your questions for our Editor Q&A Video Panel, which will take place at the end of #FiFRevPit. You can comment here, send a DM, or send us an email.

#RevPitFiF #writingcommunity
Don't forget to submit your questions for our Editor Q&A Video Panel. [Black cat on a stack of books next to pumpkins, a candle, and leaves. Hashtag FiFRevPit]
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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wippit.bsky.social
Spread the word!
#WIPPIT STICKY NOTE NOTICE We are moving to November 23! We want to give precedence to the large protest happing at the US Capital that's Happening November 22, so we are moving by a day to allow them the Platforms to make change.
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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jenichappelle.bsky.social
NO but honestly. Pitching and querying really are a vastly different creature. (Not to get too cheesy, but that's the focus of my query intensive haha because this is so real)
jundlife.bsky.social K.A. Hela ✨ Final edits?✨ @jundlife.bsky.social · 7d
Thanks! Writing is hard but this pitching business is like a whole other skill set. It will click....any time now.
November 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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jenniferluce.bsky.social
Here's a moodboard for GUMIHO:

🇰🇷 Inspired by Korean folklore & mythology
🖤Told from the eyes of an anti-hero gumiho
🌧Set in modern-day PNW
🥀Dark, intimate atmosphere
🌀Psychological unraveling & physical transformation
❤️Slow-burn romance

✨️Currently revising w/ SmoochPit✨️

#QuestPit #A #F #H #R
Grid of pictures: Hands coming out of the dark, a woman with a cloth over her face, a silhouette of a couple, a korean woman, a woman walking down a hallway, a woman with stained red hands and face
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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adropofmagick.bsky.social
ONE DARK WINDOW X KATABASIS

Alyss attends Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. With the (reluctant) help of her ex, her ex bff, & a devious half-vampire, she'll use memory magic to uncover the truth behind the murder that destroyed her life.🌙🦇⚔️

#QuestPit #OS #AG #F #R
A MEMORY OF MOONKISSED MALICE Fantasy Dark Academia Feminine Rage Vampires Corrupted Moon Magic Villain Era Protag Queendoms Enemies to Lovers Found Family THE PITCH 18-year-old Alyss Veylas wishes to attend Nocturne Collegiate for one reason—revenge. Five long years after her sister was murdered by the school's guardian, she finally gets that chance. Armed with a Moon Fragment granting memory magic and the aid of her ex and his new girlfriend, Alyss must confront the woman who took away the person she loved most. CHAPTER ONE The rain made it easier to rob his grave. My shovel carved through the sodden earth, the water contorting into murky veins around its edge. Desperation drove each labored thrust, the burning ache in my muscles but an afterthought to the prize that lied in wait. Even the Valera Forest held its breath; the fog thick enough to smother the night's whispers. All was silent save for the spilling of soil under the deluge that drenched us. Us. As I lifted my gaze to the boy standing across from me, I found that word had lost all semblance of warmth. FOR FANS OF... The lush, gothic prose of... A fantasy academia setting similar to... A supernatural mystery like...
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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chloemarcus.bsky.social
🤓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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annahirsch.bsky.social
#AgentsGuide to my upmarket #gothic #horror novel, THE BANSHEE OF CLAN MURTAGH 🖤

🇮🇪 Medieval Ireland
🥀 Doomed romance
☠️ The black plague
💌 2025 #SmoochPit Mentee

#questpit #W #A #H #HF
An agent’s guide to The Banshee of Clan Murtagh, 71,000 word gothic horror by Anna Hirsch Tropes: He’s human, she’s immortal • Only one grave • Byronic hero protagonist • Uncovering lost memories • Medieval Irish setting • Tragic ending Comps: The death-touched romance of Nosferatu, the Catholic guilt of The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas, the black plague of Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell, the folkloric love story of Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid Pitch: When Ciarán Murtagh hears the cry of his family’s banshee for the first time in a decade, he knows one of his own is fated to die. But they don’t believe his warnings--why would they? The last time Ciarán heard the banshee he didn’t tell a soul until after his cousin’s tragic death, and they’ve never trusted him since. Desperate for redemption in his family’s eyes, Ciarán hunts down the banshee in search of answers. She’s equal parts frightening and alluring, and in his struggle to confront her, he inadvertently triggers the banshee’s memories. Memories of when she was a servant of his household, generations ago, named Deirdre. Deirdre claims that Ciarán’s physical touch restores her memories, and demands more. He agrees to meet by moonlight in hope of learning whose death she foretold. With every encounter, Ciarán’s attraction to Deirdre grows, setting him on a path of macabre desire. When the devastating bubonic plague befalls the Murtagh household, and Deirdre’s memories reveal a dark scandal in the family’s history, Ciarán must decide whether to stay by his family’s side in their final hours or embrace the seduction of the death-bringer. I was a boy of ten when I first saw death, but I’d heard her for years. It was an early summer’s day when we went to the lough. Niamh led us through the forest along the stream, babbling all the way with a lightness that opposed her urgent pace. “This could be our best chance to see the merrow! Auntie said the veil is thin. They’ll be near and then we can speak!” “She also said we shouldn’t go this far,” I begrudged her. Again about the merrow. She had been speaking of them for days, and insisted that Deaglán and I journey with her to the lough, where they lay beneath the surface. Finbar wasn’t supposed to come, but Aunt Eithne had made us watch him while she harvested yellow flowers on the hillside. He slowed us down, and Niamh’s frustration roiled off her like steam against the cool breeze. Though the land was ripe with life, winter still dragged a claw through the air. As we ventured deeper into the forest, a feeling of unease grew within me. A sound rang in my ears, so faint I could not tell if it was imagined or real. Because for weeks, it had haunted my dreams.  
November 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
Pirates of the Caribbean but if Elizabeth was a bisexual mage, Will and Jack were combined into a lesbian octopus monster/pirate, and James Norrington was an age-appropriate hottie that didn’t suck. Then add more angst and a cult that wants to drown the world
#QuestPit #AG #W #A #F #R #FR #OV #LGBT
A moodboard that says “Sculptor of the Waves” There are pictures of: Waves in the top-left A tall ship anchored in the bottom-left An octopus writhing in the bottom-left-middle Lightning on a dark blue sky in the bottom-right-middle Cliffs overlooking a body of water in the top-right In the bottom-right “Pirates of the Caribbean X A bisexual Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil”
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
In the century Tilaani has been alive and the 85 years she‘s been dead, she’s escorted the soul of nearly everyone she knew into the afterlife. And as always she is left in the space between:
🌱 Life and death 💀
🔥 Fire and ice ❄️
❤️ Surrounded and alone 🔪
#A #F #R #FR #C #Agented #GhostPit
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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klynnhanson.bsky.social
Please share 🙏✨ATTENTION QUERYING AND INDIE AUTHORS✨ @writehive.bsky.social #HiveMentor is opening soon! This mentorship is unique in that they accept all publishing paths so if you are querying to get an agent or looking to self-publish, this mentorship is for you!
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
zillawrites.bsky.social
So proud of my state. 💙
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
An #editorsguide to 🌲THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER🌲
This romantic fantasy has:
🐻‍❄️ A setting inspired by the Canadian subarctic
🌋Roots in animistic religion
⚡️A physics based magic system
👵🏽 Crotchety immortals
🏠 Complex family dynamics
🗺️ Neurodivergent MMC

#QuestPit #AG #A #F #R #FR
An Editor’s Guide To The Land of Undying Summer by Ivy T. Woods Adult Romantic Fantasy 105,000 words On a background with a map With a picture of a mountain, forest, and a lake on the left and text on the right: Pitch When a half-dead priestess is forced to work with the wandering mage who nearly killed her, they develop a reluctant camaraderie. But when he kills a guard, her people’s distrust of the newcomer escalates into a full-scale uprising. His presence risks the lives of the only family she has left, leaving her to choose once and for all: is she beholden to the living, the dead, or herself? With roots in animistic religion and a setting inspired by the Canadian sub-arctic, THE LAND OF UNDYING SUMMER is a stand-alone romantic fantasy Comps The atmosphere and vibes of: The Gilded Crown by Marianne Gordon Blood Over Bright Haven by M. L. Wang The Humour of: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher Chapter One - The End of Darkness No Guide could resist the Call of Return forever. But this time, when Tilaani pulled herself through the spiked rocks of the Wolf’s Fangs, trembling, the agonizing need for the missing part of herself had dulled to an aching throb. The Call would take her eventually. But not today. Today, she was already running late. “Shit!” Tilaani snatched her cloak from the icy stalagmite she had been using as a hanger and staggered to a slim crack in the cliff face. It had been a century since the passage had opened in one of El’Drek’s rages but the frozen stone was still jagged, tugging at her shirt as she sidled through, thin cloak clutched in one hand. Wind whistled through the crevice, peppering her exposed skin with hard snow. It melted, steaming as it touched her. Time within the cavern had always been malleable, misaligned with the world outside. Shinac had always claimed the shifts were random but Tilaani had her doubts. It always seemed to stretch whenever she was in a hurry. She wouldn’t put it past any of the dead—either blessed or Barred—to extend time merely to inconvenience her. And now, backing up this theory, the sun was high overhead and the few hours she had spent being lectured by the Ancients had become nearly an entire night and day in the land of the living. Allak would be insufferable if she was late.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
zillawrites.bsky.social
I swear my querying manuscript has had more milestones than I was ready for. Another interesting thing today.

Did I still get my words in on my new folk horror? Yes. 🩸
Did I still send a chapter to my accountability group? Yes. 🩸
Did I maintain my focus through all of it? 🩸 Now even a little.
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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roundtablementor.bsky.social
Today’s the day!

Have a question about the program, application process, or our mentors? Ask it below!

#writingmentorship #roundtablementor #writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
zillawrites.bsky.social
a blue jays mascot on a baseball field
ALT: a blue jays mascot on a baseball field
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November 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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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
zillawrites.bsky.social
Yall. I was lucky enough to beta test this class and when I tell you JENI HAS ANSWERS, she does. And for ✨today’s✨ querying climate, not older strategies that no longer work.

Let me know if you sign up!!
jenichappelle.bsky.social Jeni Chappelle @jenichappelle.bsky.social · 17d
My 4-wk querying intensive, OUT OF THE TRENCHES, is here!

The next novel you query CAN be different. There’s no magic wand, just experience, successful traditionally published clients, and a nearly compulsive need to teach people what I know.

Book by Nov 1 and save!

www.jenichappelleeditorial.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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jenichappelle.bsky.social
My 4-wk querying intensive, OUT OF THE TRENCHES, is here!

The next novel you query CAN be different. There’s no magic wand, just experience, successful traditionally published clients, and a nearly compulsive need to teach people what I know.

Book by Nov 1 and save!

www.jenichappelleeditorial.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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jpgwrites.bsky.social
querying a book means starting the next one
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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jademasonwrites.bsky.social
Thrilled to share I’m officially repped by @emilykaitlin.bsky.social @ @bookendsliterary.bsky.social! I’m so grateful to her & @laylafallah.bsky.social for their support and guidance as I begin this next ch. Excited to celebrate with the #writingcommunity in this 🧵! #writesky #agented
Thrilled to share I’m officially repped by emilykaitlin.bsky.social @ bookendsliterary.bsky.social! I’m so grateful to her & laylafallah.bsky.social for their support and guidance as I begin this next ch. Excited to celebrate with the #writingcommunity in this 🧵!
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM