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A.K Patersonwrites
@akpaterson.bsky.social
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Vet, amateur artist, mother of two (dragons/children) and writer of fantasy/sci-fi 🌈 wip sapphic fantasy
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A.K Patersonwrites @akpaterson.bsky.social · 10d
I’ll just keep lying to myself, shall I?
#writerslife #author #writingcommunity
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Edits are going to be so fun…! #writingcommunity #editing #writing
February 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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#characterart #bookart #writingcommunity
February 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
The thing about the query process is I don’t mind the rejections, it’s a learning curve and after a few I know I should probably look at my package… BUT I can’t stand the waiting! knowing whether to work on my letter or whether it’s ok hangs over my head! #writingcommunity #writing #querying
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Looking for a new mystery or thriller? There are some great ones in this collection. books.bookfunnel.com/byhostmysthr... #Booksky
SALES - Mystery/Thriller/Suspense (FEB)
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February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
I love my kids, they are my inspiration and it’s true when they say everything you do is for them. Even if it’s not always easy!

#momlife #writermom #parenthood
February 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
My next batch of favourite queer reads from 2026
Part 2
#lgbtq #books #bookrecs #lgbtbooks
February 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
Sharing a few of my favourite queer reads of 2026!
Part 1 #bookrecs #lgbtbooks #lgbt #books
February 6, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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#writerlife #querying #writingcommunity
February 5, 2026 at 12:17 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
Balancing being a mom and writing is totally possible… provided the coffee is on tap! #writermom #writingcommunity #writer
February 2, 2026 at 12:48 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
I’ll just keep lying to myself, shall I?
#writerslife #author #writingcommunity
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
akpaterson.bsky.social
Utterly in love with this book. I wasn’t expecting to fall so head over heels, but boy… exquisitely beautiful prose, a visceral and heart-melting love story with a sharp twist of violence and darkness. A new favourite sapphic fantasy… #bookreview #sapphicfantasy #goodreads
Book cover featuring white dove and black wolf
September 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
akpaterson.bsky.social
FALLOUT X POWERLESS X FOUNDRYSIDE

🌵Post apocalyptic future
☀️Desert slum city
🌵 sapphic enemies to lovers
☀️ rad-touched vs ‘normals’
🌵 tech enhanced mind-control
☀️ questionable sanity

#writerscommunity #lgbtq #wip
Three female figures layered over each other, the first in sharpest relief - a curly-haired brunette
August 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
akpaterson.bsky.social
Meet Lily.
Theme song: Heart as a weapon by Magdalene Duke.
Sanity: Questionable at best. Absent at worst…
#characterart #WritingCommunity #wip
August 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
Silvie:
☀️25 and still not married, much to her mother’s dismay.
☀️She might be one of Eden’s most powerful militants- but that’s nothing compared to her love of her studio, and the art she creates there.
☀️Themetune - ‘Landmines’ by Bellesaint

#writerscommunity #wipart #characterart
Blonde woman in yellow dress
August 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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saraduran.bsky.social
to break the curse binding her to the ghost of a vengeful pirate, princess mira must fall in love with her best friend, john

there’s just one problem:

mira’s heart already belongs to princess dorothea

🩷🧡🤍

#queerpit #YA #F #LGBT #amquerying
Princess Mira (Black, braided hair, wearing a sky blue gown with pearl beads and silver tiara) and Princess Dorothea (white, wavy red hair, wearing a dark green gown with a gold tiara) gazing at each other on a ship’s deck at sunset, with a quote from THE PIRATE, THE PRINCESS, AND JOHN: “It didn’t matter that the very idea was treasonous. For Dorothea, Mira would break any rule.”
August 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
Finally got my plucky protagonist coloured in a way I’m happy with! Too late for #queerpit but nevermind…
August 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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akpaterson.bsky.social
I’m excited to share some of my line art for the characters from my latest WIP ‘Rainefall’! A sapphic FALLOUT X POWERLESS
Meet Raine - a twenty-something struggling to get by with amnesia and a glitchy brain in the Oasis - a post-apocalyptic slum #WritingCommunity #characterart
Authors own artwork of freckled woman with curly hair, looking out at viewer
August 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
akpaterson.bsky.social
So… Silvie… 25 and still not married, much to her mother’s disappointment. What’s the point of bringing a class-freaking-five earthcaller if you don’t marry an eligible bachelor?!
Vibe: landmines by bellsaint

#wipart #writerscommunity #Queerpit #A #D
Authors character art of woman with braid
August 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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lilybeth-writes.bsky.social
A mistaken identity leads to pranks, a bad luck hex and an unexpected romance in a lookout tower.

You Deserve Each Other + The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
🛏️ Only One Bed
🐕 Dog Companion
⚔️ Rivals to Lovers
🏳️‍🌈 Bi FMC
🌲 Forced Proximity
🧙‍♀️ She’s a Witch
🤠 He’s a Cowboy

#Queerpit #RC #A
August 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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aspenandersen.bsky.social
While filming a doc on the era’s most iconic actress, a producer inherits archive footage and must reconcile contradictions between it and her interviews to find the truth about the star’s untimely death—before her own dark past destroys all she’s worked for. #QueerPit #Q #A #T
A collage of images including a bloody fingerprint, a red carpet, a girl in a bathtub; an infinity pool overlooking the ocean, a living room, a starlet on the red carpet.
August 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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dannyechase.bsky.social
#QueerPit Queer romance FOREWARNING
❤️ NB fashion icon prince
🧡 Hunky royal guard who crochets
💛 Forbidden romance but the internet ships it
💚 Psychic powers
💙 Royal murder mystery
💜 Best friends to lovers HEA
54k, on query #CR #F #R #RS #A #SPF 3 agent RQ's
ODD THOMAS as an upbeat queer romance
A pitch for my novel Queer Romance FOREWARNING Prince Cole doesn't know why he psychically sees people's doppelgangers acting out the future, but it does come in handy. Cole's other secret not so much—he's desperately in love with his childhood best friend, royal guardsman Lucas, not least because Luc staunchly supports Cole being an openly nonbinary royal. Unfortunately, Cole can't marry a guardsman, and sweet, introverted Luc would never want to be a royal spouse anyway. But when a head of state is murdered and Cole's life is threatened, Luc steps in as Cole's 24/7 bodyguard. Together they must find a legendary weapon of mass destruction that threatens their own lives—and millions more. (And really, it would be easier for Cole to concentrate if his gorgeous bodyguard wasn't wandering around their room half-naked, but whatever. It's fine.) A mood board for Forewarning: A 3x3 grid of 9 squares Top L: a photo by Ana M. on Pexels of a woman's hand holding a crystal ball in the woods. The trees are reflected upside down in the ball. Top center: the words "Prince Cole and Captain Lucas" Top R: a photo by Tide_trasher_x on Unsplash of the right side of a dark-haired man's face. He wears a broad stripe of glittery rainbow makeup from forehead to chin. Center L: a photo by Alexander Mass on Pexels of a glittering tiara nestled in dark hair. Center: a photo by Ray Bilcliff on Pexels of a brown castle on a lake with pink and purple sunset hues Center R: a photo by Pixabay on Pexels of a royal guard's torso wearing a red and gold uniform, holding an upright sword. Bottom L: a photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels of two hands clasping in rainbow light Bottom center: the words "Rumors of close bodyguarding behind palace doors" Bottom R: a photo by Nadin Sh on Pexels of a blurred woman walking past a gold curtain Details of Forewarning: Logline: A psychic nonbinary prince trying to solve a royal murder mystery must hide his romantic feelings when his guardsman best friend (and forbidden secret crush) becomes his bodyguard. Genres: Queer Romance, Low Fantasy, Adult, Contemporary Length: 54,000 words Comps for Forewarning FOREWARNING is a bit like if Dean Koontz's ODD THOMAS was an upbeat queer romance. It will appeal to readers who enjoy K.J. Charles's DOOMSDAY series for its queer love story, strong B-plot, spice level, and titled/commoner dynamics; and the sassy tone of Alexis Hall's 10 THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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ivytwoods.bsky.social
When Kadir arrives in Luk’s Hold, he wants to complete this section of his map and move the fuck on. Instead, he nearly kills the local priestess and has his equipment taken hostage. To get it back he must help her discover why no more mages are being born among her people
#A #F #R #FR #QueerPit
A moodboard with “The Land of Undying Summer” in the center. There are five colours at the top that match the images. There are: a picture of potted plants with wooden pots on the top-left A mountainous landscape with coniferous trees in the foreground in bottom-left A campfire in front of a lake in the bottom-right Two blue five-petaled flowers in the top-right A picture of an icy cave between the colours at the top and the text.
August 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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elainaeiser.bsky.social
When isolated wolf shifter Milo runs away to discover the joys of the human world with his new friend Perrie who shares his rare genetic condition, his banishment starts a chain of events, which includes overthrowing his tyrannical community leaders.
#QueerPit #YA #P #MR
This mood board has gray overtones. In the middle it reads: I'm not a wolf anymore...I'm not human. What am I? The pictures are: top left - a girl laying next to a wolf. Top middle - an iris slit like an animal. Top right - a man holding his head covered in blood. Middle behind the text - wolf prints. Bottom left - a humanish hand clawing a wooden floor. Bottom middle - a man and woman gently bumping elbows. Bottom right - a wolf howling in the woods.
August 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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andreamariana89.bsky.social
EDITORS: The queer s*x work industry thrives in 18th C. London

But for the ambitious Theodora, unwitting bawd to the city's newest "molly house", threats crawl up her doorstep.

Can her wit save her, her partners and friends, from death on the scaffold? #QueerPit #HF #ACE
Top from left: Copper coins, man in pink 18th C. clothing, purple flowers Middle from left: close up of 18th C. painting, chess piece, pink 18th C dress Bottom from left: lavender plants, pink fan, close up of 18th C. stockings and skirt
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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ericaroseeberhart.bsky.social
Selwyn rarely accepts help. The orphan knows people are undependable, but as soul-eating creatures attack his town & time freezes, he must lean upon the mayor's son (his ex) & a paper-made girl who bleeds ink in order to save all he loves & himself. #QueerPit #YA #DF #NA
A mood board of deep forests, burning books, and people lost in them with the quote: “dreams aren’t nothing. Desires aren’t pointless. choice is what makes us human and alive.”
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM